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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
5
Classified ads in this Herald use one cent per word per insertion with a 10 cent minimum. Black face double rate applies to some listings. Credit rate requires a 25 cent minimum and 15 cent weekly minimum. Readers are urged to mention they saw the ad in the Herald.
Abstractor E Reddish announces ownership of the county’s sole abstract books for Box Butte with offices in the McCorkle Building.
Modern rooms for light housekeeping all first floor options available. Various listings include furnished rooms at 314 Sweetwater Ave and three rooms for rent on 4th St. Additional notices mention a Burlington Hotel dining room girl vacancy and a living rooms office in a bank building.
All household items offered for private sale include rugs brass bedstead mattress springs dining chairs rockers dresser roll top desk Kurtaman piano bookcase. Sale conducted at Snyder's drag office 210 Box Butte Ave. B. H. Perry.
Farm ads list Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds hens at 1.00 each and eggs for hatching 0.75 for 15 with contact Mrs E J Owen Hewett Nebr. Also alfalfa hay from E J Gregg Son, coal from Rowan Wright phone 71, old papers for 6 cents per bunch, pasture land for stock near Alliance with A W Jay, and a girl wanted notice at Barry House.
Allen H. Morris announces he remains available as funeral director and embalm er after leaving Geo D Darling. He lists phone 179 and invites former clients to contact him. A separate notice offers a sack of flour found on Tuesday evening May 7, three and a half miles northeast of Alliance, owner to claim by paying for the ad.
The Nebraska State Fair announces appointed superintendents and post office addresses for 1912 across divisions from General to Speed. Notes include Wm Foster in Lincoln General, C J Tracy Loup City Transportation, FE Russell Blair Tickets, and multiple specialists such as Louis Henderson Omaha Floral and J H Taylor Waterloo Sanitation. W H Lunn piano tuner remains in city for about ten days.
MMU Route timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains with daily segments and times. Services include No 42 No 44 from Edgemont and Black Hills to Mountain region and No 41 No 48 from Edgemont to Billings with departures in early morning and midday. Additional southbound routes No 301 and No 303 run diario to Bridgeport and Denver with a Sunday exception for No 303.
Mails close at Alliance post office by time zones for trains 44 42 41 208 801 with Sunday holiday adjustments. Mountain time east bound 12 20 pm and 11 pm west bound 1 10 pm and 11 pm south bound 12 20 pm and 11 pm night mail closes 6 pm Sundays and holidays. IRA E. TASH PM.
The Nebraska Supreme Court held the state food commissioner exceeded authority by dictating cream buyers pay on purchase day. It also upheld Richardson county bridge bids dispute, refused governor pardon for murderer Andrew Hawkins, and reversed a Hayes county elopement verdict. The Bethany case granted 5 cent fare concessions and new railway rules for interurban service.
The Nebraska grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its annual meeting in Fremont May 14, with opening ceremonies featuring Miss Pearl Albertson and Mrs. Gamble. May r Walz delivered the welcome on behalf of the city. Flege Found Guilty of Manslaughter. In Pender, William Flege was convicted of manslaughter in the death of his sister Louise Flege after a twenty hour jury deliberation. The sentence ranges from one to ten years. his prior trial had convicted him of second degree murder and a life term.
In Omaha on May 14, HN,edd of Sidney notes Nebraska farmers still value horses but increasingly use automobiles. He recalls Cheyenne ten years ago when few owned cars, now about 5000 in farmers hands. He says farmers buy carefully, save time, and use cars for trading, hauling butter eggs chickens and grain with minimal gasoline costs.
At Lincoln the state board of Irrigation heard Kearney Light and Power’s claim to adjudicate Platte River water rights. Upstream irrigation firms fear loss of water for the Platte valley during peak season, while Kearney argues upstream usage would force its $400,000 plant to run on steam power for months each year.
James Melroy a farmer nine miles south of Beaver was found dead in a field struck by lightning. He had been working with a team that returned home driverless. His wife searched for him as a small storm brought a brief rain. This follows a past tornado that destroyed the family home two years earlier. He leaves a wife and three young sons.
A strong program for the Nebraska Sunday School association promises a notable annual meeting in Omaha on June 18 19 and 20. Speakers include W C Pearce director of the adult department at the International Sunday School association J Shreve Durham head of home and visitation at the same organization A A Lamoreaux of Chicago James Ez Delzell state superintendent of public schools and F E A Rouse of Peru president of the Nebraska State Teachers association.
Policeman W. O'Brien was shot in the leg by traveling salesman W. S. Mitchell who opened fire after mistaking two prowlers for burglars. P. A. Shurtz, a prominent cuien, assisted O'Brien. the officer will recover.
The state board of assessment issued certificates to counties for Pullman company assessments. Basis remains at 12500 dollars per standard car and 88000 per tourist car. Total assessments rise slightly to 125085 dollars for 1912 from 124869 dollars in 1911 due to more cars in use.
Hartington residents celebrate favorable growing conditions with regular rains benefiting grain and pasture lands. Farmers report rapid pasture growth and a cheerful outlook for the season.
Receipts show a small cattle run about 2,200 head with fat cattle steady to a dime higher and veal calves strong. Hogs: about 7,100 with prices off a nickel. best heavies $7.60. Lambs and sheep: about 2,500 head with shorn stock showing higher demand and prices around $5.75 to $9.50 for various classes.
The Chicago market summary shows mixed and incomplete quotes for wheat corn oats pork lard and bacon with May and July contract data. Some figures appear garbled or missing but indicate price direction and cash grain activity in a typical May session.
A six year old boy, son of Williams Langenheim, living about a mile west of Seward, was accidentally shot while handling a small rifle. The bullet lodged in his brain and he probablemente will die. The boy was alone at the time and was found unconscious.
Auburn obituary reports Matthew Mayes a prominent farmer found dead in bed likely of heart failure at almost seventy eight. Survived by a large family of grown children.
Wheat prices quoted around 1.141 to 1.1814 per bushel. Cattle receipts 11,000 with strong beeves trading 5.90 to 9.00, western steers 5.90 to 7.60, stockers and feeders 4.20 to 6.60, cows and heifers 2.75 to 7.74, calves 5.00 to 7.60. Hogs receipts 45,000 with mixed prices from 7.20 to 7.80, bulk 7.55 to 7.70. Sheep receipts 18,000 strong natives 4.60 to 7.40, westerns 4.80 to 7.50, yearlings 6.00 to 8.95, lambs 5.90 to 9.76.
Count Paul Wolff Metternich resigns from his post as German ambassador to Great Britain. The House votes 120 to 49 to abolish the United States court of commerce with Republican and Democratic lawmakers aligning. Fingerprint id systems spread through New York banks as protection for deposits. Lady Tupper, widow of Sir Charles Tupper, dies in London. Downtown Chicago papers sell free copies amid newsprint strike. Four girls die in a gravel pit collapse near Greys, Wis. An explosion at the American Steel and Wire furnace in Cleveland leaves three dead and twenty injured. General Bennett H. Young of Louisville is elected commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans. Eight drown when a Mississippi levee breaks near Gonzales, La.
Judge Gregory Zurn received a telegram from Calgary reporting the death of his daughter Mrs Alfreda Wilson. The body will be embalmed and brought to Alliance for burial. Funeral party leaves Calgary at 6 30 this evening and arrives in AMM on Sunday. Funeral at the M E church at 10 am Monday conducted by Rev O B Baker.
The M. E. Ladies' Aid will meet at Mrs. A. Gregory 716 Toluca avenue on Wednesday May 22 at 2 30 pm A necess ary program has been arranged and lunch will be served Members and friends are invited to attend.
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