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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
4
Lloyd C. Thomas testifies as president of The Herald Publishing Company that six thousand two hundred copies of The Alliance Herald were circulated by mail and carrier in April 1918, an average of fifteen hundred fifty per issue, sworn April 28, 1912. His commission expires July 8, 1918.
Governor Morehead names May 7 as statewide clean-up day but Alliance city officials claim priority. City projects under retiring Mayor Barnes already staged several cleanup events with strong community turnout and a well used roost area cited as an example.
The notice urges all Nebraska voters to support placing the State University at a site east of Lincoln at the state farm and calls newspapers to present the debate fairly before the next election. The Herald invites contributed articles and plans an editorial discussion.
Mayor Rodgers cites initial council remarks that both Alliance papers sought city printing. Before taking office, Herald and Times publishers offered a joint contract for city printing and county delinquent tax list with equal pay. Times publishers declined the proposal.
The Alliance quarantine prompts The Herald to urge publishing the plain truth on sanitary conditions. It asserts scarlet fever is nearly stamped out and smallpox cases, while feared, are less dangerous than measles, criticizing alarm over current health measures.
A letter urges restraint and truth in reporting the Alliance epidemic. It argues that parties should act with regard for common truth and avoid profiting from others misfortunes, praising those who show restraint and accuracy.
Secretary McAdoo shakes up the Treasury exposing a Standard Oil bank clerk desking there as a Treasury employee while secretly aiding the bank. The piece warns that extended Republican control could turn the Treasury into a operator for Standard Oil. It calls for Woodrow Wilson and his advisers to purge irregularities seen as corrupt.
Denmark, about one fifth the size of Nebraska, hosts 1 250 008 milking cows and has boosted butter exports by 169 percent in 20 years through better cow care. Small farms yield 120 dollars per cow yearly, with 70 000 people farming less than 10 acres. Agricultural associations, not the government, provide expert help and include a chief group of 800 paying members.
The article notes Nebraska hosts 83 000 farming members and numerous associations from county to national levels. It highlights extensive cooperative networks for livestock, seeds, and dairy, claiming Nebraska has ten times Denmark's arable land and urging farmers to adopt Danish dairy practices for expansion.
Dr. L W Curtis called to Lakeside for veterinary work. John Pederson returns from Omaha to reenter cement contracting. Mrs L S Dye summoned to Central City as her aged father nears death. Harry L Thompson leaves Alliance for Omaha after plane sales. Wm King recovering from appendectomy at St Josephs hospital. R M Hampton buys a new JO Overland touring car. A W Ward from Eaton Colo. joins Alliance Shoe Store as salesman. Wm Elmore of Rome visits Alliance and joins Antioch subscribers. Mile Byer recalls Thermopolis treatment for rheumatism with health gains. L M Bowen of Forest Lumber Co. audits trip to Kansas City. Miss Ottie Baker, once Newberrys stenographer, visits from Newberrys to Nelson Neb.
A Nebraska notice promotes George D. Darling offering services with a $3 rate. The brief item appears as an old styled advertisement, urging interested parties to contact for more details.
Wanderer and Weiss of Post M fitted up a stylish suite in the McCorkle block with top furnishings and plan to host friends soon. Joe Poposhil joined W. R. Drake on a Peterson hill climb near Aldance, testifying the Ford auto made the ascent despite sun heat. Rumor says a Post M member may relocate to Alaska for a regional sales role, but no decision is confirmed.
Fragmentary text shows an advertisement line stating For sale by F. E. Holsten and stray phrases about praise and sale. The legible portion anchors on the sale note and vendor name within a damaged historical page snippet.
An old advertisement offers complete office outfits including typewriters blank books binders and office forms. It promotes Irving Pitt line blank books and mentions Harold Herald office contact with phone number 340 and 21235-224f.
See Geo I Darling for needs in slmney wood poles emen sion rods staly rods stair corners molding hoot picture nails linoleum edging timing tacks and tack hammers. Advt 2125tf21.
Homesteaders in the south half of Box Butte and Sheridan counties and the north part of Morrill and Gamien counties are urged to call at The Herald office or write before giving notice of their Intention to make final proof. An experienced man will prepare papers free of charge and ensure correctness. Readers with neighbors planning final proof next summer are asked to alert them to this request to avoid missing the opportunity.
Ed McNindr of Milo Iowa surprised friends by visiting for a few days in early week. He owns one of Habe Farrow's fine pacing homes and a land section near Long Lake. Mr and Mrs Won R Davis moved from Los Angeles to Idaho and request their address change to Route No 1 Emmett Idaho. They own property in Alliance.
Wm. K. Heathey a sergeant in tegop D died after his horse struck a corner stone near the Crawford post office causing a spike to enter his brain. His body was shipped to New York on Tuesday from Ft. Robinson.
The councilman Swan photo will appear in the milten edition due to our engraver missing the cut for this issue. The delay is not his fault and the standard photo will run in a later edition.
Lowry and Kenmry, agents for Studebaker, report the sale of a Model 25 to Mrs. A. M. Miller of Hemmeford and a Model 25 to A. P. Browm of Alliance.
Willie Hidgar Eldred son of Mr and Mrs El Eldred born February 1 1893 died May 7 1914 in Alliance after typhoid fever and smallpox linked to weakened health Funeral held at Greenwood Cemetery with quarantine preventing service Elder F A Woten led prayers from a neighboring porch Alliance Fire Department honored the deceased as a respected member in a large show of sorrow
The Special Session of the LO. O. F. Grand Lodge planned for the 14th in AHiagce is postponed indefinitely because of quarantine restrictions.
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