Christmas Fire Safety Urges Caution This Season
Office of State Fire Commissioner Lincoln Nebraska issue Christmas safety guidance urging merchants and residents to avoid flammable decorations use electric lights safely inspect wiring and place extinguishers or water baskets near trees. Fire officials stress personal responsibility to prevent fires and propose inspections of business decorations to avert losses.
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Division of December State School Money in Box Butte County
County Superintendent Della M. Reed apportioned the December state school money across Box Butte County districts. Box Butte received 1738.86 dollars, with one fourth shared among districts and the remaining three fourths distributed by school age counts from the last census. A long list shows amounts for each district and fractional divisions.
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Della M. Reed
Box Butte
A Fearful Proposition For Merital Rheumatism Powders
The manufacturers offer a positive guarantee to relieve rheumatism or refund the money. This confident claim is presented as a fair proposition by exclusive agent F. J. Brennan urging customers to try the Merital Rheumatism Powders.
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F. J. Brennan
Mrs. Simmons to Leave Alliance for Health Reasons
Mrs. Simmons and her husband RK Simmons plan to leave Alliance soon due to health. They are closing out their stock of goods as advertised in The Herald and aim to move to a lower altitude, possibly Lincoln or another city, after a holiday visit to Lincoln with her brothers.
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RK Simmons
Lincoln
Mr. Simmons
Alliance
Herald
Piano department sold out stock this Christmas season
Mrs. J. T. Wiker manager of Alli ance branch of Orkin Brothers piano department says Vietrolas sold out and they had to write for more. She notes talking machines and records by world famous musicians boost Christmas sales and piano sales have been simply great with only a few instruments left on the floor.
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J. T. Wiker
Alliance
Orkin Brothers
Vietrolas
Scottsbluff Firm Chief Visits North Platte Valley
T D Deutsch head of Deutsch Land company of Scottsbluff spent part of Friday in the city on a business trip and expressed optimism about the condition of the North Platte valley.
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T. D. Deutsch
Deutsch Land Company
Scottsbluff
Eity
Mr. Deutsch
North Platte Valley
Ben Anderson Buys Autoplano and Music Library
Ben Anderson purchases a latest Autoplano from Orkin Brothers and selects a library of up-to-date music rolls. He is described as a lover of good music and intends to have the best equipment now.
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Ben Anderson
Orkin Brothers
Ben
Letters to Santa Claus From Lakeside Children
A 1915 item prints Christmas requests from child correspondents near Lakeside Nebraska. Wilma Agnes Wilson asks for a doll a little plane and stockings for her baby sister while Lula Alice Wilson seeks a doll and stocking gifts for herself. Henry Donald Wilson asks for a croquet set a gun a little train and his sisters stockings.
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Nebr
Santa Claus
Wilma
Lakeside
Wilma Agnes Wilson
Santa
Henry Donald Wilson
Lulu Alice Wilson
Sula Alice
Kroll Granted Peace Bond After Guilty Plea
Charles F. Kroll, accused by his daughter Ida M. Richards of abusing his wife, pleaded guilty when arraigned before Police Magistrate Gregory Zurn. He was sober and contrite, crying during the hearing, and bound over to keep the peace with a new $200 bond.
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Charles F. Kroll
Ida M. Richards
Gregory Zurn
Kroll
Copeland Family Visits Doc Bates Copeland Kin
Mrs Ruth Copeland Mrs Muggie Honeycutt and Leon Copeland arrivedFriday for a visit with Doc Bates Copeland and wife Mrs Ruth Copeland. Ruth is Doc s mother and Honeycutt and Leon are sister and brother. Leon plans to make his home with Doc and settle permanently in Alliance Nebraska.
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Muggie Honeycutt
Leon Copeland
Doc
Bates Copeland
Rushville Faces Mild Smallpox Scare and Precautions
Rushville residents tighten health measures after a smallpox case in the Freiburghouse family prompts school closure before Christmas. Vaccinations rise as investigation finds no further cases and the scare gradually subsides.
Widow of Alliance railroad man receives $12,000 in damages
The widow Mrs. C. F. Van Hoosen won $12,000 on a Burlington damages claim at Central City Merrick county after her husband died from injuries when his engine moved. Suit filed in Central City was settled out of court. The damage includes $2400 relief money. Melbeta men visit Alliance to discuss town growth on Union Pacific line.
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C. F. van Hoosen
Alliance Railroad
Brush
Colorado
Burlington
Central City
Merrick County
van Hoonen
Alliance
Sterling
van Hoosen
Family Reunion Dinner With Long‑Lost Herm an Family
Mrs Eldred hosted twenty eight guests at a Friday noon family reunion dinner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Herman and family from Asphern Nebraska and Jake Herman from Lakeside. Mrs Eldred had not seen the Herman family for twenty seven years.
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MD Eldred
Electric department orders motor for grain elevator
The city electrical department has ordered a motor installed at Rowan and Wright's grain elevator to support operations and reliability.
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Rowan and Wright
Suffragist Paper Planned In Washington Editor Named
Mrs Rheta Childe Dorr editor of the new suffrage weekly The Suffragist to be published in Washington. She is a noted sociology writer and author of several books who has traveled to study the industrial condition of women. The paper will be the official organ of suffrage workers seeking federal legislative influence.
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Kiheta Dorr
Washington
Suffrage Workers
Whic
Surveyor J P Hazard Advertised As Trusted Local Expert
The Alliance Herald highlights J P Hazard a veteran Nebraska surveyor whose Forest Reserve map ad drew many inquiries about homestead claims relinquishments and related services. Readers are urged to contact him for information as he remains inundated with business and correspondence.
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Alliance Herald
J. P. Hasard
Nebraska
Herald
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs. Curry
A surprise party was held Friday evening at the home of Mrs. A Curry in her honor. She received many presents and enjoyed refreshments and a fifty candle birthday cake as the centerpiece. Guests included Mrs. Spacht and daughters Grandma Joder Avis Joder Miss Henderson Mrs. V J Fogle Mrs E I Fogle Margaret Zehrung Mrs S B Libby of Welser Idaho Grandpa Mrs E Reeves.
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A. Curry
Eac
King Given Thirty Days For Worthless Check
James F. King, formerly a McClure's Magazine contributor, was jailed for ten days and given a thirty day sentence after issuing a worthless check to Riordan. Magistrate Zurn handed down the ruling Friday afternoon as King, educated and well known, awaits release to join his wife in Nebraska.
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James F. King
Riordan
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