German spies sent to Leavenworth from Fort Logan training
Two men enlisted at Leavenworth last week and were sent to Fort Logan for training when found to be German spies. They were sent to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. Names and sentence not disclosed. It is unclear if they were alien enemies posing under false colors. Army officers' quick action shows strict guard against spies in the U S army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
United States Army
Fort Logan
Colo
Leavenworth
Kansas
Uncle Sam
Soldier Boy Weds Then Enlists After Alliance Departure
Judge Tash ties the knot for Ivor Meeker and Agnes Moravek just before the draft shifts and Meeker’s enlistment follows. The bride grants her consent and later bids farewell at the station as the train pulls away, marking a soldier’s sacrifice and a wife’s resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tash
Alliance
Canton
Ivor Meeker
Agnes Moravek
Ivor
Miss Moraveks
Meeker
Bell Telephone Mess Fund Supports 408th and 405th Units
Employes of the Bell Telephone System in this territory donate a limited 25 cent per person mess fund totaling $1,580 for former associates in military service. Most funds assist the 408th Battalion of the U. S. Signal Corps, with 25 former employees from this state in the 405th Battalion receiving pro rata shares. The 408th Camped at Little Silver New Jersey. the 405th at American Lake Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone System
408Th
U. S. Signal Corps
Bell Telephone
Little Silver
N. J
American Lake
Wash
Better Showing by Light Department in November
City light and power department reports net earnings of 1277.26 for the period ending November 16, with gross earnings 4025.69 and expenses 2126.81. Discounts 231.04 and construction costs 390.58. Compared with prior months and last year, earnings, expenses, and construction varied. water and treasurer reports show various balances and deficits, while police magistrate records list 245.50 in November receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Electric Light and Power Department
Hughes
Water Department
T. D. Roberts
Marshall
Fred Cutts Writes Home From Somewhere in France 1917
Allied readers get a wartime letter from Robert Willson family note Fred Cutts of Alliance and Ralph Johnson in a large French hospital unit Describe Paris style cement buildings three classes of civilians wooden shoes and vivid uniforms as a U S Army medical worker reports life near the battle lines in France November 5 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cutts
Alliance
Fred
France
168Th Field Hospital Company
Alliance Roll of Honor Los Angeles Names Enlisted in Week
One hundred fourteen men enlisted at the Alliance recruiting office of the United States army during the past week. Those who had not gone to army posts departed at midnight after a reception at the opera house. The roll of honor lists names, addresses, and branches enlisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
United States Army
Opera
New York Publisher Praises Alliance on Local Club Ties
G T Eager of New York City representing Butterick Publishing visited Alliance Nebraska to lunch with Community Club directors. The firm will drop mail order ads and focus on supporting smaller towns, spurring extra work as letters pour in praising the move. Eager praised Alliance as a lively city, noting the electric welcome sign and street corner waste paper cans as signs of vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Eager
New York City
Butterick Publishing Company
Delineator
Woman's Magazine
The
Designer
Alliance
Community Club
Bulerick Publishhine Company
Enger
Nebraska
Elks Club New Year Costume Ball Promises Big 1917 Sendoff
The Elks' Lodge invitation committee issues fancy costume dance invites to Elks and friends for New Year's Eve at the Elks' Club rooms. It is billed as one of the year's major social events and the final big affair of 1917 with plans to make it memorable.
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The
Elks’ Lodge
Elks
Elks’ Club
All American Club Meeting in Alliance Votes 100 Percent Club
Post M Travelers' Protective Association met at the Community Club on Saturday afternoon. It unanimously supported calling a county level Defense Council meeting to form a 100 percent All American Club for Alliance and Box Butte county. Roads topic dominated, with calls to drag and roll roads for better results. A $4.25 Christmas fund gift was given to Albane soldier boys at Deming. Hawes, Thompson and Baker named to organize Christmas donations to Alliance needy. A New Year’s party was approved with Hawes, Baker, Spencer and Strong named to arrange.
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Post M
Travelers’ Protective Association
Community Club
Counci Ol ‘Defense
Alliance
Box Butte County
Albane
Soldier Boys
Deming
Hawes
Thompson
Baker
Hawes, Baker, Spencer
Strong
Correction on Alliance enlistment and oath outcome
The local recruiting office clarifies that Walter H. Voight, who applied for enlistment, was sent to Fort Logan but refused to take the oath and returned to Alliance.
