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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1920)
I - ?! Phone 164 For Expert Dry Cleaning Pressing and Repairing TED FIELDING Prop. h rs i i t. J. C. BARNETTE VISITS r-3 HIS SON IN ALLIANCE Iimuic Beautiful Home On IJoik Ii to Scenario Writer nd Tftko t Four Month' Trip Leaning tbrlr beautiful home In Ix8 Angeles, Cal., to the noted scenario writer, Alan Dwan, for a period of four month. Mr. and Mr. J. C. Harnett,, parenta of W. B. Barnett, proprietor of the Golden Rule store of Alliance, came Satur day to make a two weeks' visit with bis eon In this city. " Mr. and Mrs. Barnett have been making an extenstlve visiting trip, having been for the past two month In southern states, including Spring field, Mo., the old home place In Humanvllle, Mo., where the family was born and reared, and Kansas City, Mo., where the family lived for fifteen years before removing to California. On leaving Alliance, Mr. and Mrs.. Barnett will visit another son, Harry, In Belle Fourche, S. D. : In Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Mrs. T. M. Calla han, In Lougniont, Colo., and a daughter, Mr. Burr Fisher, In Seat tle, Wash. They expect to be home In two or three months. His fancy being caught especially ty the study possibilities of the sun parlor on the ocean front, Alan Dwan, famous scenario writer, leas ed for a term of four months, at ap proximately $400 per month, the handsome, well-furnished home of J. B. Barnett, 34 First Place, In Long Beach, Cal. Mr. Dwan and his brother, a retired physician; their mother; a chauffeur and a Korean ook and housekeeper, will comprise the party which will occupy . the premises, which Include an eight- room homo proper, garage with four living rooms above, and the separate sun-parlor. No one will be permitted to pass down the Barnett stairs to the beach daring Mr. Dawn's tenancy lest his writing be disturbed. If, as suggested, you turn to tb cheaper cuts of meats you may ave the .dubious satisfaction of seeing their price soar, in which caso you will, of course, find ih mii nore palatable. Even if the autoroobHe.i w.ro to disappear, the nd-.frim would still have his woe. Th; flend who throws gum on the pavemMt to be stepped on would still bi on hand to incite the frenry of hatred In onoo. People may, this being a free country, write and say extremely sar castic things about the scarcity of servant, but It doesn't noticeably Increase their number. Till'. MTTI.i: Ol 1IOMK IMIMTIl When you're feelin' kind o lonesome An' the atmosphere Is blue; When life's no bed of rosos, ' An' folks seem down on you. X know what will make you happy, An chase away the frownB Bead the little ol' newspaper From your ol' home town. Vou won't Inush about the trlfflln' things The paper has to sny, , -For every line's a message From the ol' home far away... Even Si's new chicken coop Will not provide a smile. An' the great big city dallies Lie unopened all the while. Bill's girl has gone to college, " An Joe's boy home from France, The Ladies' Aid will hold a social, An' the Masons give a dance; So you read the local happenings, An never miss a line, 'An cause they're all your neighbors, You'll be glad that crops are fine. Then before you know'lf You've read it thru and thru An' all the world seems brighter An' life seems good to you. So for a pill of pleasure To chase away the frown. Take the little ol' newsaper From your ol' home town. '-Cherry Wilson, In Spokesman ( Jlerlew. A crusade is beginning in France to prevent war names being given to babies. It Is well for some start to he made in the matter of making parents realize their responsibility In this respect. Many an unfortunate child Is doomed to go through life burdened with the weight of parental folly. writer discussing tie shoe problem For men, niayiw, but no town girl who has been French h-eling and narrow-toeing for ttie. past :en year, remarks Houston Post, will ever per mit her naked, knoloied, corned and bunloned tootsies to bo exposed to the gaze of a lost, and ruhwrf world. GOOD REASONING Tarent "What is your reason for wishing to marry my daughter?" Young Man "I have no reason, sir; I am in love."- London Opinion. "Tell your wives everything; if you can't answer their questions ap peal to us," says In effect the Week ly Bulletin of the department of agri culture. Suppose Friend Wife should ask: "When am' I going to get that no what " Just put It up to your Undo Samuel. Perhaps the meanest specimen of criminal developed in these times Is the ex-soldier In France who killed and robbed the Red Cross nurse who had cared for him when he was wounded. It is to the credit of humanity that bad as men may bo such cases as this are exceptional. .. If fifty miles below the earth's surface "all is molten," the gases confined there, once tapped, should furnish power for man's use. for a million years. Though, with all that gas there, the earth should have blown to atoms a million years ago. ' A third term for a suit of clothes may fend off the purchase of over alls, but when are we going to strike the gait of the miser who sews $10 bill into the lining of his only suit until death doth them part? It Is said a cure of Idiocy has been found through pumping nlr into liv Ing brain. Then It looks to us as if our automobile stations might be mor euseful for awhile pumping air into flat heads instead of into flat tires. It may be that the slogan "safety first" has become a Joke, but