Seventeen-year-old confesses to grisly murder in stockyards
Walter Reisenwever, 17, confessed to the April 8 murder of Charles F. Johnson at Alliance Nebraska stockyards. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Box Butte County and awaits district court sentencing without bail. He gave details of the crime and disposal of Johnson’s belongings.
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Walter Reisenweaver
Charles F. Johnson
Walter Reisenwever
Alliance
Box Butte County
Ira E. Tash
Ret
Johnson
Geomeone
Burlington
Smith
Reisenwever
McKenzie
Nebraska
Grier
West Commissary
Reilsenwever
Sheridan
Wyoming
Uncle Sam
Sheridan Post
Nebr
Warneer
Walter eRisenwever
John Reisenwever
Custer Street
John eRisenwever
The
Alliance Club Secretary Rufus Jones Earns Busy Welcome
A local business man notes surprise over not meeting the new Alliance Community Club secretary Rufus Jones. Jones, recently arrived, is occupied with organizing office details and addressing unfinished business, yet invites visitors to call and be welcomed.
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Alliance
Rufus Jones
Paving Engineer Opens City’s New Schedule of Streets
William Grant of Grant & Fulton arrives in Alliance as consulting engineer for paving work. City council forms a paying committee and sets pavement widths for 60 foot streets and 20 foot walks, with adjustments for 80 and 60 foot streets. Drainage district to be created, storm sewers planned, bids to be invited, work to begin soon.
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William Grant
Grant & Fulton
Lincoln
Alliance
A. D. Rodgers
Grant
Harris, Highland and Johnson
Firet
cKty
Mrs E W Bell longtime Alliance resident dies
Mrs E W Bell aged 80 passed away Thursday night at her home on Laramie avenue after an attack of uremic poisoning. Born in Ellensburg Scotland in 1867 she came to America young and married E W Bell in 1885. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Bernard Phelan two brothers and a sister. funeral at 9 30 Saturday then shipped to Friend Nebraska for burial.
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E. W. Bell
Alliance
Laramie Avenue
J. M. Kennedy
Scotland
Ellensburg
America
Bernard Phelan
Friend
Nebru
Home Guard Units In Nebraska Weigh Reorganization
Roy C. Strong reports Governor McKelvie wants all Home Guard companies active until National Guard reorganization. After that, they may continue as semi military units without authority. Blank discharges available for members, and units will be notified when to decide to continue or disband with possible ceremony.
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McKelvie
Home Guard
National Guard
Alliance Teachers Are Employed Again
The Alliance school board re employed present staff not yet signed for next year. High School staff includes Mr. Prince Miss Bargey Miss Keith Miss Elliott Miss Beal. Central school list features Miss Johnson Miss Crocker Miss Lockman Miss McCollister Miss Williams Mrs Kase Mrs Emerick. Emerson school staff covers Miss Ganson Miss Soper Miss Jennings Miss Hlelik Miss Beals Miss McHugh. From the Omaha Bee a storm damaged the Adelaide apartments at Forty ninth and Dodge while Louis Kulakofsky visited Miss Helen Levy. his car was wrecked and the prior Levy home in Bemis park had been torn down six years earlier.
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Schools of Alliance
Follins
Mr. Prince
Miss Bargey
Keith
Elliott
Miss Beal
Central School
Miss Johnson
Miss Crocker
Miss Lockman
McCollister
Miss Williams
Kase
Emerick
Emerson School
Miss Ganson
Miss Soper
Miss Jennings
Mies Hlelik
Miss Beals
McHugh
Omaha Bee
Louis Kulakofsky
Central Market
Helen Levy
Adelaide
Forty-ninth
Dodge Streets
Kulakofsky
Miss Levy
Saul Levy
Bemis Park
Elks Fair Supplies Sourced From Denver Purchase
F H Bronkhhorst in charge of Elks fair supply affairs traveled to Denver on Tuesday to purchase a line of articles for the event.
