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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
8
In Hemingford the community discusses Miss Emma Nerud assuming control of the school. Notes small town happenings include a planned bank, visitors from Alliance and Sioux County, a dance at the opera house, and a wedding of Miss Sarah Colvin to Mr. Will Lawrence.
The Cubs star Joe Tinker delivers stellar play for Chicago, overcoming back trouble with a brief rest to return and disrupt opponents. His late-game hits and fielding push the team toward top standings, earning praise for revived form.
Fireman Tom Burchell is home after a two week stay at Hot Springs. Dick Burke returns to work after a short layoff. Ruggles of Ravenna visits Alliance. Swartout and Bell promoted to oversee engines. W G Canton and J Castle transferred to Alliance. Conductor Frank Dunning returned from Montana. A second operator added at Broken Bow for stock season. Geo Hicks recovering from injuries and expected to run soon. John Leidtke joins freight service in overalls and black shirt. Olson returns to Alliance for east end runs. Charley Tubbs reportedly resigned. Brakeman Raymond Mark travels to Denver, then Fort Collins. Dan Hetrick, despite a lost thumb, continues Ravenna–Seneca work. Banana car catches fire near Ellsworth causing $500+ damage. East end crews reassigned to local work with new R3 engines. Stock car fire at Marvin destroys car and contents, traffic blocked briefly. Jim Armour becomes a father. Bridge between Berwyn and Broken Bow burned, traffic delayed ~ten hours. bridge material transported and rebuilt by dawn. Stock shipments from sandhill area rise. six towns ship stock to Broken Bow, 45–50 cars picked up between Alliance and Ravenna. K2 class small engine sent to Ravenna for double heading No 41 in heavy or bad weather. The popular No 41 train carries heavy summer traffic, requiring handling of fourteen or more cars to meet schedule.
Arrangements for the Hudson Fulton celebration aquatic contests are nearly complete. Events include Sept 20 motorboat races in New York and Yonkers, Sept 30 motorboat events, Oct 2 rowing and canoe contests in Newburg. Prizes feature Hudson Fulton silver shields and medals for winning crews.
The Intercollegiate Golf Championship will be held at Apawanis links in Rye New York September 13 to 18. A new scoring rule awards one point for a team win replacing fractions from holes. Yale will be represented by Mosser Logg Hunter Merriman Hayne and Langford with Logg the current Mississippi champion and Merriman the Connecticut title holder. Participating schools include Yale Harvard Williams Princeton Columbia Cornell Dartmouth and Pennsylvania.
A brief verse urges avoiding fault finding and embracing boosting. Eben Smith a switchman is referenced as the speaker or as a related figure in this short exchange. The tone favors uplifting behavior over knocking others.
The photograph shows a near square colonial with 25 by 31 feet frontage and depth. Construction costs are kept moderate with a single chimney and two stories finished in native hardwood. attic has two bedrooms. Steam heating and a basement laundry room are included in the design estimates around $2,500 outside cost when finished as described.
A detailed description of a six room cottage designed by Albert E. Davis of the Bronx New York. The photograph shows a hilltop crown site and a tipped roof. Features include a broad front piazza colonial columns clapboard first story, shingled second story attic and roof, beveled plate glass front doors, a bay parlor and dining room window, oak vestibule and dining room, whitewood parlor ivory white, ash kitchen, sycamore second story, open fireplace mantels in parlor and second story bedroom, plate rack dining room, stained glass on stairs, and a large pantry. Total cost stated as including plumbing and hot water heating. Size 25 by 81 feet. Architect ALBERT & DAVIS.
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