Alliance seeks 35 percent cut in coal freight rates
Alliance chamber of commerce and Colorado traffic commission push to base coal freight on mileage from mines to Alliance rather than Omaha and Lincoln. Officials protest trans continental rate cuts without west rail access relief. Congressman Kincaid alerted. car repairs planned to avoid shortages. Sheridan coal rate $4 per ton to Alliance versus longer distances to Lincoln and Omaha.
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Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Colorado Traffic Commission
Alliance
S Corp
George M. Carey
Alliance Chamber
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Panama Canal
Kincaid
Western
Nebraska
Carey
Burlington
Pees
Sheridan
The
Herald
Lincoln
Omaha
Hot Cinders Injure Tony Sanders At Alliance Roundhouse
Burlington employee Tony Sanders was injured Wednesday while cleaning engine No. 2956 front end. Hot cinders blown in his face severely damaged one eye and doctors are unsure if sight can be saved.
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Tony Sanders
Burlington
Alliance Roundhouse
Weather outlook fair with possible west showers
The forecast calls for generally fair weather today and tomorrow with a chance of thunder showers in the west tonight or Saturday. Cooler air is expected in the west and north portions on Saturday.
Mrs Charles Naylor of Chadron to be Buried Saturday
Iona Naylor former Grand Matron of the Rebekah lodge of Nebraska died in San Diego California on Sunday June 26 Funeral services for Iona Naylor will be held Saturday afternoon in Chadron Her husband Hon Charles Naylor accompanied the body from San Diego with their son and daughter in law They arrived in Alliance on the Denver train Thursday and left with the body on No 48 via Crawford Mr Naylor is grand master of the I C O F grand lodge of Nebraska The Alliance Rebekahs mourn her death after her visits to lodge sessions
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Iona Naylor
Chadron
Rebekah —_ lodge
Nebraska
San Dego
California
Charles Naylor
San Diego
Alliance
Denver
Crawford
Naylor
I. C. O. F. Grand Per
Alliance Rebekahs
Celebration July Fourth at Alliance Country Club
Members and families celebrate all day July Fourth at the Alliance Country Club grounds Broncho Snake. Events include a Sunday golf elimination contest, free-for-all Fourth, ladies approach and putting, men and women drive contests, sack race, fireworks, waters activities, tennis courts reopening, and a Monday night dance.
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Alliance Country Club
Broncho Snake
Roy Beckwith
Bernard Holsten
Walter Metz
Bill Barnett
John Guthrie
Ben Sallows
Taft Named Chief Justice by Harding in Senate Vote
Washington D C Former President William Howard Taft was nominated by President Harding to be chief justice of the United States and confirmed in executive session. The vote followed debate with Borah and Johnson leading opposition while Knox Kellogg Willis and Underwood spoke for Taft. Glen Joder and Ray Edwards departed for Omaha.
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Washington, D. C
William Howard Taft
Harding
United States
Senate
Taft
Borah
Johnson
Knox
Pennsylvania
Kellogg
Minnesota
Willis
Ohio
Underwood
Alabama
Smith
South Carolina
Overman
North Carolina
Broussard
Louisiana
Safe Fourth of July Fire Prevention Plea
State Fire Marshal C. E. Hartford urges careful fire prevention for the 1921 Fourth of July. He notes a safe 1920 celebration with no casualties and requests public help to keep the holiday free from accidents and fires, stressing children should not handle fireworks.
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C. E. Hartford
Indians Claim Lands in South Dakota Damages Still Sought
After a meeting in Omaha with counsel Charles E Hughes Jr and colleagues the Sioux Cheyenne and Arapaho delegates seek damages from the federal government over lands including the Black Hills. Claims may total about a quarter of a billion dollars or more with the Homestake mine cited as a major value.
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Omaha
Charles E. Hughes Jr
New York
Arapahoe
Black Hills
Hughes Law Firm
Court of Claims
Washington
Department of Justice
Cheyenne River
Missouri River
Rockies
North Branch
The
Platte
Homestake
Hearst Estate
Congress
Lions Club Backs Broncho Lake Pier Project Near Alliance
The Lions Club voted to support the municipal bathing pier at Broncho Lake two miles west of Alliance. A three member committee led by County Attorney Lee Basye will raise funds and oversee construction of a bath house and pier on the lake’s east or south side. Volunteers report prior funds to start work and aim to make Broncho Lake a western Nebraska summer resort with free access to locals and visitors.
