The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-01-27
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

oakland IL Planning VI iepia,O
their buned school house with fire
proof structure.
Bowers of Nebraska will hold their
annual tournament the week of April
Srd at Lincoln.
owing 10 the unfayUrable weather
work on the Geriug sugar factory has
been nearly suspended.
Ii. T. Burkett of harrington has
announced his candidacy for the Of
fee of district Judge on the nonpar
tisan ticket
Omaha was selected as the 1917
meeting place Of the Nebraska Farm
ers' Union by the convention which
met at Grand Island recently.
Four hundred delegates attended
the State Firemen's convention at
Crawford last week. Auburn was sc.
lected as 1917 convention city.
Owing to the shortage Of cars
number of elevators have closed down
and others are running only one and
two days week In Adams county
The contract for the construction
of the new postoilice building at
Aurora, has been let to Herman Con.
struction Co. of St Louis, at Si3,327
Several fires in Fremont in the last
few weeks. the origin OF which has
been puz2ling ilremen and authori.
ties. has resulted in an investigation
being made.
Information from source indicat'
| ing reliability, is that Ross l.. Ham
mond OF Fremont will be n candidate
for the republican nomination for
United States senator.
Saturday, January - was an un'
usually large hog day on the South
Omaha market, 2i7 cars were received
or about $4,000 head, the largest Sat
urday run for long time.
Crowds are increasing and the pas
toral committee of the Rayburn re.
vival meeting at Fremont is of the
opinion that the tabernacle. seating
1900 people. will have to be enlarged,
The Gray evangelistic campaign
being conducted at Beemer for the
past six weeks, has closed. About 100
conversions and many reconsecrations
resulted from the evangelist's labor.
u. u. WINNER has bought the Com.
stock News from Edward Reider. Mr..
WINNER was formerly publisher of
the News, and Is well known In the
community.
Fairbury Is expecting the telephone
and telegraph company to install
lines TO that town and rebuild q
switchboard costing $4,000. the en-
tire expense of the rebuilding to be
$4,000.
|. a. Reneau of Broken Dow, secre.
tary of the progressive republican
state committee in 1912, has an
nounced his candidacy as deleGate-at
large TO the republican national con
ventiOn.
The Paddock hotel at Beatrice
which has been closed for nearly
three years. has reopened. Not less
than $1,000 has been spent in re
modelling the building and almost =
like amount in refurnshing the hotel
Charles Tully Of Alliance has beer
appointed to fill the vacancy in the
legislature caused by the resignation
of Representative +. M. Broome OF
Alliance, appointed receiver OF the
federal land Office at Valentine,
That grocers and butchers Of
Omaha lose s202,S00 annually
through bad credit business is the
contention Of an editorial In the Gro
Gerry Reporter, the official publication
Of the Omaha Retail Grocers' asso
citation.
Francis l.. Hayes of Chicago was II
Crete recently, in the interests OF hi
plan to raise $4,000 as Nebraska
share of fund Of $2,0O0,OOO which 4
to be established in the United State
for the aid of retired Congregations
ministers.
The new milk ordinance, providing
for the testing Of dairy cattle and tn
inspection of all dairies In Beatrice
IL proving popular among dairymel
az we'll as citizens generally. Owe
thlrty.ninc permits have been take
! out by dairymen up to the presen
time, the ordinance going into effec
January I.
From the ruins OF the Sunnysid
home recently destroyed by fire a
Hastings will soon arise an attrac,
i've, modern brick building far SUI
passing the old one and much bette
equipped and arranged for the con
forts OF both old people and children
| This was the promise made by men
/ bers of the executive board to fire
| ting old people who mourn the los
/ Of the home.
/ The program for the seventh nj
/ nual convention Of the League Of NJ
| braska Municipalities, which is to !
| held in Kearney on February Q an
| 10, has just been compiled. Extensi,
L arrangements are being made by II
commercial club and city administr
ton to greet the visiting city ofiicia
from other towns who are expected
attend to the number Of no less tina
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