Colored men jailed over fines in Alliance city dispute
Brown and Young, both colored, face $50 fines for distur bance after a billiard parlor fight with white men led by De Ford. Police Judge Be late ordered the fines after testimony showed Brown attacked De Ford with a knife and Hallverson testified De Ford broke a billiard eye. The men remained jailed as of Friday.
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Sam Brown
Tom Young
Are & Ing
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Alliance Billiard
Brown
Clarence de Ford
Oscar Halverson
de Ford
Theuilding
Halverson
Young
Jeffers
Berry
John Munson the Hero Dies Poor and Forgotten
The obituary recalls John Munson known as the Lost Battalion hero who crawled to headquarters under fire. Declared missing, then found dead in New York at 31, he died of tuberculosis amid poverty, despite French Medal Militaire honors. The piece condemns slow relief for disabled veterans and criticizes bureaucratic delays in veteran aid systems.
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All America
John Munson
Boatman
New York City
Mores
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Charles Whittlesey
307Th Infantry
Perscon
John
Chateau Thierry
Denver
Grand Island
John Mynston
Harding
Alliance Briefs and Local Business Notes
Box Butte county will receive 569.92 for the next six months from the state school apportionment, about 95 cents per pupil. A. H. Jones company reports strong sales of Reo cars and trucks in the territory, with six speed vegas and two touring cars sold last week. EB. G. Laing, Box Butte Red Cross chair, received a telegram about a cloudburst near Andrews causing fatalities and requesting disaster assistance details. Dr. J. A. Copsey replied that help is not needed as the situation is under control.
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Box Butte
A. H. Jones
Calvin D. Walker
Frank Trenkle
EB. G. Laing
Box Butte County
Red Cross
Andrews
Walter Davidson
J. A. Copsey
Alliance Chamber Members Discuss Roads at Luncheon
About twenty five Alliance chamber of commerce members met at the Alliance hotel Fern Room for a weekly luncheon. Discussion focused on good roads including a southwest from Alliance to Scott Bluff and routes to the Lincoln highway. The group voted to send a delegation to the Gulf Plains Canadian highway association in Wray and to host joining talks with Ellsworth and Bingham to boost Potash highway completion.
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Alliance
Laing
Elsworth
Bingham
Chamber of Commerce
Alliance Organization
Child Learns Kindergarden Joys From Teacher Compare
A child narrator recalls his mother’s illness and kinder time as he starts kindergarten. He tells his headmother his teacher is kind and not cross, unlike mothers, expressing affection for teachers.
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Bobbie
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