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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
11
Hem ingford area residents are noted traveling to Alliance Jireh and Wyoming for homesteads and visits. A district quarantine due to scarlet fever closes town meetings and delays activity as families head to Denver Auburn and Colorado points for summer plans and conventions.
Rev Harry Konowles conducts a series of evening sermons at Alliance Christian Church assisted by S J Sonor the local pastor. Crowds have attended and the talks are praised for logic and pathos as he explains marble origins and Christian history in a progressive chart sermon series through the month.
Henry Dilkes, jailed after frayed dispute over city hall duties, allegedly pulled a popular tiller and threatened a starvation gun during a tense confrontation. He later resisted release terms and faced renewed charges after a second incident near a western show venue.
L F Johnson purchased the Silver Grill Gate at 211 Bex Butte avenue from A Laing. Guthrie and Wright prepared the deed with possession given the first of the week. Johnson, owner of Alliance Cleaning Works, formerly ran Burlington Hotel cafe. Laing plans homestead entry soon.
The Alliance High School junior class will perform Shakespeare’s As You Like It at Phelan Opera House Friday night. Coach Mrs. Hay Stansbury and the Wiker Orchestra provide guidance and music, with costumes from Omaha for a near professional presentation. Cast includes Orlando Howard Bennett Rosalind Edith Reddish Jaques Homer Barnes and others.
George D. Darling came back Sunday from Chicago with two car loads of furniture bought at May 1916 quotations. He learned from wholesale houses that prices are rising, and new merchandise will arrive soon. Darling plans to offer real bargains to patrons when it arrives.
Mrs. Anna Hazelton fled a petition in district court seeking a decree of divorce from Eugene G. Haselton alleging desertion and lack of support.
Philadelphia January 11 Harry K Thaw indicted in New York City on kidnapping and assault charges against 19 year old Fred Gump Jr of Kansas City Missouri He slashed his throat as officers arrived at the door to arrest him He was removed to a hospital doctors say recovery is doubtful He had evaded officers in New York and Philadelphia before and after the indictment was returned.
Alliance schools reopened after Christmas with updates on local events. Conley Miller underwent an appendectomy and showed improvement. Tom Morris, Burlington employe, collapsed before Holsten drug store and was taken home after a physician assessed a weak heart. W M Robinson visited, noting his 480 acre farm twenty miles northwest with a 110 ton silo full of corn and 175 cultivated acres.
The Lady Macabees are scheduled to hold a meeting at Hamilton Hall tonight at 7 30 oclock The Ladies Aid society of the M E church will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs A Gregory Cheyenne avenue Mrs Pate superintendent Subject Training the Child Early Religious Training of the Child Mrs Carns Early Training in Courtesy Mrs Norton Truthfulness and Imagination in Children Mrs Hunter How to Train Children to Help with Home Work Willingly Mrs Lunn How Much of Our Time is Due Our Families Discussion Birthday offering Phone Mrs Pute if you have a birthday this month All ladies are cordially invited
A circulated petition in Alliance calls for forming a new school district by detaching sections 13 14 from district 6 and sections 1 3 10 11 12 21 from district 38. About 500 to 600 signatures secured. Proponents cite long walks up to four and a half miles and crossing a railroad twice daily for local children.
A total lunar eclipse was visible in Alliance Sunday night. The event began around 1 o clock and lasted about one hour, with the Moon never fully hidden and a bright ring of light visible around it.
Captain James F. McKinley of the US General Service cavalry visited Alliance on recruiting business. Four local recruits joined this month including Clifford R. Miller of Alliance, Sherman S. Chapman of Bridgeport, Ruben Dunbar and Edward P. Ingram. December recruits from Alliance named Fitzgeralds Wilson Mahoney Polen Han ning Jackson, plus Marion Edmonds of Benton assigned to infantry.
Two three-year-old colts missing from Alliance Sunday night January 7. One roan with bald face and four white feet with rope and halter last seen. one with a stripe on face. Reward offered for return or information leading to recovery. Contact 0 CARR.
