Mrs James Fee Burned in Gasoline Explosion at Candy Kitchen
Mrs James Fee proprietor of Alliance Candy Kitchen suffered severe burns from a gasoline explosion while attempting to move a can outside the store. The blast singed her right arm and side and left hand. Jake Herman helped extinguish the flames with a blanket after entering through a broken window. The store sustained no damage.
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James Fee
Alliance Candy Kitchen
Jake Herman
Palace Maet Market
Bought Many Horses at C. L. Lester Sale
The C. L. Lester and Company horse inspection for war horses, held Tuesday and Wednesday, attracted generous Italian buyers who purchased a fine lot. The next inspection is set for Thursday, August 31, requiring well halter broke horses and harness trained stock. Most horses shown were gentle. a few green horses were deemed unsuitable.
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C. L. Lester & Company
Deportation story travels through Alliance to Lincoln
Mrs Mary Hill a Russian woman traveling with two children passed through Alliance on her way to Lincoln from Billings Montana. She said via an interpreter that her husband is in the county jail at Billings awaiting deportation to Russia due to an incurable eye disease. She had a ticket to Lincoln and left by the night train. She telegraphed her husband asking to pack their household goods and bring the other child. Judge Roberts paid the telegram tolls. Mr Hill is expected to move through Alliance today and will join his family in Lincoln to be sent to Russia.
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Mary Hill
Alliance
Lincoln
Billings
Montana
the Herald
Russia
W C T U Services and Layton Speech at Baptist Church
The W C T U meeting Sunday at 8 pm includes songs scripture readings prayers papers and multiple sermons by Rev. McIntyre Young Carns and J J Young. Mrs Layton will speak Sunday morning on Mission of Adversity at the Baptist church in Rev Layton’s absence.
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W. Cc.t. U
Union Choir
Mra
J. W .Leed
H. J. Youn
Mable Young
Lewis McIntyre
J. J. Young
J. B. Carns
Nebraska
Layton
A. A. Layton
The
Baptist Church
Bridgeport
Corner Lot Garage and Machine Shop Rising on Second and Laramie
B C Anderson, owner of the northeast corner lot opposite the Palace Livery Barn, begins a one story cement block structure measuring 50 by 67 feet. The new building will house a garage and machine shop.
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B. C. Anderson
Second Street
Laramie Avenue
Palace Livery Barn
Gasoline Fire Damages Alliance Cafe
A gasoline coffee heater explosion caused several hundred dollars in damages to the Alliance Cafe at 7 am Wednesday. Smoke filled the hotel upper rooms but the cafe remained the main fire area. Miss Martha Lux alerted guests and carried a child to safety before firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze. insurance covered the loss.
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Alliance Cafe
Martha Lux
Fie
Alliance Labor Day Plans At Bis Butte County Fairgrounds
The Alliance Commercial Club finalized Labor Day details at the Bis Butte county fair grounds. Events include Alliance band music, wrestling and boxing by fire department members, races for all ages, ice water, and refreshment concessions. Free lunches will be delivered to the grounds, and a firemen's ball at the opera house ends the day.
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Alliance Commercial Club
Bis
Butte County Fair Grounds
Alliance
Alliance Fire Department
Commercial Club
Opera House
Discreet Denver visitors at Nebraska Potash Company plant
Vt. Solder, vice president, and Mallon, a heavy stockholder in the Nebraska Potash Company, both of Denver, came in Friday night to visit the plant and attend to business. They returned Sunday morning.
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Vt. Solder
Mallon
Nebraska Potash Company
Denver
Alliance club seeks popular young lady for Ak-Sar-Beno visit
H M Bushnell Jr secretary of the Alliance Commercial Club received a request from Ak-Sar-Beno managers in Omaha for the name of Alliance’s most popular young lady. She would visit the city this fall with other ladies from various towns. Bushnell seeks a fair method to choose, noting newspapers could decide but choices might vary.
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H. M. Bushnell, Jr
Alliance Commercial Club
Ak-Sar-Beno
Omaha
Alliance
Bushnell
Kibble Chosen to Lead Box Butte At Lincoln State Fair
County commissioners appoint F E T Kibble to head Box Butte exhibits at the Lincoln state fair next month. He has managed the exhibit for several years and plans a strong showing.
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F E. T. Kibble
Lincoln
Box Butte County
Mexican Employee Struck by Box Car in Yard Incident
A Mexican worker on the section was struck by a box car in the yards late Tuesday evening. He was taken to the hospital by Dr. Bellwood, with injuries including a badly bruised right shoulder and leg and a forehead cut.
