Sailor Boys' Money Will Not Pass in California Towns
The U S S Kentucky anchored in San Diego then San Pedro after a four month voyage from Hampton Roads. California officials and thousands of spectators welcomed the fleet with parades and a silver casket gift to the commander in chief. Sailors enjoyed rides, chutes, a wild west show, and fleet week in Los Angeles with free transit and public hospitality.
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Sailor Boys
California
Magdalena Bay
Sierra Mountains
Uncle Sam
Hampton Roads
San Diego
American
Fourth Street
Coast Artillery
Thomas
San Pedro
Long Beach
Redondo Beach
Los Angeles
Angel City
James J. Jeffries
Lambertina
Untenhove
Blue Jackets
Liberty
Los An
Will Rishell to Meet Clayton Murphy in San Francisco
Will Rishell, son of Mrs. D. N. Rishell, is in San Francisco and plans to meet Clayton Murphy when their fleet arrives midweek. He is learning photography at an Eastman Kodak branch house and rooms with the Dewey family in Oakland across the bay.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Girard
Louie Hanson
Santa Babara
Will Rochell
Frisco
Richmond
Bay
Grandpa Moon
Eleanor White
Clayton Murphy
O. S
U.S. Kentucky
D. N. Rishell
Will
Clayton
Eastman Kodak Company
Jay Dewey
Glenwood
Oaklari
A Railroad Man's Paradise Richmond California May 1 1908
A letter to Opinion from a railroad employee requests an address change from Needles to Richmond California. He describes Needles as a desert town with green trees and flowers, credits its climate with his improved rheumatism, and notes the town’s size and Santa Fe railroad influence. He mentions nearby mines and the railroad's good treatment of employees.
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Needles
California
Richmond
Coloardo River
Arizona
Glenwood
Santa Fe
The
Unclear Entry of Names and Winners
Fragmentary OCR list shows multiple proper names and initials including Bogart Dean DeLashmatt Skillicorn Dewitt Shriver and others. No clear event, organization, or dates are readable to establish a concrete news item or outcome.
Richmond Letter Describes Grand System Enhancements
J Moon notes extensive upgrades across the system including reading rooms, a vast recreation hall with billiards bowling and a pool, dressing rooms and a swimming area, weekly amusements, a new reinforced concrete depot and hotel with a steam laundry, plus large reading rooms and an auditorium. He contrasts Oakland’s size with Richmond and mentions a 35 minute boat ride to San Francisco.
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United States
Richmond
Bay
San Francisco
Oakland
TuHos
J. Moon
Glenwood Band Concert Adds Town Pleasure
A Glenwood band concert is planned for next Saturday afternoon May 9 as a entertainment feature for visitors in town. Schulhof's band V will perform with recently recruited players, promising a fine program. The committee may announce additional features for later dates.
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Glenwood
Schulhof
Track Meet at Tabor in Southwest Iowa May 16
The Fourth Annual High School Track and Field Meet of southwestern Iowa is set for Saturday, May 16, at Tabor Park under Tabor College. Schools from Glenwood to Red Oak will compete for points with gold medals for firsts and silver for seconds. A banner will honor the school with the most points. Invitations have been issued to Glenwood, Malvern, Sidney, Hamburg, Riverton, Farragut, Shenandoah, Randolph, Thurman, Hastings, Emerson, Silver City, Pacific Junction, Oakland, and Red Oak.
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Iowa
Tabor Park
Tabor College
Glenwood
Malvern
Sidney
Hamburg
Riverton
Farragut
Shenandoah
Randolph
Thurman
Hastings
Emerson
Silver City
Pacific Junction
Oakland
Red Oak
Tabor
Teachers Secured For Several Senior Class Members
The call for teachers continues as Tabor College places more graduates. Roy Barnes will teach English at Dell Rapids High School in South Carolina. Catherine Hanley will teach at Neligh High School in Nebraska. Elizabeth Tourtelotte, a local school graduate, will teach Latin at Tabor High. Hermie Howard, class of 1906, becomes piano and voice teacher at Sheldon Collegiate Institute.
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Tabor College
Roy Barnes
Dell Rapids
S. C
Catherine Hanley
Neligh
Neb
Elizabeth Tourtelotte
Tabor
Tourtelotte
Hermie Howard
Sheldon Collegiate Institute
Reverend Quinn reassigned to Malvern church
In Southwestern Iowa Reverend W. J. Quinn, seven years leading Red Oak’s Catholic church, is moved by the Bishop to Malvern to establish and strengthen the parish there. The Replogle Milling Co. of Red Oak spent $8,000 on improvements last year and now operates a gas engine produced by hard coal gasification. Malvern’s winter lecture course earned $35.55. Fremont county Republicans nominate for representative include O. P. Stewart of Sidney Sun and W. T Davidson of Hamburg Republican. Mills county hosts nine Odd Fellow lodges with 450 members. Creston plans a permanent umbrella-shaped Chautauqua auditorium of 100-foot diameter costing about $2,500.
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W. J. Quinn
Red Oak
Malvern
Replogle Milling Company
O. P. Stewart
Sidney Sun
W. T Davidson
Hamburg Republican
Fremont County
Mills County
Nomination Bid by Deputy Auditor Seeks County Auditor Post
Mr Free, after three years as Deputy Auditor and earlier teaching in Oak township for three to four years, seeks Republican nomination for county auditor at the June 2 primary election.
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Free
Oak Township
New Home Letter From Sam Aistrope Family From Lincolnshire
Mr. Thomas Aistrope longtime county farmer in White Cloud township provides a home for his English relatives. Four years ago he welcomed sister's children John and Alice Naylor to the farm, now joined by Jennie and Harry. Mother and older sister plan to join later to reunite the family. They hail from Lincolnshire in eastern England near the area where early English pilgrims began their American journey.
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Thomas Aistrope
White Cloud Township
John
Alice Naylor
Jennie
Harry
Lincolnshire
England
America
Weather and Crops Report From Mills County
The past week was unseasonably cold and dry with brisk northwest winds and frosts. Temperatures ran below normal daily, lowest 13 degrees on Cherokee county low ground May 2. Sunshine and rainfall were below normal. fruit damage evident in south and central sections but limited in the north. With better weather, Northern fruit should be abundant and southern varieties fair. Small grain, pastures, and meadows are in good condition. Corn planting to begin before week’s end if weather improves. The week ended with heavy rains in southern counties. A reader letter laments recurring fruit losses to frost and praises progressive fruit and corn growers in Glenwood, Iowa.
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Missouri Divide
Cherokee County
Bill
Mills County
Glenwood Fruit District
Hood River
New York
Europe
Iowa
Sam
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U. S. S. Kentucky
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Richmond, California
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Howard Walsh
Elgin
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