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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
5
Local ads offer screen doors and windows by Geo Gadsby and a Jersey cow for sale. Community notices include assessors annual meeting March 17 1903, Burlington travel promotions, and a church ladies aid resolution. School report for February 1903 shows enrollment and attendance figures.
The piece argues women made beds and tables to elevate life above the floor, condemning furniture as a social burden. It jokes that vanity drives a prohibition on floor sleeping, cites a $1000 average furniture cost per home, and links this to higher rents and urban crowding.
Sheriff JIKA REED announces a sale by order of the district court to satisfy a $92 claim plus interest and costs. The sale of the southeast quarter of section 1 in township 327, range 1, Box Motte county, will occur at 10 o clock a.m. at the west door of the Alliance courthouse. First publication March 6.
A sheriff sale order issued by the district court of Box Butte County Nebraska directs sale of described real estate on April 4 at the courthouse front door to satisfy the court’s debt and costs. The notice lists multiple defendants and a trustee with a history of irrigation and property interests. Publication and miscellaneous local notices follow, including catalog-like entries for hardware and home goods dealers and a local church residence advertisement.
An OCR fragment mentions Sheriff Ha Kerd of Salvi County with unclear names Mitchwell Wilson Phi h ist rollication and Munreh Eh leaving the record obscure. The readable text points to an administrative or law enforcement context without concrete actions or dates.
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