Concrete walls replace snow sheds on Union Pacific line
A rail journey notes heavy UP investment in permanent safety structures with concrete walls in place of wooden snow sheds and fences, plus track straightening and grading efforts. The report visits Green River and Broken Bow Wyoming, reflects on Owen Wister's The Virginian, and recalls a historic Indiana town and a photographer.
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Union Pacific
Green River
U. P
Broken Bow
Wyoming
The
Virginian
Owen Wister
Plains
Indiana
Civil War and At the Close Came To Our Town
M. E Church
Will contest cases in circuit court summary
A settlement ends the W. Lord will contest with daughter Evelyn Houghton receiving Wasco Warehouse & Milling stock valued at 47000 and remaining estate portions split among Dr. E E Goucher Rita Goucher and E J Clough. Another probate fight over Thomas Barlow's 40000 estate features multiple claims and a contested will involving Josephine Monroe Loveland. W. L. Hanson departs for Wisconsin to take up farming, amid look at Edna Hutchens' return.
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W. Lord
Evelyn Houghton
Wasco Warehouse & Milling Company
E. E. Goucher
Rita Goucher
E. J. Clough
Portland
Fulton
Ee Ey Kirks
Thomas Barlow
Whiteson
Josephine Monroe Loveland
Nickell
Elliott in French farming role amid Reconstruction aid
Meade G. Elliott reports from Northern France where volunteers work with peasant farmers in Goulan Court near Ham. The group, including Ben Darling and others, trains in French, funds rise to 500000 dollars, and volunteers bear their own expenses while remaining subject to military call.
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Graphic
Meade G. Elliott
M. P. Elliott
Newberg
France
Friends ‘Church
Elliott
Ben Darling
Pacific College Lastear
the Graphic
Marhall
P. C
Varia
Darling
Goulan Court
Ham
Paris
American Red Cross volunteers in Paris describe daily life
The writer reports life in Paris with fellow Americans Darling Chambers and others. They describe food, rents, and a French bearded cook, and note they have received uniforms. They recount horse work, village customs, a rabbit gift, and lack of football or championship news as October passes.
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France
America
U.S
Paris
Oregon
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Friends
Darling
Chambers
California
Hood
Pennsylvania
Marshall
Whittier
Star Guards
Giants
White Sox
Chicago
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Kansas City
K. C
Chicago & Northwestern
St. Louis
Mississippi
Fort Madison
Iowa
Nauvoo
Illinois
Brigham Young
Salt Lake
Iowa Hills
Great Corn Belt
Circuit Court
W.L. Hanson
Wonewoce
Wisconsin
Edna Hutchens
M. G. Elliott
Cossaduetes
Mest
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