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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
2
The Alliance Herald announces a July 1 1911 start to a drive for 500 new subscribers to boost circulation west of Broken Bow Nebraska. New subscribers pay 1.00 for one year while current price remains 1.50, with an honor roll for those securing new names.
Nebraska inspector E R Harnly checked fourteen Omaha dealers and fourteen shipments to rate candling results. He notes best lot shipped by express showed only four percent loss while freight shipments in hot weather produced high rot percentages. Norden dealers showed dramatic differences in rot rates, with one lot at nine percent and another at sixty eight percent.
Frank C. Burke a young attorney from this city drowned in Lake Michigan near Michigan City Ind while visiting with his sister. Rescued by lifesavers after straying beyond the danger line he could not be revived after two hours. Burke had left town July 12 for two weeks in the east and was slated for the Republican ticket as justice of the peace. He had recently graduated from the state university and worked in Judge Holmes law office.
Merrick county supervisors plan a detailed ceremony for the Lone Tree monument on the old California trail south of Central City to be held August 9. The Platte Valley District Reunion Association of the Grand Army of the Republic will merge its annual reunion with the dedication, with state historical society members expected to attend and the event deemed memorable for Merrick county.
Broken Bow Nebraska July 18 The Republican county convention endorsed Senator Brown Governor Aldrich Congressman Kinkaid Treasurer George and President Taft A motion to strike Taft endorsement failed and the resolutions were adopted Aldrich praised Independent votes and advised against endorsing presidential candidates.
Captain Isaac LD. Neihardt, longtime Seward county resident and two term sheriff, died of heart trouble at age seventy four. Civil War veteran led a company in the Sixth United States artillery. Survived by a widow and two daughters. The report also notes Isaac M. Stevens of Tecumseh killed when kicked by a horse near town while Bert Grady accompanied him to the pasture. Stevens left three grown children.
Judge Dungan in Hastings granted Stein Bros a temporary injunction to stop M A Hartigan from enforcing the Adams county anti gift law. Summons served. Hartigan must answer by July 24. The action follows a federal court ruling in Lincoln that denied a permanent injunction against the attorney general, noting the county attorney enforces the statute locally. Representatives of trading stamp firms met Hartigan and he vowed to pursue enforcement locally.
Mrs. Hoerr of Wymore won one cent damages against Wheaton Automobile Company and J. Q. Reed in county court after a trial over an automobile she owned being used in a bank robbery. The case was appealed to the district court. Sheriff Schlek found a car near Wymore and moved it to Heatrice. Hoerr alleges loss of use. her husband received a Kansas penitentiary sentence for complicity in the Beattie bank robbery.
Several Custer county residents appeal county awards before Judge Holcomb as Union Pacific proceeds. Appraisers gave R. E. Drega 800, Schreyer 250, and Logan W. Chiles 350. others contest allowances but court appeals remain limited. Union Pacific has deposited the awarded funds with the county judge and continues work on the Callaway to Gandy extension.
Rev B F Eberhart pastor of the Beav er City Methodist Church will be on the Republican ballot for county judge. A petition by friends was filed as required. Charles Roberts of Beaver City filed as fusion candidate for sheriff and pledges to fund the school with 500 dollars annually, arguing sales of office exceed services.
Joe Yusta a Dorchester thresh er was pulled into a loose flywheel belt on Art Huff s farm and sustained a broken collarbone jaw and several ribs with one puncturing a lung. He was rushed by train to Lincoln hospital where his condition was reported precarious. Slough dries up and in prison hogs near Steela Neb. Seventeen hogs sought shade in a Harve Findlay pasture bog the slough dried trapping them before rescue. four died and others were pulled free by neighbors.
James Mooory of the Beatrice region was seriously injured when his horses bolted while he oiled a binder. The team ran in circles, trampling him three times before stopping. He suffered a broken leg and internal injuries, with possible fatal consequences.
Benjamin T. White, general attorney for the Northwestern Railway company west of the Missouri river, was stricken with neuralgia of the heart immediately after a round of golf at the Country club at Omaha and died at his home.
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