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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
8
A column shares humorous and candid quotes from children on spelling mistakes, color descriptions, a stag party, a mother’s question, and a Sunday school address. The anecdotes reveal wit and moral insight from Louise, nine, and Sister Mabel, seven, among others.
The famous humorist collapsed after a Christmas feast and died laughing. As friends gathered, he faintly smiled and whispered that he would still keep up his reputation as a humorist. He gasped digesting and died shortly after.
In a frontier town meeting, a speaker motioned to name the village Old Ory, arguing it fits as a flag station. The chairman asked for justification, while the proposer pressed his point with a rustic, rasping appeal.
A collage of humorous vignettes and a small court scene: a teacher asks what carries a man on rough roads and a student offers a joke about automobiles, a family dog joke, Sambo on chicken theft with no witnesses, soldiers kept from church, and a door riddle about a parrot. The items reflect light local humor and a courtroom anecdote.
Howard Elliott, former head of the New Haven line, recalls ICC rulings. He tells a parable about a distressed railroad board of directors. The old man in the tale questions the doctor’s diet prescription, asking mockingly how he can eat chicken breast every day if he lacks an evening’s tree.
An 13 year old girl in Omaha suffers inflammatory rheumatism severe weight loss and headaches. After treatment with Tanlac her appetite improves swelling subsides and she returns to school. Parent also reports personal relief from loss of appetite digestion and nervousness. Tanlac sold in Alliance Hemingford and Hoffland areas.
Ownership statement for Alliance Herald dated October 1 1918 lists Publisher Herald Publishing Company Alliance Nebraska Editor Lloyd C Thomas Managing Editor None Business Manager Roy C Bentz Alliance Nebraska The report covers Live Stock Prices at South Omaha October 15 1918 with heavy cattle hog and sheep receipts and mixed price ranges for steers cows yearlings heifers bulls and lambs amid a large market run, noting lower prices for most classes.
A health note promotes internal cleansing by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims the bowels accumulate toxins daily and that internal baths wash them away, reducing headaches, biliousness, constipation, bad breath, and other ailments.
If you know J. W. Good vote for him. If you do not know him find out all you can about him. He is a successful farmer stockman and has had 25 years business experience. 46-21-9821.
Alliance resident Mrs M M Scott reports relief from backache and nervous irritability after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She states kidneys once acted irregularly and uric acid caused fatigue, with the remedy providing noticeable relief. Price 60c at dealers. a Foster Milburn Co advertisement.
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