Coal Supply Keeps Alliance Fueled As Strike Ends
City Manager Smith reports four to five hundred tons in the power house bins and ample coal since the strike ended. Deliveries resumed promptly, some back orders filled, cars redirected to dealers and potash plants. Schools well stocked for winter, buyers free from 1000 pound limits, and city operations continue to tally shipments and costs. Distribution work remains large scale with thousands of deliveries and ongoing audits of funds.
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Smith
Fuel Administration
Chris Ehinger to Leave Alliance for Chicago Post
Chris Ehinger, two years manager of the men s furnishings department at W R Harper, will depart Friday evening for Chicago to join a wholesale firm. He will oversee western territory and may meet Alliance friends occasionally. He planned to start the new job on the fifteenth but sped up his move after a wire request.
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Chris Ehinger
W. R. Harper Department
Chicago
Ehinger
Wyoming Northeastern Oil figures visit city
C M Looney field superintendent of the Wyoming Northeastern Oil Company came down from Edgmont Friday returning there Sunday evening. Rex Roberts an automobile salesman was in the city the first of the week. P J Michael A M Miller and F W Melick of Hemingford came down Saturday evening to attend the directors meeting of the Wyoming Northeastern Oil Company.
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C. M. Looney
Wyoming-Northeastern Oil Company
Edgemont
Rex Roberts
Pouring Cement for New Garage at Lowry and Henry
Workmen began pouring the ground floor cement for the Lowry and Henry garage after days of forming. The supervising architect estimates at least three days to finish the floor with 25 to 30 workers, mud by the mixer, and steam-curing to prevent freezing as weather allows rapid progress.
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Lowry & Henry
City Council Passes Curb Line Revisions and Commission Form Talk
At an adjourned meeting the council approved two curb line ordinances for Box Butte paving districts and discussed a possible commission form of government. The resignation of Chief Oscar Reed was accepted with praise, and fire department officers were named. Petitions to pave Laramie and Cheyenne avenues were reportedly circulating as electricity use during a fuel shortage faced scrutiny. An investigation into tampering at the Wilson rooming house meter was announced.
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Council
Box Butte
Reed
Box Butte Avenue
Oscar Reed
Smith
Harris
Metz
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
Carl Rockey
Carl Anderson
Ward W. Hall
Laramie
Cheyenne
Wilson Rooming House
Wilson
A Merry Christmas Greeting to Herald Readers
A Christmas message from the Burrs thanks Herald readers and advertisers for their warm welcome. They light a candle for new friends, wish a merriest season, and urge forgetting quarrels while helping the less fortunate. They recall childhood Christmas joy and quote an old song about Christmas risks.
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Burrs
Former Alliance Citizen Honored by Denver Real Estate Exchange
A. J. Simonson, longtime Alliance resident and former co owner of a wood and coal yard, is awarded the Denver real estate exchange medal of honor for outstanding public service. He advocated a major Denver water supply project with power and irrigation benefits.
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A. J. Simonson
Alliance
W. J. Simpson
Denver Real Estate Exchange
Real Estate Exchange
Denver
Exchange
Denver’s most useful citizen of 1919 named
The judges named Simonson Denver’s most useful citizen for 1919. He heads the Civic and Commercial association livestock and agricultural bureau and led tractor demonstration efforts in Denver. He also presides over the Gentlemen's driving and riding club and Denver Realty Associates. The medal will be presented January 7 at the real estate exchange annual meeting.
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Tone
Exchange
Simonson
Livestock and Agricultural Bureau
The
Civic and Commercial Association
Denver
Denver Tractor Club
Gentlemen's Driving and
City Park
Denver Realty Associates Company
Real Estate Exchange
Mildred Harris at Imperial Tonight
Imperial schedules a Christmas week of photoplays. Tonight features Mildred Harris in Forbidden, a story of a country girl lured by bright lights and a drastic cure.
