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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
11
The item presents a playful ad line urging readers to choose a suitably sized short garment. It highlights a fashion-forward theme and suggests casual summer wear. No further contextual details are provided in the fragment.
Satirical piece pokes fun at rural folk versus urbanites in rapid dialogue and invented dictionaries. It contrasts old fashioned rural life with modern city habits, referencing a comic portrayal of a fossilized rural gentry and their daily routines.
A caustic vignette contrasts a city executive's grind with a rural family's daily rhythm. The city man starts early, gorges on pre digest crackers and coffee, spends hours in a 32 story office, then crowds into a tight wire lunch. He returns to a gas-works view and a wife’s gossip. Both sides envy the other.
A speaker remarks that the week concludes with bottles returning and liniment being handed out at the regular rate. They imply relief, recovery time, and upcoming availability next week.
Rev Dr J Walter Morris speaks to men on Sunday evening at the Methodist church with the theme The Majesty of Law. A large crowd attended last Sunday and the speaker urges men and all to boast for law and Americanism. The Church of Christ invites Sunday services on October 14 with The Triumph of the Gospel in the morning and The Way That Leads to Life in the evening. Mid week service each Wednesday with a welcome.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning sermon at 11 a.m. The pastor travels to Bridgeport for the evening service and to Hastings for the Baptist State Convention from October 15 to 18. Christian Science Society Alliance holds Sunday services in the Adler block and regular lessons at 11 a.m. All are welcome.
St Matthews Church Episcopalian service times listed: Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Morning prayer at 11 a.m. Evening prayer at 7 30 p.m. William Carson Shaw serves as dean.
Regular services and Sunday school announced at First Presbyterian and Lutheran churches. Mission Festival at Lutheran Church on Oct 14 with Rev J B Kinness. English address plus daily services at 10 30 am and 2 pm. Holy Rosary begins Forty Hour Devotion with high mass and girls in white. Redpath Lyceum season tickets on sale by Oct 20 with first lecture Oct 27 by M Hery Buckley at Baptist Church. tickets $1 50 season, children $1. Knights of Columbus to observe Columbus Day with a patriotic program Friday evening in the basement.
The notice invites the general public to attend an upcoming program featuring patriotic addresses and music described as a real treat. It notes a W C T U meeting this Thursday afternoon hosted by Mrs H kh Beans at 305 E Third Street.
The Morris family now resides at the Methodist parsonage on Box Butte Avenue and Fifth Street. On Tuesday evening, October, Dr. and Mrs Morris will entertain the church official board along with their spouses.
The Ladies' Guild of St Matthews Episcopal Church met Wednesday afternoon at the parish house with Mrs H E Reddish as hostess.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. W. B. Housey at 820 Cheyenne Avenue.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church met Wednesday afternoon at the Spacht home 10 Sweetwater Avenue with hostesses Mrs. K. J. Stearns and Mrs. D. K. Spacht.
The Daughters of Isabelle gathered at Mrs. P. F. Schott's home on Wednesday afternoon to sew for the Red Cross, spending the hours in productive activity.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Baptist church met Wednesday afternoon led by Mrs. A. A. Wright at 514 Missouri Avenue.
A Herald representative reported Charles A. Mallory, Bowles Live Stock Commission Co. vice-president, speaking after a meeting at the Omaha stockyards in the Exchange Building. Mallory warned the meat shortage is unprecedented, urged favorable financing for producers, opposed price fixing, and criticized government and financial advisers while noting war-era strains and price pressures.
The speaker argues for more production and support for farm families and livestock men to sustain the war effort. He notes price pressures, calls for tangible action, and asserts the public must back workers while Uncle Sam finishes what he starts.
Farmers and merchants seek steady supplies of all kinds of livestock and farm produce to sustain markets, with emphasis on timely deliveries, reliable quality, and fair pricing to support regional agricultural needs.
At the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange meeting on October 5, 1917, the executive committee resolves to suspend wartime commission increases. Rates prior to September 8, 1917, will be reinstated, with notices sent to the Food Administrator and market patrons. This act reflects patriotism and loyalty to Wilson, Hoover, and the food administration during World War I.
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