Box Butte Hospital Opens in Alliance Nebr April 1 1908
Box Butte Hospital announces opening in Alliance Nebraska on April 1 1908 to provide general and surgical care. Dra Churchill and Thornton will staff two physicians with maternity ward and special rates for lodge maintained patients. Rates set at 1 to 25 dollars per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box Butte Hospital
Alliance
Nebr
Dra. Churchill
Thornton
Churchill
Lodges
Box Burrk Hospital
Gertrude E. Churchill
Contributions to Sisters' Academy Record
A summary of funds received for the Sisters' Academy listing partial payments and names of payers. The committee continues collecting and will publish weekly totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters’ Academy
Sisters
Temperance Meetings Announced At Opera House
Special notice invites attenders to temperance meetings at the opera house starting next Sunday evening March 6. It promises good music with a program led by Prof. H. H. Reimund and featuring L. C. Hazelton, a ladies double quartette, and a closing chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
H. H. Reimund
O Love Divine
L. C. Hazelton
Stream Horse Sale Attracts Large Attendance In Creston
The Stream sale of registered stallions by Frank L. Stream of Creston Iowa at Spry barns drew a strong crowd. Absent the owner his brother and Banka Wilson ran the bidding with RK M Hampton as clerk. Prices ranged with several horses sold to buyers including Canton Ohio Grayson Nebraska Alliance Allanon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Stream
Creston
Iowa
R. L. Shetler
Canton
T. Smith
Grayson
Nebr
Brown
Wrade
Mr. Squires
Cleman
Alsok
B. HH
Watkins
Alliance
Bay
Arthur Team Gardner
Allanon
W.1
Sturgeon
Allianon
Jack Shire
Arthur Hubbell
Minature
Duck Bay Shire
Joe Manion
Marple
Ln May
Bay Shire
C Sollenberger
All
Mrs Rem Hood Jr Improves. Nurse Returns to Chadron
The letter notes Mrs Hood Jr is much improved and a trained nurse returned to Chadron while Dr Geo Hand goes to Alliance. Myrtle fought pneumonia with tender care and medical aid at Hay Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rem Hood Jr
Chadron
Geo
Myrtle
Hay Springs Enterprise
Social Gatherings Highlight Fortnightly Club and Hancock Event
The Fortnightly Study club met with Miss Misa Maudie Spacht on Saturday with guests treated to delicacies and warm thanks. At Mrs. J A Hunter’s, ladies worked on fancy projects while listening to music, followed by a four course luncheon. Residents at Mr and Mrs C B Hancock’s held a surprise party with cards dancing and music. Prizes awarded for cards and gifts included silverware and a smoker set as a farewell to Spearfish South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Maudie Spacht
Miss Spacht
J. A. Hunter
C. B. Hancock
J. Burns
Froeshla
Mr. Hancock
Mrs. Hancock
Spearfish, S. D
Uncle Zeke Mabin Goes To Omaha For Artificial Limb
Uncle Zeke Mabin rode through Alliance bound for Omaha to obtain an artificial limb after losing both arm and leg to blood poison. His son Edward Mabin accompanied him. a coal mine accident years ago left him crushed near death, yet he endures with tenacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeke Mabin
Alliance
Omaha
Mr. Mabin
Edward Mabin
Easter Millinery and Visiting Notables
Uncle Zed Goodwin visited his son from Alliance Tuesday. Roy Cleavenger came from Alliance for Sunday with his parents. Noah Shawver and family toured from Alliance, returning Tuesday. Harve Goodenough, now running a billiard hall in St. Paul, Nebraska, visited his brother east of town and plans a new billiard parlor in Grand Island after construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zed Goodwin
Alliance
Mitchell Index
Noah Shawver
Noah
Mitchell
Harve Goodenough
St. Paul
Nebraska
George
Grand Island
Mullen Tribune
Real estate transfers reported by Baldridge Bonded Abstracters
A set of real estate transfers listed by Baldridge Bonded Abstracters includes multiple parcel changes such as Nettle Wicks to Leroy W Whipple and Lincoln Land Co to James Dobry with additions to parcels on various avenues. Transfers involve various lots and tracts with stated values and exchanges among individuals and firms including Allan, Forest Lumber Co, Hamilton Hall, and P M Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AF Baldridge
