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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1905
Page
4
The piece advocates building a new hospital in Alliance and proposes measures to remove burglars through local visits by Judge West. It suggests planting potatoes as a payoff and critiques calls for partisan primaries versus nonpartisan primaries presenting two candidates.
After months of upheaval Peabody and Adams were removed from office and Lieutenat Governor McDonald elected. Citizens face an uncertain path as Colorado seeks stable leadership and governance.
Citizens fill ballots last Thursday night casting votes for men of their choice for public office dispelling doubts about the advisability of the direct primary avatem.
In Sukemax Wyoming residents argue over funding a new 820000 Carnegie library. The piece compares Sukemax to Alliance and urges asking a millionaire philanthropist to fund it now. It contends many locals have no respectable place to spend time other than saloons.
The writer urges adopting a system where voters use a blank ballot provided by election judges and mark their choice. Those who cannot write or lack interest to complete a ticket should not vote, arguing it would improve the primary process.
William Warner wins a Missouri Senate seat as a compromise measure adopted just before adjournment. The Missouri legislature had stalled for two months over who should be senator, highlighting the push for direct vote legislation.
Citizens warn that an epidemic of typhoid fever could strike the town due to contaminated cess pools and soil water. A chemical analysis shows the town water unsafe for railroad dining cars, urging immediate sewerage construction to avert disaster.
The article notes Hon. Moses I Kin kaid influenced Interior Department decisions to reserve eight to ten miles square of rough land north of the Niobrara river for a national military manoeuvre training area. It mentions the Northwestern Railway possibly building a temporary yard at Thatcher near Valentine to store hundreds of sleepers for troop transport.
Alliance residents bustle with visits from Mra Jules Zhinden under care, Anton Uhrig in town, and Judge Westover convening a district court. Local businesses expand with a new delivery wagon, a Norton block confectionery, and hardware firm changes as families travel, host gatherings, and plan trips to Denver and Hot Springs.
A Sheridan telegram reports the court refused Buffalo Bill Cody a divorce from his wife citing no sufficient evidence for a decree.
The Carpenter Dramatic Company stage version of The Little Outcast at Phelan Opera House on Saturday night. Javera leads the cast and the company is praised as one of the best on the road. Advance tickets recommended to secure admission.
In Hemingford on Thursday March 16, at the Norwegian church north of Berea, Hans Hansen and Annie Nordness were married. Rev. Schultz of Hemingford’s German Lutheran church officiated in English, with bridesmaids Tillie Logan and Olga Moe and groomsmen John and Will Johnson assisting.
The wedding of the groom and bride took place despite inclement weather. Guests from friends and family gathered at the church and later at Mr Andrew Lo Johnsons residence for a fine wedding dinner with music and dancing. Countless presents were given as the couple prepares to settle at their new ranch home three and a half miles southeast of Hemingford, Nebraska.
Lists per churches and pastors with regular Sunday services and times. Includes Methodist Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran and German Lutheran denominations with locations, service hours, and leaders.
Notice is given that the following titled soldier filed intent to make final proof hearings before the Register and Receiver at Alliance Nebraska on April 24 1905 for Homestead entries. Witnesses listed include residents from Hemingford and Rushville Nebraska to prove continuous residence and cultivation. Names and locations stated: George W Watch Hemingford Neb and others.
Public notice announces two separate sheriff sales under court orders. First, in Box Butte County, Nebraska, Special Master Geo H Thummel will sell at the Altinon County Court House on April 1 at 5 p.m. for cash the Chestnut property in section 31 township 24 north range 49 west. Second, in Alliance, Box Butte County, the west front door of the county courthouse will host an April 1 sale at 1 p.m. to satisfy an order of sale in favor of Andresen Hardware Co. against Arkfeld et al for 2410 plus costs.
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