No Quorum Halts Alliance Council Meetings Again
For the fifth time in three months the Alliance city council failed to convene a legal quorum. With eight members required, only five attended, delaying agenda items including a long-stalled telephone franchise and a large East Side petition asking for water and other improvements. Mayor Rodgers plans another attempt tonight as some members return.
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Rodgers
E. K. Haldeman
Grand Island
Nebraska Telephone Company
P. FE. Romig
Ronnie
Alliance
Metz
H. A. Johnston
Telephone Company
J. M. Weaver
East
East Side
Weather update for Alliance and vicinity
Fair weather expected with warmer temperatures on Saturday. Light winds from the west and north portions.
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Alliance and Vicinity
Alliance Petitions Injunction Against City Tax Levy
A petition from residents including Mr. Weaver seeks a injunction to stop the City of Alliance from levying taxes, claiming they were taken in unconstitutionally and that costs should be paid jointly by the petitioners. The document contains over fifty signatures and was to be read at a council meeting for assurances before sending the matter to authorities.
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Canada
City of Alliance
Weaver
Wife Wants to Buy a $100 Coat Courts Husband in The County
Lillo O Neal colored received the minimum fine of five dollars and court costs after pleading guilty to striking his wife Mrs May O Neal in county court Tuesday afternoon He claimed financial strain from rent groceries and his wife wanting a hundred dollar coat He apologized and promised to refrain from arguing with words only The judge lectured on preserving domestic harmony and the couple left arm in arm
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Lillo O'Neal
Costa
Tash
May O'Neal
O'Neal
May
Lillo
P. FE. Romig
Hall of Justice
Youthful Romeos in Express Office Peach Letter Capers
Two Campfire girls camp at Belmont with fifty attendees while two express staffers pursue romance. A crate of peaches used to hide love letters, but the letters were discovered when the crates were delivered and opened. The incident leaves several workers wary, and two men now treat every package as if it contains dynamite.
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Bil Shakespeare
Express
Belmont
Mollie and I at Imperial Tonight
The Imperial presents Mollie and I featuring Shirley Mason in the leading role with a Billy West comedy and current events. Also shown is Bill Hart’s The Bandit and the Preacher with Rhea Mitchell and Robert Edeson in a tale of reform love and danger. Silk and Cotton Hosiery offered at 20 percent discount at Highland Holloway Co.
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the Imperial
Mollie and I
Shirley Mason
Billy West
Bill Hart
Bandit
Preacher
Hart
Rhea Mitchell
Robert Edeson
Highland Holloway Co
Neighbor Seeks Peace Bond Over Threatening Language
Frank Matousek, 42 miles northwest of Alliance, filed a complaint Tuesday against neighbor Albert Hovorka for threatening language. Matousek asks for a peace bond after Hovorka allegedly blocked their path on his land, frightening Matousek and his sick child during a drive to Alliance for medical care. County Judge Tash will consider action if warranted.
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Frank Matousek
al Hance
Albert Hovorka
Matousek
Hovorka
Custer County Fair in Broken Bow Promises Big County Events
The Custer County Fair at Broken Bow runs August 25 26 27 with grand racing events free open air attractions and nightly fireworks. The Patterson Kline Show brings a special twenty car train as a major feature. Officials tout it as the best county fair in Nebraska and urge attendance each day.
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Broken Bow
Nebraska
Ernest Charles Sent Back to Kansas City
Ernest Charles Stevens alias Lewnel Johnson and other names, living at the city hotel, was picked up by a Burlington officer after being found sleeping on the right of way. He faces possible insanity hearing and county costs if kept, with suspects of stimulants and multiple sprees during employment near Alliance.
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Ernest Charlie Henry Stevens
Lewnel Johnson
Franklin Gerard Jackson
Ernest Charles
Burlington
Ans
Aday
Reed
Stevens
Kansas City
Greer Labor Agency
Insanity Board
Lee McFall
Alliance
Marie
Chief Reed
Ernest
Mooney Bakery
Alliance National
the Nation Barber Shop
Beckwith
Harvey
Gantz Chosen to Fill Vacancy on Alliance Chamber Board
Attorney H. Be Gants was selected as a member of the Alliance chamber of commerce board of directors at a special Wednesday meeting. Gants will serve on the board following the appointment.
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J W. Guthrie
Crawford
Box Butte County
Glen Miller
Guthele
Charles Brittan
Chadron
H. Be, Gants
The
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Gants
Rotary Club Backs Five Commissioner City Plan
At the Alliance hotel meeting the Rotary club voted unanimously to support the five commissioner form with a city manager, noting salaries are nominal under this plan. Some members favored three commissioners if a city manager could be obtained under that form.
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Rotary Club
Alliance Hotel
Motz
Mayor and Council Record Budget Balance Decline Highlighted
The audit of the city treasurer and clerk shows a busy year for the mayor and council with revenue shortfalls from a lower property valuation. It notes a year end balance of $390.22, transferred to the general fund, a result similar to 1913 1914 when Mayor Rodgers’ term ended with a surplus of $7,500.
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Houke
Wiggins & Babcock
Lincoln
Rodgers
Young Ranchhand Bill Reed Injured by Frightened Horse
Bill Reed, employed on a Rice ranch, was dragged by his runaway horse while driving a rake. The rake struck his right cheek, and Dr. Hersaman of Alliance stitched the wound after he was brought to town.
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Bill Reed
Mr. Reed
Alliance
Dentist sues for 120 in county court
Dr. Everett B. O Keefe filed suit Tuesday afternoon against Simon Spry to collect 120 dollars for dental surgery. Hearing set for 10 a m on August 18.
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Everett B. O'Keefe
Simon Spry
Body Found Beside Freight Train Near Burlington
Workers on the tracks between Ashby and Hyannis Tauraday morning found a severed headless body. A letter in the clothing is addressed to Clarence Conklin from a sister in Des Moines Iowa. Authorities believe Conklin fell from the moving train while seeking a ride.
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Burlington
Ashby
Hyannis
Clarence Conklin
Des Moines
Conklin
Census recount dispute stirs Alliance outcome undecided
A chamber of commerce request for a recount of Alliance census figures prompts a response from the Census Bureau. Officials flag a possible twelve vote difference, while local leaders insist the gain nears six hundred, risking formal recognition of the recount and triggering further actions by lawmakers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Guthrie
Eity
Washington
Iist
W. M. Stewart
J. J. Tooley
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Alliance
Bureau
Tooley
Stewart
Byvern
Telament Af
Havelock Tham To Play Here Sunday
The Alliance baseball team will meet the Havelock aggregation at the fairgrounds next Sunday afternoon. Havelock holds the Lincoln city league championship with no defeats. Alliance has improved since reorganizing and needs strong local support to avoid a deficit. Save a four bit piece for the game and root for the home team.
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Alliance
Havelock
Fairgrounds
Havelock Nine
Havelock Boys
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