Club Plans Regular Meetings And Local Fair Outings
The Commercial Club directs regular monthly meetings at city hall with talks and questions. Alliance day at the Tri-State fair in Crawford includes transport by train and a Derby purse event. Separate irrigation tests in Box Butte county are proposed with county funding if yields meet thresholds. Sears Roebuck & Co warns limits on grocery orders and notes catalog price guarantees and forthcoming catalogs.
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Alliance
Crawford
Commercial Club
Alliance PLC
C. A. Newberry
Box Butte County
Kansas
Box Butte
Trade Exhibit notes big mail order shifts amid price rises
The Omaha Trade Exhibit reports major mail order houses reacting to rising commodity prices, led by groceries due to the European war. Sears Roebuck & Co stops accepting grocery orders to revise price lists while pursuing other profitable items, signaling where margins lie and informing customers of a temporary pause in grocery mail orders.
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Omaha
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Grocey
Marriage At Wisconsin Manse In Alliance
On Monday afternoon September 21 1914 at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Alliance Frank Floyd of Lakeside and Miss Leota Cooper of Ellsworth were married by Rev C S Baker. The couple returned to Lakeside the next day to reside. The groom works as a clerk for Harris Crowther Co. and the bride is sister of Mrs. Tom Ross.
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Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Alliance
Frank Floyd
Lakeside
Leota Cooper
Ellsworth
Baker
Sheridan County
Harris-Crowther Co
Tom Ross
Young man wounded when rifle misfires near Snow ranch
Tom Endicott, 16, visiting his brother east of the Snow ranch, was accidentally shot in the right lung around 10 am while in a field. He was treated by Dr. Slagle at the scene and moved to St Joseph's hospital for further care.
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Tom Endicott
Snow Ranch
Oklahoma
Scofield Transfers Ownership of Bible School to Moody
Revered author and teacher Rev. C L Scofield D D who founded the Scofield Correspondence Bible School of New York in 1888 has transferred ownership and management of the institution to The Moody Bible.
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C. L. Scofield
D.D
Scofield Correspondence Bible School of
New York
Moody Bi
Missionary Preaching at Indian Creek on Nebraska South Dakota Line
Rev. D W Montgomery district missionary of the Presbyterian church conducted a service at a log house on the state line between Nebraska and South Dakota. The scene shows Indian Creek near the line with a half mile stone marker and Montgomery riding across to reach a congregation from the opposite side. The photo was taken in summer 1913.
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D. W. Montgomery
Presbyterian Church
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montgomery
Indian Creek
Mr. Montgomery
Moody Bible Institute Announces Expanded Work
The Moody Bible Institute announces broadened duties extending its outreach through its existing plan. For more information contact The Moody Bible Institute at 153 Institute Place Chicago Illinois.
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Ble Institute of
Chicago
Moody Bible Institute
Institute Place
Reception for School Teachers at Christian Church
A Friday evening reception for public school teachers, High School pupils, and the Board of Education will be hosted by the Christian church. Miss oe of Alliance School of Music arranged the program featuring piano duets by Vera Albro and Marian Mote, vocal solos by Virginia Broome and Bobolink by Miss Vernon, and several duets and solos performed by local artists.
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Board of Education
Christian Church
The
Alliance School of Music
Vera Albro
Marian Mote
Largest races announced at Tri-State Fair event
A special Tri-State Fair Association meeting in Crawford decided to stage a free-for-all trot on Saturday with an $800 purse and a Crawford Derby offering $300. The track was well watered and packed for optimal condition, described as the best ever. Arab L Hungerford presides.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Crawford
The
Herald
Fall Association
Arab L. Hungerford
Hunters Travel Companions Share Succe ssful Trips
Bob Harvey Otto Dolan of Douglas Wyoming and R M Blackburn of Chicago have joined Roy Beckwith on several successful hunting trips in the hills. Blackburn is Beckwiths brother in law and traveled with his wife and children visiting the Beckwith family.
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Eenee
Bob" Harvey
Otto Dolan
Douglas
Wyo
R. M. Blackburn
Chicago
Roy Beckwith
Mr. Blackburn
Mr. Beckwith
Beckwith
War’s definition twists as ambition haunts youth
A reflective line suggests war reshapes purpose and tests the energy of young people as they seek meaning and direction amid conflict.
Seven Hundred Attend Alliance Style Show at Imperial
Alliance's first style show drew a crowd of over seven hundred to the new Imperial theatre on Friday evening. The event featured stage settings by George Darling and Miller Brothers, music by the Haddorf Player piano and an Edison diamond point phonograph, plus numerous costumes and displays from local departments and stores.
