Council Tackles City Dump Frustrations and Septic Tank Odor
A Tuesday city hall session saw landholders near the city farm protest the dump grounds and septic tank odor. They demanded relief, while the council eyed options including an incinerator, though costs loom. The meeting also approved painting the standpipe interior and exterior by the D W Pyle Company of Lincoln amid routine ordinances.
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Messrs
Enoch Boyer
Jerry Wells
H. D. Healy
George W. Nation
D. W. Pyle Company of
Lincoln
Pedrick Fled Chadron Jail After Free Pass Sale
Allen Dedrick awaiting trial on a charge of obtaining free railroad travel from the company while employed there and selling the pass. He escaped from Chadron jail during a duty assignment, becoming a fugitive. The buyer of the pass is serving time in the state penitentiary.
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Allen Dedrick
Chadron
Dedrick
Auto Accident Near Fatal Injury in City
Mrs. Cora Miller, aged over fifty, was struck on Sixth street between Yellowstone and Missouri avenues when a car driven by Mrs. John Liggett coasted downhill. Miller sustained a broken right arm a broken rib and a severe body wound. she was taken to hospital and is recovering. Mrs. Liggett and her daughter Belly Eastman received medical attention afterward.
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Sixth
Yellowstone
Missouri Avenues
Stolen Car Recovered Near Fair Grounds Claimed by Berlin Owners
A Chevrolet found abandoned near the fair grounds proved stolen and was this week claimed by parties from Berlin North Dakota. The license plate, transferred from a Ford, provided the clue to the rightful owners.
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Fair Grounds
Berlin
North Dakota
Standpipe to receive preservative paints by Pyle company
The city council authorized D. W. Pyle & Company to paint the standpipe reservoir with preservatives in the coming weeks. Water will be emptied during work, with the water department ensuring an ample supply from the water works. Manager C. C. Smith will arrange the provisions and Pyle will sign contracts this Saturday for about 590 dollars.
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D. W. Pyle & Company
Water Department
C. C. Smith
Pyle
Alliance Loses Tight Home Opener to Scottsbluff
The Alliance baseball team fell 4 to 3 to the Scottsbluff Athletics on the home diamond. The visitors pushed two runs in the first inning, Alliance answered with two late, and the game remained tied through nine innings before Scottsbluff earned the winning score in the eighth.
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Alliance
Scottsbluff Athletics
Scottsbluff
Nolan Loses Long Dispute With Burlington Railroad
Michael Nolan of Alliance, former Burlington engineer, lost a long fought suit in Chadron federal court over discharge and potential benefits valued at 34000 dollars. The court found evidence insufficient for a full hearing and dismissed the case at Nolan’s cost. City officials report remodeling of the pest house under Dr. George Hand and City Manager C. C. Smith to reform the long neglected facility.
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Michael Nolan
Alliance
Burlington
Burlington Railroad Company
Chadron
Nolan
George J. Hand
C. C. Smith
Box Butte County Wins First at Great Victory State Fair
Box Butte county captured first prize in the western district at the Nebraska state fair. The article notes record attendance, with 262,458 visitors and a peak of 71,774 on the Wednesday, plus county displays and prize money allocations across districts. Sheridan county exhibit lost in transit and Dawes, Kimball counties are mentioned in comparison.
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Box Butte
Great
Scottis Bluff
Sheridan County
Fremont
Agricultural Hall
Herald
Dawes County
Kimball County
Box Butte County
Douglas County
Lancaster
Kearney County
Bergestieds
Ldeveege
Fillmore
Custer
Franklin
Western District
Cheyenne
Scottsbluff County
Nebraska
Polk
Central
Alliance Community Club
Sand Hills Road Now Passable to Wagner's
Work on the Broadwater Alliance road through the sand hills nears completion with grading finished from Wagner place to Covall’s auto gates. J D Bicknell reports seventy nine tourist cars have traveled the route, praising its productive land reach. The line may be surfaced with shale, clay and gravel, becoming a major state highway. Box Butte and Morrill counties urged to extend the line to Alliance.
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Broadwater Alliance
Sand Hills
Morrill County
Box Butte County
Alliance
Angora Alliance Ball Game At Alliance Fairgrounds Sunday
Angora and Alliance baseball clubs meet at Alliance fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon in a heated rematch following Labor Day’s 5 3 Angora win. A $500 wager is posted with full gate receipts to the victor and an esteemed umpire to ensure fair decisions. Both teams, evenly matched, aim to draw the season’s largest Alliance crowd. Lineups will mirror Labor Day.
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Angora
Alliance
Nebraska
Northwest Nebraska Methodists Announce Conference Appointments
The Northwest Nebraska conference lists pastorates for Alliance District with officers including M. E. superintendent O. baker and pastors W A Bowden E M Kendall and J L Shaw among others. Long Pine District shows E D Gideon as superintendent with Ainsworth G I Wright and C B Richardson assigned to local posts.
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Alliance
Baker
P. O. Chadron
Nebraska
Mearl C. Smith
W. A. Bowden
Bayard
E. M. Kendall
Chadron
E. C. Newland
Crawford
H. BF. Wright
Gering
G. W. Snyder
Hemmeford
A. J. May
Hay Springs
R. Staniforth
Harrison
Edward Magill
Harrisburg
Henry
Scottebluff
E. C. Fintel
Whitney
John L. Shaw
Whitman
Long Pine
E. D. Gideon
P. O. Ainsworth
Neb
Ainsworth
G. I. Wright
Amelia
G. Rasmussen
Atkinson
C. B. Richardson
Bassett
L. C. Hicka
Dr. Geo J Hand Office and Residence Listing
Directory snippet lists Dr Geo J Hand with office phone 261 and residence at 243 tf-7965. Includes no further context or dates.
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Geo. J. Hand
Potash Legislation Promises Boost for Nebraska Plants
Washington reports support for protective potash tariffs aimed at curbing foreign imports. Nebraska facilities near readiness to begin operations, with eastern plants preparing trial runs to compete with German potash and avert shortages. The measure hinges on price-maintaining protections to keep American production viable.
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Nebraska
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Congressman Green
Iowa
Europe
Alsace
France
Germany
Alliance Herald
Coursey Family Survives Narrow Automobile Accident
Mr and Mrs Harry F P Coursey and their son from Alliance were in a serious crash near Cawker City Kansas when their car overturned driving into a ditch. Mrs Coursey suffered a severe injury and was briefly unconscious while Mr Coursey required crutches. The trip continued after the accident despite injuries.
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Harry FP. Coursey and
Alliance
Cawker City
Kansas
Coursey
Tom Maher Case Transferred to Omaha District Court
The Tom Maher illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors case, linked to a Spring Alliance police probe and Special Agent Smith, was moved from Chadron to the Federal court in the Omaha district. Brindell, a young man, was previously caught delivering liquor to local friends in Lorena.
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Tom Maher
Omaha
Chadron
Mr. Maher
Alliance Police
Special
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Pedrick
Chadron Calaboose
Cora Miller
John Liggett
Miller
Mike Nolan
Alliance Railroad
Alliance Men
Kimball
John W. Thomas
Borgia
Wagner
Angora-Alliance
M. E
Northwest Nebraska
Methodse Remeenat Church
Green
Coursey’s
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