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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
1
On Saturday Alliance hosts an old-time real Indian war-dance staged by the You See It All Alliance Community Club. Indians linger in town to pick up spuds while merchants cut prices, creating a twofold celebration with entertainment and bargains.
County officials and Alliance Community Club leaders meet in Sheridan county to designate a Hay Springs road for federal aid. Eight miles remain non rural route eligible, with petitions to gain mail service and aid funds as part of the regional good roads program backing by multiple organizations.
Steve Maloney former Omaha detective captain says he will seek reinstatement after Saturday acquittal on complicity charges in Chadron blackmail matter He will appeal dismissal by the Omaha council within one year and plans to sue Paul Sutton Elsie Phelps and County Attorney Critos for conspiracy to wrongfully frame him He was dismissed though found not guilty of the Chadron involvement reflecting police discipline concerns in Omaha Waterbury Conn Levi Richardson secret service member at time of the president assassination dies at home
Mary Rokahr will visit Alliance on Wednesday October 31 to explain obtaining a Home Demonstration Agent for Box Butte county. The conference will be at 2 00 pm in the County Agent office and all women in the county are urged to attend.
Two days remain to buy Liberty Bonds as Nebraska campaigns push for subscriptions. Local bankers including Chas Brittain and officials R. M. Hampton Dr. Fr. M. Knight urge citizen cooperation, with county defense leaders Robert Graham and George Edick directing efforts for a successful drive.
Richard McCulloch, president of the United Railways Company, denied the Red Cross request for free streetcar rides for soldiers and sailors. He argued it would violate state public service law and the company could not afford the loss of revenue.
Philadelphia report says the Rev. Dr. Jas. A. Worden, longtime member of the Presbyterian board of publication and Sabbath school work, died there on Wednesday.
Paris reports a French victory north of the Aisne with 8,000 German prisoners taken and heavy guns seized. Tanks aided the assault as patrols captured additional prisoners and the front extended from Mont des Binges to Chavigon. In Meuse region artillery action continued and two surprise raids yielded fifteen more prisoners. Washington notes no confirmation of Michaelis resignation while Liberty Loan subscriptions near 3 billion. Petrograd details Trotsky backed peace as soon as possible to save the country.
Alliance Community Club ramps up a good roads program with Secretary Fisher and directors driving cooperation. The effort urges regional towns to ease trade routes and travel to boost progress, echoing Bridgeport News-Blade calls for action and Morrill County road improvements.
Late today signals indicated Box Butte county would subscribe the full amount of 234000000 in United States Government Bonds of the Beyond Liberty Loan. Early in the week only 16000 had been subscribed but a fierce local campaign, including a Liberty Bond whistle at the electric plant, boosted interest. A rally on Box Butte avenue featured remarks by Judge Ira E. B. Tash and John W. Guthrie, while a booster meeting and Home Guard drill were scheduled for the week.
A county potato show for Sheridan county will be held at Rushville on November 9 with Rex Truman, the county agricultural agent, organizing an event featuring several speakers from across the state. The meeting serves as a precursor to the state potato show in Alliance later this month, with plans to mount a large display there. Speakers include Link Davis from Lincoln’s agricultural department, J. W. Good of Chadron, and Lloyd Thomas of Alliance.
The Box Butte County Council of Defense establishes a precinct based leadership structure with a chairman for each precinct and county officers Robert Graham as chairman Ira E. Tash vice chairman R M Hampton treasurer and George Edick secretary. The Woman’s Committee led by Mrs Claudia B Dole drives food conservation pledge campaigns with precinct officers and chairmen listed.
Military police seized four thousand dollars worth of liquor and arrested M. Peccolato Frank Pecolatto and D. Cebrario on charges of selling liquor within the half mile military zone of Camp Cody in Deming New Mexico.
Alliance Community Club offers cash prizes for three Nebraskan potato varieties at the November 15 and 16 Alliance convention. Exhibits must include 16 potatoes, delivered to the County Agent in Alliance or W. L. Clark in Hemingford by November 10, with premiums of 1.60 1.00 and 0.50 awarded for best Early Ohio Bills Triumphs and Irish Cobbler.
Former Alliance electrical man H O Pugh, now in the signal corps at Fort Wood New York, sends a letter home to D Gleason manager of the Alliance exchange. He praises army comrades and eager to learn telecom work while awaiting guard duty and future city assignments.
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