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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
3
The piece discusses a proposed dance The Methodist Glide facing church sanction and denounces political ballot measures as manipulative. It urges readers to vote NO on all proposals not fully understood and warns of railroad grain and electricity trusts backing the amendments.
A critique notes that college professors face indifferent audiences and that public demand prioritizes entertainment over mental growth. It argues many students and readers prefer comics and quick diversions, while deeper civic and literary works receive little attention.
The piece argues Teddy Roosevelt is not an American Legion figure and criticizes his anti administration statements as unbecoming yet defends him as a raw youth. It recalls his lobbying at the Lernion convention and praises the Roosevelt family while condemning unnamed attacks. Stanley and John Wright travel to Crawford for the fair.
Secretary Leo Stuhr of the department of agriculture reports carload potato inspections are proceeding well under the compulsory inspection law. He notes a few cull potatoes remain in fields but are sold to informed buyers. 202 car loads from Kearney shipped, 98 percent rated No 1. Sta te and shipment destinations uncertain. exchanges among growers reduce middlemen and stabilize pricing.
City figures show $15,000 paid in life insurance claims in 1919, with county totals likely larger. In July 1920 forty six of fifty four companies wrote more insurance than the prior year, a rise aided by wartime policies. Also notes a local social trio’s trip to Crawford Tri-State fair and local employment news in Kansas City arrivals.
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