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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
1
The Alliance harness race meet entries close June 15 for races on June 23 to 25, with many strong entrants and a large running-horse influx expected. Entries include Roma Dee, Queen Arian, Daily Direct, Easter Coin, Armado, and more from Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming as officials draft eligibility queries.
Unclear tonight with showers possible as a front passes. Saturday expected with variable clouds and warmer temperatures than tonight. Monitoring local conditions for precipitation and temperature changes.
Saturday marks the opening of the Lowry and Henry garage with an open house from 9 am to about midnight. Visitors may tour the large building or wander at will while Wiker's orchestra provides roof garden music for a dance. Everyone is invited and many are expected.
The June 24 boxing card's ticket sales are strong with over twenty sold at Thiele's Drug Store and orders from multiple towns. Elks delegates and regional groups have booked substantial seats while roof garden capacity is limited to 1200, prompting early selection. Cole McElroy's orchestra will back the week long show starting at 7 45 pm with a 10 pm finish. main event winners may advance to Jersey City July 1 to face Jack Britton for the welterweight title.
Mayor Rodgers pressed for Nora Taylor to quit leadership of the city police. Taylor said he would resign if asked, noting offers elsewhere and lack of will to fight for his job. Rodgers holds power to discharge city staff as the resignation takes effect at the start of the month.
Mise Rexetta and Ed Gould enter the free-for-all race in Kearney Nebraska as Pedlar Direct promotes the event. Gould returns to the track alongside Rexetta with both aiming for top placement.
Alliance lodge prepares for the ninth annual state Elks convention on June 23 and 24 with a full program including a parade boxing exhibition smoker and vaudeville. Nebraska hosts expand with Chadron and Scotts Bluff additions and officials from Omaha Lincoln and York attend.
Alliance Elks lodge will install a new baby lodge at Chadron with a dispensation from the Grand Lodge. The ceremony is set for June 22 with Alliance Grand Lodge members traveling by train then returning to Crawford and Alliance to attend the State Convention. Chadron Elks plan elaborate entertainment for visiting officers and Elks from Omaha, Lincoln and elsewhere.
The president of the Retail Shoe Dealers Association says price reductions are to apply to ordinary shoes but not to all fancy and ultra fashionable footwear. The statement hints at interpretation concerns and humor about the ultimate wearer’s suspect choices.
Alliance boosters completed a multi city trip visiting Hemme ford Marsland Crawford Ft. Robinson Chadron Hay Springs Rushville Gordon and more. The band led the entourage with concerts boosting public spirit drawing large crowds. Chadron reservations indicate around 100 auto loads plus two Pullman cars will arrive for the Alliance race meet.
E. F. Beaumont an Alliance brake man was knocked from a way car at Seneca Wednesday night by a water crane. He suffered a compound skull fracture and internal injuries. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance and may return to work within weeks.
Dainty Shirley Mason headlines the Imperial tonight in a circus play The Elephant Man. She portrays a lithe waif who, raised by a clown and a life with the circus, becomes the principal rider and falls for the elephant man.
The Fashion Shop installs fixtures worth thousands of dollars completing a redecorating overhaul this week. Enclosed cabinets lighted displays and a new ceiling provide a well arranged space. French fitting rooms and a large show room enhance customer comfort and service.
Weather permitting grading for the paving is set to finish by the end of next week. Side streets slow due to narrow streets and equipment, while the storm sewers and main construction are complete. Curb and gutter crews laid 690 feet yesterday as brick and brick deliveries continue. passersby disrupt the work and a tractor damaged a curb. Alliance visitors will soon see progress.
County police with a search warrant searched Jordan Robinson at 414 Niobrara on Tuesday afternoon looking for alcohol. They found nothing. Robinson told a Herald reporter he is weary of constant surveillance and claimed police have never found anything wrong and may lay off someday.
J A Smith assistant foreman at Burlington yards suffered a paralytic stroke Thursday afternoon in Alliance station. He was taken to the north section house as no hospital vacancies existed and died at 11 p m Thursday. He had just returned from Beardstown Ill where his brother lay gravely ill with the same disease. The body will be taken to Beards town tonight on No 42 for interment.
The Nebraska Stock Growers Association met at Scottbluff for their two day 1920 convention and accepted an invitation from Alliance to host the 1921 gathering in June. Robert Graham of Alliance was reelected president for a sixth term with officers and an extensive Alliance delegation attending. Over two hundred stockmen took part, and speakers from Scottbluff and Denver addressed topics on regulation of packing houses and railroad capabilities to move livestock and farm products.
James E. Wilson sued Charles W. Hawley for 184 dollars with claims for grazed funds oats alfalfa and use of horses and mules. The court awarded 23.50 to Wilson but costs about 60 remain unpaid. Hawley countered with services rendered. twelve witnesses testified and depositions were read from Beverly Massachusetts.
A stark warning notes there is no remedy for a man who assumes a train will not come as he reaches a grade crossing. The line highlights the fatal risk of complacency at rail crossings and urges drivers to stop and look before crossing.
A brief note reflects on the gravity of marriage and the importance of seizing the opportunity when love leads to a union. The sentiment contrasts ceremony with the consequence of missing the chance to wed.
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