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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
4
A letter from Joan Peperson the cement contractor argues the saloon policy reports mislead voters by covering nine months rather than full year. He defends liberty, opposes liquor bans, warns against bonding for sewerage, and urges keeping money local to boost Alliance’s growth and attract migrants and business.
Box Butte County offers a three day eighth grade exam at Hemingford Marsland and Alliance March 18 19 20. It covers Agriculture Spelling Geography English Composition History Writing Arithmetic Physiology Reading and Mental Arithmetic with a hidden grading system and records kept by the county superintendent. Seventh graders completing subjects may take related exams to ease next year work.
Train and telegraph staff movements dominate the Alliance notes with several personnel changes. New hire Roy Smith joins the telegraph office as messenger while roadmaster J. T. Byrne travels to Greeley for his mother's illness. Multiple transfers and visits surface from Lincoln to Denver as workers move between Hot Springs, Halsey, Sheridan, and Omaha.
The Herald explains missing items from last week's edition due to printers being rushed. The note asks readers to forgive any disappointment caused by the omissions and assures explanation suffices.
Alliance voters approved a $45,000 bond to install a city sewer system in a special election this week. The tally stood 330 for to 35 against, aided by Commercial club efforts to inform residents. Officials say the system brings convenience and sanitation benefits far outweighing the cost.
Next Saturday evening a debate will be held at Sidney between representatives of Alliance and Sidney high schools. The topic is whether disputes between Capital and Labor on railroad questions should be settled by a board of arbitration with compulsory powers. Alliance will be represented by Miss Josie Hampton, Paul Taylor, and Cecil Smith.
The city campaign has begun with ongoing skirmishes between wet and dry factions. This week the drys fired the first cannon as James H. Woertendyke of Riverside California lectured at the Phelan opera house on government attitudes toward liquor traffic and on drunkenness.
A report by the Alliance Law and Order League details city finances from May 1 1907 to May 1 1908 with receipts from water rents saloon licenses marshal fees poll taxes and more and disbursements for officers street repairs printing and miscellaneous items The committee notes ten mill municipal levy remains and highlights cement crossings added in 1908 along with water rent collection gaps due to inaccessible meters. Sympathy extended to the Brennan family after M S Brennan’s death and local church notices follow with meeting alerts and sermon topics.
Announcement notes missionary A F Bundy of the American Sunday School Union will be found at his rooms located at 415 Cheyenne Avenue for inquiries or engagement.
Mrs Alton Robbin presented the Library with a seventeen volume set of Science of Railways and Mrs B Ponath gave a full Dickens Works collection. Gifts of books are appreciated by the Woman's Club and patrons alike. Visit the office between three and five PM to see ongoing library activity as children arrive daily and the Librarian stays busy.
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