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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1921
Page
3
Classified notice offers old papers for five cents a bundie at The Herald Office and advertises good used cars from A UH Jones Company with Std and Cheyenne as references.
Receipts across three markets on October 10 show slower cattle trade with weak to lower bids for western grass cattle and stockers. Hogs rise slightly in Kansas City with top light hogs at 8.55, while cattle and hogs move at varied levels in Omaha and St Joseph amid ongoing market adjustments.
A detailed note recalls the 1886 convention to split Dawes county forming Box Butte, the selection of Nonpareil as county seat, and the 1899 1900 shifts in seats amid Burlington rail line events. It lists early settlers now living in Alliance, recounts frame courthouse records, and outlines political maneuvers between Alliance Hemingford and civic bodies.
The 1890s saw Alliance secure the county seat by a narrow margin and grow from a railroad-driven boomtown. Lands sold in 1887-88 near the Grant Lake site drew settlers, naming the settlement Alliance after railroad interests blocked Grant Lake. By 1891 it became a second-class city, with Frank H. Smith as first mayor and R. M. Hampton later leading as mayor, as Burlington traffic revived hopes when extending toward the Platte valley in 1899.
The Omaha market lists wheat with prices for No 2 dark hard at 1.08 and No 1 hard at 1.40, other grades around 1.00 to 1.08. Corn shows slight declines with No 2 white at around Ste and No 1 yellow at 84 to 85 cents. Oats unchanged with No 3 white near 27 cents and No 4 white around 26 cents.
Western Nebraska markets show steady demand with slow wire inquiry. Prices for Early Ohios No 1 at 1.75 and No 2 at 1.50. Bulk Uarly Ohios No 1 around 1.25 to 1.30, No 2 1.17 to 1.20, wagonloads cash to growers. Northern District unofficial haulings moderate with steady market.
The report lists cash track shipments to growers and bulk Early Ohios with prices for No. 2 and No. 1 sacks. Merchants note moderate haulings and good demand with a strong market. Other items include opinions on bobbed hair and a depot bulletin on a husband leaving a wife in a depot, with brief social observations.
The passage notes rising prices and economic strain as summer ends. It mentions cheap ice cream sparking stomachaches for children, debates on monkey gland remedies, and home ownership pressures from foreclosures. It cites mortgage and dress costs impacting families and hints at Congress issues.
The passage muses that disarmament by agreement would beat ongoing arms conflict and notes a music dealer’s comment about a promise rather than threat. It adds that a large share of the world’s gold resides in the United States and ends with a provocative question about guesswork.
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