Glenwood Opinion announces local death and inquest findings
The Glenwood Opinion reports the death of Dillard Bennett in a truck collision with Train No. 5 at the Great Western crossing in Council Bluffs. A coroner’s inquest found the accident caused by railroad negligence and failure to maintain safety devices, noting city speed violations. Bennett was honored by the community and Knights of Pythias with tributes reflecting his generous, steadfast friendship.
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Persen
Ews
Glenwood
Great Western Crossing
Council Bluirs
Tvs
Robert B. Wallace
Butler
W. FH. Knowles
Dillard Bennett
G. W. Irb. Co
Nostevin Street
Bennett Rites for Willard L Bennett in Council Bluffs
Willard Leslie Bennett born near Pacific City Iowa April 7 1875 died in Council Bluffs June 24 1979 aged 44 years 2 months 17 days. Married Flora Virginia Gaedin December 5 1897. Survived by wife five children and his father two sisters three brothers and his mother died 1917. Funeral services held Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church.
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Willard Leslie Bennett
Dwight W. and
Arilla Bennett
Pacific City
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Flora Virginia Gaedin
Betty Z. Stacy
Glenwood
Ehuer Leslie
Strickler Tiverett
Mildred Lucille
Aldanehter
Hildred
Dwight W. Bennett
Sters
Minnie Reverne
Pearl Bennett
Logan
Iona
Tive Brothers
Frankful Arnold
William
Denair
Calif
Lingle
Wye
Charles
Missouri Valley
Greatest joy in married life as we recall it
A writer in the Buffalo News muses on whether happiness in marriage comes from courtship stories or social contact, ultimately praising the quiet shared hours beside the evening lamp. The piece notes the couplet of reading aloud together and the light humor of a wife’s banking joke about regional banks.
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Stevenson
Buffalo News
Tennyrate
British Advance in Africa Opens Ruanda for Rail Link
The Christian Science Monitor notes British plans to push railway development into Ruanda from a German railway to Lake Tanganyika. It argues the project could spare natives from German attacks, with Ruanda seen as valuable for its resources and potential under British guidance, while avoiding antagonizing the Watussi. The piece frames the rail link as a strategic economic and political move in the Africa theatre of war.
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Africa
Ruandsa
Indian Ocean
Lake Tanganyika
Europe
Ruanda
Christian Science Monitor
Las Vegas’s Mexican Land Grant Roots and Rise
Las Vegas was founded by Mexicans after New Mexico was part of Mexico in 1835 with a 400000 acre land grant. The town grew as Mexicans claimed lands, winning court confirmation for occupied portions while the rest remained communal. Grazing lands and timbered areas are valued resources influencing its future growth and tax base.
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Vegas
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Right Spirit: American Doughboy Wins OffICer’s Admiration
Maj Ian Hay Beith recalls an officer praising the “young American’s passion and affection” for the country. An American stall car driver from Marion, Ohio, declares proudly that Marion is “the greatest steam shovel producing center in the world,” illustrating the American spirit.
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Ian Hay Beith
Chaumont
Marion
Ohio
New Kind of Construction in Norway Exhibition Halls
Norway sees a novel building method described by Popular Mechanics. Uprights receive a netting formed from wooden rods bound with tin-plated wire and covered in plaster. The lightweight netted structures are quick to assemble and claimed to be useful in winter.
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Norway
Popular Mechanics
Film director lands job as asylum attendant
A man seeking work as an asylum attendant answered the interview question about handling irrational persons with Some. He added he had directed films for several years and was hired on the spot.
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Sun
Man Recounts Early Departure After Evening Party
A husband recalls that he was among the first to leave a party, meeting his wife on returning home she dismisses his claim with a sharp remark, highlighting a domestic moment captured in dialogue.
Grandpa laments lack of legacy at seventy
Bobby consoles his grandfather after a poignant exchange about aging and being remembered. The senior reflects on a life that may not leave a lasting mark, while Bobby offers a hopeful twist about future recognition as a grandfather.
What is your birthstone asks a brickbat from life
The Kind mutters in comic fashion that life’s constant knocks yield a brickbat as a birthstone. The exchange playfully frames misfortune as a rough gift, turning a harsh remark into a wry reflection on fate.
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Harry In Swit
Wayne D. Choate
William Stevenson
Thompson and Evans
Knights of Pything
Pall Hetirers
Kh. Ke, Vinton
F. J. Wallace
Lewis Robinson
Harry Hubbell
Raymond Rhoades
Otto Trudkins
Order of SK. P
M. W. of A
D. L. Bennett
Grant
Deligare
Granite Works
Businese
Edward
Jas. A. Swope
West Ride
Buffalo Wife
Bobby
Grandpa
United Electric Company
Wingate Gibbs
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the House OF Kuppenheimer
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Hamilton & Matthews
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