Alliance Club Directors Briefly Deliberate On Pershing Visit
Alliance Community club directors discussed inviting General Pershing via Congressman Kinkaid to visit Alliance during his western tour. They considered a racing circuit with Alliance and nearby towns, plans for stock sales by the home building association, and potential hosting of the Nebraska good roads association meeting.
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Alliance Community Club
The
Herald
Rufus Jones
Congressman Kinkaid
General Pershing
Alliance
Lincoln
Jones
Kinkaid
Gordon
Chadron
Sidney
Sterling
Cole
Home Building Association
Community Club
Nebraska Good Roads Association
Good Roads Association
Minneapolis
Simpson
Express Company
Express Service
Burlington
Community club faces roads and stock sale delays
The Community club discusses road conditions at Antioch, weather reporting, and packing house plans. Directors consider secretary Jones’s retention amid a Amarillo offer while stressing open meetings and unpaid public service by nine directors.
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Weather Bureau
Lincoln
Alliance
State Securities Commission
Antioch
State Engineer's Office
Jones
Amarillo
Texas
the Herald
Board of Directors
Hérald
FAVOR SKATING AT CITY PARK
City youths urge the council to turn the park into a skating rink before spring thaw. Last year the flooded pond drew crowds with low cost and wide appeal to both young and older residents. They hope for a larger rink and more days of good skating weather to enjoy figure eight turns now.
Red Cross Alliance Chapter Elects Ten Directors
At the alliance chapter Red Cross annual election in the courthouse Thursday evening the ten candidates with the highest votes were Judge Ira E. Tash Robert Graham Mrs C H Fuller Earl Mallery J B Miller Dr H A Copsey Mrs H C Gants Mrs Arthur Wright Mrs E H Boyd and B G Laing These ten will form the board of directors and will select officers from among themselves.
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Al-lance
The
Red Cross
Court House
Ira E. Tash
Robert Graham
C. H. Fuller
Earl Mallery
J. B. Miller
H. A. Copsey
H. C. Gants
Arthur Wright
Mra
E. H. Boyd
B. G. Laing
Volunteers for Coal Fields Mobilized in Nebraska
Governor McKelvie calls for volunteers to work in coal mines to ease a national coal famine. Five hundred University of Nebraska students have already volunteered, with enlistments welcome from all counties. County clerks collect notices and transport support is arranged.
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W. C. Mounts
McKelvie
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
State Adjutant General's Office
Box Butte County
Commonwealth
Samuel R. M'Kelvie
Kittleman Describes Family Plans Before Prison Term
Oswald Kittleman, taken to the state penitentiary, wept on the trip to Lincoln and spoke of providing for his seven children. He said he was better off dead but wanted the farm's needs met, noting power of attorney given to an Alliance lawyer to sell livestock. He denied parole violations and suspected family troubles involving others. He cited the disappearance of thirty hogs as evidence of abnormal consumption.
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Oswald Kittleman
State Penitentiary
Kittleman
Lincoln
Alliance
Kittheman
Alliance Home Builders Open Stock Sale Announced
The Alliance Home Builders Association reports completion of its organization and offers stock at 10 dollars per share. Subscriptions may be made through J. W. Guthrie or M. S. Hargraves with 25 percent down and the rest in three equal payments over two, four, and six months. The plan aims to build affordable modern homes and sell on favorable terms to residents, with margins to fund profit for stockholders. Officers include G. L. Griggs as president and H. A. Copsey as vice president, along with M. S. Hargraves as secretary and J. W. Guthrie as treasurer, plus other directors.
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Alliance Home Builders’ Association
J. W. Guthrie
M. 8. Hargraves
Alliance
Association
G. L. Griggs
H. A. Copsey
Glen Miller
A. D. Rodgers
F. W. Harris
B. J. Sallows
F. A. Bald
County Should Pay Part of Expense
May D. Rodgers urged Box Butte county to share the cost of caring for the sick and poor. Alliance handles eight county patients at the pest house with city funds, food, and coal. He proposed selling the poor farm and jointly purchasing a forty acre tract near Alliance to serve both city and county.
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D. Rodgers
Box Butte County
Box Butte
Alliance
Rodgers
Hemingford
Mexican Wedding at Court House
Judge Tash performed a marriage ceremony Monday afternoon uniting John Gonzales and Eloise Rozales. The bride was seventeen with her mother present for consent. Several Mexicana witnessed the event and an interpreter was required for the ceremony.
Red Cross Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Fight
The Red Cross Christmas seal campaign will soon reach all states to fund local and national anti tuberculosis efforts. Ninety one point seven percent stays in the purchase state for tuberculosis work, with the remainder covering campaign expenses and allocations to the national tuberculosis association and related groups. The 1908 Seals now bear the Red Cross name, and buyers support local community tuberculosis programs.
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Red Cross
United States
American Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Tuberculosis Association
When Bearcat Went Dry at the Imperial Tonight
Tonight's program at the Imperial features the comedy When Bearcat Went Dry described as a knockout. Also on the bill are vaudeville acts Jones Jr. in twelve minutes of comedy magic Le Bon and Lauline in Sis Hopkins Clara Reville in One Baby Dearwin and Gushee in piano and impersonations A. H. Lewis and five native Hawaiians in twenty two minutes of song and music a Chaplin comedy A Night in the Show and Clara Kimball Young in Shirley Kaye Reservations urged.
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Clara Kimball Young
Shirley Kaye
Alliance High School Heads to Scottsbluff for Key Gridiron Showdown
The Alliance football team traveled Thursday to Scottsbluff for a decisive Western Nebraska championship game against the Sugarbeet Lions. The tilt, postponed from Thanksgiving day due to bad weather, could seal Alliance’s season after just one defeat.
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Alliance
Scottsbluff
Western Nebraska
Prince
Mrs Lunn Recovers After Fall At Home
Mrs. A. T. Lunn suffered injuries from a fall at her home on Tuesday and is reported to be recovering well.
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A. T. Lunn
Rufus Jones Will Remain in Alliance
Rufus Jones, Alliance Community club secretary, declined Amarillo offers at $8,200 then $3,600 and, with board support, will stay in Alliance. The club raised his salary to $2,900 this year and to $3,300 next, praising his quiet leadership and urging continuity as projects like the packing plant and home-building plans proceed.
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Rufus Jones
Alliance Community Club
Amarillo
Texas
Mr. Jones
Jones
Alliance
The
Herald
Community Club
Rufus Jonze
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Home Builders
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Broadwater
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