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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
8
General Foreman J. B. Irwin returns after a day or two off with Master Mechanic J. G. Dole in charge. A big shortage of firemen and bemiremen strains the division amid heavy business, while many new entrants have joined in the past six weeks.
A long list of Liberty Bond donors appears, naming numerous individuals and sums. The piece notes about 30,000 petition signers for a referendum against woman suffrage and alleges fraud by the German liquor machine behind a petition drive. It quotes Mrs. W. E. Barclay urging withdrawal of names and describes local WCTU efforts to remove signers, urging county checks and organized withdrawal.
The Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association presses withdrawals of names from an anti suffrage petition on file with the secretary of state. If the pace continues, Nebraska voters will decide all candidates except constitutional officers at the 1918 elections. July appears to show petitions with more names than previously noted.
In Scottsbluff Nebraska Lyle Bishop 23 shot Miss Esther Crites at her apartments then killed himself. The attack occurred as Bishop a Weller store employee and Broken Bow native confronted Crites a former schoolmate. The 32 caliber revolver bullet hit Crites in the chest and Bishop died instantly.
A assailant shot a man behind the right ear as he rose, killing him in his chair. A stenographer from the First National Bank of this city was wounded and may recover. The deceased is survived by his mother, brother and sister, all residents of the city.
A crowd gathers for the Red Cloud Indian monument and market unveiling in Crawford honoring the Fortieth anniversary of the Fort Laramie peace treaty. Daughters of the American Revolution lead the exercises with speakers including W R Pate and notable guests such as Dr Addison Sheldon George E Gorton L J F Saeger Harold Cook Maud Chase Chief Jack Red Cloud and Plenty Bears.
The Burlington railroad will provide more refrigerator cars to aid western Nebraska potato growers facing shortages. A committee from the Alliance Community Club reported a telegram from the Nebraska Food Administration saying cars will be allocated from regular service to the potato country, though exact numbers for next week could not be advised. The move aims to save potatoes in the fields and relieve the ongoing shortage.
The Alliance volunteer fire department was summoned twice within twelve hours. The first call at one this Halloween night involved school pranksters who moved outbuildings to the high school yard and reported a $19 blaze on Box Butte avenue, home of High School Principal Crawford. The second call, at ten this morning, followed sparks from an open chimney hole igniting oily waste. Bud Darnell, a colored machinist at the garage, quickly doused the flames with a garden hose and prayers water.
Chas F Schafer of Prest-O-Lite Battery Service warns against adding foreign solutions to storage batteries. He says most so called energizers simply drug the battery, then fail. Only pure distilled water should be added, and factory electrolyte should remain. The service at 114 East Third Street offers tests and distilled water top ups. Mrs M C Beaumont and her daughter Mrs D W Kenner were seen in town this morning before Beaumont returned home on 43.
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