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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
8
A list of names appears in a fragmentary roll call style, including Ropert O and Champers Avice Jean with other individuals such as Austin Jessie Leayrrr Nettie M Nation and Sollenberger Anna Beaumont among scattered entries. No clear event or roles are identified.
A fragmented 1909 record lists officials including Hon E C Bisner state superintendent and I G Wison with names Leora Rustin J A Wooparp D W Hayes and others linked to Lincoln Parachat Alliance Havelock Lincoln and Sidney. The text references multiple supervisors and assemblies with masses and surrogates.
In July 24 report from Juleeburg Nebraska a sheriff stops car No 7 in a Glidden tour chase near Kearney. The pursuit spans twenty miles over sandhills ending when the Jewel car crashes into a rival, with the sheriff victorious and later appeased by the driver’s explanations. The tour continues along the Platte River toward Juleahburg covering over 200 miles with some rough spots and multiple cars needing help.
Helen Spencer thirty five, arrested in Panama for enticing young women from New York to the canal zone under false pretenses. She arrived in New York custody of two detectives with Judge Browne and M C Steckle aiding prosecution. Spencer arraigned in police court on kidnaping charge, pleaded not guilty, bail set at five thousand dollars.
The town of Bonanza in Arkansas suffered total loss of its business district when a massive fire swept through sixteen miles south of Fort Smith. About twenty stores were destroyed with only two business houses left. Loss is estimated at $100,000 and there are signs of looting during the blaze. Bonanza was a prosperous coal mining town.
Cornelius P. Shea former Chicago labor leader was found guilty of attempting to murder Alice Walsh with whom he had been living in New York. He received a sentence of not less than five years and not more than twenty five years in prison as Judge Foster denounced him in court.
Salem Ind July 24 Henry Hoar reportedly the only US pensioner never in the army died from a bullet wound suffered while fleeing John Morgan raid on July 10 1863. He had drawn a $50 monthly pension for years and remained an invalid until death.
Two killed and two injured after a cloudburst floods Two Mile Canyon north of Boulder Colorado. The dead are Verne Carlisle thirty teen and Arthur Dickerman twenty five with Leon Ling missing and London note. A separate item reports Leon Ling identified as Japanese linked to an Anglo-Japanese firm and cleared by Scotland Yard as not in England.
A Houston dispatch reports a hurricane death toll of forty one with injuries about twice that number and property losses around one million dollars. Communications to isolated points have been restored.
St. Petersburg July 24 Twenty workmen were killed and many injured when a building under construction collapsed in the city. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and authorities declared a disaster area amid ongoing efforts to search for survivors.
Report from Edgemont and area on last Friday’s Express details crews laid off and returning from trips. Mentions Conductor Beach, Chas, Rider, Simonson, L H Brown, Will Johnson, George Johnson, and other railroad staff, service changes, two train sections, an accident to Clifford Gregory, and new agency at Bingham with Hansen in charge.
A contributor argues against equating liberty with drinking, citing a Alliance resident’s death by suicide linked to intemperance. He asserts liberty should be earned by virtue, warns that alcohol tyranny harms families and society, and pledges continued fight until drunkenness is driven from the land.
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