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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
12
Local notes report visits and movements around Alliance Nebraska with many names. Residents and visitors include Nomino t and Ostan Mcn Alex Olde Sid Grimes H Strone Fred Melick and Mrs S A Grimes plus others from Canton Marsland Ellsworth and Sioux County. A boxing event and rifle exhibition drew smaller crowds than expected.
A vintage ad copy promotes Ely's Cream Balm to clear nasal passages and relieve headaches from colds and catarrh. It claims fast relief by applying a small amount in the nostrils, penetrating air passages and easing swelling. Readily available from your druggist.
Forest Lumber Co advertises Peacock Coal offering more heat for less money with contact by PHONE 73.
Union Stock Yards South Omaha Neb reports cattle receipts at 8,200 head with prices mostly steady to slightly lower. beef: good to choice beeves 8.90 to 9.25. heifers 7.20 to 8.25. cows 6.75 to 7.75. stock cattle 6.00 to 8.25. Hog market steady to nickel lower. receipts 9,200. Sheep and lambs receipts 5,500 with better lambs steady. loads of Mexican lambs at 11.25. ewes to 8.25. Top hog price not listed.
A historic health blurb advises increasing water intake to ease kidney strain from uric acid in meat. It promotes Jad Salts as a grape and lemon acid lithia cure to flush wastes, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder irritation with a daily morning dose.
The United States Post Office plans to replace dog teams on Alaska routes with aeroplanes capable of 3,000 pound loads and speeds around 50 miles per hour. Seven Alaska routes are planned with potential expansion to Massachusetts, driven by economy, to speed mail delivery along Yukon river, frontier trails, and remote areas.
The article outlines a planned two week effort to establish an aerial mail route from New Bedford through Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. It notes landing challenges from strong winds and dense fog, the need for capable pilots, and an Alaska option from Fairbanks with a river of logistical steps including boat and rail transfers.
An early 20th century advertisement urges mothers to avoid silence on aches and pains. It claims Scott's Emulsion strengthens blood and nerves, boosts energy, and fights fatigue, presenting the product as a cure for tired, nervous, or low spirits.
The article recounts Standard Oil proposing a kerosene burning carburetor to Ford to shift gasoline demand. Ford rejects the kerosene idea while claiming he can produce Fords for $200 each. The piece notes competing plans and the potential for $100 cars if kerosene or gasoline use changes.
Alliance readers report Adler-i-kx mixed with buckthorn bark and elycerine acts on both bowels to relieve constipation sour stomach and gas. A spoonful relieves most cases and a few doses may prevent appendicitis while short treatments ease chronic stomach trouble.
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