Pacific Junction News Roundup From Lofty Rail History
Mrs N L Grubb and Myrtle visit Glenwood. Weather and flood notes dominate, with six inches of rain in a week, heavy showers, and ice supply changes. Local rail workers, surveyors, and officials recount delays and a Pony Creek channel debate. Alumni banquet, commencement success, and small town anecdotes fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N L Grubb
Myrtle
Glenwood
Junction
Old Pacific
H A McCartney
Windham & Bonham
Burlington
Low Eko
Pony Creek
Watkins Ditch
St Joe
St Louis
Supt Moore
WM Moore
Claude Anderson
Pacific Junction
Pacific Junction City Directory Officials and Societies
City directory entry lists mayor R E McDonald recorder J A Kroon treasurer Charles Kroon assessor Y Bhofller councilmen L O Zornes FW Kelley John Olson LB Bacon Wright Perkins Claude F Anderson Odd Fellows A E Parcell noble grand W M Moore secretary Zornes secretary meetings weekly Thursday Fridays Knights of Pythias JA Jongquist chancellor commander Chas F Haynie keeper of record and seal Meetings weekly Woodmen of World council commander W M Moore clerk meetings every Thursday Woodmen Circle Myre EW GL Mendenhall guardian LB Bacon clerk meetings last Friday each month Degree of Honor Mrs Pater Olson chief of honor Mrs Thomas McNamara recorder Mayots second and third Saturdays School Board EB Bacon president LO Zornes secretary Wm McLaughlin John Olson Wright Parking W Gregg principal of schools Churches Methodist E E Goddrich pastor Sunday services Catholic Father Sheriff pastor services second and fourth Sundays each month
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R E McDonald
J A Kroon Tressorer
Charles Kroon
Aesesgur
Bhofller
L O Zornes
FW Kelley
John Olson
LB Bacon
Wright Perkins
Claude F Anderson
ODD Fellows
A E Parcell
W M Moore
L Mendenhall
Noble Grand
LO Zornes
Meate
EB Bacon
LO Zornazs
Wm McLaughlin
Wright Parking
W . Gregg
Schoola
Shannon Loses 100000 Suit in Federal Court
William A. Shannon a Burling ton brakeman badly injured at Friend Nebraska last September failed in a federal court suit for 100000. He alleged incompetent engineer reckless switching and a defective open door caused the accident. Shannon was 21 and the incident involved a freight car door striking him and wheels running over his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Shannon
Burlington
Friend
Neb
Omaha
Shannon
St Mary Reports on Local Visits and Weather
St Mary notes a Council Bluffs visit by Will Arp and Josie Bailey’s Sunday stay from Weston. Arp shows improvement after weeks of illness as roads worsen from rain. Farmers must replant corn due to cutworms. Eureka Nol school picnic drew a crowd. candy and good times reported. A cyclone relic football photo drifted from Bellevue college. Rain continues daily. frogs are predicted to be the only harvestable crop. Bargain barn for sale near N. T. Bradway at Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Arp
Council Bluffs
Josie Bailey
Weston
Mr Arp
Eureka Nol
Bellevue College
St Mary
Sheridan’s Blackwater Creek Jest Leaves Confederate Crestfallen
General Sheridan uses humor to teach a stubborn Confederate the way to Blackwater creek. An aged southerner refuses to acknowledge the landmark, is marched to the site, and then pardoned after viewing the creek amid cheers from the Union escort. The anecdote appears in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Phil Sheridan
W. TH. &Pera
Winchester
Blackwater
Lee
Blackwater Creek
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Women’s Rights in Brazil and Literacy Critique
An English resident in Rio de Janeiro, Edward B. Norris, denounces Brazil’s illiteracy at 80 percent and the subjugation of women. He notes many girls marry by age 12 and become grandmothers by 30, with women treated as chattel and silenced in households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Edward B. Norris
Rio Janeiro
Republic
Mills County Tribune W. BP BILE GLENwoon
May 29, 1908 edition notes local happenings in Mills County with brief notices and regional items. The page lists community names, weather hints, and small notices reflecting daily life in a rural county newspaper.
Democratic Candidate for Superintendent of Schools
A political notice announces a Democratic candidate for superintendent of schools at the June 2 primary. The candidate seeks Democratic caucus endorsement and support from voters.
Sheriff Sale Notice Mills County Iowa 1908
Sheriff L G Linville of Mills county Iowa announces a judicial sale of the southeast quarter of section 20 township 73 range 43 west 5th P M Mills County. The property, owned by Wm Aughe Georgia Aughe and Ernest E Hart, is seized under a May 234 1908 judgment for Kate H Muir for 1114.70 plus costs. Sale to be held June 30 1908 at the court house west door Glenwood between 10 AM and 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Millis County
Iowa
Kate H. Muir
Aughe
Georgia
Ernest E. Hart
Neal
Mills County
Township
Court House
Glenwood
L. G. Linville
C. BE. Balton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific Junction Department
Pearl Wayne
Egypt
Lyons Township
Kelley & Co
Ethel Bacon
J B Lincoln
Platteville
George Davidson
Flint
Des Moines
the Junction
R W McDonald
Paxton Hotel
HH McGartney
John Junquist
D M Dunbar
E M Lang
Mike Corcoran
Victor Anderson
Chas Kroon
JJ Crook
Peter Olson
L H Stroud
Walter Groom
RB McDonald
John Gison
Malvern
K P Lodge
Island Park
Dr Bacon
Payton House
Steel Gang
Main Street
Marvin Moore
Plattsmouth
Solomon Rowe
Rowe
Pacific Junction City Directory
Knights OF Pythias
JA Jongquist
Chas F Haynie
Keaper of Record and
Geal
W M Moora
Avery Thorndlay
Woodmen
Myre
Mendenhall
Russell
Bacon
Pater Olson
Mra
Thomas McNamara
E E Goddrich
Bervices
Father Sheriff
Pata
Kelley & Co’s
ST. Mary
N. T. Bradway
Tribune
Sherwin Williams
F. W. Kelley & Co
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Chas
F. Davis
Chas. Kroon
A. Lincoln
Cliude
F. Anderson
Cashier
J. D. DeLashmutt
State Savings Bank
Togs
W. C. DeLashmutt
H. J. McDonald
Careern
Butterfeld
EB. Lincoln
Reuer
OD SrodrnoLbeks
N. BE. McDonald
Lands F. Anderson
C. FE. Timmons
D. Butterfield
Char
B. Davie
O. Burgess
S. A. Foster
the State Savings Bank
Organs Aed
County of
Mills
State
First National Bank
Conrail Bluffs
Merchants Loan & Trust Company
Chicago
Live Stock National
South Omaha
Total Assets
Sfollowa
Chaa. I
Davis
Chas. Kraon
Claphe F. Anderson
Ita Naseta
QHAS
Chab
Kroon
Claude F. Anderson
Claude B. Anderson
Luther H. Stroud
QO. Burgess
Glentolus
A. R. Jones
Francois van Muylen
Oultrie
Belgium
Nicholas Massion
Pontiac
Illinois
Butor
Younker
Thos
Colgan
Mills County Tribune
W. BP, Bile
POLY
Glenwoon
Eyeates
East Bound
West Bound
Sheriff's Sale
Cannon
Tone
Tone Bros
Des Moines, Iowa
Lord Gregory
Malvern Fair Grounds
William Wilson
C. H. Peer
Malvern, Ia
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