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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
4
Democratic and People's Independent candidate announces candidacy for County Clerk in Box Butte County Nebraska. requests support and notes an investigation of qualifications. voter consideration requested.
A local citizen and public official invites voters in Hox Butte County to review his past actions and records as part of his campaign for County Commission. He encourages informed support from voters based on his record.
A candidate for re election as sheriff of Box Butte county invites an investigation of his public official record and pledges acceptance of a fair judgment on the matter. The county superintendent and a nominee of the Democratic and People's Independent parties support the inquiry.
W J Bryan will speak in Broken Bow Monday night October 16. The Caster County Bryan Club has reorganized and passed resolutions naming William Jennings Bryan as their preferred presidential candidate, citing his record of progress and reform.
Edgar M. Martin and W. J. Bryan will soon begin stump speeches for the democratic state ticket in Nebraska. One of their first addresses will be delivered at Wilbur next Monday.
The first general election for Arizona is scheduled for December 12. Indications point to democratic candidates winning state offices in the polls.
A fragmented exchange hints a candidate traveling the area to seek votes. The speaker jokes the phrase may be huskins or hive tings, signaling fieldwork and door to door campaigning to win support.
The Central City Nonpareil supports Judge Hamer and editor H. G. Taylor, a current legislator, predicts the paper will influence the campaign with its progressive republican stance.
The Hay Springs Enterprise objects to the parole granted to Ralph Nelman, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for shooting Emil Sandoz, arguing the protest should have preceded the board of pardons recommendation.
The remark attributed to Mrs Frank Leslie mirrors the style of Ella Wheeler Wilcox. It suggests a mortal woman seeks love as a pigeon seeks a dovecot or a deer seeks water, highlighting female longing and freedom.
The Hastings Democrat suggests Taft and Harmon on one side and Ryan and La Follette on the other for 1912. The piece argues that plain people should decide if business, trusts, and corporations deserve respect.
Reports from four aviation accidents across the Midwest and East show a Toledo pilot killed when an oil tank exploded in flight near Dayton Ohio. A Curtiss flyer named Castellano died instantly at Mansfield Pennsylvania. Raymond Mond, an amateur, was severely injured by a propeller in St. Louis while starting an engine. Vangie Ludvig, flying at a Virginia county fair, wrecked after her plane dragged into a buggy line causing runaways but left the aviator bruised though not seriously hurt.
The Herald commends Scotts Bluff County voters for choosing Democrats for county offices inclosing the county superintendent though the county leans Republican. Agnes Lacey, the current superintendent, has been renominated by the Democrats and is favored for reelection.
A historical discussion argues that true political loyalty demanded unwavering support for every party candidate, even at the cost of personal judgment, illustrating the pressure to "eat crow" in rigid ticket voting. The text reflects tensions between individual judgment and collective party discipline within campaigns.
An editor laments crow eating as independent voters rise while crowing Republicans in Dawes county face criticism. He urges politicians to back acceptable options on the ticket, arguing for a suitable man on the opposing side rather than backing objectionable candidates.
The Burlington issues a Nebraska pamphlet with extensive guidance on corn oats soil fertility orcharding wheat alfalfa and more. It is part of a five pamphlet series covering irrigation dry farming and multiple states. Copies available through local agents division freight agents or FE M Westervelt Lincoln Nebraska.
A Herald letter from M L Phares notes a Secretary of the Interior order barring credit for building a residence on homestead claims from filing date, effective December 1 for proofs due by December 5. Phares quotes Congressman M P Kinkaid urging reconsideration, requesting homesteaders write him at O Neill Neb to outline hardships and support his position.
Hon. Harvey J. Ellis sells the Alliance Times to Lion. Wm. Miller who assumes control this week. Miller, formerly U S land office register at Dav id’s Lake South Dakota, resigns to move to Alliance with Mrs Miller. The Herald welcomes the new editor and urges two competitive but cooperative local papers.
The Herald opens a department to credit ideas from exchange editors showcasing input from Drovers Journal Stockman and Bridgeport News Blade. Reports note Dr. Wiley’s strengthened standing after a conservation congress and a lecture on Socialism at the courthouse. Kansas City Star quotes Taft opposing reform nostrums and favoring concentrated wealth to find its own remedy.
Ohio Governor Harmon and Lieutenant Governor Nichole plan Midwest swing with Omaha and Lincoln passes around mid November and October 21 respectively. Harmon will travel to San Francisco to select a site for Ohio’s Panama Exposition building, with possible speeches by the visitors and Nebraskan Democrats.
J R Quein district court clerk Beatrice reports Hastings asylum head confirms Fred Robinson who shot his wife in Beatrice on November 28 1999 and was sentenced by Judge Pemberton has been returned to the penitentiary. His mental condition required treatment at Hastings Institution after his Beatrice hearing where insanity was pleaded and he then pleaded guilty to murder without trial.
The Scottsbluff sugar factory started up last week for the 1911 grind as the beet crop authoritatively surpassed expectations at about 110 percent of normal. North Platte valley potatoes faced blight but current harvests yield fair returns, while farmer Martin Schmacher near Scottsbluff reports twenty six acres sold for 2400 dollars and about 270 sacks on hand worth roughly 440 dollars.
State board awarded contracts for two new hospital buildings southwest of Lincoln after an appropriation of 50 000 for each. Total contract costs run to 48 502 40 per building, one designated for men and one for women.
Agnes I Hood and Walter L Harris wed at noon on September 27 1911 in Reno. Rev H W Cox performed the ceremony under a white blue arch with Ralph Wambaugh Zulla Wilson involved, followed by a five course dinner and a small gathering of family and friends. The couple received many valuable presents and are well known in their community.
The Clay Robinson & Company livestock commission salesmen, founded in 1855, issued an illustrated art booklet as a souvenir. They operate in Chicago, Kansas City, South Omaha, Denver, East St. Louis, South St. Paul, East Buffalo, South St. Joseph, Sioux City and Fort Worth with hundreds of employees.
The Scottsbluff Herald editor shares personal experience quitting cigarettes and urges others to quit, calling smoking a foul smelling habit and arguing it offends nonusers and harms air quality.
Charles Holmes recounts relief from heart disease after using Dr Miles Heart Remedy. He was troubled by night discomfort and stomach distress before finding improvement and now feels well at age 68. He notes enlistment as a Civil War veteran.
Dr Miles Heart Remedy pitched as a trusted friend in time of need. Sold by all druggists with a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not benefit, and the promise asks customers to inquire at local druggists. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Indiana.
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