Preliminary date not set for McElhaney murder trial
Evelyn McElhaney faces a first degree murder charge in the killing of Earl B. Anderson, a local barber. A preliminary hearing is tentatively planned for the present term with County Judge Tark presiding. arraignment may occur on Saturday. Public sympathy grows as details unfold and relatives search for kin.
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Evelyn Preiss McElhaney
Earl B. Anderson
District Court
Tark
McElhaney
Mitchell and Gantz
Urban Zediker
Slagle
Anderson
Lincoln
Baine
Earl Baine Anderson
Larson
Minneapolis
Basye
Supreme Court hears Krause potash case funding dispute
Argument resumed in the supreme court on the Krause estate appeal from a 75 000 judgment for Peter Long and wife in Douglas county. They claim potash wealth from Krause lakes belonged to them, linking sale knowledge to liability, while defense cites cases denying recovery for such suppression. State Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
John H. Krause
Douglas County
Peter Long
Krause
Sheridan County
Krauses
Antioch
Alliance
Long
State Journal
Doctor Hand Named to Box Butte Insanity Board
Dr. George J. Hand, a longtime Alliance physician and surgeon, was appointed by District Judge Westover to fill the Box Butte county insanity board seat left by Dr. H. H. Bellwood who moved to California. Dr. Hand also serves as city physician for Alliance.
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George J. Hand
Box Butte County
Westover
County
Insanity Board
H. H. Bellwood
California
Dr. Hand
City
Alliance
Knight Guided to Decorah by Telegram Homebound Mother
Dr. F M Knight president of the Alliance National Bank was summoned to Decorah Iowa by telegram Wednesday noon as his aged mother nears ninety and is very feeble and in frail health.
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R. H. Hallett
Washington
Anderson
North 24Th Street
Omaha
South 16Th Street
Cumings Street
Moser Barber College
M. Pool
Cuming Street
C. C. Cannam
Harney Street
Isis Oil and Gas Company of
Ada Knight
Wellington Hotel
West Fourth Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Harry F. Slack
Deep River
D. Barrett
East Mth Street
Floyd Yost
Hutchinson
Kansas
Gilpatrick
Farnam
Harney
F. M. Knight
Alliance National Bank
Decorah
Paving Costs Lower Than Earlier Reports Across Districts
Assessment sheets show highest paving cost including extras was about 6.45 dollars per square yard in district 5, with district 2 at 5.24 and district 3 about five dollars and 93 cents after discounts. Freight increases and contract prices explain the rise, while sixty days could yield new contracts around 5.00 per square yard. J P Rossiter and wife paused in Alliance en route to Scottsbluff, planning a vacation after contributing to the Edgemont field project.
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Herald
Lloyd C Thomas Joins Petroleum Age Editorial Staff
Lloyd C Thomas of Alliance a former Herald editor has been appointed to the editorial field staff of Petroleum Age Chicago the leading oil magazine with world wide circulation. He will publish illustrated articles in future issues and edit Nebraska Oil Notes on the Omaha World Herald market page.
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Lloyd C. Thomas
Alliance
The
Herald
United States
Petroleum Age
Chicago
Lloyd
Omaha World-Herfild
Nebraska
Income Tax Payments Due December 15
The commissioner of internal revenue in Washington cautions that December 15 is the final date for the fourth installment of income and excess profits taxes. Payments must arrive by midnight that day at the appropriate internal revenue offices. While a grace period was in 1917, the 1918 act removed it. Payments may be made by cash, check, or money order, with checks payable to collector of internal revenue. Bills will be sent, but no bill does not excuse late payment.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington,d. C
Loomis
Collectors of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
JURY ACQUITS DWIGHT ZEDIKER IN WAGON THEFT CASE
A district court jury found Dwight Zediker not guilty in the case charging him with stealing a wagon from the Farmers' Union store. Testimony showed conflicting accounts of how the wagon entered a train car bound for Crawford, with witnesses placing Zediker at the scene and another stating he helped load it. The verdict hinged on differing recollections of events from early Monday morning.
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Dwicht
W. H. LaMon
Zediker
John Hanson
Manhattan
McDonald
Crawford
Claude McDonald
Dwight Zediker
George Neuswanger
Farmers’ Union
Judge warns of scarce seating at McElheney preliminary trial
Judge Tash cautions parties considering attendances that only about one in a thousand will gain entry to the courtroom as relatives and close friends are likely to fill the space.
