Pacific Junction Proud In Home-Coming Parade At Glenwood
Pacific Junction and Plattville township residents take pride in their parade presence in Glenwood with top floats and strong Red Cross and Council of Defense representations. The I C O F end earned commendation for its first away appearance, while Plattville sent drum corps members and many locals joined post-parade gatherings and visits. The community notes dinners, visitors from Omaha and Council Bluffs, family visits, and local business strength including a modern electrical fixtures store run by M B Mendenhall.
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Pacific Junction
Plattville Township
Glenwood
Red Cross
Council of Defense
Plattville
Lowman
Lorance
Thelma
Ellett
M. D. Walker
Clara DeLashmutt
Frances
Dudley DeLashmutt
Mila Moore
Dean. Purcell
Arthur Smith
Florence Howard
Omaha
M. B. Mendenhall
Home Coming Celebration a Big Community Triumph
The May 26 Home Coming in Mills County featured a grand Armory banquet, extensive bands, and performances by G A R veterans, with floats from Pacific Junction, Glenwood, Plattville, and Rawles townships. Notable highlights included Miss Ethel Lincoln marching on foot, a 61 to 65 muskets drill led by Commander A D French, and a Peace and Victory float.
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Hastings
Purcell
Mills County
A. D. French
Massachusetts
Glenwood
Mae Murphy
Mary Kemp
Pacific Junction
Ethel Lincoln
Pacific Junction Band
Skiis
Rawles
Aistrope
Rodman's
Fairview
Mark Twain Report Turned Down by Virginia City Enterprise
A Virginia City Enterprise report by Mark Twain on Gold Hill churches was rejected by the editor. Twain recounted interviewing a Baptist pastor seen pushing an ox cart, claiming pay of $8.50 daily and a nominal $60 monthly clerical wage. He described scant congregants and a failing Sabbath collection amid odd anecdotes.
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Mark Twain
Virginia City Enterprise
Gold Hill
The
Baptist Church
Overman
Memorably Describing Card Games and the Birth of Insurance
A Flemish nobleman sought to divide the stakes from an interrupted card game with Pascal aiding. Pascal’s work established the doctrine of probabilities, linking chance from dice throws to mortality rates. The passage notes mortality rates can be predicted by comparing large numbers of similar people under shared conditions.
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London
Pascal
Poster Love Helped Create the Marseillaise
A Strassburg mayor's wartime proclamation on city walls, “To arms, citizens,” inspired Rouget de Lisle to compose what became La Marseillaise. Jean Richepin notes the poster's influence, with the publicRename giving the song its famous title and fame in revolutionary France.
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Marseillaise
Strassburg
Jean Richepin
French Academy
Rouget de Lisle
Rhine
Paris
Marseilles
Christian Science Monitor
The Man Who Overcame Theodore Roosevelt in Memory
A reflective piece notes Roosevelt's weak eyes and hearing, his battles with pain, and a physician’s warning of confinement to a chair. It praises his perseverance, recalling his hunting, reading, and leadership as a lasting inspiration, while a few portraits him with terror.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hernina Hagedorn
Desperate question as prohibition takes hold at home
In a dry era Marie asks her mother if she can have another drink after being refused. The piece notes the tensions and debates surrounding temperance at the domestic level during early prohibition.
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Marie
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Mary Supple
Frances DeLaghmutt
Gladys Morgan
Muriel Johnson
Margaret Corcoran
Edna Carlson
James Supple
Thomas Colgan
Treasa Colgan
Anna Moran
Council Blaffa
Moore
J. J Marrin
Blanche
Dr Bacon
Manawa
Robert Carlson
Hils
Fred Carlson
Boyles College
Ray Muttca
Creston
France
Wm. Stacy
Mary Muttea
Walter Knowles
T. H. Martin
Knowles
May Lathrop
Sioux City
John McClure
McClure
Mary
Armory Auditorium
Gen. Stone
Mordfare
Malvern
North Road
Floata
Charlie Chaplin
Farmers and Merchanta Bank
Bernard Matthews
Louisville
Neb
Prof. Schulom
Cecil Lee
Madge Lee
Anna Anderson
Franklin Davis
Orginizzatona
Tto
John Jeannetta
Weet
D Brigade
Iteets
Grinwold
Red Oak
Harlan
Pershing
Griswold
Germany
Lewis Schuler
Camp Grant
Rockford
Baid
the Tribune
Mather
North Side Square
West Side Garage
Histings
Iowa
Shotwell Bros
Propra
England
ROYAL
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