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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1905
Page
6
Mrs C W Bumgardner of Topeka Kansas writes praising Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and back pain after one box. She reports symptom relief and urges continued use with a strong endorsement. Advertisement notes Foster Milling Co address in Buffalo New York and a price of 50 cents.
A village correspondent recalls a fierce clash between a dog and Brer Fox during a moonlit night. The fox and dog tangle over corn stacks, nearly blurring lines between them until intervention saved the dog.
Mrs Mary M Fay of Weetboro Massachusetts says Cutlurn cured her eight year eczema, easing scalp scab and facial burning in the first day and restoring clear skin after a short time. She reports relief from itching and pain and signs of recovery on her face and eyebrows.
A humorous notice describes a woman who dislikes opera drama dancing housework flowers books and fashion but wants a marriage proposal from a man she cares for. The piece frames her as preferring commitment over spectacle or status. It reads as a wry social quip about romance expectations.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh and related ailments. It claims internal action through blood and mucous membranes and offers $100 to anyone it cannot cure. The note ends by urging readers to buy the remedy and try family pills for constipation.
The piece argues against vanity from praise and sourness from criticism. It warns that a censor with a torpid liver and nimble pen can spoil happiness, urging balanced response to favorable notices without egotism or bitterness.
An early 20th century ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful and sweating feet and ingrowing nails. It claims great comfort, eases shoe fitting, and offers a trial package for free. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Mail address Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An aged multimillionaire offered his address to a beautiful local woman and, when asked for marriage, asked if she would become his widow. He candidly stated the age difference and her youth, presenting his proposal as a request to share life after his death.
The speaker claims he sometimes enjoyed work yet despises being forced to work. He admits a longing to keep busy if he ever chose to, but the idea of perpetual labor is unbearable. The passage explores inertia, motivation, and the paradox of preferring structured effort over freedom from duty.
A quoted Exchange remark hints at rising tensions as a young woman clashes with a widower's children. The note implies potential upheaval if she cannot secure control, signaling upcoming domestic strife.
Think before you speak as guidance from the Somerville Journal urges restraint. The maxim notes that most times remaining silent preserves more than speaking, stressing prudence in daily remarks.
A readable fragment notes a person named Tameure Piao claiming a remedy for consumption saved a boy at an unspecified time. The text includes unclear street and place references in Norwich and a date around February 17, with many garbled names and locations.
The quote notes fashion as an effort to fuse art with everyday living and social interaction, attributed to O. W. Holmes. It reflects view of dress as cultural expression bridging aesthetics and society.
A garbled OCR note mentions a pile cure and improvised remedies with unclear references to names and dates. The readable terms indicate medical claims and a proposed 14 day period, but specifics are not established. The fragment lacks verifiable entities or context.
A historical note explains that in Korea the marriage certificate is divided equally between husband and wife. The document emphasizes balanced status within the union.
The Nebraska Legislature items include Senate File 18% authorizing the Omaha School Board to acquire school sites by eminent domain, Senate File 127 taxing police court losses, and Senate File 182 mandating live stock shipments at set speeds on main and branch lines on stock shipping days. Committees debated inheritance law reforms and fraternal insurance provisions with amendments and votes recorded.
The House adopted a Foster of Douglas measure setting m convening hour for the session remainder. Bills read for third time include osteopath licensing standards, charity fund transfers, per diem for constables, dam rights, sale of state lands in irrigation districts, one year extensions for county officials, horse inspection for shipments, supreme court practice, bucket shop ban, contract for conditional sales, county officer malfeasance jurisdiction, $80000 for North Platte experimental sub station, and township and county official term extensions. South Omaha sewer bonds of $250000 proposed. township tax certification by boards tied with county levy.
The senate passed bills including S. F. 128 to quiet land titles in towns under 5,000 and S. F. 141 to value water bonds for town water plants. Other actions nclude S. F. 191 on bonds for state and county officers and S. F. 211 limiting damages from defective sidewalks to towns, H. R. 157 game law revision for quail hunting, H. F. 171 trading stamp ban, S. F. 193 poll tax reforms moving toward 4 dollars or two days’ work. The 5-mill state levy discussion yielded no action.
