Shumway Extends State Claim Over Meander Lakes
Land Commissioner Shumway argues lakes crossing section lines and over twenty acres are state property and cannot be drained without state board of irrigation consent. He cites lakes like Jess lake of 200 acres and alleges potash extraction has harmed state lands. The case involves Lakeside Ranch Company and potential mineral leases on school lands.
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Lincoln
Neb
G. L. Shumway
Tand
Willis R.eed
Lakeside Ranch Company
Lind
Shumway
Aod
Estate Board of Irrigation
Alse
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Jess
Antioch
Potnalseduction Company
Hoffman Te
State Board of Irrigation
Educational Lands and Fun
Dave Brice
Range
Sheridan County
Reed
Lakeside
State Board
Secret Will Found in Bomber Wrecked London Home
A London family home damaged by air raids revealed a hidden inner cabinet in an heirloom bureau. The cabinet contained private papers including a previously unknown will. The will has been filed and attested, and the family expects to gain several thousand dollars from the property.
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London
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Railroad Rebating Case
The Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari for the Northern Central Railway subsidiary of the Pennsylvania in a rebating dispute over coal shipments by the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Central Railway
The
Pennsylvania
Mineral Railroad and Mining Company
Dandy Sixth March Composed By Paul W Thomas
Paul W Thomas a Chadron State Normal School violin teacher and band member wrote a march titled The Dandy Sixth dedicated to Colonel Phil Hall It was the closing piece of a concert by the Sixth Nebraska band after the regiment was disbanded Thomas reported to his father that Hall liked the piece and asked for a copy with others also expressing interest including Prof Webb The composer planned to revise and send it to a publisher
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Paul W. Thomas
Thomas
Phil Hall
Lincoln State Journal of Sunday
Chadron State Normal School
Nebraska
Chadron
Phil Iall
John W. Thomas
Muarch
Bead Boys
Webb
Opening Lyceum Number by Miss Beryl Buckley in Alliance
The Baptist Church hosts a Red Path Lyceum course opening on October 27 with dramatic artist M Beryl Buckley presenting The Shepherd of the Hills In the Palace of the King Laddie and miscellany selections Additional features include the Norman Hill Entertainers Smith damron the Community Male Quartet and E H Lougher lectures Adult season tickets cost 1 50 and children 1 00.
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Redpath
Miss Buckley
Shfe
Ozarks
Old
Madrid
Doctor Carter
Norman-Hill
Smith Damron
Potter-Craftsman
E. H. Lougher
Aptist
Railroads cut passenger service save vast wartime resources
Secretary Baker labels the central department and railroads report annual savings of 1,086,171 tons of coal 203,097 barrels of oil 250 locomotives and 1,774 workers from reduced passenger service across fifteen central states.
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Chicago
Baker
Central Department
Railroads’ War Board
Korniloff Likely Escapes Court Martial
Novaia Zhizn reports General Korniloff probably will avoid court martial due to technicalities and be judged by a civil court on insubordination. It notes his Petrograd march followed government orders issued after the rebellion and argues blame begins only from his refusal to resign as commander in chief.
Ready for Trial Chadron Case in Alliance Court
The Chadron Omaha conspiracy to blackmail moves toward trial in Box Butte county district court Alliance before Judge Grimes starting Monday Oct 11. Defendants include Maloney Dolan Tybee Winckler Wolt Pipkin Fisher Loula Mote Baker Towel Harrington and Harrington with Omaha and Chadron attorneys. Read more about witnesses and the anticipated heavy local and press attendance.
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Chadron-Omaha
Box Butte
Dawes County
Court House
Alliance
Grimes
North Platte
Dante
Stephen Maloney
William SS
Dolan
Gus A. Tybee
Philip Winckler
Harvey Wolt
AlMart W Pipkin
Omebha
Allen G. Fisher
Chartea T. David Loula K. Mote
Chadron
Len & Baker
Frank &. Towel
M. JF. Harrington
Omaha
Attornega
H. GC
Deine
Valleged
Jone 1
Judge Slattery
Orege
Omaha Bity Council
Crites
Robert Hood
Elsie Phelps
Sixteenth Street
Omaha Detective Association
Hood
Sutton
Phelps
Critef
Nebraska
Omaha Daily Papers
Danes County District Court
Box Buttle County
Westover
Police Magistrate Report to City Council for September 1917
The Police Magistrate T. D. Roberts reported September 1917 fines totaled $55 from four cases. Judges fees were $5.80 and marshal fees $4.20. Overall monthly collection by the police magistrate amounted to $65.00.
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T. D. Roberts
H. C. of L. HITTING BOOZE IN NEW YORK
Foam on Gotham beer held at a nickel a glass while other drinks rose. Liquor sellers increased prices due to war taxes with cocktails up to 25 cents. Imported whiskies and gins gained as well, and cigars and cigarettes became pricier.
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H. C
New York
Gotham
Last Chance for Box Butte Women to Register for War Service
County drive urges all women over 16 to register by October 17. Alliance hosts registration at Red Cross HQ in Masonic Temple. Mrs. Claudia B. Dole leads the effort with Mrs. A. K. Sheldon noting the national move.
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Box Butte
Claudia B. Dole
Box Butte County
Ialien
Perhaap
Surrien
Uncle Sam
Alliance
Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Dole
A. KK
Sheldon
Lincoln
Women of the Nation
Nebraska
Good Times Hit Bums Body Blow
Police and railroad detectives report a sharp decline in tramp and I W W activity as war demands reduce roaming gangs. Tramps ride and beg less, many found work or placed in safe areas while officials push immediate employment to aid the war effort.
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Hia
Hurlington
T. W. W. Carda
Neltutore
Oftien
Germany
German Interior Minister Sees War Aims Debate Next Week
Amsterdam reports the Cologne Gazette reprinting Dr Karl Helfferich speech in which he says the war aims question will be discounted in a large debate slated for next week. The German minister spoke on the Reichstag agenda and the public discussion is anticipated to shape policy.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Karl Helfferich
City reports debt of thirty four thousand seven hundred seventy six
City Treasurer Frank Abege reports for the month ending September 15 that Alliance is in debt to at least 34 773.66 exclusive of bonded indebtedness with registered warrants unpaid and accruing interest. General fund warrants total 29 448.31 and water fund warrants 4 326.35.
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Alliance
Frank Abege
Water Department
Fire Prevention Week Warning From Alliance Chief
Alliance Chief Leonard Pilkington warns residents to clean dirt and rubbish from homes and yards, store flammable liquids safely, and use safety practices during Fire Prevention Week. He urges calling the fire department at once if a fire starts and suggests water to smother small fires for better control.
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Leonard Pilkington
Alliance v Volunteer Fire Department
Alliance
French wine ration to rise in 1918 to 0.75 quart
Paris reports the daily wine ration for the French people will increase from one half to three quarters of a quart starting January 1, 1918. The higher allowance date may be moved up if feasible by the minister of provisions and the minister of or.
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Paris
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Ing
Dandy
Alliance Boy
Beryl Buckley
Redpath Lyceum
Baptist Ladies
Promi
Nent Chadron
Peo
Ister
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