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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
5
Herald want ads outline cash and credit rates per word and minimum charges. Instructions urge mentioning the paper, and note that classified ads connect buyers and sellers of property in town.
J D Emerick offers bonded abstracter services with the only complete set of abstract books in Box Butte county. Located in the McCorkle Building with office hours from 10 to 5:70.
Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping available to a couple with no children. Phone listed. Also an improved box Butte County farm for rent by J C McCorkle in McCorkle block. Seven room house with outbuildings and barn for four horses. house for automobile. Advance notice 1942-13-11.
A young married couple seeks two furnished rooms in a private home at 404 Cheyenne Ave. References available. Phone 3240. Also listings include feed supplies from E. I. Gregg & Son with phone 155 and a shoe repair shop at 217% Box Butte Ave using Champion Repair Machine for prompt service. 29-11-1342 Advt-I 165 of 1976.
An assortment of classified notices lists Paine-Fishburn Granite Co of Grand Island Nebraska offering monuments and a price list via Al Wik er Alliance. A 4600 acre ranch near Alliance is for rent by W W Norton. Also listed are a registered Percheron stallion seven years old and various sale items including a riding horse and a folding bed with contact references.
For sale Buff Orpington eggs at 75 cents per setting of fourteen. Duncan's Addition. No phone. P O Box 1333 Christian Matz. Advt 18 12 2066.
May Basket papers in colors for May baskets and May Day decorations available at The Herald office. Call 121 Box Butte avenue or $40. Indian Runner Duck 1.00 per setting of 13. Mrs M Lotspeich Hemingford Neb Kart 206 2108. Leave orders for silverware and jewelry at The Herald office. catalogue available there. W A Dunlap Malinda 2100-21-1.
An advertisement from W. W. Norton of Alliance offers to sell multiple farms and ranches plus several business and residence properties. The seller seeks small payments and mentions possible exchanges.
Bargain if taken at once. Eight room residence located at 720 Platte Ave. Contact J J. Vance via phone 184 2048-18 tf. Listing provided by O'Keefe Bros., Real Estate, Rum er Bik. 1908-12tf.
Advertisement seeks female help with Cook position at Mrs Schwender Restaurant Bridgeport wages ten dollars weekly and dining room girls at seven dollars weekly Also solicitors to present newspaper proposition travel Nebraska good money references address Farmer and Rancher Hemingford Nebraska terms 14tf1061
Help wanted middle aged woman or girl for housekeeper duties in a small family. Call at The Herald office. 2088-10-i.
Help wanted for first class janitor to start work on May 1. Apply at First National Bank, 2094-20-2¢.
J C McCorkle announces a swap of a Box Butte County farm for city property located on the McCorkle block. The notice implies a formal exchange agreement dated in 1880. No additional claimant details or exact parcel descriptions are provided in the readable text.
A gold hunting case watch with three hands and a black silk fob was lost south of Alliance on Saturday April 26. A Knight Templar watch charm fragment is also lost. Rewards offered for return to 2116 21 11 and 2089 20 11 at Drake Hotel.
Real estate financing notice from F and Reddish offering money to loan on property. Details unclear in OCR text.
W H Lunn, expert piano tuner, to be in Alliance for Orkin Brothers special piano sale. Leave tuning orders at the piano store. Phone 352. Also notes coal and household goods advertised by local merchants with contact numbers.
A notice states Peter Weinel will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife Kia Weinel in Alliance Nebraska. The ad lists vegetable plants in season including tomato cabbage sweet potato cauliflower pepper celery sage. Contact E W Ray Adyt at 682 or 436 17 1-2033.
A Marion Ohio druggist praises Or King s New Discovery for colds throat and lung troubles claiming it cured his wife of a bronchial ailment after others failed. The ad urges keeping a bottle for family use with prices 60 cents and 1.00 and guarantees by F E Holston. Also an offer from Lincoln Rug Factory Nebraska to convert worn carpets into durable rugs with a folder available.
A patient recalls two years of rheumatism and severe pain before relief began after using a salve or treatment from Dr L. Chapman in Moon, Iowa. The testimonial notes rapid improvement within two months and urges availability through local dealers via F. B. Halgies.
Trees grown locally in Alliance available for immediate selection and planting at your location. Visit the corner of Missouri Avenue and Fifth Street to choose and have trees planted on short notice. Advgt 18¢12042 E W Ray.
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Africa Salve as a universal skin remedy for burns, bruises, and skin diseases. J T Sossaman of Cornelius North Carolina says a box helped his serious skin ailment after other remedies failed.
Rowan and Wright advertise coal wood and posts for sale with contact phone 71 and location unspecified. Local readers are urged to call for prices and availability.
