Box Butte Farmers Urge Potatoes at State Show
Box Butte County officials and the County Agent Seidell call for strong county representation at the University of Nebraska potato show in Lincoln during the Agriculture Week. They urge growers to prepare twelve tubers per entry, select two dozen prime tubers, and submit fifteen best to Seidell by January 12, for Box Butte County Day January 15 to 19.
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Box Butte
Lincoln
Seidell
Box Butte County
Nebraska
Alliance Poised for Long Distance Telephone Link
Nebraska Telephone Company crews gather data on territory between Alliance and Broken Bow as plans loom for direct east line. Current long distance routes run via Bridgeport Sidney North Platte and Grand Island with tolls reaching Broken Bow. A direct Burlington east line would connect Lakeside Antloch Ellsworth Bingham Thedford Mullen Merna and others, though service is not yet perfect.
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Sandhill
Nebraska Telephone Company
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Bridgeport
Sidney
North Platte
Grand Island
Burlington
Alliance
Lakeside
Antioch
Ellsworth
Bingham
Ashby
Thedford
Mullen
Merna
Card of Thanks for Loss of Baby Boy Hughes
The family of Merbert H. Hughes expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for aid during the illness and death of their baby boy.
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Merbert H. Hughes
Financing the County Agent Work in Box Butte County
At the annual Box Butte Farmers Association meeting in Alliance the group voted to continue county agent work if funds could be secured. County Agent F. M. Seidell will oversee the coming year. The drive focuses on raising matching funds to cover the national and state contributions of $1,200. Donors and prior appropriations from neighboring counties are noted, with Box Butte seeking at least $165 before January 1. Treasurer W. F. Patterson reports a balance of $79.55 in banks and total receipts of $2,560.25 since February 1, 1915.
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Box Butte Farmers’ Association Hd In Alliance
F. M. Seidell
Federal Department
State of
Nebraska
Box Butte
Butler County
Sheridan County
Dawes
Kimball
Dakota County
Board of Commissioners
Box Butte County
W. F. Patterson
Commercial Club
C. A. Newberry
W. W. Norton
Firat National Bank Ee
Alliance Creamery
Alliance National Bank
J. H. Vaughn and Son Ee
Keeler-Coursey Co
Hemingford State
Wm Mundt
Robert Mundt
L. J. Sehill
J. Atg
F. M. Russell
Wilson Steen
Wm. King
Setae
J. Riordan
Eee State Bank
Fore
Schill
Box Butte Farmers Ass'n Holds Second Annual Meeting
The Box Butte Farmers Assoc held its second annual meeting at the county courthouse on Saturday December 16 with about twenty five farmers and representatives from Farmers Clubs Commercial Clubs and Farmers Unions. Officers were reelected and precinct directors chosen. county agent Seldell to continue work if funds permit.
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BOX Butte Farmers Ass'n
Box Butte
Infectious Stomatitis Reported Near Alliance
Local veterinarians report a typical case of Infectious stomatitis near 519 Missouri Avenue. State authorities are notified. quarantine is unlikely. Frank A. May of Omaha, former Alliance district superintendent, visited the area this week after his promotion to commercial head of the Nebraska Telephone Company in November.
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Missouri Avenue
Frank A. May
Omaha
Nebraska Telephone Company
Alliance
Mr. May
Grand Island
Schedule of Meet the Alliance 1917 Planned Meetings
An outlined year of meetings for the Alliance We C. T. UL group covers January to December 1917. Each event lists date, type, chair, hostess, and address including Sweetwater, Box Butte, Laramie, Cheyenne, and Cheyenne avenues. It includes business meetings, memorials, Sabbaths, monarchins, and Sunday school sessions with named leaders such as Mrs. Phelps Mrs. Bundy Mrs. Dole and others.
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C. T. UL Hae Ame
Hiwetews
Mra
Sweetwater Avenue
EP. M. Phelps
Londor
Hostens
Franeces Willard
Sith
F. M. Principa
Larkamie
Prosident
Mabel Young
Sweetwater
All-day Institute
J. J. Vance
W. S. Acheson
Cheyenne
W. E. Lotapoich
Toluca
W. HB
Cutts
A. Gregory
H. A. Carpenter
J. G. Dole
W. R. Pate
Box Butta
P Dent
Mra. Reeves
Missouri
Flower Mission
A. F. Bundy
Coker
Yellowstone
Emerson
C. LaMon
J. B. Carns
Box Butte Avenue
F. M. Phelps
H. J. Young
Box Butte
J. W Thomas
Worsong Railroad
C. H. Hughes
A. A. Layton
Laramie
J. L. Overman
Clair
H. R. Beans
Franchine
J. G. Bock
M. James
Buckees
Rhalr
Mra. Balls
Preas
Ware
WF. Thomann
West Seventh
C. C. Smith
Butte
Suoray School
Mra. McIntyre
Mra. Bowman
Christmas charity plans by Travelers Protective Association
At the last regular meeting the Travelers Protective Association voted to use part of its donation for needy families in Alliance at Christmas. Thompson Hull and Van Landingham were named to distribute food for Christmas dinner. They aim to ensure many families have a proper dinner while acknowledging past mishaps in deliveries. Miss Della Holsten plans to return home for the holidays to spend time with her parents while attending Brownell Hall in Omaha.
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Post M
Travelers’ Protective Association
Thompson
Hull
Della Holsten
Fred Holsten
Brownell Hall
Omaha
Nebraska event dates listed for state shows and meetings
Dates show a sequence of gatherings across Nebraska. The State Poultry Show runs January 1 4 4 4 5 and 6 in Kearney, the State Improved Live Stock Association meets January 16 16 17 18 19 20 in Lincoln, the Annual Convention of Nebraska Volunteer Firemen spans January 16 17 18 in Auburn, and the Winter Apple Floral and Potato Show occurs January 16 17 18 19 in Lincoln.
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Kearney
Lincoln
Ofebraska Volunteer Firemen
Auburn
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Ne McEmbers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Behill
Ape
L. J. Schill
Louis F. Powell
Engeau
Dorsey
J. H. Rohrbaugh
Boyd Precinet
Brown Griffith
Lake
G. W. Nation
Seldell
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