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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
2
In state university circles three Alliance girls from the same town share initial M and are nicknamed the Triple Alliance. They are rumored to be perfect 36s and linked by affections for a football hero. A butterfly luncheon is teased as a beauty event, while pink teas emerge as the current trend.
Old Sim Wilkins proposes the deliveryman finish Denton's unfinished checkers match in Sin's store. The man hesitates admits knowing how to play and notes checkers as a lazy man's game as he contemplates taking Denton's seat.
A Plymouth News snippet mirrors Lewis Carroll style as a Republican election episode prompts a humorous, non graphic quip. The tale features a poll worker who calmly asks voters if they want a Republican ballot and a wife voting Republican while her husband is Republican. The piece reflects light political satire without graphic detail.
A collage of observations on weather, light, and daily life contrasts. It details shifting suns, rain, and a barefoot girl, then shifts to a bricklayer famed for speed and the contractors replacing him with two faster workers, noting the change in productivity without expanding wages.
United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for calculating machine operator on September 25 at Alliance. Vacancy in internal revenue service at Omaha Nebraska at 1200 dollars annually with potential temporary increases after six months. Both sexes eligible. Applicants tested in spelling practical tests arithmetic penmanship letter writing copying and manuscript correction. Minimum age eighteen. Details from Alliance post office local secretary.
Carl W. Bohart travels to Alliance with his son Charles Bohart Jr to enroll at St Agnes Academy for the coming school year. Lee Strong and Sterling Harris return from Lincoln after being selected by Miss Opal Russel to represent at the state fair. Leo Walker of Hemingford opens Sunday Ven t Fridays in Aline.
Friday the Excellent Scholarship society hosted the A A group with a program led by Ray Edwards the society president since 1916. Members number 42 and a new Honor Roll frame was presented to Alliance High School for future additions. The event included piano duets readings and a local solo with orchestra plans discussed for future years.
Robert Lawrence, Sterling Harris, Lee Strong, George Purdy and Clarence Ralls registered Monday morning for school. Several teachers have relocated: Mable Clayton now teaches in Seattle, Alva Reed in Seattle, Rosamonde Bargy in Great Falls, Margaret Beal in Bakersfield. The Senior class elected officers led by President Tom Miller and Vice President.
Elocution classes will be offered to Chadron students with one credit per semester for daily practice. Mrs. Inez Dunning will lead the course meeting Tuesday mornings in the Jaycees building, with each pupil receiving a separate lesson at her home. Enrolled students include Helen Young Ruth Stanton Evangeline Acheson Elsye Harris Margaret Schill and Marie Howe.
Mrs J Adams returns to Alliance Tuesday morning following a short visit with her husband in the oil business near New Castle Wyoming.
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