Surprise Dinner for 40th and 24th Weddings
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Batton of Gal ten Michigan were honored with a surprise dinner near Memingford on September 24 marking their ruby fortieth anniversary. The same day also celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Price’s twenty fourth wedding anniversary with a social afternoon of music and gifts.
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Levi Batton
Galten
Mich
Price Home
Sistors
Michigan
Insane Rockey
Orville Kidwell
Fred Abley
Emory Abley
Leslie Price
Thos. Green
Commercial Club Notes Prompt Members to Act
A postal card notice from Secretary Fisher urges members to reflect on who actually should improve the town. The message questions why residents and boosters do not cooperate like other towns and why streets are not cleaner, implying that "THEY" equals "YOU."
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Fisher
Sidney attorney to speak at Commercial Club smoker
Attorney McIntosh of Sidney will address the Commercial Club smoker at city hall on October 9. He is a well known speaker and expected to be worth hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntosh
Sidney
Commercial Club
City Hall
Alliance business men weigh branch grocery plan
City hall meeting Tuesday evening formed a proposition for a large grocery house to establish a branch wholesale grocery here. The firm seeks location and expected patronage data as the Seward County Farm Management Association reports seed sales. The demonstrator linked farmers with buyers, netting hundreds of dollars in seed sales locally and in Nebraska, plus a South Carolina order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Seward County Farm Management Association
South Carolina
Nebraska
Wales
Seward Times
Commercial Club Meeting at City Hall Friday
The Commercial Club convenes at City Hall on Friday October 9 to handle important business. All members are urged to attend. absence will not be excused.
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Commercial Club Amoker
Five Dollar Bill Prize For Word List From Modern Clothes for Men
E G Laing owner of Modern Clothes for Men offers a five dollar prize to the person who submits the longest list of words formed from the letters in Modern Clothes for Men. Entries must be turned in before noon Saturday.
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E. G
Laing
Largest Methodist conference book produced in Alliance
The Herald's job department printed a sixty page conference minutes book for the Methodist church in Alliance. 1100 copies were produced from Monday to Thursday using the Intertype machine with intricate tables. The project, finished two days early, caused a one day delay for The Alliance Herald and The Hemingford Journal printed in The Herald shop.
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Alliance
Herald
Methodist Church
Alliance Herald
Hemmeford Journal
Successful Horse Sale Caps Local Economy Boost
The Alliance Horse Commission Company under manager Oscar Braman closed its last sale of the season Friday with 862 horses listed and 585 sold. Over $30,000 earned, with all but $530 returning to local people, fueling local circulation. sales were broadly successful and will expand next year.
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Alliance Horse Commission Company
Oscar Braman
Mrs M A Ellis Prepares to Return to Los Angeles
After months visiting Browna ville Lincoln Omaha Grand Island and Alliance Mrs M A Ellis will depart soon for Los Angeles Calif Her sister Mrs Enoch Boyer hosted an at home gathering attended by twenty five guests with Vietrola and piano music and light refreshments marking a pleasant social close to the visit.
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M. A. Ellis
Brownaville
Lincoln
Omaha
Grand Island
Alliance
Los Angeles
Calif
Enoch Boyer
Vietrola
Moonlight Wennie Roast Event At Imperial Theatre
A group of young ladies met Monday evening to enjoy a social time starting with a Dutch treat at the Imperial theatre then proceeding to the Grassman home for a moonlight weible roast. Attending were Miss Edna Bowman, Edna Donovan, Marian Grebe, Marian Mote, Helen Schott, Hannah Cotant, Ruth Nation, Janet Grassman, Mable Grassman and chaperone Mrs. M. E. Grebe.
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Imperial Theatre
Grassman
Edna Bowman
Edna Donovan
Marian Grebe
Marian Mote
Helen Schott
Hannah Cotant
Ruth Nation
Janet Grassman
Mable Grassman
M. E. Grebe
Leidy Couple Feted Before Homestead Move
A farewell party was given for Mr and Mrs G E Leidy at Charlie Nati's home on Monday night. The Leidys left on Wednesday for their Ellsworth homestead. Many friends attended a fine chicken dinner event.
