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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1921)
-J i V v THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1921 Funeral Services for Alva Edison Kitchen Held Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Alva Kdison Kitchen, former Alliance man who was .killed lust week in a railway accident AT THE MOVIES were ascribed a reasons for the acci- of the Peace McFattpr by Smith anil I Charles Kay has another country Murphy. Justice McFatter's vtrd.-t Jx.y characterization in "A Vilhu-.e was that Kitchen met his death in a Sleuth," coming; to the Imperial to collision between a Hamon road motor nifrht, hut this time w.th a brand new car and a Texas & Pacific passenger twist. According to the story, Charlie train, and that the accident was un-' is a farmer's son, with aspirations to avoidable. Smith was evidently much became a great detective. His bunc-1-affected by the occurrence and at times, ling amateur efToits when thieves in- h.id flifTirulfv in rpst mininir hi pmn. t in.U K; f..tl.....V ...l..n ...i4.k l.il m . . . t - " - , v.. I.- i.ct'ii im Kiuiri inrniii I'mvit hum in Ipvne u-cia hnl.I fim Ka b it. i :.. 'PI,. ; . . . 1 ' .. i i. i t . f, 7 -;- - -... ...... ....-11111111. jui:kc s m-siions cieany nis departure irom nnme arm a new Christian church in this city at 2 , established that intoxicants played no . job as man of all work around a pri o clock Sunday afternoon, Kcv. Steph-; part in the occurrence. vate sanitarium. Here he Incomes in- en J. Epler otriciating. Members of Coast Toward Train. volved in a m stei y worthy of a Sher- the American Legion of Alliance. Smith is foreman of the motor cir ! loclt Holmes, n' his spurs when acted as pallbearers. Interment was ! department at the Ihanon shops and '' he "rive it. Of course, there's a j;irl in Greenwood cemetery. ( Murphy is an employe .f the depart- in thc asC' Ala Kduon Kitchen was born at , ment. The three were going west on ... , , . ' , .,, , ,, , Iveesburg. Mo., October 12, 18!3, u.,d the Hamon tracks, they said, and when Wednesdays bill has all the ear died at Ranger, Texas. April 12, about MO feet from the crossing heard vks of a scream from start to finish. 15121, age I twenty-seven years, and six the passenger engine s whistle, and t 's a pictur.7tion of IUipert Hughes i (tivii J a'dirx 'hit ft i iic v 1 1 ii i - acters behaxc nuite like you expect them to. There is a- hero who per forms noble deeds of valor on behalf of the Lady-in-Pistress and gets nothing for his pains but a "thank you" and a grateful smile. There is r villain who inhales spaghetti from t tin pot ami wears a paper picky for a shirt he surrenders to the hero at the insignificant price of a whacked shin and poke in the ribs. There" is r Jealous Husband who storms and raves like most J. H.'s do but turns out to be the best sort of a guy in the world, perhaps a darned tight better than the Hero. Anf there is a I.ady- i, mini it mo- "... .. . tor on which he was riding collided 'V n that the car might run into the !'""'"!'"e" V0.1'". ! n,fJ 7. of the Texas' train- e yelled to Murphy and Kitch-! vl .."""""V . en to iumn. am ust hffnie th crash "'"' '. -iimhh.- m..i i. mc Carter Ie Haven, is the attraction!" tor I hursday. J he originri plot i this ever enjoyable piece has been closely followed in making the picture, and US it is said tn hr nn. nf th rml. liest plays ever purchased for picture j use, a great deal oi expense has heen incurred in making the production ade quate. It is reK)ited to Ih a feature of exceptional merit from ail angles of presentation. months. He was married to MU Kitchen, care-free, answered in k'nd Krrflly Doyle, August 3, 1!20. J. K. ' -m'tb was driving the car and Murphy Davis of the Central Christian church ii an'1 K'tchen sat in front, on the in Denver officiated. After their mar-1 MuaI'f ,ho? cVue "oio "il,h Kjttn, l iage, Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen maae!en "n the lelt. V hen the whistle HoUml their home at Kanger. Texas. ! VLflu . V?nr train started, . Mr W!to .. i .v. o.i.iin riiui. i i-iiwcr an.i toasieo io .v.. ...- iii nic iniiiLai service during the late war. He en listed in Beatrice.