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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
14
Fire crews arrived to find the Connor cafe front and the north side of the Central building ablaze. The shack used as a kitchen during remodeling burned, and a wooden awning helped the flames spread. Furniture and fixtures near the cafe doorway were ruined and several doors and a phone line suffered minor damage.
In Crawford, soldiers captured itinerant workers at a tunnel, forced them to mix wood, and fed them before marching them toward Alliance at bayonet point. The theft occurred after 12:20 with Dr. Knode noting injuries. Bloodhounds failed to locate suspects. insurance on the vehicle will offset losses.
After midnight Wednesday, youths stole the Mitchell six from by Dr Knode's home and took it on a joy ride into the valley. It was found early this morning burnt and abandoned near the Fahey farm southeast of town, the chassis surviving while the rest was destroyed.
Crawford Tribune reports a Fort Robinson quartermaster soldier named Stein was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by a comrade while attempting to escape after arrest for disturbance. Stein, returned from Wyoming after heavy drinking, knocked a sergeant down and fled. a squad ordered him to halt and fired when he refused. Indications are he will recover.
Sunday morning around 4 o'clock the Gordon community was awakened by the sound of the fire bell signaling a blaze. No further details on the fire are provided in the accessible text.
Vaughn Jackson son of Mr and Mrs Foster Jackson met with an accident Wednesday while helping Wilbur Bangs at the Bangs ranch near Purdum. A belt flew from a machine and struck his left leg breaking it in two places. He was treated at Thedford and brought home to Broken Bow where doctors say he will recover with good care.
Lee Fairhead son of G O Fairhead of Merriman sought medical help after a straw lodged in his throat while he worked in the hay field. Doctors have not yet extracted it and may need stronger measures to remove it.
A fifteen year old girl living with the Gorr family after being sent by Mrs. Jimmy Spain faced a court dispute when the mother attacked L A Gorr and H G Gorr with an umbrella during a parade scene. The incident led the Gorrs to press assault complaints.
In Chadron the trial of Mrs Spain is set for this afternoon to air the events preceding an assault in county court. The report also covers the burning of railway property by Ray Haskell and Chas Thompson, their guilty pleas, fines, and the large firefighting effort that saved oil tanks and a caboose amid a $75,000 loss.
Grasshoppers have become abundant in Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties injuring crops, especially alfalfa, with many nymphs and feeding on potatoes, beets, beans, corn and small grains. State entomologists Mickel and Yates are assisting farmers to combat the pest, who urge immediate and continued control efforts.
Early Tuesday a massive explosion and black smoke alarmed residents when an oil train wreck occurred on the Northwestern railroad at a military reservation. An oil tank exploded and burned, drawing many workers and autos to battle the blaze and save remaining tanks and equipment.
Rushville firemen threaten to resign if the village does not supply water for fire protection. A committee including Wm. Wasmund, Joe David and Chas. Phillippe was formed to test a water well north of the track and, if adequate, to sink a permanent well and pump water into the mains.
The Herald will purchase old magazines newspapers and catalogs at twenty cents per hundred pounds or four dollars per ton. For pricing and pickup call 340.
A strong wind battered Crawford city causing major damage to out-buildings on the schoolhouse hill. Mrs. Baker reports the C R Baker garage and tool shop were raised about six feet then scattered over fifty to sixty feet, the car inside surviving with only a punctured tire.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports July records in the County Clerk office with 711 chattel mortgages filed by July 30 and 74 on July 20 alone. Total filings amount to 132 268 47 dollars while 215 releases total 238 781 95 dollars, suggesting strong liquidation and overall prosperity. The notice ends with The Herald buying old newspapers and related materials.
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