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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
2
A fragment notes Sailor Hats priced below cost at Highland Holloway Co with a casual remark on market shifts. The text also mentions grape crops and furs, predicting falling fur prices, and a bleak note about a poor girl shivering in summer with marabout boas as a contrast.
The State Journal notes Nebraska women backed the constitutional amendment to increase the state senate while men voted against it. Women also favored equal suffrage, which carried without male support, showing distinct voting splits on these issues.
James Pierce and Ward Joder boosters from the Alliance area stayed in Scottsbluff after a Friday football game and attended the Rexall Store one cent sale beginning Thursday. James Dotta of Eastman Kodak visited Alliance on business as the sale ran Thursday to Saturday.
A discussion on vaudeville style evangelists versus traditional preaching. A lesser light evangelist inflates morality claims to boost crowds, then reveals alleged school immorality to newspapers, prompting criticism of sensational tactics over genuine preaching.
A local newspaper recounts how officials investigated charges against an evangelist, found little basis, then moved to silence coverage. The evangelist left on the night train as the town anticipates broader changes, hoping cinema will draw away churchgoers. The piece notes a shift in church entertainment and showcases holiday greeting cards available for order.
Incidental reports describe sugar boarders being punished without formal legal action for stocking at 30 cents or more, with no clear authorities or procedures specified.
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