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Lions Club
Broncho Lake
Alliance
Ake County
Lee Basye
George M. Carey
True Miller
Rge
Th Lake
Alliance Boosters
Nebraska
Turner
Bayard O
Sugar
Alliance den of Lions
Bayard den
Thomas Katen Shows Remarkable Recovery After Illness
Thomas Katen, who had been very sick, is now much improved and progressing well.
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Thomas Katen
May Establish Goat Farm for Local Patrons
Roberts, a noted Alliance animal fancier, weighs starting a goat dairy near the city. He owns two purebred goats and plans California visits to study existing goat dairies. local experts tout goat milk as nutritious and easily digested with claims of high iron and butter fat content.
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P. D. Roberts
Alliance
Mr. Roberts
California
E. Ralph Smith
Denver
Tennyson Street
C. I. Bray
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Bray
Gusher for Alliance Oil Co Spouts 288 Bbls Osage Oil
A Sunday gusher on Carroll Oil Co land drilled to 1200 feet and produced 288 barrels of Osage oil in 24 hours. It is the tenth well on Carroll holdings east of the first producer begun in March 1920, with Sinclair Oil Co bringing it in on section 19.
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Carroll Oil Company
Alliance
Osage
Alliance-Osage Oil Trust
Sinclair Oil Company
J. O. Walker
Deloss Barber
Charles Bare
William King
Ian
Eeat Alliance
Dick O'Bannon
H. A. Active
En Hs
Carroll Company
Rth
Allie Sun J
J. D. Emerick
H. Reddish
R. M. Baker
Sperep
Body of Snedeker Found After River Drowning
Elmer C. Snedeker a Burlington fireman from Sterling drowned when locomotive No 20% plunged into the flooded Platte river two weeks ago. His body was recovered Tuesday in bushes a mile and a half downstream, identified by switch keys in his coveralls. The wreckage remains buried forty feet below the riverbed as Burlington abandons recovery efforts.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Elmer C. Snedeker
Sterling
Burlington
Billings
Mont
Denver
Platte River
Snedeker
Robert Bomberg
Child Wonder Drives Three Teams Horses and Calls It Play
Miss Meyrl Roland a nine year old farmer’s helper near Berea drives six horses with two in the lead and handles a breaking plow and hay sweep. John Bayne The Herald’s traveler found her at work in the field saying she prefers field tasks to house work and can harness and hitch a team as well as hired men.
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Box Butte
Roland
Ives Died at Home in Alliance After Illness
Selden W. Ives aged thirty nine years died at his home in Alliance on Wednesday evening June 29 at 7 30 from erysipelas. He leaves a wife and nine children the eldest fourteen. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church Saturday at ten. He was a former boilermaker and active in politics having sought the state representative nomination last election. Relatives from out of town will attend. F M Russell and daughter Opal visited Chadron Wednesday.
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Selden W. Ives
Alliance
Mr. Ives
Baptist Church
J. Ives
Local Men See Huge Caravan of Iowa Boy Scouts
Alliance residents urged support for the Clinton Boy Scout Council project to complete a Bronco Lake camp. Norman McComble and Donald Maloney observed a 3000 mile caravan of about 300 scouts and 60 vehicles traveling through Iowa and beyond.
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Iowa
Alliance Citizens
Bronco Lake
Alliance
Norman McComble
Donald Maloney
Black Hills
Clinton, I
Clinton
Yellowstone Park
Boy Scout Movement
A. V. Gavin
Rotary Club
Clinton Boy Scout Council
Scout
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wyelas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Alliance Council of the Boy Scouts
K. R. Hamilton
Lions Club Resolution Urges US Lead in World Disarmament
A Lions Club of Alliance Nebraska resolution calls on the Nebraska delegation in Congress to push a reasonable armaments limit. The document argues disarmament is essential for lasting peace and economic stability and urges U S leadership to set an example for other powers.
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United States of America
United States
Congress of the United States of America
Congress
Lions Club
Alliance
Nebraska
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Glen Joder
Ray Edwards
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Council For Red Men
Broncho Lake Beach
Roberts
Alliance Oil Company
Child Wonder
F. M. Russel
Opal
B. Aufdengarten
Sunrise
Arthur County
Platte County
Earl G
Edwin M
Kenneth R. Hamilton
Committee
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