Box Butte County Potato Growers Organize
About 50 leading potato growers from Box Butte County and allied interests met at Hemingford to form the Box Butte County Potato Growers Association. Rex Truman led the organizing drive with talks by L. J. Case and F. C. Filley on grading and marketing. Officers were elected, and plans set to extend membership countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box Butte County
Hemingford
Rex Truman
L. J. Case
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Market News
Truman
T. H. Bacon
George Carroll
Hemineford
Harry Pierce
John Jelinek
F. D. Healy
Alliance
Lloyd Thomas
Alliance Herald
Lloyd
Box Hutte
Had Large Booze Supply Fined $100
Homer Wilson was found guilty in county court of possessing liquor after a raid following a search warrant. Judge Tash imposed a $100 fine plus costs and noted an appeal to the district court. The case centered on liquor stored at the Wilson sale barn near Second Street and Cheyenne Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Wilson
Tash
Wilson
Alliance Bar
Wilson Sale
Second Street
Cheyenne Avenue
Ted Berry
J. E. Wilson
J. E. Wilso
Berry
Cal Cox
Miller, Jones and Curtis
George Stafford
Marley Hoppes Buried After Drowning in Nebraska
Marley L. Hoppes aged nineteen and member of Company L Fifth Nebraska National Guard drowned after cramps while swimming Monday evening. Rev S S J Epler led funeral at the Christian church as burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. His mother Mrs MC Hoppes of Arendia Kansas was visiting Alliance at the time. the body arrived on the noon train from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marley L. Hoppes
Dan Hoppesa
Alliance
Greenwood Cemetery
S.S. J. Epler
The
Christian Church
Marley Hoppes
Company L
Fifth Nebraska Nations Guard
oGthenbore
MC. Hoppes
Arendia
Kans
Dan
Bedy
Changes Expected in Burlington Office Forch
A rumor from Burlington offices suggests an announcement of significant changes across local offices. The plan reportedly affects the general superintendent's office the local freight office and extends to the Sterling division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Burington
Sterling
First Box Butte Men Drafted for Ft. Riley
Perley Beach and Jay Vance of Alliance left for Ft. Riley Kansas as Box Butte county’s first drafted volunteers. They were among the five percent quota and had already passed examinations. Beach works as trainmaster’s clerk and Vance as Alliance post office mail carrier. They volunteered to go ahead of their place on the list after local board work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley Beach
Jay Vance
Alliance
Ft. Riley
Rans
Box Hutte
Tve
Box Butte
Beach
Venee
Gamne
Burington
Vance
Alliance Post Office
Westover Unties Three Knots in District Court
Judge W H Westover sat in the district court Saturday and granted three divorces. Margaret D Prout received absolute divorce from Bert T Prout with $1000 alimony paid $25 monthly and custody of two girls with $10 monthly per child until 18. Hattie Robb and Anna Hazelton also received divorces in cases where the defendants did not appear. Foreclosure actions against Alliance Building and Loan Association and Neeland vs Farwood were confirmed, with properties sold and redemptions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Westover
District Court
Margaret D. Prout
Bert T. Prout
Hattie Robb
Anna Hazelton
Eugene Hazelton
Alliance Building & Loan Association
Conrad Koch
Neeland Ve. Farwood
Wildy
Orger
Hemingford
Barwood
Jonathan IL. Miller
Thomas C. Bradley
What ails Alliance Band and town in labor talks
A reader voices concern over Alliance issues including a nonfunctioning band, low Labor Day attendance, no Box Butte exhibit at the state fair, and bad roads to Hoffland and Antioch. The note notes resignations, local club inaction, funding gaps, and draft farewells as evidence of public apathy and missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Iere
All Band
County Council of Defense
Pilkington
Box Butte Avenue
Alliance Band
Allanlee
Pony Aan
Lincoln
Box Butte County
Box Butte
Commercial Club
Hoffland
Antioch
The
Sheridan County
Death of W W E Hagan in Aurora Nebraska
W W E Hagan died at 9 p m Wednesday in Aurora Nebraska aged forty four He was a former Alliance tinner and worked for Newberry Hardware Rhein Rousey Company and had a brief business in town His widow and three children left for Aurora to join other relatives and burial will be at Atchison Kansas His lodge Altamre Lodge No 134 F O E assisted at the funeral Home family survivors include a wife two sons and a daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Pagan
Alliance
Newberry Hardware Company
Rhein- Rousey Company
Nebraska
Aurora
Nebr
Hagan
Atchison, Kans
Atchison
Altamre Lodge No. 134
Infant son of Cusicks dies after illness in Alliance
Elmer Archibald Cusick five months old, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Cusick of Alliance, died Wednesday after about six weeks illness. The body was taken to Mullen for burial. Mr Cusick is Burlington section foreman in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Archibald Cusick
Henry Cusick
Alliance
Mullen
Mr. Cusick
Burlington
Registration Day For Women In Alliance And Box Butte
The Box Butte County Council of Defense and Alliance Red Cross chapter will open Red Cross headquarters at the Masonic Temple on September 12 from morning until 6 PM to register all women in Alliance and Box Butte county. Active Red Cross workers and others urged to register. rural women may mail names to H. M. Bushnell Jr. for recording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Alliance
Box Butte County
Red Cross
H. M. Bushnell, Jr
Laaue
The
Herald
Dependable Advertisers Highlight Nebraska Stock Growers
The Herald continues a series on leading advertisers in northwestern Nebraska. Cox Jones Van Alstine Co reports long experience in ranch cattle and strong South Omaha and Denver operations moving a million dollars in livestock monthly. Farmers Live Stock Commission Co notes 27 years of steady growth, strong finances, and service to ranchers across Nebraska Montana and Wyoming with eight year round staff and more in peak times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Nebraska Stock Growers Association
Nebraska
Cox-Jones-Van Alstine Co
Nebraska Ranch
Livestock Commission
BE. P. Meyers
Hyannis
John Diemer
L. E. Ballinger
Bingham
John Bachelor
Valentine
South
Omaha
Strong
South Omaha
Denver
Farmers Live Stock Commission Co
Farmers Live Stock Commission Company
Stellas
Aleo oMntana
Wyoming
Antioch Youth Fined Over Grouse Possession
Tyler of Lakeside was fined five dollars and costs after a game warden found one grouse in his possession and he admitted shooting two or three more. Justice W. G. Wilson presided, noting the fine covered only the game in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Tyler
Lakeside
Justice of the Pease
W. G. Wilson
Wilson
Farewell sermon reports at First M E church
Dr J B Carne preached a farewell sermon at First M E church Sunday evening. He attends NW Nebraska conference at Scottsbluff this week and reported 26 adults and 19 children baptized, 66 received into membership, 50 adults, 26 subscriptions for Central Christian Advocate, and listed benevolences, salaries, and church expenses totaling several hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Carne
Northwest Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Carne
Central Christian Advocate
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Connie O'Brien
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W. E. Hagan
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Alliance Tinner
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