Colored man charged with theft of cash in Alliance case
James Howard, colored, arrested in Alliance after returning with a trunk filled with silk wear and facing a preliminary hearing on forging Curtis Thomas Brown s name to a cash check. Police tie forged signature to Howard s handwriting and note Brown s savings account was emptied on July 20.
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James Howard
Alliance
Curtis Thomas Brown
Howard
Burlington
Brown
Basye
Chicago
Shim
Omaha
Cleveland
Hia
Special Agent Short Promoted After Alliance Service
Special Agent W. S. Short of the Burlington, based in Alliance, has been called to Hannibal Missouri for a merited promotion with a higher rank. He will leave Alliance Wednesday for his new headquarters and will be succeeded by Mr. Stamper. Short earned praise from police and county authorities for aiding in keeping railroad yards and Alliance clean during residence here.
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W. S. Short
Burlington
Alliance
Chicago
Hannie
Borckfield
Centerville
St. Seinaantang
St N
U. 7 Road
Hannibal, Mo
C. E. Ames
Eve A
Short
Wit
Omaha
German
Burlington Lines West
Sciar
Stamper
Box Butte County
Hemingford Pilferer Leaves Watch He Aside as Jest
Hemingford residents recall a humorous thief calling himself Roy McMann who visited F. E. Anderson’s shop and used an ornate note to claim a missing seven jewel Elgin watch. Police pursue the mystery while Alliance eyes inviting Scottsbluff to host the 1922 Nebraska Potato Growers convention with 300 to 500 expected attendees.
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Hemingford
Roy McMann
McMann
F. E. Anderson
Anderson
Alliance
Jeffers
Roy McCann
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Potato Growers’ Association
A. H. Groves
Spud Growers’ Association
Red Cross drive urged in Alliance as call goes out
A county Red Cross drive opens with Lloyd C. Thomas urging a new roll call. The Alliance chapter lists nearly eighty ex servicemen needing aid, clothing and provisions. 1,200 members last year. canvass begins with a house to house campaign and includes neighboring towns.
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Dolla
Red Cross
Red Crees
Lloyd C. Thomas
United States
Tel Croes
The
Robert Graham
Judge I
Tash
Gadee L. Burr
A. Copsey
Wer E. L. Potari
Hemingford
Antioch
Lakeside
Ellsworth
Bingham
Seiarhey
Butte County
Progress on G P C Highway Advancing Across Plains
A report to W F Gumner from G d Godsman details progress on the G P C highway from Corpus Christi Texas to Deadwood South Dakota. It notes July start, various state incorporations, estimated costs for Nebraska bridges, preparations for ads next summer, and incomplete stretches through Amarillo to Deadwood with ongoing route confirmations.
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W. F. Gumner
P. Godsman
Thelves
Cal
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Deadwood
S. D
Tulsa
Lubbock
Holyoke
Julesburg
Wray
Burn
Broadwater
Slaska
Valicou
Rogal
Col
Texas
Gulf
Alliance
Neb
Amarillo
South Dakota
Garden County
Oshkosh
North Dakota
Big Springs
Jefferson Highway
Canada
St. Joseph
New Orleans
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
United States
Cotton Belt
Corpus Christi
Regina
Puget Sound
Bene
S.C
Purinton Family Returns From Midwest Visit
Mrs. D. BE. Purinton returned Sunday from Lincoln and Kansas City with her sister Mrs. Chamnus of Urichsville Ohio and two brothers Clint and Leroy Bevard of Idaho Falls Idaho. The brothers departed Tuesday for their Idaho home. They are farmers and report twelve thousand bushels of potatoes from a fifty acre field.
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D. BE. Purinton
Lincoln
Kansas City
Chamnus
Urichsville
Clint
Leroy Bevard
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Alliance's Path to Growth Through Community Effort
City Manager urges continued booster drive to transform Alliance and Box Butte county over the next thirty years. He cites the 30 year mortgage on the school bond and the town’s rapid growth from prairie village to first class city, calling for united local support and proactive development.
