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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
2
Miller stock numbers 53779 53799 list ladies white canvas slippers and patent leather pumps with varying widths from C to EE. Advertises a large stock of women and girls shoes from $3.00 to $5.00 in leathers Colt gun metal dull kid vi ci kid with heavy or hand turned soles. Orders taken by description and size. Alliance Nebraska.
A flotilla of Crawford and Rushville residents traveled to Alliance for the stockmen's convention with many stopping in Gering and Rushville. Local officials and bankers were noted among the visitors, and Ford cars moved through the week as orders and sales progressed.
Property records show numerous transfers in Alliance including Burt H. Perry to Margaret Riordan and US to John Hickey. Transactions cover lots, blocks, and sections in Wyoming, Second County additions and Evergreen Cemetery plots with prices from 1 to 700 dollars. Several patent and grant entries involve the United States and various individuals including Knight, Duhon, Crawford, and Welch with multiple section descriptions and parcel codes.
Local notice promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy for backache and urinary troubles. It cites Mrs G E Lalidy of Alliance Nebraska praising the product and notes Foster Milburn Co as the U.S. distributor with a price of 50 cents. The ad urges buying Doan's and warns against other remedies.
Nelson Fletcher sells lot percentage in block O Sheridan Addition Alliance Nebraska to George Fein for 10000 dollars. Sale recorded with a 275 dollar fee.
John P Weber died June 16 1912 at Nicholas Senn Hospital Omaha Nebraska from heart disease He was born August 17 1886 in Germany and was 25 years 9 months 29 days old His family moved from Marshalltown Iowa to Box Butte Nebraska in 1886 and settled near Alliance He leaves father and stepmother sister Mrs Carl Kohrman and brothers Peter D Weber and Fred Weber Funeral services were led by the local Odd Fellows lodge at the Methodist church and interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery
The Weinell family extends sincere thanks to friends and Odd Fellows for aid and sympathy during their affliction. They express appreciation for the kindness shown by the community and fellow supporters.
Alliance Lodge 168 I O F records deep loss at the death of beloved brother J. P. Welnell. The t ract expresses tender sympathy to bereaved relatives and urges daily living as the lodge reflects on the member's passing.
Allen Morris announces he is no longer employed by Geo. D. Darling but remains available to serve clients as funeral director and embalmer. He provides phone contact 179 and notes location in Wisconsin.
Lincoln officials report two bronze lamp posts in the form of corn stalks arrived for the Abraham Lincoln monument at a cost of 1500 dollars. The piece includes glass globes and joins other evidence about granite sources in Chicago, with earlier claims about stone quality debated among local observers.
The adjutant general's office weighs whether the national guard can attend maneuvers at Cheyenne Wyoming or hold a state encampment. Taft vetoed the army appropriation bill over riders he rejected, potentially causing funding gaps unless Congress acts before adjournment.
John JL. Ryan and Joseph Pivonka, fire and police commissioners, must stand trial as ouster proceedings proceed under the Sackett law. The Supreme Court overruled objections to jurisdiction. it invalidated the 1912 South Omaha election and appointed Judge Holcomb referee to hear the case.
Water was struck at the penitentiary new well depth thirty two feet with about six feet of water in the well. The flow began roughly six feet above the water and showed smooth stone indicating a good flow.
Piper of the board of charter and correction returns from Mereland where he attended the annual meeting. He was elected corresponding secretary of the national organization which will hold its meeting in Seattle this year.
Rev Levi Snell of Cambridge collapsed and died in the Roberts schoolhouse pulpit northeast of Arapahoe as he spoke to a Dunkard congregation. He was about sixty, long a pioneer figure and former successful auctioneer for Western thoroughbred sales.
Shelton Nebraska June 24 E H Spicer cashier of the Shelton National Bank remains missing after being seen in Lincoln Thursday leaving his auto and boarding a train Bank Examiner Nicholson is auditing the accounts and the amount of the shortage has not been released publicly The bank safety is not believed to be affected as Spicer is owed by his father a Hastings man with substantial wealth Spicer had many friends in the area puzzled by the disappearance
In Curtis Nebraska a thunderstorm struck a wagon carrying Mrs T J Headley, her husband, and Mrs L Fr Headley eight miles north of town. The bolt killed both horses and struck the wagon, killing Mrs Headley and rendering two occupants unconscious. A neighbor found them about an hour later.
Edward Omey, about forty, of two miles from Shelton Nebraska, drowned while fishing at a pond along the Loup River. He went in to retrieve a lost pipe and tangled in barbed wire. His son and brother could not help. The body was recovered an hour later. He leaves a family of modest means.
R Coryell and Miss Sarah Carl, married in Janesville Wisconsin fifty years ago, celebrated their golden wedding at Brock Nebraska. They invited their three children and families who arrived with 150 friends. The crowd outgrew the home and moved to a public hall.
Herbert Barry, held after attempting to rob a hardware store, pleaded guilty before Judge Peterson and was bound over to the district court. A special session may be held to pronounce sentence.
In Table Rock Nebraska on June 24 Judge Raper in Pawnee County district court ruled for the dry side in Norris Ayler petition for a saloon license. The village board had granted the license and the decision followed an appeal to the Pawnee County court.
Mrs Alice Dunn, living with Theodore Griess in Harvard, Nebraska, was found Thursday afternoon in an unconscious state. She remains in a heavy sleep and cannot be awakened.
A Jersey cow seized with rabies near Beatrice Nebraska, proven by Joseph Miller of Glenover, was shot after convulsions. In a panic the animal tore horns off and damaged the manger head amid its frightful behavior.
Humboldt Neb June 24 The district approved bonds of 10000 for an addition to the school building by a 179 to 55 vote. Women voters took an active part in the contest.
An explosion at Havelock on June 22 leveled the town area injuring none reported and wrecking the storehouse and Burlington shops. The blast halted activity in the town while authorities investigated the cause.
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