-Neb., Company C, Fifth regiment. Being unable to pass the overseas examination he was com pelled to remain at home. At the time of his Heath he was in the employ of the Wichita Falls, Kanger & Fort Worth railroad. He was instantly killed, when a mo ward the crossing, gradually slowing up. When about 200 feet from the crossing, he applied the brake slow'y, with the intention of stopping near the cro.s-over. Smith Realises Daner. By this time the passenger train had blocked the track, and when thirty or forty feet away, Smith realized that the brakes were not holding sufficient SPECIAL THIS WEEK ' Wash Dresses and Hampers for the Tiny Tad. Highland-! lolhway Co. New Victor Records ON SALE TODAY ' Clever new numbers ch.nrr.ctori7.fi April Selections in Victor Ilccords. (JET YOUR EARLY. WIKER MUSIC HOUSE " Everything in Music" with a train on a crossing of the Texas j ami Pacific railrad. He is mourned by his wife, Mrs. Emily Kitchen, the daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. E. V. Doyle of our .city; by his father, J. T. Kitchen of Leesburg, Mo.: and other relatives. His mother died when he was but a babe. The sudden death at so earlv a period in life brings much grief to! wife and loved ones. The following, from the Ranger Daily Times, of Ranger, Tex., gives the circumstances surrounding Mr. cawe, stepped off the rear himself. At invitation to visit u man's rooms Kilrhen's death: Jelith ambushed A. E. Kitchen Tues day. His eye beheld it, but did not recognize that it was meant for him. His ear heard it. but could not know that the wild clatter of iron wheel on iron rail silenced the warning that would have saved him. His mind had tio place for apprehension; no inner prompting whispered that the motor car he rode would fail to stop in time, as it had perhaps a hundred times "before. It did not stop this hundreth time, and without notice, possibly without his knowledge of impending doom, death embraced him. Instantly Killed. Kitchen, a motor car mechanic on the Hamon railway, was instantly killed about 1:30 o'clock Tuesday af ternoon when the small railway motor car he was riding collided with the westbound T. & P. passenger train at the crossing of. the two roads, one mile north of the depot.' His body was hurled twenty feet along the track in the direct'on the train was moving and when picked up he was dead. Two other men, J. R. Smith and Hugh Murphy, escaped injury by jumping.. The passenger train was running ten or twelve miles an hour and the motor "car barely moving, it was said. It was a motorized "hand car," about six feet ! in length. The car was turned side ways across the track and splinters thrown five or six feet in the direction i the train was moving. Brakes Fail. Failure of the brakes to work and Kitchen's failure to hear a warning, ' that time the car was not moving more th:n a mile an hour, Smith testi fied. Murphy heard the warning and sprang from the car but the time was so short that neither noticed what ac tion Kitchen took. Neither was in- j jured and when they got up, looked for ! Kitchen, he was lying partly, un ai small wooden bridge about twenty j feet south of the crossing and when j the two men reached him he was dead, i Murphy l ushed to the roundhouse and phoned for the Milford ambulance, I which brought the body to town. The j train proceeded on to the station and Just:ce McFatter was notified. He' went out and returned with the am bulance. Skull Penetrated. At the morgue it was found that something had penetrated the man's ! skull, causing instan', death. The' wound was little more than an inch j in length and less than a iuarter of an inch wide. There was also a T-shaped gash just below the nose and another perpendicular to it. extending across the mouth. Both jaws were broken. : There was no injury except to the i head. Kitchen had been in Ranger several j months. Before going with the rail- j road he worked for the Midway and Rogers' garages. He is survived by a wife, whom he married last August in Denver, Colo. Burial will be in Ne- j braska. thereby ruining u perfectly fcood situa tion. Twin Bods," with Mr. and Mrs. The Married Folks' Dancing club , held their regular dance at the Armory Saturday evening. The ladies' society of the Baptist church will meet with Mrs. C. L. Powell. SOfi Toluen. Wednsdav. SPECIAL THIS WEEK Wash Dresses and Rompers for the Tiny Tads. Highland-Holloway Co. WEEK'S SPECIAL House Dresses and Aprons.. Highland-Holloway Co. . 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