Railroading notes big changes and holiday events
The column notes George Griggs returns to Alliance as superintendent after a career from chief clerk to division head in Omaha and Sheridan areas. Local residents travel to Lincoln, Luther, Denver and Des Moines. Railway crews fund a farewell gift for Weidenhamer and an electrician team adds help to Jack Hacott. A holiday food gate by M. E. ladies is planned for December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Alliance
Weidenhamer
George
Griggs
Sterling
Sheridan
Wymore
The
Burlington
Weidhamer
Jack Hacott
H. Beer
Grey Bull
Wyo
Jack
Fort Omaha
School notes highlight pins practice and navy enlistments
Senior boys receive class pins and basketball practice begins. The flag at Emergon school was raised Wednesday at 2 PM while Principal Crawford rests at home with tonsillitis. Red Cross work draws many high school girls into knitting sweaters and wristlets. Three more boys Noel Young Warren Lot speich and Jerome Fleming have enlisted in the navy in Denver and are now on the Pacific coast. Miss Devona Dickinson elected to lead third and fourth grades for the second semester. she is a Chadron normal graduate with three years teaching experience in the country and Hem ingford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Noel Young
Warren Lotspeich
Jerome Fleming
Denver
Navy
Pacific Coast
Devona Dickinson
Chadron State Normal
Miss Dickinson
Alliance High School
Normal
Hemingford
Lunar Craters Distinguished From Earth Volcanoes
The article explains lunar craters differ from Earth volcanic pits. It notes Earth volcanoes are small pits at cone summits and rarely exceed seven miles across, while lunar craters are saucer shaped depressions on the moon’s surface.
Country Road Romance Ends With Quiet Elopement Plan
A rural Essex tale follows Myra Harvey and Roland Jackson as they fall in love on a hilltop farm, face parental opposition, and plot to elope on Thanksgiving Eve. The twist: Roland unveils his plan to move Myra away while her parents secretly seek their own union in a red car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roland Jackson
Roland
Myra
Essex
Jackson House
Mrs. Harvey
Funds Wanted For Woman's Committee Drive
The Woman's Committee of the Nebraska State Council of Defense seeks funds to sustain its nationwide coordinating work among women. A December 15 fundraising drive aims to support registrations, food programs, child welfare, Americanization, Red Cross, Liberty Loans and educational outreach across Nebraska with local units mobilizing counties and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hfe
Woman's Committee of
Council of Defense
Woman's Committee
Nebraska State Council of Defense
Council of National Defense
Nebraska
Washington
Wattles
Department of Health and Recreation
Liberty Loan Committee
Council of National Defese
Red Cross
American Red Cross
United States
Bors
Woman's Work
Death shipment of Madison C. Smith reaches Ravenna
Alliance father Ernest E. Smith confirms his son Madison C. Smith, a recruit drafted at El Centro California, killed November 20th near Edgewood by a train, is to be shipped from Yreka California to Ravenna Nebraska. Camp Lewis surgeon and Sacramento Bee report referenced. father coordinates via Alliance. The case links to Imperial Valley draft and Camp Lewis deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Ernest E. Smith
Alliance
Madison C. Smith
California
Ravenna
Field Divison
Camp Lewis
Washington
Madison ’. Smith
Yreka
Sacramento Daily Bee
Siskiyou Co
J. E. Turner
Edgewood
Neb
el Centro
Imperial Valley
Wash
Alliance, Neb
Hotel Guests Listed From Nearby Towns
A list of visitors and guests staying at hotels in the area includes Drake Hotel attendees such as Frank Klicken and Clair E. Wilson among others from Hemingford Rushville Crawford and Scottsbluff. The Alliance hotel shows Elmer T. Peters as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Hotel
Frank Klicken
Clair E. Wilson
Frank Johns
Lakeside
Wayland
H. R
Steinhaus
Gordon
Frank Reid
Bayard
Line Love
Ernest Lakens
R. H. Thurston
F. M. Broome
Gall Price
Marion
Hemingford
Bostdos
Chadron
J. D. Scott
H. W. Jackson
Rushville
L. E. Ford
Marsland
A. A. Kearney
W. E. Baker
Morris
C. D. Lewis
Minatare
Anne Halliday
Bert Mills
Scottsbluff
L. J. Meitner
George Todd
O. L. Pitt
Crawford
Hotel Alliance
Elmer T. Peters
Local names list from regional notices
A readable fragment lists many local people and households including Eddie Hacken Samuel Wolfe C I Arnold Minatare Dave Robinson Chadron Mr and Mrs Shepard Mrs McClerney Jack Walker W A Randall Hemingford B E Ford Marsland Mrs C C Wilson Lakeside Mrs C H McGee Antioch A E Delaroyde Ira Robbins Earl Enderlied Scottsbluff Mr and Mrs C Skipper Mr and Mrs C C Thompson and wife Bingham C F Spray Mr and Mrs H O Hunter Allen Peterson Mary Grant Miss Ethylyn Hartwell Crawford W H Westover Joe L Westover F L Westover Rushville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Hacken
Samuel B. Wolfe
C. I. Arnold
Minatare
Dave Robinson
Chadron
Shepard
McClerney
Jack Walker
W. A. Randall
Hemingford
B. E. Ford
Marsland
C. C. Wilson
Lakeside
C. H. McGee
Antioch
A. E. Delaroyde
Ira Robbins
Earl Enderlied
Scottsbluff
Mra. 7
New Officers Visit Alliance
Alliance welcomes two new army officers, former city residents Lt. Joe L. Westover and Lt. Lloyd M. Smith. Westover trained at Fort Snelling and reports to Camp Custer on December 15 before deployment to France. Smith heads to Camp Dodge with the Eighth Division to join his parents in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Alliance
Joe L. Westover
Lloyd M. Smith
Fort Snelling
Westover
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
France
Smith
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Engraved cards and invitations offered at The Herald
The Herald announces engraving services for visiting cards wedding announcements and invitations. Samples available at the office and by request by phone at 340.
Classified drag net seeks lost articles for rewards
The page urges using the classified ads to recover lost items, noting only about ten percent of finds claim rewards each year. It emphasizes honesty and advises not to mourn loss before pursuing the best chance of recovery.
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Lincoln, Mo
J. R. Willis
E. C. McWinson
Des Moines, Iowa
Belgium
Elias Nulen
Kansas City
Robert Baker
Peoria, IL
William Howard
M. E
Emergon School
Ss. A. Foster Lumber CO
Phillips Livery Barn
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