Pacific Junction Graduate at Council Bluffs
Pacific Junction notes a Council Bluffs commencement week with Miss Helen Hammers, daughter of Arch and Mrs Hammers, as a graduate and many friends receiving announcement cards. Local items count daily visits, church events, social calls, and community notices from June to May, including a Children’s Day program at the M E church and several residents traveling to Omaha, Council Bluffs, and beyond.
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Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs High School
Helen Hammers
Arch Hammers
Junction
M. E
Lee Sargent
Omaha
Wesley DeLashmutt
Lon Purcell
Bellevue
Dean
T. H. Hillis
David Flynn
Perry
Peter Larson
Jesse Shoup
Quincy, II
Mr. Connor
Thomas Colgan
Mary Mullca
Plattsmouth
Mildred Shroyer
St. Joe
Amy
Juiy Anderson
Katherine Colgan
Wil Rhoades
August Johnson
Louise
Elsie
James Bright
Des Moines
J. B. Read
Wormer
Lillian Monson
Florence Howard
Jeff
Camp Funston
France
Jack Walker
Bogard
Paul
Oliver
Celebration of Mills County patriotism in Queen Mills title
The piece honors Mills County, nicknamed Queen Mills, for its fertile soil and prominent topography. It credits the community’s patriotism and soldiers serving, matching local pride with national celebration. Council Bluffs troops extend congratulations to Mills and neighboring counties amid festivity.
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Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Iowa
168Th Iowa
Mills County
Milla County
France
America
Queen Milla
War Service
Deceit Will Always Out in Private Public Life
An essay discusses the gap between private character and public persona. It praises the Irish comedian who shell shocked yet entertains soldiers, showing resilience behind a role. It argues true happiness comes from consistency, with private conduct and public deeds aligning as an open book.
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Ufe
Goats Milk in Naples Homes Shown as Daily Supply
Goats wearing wooden collars are driven through Naples streets by goatherds, then milked in homes up to upper floors. Neapolitans explain this ensures daily milk quality and prevents dilution, though the practice is mainly used by invalids, infants, and the poor who lack other nourishment. The city’s milk comes mainly from nearby towns.
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Naples
Milk distribution by animal kept near city noted
Historic note describes milk delivery via the latterte and goats or cows kept nearby the city. It mentions a small amount of donkey milk used in small quantities for the ill.
Mirrored illusion doubles dining room space
In a small restaurant the use of full wall mirrors creates a sense of vast openness. The reflections make tables, people, and lights appear to extend beyond the actual room, giving an exhilarating feeling of spaciousness that the real space could not provide.
Reverence for Life and the Human Bond
Emerson argues for placing Life before child in human reverence, teaching awe of all living things from tree to brain. He urges cultivating reverence through religious devotion, loving animals disinterestedly, as a constant source of compassionate action without expecting return.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Clerical stranger seen in Covent Garden and a midlife tragedy
An observant passerby recalls a small black clad man in Covent Garden Russell Street who walked daily with a clerical bearing and keen eyes. The note connects him to Charley Lamb from Barry Cornwall, while reporting Edgar Wilgus, a Trenton insurance broker, killed by a fatal fall at a New York hotel after twenty years with a brain bullet discovered by a medical examiner.
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Covent Garden
Russell Street
Charley Lamb
Barry Cornwall
Edgar Wilgus
Trenton
N. J
New York
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ROYAL
Pacific Junction
Ora Combs
Charley Combs
Perry Combs
Sioux City
John Gustafson
John Olson
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Will Estes
Booneville
Roy
Thelma Lowman
Elliott
M. D. Walker
Mendenhall & Imboden
Blanche Marrin
Bessie Boyle
J. J. Marrin
Blanche
Canaries
C. W. Barker
Mem Ran
Haroware
South Side Square
D. G. Jamison & Co
Glenwood, Ioowa
Glenwool, Lowa
P. Kilmartin
Malvern, Iowa
Hamilton’s Grocery
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