Livestock Prices at South Omaha Averages Reach Peak
Cattle and hog prices edge up with heavy receipts at Union Stock Yards Omaha on April 16 1918. Beef, cattle and sheep demand remains strong with choicest beef and lambs fetching top quotes while hogs slip late in the day. Prices span veal calves stockers cows yearlings and feeders amid brisk trade and steady to higher values.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Neb
Hest Beeves
Bologna Bulla
Br.mo
Red Cross Volunteers Meet at Court House
The Red Cross conducted a Tuesday night session at the courthouse with about thirty young ladies attending to learn bandage making. Mary O Keefe led the group with a large roster of assistants and uniformed attendees, while matrons Mrs J O Connor Mrs Frank Abeer Mrs Fraker and Mrs Hunter oversaw the activity.
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Red Cross
Court House
Holsten's
Mary O'Keefe
Teresa O'Donnell
Agnes Knest
Marie Buchenstein
Dela Holsten
Edith Reddish
Marion Grebe
Ruth Morris
Irene Rice
Hazel Bennett
Cynthia Davenport
Mabel Sward
Gladys Sheridan
Opal Rusell
Mayme Collins
Charlotte Newberg
Devona Dickinson
Alice Carlaon
Miss Cutkosky
Miss Johnson
Helen Riley
J. O'Connor
Frank Abeer
Fraker
Hunter
Aviator Schafer on Furlough from the Air Field
Charles Schafer returns home near New York City and reports gaining weight and wartime air experiences. He praises pilot Bob Copsey as one of the best aviators in service and plans to secure a commission soon. He and his brother Clarence will run the vulcanizing and battery business while he serves in France.
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Charles Schafer
New York City
Charles
Alliance
Schafer
United States
Bob Copsey
Bob
Sam
Scottsbluffs
Clarence
France
Scrap Wood Sale By Burlington Officials At Alliance
On order of Burlington officials at Alliance all scrap wood from the rip track and waste wood usable for fuel are being sold to employees for one dollar per load. The railroad uses only small iron bearing pieces for burning. old ties are broken for engine starting fuel.
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Burlington
Alliance
Passing of the Old Landmark in Alliance
The Burlington hotel building, one of Alliance’s first, will undergo remodeling April 20 by owner J. M. Miller. The former hotel will become the Alliance Annex with 38 new rooms, ebeco siding, modern fixtures, hot and cold water, telephones, and private exchange access. The project expands total guest rooms to 81.
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City of
Alliance
Burlington Hotel
J. M. Miller
Miller
Alliance Hotel
Chicago
Peru
Indiana
Alliance Annex
Ebeco
Clarence F. Grant
Colored minstrel leader wed Alliance girl Saturday
Harry Nay, leader of the colored minstrels who were here last week, married Dora J. Harrison, an Alliance girl, Saturday. Rev Morris performed the ceremony.
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Harry Nay
Dora J. Harrison
Commonwealth plant near completion at Birdsell
The Birdsell plant work races to finish under Manager Farrell of Lincoln. The Commonwealth stock is evenly divided among forty holders. A Sturgeon Bros. four wheel drive truck hauled a twenty ton boiler over a hill in minutes, saving days of labor. Potash production expected within thirty days. The Thompson addition to Antioch is advertised for buyers, with Ficke's real estate office handling lots.
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Birdsell
Farrell
Lincoln
The
Commonwealth
Sturgeon Bros
Mr. Farrell
Thompson
Antioch
Herald
Ficke
Potash Plant Planned at Irwin Nebraska
A large potash plant is to be erected at Irwin Gordon County this spring after a meeting last Monday to plan construction. Deposits are said to be as good or better than Antioch and winter prospecting tests are encouraging. Food for the Spirits.
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Gordon
Nebr
Irwin
Antioch
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H. L. Barnett
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Carera
Joe Kaylor
C. F. Foley
Ed King
Sturgeon Bros.’ Duplex
TY Ranch
Dane Stacker
Weber
Majestic
Walter J. Overton
the Two Harrys
Harry P. Coursey
Harry P. Golden
Broadwater
Fred W. Harris
Alliance National Bank
Ashanti
Si Evelyn Wood
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