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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
1
A large crowd attended Alliance's first city picnic with games, races, and a baseball doubleheader against Hemingford and merchants. The event featured a greased pig chase, prize contests, a marching Alliance band, and basket lunches, drawing residents from Alliance Hemingford and surrounding areas.
A historical note suggests Victoriano Huerta contemplates funds placed in European banks amid unsettled political and financial tensions. The remark frames in a distant memory the figure’s concern about concealed assets and international exposure.
U S producers paid for meat animals rose 3 percent between July 15 and August 15, with beef cattle calves hogs sheep lambs and chickens averaging 7.63 dollars per 100 pounds. Comparisons show year over year and four year trends with varying shifts across livestock categories and related horses and milch cows.
Mrs Veronica Schott aged 75 died after months of illness. Funeral will be Friday at 9 am at St Francis Xavier Church officiated by Rev F P McManus. Burial at St Joseph's Cemetery. Survived by three sons, a daughter, a brother and two sisters. Funeral cortege to church from 614 Seventh Avenue after lying in state.
The Right clothing store owned by Roy Beckwith starts a contest to win a Ford roadster by votes cast from September 15, 1914 to March 20, 1914. Votes are counted weekly by two judges. store staff and relatives are ineligible. Car to be bought from Keeler Coursey Co Alliance. winner may take five passenger version with a $50 difference.
Mr and Mrs W W Wood left Tuesday noon for Grass Range Montana to visit their daughter who has a homestead nine miles from that point They plan to stay two or three weeks Judge Wood brings fishing tackle and guns and expects to enjoy himself
Alliance High School graduates will attend Lincoln institutions next year. Lincoln is described as the state educational center with the State University two business colleges and denominational schools like Nebraska Wesleyan Bethany Cotner. Mrs E J Young and son Richard travel to secure housing and Richard enters the State University law department.
The W. R. Harper Department Store held a crowded fall opening with out of town guests and Alliance residents. The Alliance orchestra performed as floral souvenirs were handed to visitors and Mr. and Mrs. Harper were praised for their successful shop featuring a wide selection and ample staff.
The Herald explains the issue runs sixteen pages across two sections due to high advertising demand and extensive reading matter. It notes that every page, including legal notices, is filled and urges advertisers to place orders early to help plan page counts.
Dwight Zediker of Alliance defended his world relay title at Cheyenne and won two of three races at Loveland Colorado earning the United States relay championship. He rode a fast horse string owned by Gus Anderson of Haron, Colorado and clocked two minutes thirty eight seconds for the running time with a six second change. The event drew 17 000 spectators, with a bundle race preceding and a close finish by five feet in the final leg.
Dwight and Gale Downing led wide field shows at Cheyenne and Loveland. Dwight set a one and a half mile relay record while swapping tack and clothing challenges, including a hobble skirt and corset mishap that hampered his ride. Downing excelled in the McCarty string, with earlier wins and close rivals.
A terse note indicates that the reading matter is trimmed to fit the publishing schedule. No further details are given in the accessible text.
Brown and editor Tony Kuhn of the Hemingford Journal joined the Labor Day celebration in Alliance. Also present were three attendees from the northern part of the county that day.
Grandma Joder came back Monday from a month visiting friends at Hemingford and nearby areas. She has many friends in the northern part of the county and the visit was pleasant for all.
Ranchers move prime cattle despite market uncertainty as Hall and Graham ship fifteen carloads of cattle to South Omaha early in the week with additional consignments continuing the following day. The note mentions Mr Hall coordinating the effort amid fluctuating prices.
A Semi-Weekly Times ad fragment touts a valuable horse described as plumb sound gentle as a kitten and slick as a mole, valued at sixteen dollars, with details promised in the issue of October 1. It quotes the Septem ber 4 folio and teases a giveaway to readers who act.
A fragmentary note suggests Japanese leaders debate whether Japan is being used as a paw by patrons to control events. The text hints at political calculation and potential manipulation without detailing names or dates.
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