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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1910)
Ml v H .14 & I-' 'i :& n St iM-V A h" 'Xift r' S' GOOD STENOGRAPHERS Are Always in Demand. Careful attention is given to the welfare of each pupil in the Dcparlmcnt inn 01 ST. AGNES ACADEMY Call or Write for Information HOTEL ALLIANCE EUROPEAN FULLY MODERN Equipment and service first-class in every department Cafe in ConnectionOpen Day and Night On the left and across the street from the Burlington station Round Oak Burners Are Good Ones Showing Hot BlaBt. Burna soot and gases makes smoke clear. The grates part way out easily and quickly changed. The casing cut away to show double wall, making air space in sides and top. The large double feed-doors made and fitted the Round Oak way will never warp. Large, capa cious ash-pit, cast in one piece; absolutely air-tight will hold water. Newberry's The Rex Garage S. C. Reck, Prop. Xtl MicCcilsle BiJLild. in.gr Automobile Storage Rentals, and Repairing EXPERT MECHANICS REASONABLE PRICES AGENCY FOR THE The most popular auto today Is the FORD. Low priced and Inexpensive to run, it fills the need better than the higher priced cars Oliver and L. C. Smith Typewriters Used. Hardware Co. Pw Mrs. Clint ley Mvers is planning a two weeks' trip to Omaha. Brakeman E. V. Vaiight was cnlletl to hillings on account of sicknes. One day last week there were the Alliance crew s on the Sheridan division. Engineer Bennett has taken the west end local. He has a bran' new R5 engine. Brakemau Wultliers of the east end was in Alliance last Thursday and Fiiday. The family of G. N. Hoag will move into the Hayse house on Box Butte avenue. Fiteman John Castle was called Sat urday to take a dead engine to Ravenna. Brakeman Cummins has been pro niotod and is now wearing a conduct' or's badge. Engineer George Hicks of Ravenna was here looking after his Alliance property Monday. Conductors Bullock and Hetrick will handle the west end local until they are bulletined again. Fireman Moore has been sent down on the east end for ten days. His family are now at Litchfield. Master Mechanic. Stuby came in from the west Saturday where he had been on company business. Word comes from brakeman Jack Grant that he is now working for the U. P. out of Grand Island. Business is now so good on the road that new brakemen and firemen are being employed every day. Harry Troupe who is well' known here has entered the train service. He made his first trip Monday. Scott Hunt, who has been working on the U. P., has entered the Burling tan service here us freight brakeman. Brakeman Snyder, who accompanied Brakeman Dunham to Foil Du Lac, returned Sunday and at once reported for w ork. Mr. Fred Vaughn, who is off with a broken finger, went to Broken Bow last Thursday for a ten days' visit with relatives. Brakemau J. L. Rickcll, who has been at his home near Ravenna very sick, lias recovered He repotted for work Monday. Glen W, Higbee is a new brakemau hired Saturday. He comes from Den ver, where he has been head salesman iu a shoe store. Conductors Tom Campbell, Cramer, Dick Burke and Bob Evans are among those who have been making trips on the Sheridan division. Conductor Beach, who has been on the work train at Hecla, came to Al liance Saturday. Conductor Frank Callender will take his place at Hecla. Word comes from Mrs. Hazel Conner now of Grand Island that they are nicely settled in a comfortable cottage and they like their new home very much. Clias. Hill of the clerical force at the freight depot and mother, Mrs. R. H. Watkins. left for Omaha Tuesday morning. They expect to be gone two weeks. Dispatcher A. V. Gaviu has bought the house on Box Butte avenue now occupied by Mr. Hoag. "This house is modern iu every way and oue of the nicest homes in the city. The Ault property east of the school house was sold at auction Saturday afternoon, The property was sold by the heirs of Mr. Ault, deceased, who was a fireman here years ago, Mr. J. W. Castle, who for some time has been the genial clerk in the John son pool hall, has resigned and entered the employ of the company as firemau. He made his first trip Saturday. Mr and Mrs. W. J. Couners have been gone a week or more. They were to atteud the weddiug of a relative in northern Iowa, then go to Omaha to attend the Xrben, They arrived home Tuesday. Mrs. K. L. Varhough, wife of En gineer Yarbough of the Sterling divis ion, writes that she will be at home October 15th. She and her little daughter have been spending the sum- 1 iin'i in Montana. 