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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
4
The Alliance Herald announces subscription pricing and publishing details. The Herald Publishing Company lists Lloyd Thomas as President Jd Carl Thomas as Vice President Prof John W Thomas as Secretary. Rates are $1.50 per year in advance.
Wm. H. Smith of the Seward Independent Democrat notes L. F. Ont, agent for the Burlington railroad in Seward, claims alfalfa is the most profitable Nebraska crop. Ont owns five acres, four cuttings yielded 21 tons 680 pounds and $238.20 revenue. expenses of $61.55 leave net receipts $186.65 or $37.33 per acre, about 25 percent on $150 land.
An editorial urges parents to invest in education over wealth, arguing a developed mind and business sense ensures lasting happiness. It warns against neglecting sanitation and the cost of disease, noting flies spread germs and prevention is cheaper. The piece ends by contrasting domestic meals with gratitude and communication.
A humorous contrast shows how a simple gift becomes a lawyer crafted transfer. The piece mocks the grandiloquent phrasing used in deeds to convey an orange and all its parts including rind juice and pips with rights to bite eat or give away.
The text notes that people praise the patient woman who cooks yet accept a burnt meal with cold coffee at a restaurant, paying the bill and tipping the female waiter with smiles.
A call to residents to beautify and build up the town by patronizing local businesses. Advice includes keeping capital at home, subscribing to and paying for local papers, and avoiding reading without paying. Follow these directions to improve the town or accept responsibility if it does not improve.
Local items report D W Montgomery visiting Mitchell while J R Phelan couple returns from a ranch trip. First Presbyterian ladies plan a Kensington at Mrs W E Spencer’s home on May 27 at 2 30. Lloyd Thomas’s wife returns from Wayne Nebraska as her father improves slowly. W W Norton travels to Denver to join Ward Norton and wife for a visit to Alfience after months in Los Angeles. A B K McLaughlin and Myrtle return to Marsland after visiting the Tash family. Mrs Joe Zolnekr of Deadwood visits during training with Mrs A J Nelson. Roy Gregg goes to Ardmore to fetch his car left there after heavy rain.
A Chadron Woman's Club report recalls a former kind man who helped a poor widow with wood and flour. The piece muses on his possible fate now, joking he might be a county supervisor who sent her to the poor farm.
Final examinations begin May 25 at Chadron Normal School with two days of testing. Three morning classes and two afternoon classes sit on Monday while the remaining classes are scheduled for Tuesday. Mrs A E Davistop and Miss Daniela of the state university assist.
Short classified items listing real estate loans, coal and lumber sellers, medical services, plant shop flowers, mail orders, poultry vendors, coal buyers, and a found gas generator available at The Herald office for owner identification and pickup, with contact details for several local businesses and residents.
Cheap immediate sale of a good eight-room house in the eastern part of the city. Forest Lumber Company lists contact as phone 73 with code 16464406.
Rowan and Wright offer cou wood and posts at Plone 7f with standard timber prices. The supplier promotes fresh stock and delivery options for builders and contractors in the area.
Advert reads 150 head of horses or cattle needed for summer pasture with ample range and water. Location thirteen miles northeast of Flisworth Nebraska. Contact C. W. Matthews. Also notices washing and ironing by a reliable experienced woman, phone Black 216. furnish rooms for light housekeeping, Mrs. Bayer, phone 529.
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