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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
14
Report on the June 20 and 21 1916 convention at Alliance Nebraska the association headquarters highlighting business transacted number of addresses delivered interest shown and progress on practical lines strong emphasis on the overall success of the meeting and the robust activity in the stock growing sector.
Alliance baseball is practicing under Manager Bob Morgan as Fitcher Maupin leads the lineup. A Sunday clash with Crawford looms after Alliance beat Seneca 8 to 1 last week, with Frank Abegg impressing as a new standout. The Crawford squad is described as fast and ready for what officials expect to be an interesting contest.
The Crawford boxing card on Tuesday June 20 featured Tommy Smith and Art Davis. Smith outboxed Davis in the later rounds to force a 15 round draw, despite Davis having reach and weight advantages. Smith's clever boxing impressed fans who hoped for a decisively Smith victory. Smith is scheduled to box O L Stanley at Ardmore South Dakota July 4 in a fifteen round bout. Also an ad notes a hay contract offering 600 to 700 tons with machinery from Chas E Clough Alliance Nebr.
Blanie Beckwith and Mrs Beckwith, son and wife of Roy Beckwith, reported by letter that they survived the Bear liner wreck off Cape Mendocino last week. The lifeboat capsized, they spent hours in cold water, then reached shore near Capetown California. They lost their baggage and bought new outfits but are grateful to be alive.
President Robert Graham of Alliance leads a roster of officers and executive members for the coming year. Vice President Chas H Tully of Alliance serves as a key official joined by Secretary-Treasurer Chas C Jameson of Ellsworth. The executive slate includes Ed T Ross Gordon B P Meyers Reuben Lisco J H Bachelor Herman Krause J H Monahan A R Modisett E M Eldred John H Orr John Diemer A Metzger A J Abbott Ed M Brass J H Quigley and Daniel Adamson spanning multiple towns.
A Seattle area police chief tracked Donald Glidden who left home January 23 and was last seen in Moscow Idaho. He was located June 15 at the Ellensburg police cell and sent to Laramie to live with his aunt, apologizing in a June 19 letter from Laramie. A free band concert follows at the park Sunday afternoon at 4:30 led by Prof Havlik.
Henry Smith a colored man and Henry H Harmon a white man served two weeks in the county jail for gambling. They paid fines of 25 dollars and costs and 15 dollars and costs after pleading guilty. They had fleeced John O Shigley an Ashby ranchman of 20 dollars when the carnival was in town.
The Nebraska Stock Growers Association held its twenty second annual convention without sports events marking a radical change from prior years. The event drew strong attendance for meetings and lectures, with President Graham praised for the program and several officials presenting on brand inspection and market relations.
Col J B Miller, veteran, calls for sixty five men to join a new company of the Fifth Regiment National Guard in Nebraska. Enlistment at the Commercial Club office with mobilization to Ashland for Mexican service. Governor Morehead orders immediate muster and mobilization toward federal service.
The Imperial shows a screen version of Intex Beach story The Neer-Do-Well featuring Kathryn Williams Eugenie Besserer Wheeler Oakman Jack McDonald Frank Clark and others. A Selig company visited Panama to capture the atmosphere for this plot driven drama. Friday evening Omaha Concert Company appears as a guaranteed attraction. TEMPERANCE PROGRAM Sunday June 25 at 8 p m Baptist church includes music opening prayer scripture reading short temperance talks papers and closing prayer. Mrs M M Reynolds is ill and confined to home this week.
A well dressed smooth talking stranger cashed checks under the name Frank Weaver after selling magazine subscriptions with offers like 4.60 value for 1.50. He targeted Alliance ladies, received cash, left pasteboard receipts, and disappeared as police and locals pursued him. Several Omaha farm paper solicitors were cleared in a city roundup.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rowan returned Tuesday from a five week trip covering 3230 miles in a Studebaker. They visited Osceola Lincoln Omaha and Port Huron and spent days in Civano Chicago and Port Farnia. They left Detroit on June 11 and drove to Kearney Nebraska before finishing home.
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