Alliance Guards organized to offer citizen military training
Post M traveler's Protective Association members met at city hall to form The Alliance Guards a training company for citizens. Chairman 8. W. Thompson and secretary RK C Strong named a committee to draft constituting bylaws. Next meeting May 26 at city hall with plans to seek a firearms training permit and public addresses by notable officials.
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Travelera Protective Association
Ity Halls
Alliance Guards
W. Thompson
RK. C. Strong
Lloyd Thomas
H. M. Bushnell, Jr
Jack Hawes
KE. G. Laing
E. Tash
Judge I. E. Tash
Geo. A. Heilman
Conservative meeting in Omaha to aid Nebraska industries
The welfare and conservation meetings will be held at the Municipal Auditorium in Omaha Nebraska from the evening of May 22 through Friday. Officials urge attendance by all who can to gain assistance for all industries in the state.
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Municipal Auditorium
Omaha
Neb
Alliance Canning School Plans June Sessions
Alliance will host a canning school on June 22 and 23 to train women and girls to teach others how to can vegetables and fruits. The Extension Service of the University plans canning schools in 27 towns to drill recruits and boost Nebraska’s home canning knowledge for a larger winter reserve. Maud Wilson of the Extension Service notes housewives will plant gardens to meet food shortages, with emphasis on potatoes beans and cabbage stored in a vegetable cellar.
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Alliance
Agricultural Extension Service
Nebraska
Nebrska
Maud Wilson
Extension Service
University Farm
Lincoln
Beatrice
Bridgeport
Broken Bow
Chadron
Columbus
Fremont
Geneva
Hastings
Holdrege
Kearney
Kimball
Canning Schools Aimed at Nebraska Women This Summer
The program expands acreage for beans spinach tomatoes and corn and requires participants to teach others. Two day sessions cover hands on canning with demonstrations and discussions. Enrollment costs cover materials and each attendee cans during the lessons with schedules across many Nebraska towns in June.
Editor J. W. Thomas Named Deputy State Land Commissioner
J. W. Thomas, editor of the Alliance Herald, has accepted the post of deputy state land commissioner at a salary of 1800 dollars per year and will relocate to Lincoln as his new headquarters. He is praised for eight years of diligent party service.
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J. W. Thomas
Alliance Herald
Lincoln
Thomas
Nebraska Boys in War Time Y M C A Drive For Subscriptions
The Y M C A aided Nebraska National Guard on the border providing books, games, and religious services. The organization plans a large wartime campaign needing three million dollars for the first year with Nebraska raising four hundred sixty thousand dollars. The slogan is Some Must Go All Must Give.
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Nebraska National Guard
Germany
Nebraska
Land Commissioner Shumway praised for deputy choice
The Tribune notes Shumway will meet the office needs with credit and that he is well informed on land patters in central and western lands. The paper endorses his deputy selection as a sign of good judgment in Grant County.
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the Tribune
Shumway
Grant County Tribune
Hyannis
Local notes from Alliance include clergy moves and arrivals
John Glasa works at Burlington freight depot. Dr. Trout of Bermuda is visiting. Rumors of Bishop Parks visiting Alliance in July. Rev. J O Minor and Rev T B J Barclay to attend district conference in Cheyenne. Community fosters gardening after rain. several locals seek work. new cook at Shelton’s cafe.
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Shelton
Florida
T. B. Barclay
J. O. Minor
Ollie Slaughter
A. M. E. Church
Cheyenne
Rev. Barclay
Rev. Minor
Burlington to Have Farm Demonstrator
H Porter named Burlington farm agent covering the Alliance to Aurora Nebraska area with headquarters at Broken Bow. A labor bureau and seed survey will aid farmers by relaying surplus seed and arranging labor, expanding beyond county agent reach while gathering broader regional information.
