Statement by SPT Weidenhamer on Alliance Division Strike
Alliance division superintendent Weidenhamer cites information from VP Byram that several train and engine men resigned and paid dues, and may be released from obligations to strike. He announces plans to move every passenger train on the Alliance line if cars are delivered and notes returns require a physical exam and seniority restart, with immediate loss of annual transportation for workers and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Weidenhamer
Alliance
Burlington
Herald
Byram
Strike bulletins posted for public view at Alliance office
The Alliance Herald displays strike situation bulletins posted in front of the office for public use. Bulletins will be received several times daily by telegraph and continued until further notice.
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Alliance Herald
Telegraph
Three Killed in Nebraska Auto Train Collision
Bud and John Sweeney long-time Custer County residents die in a crash between Greenwood and Waverly Nebraska. A third man, Mercure, also perishes. Train crew says auto was at high speed on a sharp curve. wreckage buries two men. Victims were returning from cattle shipment to Omaha. Mercure a hardware dealer at Mullen.
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The
Herald
Greenwood
Nebraska
Custer
Broken Bow
Bud
John Sweeney
Whitman
Waverly
Sweeney
James Mullen
Mercure
Sweeney Brothers
Omaha
Burlington Road
Burlington
Golng
Lincoln
South Omaha
Mullen
Hitchcock Proposes Graduated Tax on Newsprint Prices
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska aims to curb high newsprint costs by amending the revenue bill. The plan imposes a graduated tax per ton on sales to consumers or their agents, scaling from 23 dollars for prices 45 to 50 up to 40 dollars for prices over 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Washington
D. C
Democrat
Culprit Raised Wages Order Charged in Alliance
Eades a laborer once employed by a hay contractor on the Everett Eldred ranch southeast of Alliance was captured Saturday afternoon and returned to Garden county. He is charged with raising an order for wages from 13 to 15 dollars.
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Eades
Everett Eldred Ranch
Alliance
Garden County
St Matthews Church Sets Services for Sunday
St Matthews Church schedules services on Sunday September 3 with 8 am Holy communion 10 am Sunday school 11 am Morning prayer and sermon and 730 pm Evening prayer and sermon Rev Wm Carson Shaw Dean leads the service cleric in charge.
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St. Matthews
Wm. Carson Shaw
North Platte Labor Day wrestling bill features Stecher preliminaries
Ray Trabert and Dutch Maunier, Alliance volunteers and athletes, will appear in North Platte on September 4 as preliminaries for the Stecher Davis match. They performed for Gordon boosters recently to applause and are training daily for the North Platte bout, with a Gordon appearance set for September 6.
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Ray Trabert
Maunier
Alliance
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
North Platte
Stecher Davis
Trabert
Gordon Boosters
Joe Stecher
Stecher
Gordon
Jeffers Fails to Stop Beer Parties in Auto Runabouts
For a month two women and two men used daily auto trips to South Alliance to drink beer and act boisterously. Chief Jeffers has pursued them, nearly catching them last Thursday when the group eluded capture by hiding in the car and speeding away. Arrests expected if the behavior repeats.
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Jeffers
South Alliance
Mneau
Death of Mrs Hilliker in Nebraska auto crash
Mrs W E Hilliker wife of Bad Hilliker long prominent in horse markets was killed in a Saturday morning crash nine miles west of Central City Nebraska. The family car skidded into a ditch due to heavy rain and a poor road. She died from a base of brain fracture hours after the collision. A son was badly injured. others suffered minor injuries. Mr Hilliker was in Dakota buying horses for Grand Island yards.
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W. BE. Hilliker
Bad. Hilliker
Central City
Nebr
Hilliker
Council Bluff
Grand Island
Fremont
Deportation plan for Mrs. Hill and family unfolds
Mary Hill and her eight year old son John were detained in Lincoln after officials received a U S marshal’s deportation warrant for her husband from Billings. The husband, a Russian immigrant with defective eyesight, faces removal. Mary and the child await details.
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Herald
Mary Hill
Alliance
Lincoln
Billings
Russia
John
Anties
United States
Montana
Hill
Jacob Hill
B Street
Hornberger
Railroad Strike Set for Monday Morning Across United States
An agreed strike by 400000 railroad workers in the United States is scheduled for 5 a.m. Mountain Time next Monday September 4 1916 unless officials order a countermand. The Alliance division expects about 600 workers. The notice outlines strict strike conduct including leaving company property, roll calls, hall meetings, and adherence to laws while preventing violence.
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Washington
Studi ‘Reat
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood
United States
Alliance
Brotherhoods
Allen
Alliance School of Music Opens September 5
The Alliance School of Music will begin its regular year on September 5 with pupil registration available for new students.
