The Region Called Council Bluffs by Hattie Had
The piece discusses the region around Council Bluffs and Omaha, tracing why the name arose. It notes Lewis and Clark naming the spot after their 1804 journey, details Fort Atkinson and Bellevue, and recounts the evolving names of nearby sites including Kanesville and Traders Point as settlers arrived and the post office formalized Council Bluffs in 1851.
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Council Bluffs
Hattie
Notipariel
Council Blufs
Omaha
Fred ‘L. Kenyon
Lotain
Ohio
Harding
Eniléa
Council
Missour River
Council Bluffe
Counecil Bluff
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
United Stated
New Own
Bt. Atkinson
Ft. Cathouhy
Manuel Lisa
Cif
Bellevues
Ft. Atkinson
The
Platte
Bellevue
Indian Agency
Presbyterian
Council Bluffs Agency
Council Bluffs_missiont
Peter A. Sarpy
Tradeta Point
Sib
Pierce’ Street
Leavenworth
Father DeSmet Od
Pottawattamies
St. Joseph's
St. Marys
Father DeSmet
Kenyon
Jback
Council Bluff
Flornce i Miller's Hollow
Kanesville
Crescent
Traders Point
Travers Point
Post Office Department
Kane
Washington
Union Pacific
Midwest
Bellevieau
Millers Hollow
Ed Johnson family visit and local teaching moves
In Pacific Junction the Ed Johnson family and Mrs. Vern Price visited sister Mrs. Carrie Hind, with two Hind daughters staying at the Johnson home. Mrs. Harry Retelsdorf visits Omaha. Alice Burgoin of Silver City leaves Pacific Junction to teach domestic science in Elliott, Iowa. Bessie May Cloud of Red Oak will teach in Malvern next year. The Marvin Lindsay and George Procter children are described as having a siege.
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Ed Johnson
Vern Price
Underwood
Carrie Hind
Malvern
Marvin Linsday
George Procter
Pacific Junction News Roundup of Local Events
Community notices from Pacific Junction recount house construction for Keller family at the state pumping station, a new drug store purchase by Mrs Marie Simmon t, and social visits across Council Bluffs, Glenwood, and Omaha. The week features dances, farm gatherings, garden losses from a ditch overflow, club programs honoring Flag Day, and residents traveling to Sidney and Bozeman for family affairs.
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Keller
State
Marie Simmon T
Arid
Gladys O'Neill
Cottnell
Will O'Neill
Jas. Lee
Wm. O'Neill
J. W. Edwards
Omaha
Hubert E. Read
Blaine
Lester iChandler
Farragut
Nias Bess. Boyle
Council Bluffs
Frank Boyle
Nathaniel King
Cal
Rhodes
iMrs
Frank ‘Anderson
al Beaton
Jas
Glenwood
Ray Werner
Plattsmouth
Corcoran
Procter
Pacific Junction
Adolph Crouse
Wm. Kinney
Robert Carlson
Imperial
Nebr
Vern Beldin
Pacific J Junction
Hospe Piano Co
Woman’s Club
Frank Maxwell
Art Smith
H. BE. Read
Boyle
Dorsey Rell
Josephine
Mary
Bozeman
Montana
James
Fred Crook
Minnesota Lakes
J. B. Anderson
Nineteenth Century Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
A company from Omaha dined together on Friday while Aunt Sally Batlard remains ill. The NAC club plans a popular dance Friday night. Mr and Mrs Cal Rhodes attended the King family reunion in Council Bluffs, the first in thirty years. The George Hubbard family will move to Glenwood to be near Mrs Yeager, mother of Mrs Hubbard, employed at the Institution.
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Omaha
Sally Batlard
Cal Rhodes
King
Council Bluffs
George Hubbard
Glenwood
Yeager
Hubbard
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Weddings
Emily Emerson Gayle Gramer returns from Mount Vernon where she studied at Cornell College. E B Whisler family and Max travel to Red Oak. Horace and Roscoe Greenwood back from Ames. Brice Whisler visits with Everett and Ross in Tingley. Hazel and Fern Adams go to Omaha. H C Knight family trip to Glenwood with Mrs Knight. visit to Dan Hurst. Margaret Hurst joins. Mildred Weed returns from Galenburg teaching. Mrs Alexander of Evanston visits relatives. Earl Briggs heads to Cedar Falls for summer school. W A Fisher and Mrs Fisher of Pacific Junction visit Salmons family. Lottie Thrapp and Ray Hick visit Mrs Miller in Silver City. Varnon Johnson hosts shower for Marion Johnson. twenty guests. Ice cream and wafers served. pleasant afternoon. Mrs Ja Cheney hosts shower for Evangeline Cheney ahead of wedding to Dean Stroud of Des Moines. five course dinner served. gifts indicate high regard.
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Gayle Gramer
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
E. B. Whisler
Max
Red Oak
Horace
Roscoe Greenwood
Ames
Brice Whisler
Tingley
Iowa
Everett
Ross
Hazel
Fern Adams
Omaha
H. C. Kinnight
Glenwood
Cedar Falls
W. A. Fisher
Pacific Junction
R. Salmons
Lottie Thrapp
Ray Hick
Silver City
Ralph Miller
Varnon Johnson
Marrion Johnson
Hail Storm Shatters Homes and Windows in Essex Area
Twenty one ladies attended a gathering with Miss Adla and Alice Almquist of Essex as out of town guests. Sunday brought one of the worst hail storms of the year with large stones damaging trees crops and gardens and smashing many windows. The school house and M. & church suffered nearly all their windows as rain caused the creek to rise beyond banks.
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Adla
Siss Alice Almquist
Essex
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Council Bluffs Auto Top Co
Fordson Tractor
H. A. Darting
Federal Land Bank
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
L. A. Hollingshead
DR. van F. Barnes
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