1 The home of Special Agent Hoag was the home of a delightful family dinner party last Thursday evening. All of the family were present except ing Ray Hoag, who was coming iu on No. 46 and did not get here until 0 P- n. One of our popular conductors had quite a time in Crawford last week over the blocking of a crossing. It was an out of the way crossing and the crew did not know it was necessary to keep it open. Down came the city marshal aud arrested the conductor. The fine and costs amounted to $17.50. QThough not a railroad man, John Adams was well known among them and liked by all. He writes from Car roll, Iowa, where he has been the past two months that he has decided to not return to Alliance. He writes: "I am going to Montana, where I have a pretty fair proposition. I hate very much to leave Alliance and my many friends there, hut rr desire to better my financial condition leads mc to do it. 1 will always consider my Alliance days as the most enjoyable of my life " Mr. and Mrs. D- C Nelson ate now camfortably settled in the house 011 Big Horn, fotmcrly occupiec by Stipt. Weidenl amer. Ptcsidcut Tuttle of the Boston & Maine railroad is to have a year's vaca tion on full pay, 550,000. Just wait till some of our hoys arc president of a raihoad. Our railroad reporter was late in handing in the items last week, so that a large part of them were left out, but we are glad to present our reader with a good batch of them this week. W. B. Throop. who haB been locat ed at Lincoln as general superintend ent of the Burlington in Nebraska, will go to Kansas City to work for the Q. O. & K. raiload as superintendent iu charge of operation. Miss Ruth Hager writes from Kalas pel, Montana, that she is very well pleased with her position there, Sho is making her home with her aunt and Miss Inez Necley, formerly of Alliance She mentions two former Alliance peo ple, Mrs King and Nate Hart, who arc making their home there. A number of changes have lately been made among the mail clerks be tween Lincoln and Billings. - H. Stew art of Sheridan and J. F. Boswcll of Lincoln have received regular appoint ments. C. S, Shaw has been trans ferred to the U. P. to 1 tin between Omaha aud Cheyenne Laht Tuesday evening two Height trains came together head-on, a mile west of Pedro, on the Sheridan division. Conductor Shaffer was west hound, Conductor Mike Haskius coming east. Fortunately no one was hurt. They smashed up two engines and fifteen cars, and blocked the main line about eight hours. On Sunday Louis Bokman tried to get on a freight train going through Hazard. He was thrown under the wheel8 and literally ground to pieces. His home was in Lincoln but he was going to Broken Bow where he has relatives. He was a man about sixty years old. The train crew were iu no way to blame for the accident. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Conners returned Sunday from a very pleasant trip. From here they went to Omaha where they were joined by Chief of Police Donahoe, wife and daughter. The daughter is Mrs. Alice Borghoff who visited at the Conners' home a short time ago. The whole party went to Topeka, Kansas, to attend the wedding of a relative. The wedding was a grand church affair, followed by an elaborate wedding bteakfast at the home. Over one hundred guests were present. The bride is a niece of Mrs. Conners aud Mrs. Donahoe. 1 A Guaranteed S Have you the H a good, cool 1 EL WADORA FIVE CENT CIGAR W 1 k is guaranteed clear Havana and although it sells for p a nickel it is better than many so-calied ten cent jfe Cigars. Try one. If you aren't satisfied that it is the b if best five cent smoke you ever had you may have your ? Jj money back. j& I F. J. BRENNAN'S DRUG STORE $ lilUVVHVU, t Prompt Service S Mil. Phone 32 FOUR DIE IN RACE Scon Are Injured, Hall a Dozen of Them Mortally, CROWDS WITNESS FATALITIES Great Auto Contest Becomes a Massa cre as Contestants Crash Into Throngs Lives of Two Mechanicians and a Spectator Sacrificed on Speed Altar One Outsider Killed. New Yorlc, Oct. 3. Four killed and a score Injured, half n dozen of thoni nun tally, surgeons report, Is tho rec ord of the Vundoibllt cup race. Although Hurry F. Grant repeated his last year's purformutico of winning tho race and achieved a new iccord, not a cheer hurst from the packed grandstand as his winning car thun dered