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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
7
Hemingford department notes arrivals and departures with family visits, travel to Alliance Mitchell and Sioux County. Mrs Kinsley, Mrs Michael, Mr and Mrs Melick, Miss Huss and others appear visiting relatives, with a few injuries and building projects mentioned.
Rail authorities report a near ten percent raise for select Burlington employees including machinists boiler makers car repairers and pipe fitters effective July 1. The February wage bump follows another ten percent raise and shifts payroll to semi monthly. officials credit the move to rising living costs and ongoing rail prosperity.
The association formerly known as The Western Nebraska Cattle Raisers Association and later The Nebraska Stock Growers Association has adopted its present title after reorganization. The Herald promises future stories on early days and members now passed on.
Secretary Bushnell reports the Stockmen’s Reunion yielded 3241.97 at fair grounds with 17.25 expenses, carnival receipts 806.75, leaving a final balance of 499.60. The surplus of 493.15 will go to the Box Butte County Fair Association for fair grounds use, after deducting permanent improvements by the commercial club.
A Friday night event at Antioch features a Red Cross charity dance raising funds for relief efforts. Local residents and volunteers participate, with music and refreshments provided by community clubs. Proceeds support disaster aid programs and training across the region.
The Antioch Red Cross auxiliary hosts a benefit dance at Mc Gee's ball in Antioch featuring music by Reinkover and Marshall. It is expected many attendees from Alliance will join the event Friday night.
Lewis Beberniss also known as Louis Bernisa, a pump man for Burlington, was arrested by Sheriff Cal Cox on warrant from Stanton County. The Stanton County sheriff accuses him of wife and child desertion and plans to transfer him to Stanton County jail after arrival.
The county school fund has increased by 500 this year with expected contributions in the future. County Judge Ira E. Tash has collected 500 in fines, turning the money to County Treasurer Irish for the school fund. The judge supports schools and uses every chance to boost the balance. A notice seeks old newspapers magazines and mail order catalogs for The Alliance Herald.
A musical program titled Stories and Songs of the Sixties by Besa Gearhart Morrison's company The Old Fashioned Girls stirs deep patriotic nostalgia. Performances weave Civil War era tunes and laments with modern flair, ending in a solemn salute to the flag and a renewed sense of national pride.
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