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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
4
Hemingford residents attend visits and travels with many names listed, including Mrs. C. W. Sharp in Alliance and Walter Lyons heading to Bassett for the Fourth of July. A baby born, a fatal illness mentioned, a major rainstorm caused windmill damage, and Fort Crook Company G training noted alongside a Berea vs Hemingford baseball game.
Mrs Sparks left Wednesday noon for Ravenna to visit a nephew awaiting call to France. Mrs Frank Noble of Henry Nebraska, formerly here, on road to recovery from illness. Mrs Chas Hancock of Deadwood visiting sister Mrs James Helms. Thelma Crawford left for Stratton Nebraska after visiting Mrs John Messler. Mae and Ruth Pollard were Alliance visitors last week. Mr and Mrs Max White return from a short wedding trip and plan housekeeping when their house is finished. E H Hollers came from ranch south of Lakeside to buy supplies. Mrs Lloyd Parris and daughter Vivian attended carnival and rockmen’s Reunion in Alliance with RN A Cook and family. Ray Toline returned from visits to eastern state home. William Shea back from Kansas City. W L Marcy and Claude Empson at Roy McFall stock sale. sale said to go well. Harold Dunn and Hubert Riley left for Denver to spend the Fourth. Mrs Bell of Green River Wyoming visiting daughter Mrs Mein. Most citizens celebrate the Fourth at Elleworth. Children recently organized sag for town and achieved early success.
On the Fourth of July the flag was raised atop a fifty foot staff as the sun rose, prompting cheers for the boys and girls who helped display patriotic pride in the morning breeze.
Sunday church services were held with Rev. Cramer in the pulpit. Children presented a Day program while Hyannis visitors and attendees from Alliance and Bingham joined for a Chautauqua night and Stockmen’s Reunion. Red Cross work expands as new members join. next meeting at Mrs. R. R. Kincaid’s home.
E. J. Wright, cattle buyer for Tage Brothers Moorhead of South Omaha, visited Alliance during the Stockmen’s Reunion. He bet $10 to ride the wild mule but withdrew. He also hoped to win a Ford car with number 131313 but failed. Wright returned to South Omaha on Friday night.
Martha J. Harris of Alliance, sister of Oscar Harris, rode with E. M. Harris of Golden Colorado when their car rolled down a fifteen foot embankment near Denver. A front tire blew, sending the car off the road. Miss Harris suffered a fracture of the left arm. her brother and his wife escaped with minor injuries. She was taken to Denver police headquarters for treatment.
Captain Tuttle returns from six weeks away in eastern Nebraska on July 4 his trip aimed at G A R events in Columbus Lincoln and Peru He attended the Nebraska Semi Centennial in Lincoln and the Colonel Tom Moore reception at Peru Willis Majors elected Nebraska G A R commander in chief
Mary J Wible was born in Gettsburg PA Oct 28 1832. She married Samuel Baumgardner on Nov 9 1860 and had three children. Widowed in 1870 she homesteaded near Alliance NE, moved to Alliance in 1907, lived mostly there, died June 26 Grand Island NE. Funeral June 30 at W E Spencer home with Pastor A A Layton and Rev Black officiating.
The obituary notes a harmonious life and gratitude for the deceased. Surviving are her children an only brother J. W. Wible of Ottawa Kansas and four grandchildren Vera Earle Donald and Flora Spencer. The tone reflects a family remembrance and acknowledgment of relatives.
The National Store advertises a deal on Ivory soap: three bars for 25 cents. The offer highlights a budget purchase for household essentials.
The Williams Spencer Baumgardner and Wible families express thanks to friends for sympathy and resistance during their sorrow and bereavement for the beloved mother and sister.
Frank Moses a Burlington switch man admitted paying a brakeman two dollars to obtain six bottles of beer. He pled guilty before Judge Ira E. Tash in county court, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and remains jailed about thirty five days for as yet unpaid penalties.
Miss Paine again leaves campus due to her mother’s serious illness with faculty sending sympathy. Dr. Cornell from Lincoln arrives to handle mathematics for the summer session and is warmly welcomed back by former colleagues. Miss Frazier’s Primary Methods class grows to seventy seven with strong interest and notable results. Dormitory students Ethel Hembry Hazel King and Vera Lewis plan to return for the upcoming year.
The Story Telling class meets at the city library every Thursday afternoon and Saturday afternoon to conduct a class for the benefit of the children. Nine German books have arrived for the library including Baskerville's Southern Writers and Mimms and Payne's Southern Prose and Poetry.
The Alliance Volunteer Fire Department fought an explosion from a kerosene kitchen stove at 406 Box Butte avenue. Damage to the kitchen and furniture neared one hundred dollars. Firemen then spotted Vivian Hall and his bride and gave them a celebratory ride through the city as rice fell and sirens rang.
Miss Ethel Delzell left for Columbian University to attend the summer session. Her sister Misa Winnie Delzell arrived from Morristown to supervise domestic science for four weeks. At the Epworth League convention in Chadron the YWCA hosted a picnic for Normal students and delegates, 140 attendees, served cafeteria style indoors due to bad weather.
The Household Arts series girls presented an exhibition of sewing class creations after a Parker House rolls day. The works featured in rural grades show solid progress in craft and industrial interest as the program grows.
James Fengins, senior of Fengins & Son from Alliance known as Dad, returns from a cattle buying trip in New Mexico and Texas. He notes severe drought, dying cattle, and a rancher who wishes for rain for his eight year old son. Dad visits Denver briefly before heading home. Miss Lottie Owens spent the Fourth at Scotts Bluff, Mrs. Jack Berry of Ellsworth was an Alliance visitor last week.
The summer session at the Manual Training and Home Economics departments is crowded with students. The Teacher Training department has more applications than usual. A new building will soon be ready to accommodate this growth and focus on practical, usable work.
Mrs. Austin demonstrates how manual training can be carried on in a one room rural school. Bench work and sewing occur at the same hour and the Rural Training class gains valuable assistance by watching the work in a classroom filled with children who resemble their own home school setting.
At a Lincoln gathering of the Normal Board and Normal school presidents Superintendent Clemmons of the State outlined the agenda and emphasized collaboration across institutions.
Dr J C Muerman Rural School specialist from the National Department of Education wrote that he had never seen better work anywhere than at Chadron Normal and that the weeklong joint institute at the start of summer was the most enjoyable he had spent with them. The praise gratifies those invested in the Normal’s welfare.
Hemingford booster and banker K L Pierce visited Alliance on business to secure a desirable city lot on easy payments. He urged calling Alliance National Bank for further information, presenting a chance he described as the start of a fortune.
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