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Alliance
Walter H. Voight
Fort Logan
Hemingford Holds Farewell Reception for Local Volunteers
Hemingford honored sixteen men who answered the call to the colors with a Tuesday evening reception at the opera house. Color Sergeant I E Tash led the flag transfer from Alliance, as the home guards and local musicians performed. Clergy and Judge Tash spoke while mothers and fathers cheered, and volunteers signed a large flag as Red Cross ladies provided lunch.
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Hemingford
Alliance
I. E. Tash
Box Butte
Bugle Squad
Hemmeford
Opera House
T. J. Brown
W. S. York
Father Stadler
Judge Tash
Bugle Corps
Donors named for Soldier Boys reception by Alliance group
A community effort for army volunteers reception led by Post M. T. P. A. members and Alliance volunteers. Donors include Alliance Creamery Co, Forest Lumber, First National Bank, Times Office, Herald Office, Alliance National Bank, Khein Rousey, Munewal Bakery, and many individuals providing food, ribbons, bread, tape, and bandages. Continued on Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Office
Herald Office
Harry Dubuque
John Wallace
John O'Keefe
Claude Vaughan
Alliance National Bank
J. F. Tiller
Khein-Rousey
E. Essay
Munewal Bakery
Ben Beach
R. C. Gladson
City to bring in experts over septic tank odors
City officials plan expert review after reports of terrible odors from a septic tank. action to address the nuisance aims to reduce odors and improve sanitation.
Sewage Expert Hopes To End City Odor Nuisance Friday
South Alliance residents and travelers along southern roads await a sewage expert due Friday to solve a riddle tying city data to an injunction from 1911. City council met Tuesday night with 8 o'clock start, approving usual claims and routine business as topics shifted to the odor issue and a looming solution.
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South Alliance
Johnson
Hill
Snyder
Moore
Welch
Davidson
Thanksgiving Dinner for 275 at Camp Cody
Soldier Frank Wolverton reports a grand Thanksgiving at Camp Cody with 275 men served by Chief Cook Fred Coash and staff. The hall overflowed with turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, oysters, lettuce, celery, radishes, pickles, doughnuts, cakes, candy and dates.
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Frank Wolverton
John A. Wolverton
Alliance
Camp Cody
Conkling
Tekemah
Fred N. Coash
Newman Grove
Ed O'Connor
Military Flag Honors Bell Telephone Reservists at Grand Island
A blue eyed service flag from Nebraskan Telephone Co in Grand Island Neb displays 6863 marking Bell System employees in military service. The flag will be updated as more workers enlist, with men from across the United States serving in all branches, many as volunteers in army signal corps.
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Nebraskan Telephone Company
Grand Island
Nebi
Bell Telephone System
Army
Navy
Telephone Signal Service
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City Light and Power Department
Fred Cutts
Fred E. Cutts
Alliance Roll of Honor
Lewis A. Saxton
Crawford
Nebr
Coast Artillery
Angus &. Hammond
Deadwood
Robert A. Hammond Whitewood
Allen J. Peterson
Neb
BR. H. Humphreys Hemmeford
Bernard W. Harvey Claredon
Tex
Hugene C. West
Whitman
Eben
Roy W. Robinson Marsland
Russell C. Miller -Hemilneford
John C. Rineker
William L. Andre
Marnland
One
Edgemont
S. D
George C. Johnson Hotland
James J. Burke
Mauper
Canat
Roy Cutrigh
el Alliance
Will G. Hammon Whitewood
D. Ee
Arlo W. Fuller
Harrisburg
Vases
Bernhard Aaseng Crawford
Frank ©. Foster
Oliver L. Pitt
Casper
Wyo
Sanford L. Clemen Chadron
George Barnum Crawford
Floyd Rd. Donovan Alliance
Walter A. Lyon. Hemmeford
T. E. Katen, Jr
Frank E. Reid
Bayard
Lewis J. Meitner
Truman W. Storer
Lima
Ohio
Frank A. Rumer
George RK. Nation
F. J. Schoenberger
St. Paul, Minn
New York
Liks
ALL American Club
Hemingford Boys
T. P. Relfson
King's Pool Hall
Jack Riordan
Mr. Relfson
Brriington
Business Finns
Army Volunteers
Post M. T. P. A
Jack Luttrell
Alliance Creamery Co
Forest Lumber Company
First National Bank
Guy Smith
S. A. van Lanningham
Ford Garage
L. E. Bilkington
Herold Snyder
J. W. Frazier
Boyd Gambel
New City
Big Camp Cody
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