Potato Show in November
A local notice announces a potato show scheduled for November. Details are sparse in the readable fragments but indicate an event focusing on potato displays and related activities.
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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
9
Nebraska Potato Show Set for Alliance This November
R F Howard, secretary of the State Association of Potato Growers, plans a statewide potato show in Alliance on Thursday and Friday, November 16. Exhibits include 15 potatoes per entry, with counties grouped and trophies donated by Newberry Hardware. A motion picture project by Dr Condra and lectures by national experts will accompany the event, drawing 200 to 400 growers and industry reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Alliance
Mdié
R. F. Howard
State Association of Potato Growers
College of Agriculture, State University
Howard
State College
State Association
United States
Indwetay
Newberry Hardware Company
Alliance Community Club
Condra
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Lou Sweet
Colorado
Hoover Food Administration
Stewart
Department of Rural Organization
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Blue Sky Law Enforced Across Nebraska Counties
The Nebraska State Railway Commission and county attorneys are enforcing the Blue Sky law. They have supplied information leading to prosecutions in several counties. Some stock sellers have faced jail time while other cases are under investigation for further complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Davidson sleeps as council fails to meet in bed
The city council postpones its regular meeting as Councilman W D Davidson refuses to attend, choosing rest over duty. With several members absent for illness or travel, the quorum cannot be reached and a meeting is delayed. Other ward members and the mayor are present but unable to act without Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Davidson
Thomas Spencer
George Hills
G. E. Davis
Lee Moore
A. J. Welch
W. E. Rousey
T. F. Rolfson
M. E. Johnson
John R. Snyder
Davidson
Preacher Enlists in Army From Clinton Nebraska
Rev. Marvin L. Massie pastor of the Methodist church in Clinton Nebraska near Chadron has enlisted in the hospital corps at the Alliance recruiting station. He received a leave of absence to October 20 then will report and be sent to Fort Logan Colorado. Massie plans a patriotic sermon to urge local youths to enlist and hopes to become a chaplain after transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Massie
Methodist
Clinton
Nebraska
Chadron
Alliance
Fort Logan
Colorado
Massie
Arkansas
Antioch to Incorporate as Village in Sheridan County
Antioch, once a stock loading point on the Burlington line fifteen miles east of Alliance, has grown into a site for three potash plants with more planned. The Nebraska Telephone Company is building a copper line east through Hoffland, Antioch, Lakeside and Ellsworth and may furnish service to residents and institutions. Citizens seek a franchise but it requires incorporation, with petitions to Sheridan County commissioners forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Burlington
Alliance
Nebraska
Nebraska Telephone Company
Hoffland
Lakeside
Ellsworth
Sheridan County
Nil e's pledge to Uncle Sam from the Foodstuff State Nebraska
A patriotic verse from Nebraska soldiers pledging loyalty to the United States. The speaker hails from a corn and wheat rich region beyond the Mississippi, vowing to fulfill duties anywhere without shame and to defend freedom. The poem evokes prairie pride and national duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Nebraska
Big Muddy
Killing Frost Too Late Hints at Damage Across Nebraska
Sunday night frost hit Nebraska with 40 to 21 degree temperatures, delaying shipping and delaying potato digging as vines were killed. Farmers report late first frost, snow in parts, and constructive impacts like corn drying and spud diggers progressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Alliance
Sand Hill
Wisconsin
Maine
Missouri River
Randon
Chadron
Lander
Wyoming
South Dakota
Black Hills
Union Pacific
Burlington
McCook
Colorado
Fisher Expected to Arrive Today in Alliance Club News
A Herald letter from W. D. Fisher secretary of the Alliance Community Club says Fisher is due in Alliance today. He left Atchison Kansas and halted at Lincoln en route to handle club affairs. He is described as always on the job and already preparing on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
W. D. Fisher
Alliance Community Club
Fisher
Alliance
Atchinson
Kansac
Lincoln
Diminishing Supply of Herald Flags Offer
