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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
3
Council Bluffs Indiana August 2 Four hundred dollars in checks drafts money orders and other commercial paper found in discarded envelopes were returned to owners by Council Bluffs fire department hose company No 4. The crew started saving envelopes and recovered a system that traced missing items.
Morning Sun Iowa Aug 3 A young farmer J F Rutt from near Cairo went missing Wednesday night. Neighbors have searched the area with 200 men aiding and bloodhounds used. No trace found despite sending messages to surrounding towns and rumors investigated.
Council Bluffs Iowa will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1869 visit. He viewed the surroundings from Mount Lincoln summit, a bluff reached by Oakland avenue, where Lincoln’s impression helped determine the Union Pacific terminus at this point.
Rumor of a forthcoming coadjutor bishop for Archbishop Keane gains weight as St. Paul announces a meeting of archdiocesan rectors in Dubuque on Aug. 17 to nominate a candidate. Keane, in poor health, may see Bishop Carroll of Helena named by the Holy See.
The Young Men's Christian Association building fund drive in Charles City Iowa raised the $30,000 target in twenty days. Organizers expect final totals to exceed the goal as pledges continue to come in. Carl H. Smith of Ann Arbor Michigan, UM graduate secretary, led the campaign.
Samuel Doren was approached by two masked men on Park road in Waterloo Louisiana as he headed home near 10 p m. The assailants commanded him to raise his hands and fired twice through the left thigh. A crowd formed quickly while the robbers fled.
John G. Honeywell, father of William R. Honeywell, returns to Narian after a search in Omaha and Counce Bluffs for his son. The father believes the son died by his own hand in the Missouri River, citing a letter indicating a suicide intent.
A blaze in the kiln rooms at the starch works of Douglas & Co. Cedar Rapids Aug. ruined 400000 pounds of starch and caused smoke injuries to several firemen who were hospitalized. Estimated losses run about 15000 dollars as the building suffered limited damage.
Clayton J. Bailey managing editor of the Sioux City Tribune died suddenly in Minneapolis. He was a well known newspaper man in the northwest.
Nebraska report shows Treasurer and state agency figures for July. Dr E F Carr secretary of the new state health board is arrested on a warrant for opening letters addressed to Dr E J C Schward, later released on recognizance. Rate clerk Powell compares April railroad earnings 1908 vs 1909, noting Rock Island passenger revenue exceeds freight by about $2,000.
Reports from Hastings Nebraska dated August 2 describe a severe hailstorm that wrecked crops across an eight by two and a half mile strip from the Platte River south of Prosser. Loss pegged at about 200 000 dollars with livestock injuries and farm damage.
Mrs Thomas Paxton of Neligh and Edgar Stahley, a well known county youth, died by suicide in Lincoln. Paxton, wife of a bank cashier, hanged herself in a Lincoln sanitarium room after despondent illness. Stahley left a note saying he did not wish to live further.
Drillers at Bloomfield Nebraska report striking a seven foot vein of iron ore at 600 feet depth. The ore tests at 85 percent purity per the geological department in Tacoma. A two foot vein was found at 927 feet and a six foot vein of coal of excellent quality at 930 feet.
The body of David Olson, missing since Friday from J. G. Ferron’s farm east of Omaha, was found in a pond on R. A. Smith’s Garner township farm. Indications point to self inflicted death, though the motive remains unknown.
Horace Hunter, a Harvard man, died from injuries received a week earlier while scattering on a wheat field. His horse trampled him after the animal stepped on the tongue, causing a broken tongue, a fall, a dislocated shoulder, and internal injuries.
Omaha August 3 Sheriff Bratley and officers search for James Phillips alleged slayer of Marshall C Hamilton in Omaha Florence area. Mrs Phillips returned to Omaha to aid investigation and a floater found by South Omaha boys fuels theory that both Philips brothers drowned while swimming the Missouri near Florence.
Two youths from Minatare Ralph Stefensmiere aged eighteen and Hubert Woods aged twenty one were arrested in Bridgeport on July theft charges. They stole all head of horses from Milo Martin of Bayard changing brands and drove them through Scott's Bluff and Sioux counties into Wyoming where the animals were released on the range. They confessed to the theft.
The state board of equalization will hold a hearing August 9 in the governor's office for counties where value increases are planned. After ruling on these counties the board will likely set this year’s levy. The final levy depends on state debt. no debt now but interest will accrue this fall with no funds available to cover the bills.
Aug. 3 Omaha report says Mrs Henry Melanger of a Springfield farm repelled a desperate intruder by brandishing a revolver and marching him to a neighbor’s house. Sheriff Spearman then took the suspect William Williams to the county jail in Omaha.
Retail jewelers and executives from watch companies and manufacturing firms converge on Omaha for the fourth annual American National Retail Jewelers association convention. The event already ranks as the largest in the organization's history with attendance approaching 1000.
Omaha reports eight year old Homer Viele son of Officer W. Viele drowned while swimming with his brothers near the foot of Mariha street. He was carried by an eddy about fifty feet from the bank before aid could reach him.
The railway commission orders the attorney general to start proceedings against the Johnson County Home Telephone company for changing rates without authorization. The firm set a one cent per call rate for certain customers. Aged Woman Hangs Herself Beatrice Aug Mrs Elizabeth Harpster an elder Liberty resident died by suicide at her daughter’s home, citing ill health.
Mrs. Knapp in Madison Nebraska is steadily improving after being shot by her husband. Knapp remains in a very critical condition with little hope of recovery as reports note the domestic violence case developments.
Taxes due November 1 with delinquency on December 1 and land tax delinquent May. Interest accrues from delinquency date. Real estate advertised for sale the first week in October and sold for taxes the first Monday in November. Include property description in all tax communications. Free Macaine, County Treasurer.
A practical mechanic is available to perform repairs and furnish parts for all machines. He will be a permanent resident and not a traveling repair man. Contact Ged, D, Darling at phone 139.
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