Pacific Junctions News Of Returning Soldiers And Local Visits
The week records return home of Frank Boyle from Camp Sherman and Glen Arnold from Camp Harrison. Many residents visit Omaha and Lincoln, reports on sickness including influenza and pneumonia, a new granddaughter born to Noah and Mrs Johnson of Wayne, and notes of letters from Guy Hines in France awaiting return to the U S. Local families visit relatives across Iowa and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boyle
Camp Sherman
Glen Armold
Camp Harrison
Ind
Grace Tolles
Lincoln
Larey Wells
Lon Purcell
Jessie
Bellevue
Miss Johnson
Dean Purcell
Horton
Red Oak
F. H. McLaughlin
Helen McLaughlin
Guy Godsey
California
Guy
Elmer Olson
Pelham Bay
John Olson
Elizabeth Hall
Ruth Roberts
Tabor
Bertha Sargent
Omaha
Frank Sargent
Henry Sar
Gent
Noah Johnson
Wayne, Ned
The Red Cross by Henry Van Dyke
The American Red Cross supplied Allied forces with cigarettes cards matches chocolate and other items totaling tens of millions in France and England. It notes 70 000 women in canteen service 681 canteens operate around the clock and 5000 sick cared for on trains in 1918 along with 8 000 000 postal cards distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Red Cross
England
France
Italy
Archangel
Siberia
Color Preferences Through History and Symbolism
Leonard JT. Troland argues in Transactions of the Engineering Society that colors have been alternately preferred by different groups across eras, used as symbols of happiness and death, with no consistent literature backing a superior color for any purpose beyond reflecting nature. Brightness and redness are noted as stimulating, but evidence remains vague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard JT. Troland
Transactions of the
Hominating Engineering Society
Christmas superstitions across nations and times
The passage surveys holiday customs from England Scotland and Wales to Lyons France, noting beliefs about Christmas bread, bees, threshing mornings, and superstitions tied to beehives and thresholds. It mentions Britannia traditions on feast days and the Foundling hospital’s welcome for the first baby, framing these acts as humane responses amid scarce flour and bygone memories of Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actoan
Tinkland
Lafayétte
Brance
England
Scotland
Devonshire
Wales
Lyons
France
Foundling Hospital
Bethlehem
Secretary Baker notes thanks to American Red Cross in London
Secretary Baker writes from London thanking the American Red Cross after leaving for Winchester. The note expresses appreciation for the aid and support received during the journey and reflects on the difficult travel period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Ig
Krinee
Baker
Atetican Red Cross
London
Winchester
Red Cross funds aid Belgium orchard replanting effort
A Red Cross donation of 10,000 pounds is aimed at replanting orchards in Belgium. The grant will replace about 40,000 fruit trees damaged in the Devilstated area and supports the Prinsengracht project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Belgium
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Hamilton’s Grocery
Pacific Junction
Mila Moore
M. D. Walker
Elliott
Charles Kroon
Peter Olson
Gerald DeBolt
Frank ‘Anderson
Atlantic
Claude
T. A. Anderson
Eugene Mulica
Creston
Wim. Stacy
Lon Shafer
Anna Nunn
Davis
Hartington
Neb
Ben Sutton
Claude Anderson
Atantic
R. C. Smith
Ohio
Mrs. Smith
W. P. Haynie
Wesley Mulica
Ralph Smith
THE
Henry van Dyke
Just
James
John
Hartman
Krispy
Hartman's
Hartman's Bakery
Christ
Brie
I. Konig
Kee
Campbell's
Santa Claus
Sach
Plain Price Store
West Side Square
J. A. Campbell
Prop
Glenwood, Iowa
Mills County Power Co
Glenwood
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