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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
7
Repair work has secured the services of a practical mechanic who guarantees all work. Do not trust traveling repair men. This man will be here permanently with repairs and parts furnished for all machines. Penateere Phone 139. Geo. D. Darling.
A list of study questions for a church club based on Hosea xiv and related scriptures. It includes twenty questions about repentance, backsliding, prayer language, God’s forgiveness, trust in God, sanctification, idolatry, guidance, and Hezekiah’s Great Passover. The Sunday lesson is 2 Chronicles 30.
Holsten's Drug Store touts ZEMO as a clean external remedy to relieve itching and cure minor eczema in many cases. The advertisement claims nationwide agency via leading druggists and urges customers to try a bottle on their recommendation.
Malls close at Alliance post office by route. Mountain time east bound trains 11 20 a.m. 44 and 11 p.m. 42. West bound 12 30 p.m. 43 and 11 p.m. 41. South bound 12 30 p.m. 303 and 11 p.m. 301. Sundays holidays night mail closes 6 00 p.m. IRA E TASH P M.
James Fielder shot and killed James A. MeVitty, his wife, and two children seven miles south of Pawnee City Nebraska. He wounded the teen girl he sought to marry, fled to a schoolhouse, and after a hours long standoff fatally shot Sheriff Claude Fuller before turning his own gun on himself.
Lincoln May 30 Secretary of State Wait refused to accept from the Rock Island railroad a corporation tax paid under protest. The company had not paid the 1909 and 1910 occupation tax, incurring a $10 penalty. He said no payment under protest could be received, citing a 1909 supreme court decision. He also reported to the Attorney General a list of delinquents, who may pay under the Gandy bill to avoid prosecution.
One man died and two bystanders wounded when George Brown opened fire over a domestic dispute. John Watts died of chest wounds before reaching hospital. Allison Davis and Will Mayfield were injured. Brown is jailed awaiting charges. Marital jealousy linked to the shooting.
Beatrice Nebraska May 30 Professor N M Souder principal of Beatrice high school has invented a flying machine designed to operate in all weathers It can start without ground run. The device aims for safety over speed and to make aerial navigation accessible to novices Souder says it has been privately demonstrated in Oklahoma and will prove a success.
H E Frederick son B A Searle and Mr George of Omaha outlined the Omaha Lincoln end of a river to mountain road to be built soon. The route runs from Lincoln east to Havelock and Waverly then south of Greenwood to Louisville then across the Platte to Papillion and into Omaha. West of Lincoln the main part of the road is plotted.
Wayne Nebraska reports a dry win as 247 votes favor the prohibition side and 219 support repeal by the wets in a recent special election.
Lincoln May 207 Food Commissioner Jackson reports that some small town merchants cannot candle eggs bought from farmers. Dealers must candle to avoid legal penalties. Inspectors will monitor candleers to prevent accepting bad eggs for sale. possession of bad eggs will be evidence of sale and prosecutions may follow.
The Daughters of the American Revolution in Nebraska City Nebraska won city permission to erect a monument on a Fifth Street corner. A large country boulder will be moved to town on a cement base and marked with a bronze tablet. It designates the starting point of the overland California trail used by westward settlers in 1848 and later near the old blockhouse.
After a district good roads meeting in York interest grows among farmers and auto owners. Volunteers are urged to drag roads after each rain, proposing two 24 mile center roads through York county to be maintained by automobile owners.
Riley Higby and George Brown were sentenced to two and one years respectively for stealing a team from the Dewey barn, driving it to Grand Island to sell, then going to Omaha where they were captured. They pled guilty before Judge Thomas.
Attorneys Brome and Burnett visited State Auditor Barton asking for a speedy review of charges alleging misuse of funds by Mrs. Manchester, head of the Woodmen Circle. The Woodmen annual meeting is set for June 13 and the request aims to finish the investigation before then.
The Nebraska state treasurer certifies 275461.62 is available in the temporary school fund for semiannual apportionment to counties for public schools, up from 324266 the previous year due to state land interest receipts. Union Pacific launches right of way campaign from Callaway to Gandy with crews collecting land contracts to allow immediate construction.
In Fremont Nebraska on May 29 burglars entered the office of Dr. Stockfelt in the Walt Turner block and Dr. Guy Baird in the Commercial National bank building seeking gold and securing several hundred dollars. An attempt to break into Dr. Murphy's office in the Union block failed. No clues as to the culprits are known.
A twenty four hour gale in Arapahoe Nebraska causes heavy damage to growing crops and to structures including windmills and buildings, leaving debris and disruption in the area.
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