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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
1
Seventy five Box Butte farmers kept accounts for 1916 farm management demonstrations. A Hemmeford co operator reported 7500 in net labor income from a 35807 farm capital. Records praised for clarity and simplicity, urging all farmers to maintain ledgers to improve profit and credit and guide investments.
Noted evangelist and lecturer Rev. C. S. Nusbaum of Colorado Springs will begin a revival at the First M. E. Church of Alliance on Sunday March 25. A series of cottage prayer meetings precedes the campaign, and local calendars are urged to avoid conflicts with the revival schedule.
Bridgeport Typographical Union No. 756 printers from Alliance, Bridgeport, Scottsbluff and Gering plan a weekend event in Alliance. A Saturday supper and informal dance at Hamilton Hall will feature music by Mrs Nation. Sunday includes a 9 a.m. union meeting and an 11 a.m. Western Nebraska Publishers Association gathering, followed by a banquet at the Alliance hotel.
Two Burling ton railroad superintendents swap divisions with health concerns cited for Sadler. The line reports one of its heaviest three week tonnages in road history, while Edgemont’s rif-track force adds eight men to handle a surge of bad order cars.
A Nebraska committee of potato growers and county agents plans to meet in Alliance on March 21 to decide the form of a statewide body the Nebraska State Potato Growers Association. The aim is to promote Nebraska potatoes through advertising education seed standards and grower cooperation. Members listed include Enyeart Hemingford Miller Belmont Pedrett Kimball and several from Lincoln Gordon Morrill Rushville Alliance and others.
The article outlines the April 3 1917 city election in Alliance detailing offices to be filled mayor city clerk city treasurer and council seats from wards one two three and four. It lists candidate announcements including Penrose Romig T F Rolfson A LeRoy Gregg Frank Abege Ki L Kibble K G Fleming H P Coursey A G Isaacson George B K Davis W Davidson and F W Harris with notes on petition requirements and term details.
The families of Anna Jeffers J W Miller and J C Jeffers express heartfelt thanks to friends and to the judges for kindness and the beautiful flowers received during the illness and death of their beloved mother and sister.
Charles Conway, a machinist with four years of shop experience, has enlisted in the U S Army aviation section. He joined with seven others and left for Fort Logan. The Alliance recruiting station reports 15 recruits sent to Fort Logan since February 24, with 32 applicants in February and 18 passing physical and mental tests. Sergeant Booth aims to recruit 40 in two months to establish a permanent station with a sergeant and a corporal.
County Agent F M Seidell reports a Saturday conference in Chadron with Sheridan and Dawes agents and Miss Maude Wilson to place a woman in charge of county extension work this summer. Mian Rokhar will lead the program in three counties from April through September with monthly farm-women meetings at homes, focusing on gardens canning and related activities. Seidell requests interested farm women to contact him at telephone 145.
U Ise proprietor Isaacson marks one year in Alliance with a combined anniversary and spring opening sale. He toured New York for selections and promises latest coats suits blouses and shirts at city- level prices. Flowers await every attendee at the event.
Nebraska legislators reopen with vigor in Lincoln after a short break. The House meets at 10 and the Senate at 2, then adjourns Thursday. Friday a party travels to Omaha for stockyards tours and a banquet at the Exchange building, followed by a Greater Omaha auto tour and an 8 oclock stop at the auto show.
County agent F M Seidell explains raising crops above local average boosts farm income when production costs stay manageable. Box Butte data from 1914 15 shows higher crop index links to greater labor income with 50 farms below 100 index and 60 above 100, averaging $817 versus $1 135 for combined years.
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