Potash Lands to Be Leased by State Board
The first section of state school lands containing potash will be leased to the highest bidder on September 28 at 10 a.m. at the State House in Lincoln. Section 36, Township 26, Range 45 West in Sheridan County is offered with a mineral prospectors lease plus one eighth royalty, under rules set by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
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State House
Lincoln
Sheridan County
Shumway
Nebraska
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
L. Shumway
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
State Board
Box Butte Pioneer Valentine King Buried Here
Funeral services for Valentine King were held Sunday at Holy Rosary church with interment in the Catholic cemetery beside his wife. Born August 16, 1840 in Ireland he emigrated in 1867 and lived in several states before settling in Nebraska. He moved to Box Butte in 1887 to work on railroad contracts and later ranching near Bayard. He left five sons and three daughters and was known as a loyal friend and community helper.
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Valentine King
Holy Rosary Church
King
William
Martin
Alliance
John
Anna
Tom
Angora
Patrick
Blackfoot Idaho
Margaret Jacobs
Ellen Murphy
Claygon
County Galway
Ireland
America
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Bayard
Borgh
Mr. King
Box Butte County
Whitman
Are You An Elk Comedy to Play at Local Theatre
Announcement says the Elk's Lodge will present Are You An Elk or How Father Joined the Lodge at an early date. Fifteen Alliance actors will head the cast, with a noted stage director guiding the production under lodge auspices. Names to be announced next week.
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Alliance
Withi
Elk’s Lodge
Miss Dasy Cunningham Leaves Toll Operator Post
Miss Dasy Cunningham quits her job as toll operator at the Alliance exchange of the Nebraska Telephone Co. to take a messenger girl position at the local Western Union Telegraph office.
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Dasy Cunningham
Alliance Exchange
Nebraska Telephone Co
Western Union Telegraph Office
Restrictions on Potash Lease Applications Adopted
Supplemental rules limit applicants to five sections and require a single chosen section within thirty days or all rights are forfeited. A production plant must begin construction within ninety days after selection. Present multi section applicants must follow these rules and the Land Commissioner will publish notices enforcing selection deadlines.
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Fmipreof
Uch
Alliance Commercial Club at Crossroads Faces Change
A city editorial urges Alliance to act to save the Commercial Club amid rising discontent among merchants. It calls for stronger leadership, potential hiring of W. D. Fisher, and urgent pursuit of projects such as a railway link, potato show, road between Alliance and Lakeside, hotel prospects, a fall festival, and a possible potash refinery to spur growth and jobs.
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Alliance
W. D. Fisher
Alliance Commercial Club
Secoy
Alliance Hotel
Fisher
Germania Life Insurance Company
Topeka
Kansas
Northwestern Railway
Hay 8
Hemingford
Lakeside
Antioch
Aliance
Denver Conservatory Opens with Large Enrollment
Miss Eunice Burnett formerly of the Alliance Conservatory of Music serves as soprano director and voice teacher at the Denver Conservatory of Muasie. The new school opened last week with strong enrollment. Friends may write to her at 29 39 East Colfax Avenue Denver Colo.
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Denver Conservatory of Muasie
Alliance girl kiss farewell prompts men to choose
The Sidney Telegraph notes an Omaha event where a girl kissed 300 soldiers goodbye. It questions whether the soldiers would prefer to select their own kisses, implying the scene involved many soldiers and a single farewell by one girl.
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Sidney Telegraph
Omaha
Company G
Alliance
Rifle of Trouble at Burlington Yards Sparks Manhunt
A black man, George Moore, allegedly threatened Eddie Boddi and fired at Officer George Stafford during a night arrest attempt at Burlington yards. A large posse including Sheriff Cox and Chief Snyder searched all yards and trains for Moore, while Boddi faced charges for carrying concealed weapons.
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George Stafford
George Moore
Burlington
Stafford
Moore
Eddie Boddi
Texas
Boddi
Poddi
Cer Stafford
Ay Tompkins
Round House
Cox
Snyder
Jones
Tompkins
Herald
North Platte Laundry Man Plans Geiig Venture
J R Basking of North Platte ex Alliance resident with laundry experience aims to start a laundry business in Geiig. He formerly managed the Alliance Steam Laundry and helped found the Ideal Laundry at Scotts Bluff. Startup hinges on obtaining suitable machinery as manufacturers shift to war production.
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J. R. Basking
North Platte
Alliance
Geiig
Miss Eunice Burnett Performs Benefit At Camp Baldwin
Miss Eunice Burnett, formerly with the Alliance School of Music, gave a half hour concert at the YMCA tent in Camp Baldwin for 5000 soldiers. She notes soldiers now appear straighter, more like military men, and adjusted to camp life compared with six weeks ago.
Bean sorting unit planned for Alliance crop
Bert Walters of Miller Brothers News Stand says Alliance will install a complete bean sorting outfit to handle the large bean crop. Walters is a trusted bean expert and his reports are reliable.
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Bert Walters
Miller Brothers News Stand
Alliance
Bert
Mrs Holloway and Highland Return From Kansas Visit
Mrs L Z Holloway and Mrs L H Highland returned Wednesday afternoon from a several week visit with parents in Newton Kansas and relatives in the area.
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L. Z. Holloway
L. H. Highland
Newton
Kanaianheihan
Farewell Banquet for Box Butte Soldiers to Camp Funston
Alliance residents gathered at the Elks Club rooms to bid farewell to 14 local men bound for Camp Funston. Speakers shared wartime reflections as 135 attendees witnessed comfort kits presented by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Red Cross.
Raised Fine Spuds on Sod Garden near Fair Grounds
Jimmie Pierce, the Herald’s free boy, planted 34 rows of potatoes on sod near the fair grounds. He rented the plot for 2.50, paid 2.50 to plow, and expects to dig by early July. Most rows thrived except one cut by worms. he hopes for over fifty bushes and a wagon load. He brought sample Dan dies to the Herald office.
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Jimmie Pierce
The
Herald
Jimmie
Fair Grounds
Tom Stales
Powell to leave dairy business announces public sale
Cc L Powell announces this week his decision to exit the dairy business. With his sons in college and army service, help is hard to keep, prompting a farm sale Friday next week September 28 at 1 PM three miles north of Alliance post office on the old Reaves place. The auction lists 85 cattle including 30 milk cows plus horses hogs a Ford car a 4 horse gasoline engine and a Sharpless milking outfit. Col Coursey will supervise the sale.
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Co. L. Powell
Alliance
Reaves Place
The
Herald
Powell
Ford
Col. Coursey
Gale
Ide Clark Satterfield Returns for Onawa Business Trip
Ide Clark Satterfield arrived this morning in Onawa Iowa for a week of business engagements.
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Ide Clark Satterfield
Onawa
Iowa
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Box Butte
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Rur Duluicn
Ed Baquet
Elks Club
National
Camp Funston
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Harry Gaverick
Theo
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Gee
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Arthur Maken
Jacob Rohrbaugh
Royce L. Glass
Cecil R. Henry Archie T. Phillips
Ladies of the Baptist Church
W EE. Ousey
Dean W. Carson Shaw
R. F. Curtis
Winnipeg
Canada
Tecumseh
Curtis
Ypres
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Verdun
Lens
Cc. L. Powell
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