Alliance Officers Capture Two Wanted Bandits
Chief Reed and Officer Nora Taylor arrested Walter A. Hines and Grant Seal at the Rogers rooming house after Bayard police linked them to a Thursday poker game holdup. They shot Roy Schooler, who lay wounded with kidney infection, as bystanders watched. Weapons, stolen tools, and a car were found at their lodging.
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Reed
Nora Taylor
Rogers
Walter A. Hines
Grant Seal
Bayard
Roy Schooler
Alliance
D. W. Lee
Seal
Schooler
Mr. Lee
Herald
Lee
Great Western Sugar Refining
Montana
Ce A. M. Webb
eéTis
Nebraska Population Surges in 1920 Census Report
Nebraska’s population reaches 1,298,502 in 1920, up 7.9 percent from 1910. National totals stand at 105,683,108 with a slower growth rate of 14.9 percent over the previous decade, due to reduced immigration and wartime casualties.
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Nebraska
Census Bureau
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
United States
Sam L. Rogers
Uncle Sam
Rogers
Man Pleads Guilty in Prohibition Case
Allen A. Cox pleaded guilty at arraignment in federal court on a prohibition violation charge. He was fined $150 and paid the fine. The information alleged he had three gallons of whisky in his possession on September 20, 1919.
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Allen A. Cox
United States
State Journal
Burglar Eddie Buckles Jumps Bail Across Three States
Urban R. Zediker, jailed in Box Butte, is linked to Eddie Buckles a wanted alleged burglar. Buckles failed to appear in Cheyenne District Court, forfeit $1500 bail benefiting Laramie County schools. He faced burglaries in North Platte Alliance and Cheyenne with total bail of 5500 across three towns.
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Urban R. Zediker
Box Butte
Isaacson
Miller
Zediker
Cheyenne
Alliance
Eddie Buckles
Rocky Mountain News
North Platte
Ball
Wyo
Laramie County
Buckles
W. L. Walls
Neb
Nebraska
Salvation Army Calls for Volunteers in 1920 Campaign
Brigadier Andrews urged volunteer workers to help run the Salvation Army 1920 campaign in the county. He noted budgets and staff costs, the need to manage increasing illegitimacy, and the advisory board members from local churches and organizations.
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Andrews
Salvation Army
FFI Club Dinner and Dance Planned Next Friday
The Alliance Fez club of Shriners has arranged a dinner for eighty guests in the Palm room of the Alliance hotel next Friday evening. A special menu is prepared and the Shriners expect the event to be memorable. After dinner, a dance will follow at the Masonic Temple. W. R. Harper chairs the entertainment committee.
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Alliance Fez Club
Shriners
Alliance Hotel
Masonic Temple
W. R. Harper
Miss Helen Newberry Visits Scottsbluff Hosts
Miss Helen Newberry spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Abegg of Scottsbluff and returned Sunday evening.
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Helen Newberry
Jake Abegg
Scottsbluff
Plans for road meet attract out-of-town visitors
In Alliance, the chamber of commerce and the Potash highway association finalize three events for Thursday including a morning and afternoon good roads meeting at the courthouse, an evening banquet at Lowry and Henry roof garden, and an autos tour of surrounding routes. Delegations from Grand Island and Broken Bow may attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alliance Cafe
Good Roads
The
Potash Highway Association
Court House
Lowry & Henry
John W. Guthrie
Lloyd C. Thomas
Potashak Association
Grand Island
Broken Bow
J. C Moore
Association
Alliance
Box Butte County
Discrepancy in Levy for Sewer Mains Corrected
City council to address a levy discrepancy on four blocks in districts 37 and 38 where mains were taxed against property owners. The plan: city pays for mains while owners cover laterals. Also, petitions for a commission form of government to be discussed, with concerns over cost and structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Knight
Fashion Shop Announces 33 1-3 Percent Suit Sale
The Fashion Shop starts an extraordinary sale of every suit in stock with 33 1-3 percent reductions. The assortment includes all materials and colors in all sizes and no reservations. Over three hundred new models, plain and fur trimmed, are offered as the season for wearing suits begins, attracting Alliance shoppers and others within a hundred mile radius.