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F. H. Bronkhhorst
Denver
New Elevators Planned in Box Butte County This Summer
A western grain operator informed The Herald of plans to erect large grain elevators in Jance Hemingford and Alliance to handle county harvest. Hemingford may get a 20 000 bushel unit, Alliance a 50 000 bushel facility, with Alliance becoming a cleaning station for elevators from Billings east on the Burlington. Grain would be shipped to Omaha after cleaning. The company already runs several Wyoming elevators and aims for about 150 elevators across several states, with Rufus Jones of Alliance Community Club assisting with figures and plans.
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Jance
Hemingford
Berea
Herald
Box Butte
Alliance
Billings
Burlington
Omaha
Wyoming
Monana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Ha Grain Exchange
Prairie Bay
Lurge Comabs
Rufus Jones
Alliance Community Club
Griffith Oil Company Sees Rapid Growth In Kansas Wyoming Fields
Griffith Oil reports new holdings in Wyoming and four producing wells on the DeMott lease in Kansas. A Lance Creek gusher north of Lusk is delivering about 20 000 barrels daily and still rising. Annual stockholders meeting set for April 25 in Deadwood to elect directors and review results.
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Griffith Ol Company
Herald
Kansas
Wyoming
Wycombe
Lance Creek
Lusk
Alliance
James A. Armour
Griffith Oil Company
Deadwood
Two Hundred Yanks Home From Germany
Two hundred U S soldiers from Oregon and Washington, part of the 347th Field Artillery and the 1st Division, returned via Alliance for discharge at Camp Lewis. They saw seven days fighting in the Argonne and endured harsh transport in small stock cars to Brest and New York. Private BE. L. Friezell praised German hospitality after the war, and the men noted earlier restrictions on public gatherings.
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U. S
Coblenz
Germany
Army of Occupation
Alliance
Camp Lewis
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
347Th Field Artillery
Argonne Woods
Pom & A
Enoch
Kleng
Treven
Brest
Europe
BE. L. Friezell
Kaiser Wilhelm
New York
France
Wyoming oil activity grows near Greary dome acreage
The report notes equipment on the ground in the Greary dome area northwest of the Big Muddy field. A well is being drilled within a mile of the holdings at over 2000 feet depth. If a producer comes in it could boost acre value as eastern parties negotiate a contract to develop the tract with early spring work possible.
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Greary Dome
Big Muddy
Wyoming Fields
Phillips Admits Sale of Booze After Arrest
C B Phillips owner of the Dew Drop Inn pleaded guilty to illegal possession and multiple liquor sales after officers seized three pints from his Dodge. He was fined $1000 and costs totaling $1014.46, and remains in jail unable to pay.
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C. B. Phillips
Dew Drop Inn
Red Diamond Pool Hall
Reid and Taylor
Oscar Smith
Burlington
Phillips
Lee Baage
Wynor
Edgemont
Phillipa
Ira BE
Tash Asses
Costa
John Weaver
Phil
Sherif Miller
Laing
Oscar I
Witer Smith
Wesson
City Physicians Test Burlington Water Wells
City physician Dr Hand inspected four wells in the Burlington garde and city wells and collected water samples for analysis. While the wells are not considered unsafe this analysis should confirm contents and reveal any hidden health risks. This may be the first scientific water testing in several years.
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Hand
Burlington Garde
Dr. Hand
War Souvenir From Coblenz Shows Giant Beer Barrel
Harold S. Thomas of Coblenz Germany forwards to The Herald a second class Iron Cross and other war souvenirs. He also sends photos from Coblenz including a man leaning against a barrel of beer twelve feet high containing 22 800 pounds of beer. He quips it could feed a Coblenz resident for a week.
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Harold S. Thomas
Coblenz
Germany
The
Herald
Bond approval settles Scotia Bluff county courthouse vote
The special election in Scotia Bluff county Tuesday approved a new courthouse to cost 209000, amid a heated fight by those in favor of bonds. The structure will be erected at Gering, the county seat.
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Scotia Bluff County
Tuesaday
Court House
Gering
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Mis. E. W. Bell
Paul
Roy C. Strong
Hae
H. J. Pawl
Butte County
Western Grain Company
Ravens
Wyomng Ol Holdings
DeMott
Montgomery County
Wilson
Montgomery Counties
Carter Company
Bolton Creek Dome
aCsper
Heroes of Argonne Forest
George J. Hand
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