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Carl Felipe Dreyfus
Bellwood
Western hotel renovations announced at 116 Box Butte Ave
A. B. Wheeler, proprietor, with W. W. Norton owner, undertakes major upgrades to the Western hotel including a new heating plant costing 2000 dollars, thorough painting, new mattresses and springs for forty five rooms, new furniture and other equipment to create an entirely different appearance.
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Wheeler
A. B. Wheeler
Western Hotel
Box Butte Avenue
W. W. Norton
Smashed Touring Car Wrecks Near Alliance Wreck injures three
A Ford touring car hit a five foot deep hole on a county road seventeen miles east of Alliance near the W. G. Wilson ranch. Ora E. Phillips owner sustained serious injuries along with L. I. Glarum of Alliance and Mr. Miller of Antioch. Phillips said no warning sign existed and he placed railroad ties to warn other motorists afterward.
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Alliance
W. G. Wilson
Ora E. Phillips
L. I. Glarum
Miller
Antioch
Phillips
Scientist Visits Alliance on potash plant tour
William C. B. Kemp a Columbia University scientist in Washington D C stopped over in Alliance on Sunday to inspect the nearby pot ash plants He had been visiting Glacier and Yellowstone national parks with a party from the region.
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Alliance
William C. B. Kemp
Columbia University
Washington, D. C
Mr. Kemp
Glacier
Yelowstone National Parks
Post cards issued to report county road troubles
The Commercial Club prints post cards for Box Butte county road reports. Citizens fill date, location, difficulty, and remedy, then mail to the secretary for action by county commissioners or interested individuals. Cards available at the Commercial Club office by autolats.
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Box Butte
Commercial Club
Autolats
Nebraska editorial association names executive committee
President Clark Perkins announces the executive committee for the ensuing year. Members include Wil C. Israel of the Havelock Post C. C. Rosewater of the Omaha Bee A. W. Ladd of the Albion News C F Clark of the David City Press Adam Breede of the Hastings Tribune and B E Purcell of the Broken Bow Chief. A committee meeting will be held during the state fair to arrange for the adjourned business meeting.
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Aurora
Nebr
Clark Perkins
Nebraska Editorial Association
Wil C. Israel
The
Havelock Post
C. C. Rosewater
Omaha Bee
A. W. Ladd
Albion News
C. F. Clark
David City Press
Adam Breede
Hastings Tribune
E. R. Purcell
Broken Bow
Association
Lincoln Daily Star
Officials to test pump irrigation on Nation farm
State officials will try pump irrigation on the G. W. Nation farm southeast of Alliance. A test well was drilled last week and the irrigation well will be sunk without delay to evaluate the system.
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Nation
G. W. Nation Farm
Alliance
Railroad Strike Threat After Eight Hour Day Talks
Washington August 24 President Wilson negotiates with railroad executives over an eight hour day and overtime pay. Brotherhoods threaten a strike within twenty four hours if no prompt reply. Hale Holden R B Burlington R R Lovett Union Pacific and Daniel Willard Baltimore & Ohio pressed for advance freight rates as Wilson offers aid if revenues rise to cover higher wages.
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Herald
Washington
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Garretson
Lee
Carter
Stone
Hale Holden
Burlington
Lovett
Union Pacific
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Correction Notice for Hooper Baby Initials
On June 20 a baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs M P Hooper of Angora. An error listed the parents initials as J L and this item corrects that mistake.
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M. P. Hooper
Angora
Sued Potash Firms Over Salt Plant Land Claim
Nebraska Potash Company sues Potash Products Company in federal court at Chadron for possession of land near Jesse Lake and for 200000 dollars in damages over potash and water taken. The claim cites water rights secured from former owner William Boness and involves the pulping plant on the site. Attorneys include Judge Williams of Denver for Nebraska and Boyd & Metz of Alliance for Potash Products.
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Nebraska Potash Company
Potash Products Company
Jesse Lake
Chadron
Nebraska Company
William Boness
Jease Lake
Nebraska
Judge Williams
Denver
Boyd & Metz
Alliance
Jimmie Washington Arrested After Police Find Loot
Alliance residents report Jimmie Washington a known local figure was arrested by Marshal Wheeler after a two month crime spree. He confessed to stealing hotel linen raincoats suitcases and liquor and aided others in bootlegging. A letter from Minetta Nelson surfaced during questioning.
