Wealth Alone Does Not Mark Good Company
Despite their riches some people fail to be good company. Wealth does not guarantee virtue or pleasant companionship.
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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
7
Despite their riches some people fail to be good company. Wealth does not guarantee virtue or pleasant companionship.
Real estate transfers listed include Wilber F Patterson to Er win Patterson in SW 4 of 12-26-48 for 38000 and other deeds with prices from 1.00 to 1200. Also notes on cottonseed cake for sale and egg prices with claims about imported eggs and Chinese eggs being 11 weeks old. O Bannon Neuswanger advertise phone 71.
A humorous oddity notes stock hogs wanted by the Nebraska Land Company, alongside a quip about aging and a daughter insisting on independence. The fragment hints at a lighthearted, locally sourced piece typical of a small town paper.
Notice to Chas Atchinson and all interested parties that a tax deed will be sought after three months from service. The land, Lot 4 Black 8 Hills Addition, Alliance Box Butte Nebraska, is assessed for 1917 1918 1919 in Atchinson’s name. Cleveland Lewis signs for LEE BASYE attorney March 8 to April 1, 1921.
U S Land Office at Alliance Nebraska March 28 1921 notice that Stephen S Nice of Alliance Nebraska filed intention to make final proof on land in sections 21 and 22 township 24 range 47 west with hearing set May 6 1921 before the Register and Receiver. Witnesses named Joe Bills Will Campbell James Blagraves Cora Pealer all of Alliance Nebraska. T J OKeefe Register Mar 29-Apr 29.
Hemingford residents report social calls and family visits across town and nearby areas. Evelyn Swanson stayed with Walter Carter. Miss Jesson returned from Denver. Miss Florence Miller hosted the eighth grade with a lively gathering and supper.
Local notes recount visits by residents to Alliance and Grand Island, cattle purchases, stock sales attendance, boat testing on the lake, and an Easter program at the church. Travelers include Vanalstine, Hedges, Westovers, Berry family, and R. A. Westover among others. A sand-hill snow event damaged telephone lines and wheels failed on a Ford truck.
Alliance women report instant relief from gas and sour stomach using glycerine with buckthorn bark in Adler-i-ka. The preparation is claimed to act on both upper and lower bowels and may cure constipation and prevent appendicitis. One user asserts being cured of bowel trouble.
The Nebraska Land Co advertises for stock hogs at 103-1. A Parisian fashion blurb notes women smoke cigarettes rolled in paper dyed in rose green or orange to match gowns, while poorer women may have to dress in white.
A Parixian seeress predicts 1921 will be uneventful, a prospect that meets broad public hope despite the uncertain times. Citizens express cautious optimism that the new year may pass without major upheaval.
A passage suggests public schools should teach hygiene to better judge pupil ills. A Washington professor addresses married men about their jokes with their spouses, while a boot found 900 and more dollars tied to a supposedly penniless man’s death. A thief who stole 148 perfume bottles from a drug store may use several aliases to evade capture.
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