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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
4
Local notes cover Betzold visiting Omaha for business, Gray’s insurance work, a charity ball at the Phelan Opera House, and many residents’ travels from Alliance to Cheyenne Omaha and Albany. The piece mentions a Union Pacific collision victim relative, a dem ocratic banquet, a Philippine discharge, theater entertainment Ruth Craven, and insurance brokers Gray & Guthrie’s strong western results.
C O Aspenwall moves from Alliance to Council Bluffs Iowa under orders from International Harvester Co. W E Acker of Omaha takes over, replacing him. Aspenwalls leave Alliance with best wishes as Mrs Aspenwall and Mrs Regan plan new home. Acker brings machine experience and may oppose moving the official department to Crawford.
Union announces Thanksgiving services will be held at the Presbyterian church next Thursday at 9 PM local time.
Omaha city engineer Andrew Rosewater spoke at city hall on sewerage for Alliance detailing ancient and modern methods, costs, and benefits. He cited Hastings and Sheridan examples, discussed septic tanks, flushing, and pipe sizes for a 15 000 to 25 000 population city, and noted $46 000 could fund the sewer project. He and J P Hazard surveyed town grounds and will file a written report.
The Beatrice Beatrice resident Lewis T Griggs father of G L Griggs chief clerk to General Superintendent Allen of the Burlington died recently at his ranch in Wyoming. Funeral held at the old Beatrice home with interment in Beatrice cemetery. Born April 17 1843 at Clinton county Indiana he served in the Eleventh Indians cavalry and moved to Nebraska in 1866 later to Wyoming in 1890. Survived by wife five children two brothers and a sister.
Burt Griggs of Buffalo Wyoming George L Griggs of Alliance Nebraska Clifton C Griggs of Eureka Utah and Kirk Griggs of this city belonged to the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges and were noted as staunch members of the G A R.
Official returns show the state senate with twenty Democrats and thirteen Republicans. The house will have sixty eight Democrats and thirty two Republicans.
A witty piece by Duncan Smith rails at married life and male ego. It says husbands rule the household yet avoid responsibility and dismiss rivals, while wives who support husbands are justified in enforcing limits. It notes men resist being proved wrong, and warns against puffed up conceit and petty quarrels.
In a playful exchange, one friend asks why the other repeated a gesture amid light teasing. The responder deflects, noting no real harm, but hints at expecting something original from the other.
Creditors are summoned to appear at the county court in Aber ao vatate on May vith for the administration of the estate of Mortis Kellogg. Claims must be filed and proven. debts will be paid as allowed by the court. The seal of the county judge confirms the notice.
A tiger is forced onto a training stool using a rope, collar, and violent cues. The animal struggles as the crew hoists and yanks, then is shocked with a blank cartridge and whipped nose for compliance. The scene ends with the tiger swinging in the air, balance lost, forced to move.
A man kisses a girl in moonlight and faces possible fatherly and press consequences. The girl recoils with scorn while weighing her response and the social fallout of the incident. Her quiet question signals an end to his advances and a warning about future visits.
Ella presses her claim as Mr. Wilkins shows interest in the family. The old man jokes about whether he will be chosen as a future father-in-law as the romance unfolds in a domestic scene.
In a motor driving case heard at court the chauffeur claimed a forty mph car could stop within ten to twelve feet. The judge challenged the claim prompting the expert to note outcomes depend on the driver’s life. The dialogue underscored questions about braking capability and responsibility.
In Army and Navy Life a narrator recounts an encounter where an Indian trader proposes trading the narrator’s wife for ponies. The bargaining escalates from six ponies to twenty, with witnesses present and the lieutenant fearing a mistaken belief of a binding bargain. The husband refuses until a compromise is forced by social pressure, paying money and tobacco to end the incident.
From Japan a selection of English signage and notices shows phrases like Tailor native country draper miliner and ladies outfatter and notices on dentistry and post retractions. The imperfect translations reveal how foreign terms were rendered for local commerce and services with quirky phrasing and errors.
Pepys notes a tame pet sparrow raised by his mercer family gathering with his father and sister. Earlier writers like Catullus and Plautus used sparrows in affectionate imagery and travel through ages with sparrows described alongside doves and hares as endearing terms.
A little girl named Ethel contemplates happiness and limits as she sits with an unfinished turkey plate. Uncle John asks why she looks mournful and she laments being worriedly full, sparking gentle laughter from observers.
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