Pacific Junction News Roundup Includes Wrecks and Developments
The Pacific Junction column reports Kelley & Co. selling Edison Phonographs on easy terms and promoting peaty cards. Local people travel to Omaha for social visits and poultry shows while Haxtum and Montana trips are noted. A minor yard wreck damages freight cars, with no injuries, and a new depot and ice house plans emerge. The Yeoman lodge grows, and locals discuss land moves, weather, and grain trade shifts affecting Omaha shipments. A hospital case details Elsie Reed recovering from diphtheria aided by anti-toxin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley & Co
Edison
Isaac Heiner
Haxtum
Colo
Ladies Aid
J J Marrin
Albert Rogers
Montana
Adolph Olson
Sturgeon Lake
Canada
John
Plattsmouth
Pacific Junction
Wbitelgeorge
K P lodge Elects New Officers for Tuesday Session
The K P lodge on Tuesday night elected new officers led by Dr L B Bacon past chancellor and Claude F Anderson chancellor. Other posts filled include EL Mendenhall vice chancellor FH McLaughlin master of work F W Kelley master of finance J A Kroon keeper of record and seal John Olson master of exchequer J C Spidell master at arms John Peterson inner guard Y Shuffier outer guard J C Spidell janitor Charles Kroon trustee three years. Window Glass at at Kelley & Co's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K P Lodge
L B Bacon
Claude F. Anderson
EL Mendenhall
FH McLaughlin
F W Kelley
J A Kroon
John Olson
J C Spidell
John Peterson
Y Shuffier
Charles Kroon
At Kelley & Co's
Diving for Coins in Madeira By Native Divers
Albert Bigelow Paine describes a Madeira harbor scene where native divers in boats ask for coins. They target larger coins like nickels and dimes, diving proficiently and quickly to retrieve them, sometimes with children among the boatmen. The observers find the display entertaining and novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeira
Nadeira
Albert Bigelow Paine
Outing Magazine
Meaning of the Green Bough and Savona History
The piece explains a Breton French Canadian habit of placing a green bough on new houses to calm spirits believed to inhabit trees. It then notes Savona history with Genoa and Sardinia, its Punic era, and kin to Popes Sixtus IV and Julius II, plus Columbus ancestors. It ends with a humorous note from Harper’s about a five year old wearing his cousin Kate's nightgown.
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Germany
Brittany
van Norden
Savona
Sardinia
Genoa
Sago
Mago
Sixtus IV
Julius II
Columbus
West Indies
London Standard
Bobbie
Kate
Harper's Weekly
Youth and Old Age Stray Stories Quote
A brief quotation from Stray Stories reflecting on love and aging. It contrasts youthful infatuation with later romantic desires and comments on how perception changes with age. The line puns on catching prettiness in youth versus in later life.
Rivals and Roles in College Dreams and Voice Craft
A wry Brooklyn Life line contrasts two paths for youth as one pursues college athletics while another nurtures a budding singing voice. The quip hints at shared ambitions and competing calls for success.
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Knicker
Booker
Yeu
Brooklyn
The Riddle of Sleep and Its Silent Depths
An Atlantic Monthly essay ponders sleep as mystery and death, comparing it to life and consciousness. It argues sleep holds unknown faculties, hints at telepathy and occult forces, and reflects on dreams as essential to human life and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
Trial by Rice Practice Report From Bane Gal
An account describes a harsh, ritualistic interrogation method called "urkul by tee" used on suspected criminals. Subjects were paraded at 10 o clock, seated, given raw rice to chew into pulp and spit onto plantain leaves while a priest chanted. Three men failed to produce saliva properly. one of them confessed, naming man No. 3 as the chief instigator. Fear and guilt hindered saliva flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banegal
Tee
Wide World
Ole
Min No. 3
Spiders Help Balance Nature by Controlling Caterpillars
A reader notes spiders rarely bite and chiefly prey on caterpillars, preventing leaf loss and overgrowth. The piece argues spiders giữ balance in ecosystems, with a humorous aside about a golf club scene from Puck magazine.
Would Be Nice Quote Exchange In Black
The Hongion Post quotes a dramatic exchange as a husband vows to obtain his due while his wife faces her reflection in a mirror and asserts she looks well in black. The fragment hints at tension and unresolved conflict between spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Hongion Post
Time table for rail and bus connections in Omaha area
The Tribune provides a mixed time table listing No. 2 east bound from Omaha with stops at My Paville Junction Malvern Hastings Red Oak and Chicago arrival. It also covers No. 10 east bound from Pacific Junction with Red Oak and Chicago arrival and No. 178 east bound with multiple intermediate stops. Includes arrival and departure times for Malvern Tabor and Northern lines.
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Connell Britta
Glenwood
Balfoor
ITO
Malverne
Bos Hastings
Emerson
Chicago
East Bound
Omaha
Est
Pacific Junction
Red Oak
Arives
Chicag
Balfour
Malvern
Hastings
Creaton
Oak
Emerson Tees Seer
Malvern We
Falfour
Council Bluffs
West Bound
Pao
Jane
Arr
Denver
Kansas City
North
Junction
Plattamonth
le Ain
Po Opm
Nee Plattemounth
Liv
Henderson
Macedonia
Careon
The
Wabash
Howth
Opm
Omah
Seus
Aser
Coune Ffs
Bs Bu
Oo Mineola
Sane Silver City
Sane Malvern
Strahan
Tmogene
Shenandosh
St Louis
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Pacific Junction Department
J C Supple
South Dakota
Claude Anderson
al Sargent
Larson Blacksmith Shop
Charles Haynie
Frank Shuffler
Charles Abshire
Wm O'Neill
Yeoman Lodge
E L Mendenhall
Wes Mullca
Mac
Fred
H H McCartney
Lynn DeLashmutt
Sam Allis
Nebraska
Merrick County
Sam
Frank Anderson
St Paul
Jim Finn
Raymond Rhoads
Omaha Grain Exchange
Board of Trade
Elsie Reed
Edward Reed
Wall Paver
Kelley & Co's
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Geo. I. Bentley
State Savings Bank
MR. Feeder
Dr. Hess
Park
F. W. Kelley & CO
Iowa
Morpheus
Chicago World’s Fair
RICE
F. Aaron
Collier’s
Doubla
Stymie
Old Mao
Puck
the Tribune
R. R
Burlington
Tamor & Northern
Leatee
Malvernj
Tabor
Asee
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