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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
6
The Alliance Herald notes publisher T J O Keefe resigns after decades guiding the paper in Alliance Nebraska detailing career highlights and future leadership plans.
The Cuban congress authorized issuing 7.7 billion postage stamps to commemorate the installation of the republic. Other items note a halted US monitor Arkansas voyage, Germany's March pig iron output up by 108,875 tons, and a slew of political, business, and local Nebraska notices across the week.
The Labor Bureau releases a bulletin on crop conditions with a table of changes in acreage by crop. March and April weather affected germination and yields. Nebraska shows large gains in corn and alfalfa with oats and rye up modestly and wheat remaining strong.
The first annual meeting of Beatrice Creamery Company operators and agents for the Kearney district convened at City Hall. Mayor Roe gave the welcome, Art Gentzler replied, and A M Priest spoke on mutual interests. Afternoon topics included regular shipping days and changes in test and causes.
J. P. Hess, a large fruit grower, says the recent freeze and snow storm caused far less damage than feared. He reports apples damaged very little and expects nearly a full crop, while cherries show little damage except in a few localities.
Bids for the new York Y M C A building were opened by the general committee and the lowest bid topped the association’s estimate by five thousand dollars. The rise is blamed on higher material costs and competition for York contractors who already have ample work.
Central City reports T. B. Hord bought the Anthony farm three miles west of town for 55 per acre. The 480 acre property is all seeded to alfafa.
Detective Malone of Lincoln arrives in York and identifies one arrestee as a suspect in the James Leo case. Leo had been held in Lincoln jail for three months on accusations connected to the Burlington train robbery, during which time country store robberies reportedly ceased.
In about ten days National Guard members will be inspected by an officer detailed from the War Department. Adjutant General Culver plans a preliminary round of inspections in the coming days, visiting as many companies as possible before the department officer arrives.
At Broughton near Brigg in Lincolnshire a yearly rite takes place on Palm Sunday. A local man enters the church porch carrying a green silk purse with two halfpence and a penny tied to a cart whip. He cracks the whip three times, stays through the season, then returns to crack the whip again and leaves the purse inside the church.
The 1900 census lists 8536 Americans aged 100 or more. Researchers note reliability issues, with 72.8 percent of centenarians reported as Negro and questions about birth dates. Comparisons show far fewer centenarians in Germany England and France relative to their populations.
The scheme for healthy exercise among Paris dressmakers and milliners adds fencing lessons. After singing and dancing, the troupe now learns to thrust and parry as shown at a recent Conservatoire populaire exhibition. Masks hide faces but fencing proves beneficial for shop workers confined in stuffy rooms. Those versed in Woodcraft know a dogwood by its bark. Sometimes a wealthy wife chooses health resorts over fine clothes.
An admonition warns mothers about using strong washing powders and impure soap on infant clothing. It recommends home washing under motherly direction and to use Ivory soap only to prevent injury to the child. The note ends with a personal assurance about learning to say no.
P A B Widener, a major street railway owner with operations in many American cities, never rides a trolley car when possible. The motion of an electric car nauseates him, producing seasick-like distress similar to a sea voyage on an ocean liner.
The first known case of Catholic priests joining the Elks is reported in New York. Rev. William H. J. Reany, Navy chaplain, and Rev. James Byrne of Staten Island have become members, marking a notable breach in clergy participation in fraternal orders. The church has no opposition to laity joining the Elks, a point underscored by widespread Catholic membership nationwide.
Curious productions of winter in the Selkirk mountains British Columbia show gigantic snow mushrooms nine feet in diameter and twenty seven feet around formed by wind driven snow. The mushrooms resemble ordinary mushrooms but rarely grow larger and eventually melt or break under the overhanging table.
A Bristol, New York mother credits Grape Nuts with curing her nervous dyspepsia afflicted daughter after other remedies failed. She notes rapid health and disposition improvements and that the cereal is widely used in western New York. Postum Co. Battle Creek, Michigan, is named in association with the product.
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