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McElheney
Tash
Whisky theft joke ends in directed verdict in Burlington case
Charles R. Weirman once a Burlington switchman at Alliance was caught in a Burlington box car by Special Agents Todd and Smith on June 11 and tried for burglary. The jury discharged him on an instructed verdict after he testified he was looking for whisky and witnesses said he had nothing of value. Judge Westover ruled whisky an outlaw item with no value and directed a not guilty verdict.
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Charles R. Weirman
Burlington
Alliance
Todd
Smith
Westover
The Jollies of 1920 at the Imperial Tonight
The Elks minstrel The Jollies of 1920 is the attraction at the Imperial tonight. It is likely that seats are sold out already as reservations began Wednesday morning and by Thursday noon most seats were spoken for.
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the Imperial
Weather forecast for Alliance and vicinity
Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Warmer tonight across Alliance and surrounding area.
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Alliance and Vicinity
Jollies of 1920 and Marys Doe at Alliance screenings
The notice outlines the final show of the Jollies of 1920 by the production company in Alliance with one performance only. It previews Should a Woman Tell with Meta Maxon in a tale of love and a past stain, plus a photoplay featuring Douglas MacLean and Doris May. A mass meeting for the Board of Public Welfare is scheduled at the court house Monday evening December 18.
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Alliance
Finis Fox
Meta Maxon
Massachusetts
Boston
Meta
Douglas MacLean
Doris May
Mary
Doe Ampton
Doe
Honolulu
Doc
Board of Public Welfare Movement
Court House
Preliminary Debate At The Alliance High School
The Alliance high school holds a preliminary debate to select three debaters and an alternate for the current school year. The event takes place in the school auditorium on Wednesday December 15 at a.m. The question asks if the literacy test restricting immigration should be repealed. Competitors: Affirmative Ruth Stanton, Margaret Schill, Chester Yount, Harold Clark. Negative Charles Cross, Tom Miller, Edward Morrow, Rowland Threlkeld, Mary Wallis. District entrants include Sidney, Scottsbluff, Chadron, Ogallala, Bayard, Minatare, Gering, and Alliance. Public welcome with no admission fee.
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Alliance High School
At & P.m
Ruth Stanton
Margaret Schill
Chester Yount
Harold Clark
Charles Cross
Tom Miller
Edward Morrow
Rowland Threlkeld
Mary Wallis
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Ogailala
Bayard
Minatare
Gering
Alliance
Griffith Oil secures eighty acre lease near Edgemont
J A Armour secretary of Griffith Oil controlled by Alliance capital reports securing an eighty acre lease on well located oil land near Edgemont. The tract is described by geologists as favorably located and likely to add value to Griffith company holdings after the new well brought in last week by French and Rossiter.
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L. A. McElhaney
Edgemont
8. D
Alliance
McElhaney
J. P. Rossiter
French & Rossiter
Scottsbluff
Mr. Rossiter
J. A. Armour
Griffith Oil Company
Alliance Capital
Mayor Rodgers Denies Resignation Rumors
For several days rumors circulated that Mayor Rodgers had resigned. He dismissed the talk, stating he has not thought of quitting and plans to stay on as mayor until the end of the term.
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Mayor Rodgers
Rodgers
Herald
Convalescing Mrs. J W DeMoss Drops From List
Mrs. J W DeMoss had been on the list but is now convalescing, reducing her status on the records.
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Rs. J. W. DeMoss
Urban Zediker Found Guilty of Pin Theft
Urban R Zediker the second of two brothers to face trial at the current district court term was found guilty by a jury of grand larceny for stealing a $700 diamond stickpin from A G Isaacson and pawning it to Tom Gray. The case included alibi witnesses and testimony from former police chief Great Reed about the recovered pin. Sentencing likely near term end.
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Urban R. Zediker
W. G. Zediker
Zediker
A. G Isaacson
Tom Gray
Great Reed
A. G. Isaacson
Ed.rity
Tom
Earl Anderson
Anderson
Gray
Oscar Reed
Mr. Gray
Urban Zediker
Cook
R. Burkholder
C. C. Smith
Jay Duncan
Wayne Zediker
Urban
Alliance National
Steve Cannon
Joe Smith
Isaacson
Third Street
Jack Hawes
Casper
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M’elhaney
Robert Graham
Red Cross
Kathleen Rossite
Red Cross Home Service Bureau
State Alliance
Nettie Anderson
Howell Mill
Atlanta
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