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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
1
Alliance community leaders ally with business firms to push a complete census count. T. J. O Keefe and District Supervisor Tooley consider sending an enumerator to Alliance to cover hard to reach precincts and answer personal questions slated for the upcoming census.
A ten year old visits the office with a small Christmas list that includes cuff buttons for dad a paring knife for mother blue bird pins for sister and a handkerchief for teacher. He loses the pins but buys a twenty five cent gold bracelet next day highlighting thrift and reckless spending.
Chief Reed and officers heard noises at Goldier Fuller’s place at 11.00 pm. Twenty players were present. nine pleaded guilty. Bradder Scott and two others denied wrongdoing and were bound over to district court on 3200 bonds.
Elena Barnes Mosher, born August 31 1868 in Painesville Ohio, died December 2 after a long illness of malignant cancer in Alliance. She married Leon H. Mosher in 1887 and lived in Alliance since 1889 with four children, three of whom reside in Alliance. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church at 2 45 p m with the family mourning the loss of a devout worker for the common good.
Nebraska County Judge Ira E. Tash warns that drawing checks with insufficient funds will face harsh penalties under Chapter 252. He cites fines from 100 to 5000 dollars and 1 to 5 years in prison for intent to defraud. Three men are jailed. citizens urged to verify checks before accepting them.
Kids of all sizes will meet the original Santa Claus Friday afternoon in front of W. R. Harper department store. Saint Nick will appear from 4 to 5 p m for one hour and will have a few gifts for every child who shows up.
Bad roads delay the Alliance Breeders association thoroughbred stock sale. The sale now set for Tuesday December 23 will feature consignments of fine stock and should attract farmers in Box Butte county. C J Wildy president of the American Bank at Scottsbluff visited Alliance on Monday en route to Boulder Colorado to rejoin his family.
Senator F M Currie of Broken Bow Neb explains his test of slaughtering at the ranch versus selling to packers and buying back meat. He shows shipping live cattle then purchasing beef from packers yields lower consumer prices and higher cattle returns, arguing central market shipping benefits all.
A census enumerator position is vacant in the Lake and Boyd precincts of Bay Nutte county. Applicants should contact TT. J. O'Keefe at the post office building for details. Wages are modest but sufficient, and the job offers patriotic service to the country and Box Butte county.
County Judge Tash joined 61 year old Anna L. Lawrence and 68 year old William C. Fleet in marriage after a pretense of formalities. Fleet, nicknamed Milkshake, was a widower and the pair faced a legal route to wed for five dollars. The ceremony was performed in a court setting with the judge erasing the word holy from the certificate.
C. Y. Laing will resign this week after handing in his badge to accept a position with the local Elks lodge that offers a higher salary. Charles W. Jeffers is appointed deputy sheriff to fill the vacancy and has prior experience as deputy sheriff and former Alliance police chief.
Firemen announce a real attraction for tonight and Wednesday evening with the famous Montana jazz band playing for armory dances. General admission is two bits, free dancing from 8 30 to 9, then ten cents a dance. The Montana Jazzers are regarded as top notch.
City officials announce end of coal use limits after Garfield regulations, with tickets issued for 1000 pounds per buyer. Foremost firms receive coal as eight cars of slack unload for the power plant, while miners and production show improvement.
Cheyenne Harry appears in Ace of the Saddle, a Western romance with action and hot lead. Dainty Damsels offers a comedy, followed by Pauline Frederick in The Peace of Roaring River on Wednesday and Griffith Artcrafts True Heart Susie with Lillian Gish on Thursday.
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