Labor Day celebration in Alliance marks strong turnout
A large crowd gathered at Box Butte county fair grounds for Alliance Labor Day events, with a 1 o'clock parade and 2 o'clock program headlined by G C Porter. union floats included meat cutters and barbers crews, plus railway workers, machinists, and helpers.
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Fair
Meat Cutters’ Union
Box Butte County Fair Grounds
Alliance
G. C. Porter
Morrill
Nebraska
Porter
Ed Barton
Golden Rule
Ray Stewart
M. Nolan & Co
Chester Fenner
Geo. D. Darling
W. C. Lewellen
First State Bank
Dewey Klempke
Roy Beckwith
B. H. Shellenberg
Glen Miller
EF. C. Lewellen
Stummutk
BE. C. Lewellen
First National Bank
A. J. Zoleski
Everett Cook
Lloyd Thomas
Ted
Tallor
Tom Gray
Alliance Herald
E. R B. Gossey
Guardian Trust Company
J. W. Alspaugh
Palace Meat Marnet
Carl Hopkins
Keep-A-Neat
Vickery
Alliance Times
Box Buite County
Helen Rehder
Harper Department Store
Gertrude Hawley
Bogue Sture
John Wickman
Highland-Holloway
Wv. C. Lewellen
the Famous
Ed McNulty
Mallory Grocery Company
Tony Black
Mountair Coffee
Alliance Grocery Company
Irene Epler
Highland-Holloway Company
Jeanette Henneberry
H. F. Thiele
Mable Barton
Boys under twelve race at local fair conclude with prizes
The event drew many entries as boys competed in regular speed races. Winners included J. B. Irwin and others who received merchandise prizes from C. J. Newberry and cigars from Wm. King Co. The tug of war and bicycle races awarded items like cable, records, and tires from local shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wainy
Brennan
Frank Hodgkinson
Alliance Drug Store
Willis Nation
Rayle & Simpson
Manila
J. B. Irwin
W. M. WeKune
C. A. Hopkins
Lloyd Grim
Guy Powers
Newberry
Wm. King Company
Wm. Kiskis
Joe Smith
Flrst
John Badsgard
Bicycle
Alliance Tire Works
Donald Ives
Wiker Music House
Kenneth Ives
Phonograph
Mann Music & Art Store
Sheriff Pursues Lead on Stolen Studebaker
Sheriff Miller left for Denver after a phone tip to the Lowry and Henry garage that a Studebaker matching the Henry Rust theft description had been found. He plans to return this evening.
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Sheriff Miller
Denver
Lowry & Henry
Studebaker
Henry Rust
A New Theda Bara At Imperial Tonight
Theda Bara stars in Kathleen Mavourneen at the Imperial tonight a vivid Irish romance with Donnybrook fair wedding ball and rescue scenes. Also noted are Tom Moore in The Great Accident scheduled for Wednesday and Thou Art the Man with Robert Warwick Thursday.
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Theda Bara
Kathleen Mavourneen
the Imperial
Donnybrook Fair
Kathleen
Squire
Terence
Tom Moore
Robert Warwick
South Africa
Weaver to Speak in Alliance on Constitutional Amendments
J M Weaver president of Nebraska constitutional convention will address Alliance residents September 13 at 8 p m in the district courtroom. He will discuss the convention work and the effect of proposed amendments ahead of the September 21 special election.
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A. J. Weaver
Nebraska
Death of cattleman Sylvanus Avery in Nebraska rural home
Sylvanus Avery, aged eighty three, longtime cattleman, died yesterday at his home thirty three miles southeast of Alliance. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, September 8, at St Matthews Episcopal church. He leaves a son Charles Avery and two daughters Mrs Belle Brennan and Mrs Everett Eldred, all residing near Orlando.
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Sylvanus Avery
Alliance
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Charles Avery
Belle Brennan
Everett Eldred
Orlando
Judge Bullock Found Dead in Alliance Livery Barn
Judge H. M. Bullock, sixty five, was found dead by his son in the haymow of the Wilson livery barn, now run by his son and partner. Heart failure is listed as cause. he had been in failing health. He had long served in Nebraska, from freighting days to county judge, and leaves a wife, two sons Case and Elven, and three daughters Edna Bullock, Mrs. Ben Pickett, and Mrs. Nels Peterson. Funeral services were held Sunday with Rev. S. J. Epler.
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H. M. Bullock
Wilson Livery Barn
Mr. Bullock
Bullock
Nebraska
Sidney
Cheyenne
New York State
Whitesides County
Illinois
Dodge County
Fremont
Northwestern
Rushville
Bayard
Box Butte County
Alliance
J. Epler
Case
Elvén
Edna Bullock
Ben Pickett
Nels Peterson
Tiling Project Aims to Reclaim Holt County Farmland
The State Journal reports Holt County will begin tiling to reclaim thousands of acres of wet valleys this fall and winter. A, W. Morrell leads the first large project near Atkinson with $5,000 in tiling already ordered. The effort seeks to convert hay meadows into corn and grain land, overcoming failures of open ditches and expanding the county’s agricultural output.
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Holt County
State Journal
A. W. Morrell
Atkinson
Stuart South
Box Butte County boys chosen for state fair trip
Miss Opal Russell selects Lee Strong and Sterling Harris to attend the state fair with expenses paid by the state. They will stay at the boys' school camping program run on Boy Scout principles, attend morning classes, and view the state show in the afternoon. They departed Sunday afternoon.
