Pacific Junction Notes From a Busy Week
Long dispatch of local items from Pacific Junction Nebraska detailing visits, travel to Cedar Rapids, resignations, new appointments, weather effects, social events, shipping of horses, land investments, and town improvements. Mentions Miss Susie Wingate, Miss Bessie Costigan, John Olson, Ernest Purcell, Raymond Woods, and several named residents. reports on wind, sand, a barber reopening, a new water works feature, and preparations for rail work along with community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Wingate
Cleveland
Oklo
Bessie Costigan
John Olson
iCedar Rapids
Shas I King
Ernest Purcell
Raymond
Woades
Junction
Martin
Pacific Junction
Razor
Carrier Purcell
Ernest
John Logan
Anderson & Record Company
South Omaha
Jacob Olson
Stanton
John Jungquist
BM Anderson
Red Oak
Thos. Costigan
Missouri
Lincolnville Notes and Spring Preparations
Lincolnville community updates report Harold Jones with erysipelas and Alvin Lincoln recovering from illness. Local families, including Joseph Lincoln and Ethel Lane, visited BE Lincoln home. Boys explored Hobo Island and Old Muddy course. Albert Lincoln family moved into Workman house as renovations finish. Sunday school to resume March 29 with invite. Bartholomew Jones and family relocate to Ned Ginisland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR Jones
Harold
Alvin Lincoln
Joseph Lincoln
Ethel
Lane Ranch
BE Lincoln
Hobo Island
Albert Lincoln
Workman
Lincoln Sunday School
Bartholomew Jones
Red Oak
A R Jones
Ned GiNisland Place
Newton Townsend
Hotel Grace in Chicago Boasts Modern Upgrades
Mills County readers are urged to visit Hotel Grace at Jackson Boulevard and Clark Street opposite the post office and federal building in downtown Chicago. The renovated hotel offers hot and cold water, local and long distance phones in rooms, and convenient access to wholesale and retail districts and theatres. Rates begin at $1.00. Proprietor C. C. Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grace
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Streets
Post Ofice
Federal
Illinois Republicans Back Cannon A Tariff Revision Plank
The Illinois GOP endorsed Joseph G. Cannon for president, reelected four delegates, and backed Governor Deneen and state officers. They urged a Republican tariff revision with minimum and maximum rates, aimed at protecting American workers and farmers, and to act promptly. Captain Albert Hyder reports continual target practice aboard Norah near Los Angeles with no shore leave.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Joseph G. Cannon
Cullom
Hopkins
Densen
Busse
Chicago
Deneen
Prams Seamen
Joseph G. C
Boutell
Washington
Cannon
United States
Republican National Convention
Congress
Sixty-first Congress
Los Angeles
Albert Hyder
Norah
Magda
Jona Bay
New Use For Automobiles As War Dispatch Bearer
A New York to Fort Leavenworth automobile dispatch test shows the car as a reliable wartime message bearer. The article traces dispatch history from Greece to horse, bicycle, and now motor vehicles, noting the automobile’s speed, road clearance, and potential future armored ambulances, while weighing armor practicality against weight and protection needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fort Leavenworth
Grant
Greece
Marathon
Athens
Howard
Miles
United States Army
Governors Island
Kan
Mercury
Plan to unite colleges under national university system
At a Madison meeting, state college presidents outlined a nationwide scheme to organize universities along common lines. Any two institutions within 100 miles would become subsdiary junior colleges offering up to sophomore work, while the main university would complete four years and provide graduate studies. Rockefeller and Carnegie support the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Plants
Wisconsin
Roockefeller
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Canary Island carnival face tattoos spark legal clash
Reports from Las Palmas say revelers had their faces painted with green birds and rabbits by a chemist named Alonso during carnival. The ink proved permanent, soap failed to remove it, and Canary Islanders face lifelong green tattoos. Alonso narrowly escaped lynching as lawsuits unfold in Madrid courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canary Island
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Alonso
Madrid
Why Patrolmen Sleep on Their Seat
An old Marlboro Mass police figure W Curtis died after a long habit of sleeping on his beat, with autopsy revealing pancreatic cancer as the cause. Physicians argue excessive sleeping among patrolmen may stem from illness rather than laziness or shirking, the article suggests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Curtis
Marlboro
Mass
Bonner the Fireman Named a Strict yet Caring Leader
News of Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner of New York spreading sorrow across the Fire Department recalls his forty years as a fighter. He was a strict disciplinarian who earned respect, invented key firefighting tools, and favored practical instruction for hotel and office workers before his Manila assignment ended the fire school plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Fire Department
Hugh Bonner
New York
John KR. Sheehan
Bonner
Joseph Burke
Combustibles Bureau
Alexander Stevens
Fire Headquarters
McClellan
Mr. Bonner
Westworeland
Seventeenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Wheb
Tenement House Committee
Old Criminal Court House
Mfe
Manila
Signs of Spring Poem Fragment From a Dazed Era
A clipped verse vignette hints at spring through quirky domestic scenes and comic misadventure. The speaker notes pinched shoes, burning toes, wardrobe struggles, drifting fashion pages, and a muddy street as hints of the season.
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Reday
Whiting
Will
Robinson
Worley
the Tribune
the Junction
B. L. Mendenhall
Omaha
Miss Bye Stroud
George Jones
Haxtum
Colo
Plattsmouth
Franklin Record
Mills County
SB Record
Sam
Glenwood
Stroud & DeLashmutt
Gol Stroud
Farrell
Geof Free
Theodore Dorf
Cheyenne Wells
Kansas City
Ladies Aid
Frank Anderson
JH Rhoades
JF Purcell
Grand A
R Jones
F D Logan
Bart
JL. Anderson
Hugh Kenney
Chas Moore
R W Stewart
Dickerson
George Janes
Colorado
Janes
Prof Greggs
Woodman Circle
Degree of Honor Lodges
Blanche Kirkendall
KCG
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Round House
N L Grubb
Newt
A.R. Jones
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Chas
F. Davis
Chas. Kroon
A. Linonin
Glande F. Anderson
E. D. DelLashmatt
State Savings Bank
Iowa
W. G. DeLashmatt
R. E. McDonald
F. Davie
B. G. Burgess
C.D. Butterfield
B. E. Lincoln
Kroon
Brodxnonpris
R. EB. McDonald
Chas. Firvon
Olaude F. Anderson
C.F
W. G. Tampleton
A. Foster
Chas. T. Neal
Adolph Olson
A. Lincoln
B. BE. Lincoln
C. B. Lincoln
W. L. Kenney
Andrew Gratam
E. D. DeLastmull
W. DeLashmull
B.D. Dankos
J.hyans
Lizzie A. Anderson
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Van
Idaho
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Alberta
Manitoba
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Muscat de
Letma
J. L. Waterman
S. A. Foster Lumber Company
L. C. Zornes
Lincolnville
C. C. Collins
State Convention
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