New York Youth Becomes West Texas Bank President
In San Angelo Texas George E Webb, born in New York City, rose from clerk to president of the First National Bank after moving to Dove Creek in 1882. Ill health, ranch work, and irrigation farming preceded his return to banking, culminating in a 50th anniversary celebration of the bank and his 38 years as president.
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San Angelo
Tex
New York
Texas
First National Bank
George E. Webb
Webb
Pine Street
New York City
Dove Creek
Tom Green County
Tinass
Claus Family Reunion and Local Society Notes
August 12 reports a Claus family second annual reunion at Ruggles Beach with 33 attendees, naming officers and members from Brownhelm. The Holzhauer reunion in Birmingham follows, plus Evangelical Missionary Society activities, union services, local injuries, and notes on a planned 4-H club fair and various community events across Brownhelm Amherst and nearby towns.
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Wm. Abel
Stanley Wangerine
Amherst
Marion Mather
William
Harvey Arnold
Lorain
Elmer Love
John
Arthur Northeim
Arlene
Frank Northeim
Harvey
Harry Northeim
Ben Northeim
Adam Claus, Jr
Henry Claus
Bernice
Adam Claus
Florence
Dorothy Baetz
Lutile
Lawrence
Robert Claus
Brownhelm
Holhauer
Holzhauer
Birmingham
Lewis Holzhauer
Evangelical Women’s Missionary Society, Mission Band
Little Heralds
E. M. Leuszler
Karl Hasenpflug
Arthur Hasenpflug
Conrad Northeim
Ruth Rasenpflug
EB. M. Leuzaler
Margaret Leuszler
Mittawanga
Arnold Kropf
Ceylon
Amherst Evangelical
R. B. Albright
R. E. Albright
Perfection Sewing Club
Merry Workers Food Club
H. Alger
Elyria
H. L. Leimbach
Marguerite Bacon Ruth Reimer
Dorothy Butler
Gertrude McQueen
Evangelical Sunday School
Sincerity
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Justamere Club
Walter Schuster
Beulah Beach
DeHtta
Phyllis Schuster
George Stick
Wm. Lang
Esther Baetz
Cleveland
Gladys Zilch
Gust Zilch
Philip Zilch
Wm. Garrett
Howard
Marion Streicher
St. Paul’s Lueseran
Bechstein’s Woods
Ergin Backman
Kendeigh
Crystal Beach
Dorothea Angersbach
Elmer Portman
Paul Portman
Henrietta
Nora Nagle
Margaret Nagle
Leonard Brill
Frank Meeker
Madeline
Ruby
Cordelia Seith
R. A. Miller and
Famiy
Kaiser return hindered by self says Count von Luckner
Count Felix von Luckner arrives to visit Henry Ford and argues Germany cannot govern itself until the Kaiser is restored. He contends the Kaiser is reluctant to regain power and that the main obstacle to any resurgence is the Kaiser himself.
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Detroit
Germany
Felix von Luckner
Henry Ford
von Luckner
Wooden clock 154 years old in Wakefield Nebraska
A wooden clock, 154 years old, owned by Mrs. Ed Davies in Wakefield Nebraska, remains in good running order. When a cog broke recently, it was replaced with a wooden cog. The clock requires little repair and runs for years with proper oiling.
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Wakefield
Neb
Mra
Ed Davies
Death halted Manoel's work on his books
London reports that ex King Manoel of Portugal, famed for a vast private library at Fulwell Park Twickenham, died while compiling a comprehensive history of Portuguese literature. His survey, drawn from rare works, catalogues 15th and 16th century exploits, navigators, and explorers, with notable Hebrew and Portuguese texts printed in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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London
Biblophiles
Manoel
Portugal
Fulwell Park
Twickenham
Manoels
British Museum
Abraham Zacuto
Vasco de Gamma
India
Brazilian literature noted for animal illustrations in early library
The text highlights Brazil's literary section featuring animal illustrations including a squirrel and a Pekinese dog, which was unknown in Portugal at the time. It mentions rare works such as letters from the Jesuits in Brazil, printed in 1555.
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Portugal
Brazil
Nicaragua Predicted to Build Ocean Canal
Dr Salvator Guerrero Montalvo of Managua predicts a future canal across Nicaragua using the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua to connect the two oceans. He argues it would boost trade when the Panama Canal is crowded, noting Nicaragua’s low foreign debt and that the project would cost only a small sum.
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Detroit
Nicaragua
San Juan
Salvator Guerrero Montalvo
Managua
Oregon and Portland City Notes On Population and Swaps
The report notes a small financial figure near Venowsele and a swap of two bon for ten men in Portland. Officials move two bison to Bacramesio park to balance city hedges. Oregon penitentiary population fell 50 in three months due to deportations and paroles.
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Portland
Ore
Bacramesio Park
Salem
Oregon State Penitentiary
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Conrad Baetz
Donald
James B. Baumhardt
Baumbhardt
Buffalo
Hobart Johnson
Calvin Leimbach
Shinrock
Howard Angersbach
Billy Kneisel
Warren
Wayne
Paul Leimbach
The
Young Women’s Missionary Society of the Reformed Church
Morain
Bernie
Mile
Tommy Flynn
Metropolitan Orchestra
Jantzen
WEB Foot
Altman & Ackerman
Lorain County Bank
Lorain County Savings
Christ
Ludolpho
Saxony
Manuel
Baedeker
Lisbon
CiMerthe
Merthe
Jericho
Murbach Coal and Supply CO
Chiffon
Oceurs
Renauds
Golliwogg
Renaud
KOTEX
Silk
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