Alliance Local News Roundup and Society Notes
Sergeant E H McCann arrives from Des Moines to lead the Alliance U S Army recruiting station. Sylvia G Hankins and Barry N Hooper wed by Judge Tash as the town notes weddings and families. Dr Thomas Allen visits from Schuyler while hay fever doctor F M Knight seeks relief in Boulder. Moving portraits by Dr G F Condra sweep the potash district. The fire truck shift places Leonard Pilkington as driver and manager at city hall. Mrs Hood and daughter Ella plan Alliance homeward from Arkansas with Mrs C W Graham and daughter visiting from Hemingford.
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Sylvia G. Hankins
Barry N. Hooper
Alliance
Tash
Ed Hankins
Hay Springs
Sheridan County
J. L. Cooper
Death Comes at Noon for Mrs Della Comas
Mrs. Della Comas wife of Marcus Comas died at the Drake hotel this noon after being brought to Alliance July 24 for medical treatment. She had lived in Alliance and Antioch, born in Cleveland Ohio, married in 1906, leaving a husband a son and several siblings and parents. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Della Comas
Marcus Comas
Drake Hotel
Comas
Alliance
Antioch
Cleveland
Ohio
Losa
Marcus
Fabian
LaDuke
Waupta
Wash
Tom
O'Neill
France
John J
E. J
Frank
Casper
Phil
Canada
Allimpoce
Railroad wage hike approved by McAdoo for shopmen
Washington announces wage increases for railroad mechanical department workers under federal control. Rates effective Jan 1 1918, eight hour day with overtime, Sunday work and seven holidays begin Aug 1 1918. Back pay to be calculated. Includes machinists boilermakers and other crafts with specific cent per hour raises. Several railroad staff notes from Billings to Thedford report layoff, travel, and health news.
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Washington
McAdoo
Carmen
Red Cross Home Service Branch Promises Support to Families
The American Red Cross home service branch is fully organized and ready to assist soldiers families. It offers counseling and aid to keep morale high, with offices in the Civil Service room on the post office building’s second floor. Open Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays 2 to 4 pm. secretary Mrs H P Toohey reachable at 274 North 815 Toluca Avenue.
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American Red Cross
Home Service
Red Cross
American
the Red Cross
Civil Service Room
Post Office
H. P. Toohey
Toluca Avenue
Chester Snow Buried in Alliance
Chester Snow is buried in Alliance as mourners recall his life and faith. The piece reflects on graveyard dignity and religious meditation, invoking poems about rest, eternal life, and the hope of faith in the afterlife.
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Chester Snow
Alliance
Card of Thanks from Snow Family for Sympathy and Help
The Snow family thanks friends for unwavering kindness during their son and brother's illness and death. They recall gifts of flowers and offers of help with gratitude and pray friends find comfort in return. J. K. Snow, Mrs. Alice D. Snow, Charles Snow, Arvilla Snow express appreciation.
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J. K. Snow
Alice D. Snow
Charles Snow
Arvilla Snow
Obituary of Mrs. L. N. Worley Alliance resident 1862 birth
Mrs. L N Worley of Alliance died Saturday July 27 at 2 am at the Worley home 812 Box Butte Ave after months of illness. She was born in Council Bluffs in 1862 and survived by husband five children Ralph Guy Izola Mabel and Harvey. Funeral at home conducted by Rev J W Morris with the Methodist church burial Greenwood Cemetery after services.
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L. N. Worley
Alliance
Worley
Box Butte Avenue
Aye Brothers Hospital
Rochester
Minn
J. W. Morris
Methodist Church
Ralph
Guy
Izola
Mabel
Harvey
Cuncil Bluffs
Greenwood Cemetery
Twins Die After Birth in July Tragedy
Mr. and Mrs Vern Regester welcomed a twin boy and girl on July 30. The baby girl died the same day and the boy died July 31. Interment followed July 31 at Greenwood cemetery as the community offers sympathy.
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Vern Regester
Greenwood Cemetery
Oliver D. Alexander dies at one week in Alliance
Oliver D. Alexander aged one week son of Mr and Mrs Horace G Alexander died in Alliance on July 30 and was buried in Greenwood cemetery on July 31.
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Oliver D. Alexander
Horace G. Alexander
Alliance
Greenwood Cemetery
Henrietta Castle 80 Dies After Illness in Alliance
Henrietta Lavena Castle aged 80 mother of Mrs Roy Nelson of Alliance died at 701 Missouri Avenue on July 23. She was buried Thursday afternoon in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs Castle was born in New York state.
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Henrietta Lavena Castle
Roy Nelson
Alliance
Missouri Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Castle
New York State
Silk kimonos and Madeira work advertised for sale
Mrs. R. Simmons promotes affordable silk kimonos Madeira crochet and crotched yokes with appeals to buy War Saving Stamps in a local goods promo.
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R. Simmons
Car Stolen Near Wilson Rooming House With Reward
A Ford Touring vehicle engine number 2532890 Nebraska license 118740 was stolen in front of the Wilson Rooming House on Saturday night July 27. The car has a six inch slit on the right top and a second bow tacked with brass tacks. A reward of 20.00 is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief. Dick Parriott, Antioch, Nebraska.
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Wilson
Nebraska
Dick Parriott
Antioch
Nebrasa
Heerald Want Ads Spotlight Community Trade
Local want ads connect hundreds seeking items to buy sell or find lost objects. Readers advertise services jobs and personal notices in a busy column reflecting community needs and daily life.
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Ora
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Schuyler
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Sweetwater Avenue
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Lincoln
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