War Balloons Overhead Reach Across the Plains
Reports describe government airship training at Ft. Omaha with a lone captain piloting a balloon from the fort to Red Oak and Salem Church area. The vessel reached about 3000 feet, landed safely after an adventurous descent, and Captain Bower returned by afternoon train.
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Ft. Omaha
Salem Church
McPherson
Red Oak
Pt. Omaha
Bower
Amin
Oman
Hether
Omaha
E B Rice Killed by Train Near North Yard
E B Rice fruit tree salesman for Watrous Nursery of Des Moines was killed last Thursday afternoon by passenger train No 5 near the pumping station north of the yards. The coroner's jury found death from being struck by the Chicago Great Western train. He leaves a wife and four children, and his body was taken to Chicago for burial.
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FE. B. Rice
Watrous Nursery Company
Des Moines
Rice
Blockton
B. B. Poor
Crew & Powers Undertaking
Justice of the Peace
H. L. Carr
E. B. Rice
Clinton
Lewis Billings
Fairbury
Neb
F. Schoenmann & Son
Poor
Clinton Billings
S. C. Nye
K. L. Fuller
R. L. Loutzenhiser
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Sterling B. Rice
Chicago
Draft of Old Moses and the Selective War Count
Chicago Tribune recounts Moses registering Israelite males aged 20 and up for war in Numbers chapter 1. The text describes counting by families and tribal representatives, with Moses and Aaron organizing the electoral roll on the first day of the second month after the exodus.
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Moses
Eesot
Congregation of the Children of Israel
Aaron
Chicago Tribune
Des Moines Visitor Surprises Grandma Mackey on 80th Birthday
Mrs Don of Des Moines visited her brother Dr Groom and wife on Tuesday. Fifty relatives including children and grandchildren gathered to surprise Grandma Mackey for her eighty birthday, marking a joyful family occasion.
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Don
Des Moines
Dr. Groom
Grandma Mackey
Thomas and Weingarth Shoe Men Advertisement Progress
Advertising note states the sale remains ongoing for Thomas and Weingarth The Shoe Men with reference Adv 26 21.
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Thomas & Weingarth
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