Nettle Wicks
Leroy W. Whipple
Allan
Lincoln Land Co
James Dobry
Bik Y. Sheridan
Allianee
Harry
Merce
Hamilton Hall
Harry H. Pierce
Sch
P. M. Knight
Wilford Reed
Nebraska
Jones
Deuli Te Loos McLaughlin
Lope
Wyoming Ave
Notice of Election in Alliance Nebraska 1908
Notice states an election on Tuesday April 14 for mayor treasurer clerk and engineer in Alliance Nebraska with a council seat. Polls open from 7 am to 7 pm at the fad store of Jerry Howan in First Ward City Hall Second Ward in the county and state election. Official county clerk WG Barnes signs the notice dated March 16 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Howan
Tlty Hall
Alliance
Hox Hale
Nebraska
Idcity
Flewnae
Bannes
Olty Clark
Taft campaign spending and naval policy sparks in Washington
A Washington narrative outlines Taft campaign spending estimates reaching $750,000 to $800,000 as committees travel nationwide to secure the nomination. It notes presidential yacht expenditures, tariff battles, and pressures on Congress to fund paper and naval interests, with warnings about standpatters delaying tariff reform until after the next inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
New York
Cincinnati
United States
Columbus
House
Senate
Kentucky
Congress
Chicago Tribune
New York World
Philadelphia North American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Roosevelt
Republican Congress
Hame
Committee On
Serena Myne
Dialsell
Pennsylvania
Protection
Moaher
Nick Longworth
Ohio
Champ Chirk
Washington, D.C
Neb Lincoln Statue Fund Aims for 25000 From Nebraskans
News announces the Abraham Lincoln Centennial Memorial association of Nebraska seeks 25000 to erect a state capital statue. The plan urges donations from all Nebraskans and calls on Civil War veterans and local patriots to canvass communities for funds, with a target of 26000 eventually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Abraham Lincoln
Nebraska
Evangelist Attacked in Utica Nebraska Street Assault
Rev. F. A Miller a Lincoln based evangelist was assaulted by about twenty men on his way to the depot in Utica Nebraska. He was seriously injured after criticizing Kensington activities including card playing. Miller said he condemned such practices and would remain in town. The mob believed he called the women indecent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Neb
F. A Miller
Lincoln
Kensington
Miller
Kensingtons
North Platte Mayor Held In Liquor Case
Anti-Saloon League actions lead to arrests against North Platte mayor Dr. Nicholas McCabe and resort proprietor Josephine Owens. Police seized liquor from the mayor's drug store including a barrel and several kegs. McCabe faces eight counts for selling liquor without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
Neb
Anti-Saloon League
Nicholas McCabe
Josephine Owens
Lizzie Gaunt
Prairie Fire Threatens Halsey Depot in March Blaze
Prairie fire swept northeast of Halsey Nebraska forcing guards to be plowed to protect the town. High winds pushed flames toward the depot within fifty feet before swift citizen action diverted the fire. The blaze moved east burning hard toward Dunning if winds remain strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey
Neb
Dunning
Kansas Refining Co seeks edge over Santa Fe rates
A Kansas Co-Operative Oil Refining Company representative filed a complaint with the Nebraska railroad commission alleging excessive oil freight rates from Kansas points to Superior Nebraska. The case targets the Santa Fe with 22 per car for a nine mile Weber Kansas to Superior haul compared with 21 for Chanute to Weber 236 miles. Later Lincoln reports show C W Trickett of Kansas City Kansas opening Prohibition campaigning, detailing saloon closures and mercantile association data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Kansas Co-Operative Oil Refining Company
Chanute
Nebraska Railroad Commission
Kansas Points
Superior
Neb
Nebraska
Santa Fe
Weber
Kan
Two Children Die in Nebr Barn Fire