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Jimmie Washington
Alliance
Denver
Marshal Wheeler
Howard Latemura
Quartermaster's Department
Twelfth Cavalry
Fort Robinson
Red Eye
Satemura
Washington
Alliance Hotel
Homer Wilson
Lane
Sammy Lucky
Lucky
Minella Nelson
Rapid City
Jimmy
Aby
Rapid Raising
Eva
Jim
Fred W
Minetta Nelnon
Doctor J Jeffrey to tour Davenport for chiropractic lyceum
Dr J Jeffrey of Alliance departs with Harvey Worley for Davenport Iowa to attend the Palmer School lyceum and represent the Nebraska Stockgrowers Association with green and gold car colors. He will also visit Omaha for golf before returning in about two weeks.
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J. Jeffrey
Alliance
Jeffrey
Omaha
United States
The
Herald
Robbery suspects arraigned after county jail holdover
Orville Lewis and Willie Dunvar were arrested last week on robbery charges involving railroad boxcars and the Holston jewelry store. They were arraigned for a preliminary hearing Saturday before County Judge L A Berry and bound over to the district court with bonds of two thousand dollars each. They remain in the county jail until the next term of court.
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Orville Lewis
Willie Dunvar
Holston
L. A. Berry the
Boye
Fireboys Challenge Traveling Men In Alliance Exhibition
The Alliance Nebraska volunteer fire department issues a challenge to the T P A baseball team for a game at the fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon August 27. Admission is free and the fire department lineup includes pitchers White Pilkington Schafer Hart Atwell and others with James Keeler Nation Regester Snyder and Bell as fielders. Umpires will be Mayor Romig for the fire department and Jack Hawes for T P A.
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Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
Alliance
Nebr
Alliance Fire Department
Fair Grounds
Fire Department
Uneup
James Keeler
L EL Pilkington
C. H. Rockey
R. C. White
Thomas
F. D
South Paw
T. P. Rolfson
W. F. Hart
W. W. Mail
Ray Trabert
W. Maunier
Clarence Schafer
G. R. Nation
Aroe Schieb
Petaine
Bliss
Verne Regester
Vv. B. Hall
Atwell
H. R. Snyder
Chas. Schafer
G. A. Hellman
Roy Cole
B. Bullock
H. Kelner
W. B. Edwards
George Kelser
G. J. Hand
J. J. Jeffrey
Lee Baaye
Tobe Gastineau
M. 0. Reardon
L. A. Suprise
Georgie Fleming
Jake Herman
Guy Smith
P. BE. Romig
Jack Hawes
T. FP. A
Killed in Auto Wreck Near Greenwood Nebraska
Telegraphic reports from Greenwood Nebraska say E F Sweeney a King Nebraska stock man Dell Mercure auto dealer Mullen Nebraska and another man believed to be Sweeneys brother were killed Wednesday night when their car collided with Burlington train No 3 near Greenwood mid way between Lincoln and Omaha. They had taken stock to the South Omaha market and were driving home when the accident happened.
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Herald
Greenwood
Nebr
E. F. Sweeney
King
Dell Mercure
Mullen
Sweeney
Omaha
Burlington
Lincoln
Gordon Boosters Plan City Welcome for County Fair Visit
Alliance hosts about one hundred Gordon residents arriving by auto to boost the county fair, September 5. A brass band accompanies them for an overnight visit with a parade, reception by the fire department, and a city hall smoker. Mayor Komig will welcome the Gordon group. A wrestling match by Dutch Maunier and Ray Trabert follows the smoker.
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Alliance
Gordon
Crawford
Yale
Alliance Brass Band
Komig
Maunier
Ray Trabert
Gre
State Engineer Visits Over Nebraska Good Roads Plan
Geo J Johnson inspected the good roads proposition on Wednesday. Johnson is touring the state promoting roads with federal aid and several million dollars appropriated. Plans call to wait until 1917 in Nebraska, using 1916 and 1917 funds together. Magnesium would likely be used for roads in Box Butte and nearby counties.
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Geo. J. Johnson
NSW Garden Scene Highlights Rich Plant Varieties
New South Wales is praised for a garden with a wide array of flowering plants, claimed to exceed those in other regions. The report notes abundant species and horticultural interest across the area.
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New South Wales
Merchant submarine Deutsch land reaches Weser mouth
The Deutschland submarine arrived at the Weser mouth this afternoon after leaving Baltimore on August 1 with a cargo of rubber and metal. All on board are reported well. The report comes via the Overseas News Agency.
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Berlin
The
Weser
Baltimore
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Iowa
Hicks
Gordon Boosters
Wil
State Engineer In Alliance
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