Alliance Train Passengers Survive Snowbound Ordeal
All aboard the stalled Alliance train endured over forty hours in a blizzard. A. L. Watson fed passengers from limited food as J. B. Fowler arranged berths and crew kept warmth with Baker heaters. A vaudeville show entertained travelers amid heavy snow and drifting cattle nearby.
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Baker
J. B. Fowler
Kansas City
Young and Dailey
Alliance
Tom Dorsey
Omaha
L. E. Crowder
Rocky Ford
Col
C. B. Tidd
Newcastle
Wyo
C. M. Looney
Frank G. Cook
Chicago
W. A. Wood
Denver
Crawford
Burg Charged With Misuse Of Passes
Harold Burg a Burlington fireman was arraigned in federal court on a complaint accusing disuse of transportation for securing passes to travel Hot Springs Deadwood Denver and Fremont for women other than his wife. He was released on $500 bond. officers say he divorced his first wife last September and later married Hazel Bowman in Denver on February 17, 1920. Penalty on conviction ranges from one to five years.
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Harold Burg
Burlington
United States Court
L. A. Berry
Burg
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Denver
Fremont
T. J. Smith
Bure
Ofcers
Hazel Bowman
Alliance Briefs On Snowbound Travelers And Delays
The storm left travelers irked and stranded. Burlington provided meals and shelter for passengers near Mareland while automobiledrivers found lodging on their own. Cars from nearby towns stayed in Alliance garages awaiting spring thaw. G A Peters of Hay Springs attended a Potash highway meeting in Antioch and rode the only train to Alliance.
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Burlington
Mareland
Alliance
Peters
Hay Springs
Antioch
Lawsuit over missing cow ends with defendant cleared
In justice court Monday M F Nolan sued A G Eastburn for 58 dollars claiming the cow bought at Smith Brandell barn was kept at the barn and later vanished. The court found no evidence Eastburn took the animal and Nolan filed an appeal. Many Aurora residents faced snowstorm delays in Alliance with several held up en route to oil fields and Newcastle. Roy Braunin, accused in a Bridgeport murder, returned to Alliance after a Rushville hearing as Sheridan county remains tense. The Nebraska Telephone Co weathered the blizzard with intact long distance service. Chaplain Squires spoke at the court house supporting Leonard Wood for president. Ed Henry and a blizzard delayed home improvement. The Alliance Shoe store issue and shoddy goods were discussed. Plans for paving brick around Alliance raised questions amid crossings torn up for paving. A S Mirick and Division Superintendent McLean visited to inspect the Potash Highway with Chamber of Commerce backing efforts.
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M. F. Nolan
A. G. Eastburn
Justice Court
Mr. Nolan
Smith & Brandell
Eastburn
Mirick
Johnson
Lincoln
Neb
McLean
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Antioch
Chamber of Commerce
Butter talk and price quips mix with space signal chatter
An old column blends social quips about butter prices with musings that scientists agree planets could signal Earth by wireless. An English visitor jokes about American money, and readers admit the claim with a caveat. Also notes a lost receipt book in Elk and a notice about a Christian ladies’ gathering on April 20.
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Earth
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Florudores
Cleopatra
Hiram Johnson
Alias Crowder
Billy W
Mary Pickford
Sweden
H. C. Sessions
A. M. Vance
Hemingford
Vance
Osage News
Hemingford Ledger
Alliance Briefs
Aurora
C. BE. McCann
Clarence Cass
Osage
Leroy Cox
Roy Braunin
John Watts
Bridgeport
Rushville
Sheridan County
Nebraska Telephone Company
Clay Harry
Squires
Pierre
S. D
129Th Infantry
Court House
Leonard Wood
Henry
Box Butte Avenue
Alliance Shoe Store
Providence
Miller
Rodgers
BR. T
K. P
Herald Office
The
Christian Ladies
Bogany
Frank W. Miller
Laramie
Wm. King Co
Rock & Rye
J.C. Berzina
Stfam Laundry
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