Red Cross Day Raises 1875 At Alliance Event
Alliance residents joined a patriotic parade and concert by the Funston band on Main street. A bird relay fundraiser and dances at the Elks club backed Red Cross efforts, with donations, subscriptions, and a flag totaling 1875 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funston
Red Cross
Main Street
Elks’ Club
Thelma Waddell
Valentine Lawrence
Artie Leigh
The
Coursey
Riordan
Isaacson
Harper
Herald
Bootlegger hunt continues as Alliance arrests six men
Alliance authorities pursue the source of illegal whiskey amid a Thursday night roundup. Six men including Sidney Williams and Vern Musser face charges for drunkenness and possession. several witnesses link bootleggers traveling from Wyoming to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Railroad
Sidney Williams
Newcastle
Wyoming
Burlington
Roberts
James Keeley
Ed Cramer
George Hough
Pat Smith
Vern Musser
Keeley
Antioch
John Barleycorn
Vern
Musser
City Health Notice Urges Clean-up Ahead of Warm Weather
Alliance announces a general city clean-up May 18 to 18 to remove filth and rubbish. The Board of Health warns that disease from flea breeding places will rise with warmth and urges cooperation to avoid fines and business suspensions. Flies threaten homes and sleeping children. remove clutter to eliminate breeding sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Board of Health
Famous Herd of Cattle to be Sold in Gordon Valley
P. H. Young of Valentine will sell a high grade Herford herd on his Gordon valley ranch twenty miles south of Valentine on Tuesday May 21. The sale offers free transport to stockmen, a free noon lunch, and the worst cow of the day will be donated to the Red Cross. The event follows sixteen years of selective breeding and a culling of common cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Young
Valentine
Gordon Valley
Mr. Young
West
Red Cross
Organized Antioch Odd Fellows Lodge Established
Antioch lodge No. 386 1. O. O. F. formed in a potash city with a growing membership and strong future. Grand Master E A Carr Grand Secretary I P Gage Grand Junior Warden J R Snyder and District Deputy H M Grimes led the installation and officers included Wahl Edmonds and Fairfield with Hicks from Alliance assisting. A banquet followed, served by Antioch Red Cross ladies and chaired by Lloyd Thomes.
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Antioch
Potash City
Nebraska
E. A. Carr
Lincoln
I. P. Gage
Fremont
J. R. Snyder
Alliwance
H. M. Grimes
Hemingford
Wahl
N. G
Edmonds
W. G
Fairfield
Noble Grand Hicks
Allence Lodge
Baneunet
Eiven
Antioch Hed Crosa
Lloyd Thomes
Allance
Mother's Day Celebration and Its Origins in 1918
The article outlines Mother's Day as the second Sunday in May with origin to Miss Anna Jarvis. It highlights praise for mothers, the white carnation as memory flower, and quotes Jarvis on motherhood’s role in shaping sons and nations. It notes widespread official recognition and support from governors and presidents amid World War I rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Miss Jarvis
Belgium
Association
Taft
Roosevelt
Wilson
Unusual Friday Evening High School Play at Imperial
The WI Senior class presents Back to the Farm at the Imperial theater on Friday night. The play follows a young American seeking education with college adventures and humor reflecting American life. Class members will perform specialty numbers between acts and a $1 prize is offered for finding errors in the data program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Theater
Robinson
Red Cross Drive Starts Next Week In Alliance
The National Red Cross drive begins Saturday May 18 at noon with a parade in Alliance led by E G Laing. Local groups including home guards fire department lodges and Red Cross women join the march. A mothers division with service flag and Red Cross banner will lead. District quota is 8000 with Harry Gantz as district chairman. Parade units meet Friday night.
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Lne
National Committee
Red Cross
Sted Cross
Alliance and District
Harry Gantz
Alliance
Laing
Auto Bus Overturns on Slippery Road West of Hoffland
A Ford auto bus carrying five passengers and the driver overturned on a steep grade about a mile west of Hoffland after heavy rain and snow made the road slick. Two passengers sustained injuries, including a man with a severely wrenched shoulder and Lon Shephard’s young daughter. The injured were treated at Hoffland hospital and later moved to Alliance by another auto bus. Passengers blamed the road conditions. the driver was not at fault.
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Hoffland
Lon Shephard
Lakeside Boosters
Ben
Texas Potatoes In Fine Shape Ready For Ship
The 1917 potato crop in Box Butte County remains mostly with farmers and brewers. Some carloads must rot or be used for seed or hog feed unless a starch and flour factory opens locally. Texas reports good acreage at Eagle Lake Simonton and Wharton and May harvests begin May 10. Chicago notes a down market but signs of firmness with Wisconsin stock and rising bids. Advertising campaigns push greater potato consumption ahead of new crops.
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Box Butte
Brower
Packer
Eagle Lake
Tex
Simonton and
Wharton
Chicago
Illa
Bureau of Markets
Colorado
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Maine
Ranch Sale to Aid Red Cross Auction Near Ellsworth
Dr A G Emerson plans to join the Army and sells his Ellsworth area ranch four miles northeast of Ellsworth with over 200 head of stock and ranch equipment. Red Cross lunch at 11 and a benefit raffle including a pig geese a gun will support the Ellsworth Red Cross. Colonel Coursey of Alliance to officiate.
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A. G. Emerson
Sam
Ellsworth
Red Cross Ladies of
Red Cross
Coursey
Alliance
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Funston Band
Ponse
Court House
Fair Grounds
Tech
Stafford
J. B. Sallows
Box Butte Avenue
Kansas
L. L. Lozier
Georgia Canfield
Gladys Sheridan
Wilma Bruce
Bertha Wilson
Gertrude McHugh
Opal Russell
Devona Dickinson
Eva Crocker
Alva Reed
Hazel Johnson
Pauline Peters
Mabel Clayton
Mesdames Sue Neiland
Lloyd Thomas
Ed Crammer
Crammer
Fords
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department
ODD Fellows Lodge
Bership and Bright Prospects
Ford Auto
Texas
Box Butte County
the Kaiser
Mock
Kle
Army
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