Pacific Junction Band Concert Opens Warm Months Series
A band concert at the park Tuesday evening featured players from the Glenwood band and the local band. Regular Tuesday concerts are planned through the warm months, though turnout was lighter than hoped due to limited advertising. Additional items note travels of Louis Boyle, Merritt Mendenhall, and others, with community updates on school board actions, visits to Omaha and Lincoln, land interests, and Miss Colgan's nursing position.
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the Park
Glenwood Band
Louis Boyle
Omaha
Fritz Gorn
Merritt Mendenhall
Council Bluffs
Wesley DeLashmutt
Misa Mila Moore
John Jungquist
Cedar Rapids
A. P. Troth
Lincoln
Neb
Letisha Martin
Elizabeth Martin
E. L. Mendenhall
Excelsior Springs
Ola Buckingham
Auburn
Wilbur Fowler
Alma, Neb
Joe O'Neill
Harold Bates
E. B. DeWolf
Familly
Edna Carlson
Fred Carlson
Charles Kroon
Colorado
Agnes
Clara Swanson
Clay Estes
Oklahoma
Leverne Estes
Amelia
Margaret Colgan
Thomas Colgan
Colgan
H. B. Hetrick
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Pacific Junction
Wes Mullca
Mr. Mulica
Garry Insignia of Honor Sparks Civilian Curiosity on Planes
A veteran recalls the Garry insignia painted on a World War I aircraft and explains how the identifying marks aid civilians in recognizing military planes. The piece notes the army’s retention of insignia, the rise of long flights, and the public’s interest in decoding symbols like the winged elephant or witch on past combat aircraft.
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Buddy
Aya
Stellar Aero Squadron
Argonne
Frederick 2. Darle
War Department
Lobsters Eat Mackerel After Feast Gone Wrong
Rockland resident Charlie brings home six lobsters and a fine mackerel. While cooking, he discovers the mackerel has vanished from the bag. The lobsters end up tasting like mackerel, and diners notice the odd flavor. The incident amuses Brockton Enterprise readers about culinary mischief at home.
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Charlie
Rockland
Wile
South Shore
Charles
Brockton Enterprise
Modern Morals at the Ritz Prompts Gossip
At a Ritz tea Modern Morals founder Lady Duff Gordon notes fashionable young women chase style. Two lunching peers discuss Maud as a married couple seen in Atlantic City with old Mr. Goldie, dubbing the resort vulgar and shocking.
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Duff Gordon
Ritz
Maud
Goldie
Atlantic City
Commercial Airlines Power Future of Flight Travel
The article notes regular commercial air service between London and Paris, a 250 mile route completed in about three hours. Fares run at a dollar per mile with about 67 dollars for the trip, and passengers enjoy luxury seating, electric lighting, and gilded decor. Plans exist for several transatlantic liners with profits based on high fares.
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Air Ine
London
Paris
Root remarks on success and failure at 75th birthday
Elihu Root addressed a New York reception on success and failure. A poet noted that doing one's best is no disgrace to fall short. Root replied that even so it is rough to admit the best you can do is fail.
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Elihu Root
New York
Mr. Root
Titan
Automobile Paints
Japan
China in War Factoring Population Drawn into Armies
A historical analysis argues that if China mobilized ten percent of its population in a war and faced annual soldier losses, it would take fifty years to exhaust its first army. During that span, two additional fifty million Chinese forces would form, altering the conflict dynamics.
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China
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Kelley
Glenwood
Lowa
the Tribune
the Fair Store
Gearly
Lee Unionalls
Racine
Hamilton & Matthews
West Side Square
Glenwood, Iowa
GARRY
Boyle & Empirre Inc
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Cery Store
Rodman & Killmon
Ford
Fackler’s
Iowa
Automobile
Carl H. Otis
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