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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
10
The ordinance provides for building a sidewalk along multiple parcels on the west and east sides of specified lots in Alliance Nebraska. It outlines construction methods and assigns the cost to the benefiting lots within Box Butte and Sheridan additions, ensuring each fronting parcel pays its share.
City of Alliance Nebraska moves to construct sidewalks along the west and east sides of specified lots in Coun ty and Sheridan and Box Butte Additions. The ordinance covers grade, materials, and a special assessment to fund the project, with notices and penalties outlined. It becomes effective upon passage publication and includes historical readings from May 1919.
Riverdale High notes report students returning from Hastings and Gordon with medals and stories. Wade Grassman and teammates placed in events while Hugh O Connor earned a bronze in broad jump. Assembly recounts feature Mr Messeramith and a Girls basketball banquet hosted by the Messersmiths. A speech fest with Mr Bell from York and Supt Matheny precedes a Junior Senior Banquet in lavender and white.
At a dinner Senator Watson defended a hard line, saying there was no tolerance for conscientious objectors. A drafted objector recounted refusing to fight, and a recruiting officer pressed him with a grim joke about drowning kittens to warm water.
A department store manager lamented inflated wage expectations after war era boosts. He recalled a new hire who believed working for the firm equaled special favor and loafed until challenged. The boy replied that a five dollar weekly wage was a fair trade for a job.
Officers at Fort Wayne recall colored draft troops arriving last year and mistakingly thinking they were in France. A southern necro note tells of a soldier who after reaching France refused ocean travel and sought return by New Orleans. A home sick veteran jokes about the ocean as the air being the just thing he ever seen.
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