It la no Joke to disregard the caution. It Is not on record that the yeggs who robbed a church safe stole any bibles. OHt The keeper of the Insane asylum had taken his patients out for a walk when they ran across a pedestrian gazing perplexedly at the railroad tracks. "Can you tell me where this rail road goes?" he asked. "You'd better come along quietly back inside with us," answered ofre of the patients soothingly. "That doesn't go anywhere. They Just keep It there to run trains on." The United States wants, In settle ment of the Turkish question, to rrv tect the Armenians. Something will have to be done about It promptly or there will be no Armenians left to protect. The Invention of cheap insecticides Is going to reduce the cost of. food by millions of dollars, according to the American Chemscal loclety. The best Insecticides and the cheapest are the birds, and yet we allow them to be slaughtered by thousands iuBt to prove that boys can hit a mark. The farmer pays the cost and then pass es It on to the r. of us. "Candals may come back " eayu a We Have the Candy While on a candy-buying trip in Denver recently we pur. chased a comprehensive stock of all kinds of Box Candies. These goods were for immediate shipment and have already arrived. They include extra fancy plain and novelty dipped chocolates. Be one of the first to sample these new arrivals. PRICED RIGHT A Special oh Pop Corn That's right. We are' making a specially attractive price on our genuine BUTTERKIST POP CORN, made from the finest grade corn, carefully salted and generously covered with good butter. It's so good we are making this offer for a short time to get you into the habit of buying here. N For a short tme only at 5 CENTS THE SACK Try Our Fountain For Quick, Cool and Dainty Hot Weather Refreshments Alliance Candy Store PHONE 27 tilTT TUB STATISTICS ""Yah hah," chortled the Gay Old Bird, boasting' of his youthful achievements, "and In my day, young feller, we useter sow wild oats as was wild oats." "PIpo down, old timer,", broke in Ihe Irreverent Young Man, "you talk like there'd never been a banner crop since." A JAZZY PULSH "I contend that music Is the lan guage of the heart." "Well, In that event, Jazz must cause a terrible beating of the pulse." Lexington Leader. Planting a tree when d chi.d Is born Is a better plan than the old custom of tearing up the new fath er's best hat. REAL ESTATE Box Butte County Farms and (auct.es Alliance City Property NEBRASKA LAND COMPANY J. C. McCORKLE, Manager Office Ground Floor First Natl. Bank. BRAINS ALWAYS SCOKK Three Kentuckians were killed In a fight over a dog. The dog is alive because he ran away and hid. All of which proves that brains will triumph In the end. Johnstown Democrat. SATISFY YOURSELF By the use of science's latest apparatus, that every piece of Electrical Equipment on your car is m perfect working condition. There is no longer any need to misplace your con fidence in the hit-and-miss methods generally employed to determine the efficiency of bat teries, generators, magnetoes, etc. Use Our Cowie Electrical Tester and BE SURE This piece of modern machinery the only one of its nature between Omaha and Denver 7rr?,Iin1s,t?l1T(rrender our idcal of SERVICE to our patrons. Take advantage of our JKfck I) KlVfc-IN SERVICE any time soon and let us take the uncertainty from the opera tion of your electrical appliances on the automobile. SCHAFER AUTO SUPPLY 1 ., MOTHER'S OLOGIES Daughter "Yes, I've' graduated, but now I must inform myself in psychology, philology, blbll " Practical Mother "Stop! I have arranged for you a thorough course In roastology, bakeology, stitchlogy. flarnology, patchology, and general domestic hustleology." Texas Christian Advocate (Dallas). - VERSATILITY Young women for hanging up, shaking out, and folding. Wages twelve dollars weekly, with bonus, to start. Apply Tabor Laundry Works, 446 Bathurst Street. Toronto Eve ning Telegram. BOX BUTTE COUNTY FARMS On account of the more or less stringent financial conditions we now have the opportun ity to offer some exceptional bargains in improved and unimproved Box Butte county farms, as well as in some choice western Nebraska stock ranches. It will pay you to write or call on us for detailed information regarding some of the bargains which we have at this time. Easy terras can be secured for you. If you have western property for sale and want it handled quickly, list it with us. We look after properties for non-residents. THE THOMAS COMPANY LLOYD C. THOMAS HAROLD S. THOMAS Phone 20 Reddish Block Alliance, Neb. 32 3. .Morgan ff lv ' v Go Groceries and Meats SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY Meat Depart Fancy Dressed Chickens per pound 38c Veal Cuts Beef Cuts Veal Roast Veal Stew . Veal Rump Veal Steak -Veal Chops. 28c .20c -55c 58c ,55c Pork Cuts Beef Boil in Shoulder Roast . , , 9rXn Pot Roast 25c Shoulder Steak '. 28c Round Steak :: 35c Hamburger : -.25c Rump Roast . 5.y and 28c Pork Shoulders, fresh Pork Roast - -25c Pork Loin Roast Pork Steak' Pork Chops 83 82c , PURE LARD 2 lb. pail 75c 3 lb. pail ; $1.00 5 lb. pail $1.75 10 lb. pail $3.60 .32c Bulk 10 lbs. -$3.00 . COMPOUND 2 lb. : - 3 lb 5 lb. 10 lb. Home Made Pork Sausage Brookfield Sausage, (box) Pork Tenderloins 55o 50c .55c -60c Fancy Bacon (sugar cured) Fancy" Ham (sugar cured) Picnic Ham (sugar cured) . Frankfort Bologna Salt Pork . 65c $1.00 $1.45 $2,90 42c ..46o .31o .22120 50c "Tiy Us You Can Always Do Better'' Morgan GOo T1