The Alliance Herald advertises a limited flag promotion. Subscribers or potential readers are urged to secure a 3 by 6 feet or 36 by 60 inch flag with a yearly subscription to The Alliance Herald for the price of 2.00, available to both new and old subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Western Nebraska
Alliance Herald
Government Takes Control of Grain Elevators
Ottawa minister of labor T W Crothers announced the government has assumed temporary direction of the Port Arthur and Fort William grain elevators to settle labor difficulties delaying their operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Port Arthur
Fort William
Engineer corps seeks 10,500 road-trained men for France
Washington report states the engineer corps is recruiting 10,500 men with road experience to form an engineer brigade for service with General Pershing's expeditionary force in France to undertake road building work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Engineer Corps
France
General Pershing
Columbus Day Patriotic Program At Holy Rosary Church
Knights of Columbus plan a public program Friday evening in Holy Rosary Church basement to celebrate Columbus Day. Speakers include John W. Guthrie William Mitchell and Father P J Manning with a diverse program featuring songs readings and piano pieces designed to foster true patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Holy Rosary Church
John W. Guthrie
William Mitchell
P. J. Manning
America
aKthleen Kuester
Morrill Domination Beats Alliance 56 to 0 in One-Sided Football
Morrill overwhelmed Alliance High School 56 to 0 as the locals faced a faster, heavier Morrill squad. Alliance, built on new players under Coach Crawford, could still rebound remaining games except possibly North Platts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance High School
Here
Morrill Has
Alliance
Morrill
Morrill High
Crawford
North Platts
Quick dash saves garage as morning fire hits coal shed
Monte Hargraves of the Alliance Building and Loan Association sprang from his pajamas at 1:30 AM to drag a post through a window and pull his car away from a fire that gutted the coal shed at 723 Cheyenne Avenue, owned by Mrs. M Bird. Burlington dispatcher H B Marvin aided the effort. fire crews arrived promptly and extinguished the blaze. Damage is estimated at 150 dollars for the shed and 60 dollars for the garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Hargraves
Alliance Building & Loan Association
Dodger
H. B
Marvin
Burlington
Cheyenne Avenue
M. Bird
State board grants oil leases on Frontier County lands
The Nebraska Board of Educational Lands and Funds on Tuesday granted oil leases across five sections of Frontier county school lands, adding to earlier leases in Banner and Frontier counties. Leases carry one eighth royalty. several bids included small premiums. The board seeks a legal test on its mineral rights, with a suit to be filed later by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Nebraska
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Frontier County
Banner
Frontier Counties
Stockville
State Board
Reed
Rosswell H. Johnson
Pittsburgz
Township
J. C. Beott
Hie
J. T. Honpold
Casper
Midwest Oil Company
Firence Honnold
Edna Ford
Scottebluf
Cu Company
Acts of War in Jan 1916 Plague Across Fronts and Politics
A compilation reports German mutinies at Wilhelmshaven and front tensions as the Kaiser era shocks Europe. It cites US claims that Germany initiated acts of war in January 1916, with sabotage plans and German agents named. Austria’s losses on the Italian front reach about one million, with a major war council and fouled defense lines. British and French assaults in Flanders struggle amid mud as Haig’s gains slip away. In America, a bomb conspiracy probe advances as California searches for Mrs. Slane amid a Halifax‑San Diego murder case and terse conflicting alibis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Lanatne
Germany
United States
Berlin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Roger Casement
Frans von Papen
John P. Keating
Chicago
Joseph McGarrity
Philadelphia
Jeremiah O'Leary
New York
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Camp Cody, Deming, N .M
Automobile
Moly Rd
Oyy
Mullaon
NAVY
Fire Department
Ryun
Hargraves
London
von Capello
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Wilhelmshavenn
Hague
Daily
Mall
Wilhelmsehaven
Luit
D. C
Austria
Rome
Lisonzo
Conrad
Belgium
Flanders
Ypres
Field Marshal Haig
Tunney
Los Angeles
Cualif
California
O. D. Slane
Otis Dan Slane
Saguache
Colo
Young Slane
San Diego
Israel Botwin
Slane
Kansas
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