Experimental Farming in Box Butte County
The Herald notes Prof. E. W. Hunt completed six months of agricultural experimentation in Box Butte County and left for Syracuse, Nebraska. It praises direct farmer instruction and public lectures, cites fall plowing and alfalfa expansion, and forecasts winter wheat profitability with proper seed and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
E. W. Hunt
Box Butte
Syracuse
Otoe County
Hunt
Alllj
Hart
Telephone Improvement Brings Automatic Call System
Alliance Telephone Co adopts Common Battery with automatic call and disconnect using a storage battery powered switchboard. Patrons learn to lift the receiver to call central and to hang up to end a conversation, with tips on signaling for repeat rings and avoiding false repair trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Telephone Co
Central
W W Norton Plaintiff Attaches Funds in Nebraska Case
W W Norton sues in Box Butte Nebraska district court with order of attachment for 74.90 against defendant Coburg name unknown. The attached property is money on display at Chicago Huntington Quine Broad Company. hearing set for 7 p.m. on November 1, 1908.
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W. W. Norton
Plataui
L. Coburg
Coburn
Duke Hullon
Rucell
Prince of Allistoe
Box Motte County
Nebraska
W. W Norton
H. Goburn
Chicago, Huntington & Quine Broad Company
Lo'dock
Norton
Burlington Plans New Railroad Extension Into Big Horn Basin
Burlington extension announced to run south from Kirby Wyoming through Thermopolis to Powder River, linking with the C and NW over two miles of new track by next year. The project supports irrigation growth of 1,412,000 acres in the Big Horn Basin and aims to boost freight and passenger service ahead of the Shoshone dam completion in December 1909. The dam will create a ten mile square lake and reclaim 150,000 acres, with total government and railroad investments around 17 million dollars. A celebratory feast followed at Cafe Alliance with Alliance residents and visitors from Los Angeles among attendees.
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Burlington Railroad
Kirby
Wyo
Thermopolia
Powder River
Big Morn Basin
Big Horn Hot Springs
Thermopolis
Hot Springs
Arkansas
French Lick
Indiana
Big Horn Basins
Burlington
Big Horn Basin
End of Alliance Sub-Laboratory Weathers Potato Study
Miss Venus W Pool of Lincoln finishes her Alliance assignment with Dr E Mead Wilcox as the Alliance sub laboratory closes for the year. The team notes slow progress and promises future results from collected specimens and cultures while praising local cooperation and the region’s potato studies.
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Venus W. Pool
Lincoln
Alliance
E. Mead Wilcox
Herald
Wilcox
Ethel Field
Washington D.C
U. S. Department
Mr. Newberry
Prof. Hunt
Hex Butte County
Duck Supper at Cafe Alliance
A party from Omaha and Mullen went after ducks in Sandhill lakes last Saturday and bagged seventy five birds. The group included T. J. Foley M. L. Healy E. E. Long F. T. Morrison and A. Wickham as they hunted the festive birds.
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T. J. Foley
M. L. Healy
Omaha
E. E. Long
F. T. Morrison
A. Wickham
Mullen
Sandhill Lakes
Hospital Notes Preview Patients and staff updates
Dr. Allison from Omaha is expected Sunday for new patient inflow. Mrs. Whetstone recovering from ankle injuries and moved to Mrs. Spencer’s home. Nick Velchhaleus laid off with a broken rib. Mrs. Rennan mother of a baby boy. Mrs. Chester Rodgers recovering after an operation. Mr. Dustin at Lakeside with sprained arm. Albert Peters treated for sprained ankle. Colonel Merrick with fractured limb. Mrs. W. G. Wilson of Reno, previously here, very low then improving at Reno home.
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Allison
Omaha
Albert Peters
Grand Island
Colonel Merrick
W. G. Wilson
Reno, Nev
Reno
Engagement at Phelan Opera House Promises Texas Drama
Playgoers of Alliance welcome news of the engagement at the Phelan opera house Saturday night Oct 30 of the famed Texas drama. The company includes twenty high grade players capable of presenting the ranch life tale in a proper and acceptable manner. Those who miss the performance will miss a rare theatrical treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Phelan Opera House
Texas
The House of a Thousand Candles at the Opera House
This season offers an array of famous productions and presents The House of a Thousand Candles next Monday night Nov 1 at the opera house. The play is touted as the strongest drama in legitimate theatre and will appeal to fans of serious drama.
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Opera House
W C T U Notes A Tuesday Meeting Report
The W C T U met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Lotspeich. Mrs Jennie Reed reported on the state convention. The Alliance union distributed more wholesome literature than any other union in the state. President Mrs J E Tash was chosen as a delegate to the National. A meeting is planned in two weeks with Mrs Zehring featuring a Domestic Science program by Mrs McCorkle. Everyone is invited.
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Lotspeich
Jennie Reed
Alliance Union
J. E. Tash
Zehring
Small Checks Federal Statute Explained in Brief
The revised statutes prohibit issuing bank checks for less than one dollar with a five hundred dollar fine. Congress sought authoritative clarification from the comptroller of the Treasury who notes the 1562 law aimed to circulate postage stamps as fractional currency for war funding.
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United States
Graff
Peoria
Comptroller of the Treasury
Comptroller
Bank checks valid as money substitutes, not circulation
The ruling states that an order to pay a sum from a banker is not meant to circulate as money, so no conflict with ancient law. Bank checks, even small ones, remain valid instruments.
Carter Cartoonist to headline Lyceum at Phelan
Perry Carter cartoonist to headline the Lyceum Entertainment Course under the Baptist church at Alliance. The program at the Phelan opera house Friday features Marie Carter soprano and is praised for lively drawings and compelling humor with musical interludes.
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Lyceum
Baptist Church of Alliance
Perry Carter
Phelan Opera House
Carter
Marie Carter
Cottage for Sale Near Central School and Town Centre
Four room cottage with pantry bath city water and a good barn. Convenient to business district and Central School. Will sell on easy terms. Inquiry at The Herald office.
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Box Butte County
Mount
Cafe Alliance
Elover Soder
J. M. Dineen
Joe Young
F. J. Betrold
Joe Andrews
Simon Spry
Los Angeles
Calif
Sapper
Hospital Notes
Chester Rodgers
Mr. Dustin
Lakeside
Minneapolis
N. F. Luxton
Crag and Canyon
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Oberlin
Tribune
St. Paul Globe
Gibson
Ete
Horace Bogue
W. T. Gaskell
George Middleton
Meredith Nicholson
Hugo Roch
Daly’s
Hackett Theatres
New York
Garrick Theatre
Chicago
the Garrick
Amy Leslie
Chicago Daily News
Palace Livery Barn
H. P. Coursey
C. C. Smith
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