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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1913)
C. 0. D. Parcel Post On July 1st the postofflce depart ment will begin sending parcel post packages C. O. D. This will be a big end much nwdwl nddltlon to the par eel pot Systran and will result I n mu h of the light package (X)l busl ness being transferred from the ex press companies to the malls. Fol lowing are the most Important rules regarding the COD system. 8ec. W. The sender of a maila ble parcel on which the postage Is fully prepaid may have the price Of the article and the charges there on collected from the addressee on payment of a fee of ten cents tn parcel post stamps affixed, provid ed the amount to be collected does not exceed $100. Such a parcel will be insured against loss, without ad ditional charge, in an amount equiv alent to Ita actual value, but not to exceed $50. Z. The sender of a collect on de llrery (C. O. D.I parcel will be given a receipt showing the office and date of mailing, the number of he parcel, and the amount due him. 5. A C. O. D. parcel will be ac cepted for mailing only at a money-order office and when addressed to a money-order office. Money-order offices are designated In the parcel post guide by an aaterlsk t) or a dagger. The postmaster at the mailing office will be held reaponsible for the postage requir ed for the return of a parcel ad dressed at a non-money-order office. 6. The C. O. D. tag rauat show the amount due the sender, the money order fee necessary to make the remittance, and the total amount to be collected. It should be secure ly attached to the parcel, which should be numbered to correspond with the tag, stamped C. O. !.. and the charges to be collected plainly written thereon. The parcel will be treated as ordinary mail until it reaches the office of address, where on payment of all charges. It will be delivered to the addressee or, unless otherwise directed by the addressee, to the person, firm or corporation In whose care it is ad dressed, or to any responsi ble per son to whom the addressee's ordin ary mail Is customarily delivered. A receipt for the pared must be ob tained on the tag attached thereto. 9. Tho receplted tag will be con sidered as the addressee's applica tion for a money order for the amount due the sender. A money order will then be issued, stamped C. O. D., and mailed to the sender in a penalty envelope by tho post master, who will enter on the tag the number of the money order, the amount and date of issue, and tile it with other money-order applications. No return receipt will be furnished the sender, oh the money order serves that purpose. 10. The addressee will not be permitted to examine the contents of a C. O. D. parcel until it has been receipted for and all charges paid A parcel may be refused hen It is tendered for delivery, but after delivery haa been effected It can not be returned on account of dis satisfaction with the content or the amount collected. 14. The Department will not be responsible for errors made by s.-nd ers in stating the collection charges or for any misunderstanding be tween senders and addressees re garding the character or contents of pan-els Great Alteration Sale We must close out everything possible on our second floor so that we can make necessary alterations and in order to do this we have cut the prices of Rugs, Draperies, Curtains, Suits, Coats, Dresses, Trunks and Suit Cases, without regard to cost Sale begins Wednesday, June 18, to Saturday, June 28 TheH orace Bogue Store BUSINES8 AND PLEASURE Claude Vaueban. Junior member of the firm of Vaughan & Son, left ! on 44 Sunday on a combined business! and pleasure trip. He Weal first to Omaha, thence to Kansas City. He expected to return in two or three weeks, coming buck via I'ue.blo and Denver, Don't miss reading the big ad in this Issue. Van out Civil War Veteran Calls oooooooooooooooo 0 CLE MAN o oooooooooooooooo Mrs. and Mrs. Covalt went to Al liance Tuesday. Mr. S. O. Carr is plastering a house for Mr. C. Snow. Harry Boon and Charley . Klsass art over on the river this week. Ralph Mclntyre has been visiting at Mrs. Westley's the past week Hob Westley went to Alliance on Tuesday for posts. Mrs. Westley and daughter Thelma are home again from their visit at North Platte, Ringgold and Tryon, where they have been visiting rela tives and friends. Mr. Qeefe Elliotte and Donald took diner with 8. O. Carr Tuesday. Mrs. Sours Is visiting her mother Mrs. Koach this week. Miss Kay Covalt and brother. Floyd, took dinner Sunday with Thel ma Westley. , Don't miss reading the big ad in this issue. ruinous' Old Timer Returns K. E. Slsley, of Palo, lowa, who settled near Alliance over twenty five years ago, at the time the town started, and who left shortly