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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
1
Voters turned out in record numbers in Alliance to decide on saloon licenses with a strong dry majority. Mayoral choice favoring F W Harris emerged alongside C A Newberry and C L Drake for council seats, while Chas Brennan won city treasurer as dry campaigns touted by local temperance efforts.
Saloons open only 7 a m to 7 p m during election day while the civil league vows continued fight until saloons close. Two licenses were revoked by the excise board on Wednesday as anti saloon victories spread to Tecumseh Holdrege Wymore Syracuse Auburn Wood River Arlington Kennard Friend Ravenna David City and other towns. saloon wins occur in Kearney Greenwood Silver Creek Humboldt Minden Holstein Nebraska City Fairbury Tobias Dunbar Utica Red Cloud Campbell Lawrence Seward Exeter Sutton Roseland Sterling Grafton Superior Stella Verdon Plainview Arapahoe Harvard Angola Neligh.
A shooting in Crawford Tuesday night left five white soldiers wounded and two killed. Reports say the post soldiers moved to town seeking vengeance but found the area deserted as the proscribed district was emptied of people.
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