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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
14
Railroad agents and staff report vacations in Creston Iowa Omaha Missouri and Kansas City. Several personnel changes occur including resignations transfers and temporary assignments at Alliance Lakeside Marsland Hemingford and Hecla with visits to Hastings Crawford and Billings and trains moving beet weeders to Guernsey fields.
Box Butte county faces a first draft quota around forty five men based on a nine thousand population. Alliance with six thousand people would supply about thirty of the forty five, with possible totals rising to sixty if Negro enlistment were added. Company G adds to local numbers, possibly pushing total from the county toward one hundred sixty before the second draft, as future drafts loom.
Sunday May 13 is observed as Mother's Day nationwide with carnations acts of kindness letters to distant mothers and small tributes. Rev A A Layton of First Baptist urges honoring mothers, praising their loving influence and inviting attendance at services.
Capt. Smith P. Tuttle of Alliance appeals to Civil War veterans to attend Nebraska’s Semi Centennial celebration in Lincoln on June 12 to 14. The general committee invites veterans to join in a parade on June 14 with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Major General John J. Pershing expected to speak.
The Herald rebuts claims that Alliance merchants are crooks and crooks, arguing local shopkeepers are honest. It notes prices are high everywhere but that Alliance merchants sell many items cheaper than Lincoln Omaha Denver or Chicago stores and remain in direct contact with customers.
A ceremonial effort aims to place a major Nebraska event in state history with Captain Tuttle attending and inviting as many comrades as possible to join the observance.
Logan Musser and Guy Reed of Rushville officials of the Alfalfa Land Company came to Alliance with Seth W. Wilson C A Fairbanks of Wood River and Nick Lehen of Dallas. The trio had bought Sheridan county farms from the Alfalfa Land Company and stopped in Alliance on their way home. Wilson bought 320 acres and Fairbanks bought the county's finest quarter of land.
A man named O Leary makes a quirky remark about a fierce tiny being that is cheery yet may fly and cause weariness. The playful line blends humor with a hint of anxiety about things that charm yet threaten to upset.
Overstocked on many lines as the store seeks to raise cash for new stock. Prices on coffee cornflakes soap and utensils cut to attract buyers with no per-customer limit first come first served. War tax considerations and price pressures noted. lunch counter advertised.
A historic notice describes a ladies and children’s room and lists everyday items for sale such as bromides, tincture, witch hazel, carbolic salve, and English breast pumps. It urges customers to trade and notes frequent price changes and stock-based pricing with cash-like egg and butter value.
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