Lion of Camp Dodge to Tour Alliance Concert
A military band from Camp Dodge Iowa will perform in Alliance this week traveling by auto and train. The group, about twenty members under Sergeant Harry E Polk, plans a stop in Antioch with a public performance at 2 30 pm Saturday and an 8 pm concert in Alliance. Funds cover meals lodging and a public reception for local youths and supporters.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Delaa
Nck
Aleh
Iliance
Sidney
Orty-Fong
Mike
Willitake
Antioch
Fig
Harry E. Polke
Nebraska Home Guards to Muster Out This Week
Governor will muster out Nebraska Home Guards in Box Butte and across the state this week. About 40 members with 20 rifles were purchased for the organization. Captain W. J. Strong leads Company C6 with Leonard Pilkington and other officers.
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Box Butte
Nebraska
Lincoln
Hox
Au Feiala
Strong
W. Jon
Leutenant
Leonard Pilkington
Meetings of Organized Agriculture Cancelled in Lincoln
The third week January meetings in Lincoln were canceled due to influenza. Officers canvassed allied groups and chose postponement with reluctance as health and life trump the event while noting the gathering’s prominence and prior value to farmers.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
West
America
Tractor operation and repair course starts at Nebraska
A four week practical course at the University of Nebraska begins December 30 to teach tractor operation and repair. It responds to USDA data showing common tractor troubles such as magne tee spark plugs gears carburetors bearings and more. For more information write HW FE Bradford University Farm Lincoln.
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University of Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture
HW. FE
Bradford
University Farm
Lincoln
Brother of Teacher Killed in France
Miss Merle Welliver, teacher at the William Cline country school near Alliance, learned her brother Delbert M. Welliver died in France on October 2 from wounds in action. She has not yet received details or burial location.
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Merle Welliver
Wm. Cline
Alliance
Antioch
Noti Ce
Delbert M. Welliver
France
Misa Welliver
Red Cross Roll Call Extended to Year End
More than 1500 Alliance residents have joined the Red Cross but organizers extend the drive another week or until year end due to weather and Christmas rush. Former members many have not renewed while school supporters within the city excel and rural donors give generously.
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Alliance
American Red Cross
Thirteen Fires In Alliance In The Past Year
Alliance endured thirteen fires in the year ending December 25 with total losses estimated at just over $835, of which $500 was insured. Fire Chief Ray Trabert reported to the state fire commissioner and state association praising the department’s readiness and modern equipment.
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Alliance
Ray Trabert
State Fire Commissioner and State Association
Soldier's wife loses Christmas government check
Mrs. Ellen Milford, a soldiers wife, misplaced a government monthly allowance check on Christmas morning after tucking the envelope in her coat. The check valued at 30 or 40 dollars vanished within two blocks of the post office. Anyone finding it should notify the Herald office promptly to reunite the family.
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Ellen Milford
Washington
Post Office
Milford
Herald Office
State Board Orders Strict Quarantine in Influenza Fight
Nebraska State Department of Health sets influenza as an absolutely quarantinable disease and urges counties cities and villages to enforce regulations. Conference endorsed cooperation and prompt prosecution of violations to curb the epidemic. Also notes on Thomas brothers serving with the American army of occupation and military assignments.
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Nebraska State Department of Health
State Department of Health
Orst
Earl B Spencer Made Aviation Instructor in France
Lieutenant Earl B Spencer, aerial observer turned aviation instructor at the Headquarters Training Camp in France, now wears two gold chevrons for overseas service and engagement. He recalls flying over German lines, being wounded on August 1, and escaping a multi-machine attack before landing safely and resuming duties in Tours.
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Earl B. Spencer
France
Mra
A. J. Barkley
Germa
Marne
Spencer
Signal Corps
Ames
San Antonio
Texan
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Ft. Sil
Young Spencer
Ines
Bocie
No. 30
Royal
Tours
Ellsworth Company Acquiring New Leases Near Ellsworth
The Ellsworth Potash & Refining Company with a $500000 capitalization is acquiring potash leases around Ellsworth Nebraska in anticipation of a large reduction plant. It has Wyoming capitalists backing the firm and recently took over the Hatch leases covering extensive water in the Lakeside Ellsworth area. Testing on the lakes has occurred over the past year and a brine processing plant is planned using methods from other plants.
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Ellsworth Potash & Refining Company
Ellsworth
Nebraska
Wyoming
Hatch
Lakeside
Cleopatra At Imperial Theatre Draws Christmas Crowd
The Imperial Theatre offered Theda Bara in Cleopatra to alliance theatre goers on Christmas evening. The film is described as one of the most expensive ever attempted and proved popular in larger cities.
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Imperial Theatre
Alliance Theatre
Theda Bara
Advertising Solicitor Promises Stock Ads in Several Papers
An energetic solicitor for the Live Stock Press Association collected $26.40 from two Alliance real estate firms to run ads in six leading stock center newspapers. The ads did not appear for months, prompting rumors of a private detective. On Saturday the firms were told the notices would appear in the remaining newspapers.