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Alliance
Attempted Burglary At W. R. Harper Store
Early Sunday about 1 am two burglars tried to enter the W. R. Harper department store via a rear window. Mrs. Broderick upstairs heard the alarm and alerted police. The burglars fled. description unavailable. Earlier, Officer Nora Taylor found a man trying to pry open a rear Fashion Shop window. he escaped.
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W. R. Harper Department
Om-Eer Nora Taylor
Bia
Fire Devastates Downtown in Incendiary Blaze
A letter from a friend at Philip, eight days earlier, describes a Wednesday fire that consumed nearly the entire business district. The loss exceeds a quarter of a million dollars, destroying hotels, restaurants, barber shops, general stores, and several residences. authorities suspect arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Fielding
Philip
Labor agent visits jail amid sugar campaign inquiry
J. H. Todd, labor agent for Sheridan Sugar, toured the city jail on Monday. He questioned a prisoner about working for Sheridan Sugar two summers ago, but the man refused to answer further questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Todd
Sheridan Sugar Company
Reverend Gould Resigns to Lead Nebraska Baptist Campaign
Rev J Orrin Gould resigns from Alliance First Baptist Church to direct a statewide student enlistment campaign for Baptist education. He will head a four month effort with twenty ministers, headquarters in Omaha then Grand Island, serving Nebraskas colleges normals and high schools.
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First Baptist Church In Alliance
Srev. J. Orrin Gould
Manangers
Nebraska Baptist Convention
Nebraska
Vr. Gould
Gould
Baptist Church
Sheridan
Wio
Kansas
Baptist Home Mission Society
Southwest Distee
Omaha
Grand Island
Alliance
Nebraska Consolidated Milling official visits Alliance
A. R. Kinney of Ravenna Nebraska, representing the Nebraska Consolidated Milling company with plants in several eastern Nebraska cities, was in Alliance Tuesday.
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A. R. Kinney
Ravenna
Neb
Nebraska Consolidated Milling Company
Nebraska
Alliance Tuesaday
Misa Ganson to Attend State Red Cross Convention
Misa Josephine Ganson will travel Thursday to Lincoln to visit friends and attend the state Red Cross convention, scheduled for Saturday.
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Misa Josephine Ganson
Lincoln
Red Cross
Assault at Alliance Station Ends In Gunfire
At Alliance station after a Friday football game a crowded 250 person melee broke out between three Negro women over a dispute involving Bud Nettles. Arizona Nettles fired a .32 caliber pistol twice, prompting Flossie Redden to grab the weapon. bystanders wrestled the gun away and others separated the pair. No serious injuries except Arizona’s facial cuts. authorities may file assault charges.
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Alliance High School
Alliance
Bscottsbinff
Arizona
Scottsbluff News
Arizona Nettles
Flossie Redden
Flossie
Arigona
Jall
Bud
Ira Nettles
Rose Hayward
Arizzona
Dll
Fiora'e
Witnesers
Fiossie
Scott Davis
August Dorman
Cleveland Wins Final World Series Game
Cleveland clinched the world series pennant by winning the last game 3 to today, completing a four straight series victory over Brooklyn which managed only two wins in seven games. Officers Reed and Taylor investigated a stolen car case linked to Alliance, locating the vehicle with altered engine numbers and tracing ownership to J B Headley, a fertilizer concern manager, who showed a Denver bill of sale.
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Cleveland
Brooklyn
Reed and
Taylor
Antioch
Alliance
J. B. Headley
Denver
Mrs Harry Wells and Children Visit Sidney Relatives
Mrs. Harry Wells and her children left for Sidney on Saturday to visit relatives.
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Harry Wells
Sidney
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Bond
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Robert Graham
John Guthrie
A. V. Gavin
J. M. Miller
H. BE. Gants
Edwin M. Burr
RK. M. Hampton
Lloyd Thomas
J. 5. Rhein
Charles Brittan
C. E. Slagle
H. A. Copsey
George J. Hand
George D. Darling
Ben Sallows
G. Laing
FFI Club
Box Hutte
J. C. Gould
Nebraska Baptists
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