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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
7
Nebraska officials ask state and federal engineers to investigate possible gas pockets found south of Lynch. Last week blasting on the road set off a charge and a fire burned fifteen minutes. Investigators have not confirmed whether pockets are local or extensive.
Norfolk school board approve twice yearly intelligence tests for grades two through eight to gauge capacity in subjects. Prof. R.B. Simon notes tests help place mentally capable pupils in higher grades and tailor subject choices, including foreign language requirements, with prior junior high results cited as satisfactory.
Patrick McFarland alias Arthur Andrews was ruled insane after four physicians testified and a district court jury found he will not stand trial for the December 21 1920 murder of Seward Mayor George A Merriam. He lay on a stretcher as the verdict was returned.
McFarland, about 86 pounds at trial, was confined in a Lincoln sanitarium after the attack on Mrs McFarland and their three year old son George. The crime followed Mrs Merriam’s divorce filing and targeted near the Merriam home where the family lived.
Governor McKelvie endorses disarmament arguing war costs drain economy and taxes crippling production. He says a world agreement to end arms is awaited by the people and essential to prevent further calamity and national morale damage.
Nebraska saw cold night readings with Valentine at 24 degrees, Lincoln 35 to 76, and Omaha 36 minimum and 70 maximum. Sheridan in Wyoming was 22 degrees, making Valentine the second coldest spot in the country Monday night.
William Violette a North Bend merchant and father of Omaha attorney Gerald La Violette returned from a pilgrimage to the shrine of St Anne at St Anne de Acre near Quebec. Iliam O'Hara also of North Bend accompanied Mr La Violette and left his glasses at the shrine after relief from sore eyes.
Gerald La Violette describes Lisette leaving with a cane and walking away without limping while noting the leg injury is not fully cured. He says the injury began when Lisette fell from a porch three years ago and has used crutches or a cane since.
Bloomfield report notes corn at 17 to 19 cents per bushel and soft coal at $14 per ton. farmers expect to burn corn due to low market price. At market rates corn yields less than $5 per ton in heat value, while hard coal sells at $21 per ton.
Senator Perry Reed of Hamilton and York counties, a southern county farmer, is invited by legion members to run for governor next year. Reed served one term in the lower house and two terms in the senate, and is not yet a declared candidate.
Lincoln reports State Commander Dick Abbott denounces anti Legion bias within the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He pledges a house-cleaning and aims to sow peace among ex service groups, insisting no official opposition exists toward the American Legion or Spanish American War veterans.
In October a smooth stranger handed out uniform $10 checks drawn on the fictitious Commercial Bank of Vernon Iowa. He impressed a Nebraska City cashier, taking $30 in one case, before checks were returned as invalid for lack of any Vernon bank.
Col. John Thompson, chairman of the army pension commissioners, says Canada’s pension plan disburses 895 million yearly to 00 million pensioners during his tour in Filmonton Alberta. He notes amendments have made Canadian soldiers’ pensions the most generous by any allied government.
An employer states that no young woman with bobbed hair can work for him. The remark defines an explicit hairstyle ban as a job eligibility rule, signaling discrimination and a restrictive hiring policy.
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