130 Years Ago
August 25, 1893
A trade was closed Wednesday whereby G. L. E. Klingbeil, of the Regulator store, secured possession of the large, brick residence of W. W. Norton, the latter receiving clothing and shoes to the value of $3,200 therefor.
125 Years Ago
August 26, 1898
Mike Fay was brought in from Marsland last evening with a badly crushed leg. He has been car repairer there for the gravel train, and while working under an empty flat car two other cars were switched against it and two wheels passed over his leg just above the knee joint. He was brought here on a special train and taken to the office of Drs. Bellwood. The shock of the accident seemed to have greatly taxed the vitality of the patient, and an operation was abandoned, at least for the time being.
120 Years Ago
August 28, 1903
Our friend, J. A. Rodgers, who lives some eight or ten miles south of Alliance, seems to be marked as a victim of misfortunes. During the past year he has had more than his share of serious and expensive sickness. This constituted a long attack of typhoid fever, and the necessity of going to a city hospital for an operation for appendicitis. Prior to that he had lost about $500 worth of cattle from blackleg. Now he finds his eldest daughter afflicted with appendicitis. During the early hours of Monday evening lightning struck his barn during the storm, knocking down all of his horses, which were large fine ones – six in all, we believe. For about fifteen minutes Mr. Rogers and his men held the fire in check, and had nearly succeeded in getting it out, when flames burst from below. About the only grain of consolation that Mr. Rodgers and family are able to derive from the occurrence is the fact none of them were in the structure when the lightning struck. Not more than three minutes before this occurred Mr. Rogers and three of the boys had left the barn.
115 Years Ago
August 28, 1908
Lindley Ellis is having a very serious time cutting his wisdom teeth. Yesterday his pain was so great that the surgeon’s knife had to be applied and two teeth were removed. He is now confined to his room, but no doubt will speedily regain his equilibrium and resume his duties as city editor of the Times.
110 Years Ago
August 29, 1913
In addition to raising prize potatoes and live stock, Box Butte county also raises prize babies. One of Alliance’s most winsome babies, sixteen months old, Mary Elizabeth Stewart took the first prize Thursday in the “Better Babies” contest at Brush, Colo.
105 Years Ago
August 30, 1918
A band concert and dance will be given at the Elks club tonight in honor of the men who leave tonight for Camp Funston. The committee has arranged a pleasant event and the whole town and country is invited to attend and help give the boys the reception they deserve. Make a special effort to come.
100 Years Ago
August 31, 1923
Walter A. Roberts, pleading guilty to driving his Hudson car at a high rate of speed down Box Butte avenue at 1 a. m. today, was fined $50 and costs by Judge Roberts this afternoon. Roberts’ car collided with a Reo driven by William A. Patton in front of the Times-Herald office during the burst of speed.
95 Years Ago
August 31, 1928
W. D. Cleland and Arthur A. Atkins, both of Deadwood, have exercised an option secured on the Manhattan cafe of this city and will take charge tomorrow morning. Mr. Atkins is a former Alliance resident. Mr. Cleland and his wife are experienced restaurant operators, having engaged in that line of business for the past 14 years. They operate a cafe at Deadwood and one or two others in this part of the country. The restaurant at Hemingford has also been purchased by the same men.
90 Years Ago
August 29, 1933
More than 300 girls tripped the length of downtown Box Butte avenue and back between drizzle showers Saturday afternoon to display before a street jam-full of spectators just what the well dressed doll will wear this fall. Dolls, gentlemen, real dolls, like the ones Santa Claus brings, not the kind you play Santa Claus to.
85 Years Ago
August 30, 1938
A day in jail convinced Ira Duskin that it doesn’t pay to “sass” a judge, especially County Judge P. E. Romig. Haled into county court Monday on a charge of failing to provide for his two children, Duskin, south Alliance resident and hay ranch employe, pleaded not guilty, but when he took the witness stand he refused to take the oath, swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
80 Years Ago
August 31, 1943
Lois May Lawrence, a little 12-year-old girl of 912 Missouri avenue, Alliance, was today $15.00 richer because early last spring she registered in the juvenile victory gardening contest sponsored by the Retail Merchants Committee and the Chamber of Commerce and then “dug in” and helped her mother in the family garden. Lois May was awarded first place in the “over-all garden contest.”
75 Years Ago
August 31, 1948
Injured when he fell beneath a string of cars being switched at the railroad yards, Clarence L. Pratt, 36, died at St. Joseph’s hospital at 4:30 a. m. Saturday. Pratt retained consciousness until a few moments before he died. He told Dr. O. L. Seng he had been riding at the front of the string of cars when he fell off. The man’s right leg was cut off at the hip and he was rolled under the train by the cars. Dr. Seng said his other leg was badly cut and bruised.
