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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
1
Regular meetings of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will be held every Sunday at 2 45 PM in the M B A hall 118 West Rd Street. COMMITTEE.
The next regular teachers examination for Box Butte county will be held in Alliance Friday and Saturday January 19 and 20 1912. DELLAM REED County Superintendent. Hair product ad ends with a racial slur and sale claim about American hair switches at the New York Hat Shop.
Fresh ranch eggs priced at 38 cents a dozen are advertised by Alliance Grocery. The notice highlights a low-cost product aimed at local shoppers seeking value in dairy and pantry staples.
Rev Father W L McNamara dies at noon Tuesday January 16 1912 in Alliance Nebraska after long service in Chadron Omaha and Wisner His work includes St Agnes Academy Holy Rosary church and St Joseph hospital He is buried in Wisner with a large procession and funeral in Crawford then Wisner with K of C D of L Ellis and relatives present
Minutes show the county commissioners arranged for Box Butte to be represented at Lincoln for the state assessors meeting. J. M. Wanek, chairman, and ex County Treasurer Fred Mollring left for Lincoln to advocate equitable assessment of unimproved real estate and curb incentives to hold land unimproved.
Harvey Myers plans a hunting and trapping expedition on the Dismal south of Thedford and expects to be away several weeks. If his usual luck holds he aims to bag a lot of game.
Readers are urged to attend the National Western Stock Show in Denver this week and enjoy what is described as a noteworthy and worthwhile sight for those able to go.
Miss Lena Riddell, a Central school teacher in Al Vance, learned this morning that her sister in Scottsbluff had died. She left on the next train, and during her absence Miss Izlu Worley steps in as substitute teacher at Central School.
P W Peterson of Red Granite Wisconsin ended a five week visit with his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Marius Larson twenty miles northwest of Alliance and decided to sell his Wisconsin home and move to Box Butte county The Herald will welcome him as a resident when he returns and will keep him posted on western news as he subscribed before leaving on Saturday.
Last Sunday evening Hunch Commandery No. 26 Knights Templars attended the M E church in uniform though sickness kept many away. Named present were Henry Keenan Cj Monte 8 Hargraves C G Thos Jones G Sir Knights W R Pate J BE Tash Tv H Barnes W O Barnes F E Holsten F M Kaigit FL W Irish IL H Mosher E C McGlyer Hugh Beal W H Swan J Rowhn.
A special car carrying Alliance firemen arrived in Kearney for the Nebraska State Convention of Volunteer Firemen. Attendees from Scottenbluff Rushville Mitchell Chadron Crawford and Alliance noted with a strong Northwest Nebraska presence and expect large attendance.
Rev O S Baker was called to conduct the funeral for Mrs Henry A Dilling northeast of Alliance Sheridan county. A German native in her 66th year, she was a lifelong Lutheran and dearly loved by acquaintances. The Herald offers sympathy to the bereaved husband Iona and friends.
The Scottsbluff and Alliance high school boys basketball teams meet in a late season duel at the gym Friday evening. Alliance holds a pennant win already, Scottsbluff touts a strong squad, and the game at 8:30 promises a high‑quality contest.
Virgil Smith, visiting Alliance since the month’s start, plans a Saturday return to Ames Iowa to enroll in a course at Iowa State Agricultural College He aided inventory at the Darling furniture store during his stay and enjoyed his time there
Clarence Ruskins advance representative for the Chese-lister Company is in the city this week and will stay until the company arrives Monday. He shows how to tell the public what they want to hear and how a good company delivers plays that people want.
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