A town youth who answered every question with Nit faces a comeuppance when he asks a girl in pink to marry him. She responds TD dont think, giving him his Waterloo in a humorous exchange.
A mother asks her four year old niece Catherine what she did. The child claims "You didn't see me do it" and wonders if God will come to tell her mother, highlighting a humorous take on guilt and divine omniscience.
In downtown Thursday night a Jitney and a Reo clashed in a heated exchange over the right of way. The dispute escalated into a street fight, ending with the Jitney owner paying for damages after the Reo driver blamed the other car.
Fragmentary remark from a judge hints at a director's claim over a moving picture's worth. The line suggests negotiation and a test of value as the case reaches a pivotal moment.
C. W. Johnson, arrested for intoxication, was found minus several traveler’s checks from the American Travelers Association. He had only one check on his person when picked up. Johnson claimed he did not know where he lost them at Shurtington depot and suggested they might have been stolen or lost from his pocket.
The Alliance Building and Loan Association stock holders met Tuesday night to discuss improvements and elect a new board featuring R. M. Hampton John McDonald F M Harris George Davis Charles Willis F W Irish W C Mounts M B Hargraves and Jerry Rowan. On Wednesday the board chose Hampton as president Jerr y Rowan as vice president M B Hargraves as secretary and F W Harris as treasurer.
A compact notice urges buyers and sellers to use these columns to locate partners for deals. It frames the page as a matchmaking space where interested parties can connect, negotiate terms, and close transactions efficiently.
William M. Hill, a prominent Box Butte county rancher, died in a Denver hotel room after years of anemia. He moved to Box Butte in 1892 from Wyoming and owned the Margeson ranch south of Alliance. He is survived by his brother Alvin and was 61. The body was shipped to Galleon Ohio to be buried beside his wife.
Pat King sold his 480 acre Improved ranch four miles east and one mile south of Alliance to Clarence Liveringhouse of Wayne Nebraska. Liveringhouse plans to move this spring and occupy the place. King moves to Idaho and holds a closing-out sale Tuesday January 16. The 240 cultivated acres bring $87.50 an acre totaling $16,990 with 78 head of livestock and farm equipment including two cars listed. Auctioneer Coursey will conduct the sale.
A reflective verse by Leigh Mitchell Hodges on enduring friendship across distance and time. The speaker notes a constant, guiding friend always present like a star, awaiting reunion when distance fades away.
S. W. Hicks, local weather observer for the United States Weather Bureau, reports January daily observations for the first ten days. Data include temperature ranges, precipitation, and notable meteorological events recorded in the period.
An editorial note extols the value of classified advertising as a quick path to prosperity. It urges readers to use the wants page to supply needed goods and services, claiming the prosperous recognize its value.
The North Platte district meeting opened with advertising talk urging delegates to promote the York Nebr. orphans home film. A Chivalry Degree was conferred on Mrs. F. A. Trabert and T. M. Lawler. An initiatory degree program featured lodges from Scottsbluff, Gering, and Hemingford, with about 400 expected to attend the banquet, including a Parker House Rolls and roast chicken dinner.
A fragment records a group submitting stock and loan requests to a territorial entity. It notes subscribers with their names and amounts, and a witness line dated at the end. The legals appear as a dated, handwritten pledge with multiple signatures.
Box Butte county plans a large delegation to join the Nebraska state association of potato growers. A special train may be chartered for farmers attending the annual Organized Agriculture week. Box Butte and Sheridan counties will be represented with A C North and Seidell arranging ribbons for wear.
Co. E and Roberts and J R Calder at the Alliance Hotel offer sulphur steam baths in Alliance using Dr Wright Denver’s cabinet. They have operated six weeks and already scheduled many Alliance residents for baths and massages. The system claims to relieve fatigue and help rheumatic conditions.
F W Hicks secretary of the Alliance Civil Service board conducted competitive exams in Alliance at the request of Coug Kinkaid to assess three applicants for admission to the United States military academy at West Point. Two applicants were from Alliance and one from Ashby.
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