Potash Plants In Nebraska Readiness To Resume Operations
Nebraska potash industry eyes a sixty to ninety day trial period to assess competitiveness with German costs. Lakeside plants led by Lakeside Standard Potash and Brine sources from local ranch lakes plan to restart, with labor as the main hurdle. Other facilities in Antioch and Alliance districts prepare for possible September starts while some, like the National and United States Plant, face bankruptcy or pending takeovers.
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Nebraska
Alliance
Lakeside
Alliance Herald
Standard Potash Company
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Lunsford Ranch
Hard
tThis
Central City
Hord Ranch
Alliance Potash Company
Antioch
Alliance Capital
Kraure
Sturgeon
C. A. Newberry
al- Na
General Ace
Re v
American Potash Plant
Krause
Jesse Lake
National
United States
Willis Beck
Everett Eldred
Charley Avery
National Company
Liberty Potash Company
Western Potash Plant
National Guard Company Not to Be Organized
The Community Club reports insufficient interest to form a Nebraska National Guard company in Lincoln after an exhaustive inquiry by the adjutant general and the club secretary. The state organization will be continued per club advice.
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Nebraska National Guard
Lincoln
Alliance Community Club Donates to State Fair Exhibits
The Alliance Community Club contributed 100 toward display costs for agricultural products at the upcoming state fair. The gift supports exhibitors, with organizers gratefully acknowledging the assistance as preparations continue for next week’s event.
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The
Alliance Community Club
Alliance Packing Company Opens City Office
Messrs. R. E. Plumbe and D. F. Sweet directing the Alliance Packing Company have opened offices in the Mallory block. They will transact business from this point after a careful canvass of the territory. They are optimistic about a early consumption of the organization and believe Alliance will prove a great boon to the city and its vast tributary territory.
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R. E. Plumbe
D. F. Sweet
Alliance Packing Company
Mallory Block
Alliance
Labor Day Parade and Program Planned in Alliance
Burlington railroad workers in Alliance and the Alliance Community Club organize the Labor Day events for Monday, September 1. About a thousand participants expected. parade at 1:00 from Railroad street, athletic meet, then a $100 purse baseball game Alliance City versus Angora at 3:00. Evening events include Alliance band concert at Third Street and Box Butte avenue at 7:30 and a 8:00 address by Hon. William F. Hines with other speakers including Judge Ira E. Tash and Master Mechanic Ek Johnson.
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Burlington Lines
Alliance
Alliance Community Club
Fair Grounds
Railroad Street
J. B. Miller
Business Men of
Alliance City
Angora
Alliance Band
Thirdet
Box Butte Avenue
William F. Hines
Denver
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Rocky Mountain District
Ira E. Tash
Ek, Johnson
Paving Contract Awarded Beatrice Firm by Council
The Beatrice Nebraska firm Sprague & Nisely won the contract for a storm sewer and brick pavement with concrete base and asphalt filler. The city will pay 4.48 per unit for the pavement and completion is set for December 1919 if weather and transport allow. Construction lead A C Smith of Scottsbluff will begin within ten days. delays expected due to material sourcing from Kansas City or St Louis. contractors plan solid packing of filled ditches before paving.
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Sprague & Nisely
Beatrice Nebraska
A. C. Smith
Scottsbluff
Smith
The
Heraldman
Sprague
Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri
City Council urged to install fountains on Box Butte
Community Club secretary Rufus Jones urged the City Council at an adjourned meeting to provide drinking fountains. He noted the mountain at Box Butte avenue and Third street has been out of order and called for fountains at the four main intersections on Box Butte avenue as brick pavement goes down.
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Rufus Jones
Community Club
Busanek
Alliance
Ween
Box Butte Avenue
Third Street
Unpaved Box Butte Avenue Improves Under City Effort
City Manager Cassius C. Smith reports Box Butte avenue is now more passable after Monday work by street crews using a fire hose water and grading to reduce high spots and fill holes. The project will extend to side streets as part of a broader effort to make Alliance’s main thoroughfares passable.
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Box Butte Avenue
Cassius C. Smith
Smith
Alliance
Small Blaze in Hill's Addition Damages Home
Firefighters were called to the R. C. McClure residence in Hill's Addition this morning to extinguish a small blaze. The fire started in the upper part of the house after children playing with matches. Damage was light.
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Fie
R. C. McClure
Hill
Lead Service Installations Begin Ahead of Paving
City council approved mandatory lead service installation in the paving area. Early steps allow property owners to replace iron with lead pipes now for forty dollars per service. Box Butte Avenue plumbers have begun the changes for some owners.
