Soldiers and Sailors Win Preferred Land Entry Rights
Mitchell Nebraska reports a Denver telegram stating that two years of service in World War I grants soldiers sailors and marines preferred entry rights under homestead or desert land laws for lands opened on North Platte and Shoshone projects. The preference lasts sixty days before general opening, with full press details to follow.
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Mitchell, Neb
Denver
Colo
Mitchell
Neb
Congress
Germany
Army
Naval Reserve
Lane
North Platte
Weymouth
Get-Together Social At The Parish House
One hundred guests attended a parish house gathering hosted by Dean and Mrs. J. J. Dixon Monday evening. Hostesses were Mrs. H. E. Gantz Mrs. Joseph Dixon and Mrs. C. F. Hershman. The program included readings by Madeline Zediker Dun ning Ruth Scott and Dixie McManus vocal solos by Janet Grass Grassman and a piano solo by Dorothy Reynolds.
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Dean
J. J. Dixon
H. E. Gantz
Joseph Dixon
C. FE. Hershman
Madeline Zediker
Dunning
Ruth Scott
Dixie McManus
City Clerk Kennedy Returns to Work at City Hall
Grace Kennedy, city clerk, resumes duties at the city hall desk on Tuesday morning though not fully recovered from illness. While City Manager Smith was absent, B. G. Campbell led operations until Kennedy’s decision to return. Mrs. Henry Watson, mother of Claude Watson, was traveling from Galesburg to visit relatives in the city.
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Grace Kennedy
City Hall
Smith
Kennedy
B. G. Campbell
Henry Watson
Claude Watson
al Wiker
Galesburg, Ill
Return of Soldier Dead Left to Kin Decision
The War Department mailed 74 770 cards to next of kin of American soldiers buried in France seeking their wishes on returning bodies. Replies reached 74 771, with 43 909 requesting return. The department reiterates that if requested the body will be returned, but the French government currently prohibits removal from the army zones.
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France
War Department
United States
Subscription Rates Advance March First
The Alliance Herald raises prices due to higher paper and mailing costs. Beginning March 1 the city and nearby towns pay 2.50 per year while subscriptions outside the 150 mile zone cost 3.00 per year. Renewals at the old rate valid only until midnight March 1.
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Herald
Alliance
Alliance Herald
Nebraska
Chicago
City Council to Meet at Community Club Tonight
The city council convenes its regular monthly meeting at the Community Club rooms due to influenza patients occupying the council chamber. Community Club directors postpone their weekly meeting to Wednesday evening while the main agenda includes discussion of a public health ordinance drafted with the state health department and urged by Mayor Rodgers.
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State Department of Health
Rodgers
Cty
State Board
Three Ex Soldiers Arrested Then Released in City Jail
Three former soldiers visited the city jail twice in one night to play cards in the waiting room. They ignored rules, resulting in a brief arrest by Night Watchman Allen and a subsequent verbal scolding. Chief Taylor later offered them jobs, which they refused amid a scuffle that left the chief with minor injuries. The men were released by morning after Mayor Rodgers declined to intervene.
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Casper
Allen
Taylor
American Legion
Rodgers
Fire at Weat Second Street lodging sparks alcohol odor
A Sunday morning blaze in a colored rooming house in the 200 block on Weat Second street produced a strong odor described as apricot brandy and sour mash. Firemen suspected a distilling setup caused both flames and odor. Burlington agent T J Smith arrested James H Taylor after finding twenty two cartons of cigarettes in his room. Taylor faced petit larceny charges and a $15 fine plus costs.
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Alliance
Weat Second Street
Burlington Special
T. J. Smith
James H. Taylor
James
Mr. Smith
Mr. Taylor
Tash
Special Equity Term of District Court to Meet in Alliance
A special equity term of the district court will be held in Alliance on February 20 and 21 with Judge W H Wesat presiding. It is expected other matters will be addressed. Several prisoners remain in the county jail awaiting sentence.
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Joe Delhaute
Sidney
Neb
Rubis
Delhaute
District Court
Alliance
W. H. Wesat
Read and Write Ability for Six Color Race
A short test asks if participants can read and write and whether they can speak English. The prompts appear as simple yes or no questions about language skills required for entry.
Trouble in Getting Record Books Neediced
County Clerk W C Mounts reports delays in obtaining needed record books hindering office operations. Orders placed over three months ago remain uncertain with bags full or nearly full. Staffing turnover compounds the problem, leaving the public with reduced service and unclear timelines.
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W. C. Mounts
Knights of Columbus Hold Initiation in Alliance
Sunday marked an unofficial Knights of Columbus day in Alliance with a 7:30 p.m. banquet at the Alliance hotel. Thirty-one candidates took the first three degrees in initiatory exercises, followed by speeches on Charity Fraternity Unity and Patriotism by J. W. Guthrie T. M. Morrow W. P. Miles and others to a crowd of Catholics Knights and guests.
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Knights of Columbus
Alliance
Alliance Hotel
J. M. Miller
T. M. Morrow
Scottabluf
Mr. Morrow
W. P. Miles
Sidney
Glen Miller
Rufus Jones
Auto Owners Urged to Secure New 1920 License Tags
County Sheriff Miller warns automobile owners to carry a new 1920 license tag starting this issue. A prior informal warning said forty days would suffice, but motorists are urged not to delay. The county plans to issue and display tags on all vehicles with the required fee collected.
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Miller
Four Deaths in One Family From Epidemic
The Spanish influenza hits Warren Alliance area with four deaths in one family, including 18 year old Warren and 12 year old Nellie, plus a three year old. The mother and another daughter are ill as Alliance weathered the outbreak with three cases in the city hall emergency hospital and no city deaths.
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Warren Almie
És Firth of Allicece
Warren
Nellie
Dave
Alliance
Mrs. E. C. Zimmerer Dies After Illness
Mrs. E. C. Zimmerer wife of the Guardian State bank assistant cashier died Saturday evening at 7 after a long illness. She had undergone operations in 1919 and earlier cancer treatment in Omaha and was returned to Alliance before relapse. Survived by husband and five year old daughter Barbara and three brothers in Avoca. Body taken to Avoca for burial.
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E. C. Zimmerer
Guardian State Bank
Big Horn Avenue
Japan
Nebraska City
Scholastic Academy of Painting
Atchison, Kas
Nebraska Conservatory of Music
Lincoln
Neb
Avoca
Great Plains Irrigation plans to be presented at court house meeting
H. C. Bartow of Fort Pierre will outline irrigation project plans at a mass meeting Wednesday evening at 8 at the court house. He will discuss how irrigation should benefit intersection of man and farm and Alliance.
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H. C. Bartow
Fort Pierre
Great Plains Irrigation Project
Bartow
Associatir
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