The Alliance civil service exam schedule lists positions and salaries with dates. Roles include copperplate map engraver, head nurse operating room, electro metallurgist, telegraph operator, junior aid in Forest Service, structural steel draftsman, colorist, assoc adult physicist, irrigation managers, mineral examiner, drainage engineer, marine engine boiler draftsman, and structural steel draftsman. Salaries range from daily rates to annual figures up to 2 200 dollars.
Becker and Yockey proprietors of the Central Case announce the sale of their firm interests with all bills due payable to E Becker. The notice names E Becker and C F Yockey and lists 2056 19 41 as identifiers.
A large sample trunk held for storage charges will be sold at auction on May 11 unless charges are paid. Burlington Hotel appears in the OCR line, with a local reference.
A classified style notice seeks land for sale with quick sales and small profits, promising a square deal for everyone. Contact B L Westover of Bingham Nebraska at listed phone 2060-19-61 for business.
A Wisconsin firm invites readers to set up their own business with no capital by selling Vacuum Sweepers through a nationwide network. The General Appliance Factory, Inc. seeks representatives in cities and towns to sell the line, promising easy earnings and a strong sales organization.
Funeral florals are offered on short notice with cut flowers available at all times. Renting potted plants is also offered for all occasions. Contact E. W. Ray.
Public auction Saturday at 2 o clock for cash buyers on the Brennan corner. Items include a six year old brown horse branded A on left shoulder and a seven year old gray horse branded A on left shoulder. Also a 4 passenger automobile described as deylinder. Sellers Lowry and Henry at 2109-2111.
Notice dated April 24, 1913 states that Hodges will not be responsible for a boat or goods after this date. The fragment mentions Teh ary F and a boat named NORGE, and an ad for coal from Rowan & Wright with phone number 71.
Two mares one brown with a scarred ear from Reeves Ranch ten miles southwest of Alliance were missing Thursday or Friday. A reward is offered for the return to J A Wolverton at 618 Big Horn.
Burlington officials on a special train from Laurel Montana to Powder River Wyoming and Casper inspect land purchase of seventy two acres near the court house. The trip includes Alliance Hartville Junction and Denver Cheyenne route. Crews plan continued expansion and depot fumigation to combat disease.
The week of April 21 marked commencement at State Agricultural High School in Lincoln. Fifty graduates included nineteen women and thirty-one men. Most girls plan to teach rural schools or return to farming, while many engineering grads move elsewhere, but agricultural graduates stay in Nebraska to work on farms and boost local production.
Bishop Beecher of Kearney plans relocating his headquarters to Hastings, a decision noted by Omaha friends. Active at Kearney Military Academy and founder of a local hospital, he may shift further north and west within his diocese for convenience, without external consultation.
In Omaha Nebraska five hundred United Spanish War Veterans will meet for their Annual Reunion late this week. Following the veterans, the Nebraska Medical Association the Mississippi Valley Historical Association and the Nebraska Dental Association will hold meetings in the city. Omahans promise to entertain and celebrate with Nebraskans despite any storm.
U S Civil Service Commission informs local officials that the railway mall clerk exam scheduled for May 3 1918 may face crowding. The office records show a maximum of 50 applicants can be accommodated at the local assembly rooms in the High school. officials should report how many can be handled and await further guidance. John C Black president directs the matter.
The state informs all interested in the estate of George D. Gaddis that a will is on file and a petition for probate and executrix appointment of Belle Cladene Gaddis will be heard May 17, 1914 at 10 a.m. Interested parties must appear or contested probate may be granted. Published in The Alliance Herald for three weeks ending before the hearing.
The World-Herald reports the Omaha Club annual spring dinner dance with open windows letting raggy music drift to the street. A street crowd tried to imitate the ballroom steps but was stopped by a cop, while inside the event proceeded without interference.
The Officers with the President's Special visiting Alliance on an inspection trip regret they cannot attend the Commercial Club banquet due to prior arrangements. They thank Mayor-elect Rodgers and the Club for hospitality and express eagerness to visit Alliance again when possible.
February totals per mile of line indicate operating revenues of 1015 dollars, up 6.3 percent from February 1912, with costs at 756 dollars, up 6.4 percent. Net revenue per mile reaches 269 dollars, taxes 46 dollars, and operating income 212 dollars, up 1.8 percent from 1912.
Wanted limited number of milk customers. Phone 615 2121 2122.
Newspaperdom cites four essential elements for effective ads: a valuable product, compelling ad copy, the right medium, and coordinated effort between advertisers and sellers. The piece also recounts a dramatic Ford tourer climb up Peterson's Hill observed by local sheriffs and witnesses, noting the Ford’s rare ascent and the challenge of the hill.
The ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for weak, tired, nervous people, claiming they restore vitality and appetite. It cites Mrs. Rhinevault of Vestal Center, N.Y., praising the remedy and urges readers to try a bottle for 50 cents or one dollar, endorsed by Fred BE.
Help wanted ad for eating two fat, cooked steers at City Meat Market. Contact phone 44 Advisi-be-2ir7 for details.
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