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Alliance
New Imperial Theatre
George Darling
Miller Brothers
Haddorf
Lloyd Thomas
Millinery Exhibit Highlights Edith Thompson Attired Dresses
Miss Edith Thompson of the millinery department wore outfits from Zehrung's millinery and from Alliance Cleaning Works Exhibit. Her gown and overcoat were cleaned and pressed by the cleaning works. Bh. W. Ray provided flowers for the occasion.
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Hireh-Wickwire
Mra. Zehrung
Alliance Cleaning Works
Edith Thompson
Bh. W. Ray
Social evening of cards and music at Mrs Carlson’s home
Mrs Alice Carlson and Mrs Margar et Bell hosted a card party Monday evening for friends. Music accompanied games with a four course luncheon served late. First prize went to Gertrude Thiele for a basket and free-for-all prize to Mabel Duncan for a silver thimble.
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Alice Carlson
Margaret Bell
Gertrude Thiele
Mabel Duncan
Alliance Woman Found Unconscious in Denver
Mrs. Cora Rockey, 19, of Alliance Nebraska, was found unconscious at Fifteenth and Champa in Denver. She could not recall who she is or how she arrived in Denver, and her husband George Hockey of Alliance is noted. Her mother Mrs. W. H. Zehrung left Alliance on the night train to Denver seeking answers.
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Carl Rockey
Alliance
Denver Street
Denver
W. H. Zehrung
Denver Post
Nebr
Cora Rockey
Fifteenth
Champa
George Hockey
Aliance
Last Horse Sale Draws Large Crowd at Alliance Yard
The final season sale at Alliance stock yard proceeds with over eight hundred horses offered by Alliance Horse Commission Company. A large turnout of buyers, good prices, and a successful sale are reported. Mrs. Ursula Ellis travels from Grand Island toward California to visit relatives before returning to California.
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Alliance Stock Yard
Alliance Horse Commission Company
Wedhenday
Ursula Ellis
Grand Island
California
Eis
Frien
Belgium shows resolve as frost nears and elections loom
The piece notes Belgium's determination to rebound amid frost and the upcoming fall election. It questions which European culture excels in acts of violence, while asserting that there is nothing polite about the ongoing war.
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Belgium
Polish heir predicts end to monarchies after war
Colonel John Sobieski, Polish royal descendant and lecturer, told Chicago readers that Europe will become republics and Poland will gain freedom once the current conflict ends. He forecasts dethronements of the czar, the kaiser, and Austrian rulers, with exiles and exiles returning as nations reset.
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Poland
Europe
Chicago Herald
Russia
Republica
John Sobieski
Chicago
Sobieski
Colonel Sobleaki
Rusela
Czar
Kaiser
Cxar
Colonel Sobieski
America
Kaiser Wilhelm
Dallas
Texas
Francis Joseph
Maxmillan
Mexico
Twin Births and Political Quips Tie Neighbors to News
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Conner at Bingham Nebraska a boy and girl named Floyd Alan Conner and Colomb Martha Conner. Mrs. Conner formerly Miss Hagel Beck of Alliance. Air Conner manages the Nebraska Telephone exchange at Central City. Colonel Toopevelt arrived in Louisiana amid a Progressive party battle with the Colonel blamed for any fight.
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A. D. Conner
Bingham, Nebraska
Floyd Alan Conner
Colomb Martha Conner
Toopevelt
Louisiana
National Prayer Day for Peace Proclaimed by Wilson
President Wilson designates October 4 1914 as a nationwide day of prayer for peace in Europe urging all to attend church and seek divine guidance to heal nations at war. The proclamation asks forgiveness for sins and for wisdom to restore concord among peoples.
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Woodrow Wilson
Europe
United States
United States of America
Waene
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Gation Weels
WI. E. Manse
Correspondence Bible School
Nebraska Experiment Station
John H. Morehead
Home Missionary’s
Nebraska-South Dakota State Line
Wyoming
Norman McCorkle
Hark
Misses Parker
Duncan and
Acheson
Bobolink
Miss Vernon
Misses Beulah
Dorothy Smith
Crawford Tri-State
Imperial Theatre
Horace Bogue
Miss Aiken
Kathere Harris
Jane Bogue
Mra
Rearson
Mos
Cynthia Davenport
Ereytus
Marry Gans
Aira. Hogue
Harper's Men's Department
L Oe
Departmenta Co
Sue Harper Department Store
Robert Acheson
Atragood
Littie Kowoert
A. J. Hubbell
Daimacaan
Gordon Ben. W
George Mollring
L. L. Smith
Earnest Hock
Frapers Howman
Evaless
Regan
Harper's Ladies’ Department
Deposis
Paris
Isabelle Gabus
Gage Brothers
Bertie Vernon
Doris Mallory
Palmer
Mary Wilson
E. G. Laing
Modern Clothes
Dan" Matthews
Adler Collegian Clothes
Right Clothing
H. V. Clayton
Alliance Lady
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