Germany Accepts Peace Terms At Versailles In 1919 Pact
At Versailles the Big Four outline a treaty harsher than expected. Alsace Lorraine goes to France, Danzig freezes under international oversight, and Poland gains portions of Silesia and West Prussia. Germany loses colonies, ships are limited, and reparations begin at 20 billion marks. Leaders debate enforcement and trials.
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Versailles
Europe
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Lorraine
France
Rhine
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Poland
Germany
Poepen
West Prussia
Vistula
Sarre
League of Nations
Belgium
Malmedy
Eupen
Prussia
China
Japan
Morocco
Egypt
Mst
Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel Canal
Denmark
William
Train Hits Car Near Henry Kills One Injures One
C. A. Liljenstorp of Scottsbluff is killed when his car is struck at a railroad crossing near Henry. Frank McCarter of Bayard is seriously injured and held at death's door. The Burlington passenger train No. 32 struck the auto as it crossed the track. The two men were notable Platte Valley residents returning from a trip.
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C. A. Liljenstorp
Scottsbluff
Frank McCarter
Bayard
Henry
Tor
Dorin Peeni Ie
Burlington
Liljenstorp
McC
Potash Highway meeting set for Anselmo in June
Several hundred people are expected at the Potash Highway association meeting in Anselmo on Monday June 2. Delegations from towns along the Burlington route from Grand Island to Alliance will attend. Gov McKelvie State Engineer Johnson and other prominent Nebraskans are invited to speak.
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Potash Highway Association
Anselmo
Burlington
Grand Island
Alliance
Good Roade Boosters
Nebraska
Gov. McKelvie
Johnson
G. E. Condra
Lec'y Smyth
Omaha Automobile Club
Omaha Business Men Visit Alliance on Western Trip
Alliance courted by Omaha Chamber of Commerce Trade Extension Committee as over one hundred businessmen plan a May itinerary through western Nebraska and adjacent states. The special train will stop at forty five towns with time for networking and a twenty five piece brass band. The Alliance stop is set for Monday May 19 with details to follow in The Herald.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Herald
Clever Swindler Gave a Bad Check in Alliance
Clint Ewing of Alliance known traveling man is short $900 after selling his Buick six cylinder to a man named Rank who paid with a bad check drawn on Broadwater Bank. The purchaser drove off in the car and vanished and authorities are searching for the stranger and the vehicle.
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Clint Ewing
Hank
Broadwater
Alliance
Clint
Rank
Annual Convention of Western Nebraska Christian Churches Closes
The three day meeting at the local Christian church ended with J J Langston of Sidney delivering “The Immortality of Thought.” State and national speakers included A D Harmon, Wm Oeschger, Paul Rains, Cora Henry, H H Utterback, and Walter Rundin. Delegations came from Scottsbluff Gering and Mitchell. Next year’s convention will be in Sidney.
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Christian Churches of
Western
Nebraska
Christian Churches
J. J.langston
Sidney
Stae
A. D. Harmon
Commer University
Wm. Oeschger
Nebraska Christian Missionary Society
Paul Rains
Omaha
Cora Henry
Lincoln
Nebraska Christian Woman's Board
H. H. Utterback
Scottsbluff
Walter C. Rundin
Mitchell
Gering
Alliance
Stephnn J. Epler
Entertaining Church
Fagles Plan New Alliance Block on Box Butte Ave
The Alliance Eagles sell a two story brick building on Fourth Street and plan a three story block on Box Butte Avenue north of Lowry Henry Garage. Front areas to rent for mercantile business, rear and third floor for aerie club rooms. Victory Loan bonds urged to fund the project.
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Butts Avenue
Alliance Eagles
Fourth Street
Newberry Hardware
Aerue
Box Butte Avenue
Lowry & Henry Garage
Elke
Aerie Club
The
Whiffet War Tank Roams Alliance Streets
A Whiffet war tank toured Box Butte avenue with Sergeant Ed Reardon guiding, Captain Jack Miller handling the machine gun, and John Guthrie directing from the cupola while hundreds of boys crowded around. Guthrie announced Box Butte county’s Victory Loan drive and noted the peace pact discussions at Versailles. The vehicle later resumed its journey westward as recruiting activity surged locally with several Nebraska men enlisting for France and the air service.
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Alliance
Box Butte Avenue
Ed. Reardon
Jack Miller
John Guthrie
Box Butte
Guthrie
Alliance Herald
Versailles
President Calls Extra Session for May 19th
President Woodrow Wilson issued a cable proclamation from Paris calling Congress to an extraordinary session in Washington on May 19th. The move follows Secretary Glass, urging rapid financial legislation, with officials noting a possible presidential return for treaty consideration. Republican senators have set a party conference in Washington on May 14th.
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Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Congress of the United States
Washington
Glass
Potash outlook brightens on Nebraska deposits and policy shifts
Developments last week boost potash prospects as western Nebraska lake deposits near Antioch Lakeside and Hoffland begin reduced output. A Wilson call for an extra session May 191? and anticipated favorable legislation for potash and allied industries loom. Food administration blocking French potash imports until new laws pass, fertilizer makers to buy potash after June 1, easing Nebraska stocks in the east and south.
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Lakeside
Hoffland
Great Lake
Nebraska
the Herald
International News Service
Wilson
Congress
France
The
Food Administration
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Special Session of Nebraska Grand Lodge in Alliance
A special Grand Lodge session of Nebraska L O O F met in Alliance with officers including Grand Master J W MecKissick and Deputy N G Radcliffe. Nine new members joined Alliance Lodge No 136 after an initiatory degree by Hemmegford. District meeting of northwestern I C O F lodges preceded the banquet at the Silver Grill.
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Grand Lodge of
Nebraska
Alliance
Grand Lodge
J. W. MecKissick
Beatrice
N. G. Radcliffe
Benkelman
Charles Naylor
Chadron
J. P. Gage
Fremont
Whitman
Antioch
Hemingford
Alliance Lodge No. 136
Hemmegford Lodge
Joe Harvey
F.W. Hicks
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Montana
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War For Democracy
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Set
Redmon
Des Moines
James C. Lake
Sterling
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Wm. T. Bedwell
Air Service
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Texas
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Field Artillery
O. F. Grand Lodge
Kid Fellows
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