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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
8
Railway items cover crew changes and travel through Alliance with notes on engineers Parsons Jacoby and Burke, Conductor Bullock, and others. incidents include No. 43 derailment near Anselmo after a broken rail, with no injuries. Local visits include Lew Murphy and Mrs. Noah among Alliance residents and ex-employees visiting.
W R Mellor secretary of the State Board of Agriculture asks Nebraska counties to aid qualified persons in preparing a Collective Exhibit of agricultural products for the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln September 4 to 8 and the Omaha Land Show October 16 to 28. He stresses Nebraska’s agricultural strength and invites counties to extend material assistance to credible representatives.
Samuel Hirch of Beetown Wisconsin escaped losing a leg as a terrible sore resisted doctors care. Bucklen's Arnica Salve finally healed the ulcer burn boil cut and sore. The ad urges readers to try it and mentions a block at BF J Brennan's.
Briefs report W W Wood and wife visiting Rushville as he fishes White Clay for suckers. Winnie Moran from St Agnes Academy Alliance suffers inflammatory rheumatism and returns home with partial improvement. Yeast family to Lincoln and Omaha for Mrs Yeast surgery at Presbyterian hospital. L C Mason visits Alliance, stays at ranch, then travels to Whitman for plastering at the new Burlington depot.
Marsland residents report a series of short trips to Alliance for business and visits. Snow and Harrison Horner traveled to Alliance on business Wednesday, Ed Wildy of Hemingford visited here Thursday, and Geo Young the lumberman conducted business locally after a Sunday in Alliance. Mrs Burt Richardson and Mrs C H Richey visited Burtman and his wife, while Miss Helen Hughes returned from Alliance to spend time with her mother Mary Hughes south of the city.
Mr. Thomas 8 Jones arrived to direct the Alliance band and will remain in the city. On April 5, he married Miss Eunice Rathburn at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage with Rev. J. L. B. Jones officiating. They begin housekeeping at South Alliance where Jones had the house furnished.
Multiple property deals across Alliance Hemingford and surrounding areas include James H House transferring land to Leander Long and S T Rhode. Lucius W Curtis selling Lot 12 Block 1 South Alliance to C C Smith for 450. Harry Fishbaugh selling SE of Sec 4 to James and John Potmesil Jr for 1. Church of Holy Rosary receives lots in Alliance for 10. George L Taylor sells to School District No 62 about one acre for 20. William H Dacey sells to Simon Spry. McNamara to Holy Rosary with two lots totaling 210. R A Nance sells SW 35 27 60 for 2720. Bradford Fenner sells to Orvill Kidwell Hemingford lots 1 2. William James to Joseph Vaughan four lots in Alliance for 34700. Craige E Barge sells to Jones Jorging in Sec 28. James Bennett to Arah Hurgerford lots 1 2 3 4 and S4NE4 and N4W4 Sec 3. Frank Sherman McDuffie to Cecile Lyon SE Sec 27 R5 costs 2400. Cora Triplett and Aquilla Triplett to Charles Triplett Lot 16 Block 9 Alliance for 1. Mrs Florence Hoffland to H J Ellis Lot 4 Block 11 Wyoming Add Alliance for 3000. Olive C Desch to Benjamin Swanson part of Lot 8 Block Y Sheridan Add Alliance for 1.00.
The Majestic theatre opened last Monday night with four performances of moving pictures The Country Girl The Empty Shell A Jealous Wife of New Year s Norwegian Waterfall and home grown music The crowd overflowed the house for the first three shows Propr proprietors Wim Swan and C F Robinson plan ongoing shows Swan is in Broken Bow while Robinson stays in Alliance The Robinson family will stay in Wahoo until a June graduation before moving to Alliance.
C. C. Yeager is convicted of second degree murder in the Laramié police killing of Officer John Johnson on June 11 1910. The defendant's appeal is planned. Yeager faced relief claims of self defense amid a contested attachment dispute over $180.
Editor EK R Purcell of the Broken Bow Chief awoke to shoveling sounds and a swinging bucket rigged to a cord near his garage. He chased the noise and nearly tripped on a cord replaying the ruse revealing a practical joke by a household member, with the coal thief still at large.
Hemingford residents host and visit kin and friends with a steady stream of calls. Mrs Collins, sister of Mrs Ward, visits Tom McCandless’s ailing son while Dr Wallace and other locals circulate. numerous trips to Alliance, Canton, Gordon, and Dunlap mark a quiet week of movement and illness.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pill as a health booster. Claims include turning weakness into strength and energy into mental power, curing various ailments from constipation to malaria. Sells for 25 cents at F Brennan’s.
In Clay City a sleepless man with consumption travels to the mountains on doctors advice but finds no relief until using Dr King s New Discovery He credits it with saving his life and restoring his ability to work It is advertised as a remedy for lung diseases coughs colds la grippe asthma croup and related ailments with 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes and a free trial from F J Brennan
Until the church is rebuilt or until further notice, Holy Rosary Catholic Church will hold its usual services in the Phelan opera house.
The Orphans Club from Hastings College will perform at the Phelan Opera House on April 22 in a refined concert. Local supporters anticipate a high class program and a notable evening.
The church invites worshipers to Sunday service at 10 a m at the Episcopal Church. If you have no church home come and worship with us. Sunday School starts at 11 20.
Mails close at Alliance post office by Mountain time for several trains. East Bound No. 44 at 11 20 a m and No. 42 at 11 00 p m. West Bound No. 43 at 12 30 p m and No. 41 at 11 00 p m. South Bound No. 202 at 12 30 p m and No. 301 at 11 00 p m. Sundays and holidays all night malls close at 6 00 p m. IRA E. TASH P M.
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