In Geneva Nebraska on March 23 two Hoff children ages four and six perished in a barn fire believed started by playing with matches. Their mother discovered the blaze too late to rescue them. In Lincoln on March 23 Mrs Helen Horn died of natural causes after a lengthy estate dispute with her sisters over a large bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Neb
John Hoff
Horn
Lincoln
Helen Horn
Shevalier
Chicago
Kinkaid Works on Amendments to Nebraska Homestead Bill
Congressman Kinkaid secures committee support for two amendments to the Nebraska one section homestead act known as the Kinkaid law. One section allows entrymen to credit improvements on old entries, while the other exempts appraised lands of Fort Sheridan and Fort McPherson reservations from payment. Senator Burkett pursues a US reservation to preserve Fort Kearney with the Nebraska Historical Association backing the effort and a planned Senate resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Kinkaid
Washington
Kinkaid
Committee On Public Lands
Nebraska
Old Fort Sheridan Military Reservation
Sheridan County
Old Fort McPherson
Railroad Workers Seek Hearing on Freight Rates in Nebraska
Lincoln March 24 The railway commission plans a hearing on freight rates and a protest from F M Ryan Lincon Burlington engineer and F H Crosby Burlington conductor asks admission of railway employees to protest rate reductions. They aim to notify all state employees to attend. The commission will hear arguments before final rate action and ordered railroad and express firms to provide bills of lading on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Railway Commission
Nebraska
F. M. Ryan
Burlington
Linccoln
Ryan
F. H. Crosby
State Railway Commission
Railroad and Express
Supreme Court Holds Saloon Keepers Accountable for Deaths
The Nebraska Supreme Court declares liquor dealers indirectly responsible for deaths and allows damages. One case awards a widow compensation for her husband’s death from debauchery in David City. The Willow Springs Brewery of Omaha is found liable for a boy’s death after becoming intoxicated there, then wandering onto railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Supreme Court
David City
Willow Springs
Omaha
Ryder Inspects Public Buildings in Minnesota Cities
Lincoln March 23 Colonel John J. Ryder deputy labor commissioner inspected Fairmont school facilities and met with the school board. He found hazards at the Aurora opera house including inadequate exits and jumble under the stage lighting by lamps. He ordered four fire escapes and rear openings. At a hotel he saw a wood platform exit and rope egress on upper floors. In St Paul he ordered the school heating plant moved or proper exits provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryder
Lincoln
John J. Ryder
Fairmont
St. Pauls
Aurora
St. Paul
Fire Breaks Out in Omaha Theater
Fire swept the Jewel theater in Omaha on March 23 as about 200 spectators fled during a performance. Officials and staff controlled the crowd, preventing panic while films worth thousands of dollars burned and nearby stores sustained damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Theater
Omaha
Jewel Theater
McDonald Elected President of Lincoln Traction Company
Telegraphs from New York report J W McDonald of Lincoln elected president of the Lincoln Traction company. He succeeds M L Scudder of New York and the company headquarters will be moved to Lincoln.
Lincoln Signs Pitcher Gus Bonno to Lincoln Club
Lincoln owner Guy W. Green buys pitcher Gus Bonno from the Washington American League team. The sale secures Bonno for the Lincoln baseball club, announced March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Bonno
Guy W. Green
Lincoln Baseball Club
Gus Bonno
Washington
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Thomas Regan
Pat Nolan
Sehr Times
John Doran
D Morris
Anna Welch
T. Carey
F. Mc W.laeenaeen
T. Richstein
John Brennan
John Riley
Regan’s
Roy Cleavenger
Mullen
Richard HM. Watkins
George Kiampe
MR. Taft
Naval Establishment
Willis J. Abbot
Ciy
Hampton Roads
Vicksburg
Miss
Potomac
William
Emperor William
Lord Tweedmouth
England
Army and Navy Club
Germany
Lts
Army
Navy
News OF Nebraska
Fund For Lincoln
Evangelist
F. A. Miller
Sand Hills
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