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Alliance
Live Stock Press Association
Daily Stock Center
Taylor
Christmas buying boosts Alliance merchants
Alliance merchants report strong Christmas business with a notable rise in purchases of practical gifts. Shoppers focused on useful present items, a trend more pronounced than in prior years.
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Merchants of Alliance
Alliance Soldier Boy Gets A Promotion
Mrs Mary Bayer of 215 Yellowstone reports her son Private John P Bayer has been promoted to corporal. He serves in Battery BK 99th Field Artillery and was at Camp Funston Kangas when the armistice was signed. He expects no immediate discharge and notes much work remains.
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Thomas
Army of Occupation
Harold
American Army of Occupation
Lincoln
Nancy
Metz
Paul Thomas
Camp Cody
Funston
Anson Thomas
Fort Logan
Denver
Mary Bayer
Yellowstone
John P. Bayer
Bayer
99Th Field Artillery
Private Breckner Writes From France 1918
Private James W. Breckner of Allance writes from Beauclair near the Verdun front in November 1918. He describes the Meuse quiet after a shot, transfer from the Fortieth to the Eighty Ninth Division, looming German border, cold trenches, a hot bath, no mail since October, and hopes for a Xmas dinner at home.
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James W. Breckner
Geo. H. Breckner
Alllance
France
Verdun Front
Eighty Ninth
Meuse
Forthieth
Beau, Clain
John
Uncle Sam
Jacy Johnson
Tacucia
Life in France from Private John Breckner
Private John Breckner writes from Evacuation Hospital No. 15 in France about air battles above, trains with small box cars, and hope of returning home soon. He mentions seeing Claude Renneau among Allied troops and notes the busy rail system with American locomotives. He signs off in a hopeful tone for a speedy homecoming.
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John Breckner
American Expeditionary Forces
France
Alliance Couple Said To Have Immoral Relations
A married white woman and a colored man were reported guilty of improper relations in Alliance this week. The pair left the area as the woman departed yesterday and the man tonight. If found nearby, they may face trouble.
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Alliance
Potash Plants Back Oil Line for Cheaper Fuel
The Alliance area potash plants welcome a proposed crude oil pipeline from Lance Creek Wyoming to Omaha via Alliance. With about 21 hundred tons daily coal fuel use across large and small plants, oil could substitute for coal, cutting costs as plants heat dryers more efficiently. The Alliance community club supports the proposal and pursues active interest.
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Lance Creek
Wyoming
Omaha
Burlington
Herald
Alliance
Alliance Community Club
Hags
The
Influenza Epidemic Reported Slowing Across State
Health officials report influenza cases few and the epidemic is on the decline with the condition believed under control. Mayor Rousey has not received quarantine orders and sees no need for state board measures at this time despite lingering anxiety in parts of the state.
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Health Board
Rousey
State Board of Health
Fisher to establish Wyoming homestead and plans
W D Fisher resigns as Alliance Community Club secretary to move March 1 to a Wyoming homestead twenty three miles from Gillette. He plans to fuel from a nearby coal mine and considers turkey farming, guinea pigs, prairie dogs, and using a Ford for transport. Also listed are Mrs J G Dole of Alliance and EH Goleman of Sheridan as homestead neighbors.
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Alliance Community Club
W. D. Fisher
Gillette
Wyoming
Alaska
Fisher
J. G. Dole
Alliance
EH. Goleman
Sheridan
Rannek
Caroline Griggs Weds Joseph J. Thorn Jr in Alliance
Monday afternoon at 807 Cheyenne street Alliance. Miss Caroline Emma Griggs married Joseph J. Thorn Jr. Rev Daw officiated. The bride came from Sheridan Wyoming to Alliance with her parents. Thorn, a hardware dealer from Chandler Arizona, is a Sheridan native. After a short visit they will live in Arizona. well wishers abound.
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L. Griggs
Cheyenne Street
Caroline Emma Griggs
Joseph J. Thorn
Daw
Episcopal Coured
Sheridan
Wyoming
Sue
Thorn
Chandler
Arizona
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Sheridan County
RED Cross
Boone News Republican
Boone
W. E. Spencer
Alliance Creamery
Lieut
Canseen
Karl B. Spencer
Ellsworth Company
Heport Big Business
the Red Cross
Alliance Herald
D. Emerick
Abstracts and Insurance
F. F. Stephens
Coursey & Miller
Ford Garage
KT. Kibble & Company
Geo. J. Hand
William King Company
Thomas-Bald Investment Company
Soldier Boy
Breckner
Co. B
New York
John Rheinhober
Kyle Barbar
Claude Renneau
Ike
Potash
Wyoming Homestead
Griggs
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