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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
3
A Potter town incident ends with George W. Davis, accused of pro German views, assaulted and forced to buy Liberty Bonds and aid the Red Cross. He was jailed in Sidney after a post office confrontation and a jury trial expected, while local men contributed to the Red Cross.
Ward E. Noble age 2 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Noble of Scottebluff died Wednesday after a wagon overturn left him with a bleeding lip. Despite immediate care and a physician call the bleeding could not be stopped. Funeral services will be held at the family home with Rev E L Baker officiating and burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Pearl Buckmaster sues Scotts Bluff County in district court over a fatal crash on Baxter hill last summer. She alleges the road was washed out and rutted by May rains causing a car accident that killed her brother Wesley. she seeks 15000 in damages while the county contends speed was to blame and denies liability.
Gering Courier notes a new petition filed with the county clerk to call an election for a new court house and jail. The piece reports Mel beta as petitioner and signed by many leading citizens. Officials have not acted yet, but many county residents say conditions are intolerable and the matter should be shaped by the people.
Crawford Courier notes the bone dry law allows confiscation of any auto found loaded with liquor and sale of the vehicle for the officer’s benefit. Cars lent or hired should avoid liquor to prevent loss. Reports cite buzz wagon captures attempting to smuggle liquor into dry areas and confiscation of the autos.
Bridgeport schools started the 1918 war savings drive at 9 AM with speakers including Harry Palmer of Omaha the state thrift campaign lecturer and local figures Thomas Estill Mark Spanogle and Max Wililcox. Palmer delivered a twenty minute talk explaining thrift stamps and how to participate.
The Irresistible Mark distributes twenty five cent thrift stamps to every student in the upper six grades. He urges pupils to add more from earnings, calling it practical patriotism and efficient support for the thrift campaign and educational system. The Great Recorder is praised for starting a new page in local history.
Edward W. Leathers of a Sioux county ranch near Curry says a Omaha press report claimed he was held to a federal grand jury on a slacker charge. He says he never was in Omaha and learned only later of the matter while his wife and children were away in Missouri. He admits doubts about his draft age based on a Bible found showing a birth date of November 6, 1885 and notes he registered only in White River on the registration day, if at all. He explains he consulted Sioux county defense men, sent the Bible to a U. S. Commissioner in Chadron, and believes the story may be a mix up, as he has no notice of any proceeding. He adds his heart is with the U S effort and that he might have enlisted if not for age doubts. He mentions younger brothers serving, with one in France.
The Rushville band New Year s Eve Red Cross dance drew strong attendance and raised about $95 from supper proceeds. Music was donated by the band, and the supper was provided by the ladies of Rushville and vicinity.
In Missouri a man dies with seventeen mules and three sons. The will splits half to the eldest, a third to the next, and a ninth to the youngest. The administrator adds one of his own mules to make eighteen, then divides as nine to the eldest, six to the next, and two to the youngest. This equals seventeen, so he takes his mule home unchanged.
A caller’s short verse denounces Smoke Up Tobacco as dirty weed that harms health by making people thin and hair fall, praising it as the worst blamed stuff the writer has seen.
Whitman man E E Eskew writes from Camp Funston describing a Christmas event in which he won bareback bronco busting and outrode rival riders before a crowd estimated at 45 000. He notes cheering from Company B and that moving pictures were taken of the performance.
The Rushville Standard reports a first yellow paint incident Sunday night at the home of A. D. Lyman. Intruders painted red crosses on the door and walls and the word slacker in red, using persistent paint. Lyman allegedly refused to donate to Red Cross relief efforts when approached last week.
A rural newcomer to town lands a job at a city store. When a girl asks for bird seed, he misreads a joshing line and retorts that birds grow from eggs not seed, proving he can handle city wit.
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