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Lee Strong
Sterling Harris
Opal Russell
Box Butte
Illicit Still Found Beneath Snake Creek Bridge
John Weaver a freshman at Alliance high school and a Herald office foreman discovered an illicit still under a bridge three miles south of Hlinnee. A jug and gasoline stove lay near a fresh liquor stream. The hunting dog drank, then behaved drunkenly on the trip home.
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John Weaver
Devil In
Herald Office
Alliance High School
Snake Creek
Hlinnee
John
Joh
Employee Arrested Over Cigars at Local Bar
Gene Dorman, an ex soldier from the Rainbow division, was arrested by Night Watch Trabert at the William Kiskis establishment Sunday evening on a complaint by the proprietor who found cigars in Dorman's pocket. He is held in the city jail with no charges filed yet. Dorman has worked in several places after discharge last spring, coming to Alliance last July and taking up work at King's Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Dorman
Trabert
William Kiskis
Hastile
Dorman
France
Rainbow Division
Alliance
King’s Corner
Three men fined in Alliance police court for craps
William Fisk Sam Smith and Chase LaDone each paid fines of 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a crap shooting charge. They were arrested Saturday night at the Sprague road camp by Chief Reed and posted bond for Tuesday appearance. Otis Jones posted 15 dollars bond but did not appear and apparently left town. R O Harris had no cash bond. Tom Smith vouched for him, but Harris also left town with bond held.
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William Fisk
Sam Smith
Chase LaDone
Sprague Road Camp
Reed
Otis Jones
R. O. Harris
Burlington
Tom Smith
Harris
Towne
Dandelion of Old Fashioned Days Sparks Modern Shifts
A reflection on how the classic image of the dandelion going to seed marks broader changes over time, contrasting traditional quiet growth with evolving social habits and homemade drinks.
Omaha Journal Pilots Race to Crawford Air Challenge
Nelson Updike Joseph Polcar Henry Doorly Walter Head and Paul Skinner will start airplanes from Omaha between eight and nine in the morning on September 16 heading to Crawford. They will report start times to the Fair Association at Crawford. finish time will determine the winner. Each plane must land at Grand Island to refuel and obtain a mayoral clearance card before continuing without further stops to Crawford arriving mid afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson B. Updike
Omaha Bee
Joseph Polcar
Omaha News
Henry Doorly
The
World- Herald
Walter W. Head
Omaha National Bank
Paul F. Skinner
Skiner Packing Company
Omaha
Crawford
Falr Association
Grand Island
See
Crawford Fair Sets Stage For Flying Planes And Horse Races
Plans announce a three day Crawford fair September 16 17 18 featuring plane arrivals and a US first plane race alongside horse racing chariot riding roping hippe shows and carnival entertainments. The event promises stunts and general fun with many entries expected.
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United States
Crawford
Kittleman Children To Be Taken To Alliance Today
Deputy Sheriff Miskim will escort six Kittleman children from their ranch to Alliance to place them in the state detention home following a juvenile court ruling by Judge Tash that the children are dependent and neglected. Mrs Oswald Kittleman strongly opposes the move and may challenge the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Miskim
Kittleman Ranch
Kittleman
Tash
Oswald Kittleman
Bayard Triumphs In A Tight Labor Day Ball Game
Bayard edged Alliance Q 9 to 8 after ten innings at the fairgrounds on Labor Day. Randall of Bayard delivered the decisive three-base hit in the ninth, while Bayard pitcher Munger and Randall held off Alliance late rally efforts. Umpire Mageginos resigned midgame, with Harl ing finishing.
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Bayard
Alliance Q
Fair Grounds
Labor Day
Alliance
Feld
Butler
Nation
Randall
Munger
Blair
Peck
Young
E. Peck
Fenning
Black
Stein
Maxwell
W. Byrne
Mageginos
Harling
Chase Griffis
Birth Announcement for Alliance Couple’s Daughter
Born to Mr and Mrs Walter G McAllister of Alliance at the home of Mr and Mrs Renneau in this city on Tuesday August 31 1920 a daughter.
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Walter G. McAllister
Alliance
Renneau
Crawford Tribune
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs W L O Keefe
A son was born Saturday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. O'Keefe of this city. The parents have not yet named the youngest member of the family.
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W. L. O'Keefe
Colored men clash in Alliance on Box Butte avenue
Clyde Dillard is in St Josephs Hospital with four bullet wounds Joe Findley surrendered after a shooting in front of Pate Manewal restaurant on Box Butte avenue The fight began inside Bam Shelton restaurant over Findleys wife Dillard followed Findley onto the street and four shots were fired at close range one bystander wounded Findley claims he did not aim to kill and the incident is being treated as a domestic triangle case County Attorney Basye filed assault to inflict great bodily injury charges against Findley Hearing set for September 22 with a $1000 bond
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Clyde Dillard
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joe Findley
Pate Manewal
Box Butte Avenue
Findley
Bam Shelton
Hall
Dillard
Manewal
Hershman
Alliance
Shelton
Chief Reed
Burlington
Reed
Lee Basye
Tash
Beardless Youth Fooled by Woman in Famous Bite
A humorous note claims Adam did not wear whiskers when he took the famous bite, suggesting beardless youths are easily enticed by women. This playful line reflects old-time wry commentary on appetite and temptation.
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Adam
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J. M. Weaver
Judge Bullock
Hox
Butte County
Snake Creek Bridge
Alliance Briefs
Ed Lehmkuhl
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