70 Years Ago
August 31, 1953
Elaine Bayer, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Bayer, suffered a double fracture of the wrist in a bicycle-automobile accident Saturday afternoon. The Bayer girl, riding her bicycle, made a U-turn on East Third Street and collided head-on with a pick-up truck driven by Ernest Koester. Koester was driving east and was approaching the Missouri Avenue intersection when the accident occurred. The girl also suffered several chipped teeth when she fell to the pavement. She was treated at St. Joseph’s Hospital and released Sunday.
65 Years Ago
August 29, 1958
The Alliance High School Bulldog cheerleaders have been rehearsing every morning at the stadium. Rita Brice, Joy Thompson, Diana Craig, Veronica Austen and Rhea Brice will make their first home appearance when the Bulldogs play Sidney here September 19.
60 Years Ago
August 31, 1963
Marven M. Rosen is the new superintendent of the Alliance Public Schools and will assume the position at the start of the second semester late in January. He succeeds L. E. (Gene) Morrison, now confined to St. Joseph’s Hospital with a serious illness.
55 Years Ago
August 31, 1968
Paul Harvey, an Oklahoman transplanted to Chicago who has risen to prominence as a news commentator, will speak in Alliance this evening at the Community Building under the sponsorship of the Box Butte County Republican Central committee. His talk however, will be non-political.
50 Years Ago
August 31, 1973
This summer a group of youths have completed a clean-up project on lots in the 200 block of South Potash Ave. They are Ernie Fredricks, Candy Monroe, John War Bonnet, Don Cole, Kenny Bordeaux, Art Stanton, Terry Monroe, Gail Hostetler, Phyllis War Bonnet, Yvonne Sanchez, and Edison Red Nest. The work was carried on under the direction of the American Indian Center which is headed by Mark Monroe. This property may be the future location for a public housing project.
45 Years Ago
August 31, 1978
The Panhandle Chapter of the National Foundation of March of Dimes donated three items of equipment to Box Butte General Hospital. They are a phototheraphy light, a pediatric stethoscope and an infant blood pressure cuff. Dee Epperson, an attendant in the hospital nursery tries out some of the new equipment on infant Margaret Zochol, the new daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rich Zochol.
40 Years Ago
August 31, 1983
The new Senior Citizen’s Center at 212 Yellowstone will be dedicated next Wednesday at 2 p. m. Representatives of the State Department of Aging in Lincoln and the Aging Office of Western Nebraska in Scottsbluff will attend. The Principal speaker will be Patty Kuehl, deputy director of the Nebraska Department of Aging. Mayor Mike Garwood and Box Butte County Commissioner Leslie Stull will also address the group.
35 Years Ago
August 31, 1988
Alliance’s new city manager Lyle Lacy goes over information he needs to know about managing the town’s workings with Linda Jines, administrative assistant to the city manager. Lacy started work Monday.
30 Years Ago
August 31, 1993
Seventy-four motorcyclists participated in the ABATE protest rally which left Alliance early Saturday afternoon. Along the way to Scottsbluff another 25 individuals joined the group. The protest was of Nebraska’s mandatory helmet law. Upon arrival in Scottsbluff, the motorcyclist took part in a rally at State Senator Joyce Hillman’s office and gathered signatures on a petition.
25 Years Ago
August 29, 1998
Quick work by employees at the Community First Bank allowed Alliance police to apprehend four forgery suspects Thursday morning. They are all of Santa Clara, Calif., and are being held in the Box Butte County Jail on counts of forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery.
20 Years Ago
August 29, 2003
Good Samaritan Health Care Center residents Frances Cody, Mildred Barrett, Dorothy Walking, Berniece Neal, Maxine Applegarth and Phil Albright- display their projects that were among the exhibits in Open Class from Good Samaritan at the Box Butte County Fair. Residents sent about 130 entries to this year’s fair. They work on items to enter throughout the year during activity time.
15 Years Ago
August 30, 2008
Driving at 154 miles per hour on most highways could end in the driver receiving a ticket and possibly having his license taken away. Hitting that speed on the water, however, can win the driver a plaque. That was exactly what Vitalix President Greg Olson took home form the Lake of the Ozarks Benefit Shoot in Missouri.
10 Years Ago
August 30, 2013
Toadstock, “the original party on the prairie” kicks off its 10-year anniversary this weekend with music, food, drinks, mud tug o’war, and mud truck races. This year’s band line up has two groups from Colorado, The Seventh Time and Fallen, and three local bands, Monsters in the Mirror, Shane Keane and A King’s Euphoria.
5 Years Ago
August 29, 2018
Dist. 43 State Senator Tom Brewer talks about the upcoming session at the Unicameral during the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Legislative Forum at Newberry’s Tuesday morning.