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Hr. H. Porter
Burlington
Alliance
Aurora Nebr
Porter
Broken Bow
Altho
Ffrmer
Statewide Nebraska labor bureaus planned to aid farming
The Extension Service of the Nebraska College of Agriculture maps a nationwide labor bureau system to connect farmers with unemployed workers. Local labor bureaus to list available labor and calls for labor will report to county bureaus and thence to the State Labor Bureau in Lincoln. E. L. Rhoades will coordinate with the U S Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture.
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Extension Service
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebraska
State Labor Bureau
Lincoln
State Department of Labor
Nebraska labor bureau plan aims to mobilize local leaders
Labor Commissioner Norman describes a nation wide plan with a National labor bureau in Washington. Local bureaus will canvass labor needs and report to higher bureaus while extension service speakers advance understanding of the system. Community leaders are urged to organize promptly.
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Norman
National Labor Bureau
Washington
Extension Service
State Labor Bureau
State House
Lincoln
Nebraska
County Dads Up On Road Question In Box Butte
County Commissioners Hashman Duncan pledged to inform the public about the road dispute in Box Butte. They favor road dragging when beneficial and deny ordering a halt in the north part. They describe meetings in Hemingford with Uhrig and Nagleschneider and say dragging continued until they tired of it. They admit roads arepoor but plan to buy a four horse blade grader to improve conditions.
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Duncan
Herald Office
Box Butte
Hashman
Commissioner Hashman
Mr. Nagleschneider
Uhrig
Mr. Nagleachneider
Gerama
Flea Beetle Invasion Threatens Radish Crops
Entomology experts at the College of Agriculture report flea beetles have invaded radish fields across several state areas. They damage plants by eating tiny holes in leaves, leading to plant death. Recommended control for larger plantings includes Bordeaux mixture with Paris green or arsenate of lead. details for a five gallon spray involve copper sulfate, lime, Paris green, and arsenate of lead. Further guidance available from the Entomology department at University Farm Lincoln.
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College of Agriculture
University Farm
Lincoln
Tage heads National Live Stock Exchange
W. Dr Tage, president of the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange, was unanimously elected president of the National Live Stock Exchange at Louisville Kentucky. Tage has spent about twenty five years in the stock business at South Omaha and has long been active in the exchange.
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Nebraska
Tass
South Omaha Exchange
Praises for Lloyd Thomas by Edgar Howard in The Columbus Telegram
Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard lauds Representative Lloyd Thomas of Alliance later in the session. He notes Thomas began quietly from Box Butte, resisted corporate influence, kept the progressive faith, and served valuably on the conference committee enforcing Nebraska's new prohibition state amendment.
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Edgar Howard
State Senate
Lincoln
Columbus Telegram
Lloyd Thomas
Alliance
Box Lutte
House of Representatives
House
Nebraska
Live Stock Conference Urges Breeding for Diversified Farming
At the University Farm Lincoln a meeting of state livestock interests urged three measures: breeding sows for fall litters, preventing slaughter of valuable breeding stock, and expanding breeding ewes on farms. The resolution warns of a serious livestock shortage and ties profitable agriculture to diversified farming.
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University Farm
Lincoln
Ossen
Nebraska Patents Official List of Letters Patent May 19 1917
Official list of letters patent of inventions issued from the U S Patent Office to Nebraska inhabitants for the week ending May 19 1917. Names include Edwin H Hollister Ashland photographic printing frame Ira Lucy Long Pine collapsible livestock crate Herman F Miller Rushville cover for coal beds and automobile tire valve Lowe J Schwarts Winnetoon cone cave for threshing maching Robert A Wolfe Omaha combined tractor roller and plow Judge M B Gooch Crawford visited Omaha area on business and old friends
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Sturges & Sturges
Bee Building
Omaha
Edwin H. Hollister
Ashland
Ira Lucy
Herman F. Miller
Rushville
iLowe J. Schwarts
Winnetoon
Rtobert
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Mra. Freeman
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John Alexander
Wyoming
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R. L. Pope
Burlingington
Labor Bureau
Farm Labor
Duncan and
Tagg
National Live Stock Exchange
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W. ©. Macy
Howard Meeker
Douglas
Judge M, Be, Gooch of Crawford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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