afterward, returned for the first ! time after an absence of that length if tltuo thia l..ini' htia fli-iit 1'iult V 1 1 - i Vliia iv. i i . I" ii.l-l . . .. since leaving. Mr. Slsley was much Interested in Alliance. He has been a constant reader of The Herald, so was fa miliar with the progress of the town and knew something of the town's appearance from the pi' tures which have been published In this paper. The meeting between Mr. Slsley and his brother, who lives on a farm near Alliance, and whom he had not seen for twenty-three years, was something the two men will al ways remember. Although being apart for half of the ordinary life time the two men knew each other at once and spent some time trying to make up for the tunny years dur ing which they were apart. Mr. Slsley will visit here for about a week, when he will return home. W vV'GET IT DOWN- J HWT N HlR S r v r Wetv1 i i;SEO TO DO THIS 1 LOCAL f BASEBALL Win. F Jackson, a civil war vet ran, was a caller at The Herald office on Saturday. He makes his home at Battle Mountain Sanitarium Hot Springs, S. D., and has been eaat on a furlough. He went from Alliance to Marsluud to visit his daughter, Mrs. Alice Brltton. The following short article la tak en from the les Moint s .News ot Wednesday of last J ek It repeats story told by Mr. Jackson: Yankees Made Good Prophecy to Girla William Jackson of South Dakota and Joe Dillets of Van Buret) coun tjr, both of Company F, fourteenth lowa Infantry, were taken prisoners at the battle of Shlloh, according to a story told by Jackson yesterday. Together they were put or. a 1 1 tin and sent to Jackson. Miss. Before the prisoners were taken from the train at Jackson, Jackson and Dillets were leaning out of a window and washing tlte crowds. Two young women wa!kd Up MM eyed them amusedly. "Now, see what you Ret for try ing to whip the Johnnies," one of the girls said, and bun then pro ceeded to tell the northerners what they thought of thein 'Why. one Johnny can Wgip five Yanks," tliev Mid "Right there I made a prophecy to those girls," Jackson said yes terday. "I told them that before the war was over we would come back to their town and turn It up side down, that we wouldn't leave one stone on top of another. An J Just about a year later we did come back and we did turn their tW upside down. Not only that, we burned It down, f was just wishing I could see those two girls again, when who should appear in front of me but both of them, crying their yes out. They didn't remember me at first, but don you forget it, I. reminded them of what they had said n year before and the prophecy I made then." WILL MAKE BIG TRIP South Omaha Delegation Will Visit North Platte Valley and Un ion Pacific Points ARRIVE HERE THURS. MORNING WARRICKS HERE Mr. and Mrs. 8. K. Warrick, of Scottsbluff, were visiting with friends in Alliance Saturday morning. They stopped over on their way home frooi a trip east. The following letter was received by The Herald yesterday morning from the South Omaha people. South Omaha, N'ebr , June 16. Herald, Alliance, Nebr. Gentlemen: The south Omnna delegation of about 25 stock yards and commission men are planning on leaving Omaha the afternoon of June 26th, to attend the Cattlemen's Convention at Alliance. June -5th to 27th. They will arrive at Alli ance the morning of the 26th. and participate In the convention and celfbratlon, renewing old acquaint ances and meeting th" new ran ill men and farmers, settine. out the at! wuaages to be obtaint I in market ing their stock at South Omaha. I'liey leave Alliance at noon. June 27th, going south to Northport and west to Scottsbluff. making station stops along the route. Arriving at Scottsbluff about 4:00 p. in., June 27th. the delegation will put in the early evening making a run in auto mobiles up to Mitchell, where they will take supper, and then drive back to Scottsbluff to spend the night. Early Saturday morning .1 title Mth the party will leave Scottsbluff en route east, making short stops at all the principal stations as far east as North Platte. This is the regular early summer trip through western Nebraska, that Is made by the South Omatia Uve Stock Market representatives, and Is looked forward to with & great deal of interest and anticipation. Yours truly, UNION STOCK YARDS COMPANY OK OMAHA LIMITED!. By W. H. Schellberg. Traffic Mam.ger. SOUTH OMAHA LINK STOCK EX CHANGS. By A. K. 8tryker. Secretary -Traffic Manage! T ASH RETURNS Postmaster 1. K Tash returned from the elate convention at Lincoln Saturday morning. He reports a .big convention and a profitable one for all who attended. MISS BROOME RETURNS Miss Puss Broome returned Tues day noon from a two months' visit with friends and relatives in Den ver, Colorado, Kimball and Sidney, Nebraska. She spent most of the time