Emerson Events and Community Notes Highlight Local Ties
Dr H C Yates spent Saturday in Omaha and Frank Norall of Omaha visited Emerson relatives. The Blue Grass Garage Carr and Short take the Authorized Ford Agency for this territory starting this month. Kirk West to captain Coe freshmen and Olvin Thorson marries Miss Glenarva Said in Ottawa. Emerson residents travel, visit, and relocate as community life continues with many short notes on neighbors and local businesses.
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Olvin Thorson
Emerson
H. GC. Hicks
Pacific Junction News Highlights and Local Moves
Pacific Junction items from October 5 note Miss Viola Kernes and Miss Charlie Foster visiting Omaha. Frank Stouder and wife celebrate a son born September 26. Mrs. Stouder formerly Irena Beam of Malvern. Ruth Coffey assists in Glenwood's Walling store after the Wallings’ accident. Letisha Martin of Gmate visits over Sunday with her mother Elizabeth Martin. Howard Baxter becomes assistant cashier in C B Q freight at Council Bluffs and will move soon. Andy Robinson of St Joe plans winter stay with daughter C R Wilkinson.
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Council Blufffs
Andy Robinson
St. Joe
C. R. Wilkinson
Carbonizing Wood with Exhaust Gas In Orange
The exhaust gas from the cylinder reaches 800 to 1000 degrees and is mainly carbon dioxide, a colorless odorless gas. It is used to carbonize wood in ovens where the gas warms the wood to about 500 degrees without burning. Many ovens like this were installed during the war in Algeria and Tunis to substitute for anthracite coal for motor fuel.
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Orange
Algerian
Tunis
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Good Neighbors and a Childrens View in Town
Mrs. Merriweather lived with four children in a kettle house where friendly neighbors shared back fences. As the family aged and moved, Geraldine recalls the old neighbors were better, while the new ones mind their own business, a seven year old’s honest reflection from the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis
Daniel Boone Mark Found in Lincoln County Cave
A group identifies a rock near Pond York at Mile Creek in Lincoln County as bearing the inscription D Boone in a wild, rocky area near the Wayne line. They claim the chiseled mark matches Boone's name seen in Kentucky rocks and place it in Boone's expedition era.
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Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Wayne
Lincoln County
D. Boone
Pond York
Our Mile Creek
Wayne Line
Boone
Huntington
Wvad Advertiser
Henderson Happening I Henderson Lecture Open Friday Evening
The Henderson Lecture Course opens with a Friday evening program featuring Raymond B. Tolbert presenting The U S and Us with two musical numbers and an entertainment company. A season ticket is encouraged to enjoy all events and readings.
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Henderson
Raymond B. Tolbert
U. S
Friends of Eliis Darnell Recovering After Operation
The friends of Eliis Darnell are glad to hear he stood his operation fine and is getting along nicely His mother stayed in Omaha a few days to be with him I will be in Henderson Friday Oct 14 at M 8 Sturgeon s Store and at Macedonia Saturday Oct 16 at Dye Brothers Store with a fine display of millinery Mrs Eva VanAusdals adv
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Eliis Darnell
Omaha
Henderson
Sturgeon
Macedonia
Dye Brothers
Eva VanAusdals
Adv
International Aero Congress to Put Omaha on Aviation Map
Western Iowa and eastern Nebraska are poised to become central to America’s aviation industry after the first International Aero Congress in Omaha from November 3 to 5, 1921. East coast manufacturers will witness vast midwestern airfield potential and one day flight reach across the nation, linking the region’s future to air development. RO Tooke of the Aero Club of Omaha notes the congress will showcase progress and give the middle west a stake in aviation growth.
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Iowa
Nebraska
America
Omaha
Middle West
Congress
RO. Tooke
Aero Club of
FREAKS OF AIR AT CONGRESS IN OMAHA 1921
At the first International Aero Congress in Omaha from November 3 to 5 1921 officials of the Aero Club of Omaha say odd air creatures will be shown A Utah inventor Beller will display a three bag airship with side motors and a passenger deck A Montana inventor plans a tiny twelve foot wing span plane The show may feature a water landing craft and a land craft possibly altering flying on waterways Visitors can expect many ideas once dreamed of as aviation builds on novelty and progress.
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Omaha
Aero Club of
A. B. Beller
Ogden
Utah
Montana
America
Aero Congress in Omaha Promises World Class Air Spectacle
Attendees at the International Aero Congress in Omaha on November 35 will witness a major air display. A large wooden model French village will anchor the show with a dramatic aerial battle between an American ace and a German bomber, framed by a wartime village montage and nighttime atmospheric effects.
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Omaha
Troyal Air Force
Hendon
England
Ove
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