Various Local News Snippets From Alliance and Surrounding Areas
Gossip and society notes from Alliance include Mrs Bur Knapp visiting relatives, Mrs Fred Vaughn visiting her mother Mrs J G Painter, and bank updates with a new 4600 pound safe. A prank figure on a water tower prompts jokes, an unknown tuberculosis death occurs on train No 17 near Sidney, a Gypsy woman births on train No 18 at Rock River, and ranchman Thomas C Swan Jr dies after a botched appendicitis operation. Dr W T Spencer requests Alliance delivery of the Independent after stamping out Indiana foot and mouth disease.
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Bur! Knapp
Alliance
Fred Vaughn
J. G. Painter
Broken Bow
State Bank of
Minatare
Victor Safe and Lock Company
Minature Free Press
Sidney
Rock River
Wyo
Laramie
Thomas C. Swan Jr
Harrisburg
Gerine
Mr. Swan
Swan
Kimball Observer
W. T. Spencer
The
Independent
Indiana
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Gains Popularity
The old home remedy of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray hair is back in use, now sold in stores as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy for about 50 cents a bottle. Users moisten a comb or brush and apply along strands to darken hair, while the product is claimed to leave hair lustrous and help with dandruff and weak hair.
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Wyeth
Alliance School of Music entertains at Methodist church
The Alliance School of Music gave a fine entertainment at the Methodist church last Tuesday evening. The troupe members earned favorable mention for their individual work. Superintendent C. M. Matheny of Alliance was elected president of the North Platte Valley Teachers Association meeting in Alliance. Sidney will host the 1916 gathering. Secretary Fisher is reelected with May 1 expiry and may visit Norfolk May 7. Miss Senner planned a Norfolk visit. Mrs. Fisher is in fragile health.
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Alliance School of Music
Alliance
Box Butte
Scottsbluff
C. M. Matheny
North Platte Valley Teachers’ Association
Sidney
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
People of Alliance
Secretary Fisher
Fisher
Norfolk
State Convention of Commercial Clubs
Senner
Norfolk Press
Firehouse Addition Planned by Bridgeport Firemen
Bridgeport fire department held a meeting behind the Bridgeport bank on Tuesday night and voted to build a fifty by sixteen foot addition to the hose house. The extra space is deemed necessary to dry and drain hoses after fires to reduce the risk of frozen hoses. The department has twenty men all with city property interests and public interest in the service.
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Bridgeport Bank
Bridgeport Newe-Blade
Easter vacation visitors and local events in Alliance
Miss Lena Westover visits St. Agnes Academy in Alliance for Easter break. August Hornburg, a nurse from Alliance, cared for U. S. Sears in town two weeks. Sears’ condition improved and services ended. Miss Madge Applegate arrived from Alliance for spring vacation. Alliance held its second annual cooperative style show drawing five hundred attendees. Scottsbluff merchants urged similar event. Elmer Greenberg, linked to last summer’s post office robbery, escaped Deadwood jail with an auto thief. both at large.
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Lena Westover
St. Agnes Academy
Alliance
August Hornburg
U. S. Sears
Madge Applegate
Scottsbluff
Elmer Greenberg
Edgement
Deadwood
Scottsbluff Republican
Moisture Conservation through Discing Practices for Farmers
Farmers learn that dry ground benefits from discing to trap moisture. Three methods increase soil moisture: reduce loss by mulching and proper tillage, boost water holding capacity via structural modification and organic matter, and irrigation where feasible. Double disking is advised to smooth ground and minimize evaporation. compare harvested plots with undisc ed sections to gauge benefits.
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Box Butte
Farm Management Association
Government opens Standing Rock lands to homestead entry
President directs disposal of Standing Rock lands under homestead laws after state selections. About 9 000 acres in North Dakota and 47 000 in South Dakota enterable. Timber Lake and Bismarck offices handle filings. May 3 1915 start for sworn applications. May 17 1915 deadline. May 19 1915 drawing at Bismarck to resolve conflicts. Purchase paid at entry, five annual installments optional after two years with three year proof. Land not subject to settlement before November 19 1915.
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Washington
Lane
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
U. S. Land Office
Timber Lake
U.S. Land Office
Biamark
Lemmon
Timber Lake District
Bismark
Hamburg Breast Tea For Cold Cure Promoted
An old time remedy touts Hamburg Breast Tea as an inexpensive vegetable cure for colds and grip. A tablespoon mixed with boiling water is poured through a sieve and consumed as a tea day or night, claimed to open pores and relieve congestion while also loosening bowels.
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Hamburg
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An old time advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism cure that soothes stiff joints and muscle pain when rubbed directly on tender spots. It claims rapid relief from pain, lumbago, neuralgia, and backache without internal treatment and is offered at 25 cents.
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St. Jacobs
Some Forms of Rheumatism Curable
A short ad describes rheumatic pains in joints and muscles and lists forms such as acute chronic rheumatism sciat ic rheumatism and lumbago. It promotes Sloan's Liniment for instant relief and claims deep penetration and finger of pain relief. A 25 cent bottle is advertised with emergency use suggested.
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Sloan
Dusty’s Dabblings and Pithy Town Gossip
A collage of local quips and anecdotes on pay up day civic talk snobbery stinginess and social miscues. Musings include a note on a couple in Alliance and a perplexing love dilemma directing readers to Laura Jean Libbey for guidance.
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Laura Jean Libbey
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Agricultural
Campbell Correspondence School of Soil Culture
Campbell
Correspondence School
Lincoln
Nebraska
Snyder’s Cigar Store
T. S. Fielding
Box Butte Ave
Sudan
Aldine, Texas
Lula Skelton
Churchville
Chamberlain
Grandma
Holt County
T. D. Stanley
Burlington
O'Neill
Herald
Box Butte County Farm Management
Seidel
Court House
First State Bank
Dusty
John Barleycorn
Elite
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