Pacific Junction Notes and Local Happenings
Mrs B E M Lang and relatives visit in Stockholm Neb while many attend Glenwood chautauqua. Lynn DeLashmutt and Jor O'Neil scout land investments in Nebraska. E M Lang labors relaying steel in the yards with a large crew. John Olson and O Burgess attend the K P grand lodge at Cedar Rapids. Olson is a state officer, Burgess a local lodge rep. A half dozen cars of sheep pass through. heat killed some and carcasses removed. Malvern races crowd includes Claude Anderson Postmaster Bennett and family. baseball boys camped out, weather turned stormy Wednesday night forcing a rush to the grand stand.
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Glenwood
Malvern
Claude Anderson
Bennett
J B Lincoln
Harry and
Carl
Elmer Stacey
Lincolnville notes and regional visits highlight community events
Lincolnville reports hogs hauled to market and a series of local movements. Chas Knoefler left for an extended western trip while Sherman Stewart travels to Nebraska for harvest work. Modale resident Sebern Boyd visited with sister Mrs. B Lincoln. A threshing outfit remains active, and Barker family returns from Missouri Valley. Mrs L L Cowardin stays in Glenwood for Chautauqua as Ed Mitchell family visits Jos Malcom. Cedar Creek visitors attend Glenwood Chautauqua. Grudi writes of Mrs Grudi ill in Darvard Illinois. Rhoades family and Jones attend weddings at Glenwood despite a heavy rain on return.
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al Lincoln
Chas Knoefler
Tabor Topics Highlights Local Moves and Arrivals
Ed Russell visits relatives in Wyoming as Prof Buckle resigns to take over at Tabor. Arthur Cumings heads east to Ottumwa and Denmark Iowa and Mechanicsville New York. Mrs MW Hurlbutt and son Robert visit Omaha. Charles Hurlbutt and wife visit relatives near Sioux City. Louella Cosman and Warren Clapper wed at Sidney and plan a Malvern farm home. Bessie Beckwith to Sheridan Wyoming for marriage to Orville Mumper. Bertha Shutts leaves Tabor music faculty for Town College Grinnell. Mrs O Fl Snyder resigns as art teacher. Snyder family to Fairfield after farewell.
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Ed Russell
Wyoming
Prof Buckle
WO Allen
Tabor
Arthur Cumings
Ottumwa
Denmark
Mechanicsville
Frank Mumper
MW Hurlbutt
Robert
Omaha
Charles Hurlbutt
Sioux City
Louella Cosman
Warren W Clapper
Sidney
Malvern
Bessie Beckwith
Thurman
Sheridan
Wyo
Cheap land in Beadle county South Dakota
Unimproved quarters on improved half sections priced from 33 to 40 dollars. A 1120 acre farm near Harrold with $5000 worth of buildings, well fenced and water abundant. Asking price 14 dollars per acre. Inquire W.FP Hill at the Tribune office. All the news all the time in the Tribune.
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South Dakota
Beadle County
Harrold
W.fp
Hill
Tribune
Anthology of Humorous Vignettes and reminiscences
A collection of short comic excerpts and anecdotes from a bygone era. It includes a botany professor's daisy joke, a minister and servant after a wedding, a farmer testing telephone bravado, a dog accident told with humor, a Gardiner Oregon hero fund recipient on bravery, a child’s odd ambition, a church fundraising misfit, and a social note about a Greenwich clubhouse gathering with Governor Hoffmann in attendance.
Lincoln Letter and Connecticut Quota Praise
A news column recounts President Lincoln sending a letter to Governor Buckingham of Connecticut praising its troops, while the governor notes no similar letter to New York. Lincoln jokes about gratitude, then an anecdote contrasts a tea gesture with a dog and God. A Confederate money joke follows about a Yankee trader in camp and a horse trade.
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Lincoln
New York
Americus
Greenwich
Conn
John T. Hoffman
Bockingham
Connecticut
Stottmay
Executive Mansion
Buckingham
Abi
Yank
Lippincott
Tribute to a West Point classmate and the Round Top fight
An anecdotes style reminiscence recounts O Rorke rising from Rochester hodcarrier to West Point, gifted by friends with a gold watch, his Civil War rise to colonel, and death at Gettysburg Round Top. It contrasts bayard and sidney spirit with his grave and notes another tale about Mrs. Eddy and a liquor question from a Lynn resident.
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O’rorke
O'Rorke
Rochester
West Point
Toil
One Hundred and Fortieth New York
Bridget
Hla
Jame
Cushing
Bayard
Sidney
Lynn
Mass
Mrs. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Mr. Eddy
Bismarck and the Ambassador On Callers
Lord Russell visited Prince Bismarck in Berlin and joked that a chancellor has many troublesome callers. Bismarck’s remedy is his wife distraction. The princess appeared and quipped Otto must take his medicine, ending the exchange with a laugh.
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Bismarck
Lord Russell
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Lord Russel
Otto
Appearances to The Contrary in Mill town
Mrs. Holton and her sister Suzan navigate social pressures in Mill town as Suzan avoids callers and schemes to meet Mr. Bates. A closet escape, rivalries with Maude Torman, and Carton’s critique push Suzan toward marriage as a path to status and art recognition.
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Mrs. Holton
Sugan
Milltown
Susan
Suzannne
Susie
New York
Ronning
Bates
Bessie
Mr. Bates
Fnr
Busan
Jim
Maude Torman
Dan
Maude
Circus Folk Hard Workers
A description from Everybody's Magazine portrays circus performers as extraordinarily hardworking. It notes they rise early for breakfast and parade preparations, face fines for tardiness, practice before shows, perform multiple acts, and constantly change costumes for opportunities such as gymnastic, aerial, and riding acts, plus a concert after the show.
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Circus
Everybody's Magazine
Trick That Won: Long Johns Hat Tricked Rioters
A Chicago mayor famously solved a riot threat by altering police cap numbers. With a semicircle tin badge and added figures, crowds mistook the force size, yielding intimidation and a peaceful election day.
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Long John’ Wentworth
Chicago
Long John
John
Tang John
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Lincolnville
Sherman Stewart
Nebraska
Sebern Boyd
Modale
Mrs . B. Lincoln
Wm Barker
Missouri Valley
L L Cowardin
Ed Mitchell
Jos Malcom
TB Lincoln
Cedar Creek, Neb
Jos Grudi
Mrs Grudi
Darvard
Ill
Jake Andrews
South Omaha
James Rhoades
A. KR. Jones
Rhoades-McMillen
Seeger- Myers
Tabor Topics
The
Amin
Earth
Faul H. Hayne
A. Scotell
Sandy
Argonaut
Jane
Eve
Ladies' Slame Journal
M. G. Black
Gardiner
Ore
Carnegie Hero Fund
Old Carton
Ine
Luain
Aid Carton
Fred
Elliott Osteopathist
Gleniwood
F. M. Shriver
Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Iowa
Dyar Block
Northwest Corner Square
Clark
Barber
L. S. Robinson
Theo. W. Tvury
Ivory
Carl H. Otis
Attorneys At Law
Chas. W. Rath KE
Opera Hones
North Side
A. H. Winkler & CO. Real Estate, Loan and Exchange Agts
Dean Block
P.O. Glenwood
Justice OF the Peace
OWA
Carter
Old Reliable Actna Indemnity Company
Towsa
F. K. Meyers & Son Carpenters Contractors
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
Glenwood, Iowa
Singer Office
Mickelwail
American Surety Company of
J. E. Ebaugh
N. S. Genung
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Benulifathead Coles Ue
D. I. MU
City Boeeee College
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