Pacific Junction Department Notes and Local Updates
The Pacific Junction Department reports on the Degree of Honor gathering, posts about farm plans, and multiple town happenings. Notable items include Bert and Amos Reed to operate their father's farm, Reed moving back to Bethlehem March 1, and snow removal efforts on the depot tracks amid a harsh winter described as the worst in 20 years. Public notices cover a sheriff sale of Lot 7 in Glenwood, taxes, and real estate actions dated February 1908.
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Bert
Amos Reed
Mr. Reed
Bethlehem
Qarriers Purcell
McLaughlin
Cartier Purcell
Thos Colgan
Tom
W D Warner
Colorado
Akron
Alex Stateler
Junction
Nebraska
Sarah Mendenhall
Almena
Kan
Herbert Barbour
Lang
Carrier Purcell
Pony Creek
Yard Woreman
East and West Bound Train Timetable Highlights
The Tribune presents an AI time table noting east and west bound trains from Omaha to Chicago and Illinois towns, with listed departure and arrival times for Pacific Junction, Hastings, Red Oak, Plattsmouth, and other stops. Details include No 2 east bound departing 4:30 pm from Omaha and No 9 west bound with multiple daily runs.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Pacific Junction
Glenwond
Balfour Malvern Hastings
Simernon
Wahoo
Red Oak
Chico
Hastings
Chicago
Plattsmouth
Omahia
Plattemouth
Pasitie Junction
No. Il
Emerson
Malvern
Balfour
Glenwood
Aeetees
West Bound
Denver
Donat Ron Hundays
The Old Quarrel and Other Brief Tales
A collection of dramatic snippets and humorous exchanges from a bygone era. A man fears a jury summons, a Seattle Mount Tacoma dispute sparks banter, a Chicago Tribune quip echoes a street confrontation, and light notes on betting misreads. Wry city humor prevails.
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Puget Sound
Mount Tacoma
Mount Rainier
Seattle
Mount Ra
Chicago Tribune
Unfortunate meeting of legless man and priest
A poemish fragment recalls a derailed beggar aided by a priest who expresses pity for the legless man's plight while questioning how he foots his bills, as told in a Detroit Free Press style.
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Detroit
Yree Press
Love Confession Sparks Trust Among Friends
A Washington Star note quotes Dollie and Ethel in a playful exchange about trust and a confession of love. The dialogue highlights the social dynamics of friendship and the value of discreet advice in a generous era.
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Jack
Dollie
Ethel
Washington Star
Wate's Perversity and satirical quips on reform
A collage of witty quips from newspapers including Baltimore American and Chicago Tribune. Dialogues reference misfortune and reform, noting fate’s perversity and financiers likened to Nero as Rome collapsed. Fisherman humor and street corner banter frame the piece.
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Wate
New York
Baltimore
Tufford Knott
Chicago Tribune
Nero
Rome
Hard Luck on Rent as Jones Faces Floorless Reversal
A Washington Star item quotes Mr. Jonah Jones lamenting financial reverses that threaten housing costs and even the possibility of renting a floor. The exchange highlights unexpected affordability woes and the humor he uses to cope with the setback.
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Jonah Jones
Washington Star
Up to Deviltry
A playful call invites readers to join a child led pirate game of imagination in a New York setting. The item captures youth activity and a neighborhood's enjoying pretend nautical adventures during a sunny afternoon.
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Deviltry
New York
Mills County Board Proceedings February 1908
Mills County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in Auditor's office with J B Brandt and S W Creech present. Minutes approved, report on Pony Creek ditch discussed for Feb 17. Expenses itemized for professional services, bailiff, text books, rents, and deputy sheriffs. Tax refunds denied. 1907 taxes on Hutlaker lots canceled. Appointments of T G Byers tax ferrer and CM Dalton deputy sheriff approved.
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Auditor’s Office
Mills County
Glenwood
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Auditor's Office
Brandt
S W Creech
Auditor's
J B Brandt
J L Smith
Pony Creek
J M Donelan
C W Lyon
E Butler
R Brothers
TL Smouse
Grand Jury
Flanagan Co
Hackney
Glenwood Mutual Telephone.Co
U Parsons
DE Whitfield
Queyangiog
Sam Mendenhall
Sherman Hill
LC Adams
Lou Hevern
W M Moore
T G Byers
J E Shelby
Hutlaker
Silver City
CM Dalton
B F Bellwood
Calumet Baking Powder and Salary Reduction Ordered
Calumet Baking Powder details plus salary fixed at 150 dollars per year. Tax reductions ordered for 1906 to 4.77 and 1907 to 4.53 due to land loss to Missouri river. Board adjourned to February 17, 1908. Attest, Auditor B. T. Agan. Chairman J E Brandt approved.
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Missouri River
B. T. Agan
J E Brandt
Sheriff Sale Notice of Mills County Real Estate
A judgment in Mills County Iowa favors Bowerros against Ella Gilleard for 7.27 plus costs. The sheriff will offer at the west door of the Glenwood courthouse on March 15, 1908, 9 AM to 4 PM, the property at 7 Block 76 Glenwood City Mills County Iowa to satisfy the execution. L. G. Linville Sheriff. Deputy C E Dalton.
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District Court
Mills County
Iowa
A. J. Howe
Isla Gilleard
Glenwood City
Eame
Court House
Glenwood
L. G. Tinville
Daiton
Towa
Bowerros
Ella Gilleard
L. G. Linville
C. E. Dalton
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Pacific Junction Department
Dan Kelley
Creston
Dorcas Gillis
Burlington Junction
Mac
LH Stroud
Carrier McLaughlin
Sam Alls
S. M. Astes
A.R. Jones
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Chas. F. Davis
Chas. Kroon
A. Lincoln
Claude F. Anderson
B.D. Dalashimatt
State Savings Bank
S. A. Foster
L. O. Zornes
T. Q. Records
Walter Breen
Bee’y
The
Mills County Abstract Company
Glenwood, Lowa
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San
Diego
Portland
Tacoma
Van
Pacific Coast States
Idaho, Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Burlington Route
California
J. L. Waterman
the Tribune
Kansas City
NorIn
Buuth
Nods
Nod
Opm
Gonneil Blaffe
Bartlett
Tabor & Northern S
Sam Bi
North
Bouth
Sidney
Randolph
Arriva
Henderson
Macedonia
Cargon
Wabash
South
Conneil Blairs
Mineola
Pees
Pave Malvern
Straban Peraverdy
Wane Imogene
Neers
Perry
John
Seaver
Sweetson
Weaver
Swettson
County Board Proceedings
Will M, Donelan
Glenwood,owa
W. B. Groom
Col. L. H. Stroud
C. F. Anderson
Berkshire
Orient
H. A. Hainline
Harry B. Turner
H. Hainline
Orient, Iowa
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