at Kimball. Don't miss reading the Fatuous' big ad in this issue. Mrs. Guy Lockwood has returned from a three months' visit with her parents in Omaha. She was there during the tornado but escaped un harmed. James Keeler returned from Den ver Friday evening with Eugene Hall and his new Overland and two more new Overland cars. They made a quick trip across. Mr. Leavitt, of Scottsbluff, was In Alliance Saturday, on his way to Omaha. He is head of the boy scouts In western Nebraska, and stated that they will hold an enter tainment for their benefit at the Bluffs on the 24th. Delia Reed, county superintendent, and Fannie McCoy, made u trip to Sioux county Saturday, returning Sunday. They vited Miss McCoy's ?wo sisters. The Ladles' Ouild met with Mrs. J. Kridelbaugh yesterday afternoon. 1' L. Fuller, of Grand Island, who will be an auctioneer at the big Al liance Horse & Mule Company's sale next week, and Mr. Murphy, of ('rand Island, a horse buyer for New York firms, were In the city the first of the week looking around before the sale takes place. F. W. lister came In Mouduy night with a load of horses for the big sale, from S. ottsbluff. A large nutnbi r of buyers are coining to this well advertised sale. There j will be a good market for all horses : offered. Mtaa Jessie Camp, of Rediugtoti .-dsier-in-law of G. W Bmery, t uu in Tuesday noon to attend lun'or Normal. She will visit with the j Emery family while in the city. ; Mrs. Anna Joder, mother of Mr. I 1. L. Acheson, of Alliance, and lal 1 in Joder, of Denver, returned fro'n a two weeks' visit with the latter in Ienver, on Tuesday. J Sup'.t. G. U Griggs, of the Ster ling division of the Burlington, was in Alliance Tuesday. Mr. Snyder, of Scottsbluff. was In Alliance Tuesday on business. John Petrie, the Burlington stock man, was in Alliance on business the first of the week. Frank Hedengren, day ticket agent for the Burlington, who was promot ed to the position as cashier at Deadwood, left yesterday for his new post The Herald will keep Ardmore vs. Alliance Cubs At Falr Grounds Sun., June 22 Game Called 2:30 p. m. Admission 25c Tickets on sale at Holsten's ARDMORE Farwell and Herz BATTERIES CUBS Darnell and Brown No one will be allowed on base line between first base and home plate, so as to obstruct view of those in the grand stand This will be a good, fast game Bring out the folks and help Alliance win Frank informed on Alliance happen ings. Don't miss reading the Famous' big ad in this issue. Mollie D. rin -nut. of Torrlngton. Wyoming, recent winner of the 125 prize for the analysis of Orkin Brothers club advertising, was in the city Tuesday morning, while on her way to Omaha. While in Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. 8. K. Warrick, of Scottsbluff, attended the commencement exercises of Wes ley an University, of which Mr. War rick Is a trustee. Charley Iron, of Scottsbluff and Lincoln, was In the city the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCorkle, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Norton .made the Hunter family a visit Sunoay on the Hunter ranch, north of Alliance. The trip was made in the Norton and dcCorkle care. Dr. Hand reports that the only cases of scarlet fever at Lakeside now are those of the family in which all of a large family of children had it. The other cases have recovered. Mis Mable Hazard returned from a visit at Scottsbluff on Tuesday. Her father, J. P. Hazard, went over for a short visit, returning with her. Dr. Bowman was called to Chad ron on Friday to attend a case. He returned Saturday aftternoon. He made the trip in his Ford car. Father Dolan of Chadron, Father Burns of Scottsbluff, Father Gleason of Crawford, and Father Nepper of Rushville, were in Alliance during Bishop Duffy's visit here. B. S. Wintermute and daughter, of Ellsworth, were in Alliance Monday I and Tuesday. They returned home Tuesday noon. Y. M. B. C. PETRIE LOCATES HERE George Petrie, a brother of John Petrie, of the Burlington, has locat ed In Alliance and will make bis home here. The Young Men's Bible Club will meet In their rooms under the Alli ance National Bank, on Friday o f thiB week at 7:, 10 p. m. All nun US Invited, regardless of age. Topic for discussion will be "Condemna tion". A very important business meeting will be held after the Bible study. F. W. WOLVERTON, Sec THERE ARE ONLY THREE DAYS IN JUNE. These days are June L6 M -:( at Crawford, Nebraska, the biggest land and city property Auc ,tlon Sale ever held In the West everything goes to the highest bid der without reservation on terms of from 16 to M percent cash and balance on time. Write for free 8ale Catalogue, Pictures and Partic ulars. ARAH L. HUNGERFOHD. CRAW FORD, NEBRASKA. Adv't-28-2t-K7l. Don't miss reading the Paiurus' big ad In this issue.