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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
5
The Alliance Herald is the official newspaper of Alliance and Box Butte County. It is owned by the Burr Printing Company with George L Burr Jr and Edwin M Burr as executives.
The notice states subscription costs of 2.50 per year in advance and 3.00 outside a 150 mile radius. It is entered at the Alliance Nebraska post office for second class mail and published on Tuesdays and Fridays.
A young man with smallpox symptoms rode a train from Gordon to O Neill. Towns along the route sent delegations to protest accepting him. In O Neill the crew evaded the sheriff, who threatened arrest, and the patient was moved to a facility for proper care. The piece questions local reactions and cites the Golden Rule.
The War Department rebuts Congressman Reavis overstatements on wartime purchases. It cites 148 181 sets of harness bought for 146 000 horses, with 20 000 unassembled, and 71 Packard cars instead of the claimed thousand. A Nebraskans referendum on the governor's code bill is slated despite officials’ opposition.
The piece discusses Lenin's shift toward individual government, the American Legion’s backing of the current program, and Samuel Gompers endorsing it. It notes ex soldiers leaning toward union labor and the rise of Nebraska’s World War veterans opposition, with multiple groups pushing twelve planks and five demands including a fair bonus funded by high incomes. It notes Hearst's stance on conserving print paper to aid small publications.
The piece notes William Randolph Hearst reducing newspaper sizes and urging other papers to back his movement, even appealing to Congress. The author questions Hearst's altruistic motives while acknowledging sympathy from country publishers and mentions J. W. Good of Chadron filing for re election in the Twenty eighth district based on his legislative record.
A series of colorful sentences describe quirky personae and vivid images. The judge’s quip links a burglar, a bootblack admirer, a nude model, a skin specialist, a North Tons wanda ladder maker, a shellshocked German comedian, and a tired garage mechanic in a playful, offbeat vignette.
A child who cried for the moon grows into an inventor aiming to reach the moon with a new rocket. The evolution from desire to scientific pursuit highlights a hopeful arc from imagination to achievement.
The remark notes that those who drink wood alcohol lack prudence amid a world of cars profiteers unloaded pistols and promaines.
A roundup notes several prominent heavyweights are eyeing matches at lighter weights or easier lines of fight work. Promoters view the market as active with potential bouts across multiple venues and dates.
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