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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
5
A Kansas City Star column ridicules the potato’s pretensions as a new social class, calling it a “bolshevism” and warning it may threaten civilization. It cites various cooking methods to mock the vegetable’s rise as a symbol of wealth and power, ending with the claim that “it ought to be mashed.”
Frank E. Reddish and wife transfer to Jes F. Dillon ne4 of section 25 2 49 for 9600 dollars. United States of America transfers to JV W. Stokes ne4 of section 25 24 49. James Jelinek and wife deed to Frank Dillon sw4 of section 24 se4 of same area.
A long list details transfers of parcels in Alliance and surrounding townships with buyers and sellers, lot and block designations, and sale prices ranging from 150 to 35 400 dollars. Several entries involve the O Keefe and Swanson families, along with other local names and property descriptions.
A compilation of short literary notes from several papers. Sugar price concerns appear in Greenville Piedmont. St. Paul Leader and Syracuse Standard remark on global conditions and conflicts. Baltimore notes a World War II era wartime sentiment.
Early census tabulations reveal heavy crowding in major and minor industrial centers of the East. The decade indicates a large rural exodus, with likely over 10,000,000 more American farmers than in 1910, and signs that the overall trend will be confirmed in complete returns.
The text discusses the 1810 census locating near Washington, then moving westward by 1910 near Shreveport. It notes stagnant or declining western towns and rising eastern communities, with figures on shoe deliveries for soldiers and a reference to wartime transport and an English scientist sealing himself in a glass case.
A USDA survey shows meat consumption down eight percent over twenty years while dairy products rise, vegetables up four percent, and fruits up eight percent. Butter production remains enormous with more than a ton produced per minute around the clock last year.
Saskatchewan proposes new teacher salary levels with a minimum of 1200 dollars for second class teachers 1400 for first class teachers and 1700 for university graduates. Each grade will receive a 100 dollar yearly increase.
Turkish women now walk in public with faces unveiled. The exchange notes this self assertion may be denounced as unwomanly, akin to calls for a veil in more civilized places.
Officials confirm a government procurement involving forty two million pairs. The purchase details and agency responsible remain under review as auditors assess contract scope and delivery timelines.
Dr Frederick Martin of New York urges teaching the foreign born child to speak and think in pure English, warning the effort is tough but aims to prevent a foreign accent in a youngster.
A Rouen report states that maidservants demanded two cigarettes daily from their employers. The note suggests a missing word around boxes or a transit error with the cigarettes.
The discoveries and inventions from wartime are redirected to support peaceful applications. Researchers and engineers repurpose technology to aid civilian industry and public welfare projects.
A London crime puzzle unfolds after a working girl reportedly forgot a ring in her fur coat following a gem theft. Police investigate the odd lapse as public curiosity grows about the missing jewels and the coat’s owner.
No consensus on adjusting thermometers to season yet as readings vary, causing delays in matching weather data.
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