Calhoun Nebraska preps 70th anniversary celebration
Omaha dispatch notes Calhoun Nebraska will mark the 1819 Fort Atkinson founding with a Sept. 19 commemoration. The piece highlights Calhoun’s history, including its courthouse site, first lodge, and notable resident Grandpa Woods who has chronicled local pioneer lore for decades. It recalls a historic duel on the old grounds and the town’s lack of a murder in its boundaries.
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Skeletons Unearthed Then Central Grave Found West of the Mis
The report recounts Woods digging up graves and skeletons for burial verification, locating officers’ graves on Governor Crounse hill, and exhuming a fort site stone dated 1820. He sends a coin replica to the Smithsonian, which cannot identify it, then finds a similar poker chip in New York. Calhoun residents prepare for a centennial with chickens, corn, apples, and cider ahead of the event. Woods plans to explain the first settlement west of the Missouri.
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Pershing to receive official welcome in joint Congress session
Washington, Aug. 29. General Pershing will likely be welcomed home at a joint session of Congress. The House adopted unanimously a resolution to appoint a committee to meet a Senate committee and arrange the ceremony. The Senate has not requested an early reception, though it may want to hear Pershing on permanent military policy.
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New York Hippodrome Closed as Stage Hands Strike
The New York Hippodrome, once untouched by the actors and musicians strike, closed after 412 stage hands quit. The cast including 82 principals and 204 chorus members deserted, flocking to Actors Equity headquarters to enroll. An elderly Melrose man, George W. Perry, noted for his untrimmed beard, was mentioned in the report.
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Camp Point Audience Seeks McKinley Talk on Economy
Quincy residents plan to attend Camp Point chautauqua to hear Congressman William B. McKinley of Champaign. He will discuss economic problems facing America from a businessman’s and statesman’s viewpoint, stressing the cost of high living and presenting figures from his European trips. McKinley’s entry into the Senate race is hinted as Republicans in western Illinois urge him, with broad support across Adams and other counties.
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Quincy day crowds at Carthage fair draw 20000
A St. Johns Catholic Church brief notes 20 000 people attended Quincy day at the Carthage fair Thursday night. Local reports say the fair ranked among the best country exhibitions seen. Other items mention piano sales at Weilers, a Victory button distribution by Captain C E Bush, and various local social updates and sales promotions.
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Bert Wavering
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Fick Coal Co
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Dorothy Thomas
Otis Johnston
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Agreement to Release Prisoners Reached in Paris
Paris reports an accord among France Britain and the United States to release German prisoners held by American and British forces. Eight thousand Americans will be freed from guarding forty thousand German prisoners in France, swiftly trimming American forces in Europe to about six thousand three hundred along the Rhine.
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Think Shopmen Will Accept Truce Offer
Des Moines Aug 29 leaders of union railroad shopmen at Rock Island Valley Junction shops said the executive council appeal to locals to accept a small wage increase offered by President Wilson might avert a walkout. They were optimistic though the men were dissatisfied.
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Highland Park Vaudeville Circus Delights Crowd
A sizable audience gathered in Highland Park on Thursday night to enjoy the vaudeville circus. The show was well received, and enjoyment was high as Children’s Day approaches the school commencements. Manager Brénnig praised the kids at the parl.
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