Omaha Spans Back to 1869 Golden Spike Days
Omaha stages a four day festival April 26 to 29 turning the city into a frontier town of 1869. Union Station and Plaza recreate old fortifications with Indigenous bands, false-front stores, and prairie wagons as 50,000 residents don buckskin and crinoline. The event marks 70 years since Promontory Point’s golden spike linking the railroads with a premiere of Union Pacific themed film and a star studded guest list.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Station
United States
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Promontory Point
Utah
Union Pacific Railroad
U. P
W. A. Harriman
The
Eastern
General McPherson
Atlantic
Pacific
Edgar Mills
Ogden Mills and Company of
San Francisco
Twenty-first Infantry
J. Todd
Pittsfield
Mass
Doctor. Harkness
Sacramento Press
Lincoln route choice helped shape Union Pacific line
The article recounts Abraham Lincoln's role in determining the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad after a 1862 survey and a wartime push for the Pacific slope. It traces Lincoln's decision to align the line with the western Iowa border, the Sacramento foothills dispute, and Senator Sargent's influence. It also notes Eisen’s and Parton’s related historical observations.
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Union Pacific
Hollywood
West Coast
W. M. Jeffers
U. P
Cecil B. DeMille
Joel McCrea
Barbara Stanwyck
Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Renville M. Dodge
Missouri River
General Dodge
Pacific
Corinth
Grant
Washington
Pacific House
Union Pacific Railroad
Iowa
Pacific Railroad
Pacific Coast
Pacific Union
Nebraska
Sacramento Valley
Sierra Madre
Barmores
Sacramento
Supreme Court
Sargent
Arcade Creek
Abraham
Union
Leonard
Department of the Interior
Washington Thany
U.P
Filet Crochet Squares Extra Pattern Offer
Advertises a 10 inch filet crochet square pattern number 1499 from The Sewing Circle Needlework Dept. Send 15 cents, include name address and pattern number for illustrations, materials, and joining charts.
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Sewing Circle
Needlework Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Household Tips and Quick Fixes From A Practical Page
Left over batter makes great dip for chops and cutlets. Dough should rest ten minutes before kneading for softer breads. Knit socks with cotton thread to strengthen toes and heels. Tape cotton over pump bumps and dust with talcum to prevent sticking. Fill wood holes with sawdust glue paste and sand smooth.
Taft urges speeding private sector growth to cure unemployment
U S Senator Robert A Taft argues prosperity rests on removing unemployment by expanding private agriculture commerce and industry. He calls for existing industries to grow and individuals to invest time and money to create new enterprises and products.
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United States
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Absence Reveals True Friendships in Poetry Reflection
A compact reflection on how absence sharpens perception of friendship, comparing absence to affliction that makes one see a friend clearly. The quote from Pope explores that distance tests loyalty and reveals true bonds beyond immediate presence.
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Pope
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