Pacific Junction youths try burglary and face city order
Two about ten years old entered the Community Service store on Sunday with stolen goods but were discovered and sent home to stay off the streets for thirty days. Oakland and Hamburg visitors attended Wes Mulica's funeral. School staff for the new year were elected. A road east of the Round House lures speeding drivers, as Wm Moore and Lester Crishinger crashed, injuring none seriously.
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Old Round House
Wm. Moore
Lester Chrisinger
Anderson
Local social notes from Plattsmouth area visits and travel
Sunday travel and visitation roundup across Plattsmouth and nearby towns. J Olson departs for K P grand lodge in Cedar Rapids. W Read and W Savage conduct business in Omaha. Dozens of family visits including Purcells in Woodbine and Omaha, Walker family planning Omaha home, McLaughlins with mother, and Wilkinson relatives from Aurora. Mentioned also are hospital, photographers, and a Tuesday concert.
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John Olson
Cedar Rapids
K. P. Grand Lodge
Wobart Read
Will Savage
Omaha
Dean Purcell
Woodbine
T. H. Martin
Clara DeLashmutt
Mila Moora
M .D. Walker
Floyd McLaughlin
Red Oaks
Emma McLaughlin
California
C. R. Wilkinson
Aurora
Lincoln family visit and club picnic features
Elmer Olson visited Lincoln with his parents to help in the store while his father attends grand lodge. Robert and Edna Carlson, students from Omaha, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlson. A picnic supper featured sandwiches salad pickles deviled eggs and lemonade then guests danced in the club room. Amounts listed include 3.76 and 3.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ents
Paul Haynie
Elmer Olson
Lincoln
Grand Lodge
Robert Carlson
Edna Carlson
Omaha
Fred Carlson
Fackler’s
A Century of Anthracite How Willam Wurts Won First Coal Raft
The Wall Street Journal recalls 1820 when Willam Wurts led a mule team with the first ton of anthracite down the Delaware on a pine log raft. It faced doubt over lighting speed and low prices, yet production has soared to 86 million tons, with 100 million possible this year, as Reading Wilkesbarre Lehigh and Mauch Chunk become industry names.
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Willam Wurts
Philadelphia
Delaware
Reading
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh
Mauch
Pennsylvania
William Wurts
Wall Street Journal
Greenwich Observatory Moon Position Error Grows
The Greenwich Observatory notes a widening deviation between calculated and observed moon positions. Over twenty years the error has multiplied, averaging half a second of arc per year in longitude, prompting questions about undiscovered forces or Earth's true shape needing precision.
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Greenwich
Charles II
Deadly Electric Safety Lock for Torpedoes
A French wireless engineer M Dunoyer claims a torpedo control system using an electric safety lock that guides explosions by wireless Morse sequences. Correct dot dash patterns trigger the torpedo while errors reset the mechanism, making tampering impossible. Each torpedo would require a unique key sequence.
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M. Dunoyer
London Mall
Hythe Port A Prominent Medieval English Stronghold
Hythe in Kent played a notable role since medieval times as a feudal port with special privileges governed by a lord warden. It served as a strategic supply base for warships and helped defend England from possible invasions up to about 1500, shaping coastal defense and maritime politics.
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Hythe
England
Aimes
English Channel
Fairy Godson Returns to Rebuild a Forgotten Home
Jane Judson, aged seventy, loses her home to foreclosure and enters Dixville Old Ladies' home. Years of memory haunt her until Timmie Duanne, once her helper on the poor farm, arrives rich from oil and buys back the old house. He reunites mother and home, calling himself her fairy godson.
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Jane Judson
Dixville
Deacon Small
Jane
Billy
Miss Boggs
Timmie Duanne
Mother Jane
Tye
Humming Bird Feathers Stripped In Curious Incident
A bizarre report describes a hummingbird losing its feathers, reduced to a small, bee-like silhouette. The unusual event raises questions about avian behavior and local wildlife handling.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific Junction
W. C. Turner
Pearl Foster
Geo. Shaw
Mondamin
Will Jones
Atlantic
George Rheinschild
John Jones
Carl Jones
Ransom _ Jones
Oakland
Chas. Haynie
Hamburg
Wes Mulica
Hera
G. Estes
Harding Gwillam
Miss Smith
Viola Kerns
Miss Foster
Fannie Hill
Merryhew
Miss Scobee
Agnes Carlson
August Anderson and Sons
Theodore and
Elmer
Tom Corcoran
W. P. Haynie
Silver City
Joe O'Neill
Wilbur Fowler
Osceola
Margueritte Moore
Clarkson Hospital
W. M. Moore
John Crook
Marshalltown
Maude Mungon
W. R. Simmons
Council Bluffs
Fred Simmons
Dubuque
Katherine Flynn
Mary
Green River
Wyo
Gertrude
John Supple
Shirley Greenlee
Triplett
Ernest Barker
Glen Bprdell
Nora Baughman
Plattsmouth
Fairy Godsons
Aea Ee
Mary Isabel Boyntone
McClure
Monster Cattle
Lowa
Contest Association
Titan
Titan User
Boyle & Empire, Inc
Pacific Junction, Iowa
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