Boxers Al Marker and Tommy Eddy Set to Clash June 16
Omaha’s Tommy Eddy will meet Denver’s Al Marker in a 138 pound bout on June 16 as part of Alliance’s third Legion boxing program. Both fighters boast winning records and strong punching power, promising a high crowd turnout. The card features Wyland versus Connor and Chadron’s Yeager versus Demith of Crawford in supporting matches.
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Tommy Eddy
Omaha
al Marker
Denver
Third Legion
Wyland
Connor
Chadron Appalii
Yeager
Kid" Demith
O'Connor
Dotson
Alliance
Local Mechanic Builds High Power Airplane Motored Racer
Ed Slaughter known as Spark Plug Kiddie completes an airplane motored racing car for Carl Belk at George Breckner's welding shop. The Sturtevant motor delivers 140 horsepower with high pressure oiling, six inch clearance limits transport by truck. Designer Spark Plug Eddie will drive, Belk acts as mechanic. first trial in Bridgeport race Sunday.
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Ed Slaughter
Carl Belk
George Breckner
Bridgeport
Spark Plug Eddie
Slaughter
Plane Motors
Packard Company
Unions Plan Strike Vote On Wage Cut For Rail Workers
B M Jewell of the AFL railroad department says a 13.2 percent wage reduction on 400,000 workers, effective July 1, will fall below a living wage. He expects a vote before accepting the cut and plans a Chicago conference with other unions. Dissenters on the railroad labor board argue the pay change ignores families needs.
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B. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
A. O. Wharton
Albert Phillips
W. L. McMenimen
Yarc&k
Religious services and instruction listed for Lutheran and Episcopal churches
Lutheran service Sunday morning at 10 30 with Sunday school at 10 o'clock Pastor F Droegemueller. Episcopal service includes Holy communion at 9 am Sunday school at 10 am and solemn communion at 11 am Subject of Instruction Religion and Radio No evening service Rev Andrew O Dodge
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F. Droegemueller
Andrew O, Dodge
Birthday Social Heavy Rain Dampens Attendance
The annual Wednesday birthday social drew a smaller crowd due to rain. The city band provided music, donations to be received next Sunday morning, likely around one hundred dollars, with all Sunday services unchanged. In the evening the Concert Orchestra of Mr. Mann will perform a full sacred program with no admission. the orchestra gets half the loose offerings. The building committee ordered circular birch pews with dark mahogany finish from Theodore Kouitz, via Glen Miller, arriving around August first for the new church auditorium.
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Howes
Mann
Theodore Kouitz
Glen Miller
Feast of Blessed Memory Sermon at Church of Christ
The Church of Christ announces Sundays services with a sermon titled The Feast of Blessed Memory focusing on the Lord's Supper. Evening Children’s Day program and a world wide evangelism offering are planned. The contest with Scottbluff continues with a 550 point prize at stake next Sunday.
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Irwin
Fosdick
Scottabluff
Scottsbluff
Baptist Church Notes and Upcoming Activities
The church expects Northwest Baptist association delegates this Sunday and plans a June convention in Alliance. Prayer meeting moves to 7 PM, B Y P A outing to Broncho Lake, and trips to Awate and the Black Hills are in planning. A sermon series on Abraham begins next Sunday with evening topics on the Shepherd's Psalm.
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Aoe
Sapere
Howard Lotsich
Northwest Baptist Association
Broncho Lake
Awate
Black Hills Arer
Abraham
B. J. Minort
Curing JoWannie's Birthday Cigar Doubt Raises Change
Joannie suspects Tom smoked a birthday cigar. He admits the gift remains unused, planning to save them until their Johnnie is ready to learn smoking.
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Tom
Johnnie
Boston Transcript
Englishman Buys Berlin Bank in Odd Exchange
A misread comment from the Boston Transcript depicts an Englishman entering a Berlin bank and offering eight sovereigns to exchange for marks, prompting the manager to greet him. The fragment suggests a humorous or cryptic vignette about currency and pride.
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Berlin
Adsrt Hiemia Sekt
Gentleman's Bought Bank
Boston Transcript
City Manager's Corner Details Sewer Fixes and School Board Plans
City Manager explains sewer problems from a small stop sewer and plans to extend and fund a larger system. He cites potential $5000 to $9000 costs, uncollected past assessments, and a $12000 warrant. School board discussions include extending sewers across the high school block to Twelfth Street and temporary Grand View school connections. A four inch water main will run along Grand avenue to serve the new Grand View block.
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Box Butte
Big Horn Avenue
St.one Academy
Twelfth Street
Grand View School
Grand Avenue
Grand View
Stough Reports Freight Rate Hearing Ties Alliance to Omaha Session
Dale P. Stough of Grand Island says Alliance and western Nebraska supporters backed cattle freight rate adjustments at the Omaha Burlington hearing. He notes testimony by Robert Graham and M r s Marks set the community’s stance, with 15 to 20 witnesses and numerous exhibits. Briefs are due by July 6 as the case advances. He also attended a Lincoln hearing on Box Butte county’s 30 000 franchise tax assessment for the telephone company.
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Alliance
Western
Nebraska
Omaha
Burlington
Dale P. Stough
Grand Island
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Robert Graham
Stough
Chamber of Commerce
Graham
Marks
Ord
Lincoln
Box Butte County
State Board
Public Notice Open for Inspection at Chamber Office
The document is on file in the office of the chamber of commerce and can be inspected by anyone interested.
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The
Chamber of Ecommerce
Getting It Straight A Southern Lecturer Reflects on Teaching
An excerpt from The Outlook quotes a southern lecturer recalling teaching in the Tennessee mountains after college. He recounts a conversation where a student objects to going somewhere, and the speaker uses a grammar lesson to illustrate collective refusal. The exchange highlights dialect and teaching experiences in rural Appalachia.
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Tennessee Mountains
If conditions continue as they are the public will go to jail
A short quote from the New York Tribune warns that ongoing conditions could force the public to jail to escape criminals. The remark frames crime and citizens’ safety as a rising crisis.
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New York
Ribune
The Call of the Wild and the Squall of the Child
A poetic line contrasts instinctive calls with a child’s cry that can halt momentum. It critiques a politician who rises to speak amid harsh, blunt rhetoric aimed at his audience.
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