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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
5
Otto Zamzow left Monday for Fond du Lac Wisconsin after a telegram said his father was critically ill. A second message announced the elder Zamzow’s death from a sequence of accidents that began with a neck injury from a fall and included a wagon mishap.
Mr and Mrs N A Kemmich and family along with Garland Baker and others spent Sunday in Agate. They examined Captain Cook’s fossil collection and observed a nearby oil well while a basket dinner accompanied the trip. Lloyd C Thomas and Mr Wood joined to guide them over sandhill roads.
Kenneth R. Hamilton, who resigned as Alliance National store manager, traveled through the city Monday en route to Boulder Colorado to assume the Cash Store manager role. He had planned to move to Kansas City but remained in transit and stayed as Kresge manager at Lincoln until Saturday while visiting friends.
J. A. Luttrell left Monday noon for North Platte to arrange moving his family. Employed by the International Harvester company, he has earned a merited promotion and previously made Alliance his headquarters for twelve years. He was active in the T. P. A. and several fraternal societies and leaves behind a large circle of friends who regret his departure.
Mrs Kenneth Mohrimin gave a six oclock dinner Friday night honoring Mr and Mrs J M DeMons of Grand Pass Missouri Other guests included Mr and Mrs J W DeMons Mr and Mrs C H Jones and their son Charley The table featured a center piece of natural beauty A Campfire guardian meeting is set for 2:00 PM today at Mrs Fred Carlson s home to discuss Hot Springs camping trip matters and future Campfire work plans
On Saturday August 15 in South Bend Washington Miss Della Mae Reed married Mr Joe E Edwards. The couple will reside at Klipsan Beach Washington. Mrs Edwards is well known locally as a former county superintendent and is remembered by many friends for her service.
Mr and Mrs Lt H Highland Mrs Holloway Mr and Mrs William Neiman Mr and Mrs E C Drake Miss Mardel Drake and Mildred Patem traveled to Charles Johnsons place northeast of town Sunday where they were served a splendid chicken dinner. Amon Alliance people who enjoyed a fishing trip to Burke s Lake in the Sandhille Sunday were Mr and Mrs B W Keach Mrs Ida Betts Lute Benson Dorothy Coyner Mrs Ef Belshaw George Belshaw John Moxon and N W Warley.
Clay Uarry local manager arrives in Alliance Monday after a two week stay in Omaha and a camping trip at Riverview Park near Central City with his family.
Miss Zelwa Smith and Miss Margaret Klingaman, educators at Antioch, have returned from Wyoming where they were spending the summer at the former’s homestead, to resume their duties in the public schools of Antioch.
Miss Wlorenes Bruce a Kearney school teacher visits Alliance two weeks with her sister Mrs Fred Carlson. She will teach in Moore Montana next school year. Mr and Mrs Earl D Mallory depart for Denver on a week end trip by auto. Mallory returns to ranch and oversees the store in the absence of the head of the firm.
Dy Jenson of Newman Grove arrived in Alliance Monday for a week long visit at the home of C. W. Grassman. His son Russell, who has spent the summer with the Grassmans, will accompany him. A local party including Mr. and Mrs. F. M. DeMoss and others spent Sunday in Hot Springs.
Mrs Flora E Jones who has been visiting with her son E K Jones departed after the visit.
John Williams plans a Detroit trip this week for the Thirty second division reunion. Henry Ford offers to entertain the visitors during their stay, and Williams hopes for a pleasant trip renewing army acquaintances with Michigan and Wisconsin troops involved.
H L Wright received a telegram Friday morning announcing his mother's death at Jericho Springs Missouri. The message cites two other sons one in St. Louis and one in Wikington.
Mr and Mrs H T Carer entertained Mr and Mrs Ed ODonnell and the Misses Rose Carlson and Teresa ODonnell at dinner Friday evening.
Chadron resident Greydon Nichols returns from Denver and visits friends in Alliance. Various residents travel to Hot Springs, Pike's Peak ascent noted, and families visit relatives in Clifton, Omaha, and St Paul. Local entertainments, marriages, camping plans, and a hay fever note accompany farm and railroad life in the region.
The U S Senate defeated a plan to impose a two cent revenue stamp on checks. Bankers and business leaders, including S B Wright of Guardian State Bank, lobbied Nebraska lawmakers who reported the Ways and Means committee opposed the provision. W P Kinkaid echoed relief that checks could move without stamps and that Congress halted the nuisance.
Livestock shipments to Omaha and Kansas City markets have been active in Box Butte and nearby counties for over a week. Abundant rains and good hay prospects support a strong but not heavy cattle run from Nebraska and Wyoming, with several stock trains passing Alliance and more planned next week. A rancher’s message to an Omaha firm forecasts ten cars of cattle arriving.
Bert Lewis of Blair Nebraska, lately employed at the Charles Oxle ranch near Alliance, caused a scene Friday afternoon and evening, thoroughly alarming the local residents. Sheriff J W Miller and Deputy Tom Miskimen were away at a road meeting in Hindereport, leaving the area without officers.
A ranch resident, suspected of mental illness by those nearby, was escorted to Alliance by Sheriff Miller and Chief Jeffers. The man, later identified as epileptic, said he hid his condition to avoid harming job prospects. He screamed and foamed at the mouth before being released.
Charles Sisley of the city drove Sunday evening and eased his car on a close street for fun. He lost control near the chief’s home, struck the road machine, smashing the front wheel and fender, prompting the chief to intervene.
Police Judge L A Berry fined Sisley 26 dollars plus costs after a guilty plea. He warned that a repeat offense would incur the maximum 100 dollar fine. Sisley pledged not to appear again and will settle repair bills. Indications suggest a season of low mood may halve the sucker crop this year.
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