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G. E. Leidy
Charlie Nati
Woman's Guild Holds Meeting at Parish House
The Woman's Guild met Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 at the Parish House with good attendance. Mrs Roy Beckwith served as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Woman's Guild
Roy Beckwith
Hyannis Hosts Third Annual Home Day Parade and Events
Hyannis will celebrate its third annual Home Day on Friday October 2. A special train with Alliance boosters departs Burlington station at 7 30 am and returns at 10 pm. The program features an automobile parade cow boy parade cowgirls pony race riding roping broncho busting and a evening dance.
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Hyannis
Alliance
Burlington
Angora Notes Quiet Social and Travel Moves
Angora Nebraska items record Mrs G A Dove visiting kin at the Lynn ranch and travelers like Earl Justice from Donald visiting Angora. Matted entries show Bridgeport fair attendance, store improvements by Geo H Robinson, Denver trips for Mrs Kine’s return, and local engagements including a Crawford Carnine wedding planned October 8.
Quiet Wedding for Miss Albertena Rockey and Robert Piester
Miss Albertena Rockey and Mr. Robert Piester wed at the Rockey home Thursday at 1 30 pm with only immediate family present. They left for Hastings and then Memphis to stay with the groom’s parents and plan to reside at 616 Niobrara Ave after November 15.
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Albertena Rockey
Robert Piester
C. H. Rockey
Hastings
Memphis
Tenn
Niobrara Ave
Local residents note travel and business visits across towns
Attorney Lee Basye returned Monday from Lincoln where he traveled a week ago on business. Mr. and Mrs. Harry DuBuque spend the week on their Belle Fourche ranch in their new Reo roadster. D N and C W Matthews of Ellsworth visited Alliance on Monday and Tuesday for business. R L Shettler of Hemingford was a business caller in Alliance on Monday.
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Lee Basye
Lincoln
Harry DuBuque
Belle Fourche
D. N
C. W. Matthews
Ellsworth
Alliance
R. L. Shettler
Hemingford
Recital by Miss Thressa Pearl Hight Opens Series
The Alliance School of Music schedules an opening program at Phelan Opera House Friday at 8 pm. Miss Thressa Pearl Hight, a faculty member and noted reader, will perform a varied repertoire including dialect pieces, readings, and impersonations.
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Thressa Pearl Hight
Phelan Opera House
Alliance School of Music
Miss Hight
School of Music
Dime Museum
R. H. Davis
Elmer Brown
Brittsenhoffer
Jim Fenton
J. G. Holland
Married on Monday Morning in Alliance
On September 28 1914 at 10 o clock a.m. at the Christian church parsonage in Alliance Rev H J Young joined Elmer H Hoffman and May Grace Ross in matrimony. Present were Mrs H J Young and Wm Ort. Hoffman works as brakeman for the C B Q Railroad out of Alliance. he came from Kansas City. Ross came from Omaha and has recently moved to Alliance with her parents. Both are active in church work and members of the Christian church.
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Christian Church In Alliance
H. J. Young
Elmer H. Hoffman
May Grace Ross
Wm. Ort
The
Christian Church
Charles Tilly Won Law Suit
A federal jury in Norfolk returned a verdict for Charles Tully of Alliance in a $20,000 suit brought by a Norfolk bank. The case had a prior trial and a new trial motion was granted. two years earlier Tully sold stock to Cass Moore who gave the bank the note.
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United States
Norfolk
Charles Tully
Alliance
Tully
Munger
Omaha
Cass Moore
Norfolk Bank
Mr. Tully
The Hen that Lays the Golden Egg Club Offer
A promotional note extols poultry value and advises readers to subscribe to The Poultry Item with three magazines and the paper for one year at $1.75. The pitch targets farmers families and small towns, urging right methods for higher income in poultry culture.
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United States
Poultry Item
Fire probes underway into Marsland store basement blaze
State investigators search the Phillips Brothers store basement in Marsland to determine the fire origin. Ira and Ora Phillips were away when the blaze started last Thursday night and were not allowed back until inquiries concluded. Deputy fire officials from Alliance and Lincoln visited the site as part of the probe amid local disputes over the fires.
