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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
7
Local residents listed attending visits and visits to Angora and Alliance. Includes teaching plans for Miss Mamie Acker, school budget of 45 dollars monthly, and upcoming chautauqua at Reno. Names include Dutcher Groff Miller Shipherd Chapman Acker Severson Derr Derrine Melean Sturgeon and others. Frost observed Thursday night amid community activity.
Mr and Mrs Fred Nichols traveled to Scottsbluff last week to find a market for their potatoes. Mrs A Ross of Sioux County visited her daughter Mrs Nichols. Ethel Hembry, Ines and John Hislop visited Mrs Skinner. A Baptist missionary called on homes in the vicinity. Mrs J H Skinner and granddaughter Fay visited Mrs Leishman. Nichols hauled hay to town. Fay Hembry will return to Alliance to attend high school. Everyone expects a hard freeze soon.
August 1 items report Mrs PD L Sturgeon on the ick List last week. Nellie Brown of Alliance visited Mr L Boyer. Chester Seaman visiting J W Mapps broke his right leg jumping from a bergy last Saturday night. Young people gathered at J Berry’s home in Keno to rewind Fanny Switzer for her birthday. Miss Peart Thompson and Miss May Cook of Lakeside spent Sunday with Miss Manchie Berry. September 5 notes Dorothy and Beulah Smith of Alliance visiting at J C Berry’s home.
Local notes report corn cutting activity and social visits. Mrs Lynch preached at Sand Hill schoolhouse for Fairmont residents. John Chapman and family headed to Arkansas. Geo Severson and Ed Ducker moved hogs to Scottsbluff. Mrs John Ritar ill. A Wildy visited Scottsbluff. Bradshaw family with Dorothy at John Burns home. Hanks traveled to Alliance. R M Gates returning to Alliance from Denver. Walt Davis and wife visiting in city with Mr Davis' mother from Sheridan. Dental office upstairs in First National Bank building opened by James M Kennedy. Farewell party at John Chapman's with about fifty guests and late refreshments by Mesdaches Dean and Derr.
Barbher Richards a rich rancher and head of the Nebraska Land and Feeding company died in Hastings after a second operation following his Dec 4 sentence for fencing public land. He was to be released Oct 6. The body will go to San Diego for burial as his wife travels from California.
Hostinga Neb Sept 5 County Attorney Hartigan filed quo warranto in district court to oust the Sperry Hutchinson company of New York from Nebraska. He alleges the firm has operated without a license since Nov 30 and runs a business contrary to Nebraska law. The company is incorporated in New Jersey with its chief office in New York.
An ad promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for weakness and rundown health after doctor orders rest. It promises renewed vigor from the first dose and guarantees satisfaction with every bottle, targeting general readers with a bold health claim.
Officials from the University of Nebraska visited the Valentine experimental farm and inspected ongoing work. They recommended building a dairy barn for up to thirty cows and calves, a reinforced silo, and expediting the project before cold weather. They noted a 100 light acetylene plant, a 60 foot long fireproof shed, and a complete water system with a 6,000 gallon tank.
State Auditor Barton reports from Milwaukee and Chicago that the Canadian Order of Foresters defends its fund handling by claiming a special fund to cover bad investments by a former officer. Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota officials will jointly decide the complaint against Woodmen Circle management.
In a special election Omaha approved the commission form of government by 8441 to 2345. Opponents note turnout was low with over one third of registered voters casting ballots and about 17000 staying away. New city officials will be elected under the plan in May 1912.
State Treasurer George sells twenty five thousand dollars of Massachusetts gold bonds and thirty five thousand dollars of Tennessee bonds, and uses the proceeds to buy Elk Horn Valley irrigation district bonds for forty four thousand seven hundred thirty one dollars and forty cents at four percent. In Nebraska City a first case of infantile paralysis is reported at Charles Lee’s home with health officials isolating the house and taking precautions to halt spread.
Bert Armstrong, a farmer near Kearney, suffered deep gashes when a broken harness caused horses to run away with a mowing machine. He was thrown before the unit, blades cutting legs and body. Medical aid arrived and his recovery chances are described as hopeful.
A Holdrege, Nebraska cow found dead by local butchers revealed a striking diet. In her stomach lay a cache of nails, iron scraps, glass and other unlikely items, hinting at unusual feeding habits amid high living costs.
Lincoln Sept State Fire Warden Charlee Rendall and his team inspected buildings in Wabeo ont identifying twenty structures as dangerous. Six owners may repair while the rest must tear down or remove the buildings due to fire risk to surrounding structures.
At a special meeting at Sargent M. Vandenberg J Gibson and J E Grant were chosen as delegates to the Nebraska Farmers Congress and Rural Life commission to meet in York this month. The institute plans an instructional session and an exhibit in January.
Senator Brown arrives in Lincoln to organize a reception for President Taft during his Lincoln visit on October 2. The presidential special train will stop between Lincoln and Hastings with taft to deliver brief remarks at each stop.
Five Arapahoe merchants were jailed in Beaver City Nebraska after dairy and pure food inspectors charged them with delaying eggs in their possession. One instance involved eggs kept in a room at about 100 degrees for thirty hours before testing.
Lincoln Senator J. G. McBrien, longtime director of the university extension bureau, will resign October 1 to become actively connected with the National Lyceum bureau, headquartered in the city.
Ontrive Nel Sept 5 the mayor issued a proclamation calling for a special election on October 4 1911 to vote on adopting the commission form of city government.
The Raprix state convention is set for York from October 16 to 19 with a two day session of the Young People's society preceding it.
Trebert Sadler, a colored inmate, escaped from the county jail in Central City by kicking out a door panel between the corridor and the sheriff’s office. He is at large and the district court case on caitheruditing remains unsettled.
Dick Richards, son of Edward Richards of Ragen, sustained a broken nose and serious bruises and cuts when the vehicle he was driving in a Hayrake runaway accident caused injuries.
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