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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
1
Notice announces the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Stock Growers Association in Alliance Nebraska on the 20th and 21st of the month. The brief entry confirms dates and location for the member gathering.
The Herald delayed coverage of Alliance High School matters in The Spud issue due to publishing constraints. Editors apologize for omitting the school patterns and promise an illustrated feature next week.
Memorial day events organized with Spanish-American War Veterans and G A R on May 30 1912. Businesses asked to close 2 to 5 pm. Invitations extended to all societies and the public with a cemetery procession and taps by a firing squad. Numerous local residents listed as auto buyers in recent Maxwell and Ford sales.
An old almanac style advertisement touts a remedy for catarrh claiming to cure all ailments through a hidden wartime method. It asserts dramatic outcomes and invites readers to try a free sample from CHESEY & O. of Toledo, urging attention to a “flag condition of mortaces” and praising a miraculous healing effect.
Norman McCorkle driving a Maxwell set an unprecedented western record by catching a moving passenger train near Berea ten miles from Alliance after a 20 minute town stop for lunch. A Billings woman offered twelve dollars for the feat. The two vehicles raced at about fifty miles per hour on good roads.
The remains of Mira Alfreda Wilson arrived from Calgary, Canada, on Sunday noon. Judge Zurn met the train in Crawford. husband Clarence E. Wilson was ill with typhoid fever and could not attend. Funeral held Monday at 10 a.m. at the M. E. church, Rev. Olin Baker presiding, with Eastern Star and IOOF members present. She was born June 3, 1894 in Box Butte county and died May 13, 1912 after a short illness.
Local notices honor neighbors and organizations for comforting the Wilton family after the death of Mrs. Alfreda Wilton. Expressions of gratitude extend to the Eastern Star, Rebeccas and local school groups. (Plus brief society and local moves noted in Alliance community.)
A Georgia shop announces free Souvenirs of the sunny South for every lady visiting Saturday May 25. The store showcases new merchandise including skirts waists suits and coats and highlights a fine specialty. The location is the former Co-operative Grocery Co store room.
The tabernacle chorus and orchestra will rehearse at the Phelan Opera House next Tuesday evening at 7 20 for Decoration Day.
POUND ONE SACK FLOUR, Tuesday evening, May 7, three and one half miles northeast of Alliance. Owner can have same by paying for this ad and reclaiming my place for the flour. J. A. W. Snoke, 2262-1561.
Civil service examinations will be held in Alliance on May 22 and June 5 to fill a number of positions. A printed announcement with particulars is available in the lobby of the post office.
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