Money found on boxcar hobos death identified
Leroy Bennett of Rushing Ark identified after researchers recover a dead man found in a lumber boxcar near Alliance. About $1,200 in bills hidden in his clothing and pockets is recovered, with detectives outlining theories of travel and possible homicide by hobos. The body was moved to the Miller morgue as investigators press for further clues.
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Leroy Bennett
Rushing, Ark
Alliance
Birdsell
Sheriff Miler
Glen Miller
Miller
Harry Wells
Miller Establishment
Rushing
Ark
Maud Bennett
L. R. Bennett
Bennett
Cushing
Mont
Hollister
Cuching Head
Okla
Cushman
H. A. Bolles
Yerbaayr
Ryegate
R. Garfield
Lee Bennett
Moraine
Switchman Daly
Daly
Sox
White Sox
Antioch
Billings
Wells
Western Nebrasa counties form secret group against eastern hunters
Five western Nebraska counties Brown Cherry Sheridan Dawes Box Butte have organized the Kun Klux Klan of the West to bar eastern sport men from prairie chicken hunting. State game warden George Koester says the group formed over the October 1 opening date change, not in response to eastern hunters.
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Big Aand Hill
Nebraska
Kun Klux Klan
Omaha World-Herald
George Koester
Brown
Cherry
Sheridan
Dawes
Box Butte
Koster
Federated Shop Crafts Gather at Reddish Hall Sunday
Harley Nickerson and Charles Whitcomb will address Federated Shop Crafts members at Reddish Hall at 2 30 p m Sunday. All members are urged to be present.
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Federated Shop Crafts
Reddish Hall
Harley Nickerson
Charles Whitcomb
Alliance road boosters plan Hem ingford meeting tonight
Alliance good roads boosters are asked to meet in front of the Glen Miller news stand at 6 30 this evening for a big delegation from Alliance. The start will be made as near that hour as possible.
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Hem
Ingford
Glen Miller News Stand
Alliance High School Award Promotes Americanism Essay
Alliance post No 7 of the American Legion introduces the Alliance Americanism Trophy for the top senior or junior in United States History and Civics who also writes the best 800 word essay on Americanism. The trophy stays at Alliance High School with yearly engraving and a silver medal.
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Alliance Post No. 7
Alliance American Americanism
Coke
United States
Elvics
Legion
E. L. Meyer
George L. Burr
Alliance
The
Ives
Lepwion
W. R. Pate
F. C. Prince
Alliance Aromas
Legion Americanism
Alliance High School
Indian Babe Buried Thursday at Miller Chapel
The infant child of Alice Running Jump and Ben Corn of Pine Ridge was buried Thursday afternoon from Miller chapel. The baby, born Wednesday afternoon at the Indian camp south of the city, was interred in the Catholic cemetery.
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Babe
Miller Chapel
Alice Running Jump
Pine Ridge
Holy Rosa Denempnes
Ben Corn
Pine Ridge Agency
Alliance Man Is Sued for a Divorce After 26 Years
Mrs. Florence Atz of Alliance files for divorce from Julius Atz a prominent farmer one mile north of Alliance after 26 years of marriage. She cites extreme cruelty false statements and nonpayment of separate maintenance plus seeks equitable division of a $15,000 farm. They have four children four of whom are adults or near adulthood.
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Florence Atz
Julius Atz
Alliance
Atz
Alliance Road Meeting and Route Dispute in Box Butte
Alliance boosters push for a state aided road to Hemingford while county officials consider three routes. Debates center on which path best serves Alliance, Hemingford, and rural areas as state funds fund maintenance and engineering approval is required.
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Alliance Roads Boosters
Ee Auto
Hemingford
Neigh Town
Alliance
Box Butte
Box Butte County
Theee van Etreicht
Tenth Street
Division
J. C. McLean
Mclean
Gaddis
Alliance City Council Approves Telephone Franchise
City council members are commended for approving a telephone franchise on a business basis. The decision reflects unity and broad minded leadership, setting a positive example for other cities and elevating Alliance’s standing. Signed by N A Kem mish, City Manager.
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N. A. Kemmish
Nebraska Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with possible light frost in the west on Saturday. Expect generally fair skies and cooler conditions across the state.
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Nebraska
Alliance backs rail line route for state aid road
The Alliance group favors a railway track route for a state aid road and may gain Berea and part of Hemingford support at tonight's meeting. Commissioners previously discussed several routes including a westward option on Tenth street and a line past the Cal Hashman place, but morale has shifted away from Tenth street under Carreil and allies. Continued discussions suggest rail line preference over the Tenth street option.
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Burlington
Alliance
Algo
Tenth Street
Cal Hashman Place
Carreil
Berea
Hemingford
Rotary clubs back state aid for Alliance Hemingford road
Alliance Rotary at a Wednesday meeting urged state aid for an Alliance Hemingford road along the Burlington track toward Crawford, opposing the Hashman county-built route. The Lions club adopted a similar resolution at its Thursday luncheon, to be sent to Governor McKelvie and State Engineer Johnson.
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Alliance Rotary Club
Fern Garden
Alliance Hotel
Box Butte County
Glen Miller
R. M. Hampton
E. D. Mallory
Alliance- Hemingford
Burlington Railway
Hemingford
Railroads Cut Vegetable Freight Rates West of Rockies
Interstate Commerce Commission announced a reduction in freight rates on vegetables from California and Pacific coast territories to the area between the Rocky Mountains, Chicago, and the Mississippi River. The new rates increase 15 cents from the prior figure, replacing a 33 1/3 percent rise enacted August 26 1920, in an effort to aid western growers and shippers. The commission planned to allow the change with less than the usual 30 days notice.
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California
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Deadlock Ends in Alliance Franchise Approval
After more than two years of conflict and political resistance, Alliance officials and the company reached a final agreement on a new telephone franchise. The council, led by City Manager Kemmish, approved a franchise praised as the best in Nebraska, with stronger city safeguards and mechanisms to justify future rate changes. Public opinion shifted in favor as facilities promised rapid improvements. Continued on Page 4.
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Wrenn
N Western Bell Telephone Company
Ees
Nebraska
A. D. Rodgers
Stateway Commission
Railway Commission
Oun
Lotaf
Kemmish
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Say
Alliance Good Roads Boosters
Alliance Post
CUP
Alliance Boosters
Burington
Kia
Tenth
Cal Hashman
Chamber of Commerce
Hashman Place
Johnson
the Franchise
Hashman Road
Lions Club
New Jersey
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