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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
12
The Alliance Herald notes Chadron hires a city manager at 5000 dollars a year with J H Rayburn of Scottsbluff chamber of commerce to start April 15. It discusses Alliance's municipal light and water plant expenses and the risk of officials neglecting public duties when divided by multiple positions.
Program seeks a dedicated individual to devote all time to editorial affairs. The city should not need to look beyond its own borders to find such a person.
Alliance owners recount six months of effort at The Herald, noting a move from weekly to a robust twice weekly publication with improved equipment and growing paid subscriptions. They defend fair competition, call for clean standards, and discuss regional salary strains impacting Alliance teachers and school operations.
Teachers at Alliance resist signing contracts amid a higher wage plan for the coming year. The high school shows the strongest reluctance despite the raise being largest there. While salaries compare well with Beatrice and nearby cities, the non signing trend signals broader concerns about the new schedule.
A veteran letter critiques a proposed 50 monthly bonus for ex servicemen, arguing it amounts to patriotic blackmail and would burden the nation. It praises Legion aims for wounded soldiers but urges Congress to halt the broader bonus program and preserve postwar fiscal stability.
An old saying notes that the Earth is frequently personified as she because no man can know its age. The quip reflects gendered language in classical cosmology and folk wisdom.
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