Hastings Businesses Close For Mills County Day
Hastings residents plan a day off on Monday May 26 from 9 am to evening to attend the Mills County Home Coming in Glenwood. The town reports incidents including a pest control scam causing chick and pig losses and a Silver wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Henderson with guests from nearby towns. Local clubs report meetings raising funds and community service notes along with routine social visits and travel.
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Hastings
Mills County
Glenwood
Red Oak
Charles Henderson
Susie Henderson
Hastings High School Graduation Impends This May
The Hastings schools year closes this week with baccalaureate preached by Rev F A Smith at the M E church on Sunday morning. Graduation exercises follow Friday night May 23 with Rev Peter Jacobs of Randolph delivering the address. Two graduates named are Miss Marie McFarland and Miss Josephine Hamilton. The writer clarifies there will be no free picture shows Saturday night. normal shows with a charge proceed at the opera house.
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K. P. Hall
Frink
Ed James
Shenandoah
EB H, Ord
Harvey Cary
Buick
Tom Hayes
Perry Huntsman
Omaha
Ralph Caven
Hartington
Neb
W. R. Warren
Glenwood
McDonough
Ina Wearin
Jeannette Houstman
Smith
Benton
Homer Smith
Asbury
F. A. Smith
Iowa
M. E
Bo Harover
Joe
Denver
Colo
Blanche Burton
Emerson
Hastings Pythian Sisters Lodge
Council Bluffs
BK. L. Richarda
Bert Greenwalt
Robert
Des Moines
L. L. Greenwelt
Lieut. Greenwalt
Tyne
J. van Gorkum
N. W. Colling
Ike
Nick
Jandley
Odd Fellows
Henry
Hastings
M. & Church
Peter Jacobs
Randolph
Marie McFarland
Midas Josephine Hamilton
Tribune
E.P. Lodge
Opera House
Beatty Leads Grand Fleet From Aberdour Tennis Court
In Aberdour, Lt. Hunter reports Admiral Beatty coordinating a grand fleet’s preparation by wire while playing a game of tennis. The fleet shifts from four to two and a half hours’ notice, destroyers, light cruisers, and scouts moving in groups as the commander directs the departure to sea. The tennis match ends as orders heat up for sterner tasks.
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Aberdour
Hunter
David
Beatty
Firth
Grand Fleet
Modern music makers shed old freak image for substance
The Philadelphia Record notes a shift in musicians toward a sharp businesslike image and public engagement. Musicians now blend with society, prioritizing performance over vanity, while audiences seek quality over flashy showmanship and gesture.
Uneasy Payments in a Car Sale Dialogue
The exchange features an agent promoting easy payments for a car and a wary prospect comparing the phrase to other overused marketing lines. The dialogue underscores skepticism toward installment offers and the persistence of familiar sales language.
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New, York Globe
German subs not wonders claim of British edge in undersea tech
In a Scientific American piece C. H. Claudy argues the world’s view of German submarine dominance is misleading. He notes Britain built about 180 subs, lost many to mines, studied captured German designs, and highlights Britain’s M1 1700 ton submarine with a 12 inch gun as a technical achievement.
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Germany
England
Dardanelles
Jimmy
Admiralty
C. H. Claudy
Scientific American
Famous French Strategist Mangin to Lead Eastern Front Operations
General Mangin, slated for recall from Mayence in May to command in eastern Europe likely the Balkans, is celebrated as a top French offensive leader of World War I. He led Third Army in the Soissons sector during the German offensive and later helped drive the Allied counteroffensive to the armistice.
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Mangin
Mayence
Europe
Balkans
Hunguian
Russia
Soissons
Crndent
Manglo
Morocco
Verdun
Mungin
Lorraine
Button Shortage Prompts Nationwide Hunt for Spare Buttons
Gene Ahern warns of a wartime button shortage that could affect marriages and attire. He jokes that shirt buttons vanish and repairs lag, risking proposals and daily life. citizens may need clothespins, safety pins, nails, wire, or matches as substitutes.
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Chet
Hebio
Gene Ahern
Solitary Mariner Lost Search For Spray Fate
A reader asks about the Spray from Sailing Alone Around the World. Publishers note Captain Slocum vanished years ago after departing on a new voyage in the Spray and was never heard from again, implying loss at sea.
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Spray
Seven Seas
Slocum
Speech Fragment Sparks Quip on George Washington
A fragmentary exchange quotes a speaker praising George Washington as the father of his country. Senator Sorghum comments on how casual mentions of money might seem to him if heard by Washington, reflecting a humorous, clipped debate tone.
Words to guide care in sorrow and joy
A reflective verse urges careful, compassionate language in times of grief and happiness. It advises praying before writing kind words and notes the power of small phrases to heal, warn, and comfort. The poem stresses tenderness, truth, and prudent speech.
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Ruth
Electric light powered fountain novelty patentted
A Cleveland inventor, Mr. Matt Lucklesh, has patented a homemade fountain that uses an electric light as the pump. The device shows a 160 watt high efficiency lamp mounted atop an airtight vessel partially filled with water to drive the fountain through light energy.
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Matt Lucklesh
Cleveland
Air lamp spray mechanism described by Scientific American
The text explains an air lamp with an outlet tube and capillary nozzle. Heat from the lamp expands the air above the water, forcing spray out through the nozzle into an outer vessel. When current stops, air pressure drops and water returns via a check valve to the inner vessel.
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Scientific American
The British Army Demobilization Figures Released
A White Paper shows the British army at home and abroad total 2,560,000 with plans to reduce to 952,000. The Army of the Rhine will total 28,000 officers and 880,000 men after demobilization. The Middle East postings include Italy Bulgaria Turkey Caucasus Egypt Palestine Mesopotamia and Persia with British and Indian forces totaling tens of thousands of officers and men. Currently 1,150,000 British and 78,000 Indian troops plus 825,000 dominion troops are being demobilized.
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India
The
Rhine
France
Belgium
Middle East
Italy
Bulgaria
Turkey
Caucasus
Egypt
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Persia
Russia
Dominions
Amos W Butler and the third house letter tale
A humorous tale from Indianapolis News recounts Amos W Butler, secretary of the board of state charities, receiving a letter meant for another Amos involved with the third house. The misdirected note asks whether to bring a quart or gallon to the legislature, highlighting postal mix ups.
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Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charities
Butler
Board of Charities
Amos
Pete
Indianapolis
Gossip and Whisky Delivery at Topeleys
The notice reports overheard chatter about a daytime delivery of a barrel of whisky to the Topeleys. One speaker asks how the others know it was whisky, and another hints at the delivery man bands being involved.
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Topeleys
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