The senate passed multiple measures on the 16th including relief for Boyd county settlers and a county funds transfer to Lincoln county. Other items moved toward engrossment, with road taxes and county seat petition rules, while the house read a petition calling for a legislative investigation into R. Stewart at the deaf and dumb institution and debated the claims appropriation bill and Journal Company charges.
The senate on the 17th approved the Cady railroad commission bill despite spirited opposition in the forum.
The session approved multiple measures including a constitutional amendment commission replacing the secretary of state with the state auditor land commissioner and treasurer. Passed items include the green trading stamp ban the open season game law and various fiscal and regulatory bills with several moving to passage or postponement statuses.
A proposal outlines creating a hospital to aid crippled and deformed children and others with disease, plus provisions for their education and hospital governance. It also covers tax listing for real estate spanning multiple townships, and relinquishes Nebraska land claims on Iowa land under certain conditions. It mentions appropriation and governance measures for state institutions and for irrigation rights and insurance firms.
The Washington Times lists a assortment of unusual Tennessee town names cited in claims including Prestige Barefoot Botts Leap Year Chimney Top Chuckaluck and others such as Half Pone Hanging Limb Ipe Marrowbone Mouse Tall and Opossum referenced in a regional report. The piece catalogs many distinctive monikers that appear in historic discussions of local geography and settlement names.
A red faced old man challenges Sousa at a railway station asking train departure. Sousa replies he is a bandmaster not a train conductor, prompting the man to scold him for impudence. Sousa clarifies he conducts a brass band.
A London Lancet writer notes twenty five years in tobacco work and observes many workers inhale tobacco dust or fumes during manufacturing. The writer claims uninterrupted good health is common among those in tobacco trades and large consumers.
A recent exam shows ten of twenty recruits knew little of France’s history. They misattributed events and figures including Touls XIV, Bayard, and Napoleon I. The piece notes confusion about Napoleon and Joan of Arc and comments on their war roles.
The northern belt of forests spans from eastern Labrador above the fiftieth parallel, extends northwest to Alaska, covering about 2000 miles in length and averaging 600 miles in width, larger than all other Canadian timber belts combined.
A New Hampshire farmer Mr Charles P Marston narrates a six month sciatic pain case. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring mobility after two months of use and full recovery a month later. He notes other nervous disorders treated and invites mail inquiries. Pills sold by all druggists.
A mechanical genius weighs the value of a simple, effective device. He admits uncertainty about its success and whether he can persuade others to subscribe for stock.
In a Aberdeen Ward case a horse blamed for a death amid flood waters due to owner negligence by a man who hired the animal. The court ruled the horse, after suffering melancholia, died by its own action.
A concise note examines how posture and form may mislead beliefs about character or honesty, exploring social assumptions and the distinction between appearance and integrity.
The piece advises that a man is hard to reform and that peace lies in accepting him. It suggests gentle treatment can tame him and, over time, teach him finer things from his mistress. It frames these ideas as a social observation in a Syracuse journal context.
A late Asiatic Society meeting in Ceylon revealed Sir Henry A. Blake noted sixth century Cingalese medical texts describe sixty seven varieties of mosquitoes and 424 kinds of malaria caused by them. The remark emphasizes the long history of recognizing mosquito borne illness.
A small girl, taken to a hotel after being promised a reward for good behavior, is asked by old ladies if she knows where good little girls go. She answers, yes, they go to hotels, revealing a child's blunt view of adult plans.
The text asserts toil as the universal law for knowledge food and pleasure. It argues that happiness comes from loving work and that self-indulgence and indolence lead away from fulfillment.
This morning residents awoke to a volley of loud bangs around 3 o'clock indicating a shooting affray in an unspecified part of town. No further details on injuries or suspects are provided in the report.
A quip notes two types of people: those who fix the day by morning behavior and those who can adjust later but still seek to be right. The line reflects on habit and temperament in daily life.
The John A. Salyer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin touts a massive stock of 10 000 plants priced at 18c each. Editor notes the claim seems unbelievable on first read but rechecks the catalog amid praise for the company's reliability and extensive seed growing operations.
A damaged notice offers Salter's Warranted Viable Seeds with large seed lots listed including turnips radishes celery and cauliflower. It promises delivery of a big plant and a seed catalog in exchange for postage, mentioning prices and terms for correspondence.
London detectives uncovered about a half ton of lace and other stolen property packed in ten sacks at a tailor's premises. The find signals a major burglary haul tied to organized theft.
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