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School of Music
Alliance School of Music
Alliance News changes hands in local buyout
C M Downs formerly of Lincoln Daily Star and K M Hendee from Lincoln State Journal purchased F M Broome’s interest in the Alliance News. They took possession with H L Crooks joining as linotype operator. This week’s issue is first under new management as Broome shifts to a federal post at Valentine as land office receiver.
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Alliance News
C. M. Downs
Lincoln Daily Star
K. M. Hendee
Lincoln State Journal
F. M. Broome
H. L. Crooks
Broome
Valentine
Alliance Hotel Owner Hosts Fire Company Banquet
Jesse M. Miler proprietor of the Alliance Hotel and Cafe will host a banquet this evening for Alliance Volunteer Fire Department members who helped fight a cafe fire that occurred last week. Subscriptions to the Alliance Herald are encouraged with a yearly price of $1.50.
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Jesse M. Miler
Alliance Hotel and Cafe
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
Local Wrestlers Set for Preliminary Show With Stecher
GOING 10 GORDON Dutch Maunier and Ray Tra bert and Joe Stecher will appear as preliminaries at Gordon on Wednesday September 6. A large Sheridan County fair crowd is expected as locals and Stecher draw fans to the event and a strong program is planned.
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Maunier
Ray Trabert
Gordon
Joe Stecher
Stecher
Sheridan County
Alliance
Haddorff Piano House Moves to Alliance Hotel Building
Haddorff Piano House plans to relocate by week’s end to the Alliance Hotel building on Box Butte avenue. The remodeled storefront will house a larger stock of pianos including player and grand pianos. Manager L. L. Covington has sold several grand pianos and will stock more in the new store.
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Haddorff Piano House
Alliance Hotel
Box Butte Avenue
L. L. Covington
Man Missing From Minatare Reappears With Burglary Tools
C A Thiesson, last seen Thursday in Minatare while Hi A Leafgreen was away, was picked up Friday by Chief Jeffers. Officers found lodge cards, letters, cuckpins, twelve skeleton keys and burglars tools on him. Leafgreen retrieved the coat he wore, and Thiesson, who said his parents live at Ravenna, was released and left town.
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C. A. Thiesson
Hi A. Leafgreen
Minatare
Jeffers
Thiesson
Leafgreen
Thiessen
Ravenna
Piersons Leave Alliance for Midwest Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierson of Minden, after visiting friends in Alliance, departed Saturday afternoon in their Dodge for Scottsbluff. A card from them reports travel through Scottsbluff, North Platte and Grand Island, then on to Omaha and Chicago before returning home.
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Frank Pierson
Minden
Dodge
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Grand Island
Omaha
Chicago
Cadillacs Crash On Missouri Ave Injure Pedestrian
A Cadillac turning onto Seventh and Missouri Avenue last Thursday tilted onto its side, tossing William O Mara to the ground and injuring a finger on his left hand. The car ran over a bank, but O Mara was not injured beyond that and was freed by a team of horses. The vehicle then moved again as before.
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Seat Seventh
Missouri Avenue
Wm. O'Mara
Firemen Win Battling Sunday Ball Game 6 to 3
The Alliance volunteer fire department defeated a Post M T P A team 6 to 3 in a sunlit Sunday game. Hull pitched for T P A while White and Nation worked for the firemen. The Fire Department issued a challenge for a rematch, which was accepted.
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Post M, T. P. A
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
Fireboys
S Atwell
Lockwood
Rockeye
Hamilton Pilkington
Burlington McCormick
Nation
van Landham Schiele
Griffin Bilis
McKenna
Negester Ab
Hunt Schafer
Johnson White
Gordon Boosters Enjoyed The Sheridan County Visit
The Gordon Boosters arrived in Alliance after a long auto trip with brass band in tow to promote the Sheridan county fair set for September 6 7 and 4. A parade on Box Butte avenue welcomed them with combined music from Alliance and Gordon bands. The evening featured a city hall program with wrestling and entertainment by Tra bert Maunier and George Nation followed by speeches and a plunge gathering.
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Gordon Boosters
Sheridan County
Alliance
Box Butte Avenue
Alliance Brass Band
Trabert
Maunier
George Nation
Recruiting Station Opened at Alliance for Nebraska National Guard
Alliance opens a recruiting office at city hall under Lt. W. N. Orris to fill Nebraska National Guard ranks. Fourth and Fifth Regiments on the Mexican border are replenishing manpower as students and married men return home. Officers deny ties to a railroad strike while border duty continues and new recruits are sent to units.
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Nebraska National Guard
Allance
W. N. Orris
City Hall
Crriv
Guy F. Ball
Milstenberger
Robert Clouyt
Nea
Mexico
Orris
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Stecker
Firm
of Mitchell, Hilliker & Simpsom
Mrs. Hill
Alliane
B. of L. EB. B
Sirs and Brothers
F. W. Hicks
Wedney
Kiremen
Haddorff
Pierson
Ball Grounds
Firemen
Gordonites
Gare
Alliance For Nebraska National Guard
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