Local Notes Highlight Travel and Small Events
History records a busy period with residents traveling to Chicago Sioux City and Minnesota visiting relatives while others remained home. Miss Maggie Neary departed for Chicago, Mars A Hollenbeck attended a sick relative in Artesian, and John Gebhart shipped three cartloads of sheep to Chicago. A boiler repair at the mill and various social visits are noted as community life continues.
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Ol Smith
Thomas Barry
Fies
Ig, Coyer
Ales
A. H.perey
Hudson
Ale Mill
Wiggins
Sioux City
Evafor
Craig
Happy Hour
John Gebhart
Chishgo
Forty Five Years Ago Notices In Rock Valley
Forty five years ago in Rock Valley news items mention Abs J L Pink's long illness. B B Thiehls sister and dren visiting Akron returned home. Charley Die Jchler’s friends planned a wake for his 171st day. Hen C G Potter of Treton to deliver a lecture at the O P church Das. Chishola met with an accident and feared to lose an eye. G Vitatham appointed tax collector for the fifth supervisor district.
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J. L. Pink
B. B. Thiehls
Dren
Rock Valley
Akron
Charley di. Jchler
C. G. Potter
Treton
Das
Chishola
G. Vitatham
Paderewski's rise to fame and wartime relief work
Andy Woolfries surveys the life of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, from a late start as a concert pianist to world acclaim, his wartime relief fund contributions to Poland, and his return to the stage after Poland's independence. The piece also notes local quilting efforts and broader defense construction at Fort Bliss and El Paso during wartime.
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Gutike
Jan Paderewski
Beygan
Imder
Ilatr
Houc
Audieness
Tnsi
Bader
Poland
Piamuing
U S Defense Drive Rapidly Advances At Fort Bliss Camp
An El Paso Herald-Post style account recalls the rapid buildup of Fort Bliss and surrounding camps as the U S Army mobilized for World War II. Massive contracts, construction crews, and heavy equipment transformed land near El Paso into a sprawling cantonment to house and train tens of thousands of troops. The effort, led by Lt Col Barlow Wiss ton and contractors J E Morgan & Sons, H B Zachry, Wyatt C Uedtick, accelerated with new base awards and ongoing additions to the project.
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Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Tt. Bliss
First Cavalry Division
Lower
Tio. Grande
51Th Cavalry Brigade
Texas’ Canal Guard
T. Bliss
Jewiyy
Army
Colorado Rational Guard
William Beanwar General Hospital
Bliss
IM. Bliss
Dissaree
Fince
J. E. Morgan & Sons
Eh Paso
I. B. Zachry
Laredo
Wrest
Sons J
Blise
Doua Aux
New Mexico
el Paso Cherihey of Commerce
of Poune
Progranh
Pt. Bliss
Snc
al Paso
France
United States
FL Bliss
Logan Udights
Illinois
War Department
H. B. Zachry
Wyatt C. Uedtick
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Rube Goldberg
Amateuds
Inelp
Ifr
Gyo
Andy Woolfries
Towa State College
WO Music Shop
Henry Dreier
Mins
Will Kerstergen
Doon
Starteas
Loch
Ft. Biss
Pasuloo
Congress
PBA
Wil- Tim Beanagat General Hospital
Stalian Hospital
Biggs Field
Ft, Bliss
U.S. Defense
Mt. Franklin
Rock Valley,ow
Taga
PaeSel
Lee’s
Phil D-Rey
Duggan
Magic
Orpheum Theatre
Hessel Roorda
Iowa
Your McCormick Deering Dealer
Selilgin
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