Governor Keith Neville to speak in Alliance next Tuesday
Nebraska War Governor Keith Neville will address Alliance on the evening of September 24 with Secretary of State Charley Paoli. His ten day speaking tour includes Sidney Scottsbluff Bridgeport Alliance Chadron Gordon Valentine O Neill and nearby towns with limited campaign time due to War duties.
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Keith~ Neville
Nebraska
Charley Paoli
Sixth
Eptember
Sidney
Scotts Bluffs
Bridgeport
E. m
Alliance
Chadron
Gordon
Valentine
Ept
O'Neill
Pool
Locomotive Firemen Notice for William L. Austin
William L. Austin died September 18 1915 at Edgemont. Funeral services scheduled Sunday at the Christian church. All locomotive firemen are to meet at Odd Fellows Hall at 10 oclock Sunday morning.
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Nothce
Wm. L. Austin
Edgemont
Christian Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Robbers Enter Laing's Store in Local Heist
Thieves broke in through a rear window at the B G Laing clothing shop between Friday evening and Saturday morning. They seized a full outfit and bags, leaving police with few clues as scent efforts by a new bloodhound failing to locate the perpetrators. Local authorities suspect local talent in the robbery.
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B. G. Laing
Laine
Etvie
Laing
State Fair Attracts Largest Crowd In History
The Nebraska state fair drew over 14 000 more attendees than any prior year and surpassed earlier records. Hog exhibit set a record with a new hog barn housing 722 pens and expanded facilities. New wine quarters reached capacity prompting the fair to use external space for about 140 additional pens.
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Nebraska
Ewine
German helmet exhibit at Newberry's hardware
The German helmet on display at Newberry's hardware was donated by Mrs M E Johnson from her son Ralph who served in France with the Rainbow division. Ralph notes helmets lie thick on the front lines and soldiers seldom pick them up.
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Newberry Hardware
Mra M. E. Johnson
Ralph
France
Mr. Johnson
Rainbow Division
Box Butte Countys Oct troop quota set at forty men
Box Butte county is called to furnish 40 men for the October 7 draft movement moving 5 945 Nebraskans to four cantonments. Camp Funston will receive Box Butte men while Lancaster and 66 central counties supply others to Camp Funston Camp Dodge and Camp Cody are also listed with detailed quotas. Provost Marshal Crowder announces steps to allow voluntary Navy induction and calls for marines if not enough volunteers.
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Box Butte County
Walter Anderson Provost Marshall
Nebraska
Hox Butte County
Camp Funston
Camp Pike
Douglas
Amp Dodee
Lncaster
Johnson
Nemaha
Otee
Pawnee
Richardson
Camp Dodge
Burt
Cedar
Colfax
Cuming
Dakota
Dixon
Dodge
Holt
Madison
Omaha City
Pierce
Platte
Sarpy
Stanton
Washington
Wayne
Adams
Antelope
Arthur J; Banner
Blaine
Boone
Bob Butte
Boyd
Grown
Oo Buffalo
Jefferson
Kearney
Keya-Paha
Keith
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln
Logan
McPherson, & Merrick
Merrill
Nance
Nuckolls
Moesi
Perkins
Phelps
Polk
Rock
Saline
Saunders
Scotten Bluff
Seward
Sheridan
Stove
Sherman
Thayer
Thomas
I. Valley
Webster
Wheelen
York
Crowder Yeaterday
Sceal
Navy
Mrine Corps
Marine Corps
Draft Questionnaires Sent To Local Registrants
W C Mounts secretary of the local draft board sends questionnaires to men aged 19 to 36 who registered last Thursday. About ten percent of the questionnaires are mailed each day.
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W C. Mounts
Automost E Road Remarked by Alliance Club
Secretary W D Fisher of the Alliance Community Club marked the road from Alliance to Breadwinter with over seventy five signs in orange and white. He reports the route now has large three foot arrows at key points and straight ahead directions at all turns. Weather delayed work but most signs are in place and two hundred forty six cars used the road between August 15 and September 1. A two and a half mile sandy stretch near Hay was treated with larvia to improve conditions. The road lies about twelve miles northeast of Alliance.
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W. D. Fisher
Alliance Community Club
Fisher
Alliance
Business Visitor from Rushville Joins Alliance
Sheriff Bruce of Rushville visits Alliance today as a business guest, meeting local officials and discussing regional commerce initiatives.
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Sherif Bruce
Rushville
Alliance Today
Building Association 10 Raises 50000 For Railroad Housing
Secretary Fisher and R M Hamton lead the Community Building Association in securing railroad housing loans. Twenty two subscriptions total 18600.00 with a goal of 50000.00 urging Alliance business men to subscribe as able. Local businessmen listed include Copperwall Peterson 200.00 and R M Hampton 2000.00 among others.
