Chautauqua Opens Strong at Alliance
The Alliance Chautauqua opened with the Chicago Orchestral Sextette and Dr. Gabriel Maguire, then a series of twelve programs offered for one season ticket. Lectures by Leslie M. Shaw and a Hindu performer highlight a summer aimed at community betterment and public insight. Season tickets provide twelve programs for about six cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Chautauqua
Central School
Chicago
Gabriel R. Maguire
Africa
Vincent
Chautauqua Lake
United States
Bryan
Beveredge
Roosevelt
Shaw
Chautauqua
Alliance
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Leslie M. Shaw
Russia
Elf
Rev. Black
E. C. Drake
W. R. Harper
Cilicia Post Office Opens Northeast of Alliance
The Alliance Commercial Club in Sheridan county announces a new post office named Cilicia on the Hahn ranch northeast of Alliance. It replaces the old Schill post office and will serve as the terminal of a star mail route, restoring regular star route service to many families. Carl Hahn is appointed post muster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Commercial Club
H. M. Bushnell, Jr
United States Postoffice Department
Hahn Ranch
Alliance
Sheridan County
Schill
Cilicia
Carl Hahn
Fence Row Shooting Sparks Rural Dispute
Abe Birtch, a rancher near the Cherry county line, is hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a shooting on the Birtch and Stone ranch boundary. Fred Stone is charged, with both sides offering self defense claims amid years of fence disputes and land tension.
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Abe Birth
Cherry County
Alliance
St. Joseph's Hospital
Fred Stone
Birtch
Stone
Lakeside
Fred
Lin Stone
Fred Hunsicker
Stone Brothers
Mr. Hunzicker
Dr. Schock
Stone Boys
Birteh
Stone Boyne
Sheridan County
State Institution takes Clyde Scott after court order
Sheriff Cox took Clyde Scott to the state Institution at Kearney following a commitment issued by Judge Ira K E Tash. Evidence suggested Scott could not reform. previously before Judge Berry for incorrigibility and paroled to his step father Mike Banioff. The juvenile county court heard the case as Scott’s troubles worsened. Misses Josephine and Nellie O'Donnell host a bridge party Thursday afternoon for Miss Ann Radcliffe.
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Sherif Cox
Clyde Scott
Kearney
Ira KE. Tash
Scott
Berry
County Judes
Mike Banioff
Scot
Josephine
Nellie O'Donnell
Ann Radcliffe
May establish a new potash plant near Antioch
Wealthy Colorado Springs capitalists arrive in Alliance with a chemist and lab setup to test Briggs Ranch lake waters for potash. If tests prove satisfactory, a new company could start a plant quickly, backed by near unlimited funds and ready to secure machinery.
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Antioch
Colorado Springs
Colo
Alliance
Tom Brices Ranch
Briggs Ranch
Forged Name of William Mitchell Linked to Warrant
A warrant is issued for H. Dempsey of near Ellsworth accused of forging a $40 check on Alliance National Bank and signing William Mitchell’s name. Dempsey allegedly sent the check to John H. Wait, who was arrested in Omaha. authorities suspect Dempsey, who once hired Mitchell as an attorney, sought $40 back after a prior fees dispute.
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H. Dempsey
Ellsworth
Alliance National Ak
William Mitchell
Dempsey
John H. Wait
Wait
Alliance National Bank
Omaha
Mitchell
Alliance Grocers Launch Union Delivery System
Alliance grocers unite to inaugurate a shared delivery system starting August 1. Frank Shreve contracts most stores to handle deliveries with three morning and two afternoon runs, more on Saturdays. Orders placed within ten minutes of departure will be filled. those late will wait for the next delivery.
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Alliance
Frank Shreve
Knights of Columbus Designated Welfare Agency for Soldiers
The War Department designates the Knights of Columbus as the official agency to oversee the moral and social welfare of Catholic soldiers and sailors in the army and navy. The order will cooperate with Catholic chaplains, fund Catholic centers in cantonments, and welcome all service members to Mass in these centers.
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War Department of
United States
Knights of Columbus
Army
Navy
Knights
War Department
Crihotic
Mesicun
Kielts
Would Return to Greece Stevas Carros Plans Homeward Remit
Stevas Carros, a Greece citizen employed at Burlington shops, withdrew 1100 in gold from Alliance Bank and announced plans to return home. Friends fear passport issues and travel through war-torn Europe, hoping he preserves his savings and safety on the journey home.
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Stevas Carros
Greece
Burlington
Alliance Bank
Stevas
United States
Manewal and Shelton Involved In Municipal Court Fight
Bake shop owner G Manewal and city scavenger Sam Shelton clashed after a quarrel at 121 Box Butte Avenue. Shelton was fined $1 and costs for fighting in municipal court. Manewal faces an assault charge and a separate municipal hearing next week for allowing refuse to accumulate. Chief Snyder ordered the cleanup, citing city sanitation rules. Manewal, Alsace Lorraine native with French sympathies, argued the case as it moved forward.
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Kk. G. Manewal
Box Butte Avenue
Sam Shelton
Manewal
George Snyder
Shelton
Berry
Shéiton
Snyder
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Potash Plant Visit Highlights Sheridan County Output
H L Klappen special representative of the New York Tribune and H M Bushnell Jr of the Alliance Commercial Club visited southern Sheridan County potash plants and Box Butte county farms to report on wartime development. They noted higher purity potash, rising plant size, and strong future production, predicting east and Nebraska buyers will favor domestic fertilizer salts over German imports.
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H. L. Klappen
New York Tribune
Alliance
Sheridan County
Box Butte County
H. M. Bushnell, Jr
Alliance Commercial Club
Klappen
Kiappen
United States
New York
East
Germany
Mr. Klappen
Nebraska
Lyle Rose Fined For Reckless Driving After Wagon Collision
Lyle Rose of Lakeside pleaded guilty in municipal court to reckless driving for crashing into a spring wagon near the viaduct Sunday night. He paid a fine of 4.50 dollars plus costs and agreed to reimburse the wagon’s damage arising from the collision with Frank Elliott’s children riding the wagon.
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Lyle Rose
Lakeside
Berry
Rose
Frank Elliott
Officers of the 4th Regiment and Seen War Service
Visitors to Fort Crook praise Company G the Fourth Nebraska National Guard unit from Alliance. Officers, led by Colonel William Baehr, have fought in earlier campaigns and risen from private to field grade, preparing this regiment for action in France.
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Fort Crook
Nebraska
Nebraska National Guard
United States Army
Orth
France
Alliance
Western
Wold Braid
William Baehr
bin Baehr
Baehr
Haehr
Philippines
Aguinaldo
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Hahn
Abe
St. Joseph's Hos
Pital
Modhcem
Colorado
Ing Hakex
Tom Briggs
Haneh
William
Man
Ewal
Plains
Wolker
Ter
Islands
States
W.ef. Baer
Axor Geak Holdeman
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