Court House Site Puzzle Prompts County Action
A large Alliance meeting urged the Board of County Commissioners to acquire the entire half block containing the current court house for a new building. They discussed condemning surrounding lots and a bond election to fund the purchase while also proposing an investigation into pump irrigation as a county development plan.
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Allance
Berry
Wanek
Keck
Hashman
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Watson & Watson
Arch EF. Judson
Denver
J. M. McLain
Charley
Florence Tillett
Edgemont
Minn Peterson
Milance
Sheridan County
J. Kridebbauch
Hargraves
Martin
Bonard
Box Butte
Nebraska
Nebreeka
Board of County Commissioners
Box Butte County
Ornnal
Irrigation Plant Plan Boosts Kearney Crops In Nebraska
In Kearney Nebraska on August 2 a tour by 200 Commercial club businessmen reviewed irrigation plants in the valley south of town. Plans call for about 200 pumps to irrigate eighty acre tracts using electric power at 3 cents per kilowatt, with 40 to 80 acre plots per pump and costs ranging from 600 to 1500 dollars per pump. Groundwater lies five feet below surface with gravely soil and a shallow well.
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Herald
Box Butte
Kansas
Nebraska
Omaha Bee
Kearney
Nebr
Paterson
Commercial Club
Ahia
Platte River
Electro Company
Ah's Valley
Abhout
Two Fat Books Two Lean
The Herald keeps subscriber names in ongeleaf books with leaf additions for new subscribers and removals for cancellations. Four loose leaf volumes track Alliance subscribers, packets sent to post offices, single wrappers, and discontinued subscriptions, with Alliance and nearby packet books notably fat while the discontinued list remains thin.
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Allance
Picnic and varied events enliven junior normal notes
By July a gym picnic drew lively participation with lunch ice cream and quick cleanup by volunteers. Students and faculty faced basketball drills indoor track antics, a chapel burlesque, a vocal solo by Miss Eunice Burnett, and a lecture by Hon. Frank Harrison. Final exams approach as notes urge continued effort and future contributions.
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Eunice Burnett
Fishing Party Catches Many Fish at Elmore Dam
The O'Keefe, Hunter, Norton, Mc Corkle, Kibble and Tash families held a fishing party at Elmore dam twenty miles west of Alliance on Saturday evening. Supper was cooked there and a large catch was reported.
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Hunter
Norton
McCorkle
Kibble
Tash
Elmore Dam
Alliance
Missionary Orrilla Washburn Leads Philippine Bible School
Former Alliance Young Lady Orrilla F. Washburn, now principal of the Women's Bible Training School in Lingayen Pangasinan Philippines, writes from Lingayen two years after being sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church. Donations from western Nebraska support her expenses. June 4 1912.
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Lingayen, Bible Woman's Training School
Manila
Mary J. Johnston Hospital
Torebia
Manila School
Manuela
Janvaria
Honwaria
Christ
Tarebla
Barlos
Jesus
Sta Cruz
Jesus Christ
Nebraska
Orrilla F. Washburn
Lakeside
Alliance
Women's Bible Training School
Pangasinan
Philippine Islands
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Church
City Council Bans Immoral Dances in Alliance
Alliance Nebraska city council passes a resolution to ban dances deemed immoral including the Bear, Turkey Trot, Texas Tommy and Bunny Hug. The marshal will notify hall owners that venues allowing such dancing will be closed under city ordinance and state law.
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McCorkie
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Ricka Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
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Braham
Frank Harrison
Delzell
Philippines
Alliance Young Lady
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