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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
7
AWING wood pumping water grinding feed turn ing a grindstone these are jobs for an engine not for a man Buy a reliable gasoline engine large enough to do any work you have let it do the work and enjoy the freedom and comfort it gives you
IHC gasoline engines are built to ease farm labor by gutting loads efficiently and saving hours of unprofitable work. They are advertised as money makers and savers, with 50 horsepower models and tested, guaranteed units available through local dealers.
State Engineer D D Price returns from inspection along the proposed Platte river power route near Columbus. Babcock and Koenig filings show little work, though irrigation ditching exists on Babcock. Elsewhere farmers fear river diversion. engineers expect dams for low to medium flows. Harris of Alliance avoids ouster action as mayor term ends May 7.
Charles Ross of Lexington won 1,225 votes across 64 counties reported to the secretary of state. Republicans cast 286 and Democrats 859 for him. His strongest showing was Saline County with 17 Republican and 193 Democrat votes, suggesting a possible total near 1,500 once all returns are in.
Governor Aldvich announces A L Caviness to join the state normal board replacing B L Shellhorn whose term expires in May. No appointment has been named yet for Caynone as a member of the examining board.
Auditor Horton returns from Chicago where the executive committee of the Association of State Insurance Commissioners met. The group endorsed the Mobile bill on fraternal life rates, baring former commissioners from meetings, as Barton led the opposition. Committees drafted uniform legislation on stock issuance and blue sky laws, and restraining overhead insurance by unauthorized companies.
The fifth annual Nebraska Spanish War Veterans reunion closed with a banquet in Beatrice. Governor Aldrich and several generals spoke. Officers elected include H. B. Havens as department commander and A. H. Hollingsworth as senior vice commander. Installation by General J. H. Culver followed. Next reunion site left to the council of administration.
In Beatrice Nebraska April 30 the state Attorney General sues Dr G L Roe former superintendent of the feeble minded institute and the American Bonding company to recover 1378 27 with interest from Jan 26 1911 and alleges a shortage. Bookkeeper T E B Stewart who faced charges of misappropriation was acquitted after a week long trial in district court.
Several candidates filed expense accounts with R L Metcalfe leading spending at 615.03 under the legal limit of 650. Jesse Newton Republican spent 236.15 Governor Aldrich paid 10 for filing and Nathan Wilson Prohibition the same. W E Selick Republican for Congress First district spent 494.88, about 14.85 above the limit by 1910 vote basis but under the limit when total district voters are used.
Seward Nebraska April 30 a farm laborer who gave the name James Thompson was arrested on a charge of stealing a team of horses from Howard Dickinson who farms near Bee. He planned to sell the horses to a traveling buyer and was en route to a livery barn when spotted by a Dickinson neighbor. Thompson confessed and was bound over to the district court.
The valuation department of the railway commission and Burlington representatives have reached agreement on most differences. They will submit to the commission all disputes except land values and some issues on the measurement of material transportation costs. The remaining disagreements concern methods of computation, not evidence, and the final decision rests with the commission.
After two days of deliberation the federal jury in the government case against Andy Snyder and George Dobson failed to reach a verdict on charges of conspiring to defraud the government of a section of land in Loup County and conspiracy to commit suborned perjury.
A 1910s style guide explains germination testing for seed corn to avoid poor stands and yield loss. It describes selecting healthy ears, preparing grains, and using a homemade germination box and rack to test 200 ears and then 100 or more, with moisture, warmth, and careful observation to determine viability and safe planting.
Nathan Broadhurst and Samuel Swinbank sue Jennie McMillan and others for an accounting of taxes and expenditures on Lola 3 and 4 and the south half of the northwest quarter section 2 township 28 north range 51 west. Plaintiffs claim an undivided four fifths and defendants one fifth interest and seek sale of the land to pay the amount found due with partition if feasible. Respond by May 20, 1912.
The Equitable Land Company files suit in Box Butte Nebraska against Frank A Massie Annie Massie Cordel Colvin and Emma Colvin and co defendants Ora E Phillips and Jane Bowman for an accounting on a 400 promissory note and mortgage on the southeast quarter section 13 township 26 north range 52 in Box Butte with a request for first lien validity sale under sheriff and costs with answer due by May 20 1912 and public notice of Dr C E Slagle employment change at H H Bellwood clinic directing bills to be paid to Dr Bellwood.
Being no longer in the employ of Geo. D. Dunning, I am still in position to serve my former friends as Funeral Director and Embalmer. Allen H. Morris, Phone 179. See RE. C. Whitman for lowest prices on painting, paper hanging and kalsemining.
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by removing inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It offers one hundred dollars for proof of cure and cites Cheney & Co Toledo as suppliers.
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