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Mildred Harris
Imperial
Charles Chaplin
Methodist Church Building Sold for 2500 and Debt-Free Aim
The Methodist church building sold Monday morning to G. M. Burns for 2500 with right to use the building until the new structure is ready. Subscriptions toward the new edifice are rising rapidly and 40000 is in sight. The committee expects the new building to be dedicated without debt.
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Methodist
G. M. Burns
Hospital Notes From Whitman and Nearby Towns
Miss Winifred King of Whitman was operated on at the hospital. A son and a daughter of John Dougherty had their tonsils removed last week. Miss Anna Lee Hill of Hyannis underwent a surgical operation at the hospital last week. Mrs. J Arner of Crawford is in the hospital for treatment. James Byers of Morris submitted to an operation at the hospital.
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Winifred King of Whitman
John Dougherty
Anna Lee Hill
Hyannis
James Byers
Morris
Chief Reed Resigns as Alliance Police Chief
Oscar Reed, head of the Alliance police department, submitted his resignation to City Manager C. C. Smith. The council accepted it at Monday’s adjourned meeting. Reed will become deputy sheriff under Sheriff Miller at year start. Deputy Cyrus Laing’s vacancy led to Charles Jeffers’ tentative appointment, later deemed invalid under nepotism law. Mayor Rodgers will select Reed’s successor by January 1, with candidates including Night Watch Taylor, Night Watch Cox, and Charles Jeffers.
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Oscar Reed
Alliance Police Department
C. C. Smith
Reed
Miller
Cy. Laing
Charles Jeffers
Jeffers
Chief Reed
Rodgers
Taylor and Cox
Walter Artis Held on Failure to Support Charge
Information from Constable E Immenhausen of Lin mola led to the arrest of Walter Artis colored by Deputy Sheriff Jeffers. Artis, third cook at the Alliance hotel, is held awaiting Lancaster county officer to take him back to the capital city for failing to support his wife and children. Lincoln authorities were wired to proceed.
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E. Immenhausen
Linmola
Walter Artis
Jeffers
Lancaster County
Artie
Alliance Hotel
Lincoln
Bald family to spend holidays in Aurora Nebraska
F A Bald and family left this noon for Aurora to visit relatives and friends for the holidays and will return around the first of January. P D Roberts of Alliance has returned from an extended hunting trip in central Wyoming. He earned 124.50 from four days trapping and brought back a gray wolf, coyotes and muskrats.
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F. A. Bald
Aurora
Neb
P. D. Roberts
Alliance
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain District
Two Workmen Injured in Hoffland Potash Plant Blast
Messrs. O'Shea and Pogue, two workmen in the bolder room at the Hoffland potash plant, were seriously injured when a bollera exploded. Posuc suffered head cuts and O'Shea facial burns risking sight. They were brought to Alliance and treated by Dr. C. B. Herchman. By Tuesday morning both were expected to recover.
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O'Shea
Pogue
Hoffland
Posuc
Alliance
No. 43
C. B. Herchman
Wrestling Match Between Cannon and Buzokos Postponed
The wrestling bout between Steve Cannon and Pete Buzokos is postponed to January 14. The Imperial planned two shows tonight but will run the regular schedule. Cannon cites poor health from a sore throat and chest as the reason, while Buzokos heads to Lincoln for a match with Adam Kruger.
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Steve Cannon
Pete Buzokos
The
Imperial
Buzokos
Lincoln
Adam Kruger
Alliance People
Cannon
Sleeping Car Porter Detained After Lincoln Incident
A sleeping car porter on a Kansas City to Billings train is jailed in Lincoln after a robbery scare and later investigation. A purse goes missing then reappears amid agitation and questioning, with the porter implicated before police take him into custody. Passengers and the woman vow to testify if summoned.
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Kansas City
Billings
Lincoln
City Manager Back on the Job
City Manager Smith returns to city hall after four days bedridden from a winter slip on ice. He appears worn but is catching up on coal business and city duties, later revealing a twisted back and slipped vertebra from the fall.
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Smith
City Hall
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