Jury Returns Second Degree Murder Verdict
Evelyn Priess McElhaney was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting Earl B. Anderson in Alliance. The jury moved from initial split to unanimous on the fourth ballot after hours of deliberation. Sentencing may occur after three days with an appeal possible from McElhaney's defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Priess McElhaney
Earl B. Anderson
Alliance Barber
Joe Smith
Prince
Box Butte County
Earl Anderson
Court House
Jury Deliberations Continue in Domestic Case
The defense rested with a dramatic appeal to mercy as relatives showed distress in court. The speaker recounted the defendant’s hard life, alleged abuses, and the potential impact of conviction on two lives. State counsel countered with a detailed closing argument, labeling the defense as a sham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oratory
W. A. Prince
Grand Island
Big Snowstorm Grips Alliance Area
A heavy snowstorm hit Alliance and surrounding regions with persistent snowfall and cold, calm winds. The storm affects Wyoming Montana South Dakota and Nebraska. trains run double headers and railways take precautions after last spring's delays. Farmers and stockmen welcome moisture for fall crops and wheat fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Wyoming
Montana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Burlington Railroad
Miss May Graham Leaves Alliance for Washington Post
Miss May Graham departs Alliance to return to Washington DC at month end to resume duties in the Loan and Currency department of the United States Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Graham
Alliance
Washington
Daay
Loan and Currency Department
The
United States Treasury
Mr Buckley of Newberry Hardware Travels to Denver
Mr Buckley from Newberry Hardware Co. traveled to Denver on a business trip last week.
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Mr. Buckley
Newberry Hardware Co
Denver
Doctor Hershman Dies Suddenl y from Apoplexy in Alliance Office
Dr. G E Hershman age thirty four died at 3:30 p m in the Guardian State bank building Alliance after an apparent apoplectic stroke while examining a patient with an X ray machine. Burns on an arm noted after a fall and electrical speculation discounted. He was a prominent physician and surgeon, Odd Fellow Mason Shriner and bank president. Survived by wife Dorothy Hong and two sons Buddy and Bobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G FE. Hershman
Nebraska
Guardian State Bank
Hershman
Mr. Ralls
Antioch
Misa Nellie Tyree
Dr. Hershman
Minor Morris
Secend
Darling
Tealls
Alliance
Burlington
Mason and Shriner
Dorothy Hong
This City
Buddy
Bobby
Fred Hershman
The
Alliance Drag Company
Alliance Postoffice Lobby Enlarged and Box Expansion
Bids are invited for enlarging the Alliance post office lobby by sixty four square feet and adding over five hundred boxes. Plans remove the north tier of boxes to create an eight by eight foot alcove with boxes on three sides. Work shifts space from the workroom to the lobby. There are 1200 boxes now and a long waiting list. Bid opening is January 10 with sixty days for completion after approval. finish expected by early April.
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Alliance Post Office
Supervising
Urban Zediker Sentenced to One to Seven Years
Urban R. Zediker of Alliance was found guilty in district court of grand larceny for stealing diamonds valued at 200 from A. G. Isaacson. District Judge W. H. West ordered a penitentiary term of one to seven years and costs, with incarceration delayed until after the holidays per family request.
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Urban R. Zediker
Alliance
A. G. Isaacson
W. H. Westover
Zediker
City manager plan discussed by Prof Aylesworth
Prof L E Aylesworth of the University of Nebraska spoke to Alliance business men about the city manager plan. He explained how the system works, its differences from the commission form, and noted it aims to blend popular control with efficiency. He stressed it is not a cure all but an improvement in government machinery.
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L. E. Aylesworth
Department of Political Science
University of Nebraska
Alliance
Chamber of Commerce
Aylsworth
Adam McMullen
Wymore
Lincoln
Sheridan
Wyo
Ayleworth
United States
Aylesworth
Virginia
Michigan
Texas
California
Webster City
Moonshiner Faces Hard Luck And Stock Meeting intrigue
Special Agent T. J. Smith of the Burlington seizes a suitcase with two gallons of high quality moonshine found on a Wyoming bootlegger who fled at Bridgeport after a jar broke. Meanwhile Alliance Packing stockholders meet January 3, 1921 at the armory to elect directors and discuss moving the plant to Scottshlwe, a proposal backed by some promoters and wary stockholders.
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T. J. Smith
Burlington
Mr. Smith
Browth
Wyoming
Casper
Alliance
Bridgeport
Smith
Alliance Packing Company
Armory
Scottshlwf
Box Butte County
Summer Wears Down Man Who Works At Bores Himself
A terse line notes another summer season wears down a man who works at machines that bore. It hints at fatigue and monotony in labor without naming places or events.
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Bores
New Alliance Secretary Carey Brings Cornell Ties to Alliance
George M. Carey of North Platte was elected secretary of the Alliance chamber of commerce at a Monday board meeting. A Cornell graduate and former Sioux City organizer, Carey will assume the post at year’s start and aims to better connect ranchers and farmers with the Alliance. He is an Elk and Phi Kappa Psi, married with two sons, and plans to move his family to Alliance soon.
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George M. Carey
North Platte
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Guthrie
Carey
Sioux City
Rufus Jones
The
New
Cornell University
Cornell
Alliance
Alliance’ Organization
Phi Kappa Psi
Navy Returns to Four Year Enlistment Policy
Navy officials in the post office building report a shift to four year enlistments. Reenlistments may still be made for two, three, and four years, and extensions remain authorized. Minors aged seventeen to eighteen may enlist for minority or until twenty one with parental consent.
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Postofice
Missing mail sack found near Burlington depot
A Burlington fireman found a missing mail sack near the Heminford area a week after its disappearance fueling rumors of an alleged train 41 hold up. The padlock and burned letters were recovered east of the depot and officials seized eighty burned letters for inspection. Special Agent T J Smith and a post office inspector documented the find.
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Burlington
Sundsy
T. J. Smith
Chemists Develop Liquid Fuel From Petroleum And Lignite
Researchers create a liquid fuel derived from petroleum and lignite not intended for drinking. The material combines hydrocarbon sources to produce a new energy carrier with potential industrial use.
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Evelyn Priess Melhaney
Penitentiary
Westover
Muri
William Mitchell
Lee Basye
A. H. Grubbs
Whitman
Basye
C. E. Hershman
Postoffice
Urban Zediker
Geo. M. Carey
NAVY
Hemingford
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