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Newspaper

Alliance Herald

Location

Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1917

Page

15

Are You an Elk to Be Staged by Alliance Elks

A home talent production titled Are You an Elk? will run at the Imperial Theatre on Tuesday night October 9. The show features Glen Miller in dialect comedy and Alma Bronkhorst with song and dance numbers. Proceeds go to the Red Cross and Battery D 127th United States Heavy Artillery.

Joihed Imperial Theatre The Elks of Alliance Glen Miller Alma Bronkhorst George F. Snyder Elks Red Cross Battery D 127Th United States Heavy Artillery Company G 4Th Nebraska Infantry Percy Cogswell H. EE. Gantz H. EB. Reddish B. H. oByd Doris Young Teresa O'Donnecll Kate Kriest Messrs W. R. Metz H. E. Gants W. R. Harper W. H. Buechsenstein Holsten Episcopal Parish Alliance Chapter H. E. Gantz Uweeia Sanford Dodge Elk Fudge

Corona signs and circle halos in weather lore

The text describes large halos around the sun or moon indicating storms after fair weather. It mentions coronae as small colored rings around the sun or moon and notes that a corona growing smaller signals improving weather while a growing corona signals approaching bad weather.

County Council of Defense Sends Telegram on Conscription

George Edick, secretary of the Box Butte County Council of Defense, sought volunteers to sign a telegram to the district board. Only one man objected as the plan to support selective service drew broad approval. Mr Neuswanger had not yet returned to Alliance.

George Edick Box Butte Neuswanger

Maritime timekeeping by bells at sea described

The excerpt explains shipboard time using eight bells per watch. It notes that standard times can be noon or any hour, with bells rung every half hour from one to eight, ending at four and eight bells, and repeating across days. It outlines a desimating system used aboard ships.

Conner

Box Butte County Keeps Its Agricultural Agent

Box Butte county will retain its agricultural agent George Neuvang er after a District Exemption Board in Omaha exempted Mr Neuswanger. He had traveled to Lincoln to settle affairs with the state university extension department and the college of agriculture before joining Scottsbluff county’s quota for Fort Funston Kansas. A telegram from Alliance urged exemption, signed by many prominent local business and professional leaders, while the county agent had not applied for exemption and had prepared to report for duty.

Oox Butte County Box Butte County Bert Hoover Council of Defense Hoover National Council of Defense Gudron W. Watties Omaha Nebraska Box Butte Women's Council Dorsey B. FE. Johnson Hemmeford Lawn W. A. Randall Hemmgford Liberty Lew Barta Hemingford Running Water William l Todence Lottie Worley Nonpariel T .A. Green Alliance Og¢la Quick D. W. Fisher Opal Russell W. BR. Pate Lake L. B. Schill Wright John Wright George Neuvawanger Neuswanger Lincoln Extension Department The State University College of Agriculture Scottsbluff County Fort Funston Kansas Mr. Neuswanger Department Agricul

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