Light And Heating Plant Fund Ledger 1915
City of Sidney records for Electric Light and Steam Plant funds show May 1 balances of cash and credits, disbursements, and liabilities. Amounts include 23,333.24 to WKS and 28,762.68 ge, with detailed income from the Co. Treas 920.00 and assets/liabilities totaling 2,142.10. Outstanding warrants and indebtedness listed, with 1916 warrants totaling 2,110.54 and 1916-1915 warrants 5,461.08, plus notes on the old plant purchase and related warrants.
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Electric Light and
S. H. Ed. Int
Co. Treas
Worthen
Cu Trens
Coe Ee
Fire Insurance Co
General Fund
City Hall
W. S
Co. Trews
the Sear
Co .Treas
Pate
Ram Co. Treas
Wil- From Co
New Treas
Cao
Treas
Ee Eree
Enone
Electric Light & S. H
Electric Light
S. H. Bond Int
Seeer
Ene Enee
Genl
Sidney
Cheyenne
Nebraska
TFT
Coal Foe
Kent
Nebraska Editors Toast Hospitality on Western Tour
The Nebraska Press association completed a five day tour of western cities from Grand Island to Kearney drawing over 100 editors. Nebraska cities hosted minstrel shows and meals while officers Clark Perkins, C. B. Cass, A. D. Scott and Anna Hunt were elected for 1917 with Horace M. Davis and C. C. Johns honored as retiring leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Press Association
Nebraska
Grand Island
Broken Bow
Hyannis
Crawford
Chadton
Bridgeport
Bayard
Chimney Rock
Gering
Scottsbluff
Mitchell
Minatare
North Platte
Kearney
Nebraska Press
Omaha
Clark Perkins
Aurora
C. B. Cass
Ravenna
A. D. Scott
Edgar
Anna Hunt
Fonca
Lincoln
Horace M. Davis
Ord
C. C. Johns
Twenty five killed in trolley collision near Johnstown
A head on collision between two crowded trolley cars on the Southern Cambria Traction line near Echo and Brookvale seven miles from Johnstown Pennsylvania left twenty five dead and sixty three injured. Motorman Angus Varner was at the controls of one car which crashed into a standing car near the Echo car barn. Varner’s car sped downhill at about thirty miles per hour and, after the warning signal, power was cut too late to avert the disaster.
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Cambria Traction Compaany
Echo
Brookvale
Johnstown
Angus Varner
Varner
American aviator Dennis Dowd killed in Buc crash
Dennis Dowd, 30, an American aviator in the French army then newly joined U S flying corps, died at Buc aerodrome when his machine fell. An expert flyer without a pilots certificate, he had formerly served with the Foreign Legion. His father resides in Seacliff, Long Island.
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Dennis Dowd
Buc
Dowd
Foreign Legion
American Flying Corps
Seacliff
Long Island
Three Trainmen Die in Pittsburgh Wheeling RR Collision
The Baltimore and Ohio line in the Pittsburgh and Wheeling division reports a head on crash of two heavy freight trains. Three engineers and firemen from Pittsburgh were killed, three injured and four slightly hurt. Wheat pit attacks and grain price talk persist in Chicago despite war.
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Chicago
London Daily Express
Pittsburgh and Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
I. W. Bustice
C.D Thitchinson
C. R. Wright
Pittsburgh
Mobilization Orders Relaxed as Rail Strike Impacts Move
The War Department revoked orders for the remaining mobilized units of the national guard to proceed to the border. No official explanation is given, but factors include the delicate railroad strike situation affecting movement and logistics.
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National Guard
War Department
Wilson Seeks Settlement in Railway Wage Dispute
President Wilson held talks with both sides as a possible basis for settlement emerged amid threats of a nationwide rail strike. Employees demand an eight hour day and overtime pay, while managers seek a defined arbitration framework. Both sides urged concrete proposals, and optimism remains that a strike can be avoided.
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Wilson
Brotherhoods
Elisha Lee
A. B. Garretson
Order of
Discontent and unrest ripple through Mexico City events
Reports from El Nacional describe General Benjamin Hill patrolling Mexico City to quell strikes by electric lighting and street railway workers. Several shots fired and riots noted. Carranza’s meeting with Federation of Syndicates labeled the action unpatriotic as socialist agitators blamed for Mexico’s labor strife. El Paso arrivals cite food scarcity and job losses as factors. Private dispatches note General Inez Salazar’s execution in Chihuahua City by General Trevino on alleged revolutionary plots.
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Sojal
Mexico
el Nacional
Carranza
Mexico City
el Paso
Benjamin Hill
Federal District
Electric
Federation of Syndicates
Chihuahua
Inez Salazar
Trevino
Six Ships Held Up by German Submarine
Six ships were halted by a German submarine. The commander ordered the Marie crew to abandon ship and then sank the vessel with bombs as other ships watched. Norwegian steamers Credo and Soro went down in ten minutes. Three other ships were allowed to continue after search. Crews from the sunken vessels were rescued by the Danish steamer Robert and landed at Kavre.
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Marie
Credo
Soro
Robert
Kavre
Hughes Begins Second Week Tour Across West
Charles I. Hughes started the second week of his campaign with a 25 mile motor trip to Coeur d'Alene Idaho where he delivered an address. He then returned to Spokane for two meetings and left for Tacoma after speaking. The schedule includes stops in Angeles Portland and San Francisco.
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Charles I. Hughes
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Tyacoma
Angeles
Tacoma
Stattte Portland
San Francisco
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Cash
Arran
S. H
Co. Trens
Vrom Co. Treas
Sidney Band Fund
WKS
Catholic Cemetery Fund
Leroy Martin
Brom Co. Treas
GyPain
Sidney Band
Soo &Especial
Verdic
Road Fund
Village Cemetery Fund
S. H. Fund
City of
France
London Paper
South
Hughes
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