Yankee Robinson Circus Arrives in Alliance Friday
Great Yankee Robinson shows reach Alliance early Friday with a street parade at 11 am and two performances at 2 and 8 pm rain or shine. Battling Nelson appears in the athletic show with trainers and sparring partners as the grounds glow with its own electric light plant.
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Circus Street
Alliance
Alo
Burlington
Gerald Irving
van Andrew
Muth le Seru
Ceres
Col. Hobb
Tango Chief
Albert
Battling Nelson
Ellsworth Coal Sheds Burned In Friday Blaze
A Friday morning fire destroyed Ellsworth coal sheds with damage around 8000 dollars. Sparks from a passing engine started the blaze and a coal car plus about eight tons of coal were consumed. No attempt was made to fight the flames due to lack of facilities.
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Ellsworth
Sugar Company Investigates Potash Waste Water
H W Dahlberg a chemist for Great Western Sugar Company was in Alliance last week investigating a potash proposition tied to waste water from several midwestern beet sugar plants. The Denver headquarters confirm the probe into potash content in molasses producing plants.
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H. W. Dahlberg
Great Western Sugar Company
Middle West
Denver
Sugar Company
200 Head of Cattle at Auction Here Saturday
On Saturday August 11 the Burlington stock yards in Alliance will host a public sale of 250 native Kansas cattle owned by Dick Jacobs. Auctioneers Fred Kibby and H P Coursey will offer two year old steers yearling steers and Hereford cows in mixed lots. Cattle may be inspected beforehand.
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Burlington Stock Yards
Alliance
Cols
Fred Kibby
H. P. Coursey
Dick Jacobs
Dayton Sullenberger Joins Chadron Nebraska Guard Company
Dayton Sullenberger of Alliance has joined Company H of the Nebraska National Guard in Chadron forming part of the Sixth Regiment. He was not drafted but volunteered, saying the country needed him. His father John Sullenberger of Marsland is a noted farmer.
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Dayton Sullenberger
Mareland Key
Alliance
Nebraska National Guard
Chadron
Dayton
Chadron Company
Wve
John Sullenberger
Marsland
New Books Arrive at Alliance Public Library
The Alliance public library reports new acquisitions across fiction, non fiction and juvenile sections. Featured titles include In the Wilderness by Robert Hickens Old Creole Days by Geo W Cable Undertown by Kath leen Norris Lone of the Lark by Willa Cather Tarzen of the Apes by Edgar Rice Purroughs and many more in science, history and children's lore.
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Alliance Public Library
Ficton
Robert Hickens
Geo. W. Cable
Kathleen Norris
Lone
Cather
Edgar Rice Purroughs
Orsen Swett Marden
Minature
Agnes Repplier
Berridge
Bonny Bear
Fox
Antioch Organizes Red Cross Chapter
An auxiliary Red Cross chapter was formed in Antioch under the Rushville Sheridan county unit. W G Wilson was named president, John Milliard vice president, Mrs. William Walker secretary, and Elihu Morris treasurer. A Kensington social and weekly sewing sessions were planned with committees to be announced.
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Rushville
The
American Red Cross
Antioch
Jerry Rowan
M. E. Johnson
Alliance
Sheridan County
W. G. Wilson
Antiochated Cross
John Milliard
William Walker
Elihu Morris
Wilson
Red Cross
Kensington
C. P. Anderson
Locomotive Firemen Boss Ready To Introduce Permanent Bid System
The Burlington division plans a permanent bid system for vacancies using automatic assignment. It will replace the ten day vacancy bulletins and aims for rapid, efficient filling of posts. Enginemen show strong support and expect quick implementation.
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Burlington
New Trains Alliance Adds Edgemont Alliance Run
A new passenger service links Alliance and Edgemont during Yellowstone Park season likely through September. Stub No 41 departs Alliance at 3 30 a m ahead of regular 41 from this point at 4 15 with Denver baggage car chair car and two sleepers to Edgemont. A second Edgemont run uses two sections of 42 with similar equipment. Trains 35 and 36 operate these services, starting Thursday August 2.
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Alliance
Edgemont
Denver
Flrst
Slacker Claude Simmons Arrested After Quitting Work
Deputy sheriffs Miller and Jones arrested Claude Simmons at the round house after he refused to work rather than face jail over a missing registration card. Simmons had earlier been held briefly on the registration issue, and a Salt Lake City board was en route. Vernon Holand Smith born Thursday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vernon Smith of Antioch, blending the father's middle name with the mother's maiden name.
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Claude Simmons
Roundhouse
Miller
Jones
Simmons
Salt Lake City
Simmons’ Registration Board
Fred Vernon Smith
Antioch
Youpester
Vernon Holand Smith
Alliance Faces Severe Housing Shortage Amid Rising Rent
The Bayard Transcript notes a growing housing crunch in Alliance as winter nears with demand for furnished rooms and light housekeeping spaces at high rents. Residents and newcomers struggle to find affordable, nonleaking homes, while calls grow for moderate priced apartments and new housing options to spur growth.
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Alliance
Herald Office
Nebraska to Host First State Potato Show in Alliance
Alliance, Box Butte County to host November 22 23 1917 two day convention of the Nebraska Potato Improvement Association and state potato show with county and individual exhibits prizes. Federal and state experts plus equipment makers will present programs and demonstrations.
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Nebraska Potato Improvement Association
Alliance
Box Butte
State Association
Len
Prof. Howard
Herald
Nebraska
United States
of Agriculture
State College of Agriculture
Prof
Howard
Alliance Commercial Club
The
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