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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1922
Page
3
Omaha Bee editorial writer muses on an Alliance Sunday noting a wild tiger story in town. He counters claims that the animal was a bloodthirsty tiger, suggesting it may have been a lion instead and playfully defends the joke.
In the Minature Free Press editorial The Genuine and the Spurious the column ridicules pretentious highbrow poseurs and cites examples of humorous misuses of language. It lampoons Rufus and the hoi polloi while mixing in anecdotes about debts, cards, costs, and a Denver murderer case.
A humorous local column mocks Sam Dewing amidst prohibition era politics. It notes his stance on ending bootlegging and his candidacy buzz. The piece also jokes about weight loss and a golf trip with light self deprecation, ending with a quip about borrowing a brother’s clothes to save face.
A prim miss confronts a six year old smoker who retorts. The column muses on the devil’s fall from grace, a man in high collars and blue shirt, and questions the lake chaperone. It notes a diet joke and a New Year weight goal tied to cigars.
A Bridgeport man known as Byberg, living in Banner County, admits he stole forty bushels of oats by posing as a mail carrier to delay payment. He drove sixteen miles to a seller, loaded a double wagon box, and ate with the household before the theft was discovered.
Wet wash calls received before 8 30 will be returned by 2 p m. v lbs for 1. Alliance Steam Laundry.
Partly furnished seven room California house for sale with a 40 by 160 lot. Price three thousand dollars including four female boarders. Cash with easy terms. Garvanzas car on York Boulevard. Classified Los Angeles Times notice.
Classified ad style note showing Nebraska Land Co as loan source for farms. Mentions contact details with F. E. Holsten and a slogan about stomach strength linked to Tanlae product. Source appears as an old period notice.
The Rialto screens The Truant Husband a light society comedy with Betty Blythe and others about a husband deceived by a friend and a vanished vanity. Wednesday brings Conway Tearle in Love's Masquerade with a tale of a man entangled with a wife’s rival and murder suspicions. Shams of Society on Thursday follows a financially strained couple as debt, theft, and social pressures lead to a dramatic climax and a surprising twist.
Esther Quist arrived from Wyoming to visit at the R A Westover home. Mrs. Shrewsbury is back from Alliance Hospital and recovering. Numerous locals attended birthdays, school commencements, and church services with others traveling to Alliance Ellsworth and Davenport for events.
Acker and Elsen families travel through the area toward Hemingford and Alliance to visit relatives. Mrs. Brus hosts dinner with Wright Elsea and Hall as guests. Neighbors report fine roads and frequent calls at Hurlburt and Lawsen homes while activities include plowing, machinery runs to Alliance, and overland trips to Missouri.
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