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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1920
Page
7
A humorous look at women voting and ballot mix ups includes a husband coaching his wife on the ballot and a man who signed every blank line. The piece notes nostalgia for past claims that women could not vote and jokes about prohibition era satire and home brews.
A playful miscellany of light anecdotes and social jabs. A Chicago reader riffs on golf in the snow, printers quitting smoking, and a boastful union leader named George De Bord. The column seats punchlines about tobacco, pie, and a chilly round of golf with overcoats.
The passage recalls movie goers debating a film queen and quips about Father Flanagan and his boys. A Blondie remark and a questioning listener highlight playful irreverence among young men of the era.
J Charles Miller, former Lancaster County commissioner, seeks 50 000 damages over an October 8 1919 fall through a hole in a station floor at Alliance while a passenger from Scottsbluff to Crawford. Nearest named party is the Burlington railroad. Action transferred from Lancaster County Court to the United States court. The fall caused three fractured ribs and injuries described as permanent.
The article lists five men who enlisted last week at the local navy recruiting office. They are Robert Hodgkin of 515 Cheyenne, Foster McDonald from Cripple Creek Colorado, Claud Norman of Chadron, Frank Lyons from Louix City Iowa, and Francis Scholey of Rush County.
Miss Janet Grassman left Thursday night for Lincoln to spend a few days.
John J. Keenan a freighter from Lance Creek to Lusk was killed when his eight horse team pulled the wagon onto him near the Harnegal ranch. He dropped under the right wheel as the wagon struck him. the body lay under the wheel for hours before discovery. Keenan, about 55, born in Springfield Ohio, leaves a daughter in Casper a son at Lance Creek and another son in Ranger Texas. Burial planned in Lusk or nearby. He had been freighting for Western States Oil since July 1920.
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