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Phillips Brothers
Marsland
Ira
Ora Phillips
P. E. Romig
Alliance
Lincoln
Kinkaid Nebracaine Social News Roundup
Kinkaid Nebraska reports a flurry of small events including George Workman’s Ashland trip return Mrs Claud Rice traveling to Bayard Lester and Bert Rodgers near-term homecoming plans and Ethel Hembry’s cactus injury at the hills A community dance and a shop by Alliance crowd are noted along with a noisy dog alert and ranch stock remarks at Heart ranch pending improvements.
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Mr. Smith
B. C. Seth
Heart Ranch
Dist
Henry Smith
Stafford
Alliance
Clah
Kinkaid
Cantwell
A. D. Rodgers
Harry Coursey
C. A. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Covoloe
Ethel Hembry
Cravaths Welcome Nebraska Visitors and Local Trip News
Mr and Mrs M D Cravath of Grayson hosted cousins Mr and Mrs Fellers of Fullerton Nebraska visiting for three weeks. Cravaths returned Tuesday while Fellers left by train to Fullerton. Broken Bow residents Henry Cramer Pete Simondson and Carl Jefford bought hogs at Hemingford and traveled to Scottsbluff by car via Alliance Valentine. Miss Ruth Craft of Morrill visited her mother and aunt Mrs F W Lester before heading east to school. W W Wood and wife returned from a vacation with their daughter on her Montana homestead. Judge Wood spoke of hunting and fishing while Mise Wood enjoys homestead life and its innovations. Mrs G J Appelburg, after a month in Denver, returned to Alliance Saturday.
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M. D. Cravath
Grayson
Hemingford
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Valentine
Ruth Craft
Morrill
F. W. Lester
W. W. Wood
Mise Wood
G. J. Appelburg
Denver
Organize for Bible Study Alliance Union Teacher Training Club
The Men's Brotherhood of Alliance expands to admit women and form the Alliance Union Teacher Training Club at First Presbyterian Church. Hurlbur's Teacher Training Lessons will guide a Sunday school prep course with a small dues plan. officers include John W. Thomas president and Vera Spencer secretary. Meetings Sundays at 3 p.m with lessons starting next week. visitors welcome.
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Men's Brotherhood of Alliance
First Presbyterian Church
Alliance Union Teacher Training Club
Hurlbur
John W. Thomas
J. N. Johnston
Vera Spencer
Co. H. Fuller
W. M. Seel
M. E
Close of War Atlas Offer In Last Omaha Issue
An atlas of the war in Europe is offered free with a subscription to The Herald and The Omaha Daily News. Subscribers must act now to receive the map. Also included is Episcopal Church notice for St. Matthews with service times and sermon topics, urging worship on Sunday.
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Europe
Herald
Omaha Daily News
Alliance Herald
Episcopal Church
St. Matthews Church
National W C T U Lecturer to Speak at First Presbyterian
Mrs Ada Anrod national lecturer of the W C T U will deliver an address on temperance at the First Presbyterian Church in Alliance Friday evening. Admission is free and all are invited. Music begins at 7 30 with the talk to follow.
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Alliance
First Presbyterian Church
Ada Anrod
W. C. TV
No Woman's Club Meeting Postponed
The Alliance Woman's Club meeting announced for Friday afternoon October 2 will not be held at that time.
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Woman's Club
Alliance Woman's Club
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A. G. Stoner
Ray Ely
Case
A. A. Ward
Harry Barber
Geo. H. Robinson
Tom King
Kine Home
Lueila B. Crawford
Comstock
Leo D. Carnine
N. J. Crawford
R. K. Maybell
KR. H. Atwell
Lyon
S. D. Henderson
Crouch
Lavenbure
Fern Wingert
Cairo
Rockey
Piester
Dem Renos
Crawford
Arah L. Hungerford
Fire Department
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association
Burlington Railroad
Charles Tilly
LAW Sui
Utes
Kincaid
Close OF War Atlas
A. Thorold Eller
Temperance
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