Cattle Market Prices Drop Amid Record Heat in August 1918
Omaha market notes a shift from record high fat cattle prices to widespread declines as temperatures reach 104 to 110 degrees. Grass cattle, feedlots, and cows show losses up to 1.50 per cwt, with packers demanding fatter stock. forecasts call for cooler weather and rains to stabilize prices, while shipments to August are heavy and prices remain firm for top stock.
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Union Stockyards
Omaha
Neb
Gely
Nebraska
1917 Class One Registrants Ordered for Examination
Box Butte county registration board orders all 1917 class one registrants to appear for physical examination today at 1 o clock. Included are listed 1918 registrants with farming extensions and various classifications. Junior Red Cross institute state district No 10 to be held in Chadron on August 12.
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Box Butte
Junor Red Cross Institute
Sioux, Dawes, Box Bute Sheridan
Cherry
Hel Chadron
Americans Advance Under Inferno of Gunfire and Gas
Amid inferno of shrapnel and gas Americans force a Wesle river crossing as rain drenches the battlefield. French troops gain on the American left. Germans suffer heavy casualties and resume shelling. Major General Graves named to command a Siberian expedition as plans outline 5 million-man army with 2.5 million in France by January 1.
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Wesle
Bazoches
Fismes
Paris
Hells
William 8. Graves
Siberia
Philippines
France
United States
Janfry
Warm Garments for Belgian Refugees
The First Church of Christ Scientist Boston organized a comforts forwarding committee in December 1917 to distribute knitted goods to men in war service and to refugees. A branch in Alliance via the Adler building fashions dresses from cloth and repurposes shirts for boys while accepting used clothing in good condition. Notes gratitude from recipients and reports Alliance donations including a merchant gift of fifteen woolen items.
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First Church of Brict, Scientist
Boston
Maas
Comorts
United States
First Church of
Hrist
Scientist
Comforts Founding Committee
Adler
Hoys
Plant More Wheat Says Dr Condra Urges Wider Fall Wheat Planting
Dr. G. E. Condra of the Nebraska Conservation and Soil Survey, visiting Alliance area, urges farmers in Box Butte and nearby counties to plant a much larger fall wheat acreage. He notes Box Butte yields as high as forty bushels per acre and calls for maximizing tractor use to break virgin prairie, arguing western Nebraska offers abundant moisture and fertile potash soil.
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G. E. Condra
Nebraska Conservation and Soil Survey
Alliance
Box Butte
Nebraska
Box Butterboy Seriously Injured in France War Front
Christopher R. Polson, son of Mrs. Charles Calmers from a farm near Alliance, is listed as seriously wounded in France. He enlisted in the east and was visited by his mother in New York City before departing for France. The exact extent of his injuries is not yet known. Announcements from Alliance report the marriage of Miss Georgia Lydia Canfield to Mr Leo Leslie Lozier.
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Christopher R. Polson
Charles Calmers
Alliance
France
Young Poison
New York City
Miss Canfield
Mr. Lozier
John S. Canfield
Georgia Lydia
Leo Leslie Lozier
Belleville
Kansas
D Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Town
Isaacson returns from eastern buying trip to stock The Fashion Shop
A. G. Isaacson proprietor of The Fashion Shop comes back from a three week eastern buying trip to New York and Chicago. He secured a fine line of fall goods to be placed on sale soon and urges buyers not to worry about high prices or shortages saying styles are better and prices reasonable.
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A. G. Issacson
New York
Chicago
Mr. Isaach
Ashion
Revolutionary idea in small potash plant
Two western mining engineers, M. F. Crosnette and George K. Kimball, demonstrate a compact potash plant at the Phelan ranch lakes near Alliance that saves coal. The brick tower with evaporating pans uses brine sprayed over baffle plates, producing 34 to 40 percent solids before final drying. Experts see potential to produce eight to fourteen pounds of water per pound of coal, with a ton of potash costing 1500 to 2000 pounds of coal and good profits.
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Weestern
M. F. Crosnette
George K. Kimball
Nebraska
California
Croasette and
Kimball
Phelan Ranch
Alliance
Alliance Herald
Nebraska soldiers listed among casualties and wounded
The Wednesday casualty list names Nebraska service members including Private Ernest R. August Dorchester killed in action and Corporal Arthur H. Pierson Salem died of disease. Others wounded or missing include Privates Harry R. Branscom Upton Nels Foss Omaha Sergeant Albert J. Grabowski Beatrice and Lieutenant Edgar C. Weastervelt Lincoln. A bank employee left for Omaha to train in the army balloon school.
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Army and Navy
Ernest R. August
Dorchester
Arthur H. Pierson
Salem
Harry R. Branscom
Upton
Wyoming
Nels Foss
Omaha
Albert J. Grabowski
Beatrice
John Wayne Webb
Wineton
Frank Young
Liberty
Edgar C. Weastervelt
Lincoln
Richard Ellis
Crete
Harry O. Irwin
Chester A. Sawyer
Russell
Western Market Unsettled In 1919 Potato Outlook
The July Crop Reporter from the Agriculture Department shows total potato yield at 405,507,000 bushels versus 442,536,000 last year with 4,113,000 acres planted. Sweet potatoes forecast at 92,119,000 bushels from 959,000 acres. Minnesota expects about 34,000,000 bushels, while Chicago market shows an upward trend amid shifting shipments. Local Box Butte segment reports excellent conditions and optimism for prices.
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The
Crop Reporter
Department of Agriculture
New York
Michigan
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Box Butte
Nebraska
Sheridan
Herald
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Central States
Wisconsin
Virginia
San Francisco
Stockton
Washington
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Co. A
Montana
Ee Petstan
Pri
Boyles Commission
Bowles Mission Company
National Army
Harold Bruce Wells
Arthur John Bauersac
Walter Wiltsey
William F. Trabert
Harry Andrew Morrise
Joseph D. Bignell
Matt Shimek
Henry Louie Koester
Albert Vern Davis
Walter William Fodnn
Henry J. Rehder
Arthur Leslie Carrell
James W. Stouffer
Anton Sokol
Silar Willman Lute
Gall Allen Prize
William BE. Hashman
Gilbert F. Kays
Stanley Klenbeck
William Melil Coupe
Thio
Lewis F
William B. Conors
Stanley Klebek
Wiliam Meirl Coupens
Lass
Charles Hannan
Carn G. Eaton
Joseph Samuel Robbing
Gotthieff Schwaderer
Malcolm J. Johnson
Emmett K. Dowell
Bernard M. Sare
Carl Ivan Hucke
George A. Schieve
Hun Gans
Christian Scientist Church
DR. Condra
Nebraska Conservation and Soil Surveys
Box Butterboy
Christopher KR. Polson
Newberry Hardware Company
Potash
A. van Lelw
First National Bank
Army Balloon School
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