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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
5
Light wines are touted as a tonic for heart affections though the remedy may backfire as the whole family risks illness. In Missouri a former ambassador’s son is held on 1000 bond for bootlegging after buying Canadian Scotch for his own use.
A rambling, humorous column threads linguistic quirks with sharp town talk. It notes a coming visit by Doc Jeffrey to Alliance to teach golf, previews a threat against a local editor, and recalls a prank about a milk bottle theft with retaliatory edge. Bert Laing is praised for his sense of humor in mischief.
A collage of light reads and small items reports a boast about three million workers never striking a Nebraska firm, a sport fishing tale from Chadron, a blunt bass joke, a mule incident in Alabama, a golf team at the University of Nebraska, and jokes about old times surrounding Nebraska hall.
A station sign warns railway staff against wasting materials while a former Santa Fe general manager, now deceased, known for thrift, once chased a stray spike along the track. He stopped near a section crew, brand new spike in hand, prompting the foreman to rally workers and declare the spike found by Mr Hurley.
Slightly used piano repossessed in Alliance offered for sale on small monthly payments. Rare bargain available. interested buyers may reply for a representative to call.
The reduction, effective March 31, lowers lumber freight from 73 to 66 2/3 cents per hundred feet, saving Iowa Nebraska and Omaha about 200,000 dollars plus others statewide. The Omaha chamber of commerce protested last August leading to a hearing February 15 and the March 1 9 announcement.
Eighth grade examinations are scheduled for April 7 at the Alliance courthouse and at Hemingford High School. The event date appears in a local school notice with a few OCR artifacts remaining.
Advertise a hog buying inquiry from O Bannon and Neuswanger. Contact by phone 71 for purchase of fat and stock hogs. Short classified notice appears in a rural or small-town newspaper.
Mrs Florence Atz hosted an Easter dinner Sunday for Mrs and Mrs W A McKuhn and family who depart Friday for their homestead near Dewey and C in Wyoming. Guests included Jimmie McKuhn Evelyn Robbins Lape Cutts Atz and others. A three course meal followed by chats, theater plans, and club notices filled the afternoon with upcoming vegetable program and church activities noted.
Word came of the marriage between Miss Ellese Carroll and Burton R Lyon of Chadron on March 18. Ellese formerly worked at the Fashion Shop of this city and will be remembered by many. The Kinunka Campfire girls held a business meeting last night at guardian Miss Josephine Ganson’s home, followed by a social time.
Mrs Ernest Potarth entertained a small group for a bridge session yesterday afternoon. The gathering included Miss Margaret Harris, Miss Mildred Griggs, and Miss Josephine Ganson.
Mrs. T. S. Fielding hosted an Easter Sunday family reunion with all her children and their families present at a 4 o'clock dinner.
The fortnightly Kensington club was entertained last evening by Mrs. Floyd at 603 Box Butte.
The advisory board of the Salvation Army will meet at the chamber of commerce rooms at 10 a.m. Thursday. Urgent business matters are to be discussed, and full attendance of the members is desired. Timekeeper Dial and wife have secured a five room case at 19 Toluca and will move this week.
Local ad notes deep cuts on summer underwear at Laing and mentions other men’s wear items on page 4. Various notices report Dr George J Hand’s return from Emerick Nebraska to help Mrs Hand’s ill mother, and community meetings and hospital cases including Mr Hubbell and Mr Schruteman.
The notice highlights Bert Laing selling items cheaply and directs readers to pages 35–36 for details. It mentions a newborn to Mr and Mrs Thomas J Lawrence on March 28 and comments on crime, milk substitutes, coal production, and wartime news, all within a jumble of period chatter.
Mount Herts listed imported canaries for sale either singly or as pairs. Young singers available from Rodgers' Rooming House offering birds suitable for hobbyists and breeders.
J Warren Kerrigan leads the bill in $50,000 a swift adventure as a young lawyer who helps a woman recover a diamond and faces seven dangers. Madge Kennedy stars in The Highest Bidder a tale of love and money and a wealthy man torn by affection and wealth. William Russell returns with The Man Who Dared a drama of romance and treachery set in California redwoods.
Week long sale offers aluminum ware priced at 1.49 while regulars run $4.00. Notices mention a mail plane wreck and a Nebraska reverend treated at Parkview Sanitarium in Kansas City, a large facility specializing in non surgical rectal cures.
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