Bechtel Retires After Four Decades With Burlington
J M Bechtel division passenger and freight agent of the Burlington resigns after nearly forty years in rail service. Richard A Belding of Des Moines named to fill vacancy. Bechtel plans residence in Hamburg with daughter and continues farm interests near the city. A brief society note follows with local movements and personal updates.
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Daily Papers
J. M. Bechtel
Burlington ‘Road
Burlington
Richard A. Belding
Burlington Lines
Des Moines
Bechtel
Lincoln
The
Pennsylvania
Glenwood
Hamburg
Knoxville
Plattsmouth
Fairfield
Hannibal
Peoria
St. Louis
Thomas Potter
Union Pacific
Chicago
Me. Bechtel
J. M. Hammond
Eastern Star Chapter Organized at Watson
The Eastern Star reports the organization of Sonora Chapter at Watson after Mrs. Dr. Smith invited them. Rockport Chapter assisted by Sunshine Chapter. Lenora Chapter organized by Mrs. Smith. Hamburg and Rockport sent members. banquet at Noles hotel praised the hospitality.
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Eastern Star
Watson Sunshine
O. B
Dr. Smith
Missouri
Watson
Sonora
Rockport
Christian
Sunshine Chapter
Hamburg
Knights of Pythias
Cooley
Jones
Brower
Messrs
Liggett
Noble
Wykoff
Gillman
Local church calendar and community notes from Hamburg
The ladies plan a K P supper on Wednesday April 1 with state missions offering next Sunday. An Easter program Sunday evening replaces preaching services. Miss Flora Swinney joined the church by statement last Lord's day, living in Columbus Kan. A sermon on the resurrection of Jesus Christ is set for next Lord's day morning. The Bible school banquet last Wednesday was a success with Blues 1111 Reds 1108. attendance 276 with 129 Blues and 123 Reds. A new contest begins now. H Y Birkby of Nebraska City underwent eye surgery in Omaha. Cliff Good recovered a stolen bicycle found in the slough. Jennie and Ruth Notson sought eye care in Omaha. Mesdames Worsley and Palmer of Red Oak visited W W Palmer and wife.
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Flora Swinney
Columbus
Kan
Jesus Christ
Bible School
When the Spavin Came a Police Horse Draws End
Sewell Ford recounts Skipper the police horse once lauded at the force and city, praised by visitors and officials, until a spavin ended his service. Reddy hides the condition. the lump on the hock appears, and Skipper watches as his rider saddles a new horse for duty.
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Sewell Ford
Skipper
sJadica
Norah
Reddy
Curling and Hurling in Modern Athletic Scene
The Brooklyn Eagle notes curling has become well organized with many teams and tournaments. Handball spreads beyond professionals, discus is common in major meets, and golf derives from Scotland. yet hurling remains the ancient Irish game with a long historical pedigree.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Brooklyn Eagle
Ancient flank tactics and historic ambushes in warfare
A compact survey of famous rear ambushes and flanking maneuvers. It chronicles Joshua’s 5000 men hidden behind Al, Leonidas at Thermopylae, and Hannibal’s Trebia trap with Mago concealed in reeds to strike the Roman Legions from behind.
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Israel
Leonidas
Thermopylie
Hannibal
Rome
Mago
Trebia
Meaning of Historic as a Bucolic Misnomer
A Glasgow Times item recounts a Perthshire exchange where a traveler seeks historic spots to film. A local replies there is nothing historic about the area, noting Black Castle once historic but no longer, leaving the meaning of historic unclear.
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Perthshire
Dlack
Glasgow Times
Curious Fiji death custom and nuptial knot belief
Fijians hold that a marriageable youth or maiden who dies before the tying of the nupting knot risks wandering between heaven and hell. A whale’s tooth is placed in the corpse’s hand to cast toward a guiding tree that marks the paths to paradise or damnation.