over tho line. Tho cumulative reports of deaths and Injuties hnd not only hushed the thousands In tho stands, hut tho mill tltudes along the course as well. Throughout the last two hours of tho race the air had rung with the am bulance gongs and great ciowds hud witnessed tho fatal collisions and smnshtips. Yet, notwithstanding that tho raco will tuko Its place with tho Pnrls-Miid-rid contest In appalling slaughter tin dor tho guise of sport, William K. Van dorbllt, Jr., declared that tho lung chnptor of tragedies would not Inter fore with the International grand prlx raco to ho run on Long Island on Oct.tr, Two mechanicians wcro slain In smnMi'ips. Harry Stone, driver of tho Columbia No. 12, may dlo of his injuries, and Louis Chevrolet had his arm nnd shoulder broken when his racer cut a touring car In hair nnd Injured throe women. Kotdlnnnd IVZulva was the only non participant of the raco killed out right. Ho mot his death on his way to the race, and his wifo, n hrldo of two weeks, was Borlously hurt. Tho D'Zulvas wero speeding to tho raco In their own car when it turned turtle on n down hill rurvo at Westhury. L. I. Chevrolet's mechanician, Chorion Miller, was killed on the course two miles west of Illcksvlllo, when his steeling gear hroko nnd his enr whirled into a touring car standing by tho roadsldo, cutting the tnachlno In hair, Edward Lynch, a spectntor. was run down nnd killed by 0110 of tho racing cars. AEROPLANES MEET IN MIDAIR Aviators Seriously Injured and Ma chines Completely Wrecked. Milan, Italy, Oct. 3. The llrst col llslon on record between aeroplanes In midair occurred hero ut the uvlu tion meet when tho machines of Cup tain Dickson, an English army ilyer, and u French avlutor named Thomas mot In u head-on collision while speed lug through tho nlr fifty feet above the ground. isoth machines wero Clear Havana Cigar jf 10 - cent Cigar habit ? smoke. The VOU &tlULlMJ Cured Meats, and Produce f 1 . t Careful Attention Low Prices Duncan Sc Son. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA dashed to the ground with great Torco and the two aviators seriously Injured. Captain Dickson Is not expected to live. The machines were completely wrecked, An Immonse rrowd witnessed tho acrhlotit and for a time a panic was Imminent. Tho accident wag caused by Thomas losing control of his bi plane nnd, although ho shouted fran tically to Ulcksou of tho danger, tho machines wero too close together to allow tho English driver n clinnco to got out of the way. PILOT KILLED IN SPRINGFIELD Young Race Driver Thrown Into Fenco at Side of Track. Springfield, III., Oct. 3 Lam Viedonhurgh, aged twenty-six, was In stantly killed In tho twonty-milo auto mobile race at tho stato fair grounds track when tho car ho was driving plunged through the fenco nnd he was almost decapitated, Sitting In tho amphitheater was his hrldo of hut a few months. Sho faint ed and was taken away In an am bulance. The accident happened when tho cars, with Barney Oldfleld loading, wore on tho eighth lap. As they swept around the west turn Vreden burgh's car skidded nnd plunged through tho fence, turning over. Vro denburgh's body hit tho top rail nnd wan thrown several feet from whero tho car struck. Tho fair officials called off tho rest of tho racos. BLUEJACKETS ARE DROWNED Tender Load of Sailors of New Hamp shire Overboard 29 Misting. Now York, Oct. 3. Soveral sailors from tho battleship New Hntnpshtro wero drowned by tho upsetting of n tender In the North rlvor off Ono Hun dred and Fifty-second street A list was given out of twenty-nlno men who wero supposed to have per ished. Appended to tho list aro tho names of eleven men who nro still ab Bont, hut who wore not recognized as having been on the swamped hont Tho sailors wero returning to tho Now Hampshire after shoro leave and moro than 100 of them, It Ib estimated, had crowded aboard tho tender, which was being towed to tho battleship. About 300 yards off tho shore tho craft either Hwumpcd or was upset, and tho entire load of Jackles was precipitated Into tho wuter. Boats woro Immedi ately put out from tho Nrnv Hnmp Bhlro nnd wherever n bobbing head showed a man was rescued. 4r OVER 68 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade rVlArms DCCIQN3 CopynicHTs Ac. Anyone landing a tkelrli nnd docrlntlnn ruay quickly ascertain our opinion froo whether an lityontlnn ji irotinbljrpnloiiliil1. 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