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Alliance
Box Butte County
All America
Championship clash looms as Gering eyes title
Gering claims the North Platte valley crown after a 11 to 13 win over Scottsbluff on Thanksgiving. State dispatches say Alliance is strongest to win western Nebraska honors, with a 13 to 13 tie against Sidney and a single early-season defeat to Ausey. A rematch between Alliance and Gering could settle the question.
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Alliance
Northwestern Nebraska
Gering
Scottsbluff
North Platte Valley
Iich
Western Nebraska
Sidney
Ausey
Supt. A G Smart to escort Foch on Burlington trip
General Superintendent A G Smart of the Burlington, based in Alliance, will meet General Ferdinand Foch in Billings Montana. He will ride the special train from Billings to the Crow Agency and back to Billings before Foch proceeds to the Pacific coast. The train carries top rail equipment and officials from each railroad along the route. Smart represents the Burlington on this historic tour with a visit planned to the Caser battlefield.
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A. G. Smart
Burlington
Alliance
Billings
Mont
Ferdinand Foch
France
Burlington Lines
Crow Agency
Wane
Foch
Acific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Smart
Caser Battlefield
Farmers' Union Storehouse Robbed
Thieves broke into the Farmers' Union storehouse between Saturday night and Monday morning, taking ten sacks of flour after breaking the lock. No trace of the culprits has been found.
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Farmers’ Union Sesocration
Alliance Charity Organizing Effort Proposed at Luncheon
A county wide plan emerges to form a centralized charity alliance led by a chamber of commerce backed committee. The aim is to coordinate money clothing and food donations, reduce duplication and share the financial burden among participating groups.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alliance
Alliance Club
Sation
Have & Ve
Idea Central
George
Board of Commissioners
Glen Miller
J. Epler
Chamber of Comsmerece
M. C. Smith
Kemmich
Andrew Dodge
Lloyd C. Thomas
Thelliance
Duncan
Board of
Cunty One Missioners
Sam Tillett
City of Alliance
Kememish
Nelson
C. M. Looney
the Elks
Red Cross
Lloyd Thomas
Oars Orner
Eeceasaees
Cit Ring
Meee
Antioch Boy Loses Finger While Playing
Little Harold Herian of Antioch, son of Mr and Mrs C W Herian, lost a finger Sunday while children were at a water tank. He was chopping ice with a hatchet when his left ring finger was severed at the joint. He received medical care in Alliance.
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Harold Herian
C. W. Herian
Antioch
Chi Reney
Herian
Alliance
Alliance Special Agents Nab Bootleggers in Crawford Yard
Alliance Special Agents with W S Short and Martin along with Chief Norton of Crawford arrested Louis Henderson in a Crawford railroad yard and seized two pouches of moonshine whisky. Ernest Gorhan was later captured at a Crawford reducing house and charged with sending liquor to the bunk car. Gorhan paid a $50 fine and costs while Henderson faced $25 and costs after appearing before Judge Eoch.
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W. S. Short
Ane Burlin
Martin
Norton
Crawford
Monda
Louis Henderson
Ernest Gorhan
Gorhan
E.ooch
Henderson
Death of Alliance pioneer Albert Hadley reported
Word reached Alliance relatives Monday of the death of Albert Hadley a Box Butte county pioneer and early Alliance resident. He died at the soldiers home in Hot Springs SD. Mrs Fred Hadley and son Fred and Mrs Violet Shanks Bri were with him. Other relatives live in Alliance.
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Alliance
Albert Hadley
Box Butte County
Hadley
Hot Springs
Fred Hadley
Fred
Violet Shanks
Bri
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G. W. Johnson
Hemingford Pilferer
Corpus Christi, Tex
Godaman
N. A. Kemmish
Supt
Farmers’ Union
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