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Fiji
Repetition, Political Claims, and Bigamy Allegations
A dialogue fragment reports a wife accusing her husband of repeating and political involvement. The Catholic Standard and Times notes Bigamy as the related allegation, reflecting a scandalous charge within a dated newspaper context.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Parson Refuses to Forsake Casey After Brick Incident
In Brooklyn Life a Parson says he intends to pray for forgiveness for Casey who hurled a brick at a person. The Patient remarks that it would save time to wait until Casey is well and then pray for him.
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Casey
Brooklyn
Too Far to Walk Leading Lady in Opera Company Dialogue
The leading lady of a defined opera company questions if they could ever fly home. The manager responds that air travel seems the only possible way to reach their destination.
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Opera Company
Acrobatic Soldiers Practice For Months In Silent Drill
Italian soldiers perform a gymnastic feat where a swordsman pierces an object with a sword while in an abnormal position. Foreigners mistake it for part of regular drill, but it is a long practiced pastime after the day's work. Months of steady practice are needed to reach the mark. The skill may lack practical use, yet soldiers enjoy the sport regardless.
Flexible Stone From Delhi Exhibit Captures Curving Grain
A rare stone described as as flexible as wood is on display at the Hartley Institution in Southampton. Found near Delhi, India, the lathlike specimen is about one inch thick and two feet long, hard and mineral like with the grain of gray sandstone. It can be bent several inches from the horizontal by hand.
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Hartley Institution
Southampton
England
Delhi
India
Pure Saccharin Power Warns Against Use Untreated
The article explains saccharin in pure form is dangerous and should not be consumed untreated. It notes a small amount can sweeten vast water while large doses can paralyze the sense of taste, drawing a parallel to how overwhelming stimuli affect the nerves.
Heart Failure in Poker Tale Surprises Brooklyn Eagle
A Brooklyn Eagle brief recounts a poker night incident where Bill, holding four hearts, draws a card and receives a spade, described as heart failure in a humorous exchange. The exchange highlights the mistaken use of the term as a punchline.
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Bill
Brooklyn Eagle
Reforming Flutterby Through Mabel’s Bold Choice
In Cleveland, Mabel marries the dissolute Flutterby hoping to reform him. Her hopes seem rewarded when Flutterby inherits half a million from his recently deceased uncle, amplifying the intrigue around the match.
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Mabel
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Aw the great men are dead yet women live on
A fragment from a Chicago Record-Herald item shows a witty exchange where a woman sighs that great men are dead, and a man counters that beautiful women remain. She quickly admits she spoke to be contrary, not believing the line.
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Wina
Goulfully
Chicago Record-Herald
A Sleep Fantasy and the Dream World Described
The article discusses a sleep fantasy drawn from Fr Marion Crawford's Cecelia. It portrays dreams as a maze of absurdities where laws of nature seem reversed and familiar objects become living beings. The dreamer wanders through endless rooms, trees, and later people, while fearing the delirious and delirium of awakening.
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Marion’.Crawford
Cecelia
Stow's Monkfish Tale From Curious Creatures of Zoology
Nightmarish monkfish or sea monk features in John Ash ton and Stow’s Zoology. Old writers claim these beasts thrived in the North Sea and Irish coast until 1414 when a plague allegedly caused their extinction. Stow recounts a 1187 monkfish kept at Oxford Castle feeding on raw meat and fish, then vanishing at sea.
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Stow
John Ashton
Aldrovandus
North Sea
British Channel
Oxford
Lord Randolph Churchill Tours South African Diamond Fields
Lord Randolph Churchill visits the diamond fields of South Africa and notes a vast parcel of diamonds. A listener adds, reflecting on the vanity of woman and the depravity of man.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
South Africa
Saloons and secrets in a Chicago Tribune snippet
A fragmentary Chicago Tribune excerpt names Mrs Jagway Hbenezer and Mr Jagway in a saloon scene warning of gossip and deception. The text hints at social drama and a strained domestic confrontation.
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Jagway
Hbenezer
Chicago Tribune
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Dr. Gifford
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O. P. Worsley
H. H. Palmer
Red Oak
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