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Box Butte Avenue
Hansen seeks 510000 damages in divorce case
Alfred Hansen of Hemmeford filed in Box Butte county district court a $510000 damages suit against Robert A Ball alleging Ball instigated the dissolution of Hansen's marriage. Hansen says Ball wooed Esther H King, his wife, while she worked as Ball’s housekeeper and that Ball traveled with her, culminating in a divorce filing on July 14. The case names Lee Bayse as Hansen’s attorney and the trial is expected in the fall term.
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Alfred Hansen
Hemmeford
Atorney
Lee Bayse
Alliance
District Court
Box Butte
Robert A. Ball
Ball
Hansen
Esther H. King
Ball Ranch
King
Mansey
Girard
Omaha
Grand Island
Krause Named Special Administrator in Box Butte
County Judge Ira E. Tash appointed Herman Krause as special administrator of the estate of the late John Krause. The bond is for 50 000 dollars and the estate is one of the largest probated in Box Butte county, possibly up to 500 000 dollars. The fall term of county public schools opens next Monday with many teachers already in place.
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Ira E. Tash
Herman Krause
John Krause
Review of Domestic Potash Production in Nebraska Territory
W B Hicks of the United States Geological Survey surveyed Alliance Antioch Lakeside and other western Nebraska sites last summer. He reports potash production in the United States began 1914 and expanded through 1918 with several materials used including brines kelp and wood ashes. The 1918 output reached 9 720 tons K2O valued at about 4 242 730 dollars.
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W. B. Hicks
United States Geological Survey
Alliance
Antioch
Lakeside
Nebraska
United States
American Potash, Inc
Long Beach
California
Salameste
Nebraska Lakes
Owens Lake
Great Salt Lake
Searles Lakes
Steffens
Business Houses to Close at Noon on Labor Day
Alliance business houses will close at noon next Monday Labor Day and stay closed the rest of the day if the Community Club efforts succeed. Patrons should shop early to avoid confusion.
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Alliance
Two Million Dollar Grocery Firm Eyes Alliance
A $2,000,000 grocery corporation now active in another state may open a wholesale branch in Alliance. Rufus Jones of the Alliance Community Club says a company representative will visit soon to discuss supplying the region. Prospects for the venture appear favorable and the firm is deemed reliable.
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Alliance
Rufus Jones
Alliance Community Club
Jones
Mr. Jones
Mexican Horse Thief Caught In Alliance
Mexican named Richard Neri, about twenty five miles northwest of Alliance, is in the city jail awaiting trial on charges of stealing a horse and $60 from A. J. Dillon. Neri had worked for Dillon for two weeks and tried to flee with the property while Dillon visited a neighbor. Marshal Nova Taylor made the arrest based on Dillon's information.
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Richard Neri
Baatile
A. J. Dillon
Hving
Alliance
Neri
Dillon
Mr. Dillon
Marshal Nova Taylor
Carload Surplus Food to Be Sold Saturday
A government surplus shipment from the Surplus Supply Bureau in Omaha will bring a carload of canned goods to Alliance for local distribution. Mayor A D Rodgers and the Alliance Community Club arranged the effort to offer lower priced foods at the armory with a per-person purchase limit. Prices for items include bacon 60 cans at 4.15, baked beans and corn beef in various sizes, tomatoes, and syrup, with transportation and drayage excluded.
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Alliance Community Club
Omaha
A. D. Rodgers
Onsen Reeves
Shooting at Allen-McFall ranch maims teen worker
John Pepple, eighteen, was badly injured in a Monday night shooting at the Allen-McFall ranch. Fellow worker Clarence Jones says two men, Lee McFall and Joe Walker, fired at Pepple while he read in a bunk, then doused them with water. doctors removed a finger and treated other wounds.
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John Pepple
St. Joseph's Hospital
Allen-McFall Ranch
Jack
Clarence Jones
Pepple
Jones
C. EB. Singie
Imperial Theatre packed to capacity after remodeling
The Imperial Theatre drew a full thousand for the opening night of the remodeled house. Reese Brothers Minstrel show offered Dixieland songs and dances for about two hours and attracted a large, enthusiastic audience. Proprietor H. A. DuBuque aims to book regular vaudeville acts from major circuits soon.
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Reese
H. A. DuBuque
Glen Miller Elected to Alliance Club Board
Mr. Glen Miller, a prominent furniture dealer, was elected to the Alliance Community Club board at the regular meeting on Monday evening. The election covers the unexpired term of Bal lows who resigned as president and executive staff member.
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Glen Miller
Alliance Community Club
Miller
B. J. Ballows
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