Cutline: October 26, 1991: With a few days to loosen up, kick back, and indulge in some fall break activities, Alliance students find ways to occupy their time. Clay Johns attempts a turn on this skateboard ramp. Photo by Belinda Amerman.
130 Years Ago
October 23, 1896
Syl. Preston is under the care of Dr. Bowman buffeting with an attack of typhoid fever, but is doing as well as could be expected.
125 Years Ago
October 25, 1901
Verily, the way of the luckless is wearisome and he hath an exceedingly hard road to travel. We mean Walter Wheaton. Less than a month ago a light-fingered traveler absconded with all of Walter’s visable wealth. Then the other day while Walter was gallivanting around with an army uniform on, two of his fine broadcloth suits went up in smoke with the fire at the tailor ship, and there is no prospect that they will be replaced. This would be enough to bring an attack of deep despondency to most individuals, but it doesn’t phase Walter’s exuberant spirits.
120 Years Ago
October 26, 1906
Alliance experienced a butter famine this week because of the storm which prevented the ranchers from coming to Alliance, and the creameries from shipping their butter here.
115 Years Ago
October 27, 1911
Neither electric currents nor one’s neighbor’s chickens should be allowed to roam at large.
110 Years Ago
October 27, 1916
Several cases of hog cholera as a result of hogs being shipped in from hog cholera districts, have been reported to the county agent. It is up to every one in this county to exercise care that this disease is stamped out and not allowed to spread.
105 Years Ago
October 25, 1921
A. H. Harper and W. G. Nieman have formed a partnership oil company and have leased a lot at the corner of Fourth Street and Laramie Avenue, where they have already begun the construction of a modern filling station. The firm will be known as the Harper & Nieman Oil Company and they will handle lubricating oils and greases in this territory for the Royal Oil company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
100 Years Ago
October 26, 1926
Queen Marie of Romania and Princess Ileana, now visiting in the United States, are scheduled to pass through Alliance at 5 o’clock in the afternoon of November 9, according to an itinerary published Saturday.
95 Years Ago
October 27, 1931
Death stalked on the heels of the Nebraska Air Tour Sunday afternoon when five men, including Pilot Bill Davee, were instantly killed in a 500-foot crash of the Ryan J-5 two miles east of the airport. The few people who happened to scan the sky over Alliance saw Davee’s big red ship go into a tail spin, straighten out and then crash to earth in a corn field when the left wing folded up.
90 Years Ago
October 23, 1936
Plans for the construction of a new poultry hatching plant, on recently acquired land immediately north of its present poultry plant, were announced this morning by the Alliance Creamery company.
85 Years Ago
October 24, 1941
Ward Hall, chief of the local volunteer fire department, explained some of the aspects of fighting fires started by bombs at the Rotary club meeting Wednesday night. Fires started by aerial bombs was a main topic of discussion at the International Fire Chief’s convention. The local fire chief stated that they are one of the worst types of fires to control, because they burn with such intensity.
80 Years Ago
October 25, 1946
Alliance prepared to grow a little last night, when the City Council adopted an ordinance approving the addition of territory to the city, located south of the new Burlington addition and west of the Co-Operative Service Station.
75 Years Ago
October 23, 1951
The Alliance Community Fund, through President E. m. Knight, has notified participating charitable and service agencies that the organization is disbanding. The decision, reached after a sampling of sentiment in the city by Director Albert Reddish, means that the various organizations now will conduct separate drives for funds needed in 1952.
70 Years Ago
October 23, 1956
West Third Street merchants are preparing a celebration to mark the opening this week of new 4-lane paving. Several West Third merchants told Chamber of Commerce members at the Monday luncheon they are hoping to stage a ribbon cutting ceremony.
65 Years Ago
October 26, 1961
Beware Alliance speeders. The Police Department here has a new radar speed meter that will clock vehicles as far as five blocks away. The new gadget, which cost $945, is portable and can be mounted on cruising patrol cars – or held inside a car and be operated through the windshield.
60 Years Ago
October 26, 1966
Easing the most heated controversy to develop in Alliance this year, the City Council Tuesday afternoon turned down another plan which would have involved city funds for the developing of a recreation center for the aged, but passed a motion 4-1 to go part way with the plan.
55 Years Ago
October 26, 1971
A former Alliance industrial site, dormant for several years, is now alive with activity – it is the former Fairmont building in the 100 block on Cheyenne Ave., now the remodeled home of American-Leisure, Inc. American-Leisure, which started in the spring in the south section of the building, is now rapidly expanding into the entire building.
50 Years Ago
October 25, 1976
Recommendations for Alliance’s street system ranging in scope from the changing of traffic signs to $50,000 intersection improvement projects are included as part of the preliminary report of an Omaha consulting firm which conducted a study of the street system here earlier this year.
45 Years Ago
October 26, 1981
An Alliance man, the father of an Alliance teenager, and the parents of another have filed separate claims against the city charging several city police officers with misconduct. The claims totaling $40,000 under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act were filed with the city.
40 Years Ago
October 28, 1986
Approximately 26 people attended “Substance Abuse Intervention – Your Part,” a seminar/workshop, held Monday in Kelly’s Restaurant and sponsored by Human Services, Inc. and Burlington Northern Railroad. The purpose was to help educate, inform, and provide a structured setting for early intervention in chemical abuse.
35 Years Ago
October 24, 1991
Haunted Forest in City Park: On Saturday is the YMCA Haunted Forest at the Alliance City Park.
30 Years Ago
October 22, 1996
Dayco Products, Inc. announced Monday its approval of a second expansion project at its Alliance plant. The expansion is expected to bring about 100 new jobs to the area. In addition to what already exists at the Alliance plant a rigid mandrel hose production center will be built.
25 Years Ago
October 23, 2001
Parker Hannifin corporation announced Monday it has acquired assets associated with the global fluid management business of Dayco from BC Partners, a European venture-capital firm.
20 Years Ago
October 25, 2006
Groundbreaking for the new Medical Office Building at Box Butte General Hospital is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at the southwest corner of BBGH, Jim Parks, Chief Operations Officer for BBGH, said at Monday night’s BBGH Trustees meeting.
15 Years Ago
October 24, 2011
Scaring up a good haunted house was a challenge a year ago. This year Alliance should have no fear of missing a Halloween fright. The Alliance Volunteer Fire Department is presenting a haunted house Oct. 29-30 on the second floor of the Essay Building at 403 Laramie.
10 Years Ago
October 24, 2016
The Alliance High School band stepped onto Foster Field in Kearney Saturday evening with determination to make the 2016 Nebraska State Bandmasters Association contest their best performance of the season. Competing against 10 other schools in Division II, Alliance received an Excellent rating, lose to their goal.
5 Years Ago
October 27, 2021
An Alliance man could face life in prison if he is found guilty of federal drug charges. Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced Ryan A., 43, of Alliance, was on of 17 people indicted by the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska.
*Compiled from The Alliance Times-Herald Archives by Christine Melcher