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Fisher
R. M. Hamton
Community Building Association
Alliance
Burlington
Copperwall & Peterson
A. Newberry
Roy Beckwith
Ccences Cove
T. & Plesding
Horace Rouge
J. M. Kennedy
Anrry Thiele
Joe R. Smith
Everett Cooe
Glen Miller
R. M. Hampton
W. W. Norton
Cence
Marry A
Dubuque
Geo. Darling
Unidentified Victims Named In Alliance Wreck
Eleven men died in a wreck east of Alliance. Two victims remain unidentified and L F Lovejoy is unclaimed though traced to Walden Georgia. Efforts continue to identify Brown and Jones among the unnamed. Lovejoy to be shipped to Monroe Georgia. two unidentified to be buried locally.
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Alliance
L F, Lovejoy
Walden
Brown and Jones
Kineas City
Crawford
Stanley Doe Arrested for Theft in Sheriff Court
Stanley Doe was arrested by Sheriff Cox for stealing and appeared in police court where he was fined $100. He was ordered to work off the fine in a compulsory labor program.
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Stanley Doe
Cox
Bulgarians in flight as Allied troops advance twelve miles
In Macedonia Bulgarians flee as Allied forces push twelve miles along the front. French and Serbian troops chase the retreating Bulgarians day and night, with heavy prisoners and material slipping away. Separately, French forces captured Colombe’s farm near Solveone and advanced toward Datton near St Quentin. An American ace, Lieutenant Drevid E Putnam, was killed on patrol along the Lorraine front.
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Macedonia
London
Paria
Mengin
Solveone
Cap
Tured Colombe
Nancy
Datton
St. Quentin
Washington
D C
Drevid E. Putnam
Newton
Ame
Lorrane
Sheriff Cox Intervenes Over Draft Evasion Claims
Omaha headquarters ordered Sheriff Cox to round up two Black men playing with the Negro show troop. They claimed to remain in touch with the draft board and had not received orders to report. Telegrams supported their statements and they agreed to report, and were allowed to go. Later word arrived that they had reported to their local board.
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Sheriff Cox
Omaha
Cox
Debates on Use of Foreign Languages in Nebraska Churches
A Nebraska convention of the State Council on Americanization discusses whether foreign language use should continue in church schools and services. Speakers cite loyalty, child language barriers, and family division as factors shaping English adoption and potential separate services for aging parishioners.
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Nebraska
State Council On
John Williama
Omaha
Carl H. Guetafeon
Lincoln
John E. Miller
F. W. C. Jesse
Seward
W. V. Allen
Madison
Theobald Kalamaja
Chris Grunther
Columbus
Ed. H. Coufal
David City
Fred Nye
Fremont
Representative Hall
Capitol Building
Layton Begins Three Week WCTU Lecture Tour
Mrs A A Layton left the first of the week for eastern state points on a lecture tour for the WCTU. She will be gone about three weeks.
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Mra
A. A. Layton
Nebraska Sees Liberty Loan Quota Near 65 Million
Nebraska's fourth Liberty Loan quota is presented as about 63.9 million to 65 million, twice the third drive. Douglas County faces around 10.16 million, with county chairmen meetings set in Norfolk Holdrege and Alliance this week. Folda notes Nebraska has always met government requests and urges public participation.
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Nebraska
BE. F. Folda
State Committee
Treasury Department
Douglas County
Byrne
Folda
Norfolk
Holdredge
Alliance
Coal Prices Push Europe Style Costs This Winter
A Batavia Evening Post piece argues coal prices could soar to European levels this winter, prompting careful usage. It claims the government will keep control to protect the poor while critics say high prices force thrift and fuel saving at home.
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Pesale Co
Batuidey
Pwt
Uncle Burm
Poe
Europe
Bet Echler
Registration figures show Box Butte county draw plan
One thousand two hundred ninety one men aged 18 to 45 registered in Box Butte county last Thursday. Men aged 19 to 36 will be the first to be drawn as questionnaires are sent to these individuals.
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Box Butte County
Tires Displayed Outside Laval Garage
Shown at Coursey and Miller garage two large tires catch the eye. Inside the shop we are told a set of those tires costs 548.60. Front tires measure 35x6 and rear tires 40x8 for an International truck.
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Coursey & Miller
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State Fair
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Dundy
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Hitchcock
Red Willow
First Baptist Church
Wee
Henry H. Biggerstaff
Levenworth
Jerry Mitchell
Biggerstaff
Nora
Mission
Mitchell
Wyoming
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Harry Fallis
Jesse O. Everhart
Charles J. Sissna
Joseph Jaws
Dawes County
William Stade
Carol O. Hagel
Harvey Shepherd
Robert Todd
Hqmor Cnaree
Webster Bernhart
Cecelia Brigham
Crimp Lewis
Los Angeles
Woast
Sheriff Cox GO Tate
State Americanization Council
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