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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
2
An advertisement touts ZEMO as a clean liquid treatment for eczema skin conditions. One application relieves itching and a bottle cures minor cases, with the drugstore claiming wide availability in over 2,000 towns and cities and endorsements by leading dramatists.
Alliance residents gain access to higher quality meats from Drake and Barb at 25 to 40 percent cheaper prices. The new Cash Meat Market at DL7 Sweetwater Avenue promises prompt delivery and in house butchering from locally sourced fat cattle and hogs. Phone orders via 50.
Repair services offered by a practical mechanic with permanent local workshop. Avoid travelling repair men. Re-sale and parts furnished for all machines. Phone 139.50 Geo. DP Darlin.
Kansas City police seek a cool, neatly dressed young bandit who robbed passengers and crew on a Missouri Pacific train from Leavenworth to Kansas City. About twenty people lost over $300 to $700, with two men watching and the bandit escaping across the line toward Kansas. Captain H. W. Newbold of the Fourth U.S. Artillery, shot and slightly wounded, returned to Leavenworth. doctors say the wound is not serious and the trip to Washington continued delayed.
Washington January 26 The census bureau apportionment scheme will be reviewed by the house committee before congress reconvenes. Chairman Crumpacker has privated the bureau's statistical tables showing effects of changes to apportionment bases. Members at home or in Washington will receive the data to expedite debate and prepare for action on the bill this session.
Denver residents on Sixth avenue have a street partly paved with slag from the old Grant smelter and a section of the dump where silver bullion was run off by mistake years ago. A mineral expert later identified the paving and halted further removal of the valuable deposits.
The Liewel lyn Ironworks near Los Angeles was partly demolished by a dynamite blast against its side as J. & Asbury, a watchman, was slightly injured. The office and upper floor were wrecked while the plant proper remained intact amid a months long metal workers strike.
Dr Frederick A Cook arrives in New York aboard the George Washington amid a heated passenger dispute over his pole claim. He says he came back to rehabilitate himself and deny money motives, insisting his purpose was Arctic achievement and national welfare.
At Cincinnati City Hospital a 215 pound insane man armed with a knife attacked staff and patients causing severe injuries. Nurse Smith lost wrist tendons, nurse Mitchell had a femoral artery wound and other stab wounds, patient Howe was stabbed near the heart, and patient Hoffman suffered head injuries while subduing the assailant. Nurse Kohlman then struck the attacker with a heavy cane to end the assault.
West Union Ohio December 24 grand jury in Adams County expands indictments to 533 as it continues probing traffic in votes from the November election. About 1,500 more men may be named. seventy-five have pleaded guilty, fined 25 dollars plus costs, disfranchised five years, and given suspended six month workhouse terms. The list includes both Republicans and Democrats.
Leipsic Germany four officers Bernard Frederick Trench and Vivian H Brandon of the Royal Marine and Royal Navy were found guilty of espionage at the Borlum fortress. Each received four years in prison. Arrested at Borkum on Aug 22, Brandon is related to Sir William and Tretich to Lord Ashdown. They admitted seeking information for the British government.
Oreonsburg Pa December 27 three persons dead eight in danger of death ten in hospital with serious burns after a carelessness dropping a cigarette into a can of gunpowder at Keystone shaft miners dance.
Police say a long running Harlem gambling feud culminated in two dynamite bombs exploding within five minutes in the vestibules of Harlem halls. The blasts caused several thousand dollars in damage.
Joseph Wend Hug, convicted on December 8 for the murder of eight year old Alma Kellner, had a new trial request denied by Judge James P. Gregory and was formally sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The Weather Bureau bulletin indicates mostly moderate temperatures nationwide with a brief cold spell only in the eastern states. Expect mild to warm conditions across the central and western regions through Christmas week.
Mrs. Lillian Turnbull concluded her testimony in a contested will case over Beatrice Turnbull’s inheritance from an estate valued at about 1.1 million dollars. Attorneys clashed with opposing counsel as she spoke of alleged threats and a referenced line about a man named Baliwin.
All charges against former congressman and former General Land Office commissioner Binger Hermann tied to the Oregon land fraud indictment were dismissed by U S District Judge C B Wolverton on motion by government special prosecutor Francis J Heney.
Reverend Mackintosh resigns as pastor of Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake Iowa after serving two years. The church community seeks new leadership as details of his departure are announced.
New York reports private advices indicate widespread famine in northern Klahz Su and Rabul provinces affecting up to three million people. The Interdenominational Committee of Foreign Missionaries in Shimughal urges Chinese partners to raise one million dollars to fund relief through May.
Chicago observes Christmas in sorrow after a Thursday fire at Morris & Co beet house killed Fire Chief Horan and twenty others. Funerals for eight dead firemen occurred, with semipublic services attended by the department and city officials. Captain Dennis N Doyle and his son Nicholas Doyle were recovered together from the wreckage.
Christmas in Washington described as quiet with President Taft and his family at home. The president attended All Saints Unitarian church alone while Mrs Taft joined Miss Helen Taft and Charley Taft at St Johns Episcopal church. A few friends visited the White House and official Washington kept to the holiday routine.
Mayor J A Labryer and Chief W P McCritney were indicted on neglect of duty for allowing gaming and liquor sales. City council member J J Stoneman was lodged on bribe acceptance charges.
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