School Notes and Local Visits Highlight Community News
Local families from Jansen, Fairbury, Plymouth and Beatrice visit relatives and shop Beatrice. Teachers and students receive Knight pins and awards in health crusade. May party and ciphering events mark school life as classes near dismissal. a diploma speech urges balanced gender roles and value of home duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Thompson
Sadie Ee
Pauline
Rosa
H. W. Parker
Bern
Kan
Crosby
Ora Haffer
J. D. Theissen
Anna
Daisy
Helen Thiessen
Jansen
P. A. Buller
Gus Kremke
Harbine
Chas. Sandman
Leslie Nickeson
Beatrice
John Boller
Omaha
Farmers’ Equity
Will Camp
W. Pingle
Plymouth
Tom Dyer
Eliza Rea
Clemens Madrow
Clausie Jansen
Tillie Jansen
Irene Kroeteching
Gertarde Buller
Lydia Walters
Clemen Mudrow
Augusta Sandman
Irene Kroetsching
Fred Arnold
Grammar Room
Leslie Arpke
Fred
Arnold
Post Offices at Bordeaux and Brest Run World’s Broad Mail Network
Washington dispatch notes that Bordeaux and Brest post offices handle the world's most extensive distribution for home-bound mail from France. Armistice era volumes soared with 17,615,400 aee in November, and mail from soldiers often reached 12 to 15 letters per person, with a captured German helmet among popular "souvenirs" sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
Brest
Amy
Worté—Mall
Washington
France
Est
A Ee
Bordéahs
Busey
United States
New York
Chicago
Bordeaux Wall
Union
Richard N. Bird
Post Office Department
Office Department
Debarkation
Etdeaux
York
Delayed Letters Handled At Bordeaux Terminal Office
The Bordeaux terminal near the river and depots features a 250 foot by 28 foot red ventilated building. Built by U S Army engineers from Mr Bird designs it houses mail handling equipment for 10 000 letter separations and 400 paper separations. Pack stamp process used at HOSS Terminals WS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
United States Army Engineers
Bird
Hoss
Keep Watch Over German Army Units in Rhineland Occupation
The American intelligence section reports German troops in the Coblenz bridgehead mostly idle, drawing pay while awaiting discharge or continued service. Various units have renamed themselves, recruiting from outside, with volunteers in depots from Berlin to Ortelsburg and to the Hartz region, amid tensions with Poles and Bolsheviks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhineland
Coblenz
Mose
Reinhardt
Spartacides
Berlin
Weimar
National Assembly
Eastern Front
Foot Guard
Thirtyfirst
Thirty-first
Hartz
Koop
Schneidemuehl
Vordische Jaeger Corps
Ortelsburg
Coen
Hidden Whiskey Found After Sixty Years
Perry Hutzell of near Meyersdale Pennsylvania recounted hiding a pint of whiskey under a rock sixty years ago. He returned to the spot and found the bottle intact with the cork rotted at the neck though no liquid had leaked. The whiskey remained rich brown in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Hutzell
Nea Meyersdale
Filipino Twins Simplicio and Lucio Godina Adopted by commissioner
Simplicio and Lucio Godina eleven year old Filipino brothers joined at birth are being raised in Washington by Teodoro R. Yangco Filipino commissioner. Rescued from a sideshow by the Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Yangco has practically adopted them. They show aptitude for music and excel in their studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simplicio
Lucio Godina
Washington
Teodoro R. Yangco
Brooklyn Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Mr. Yangeo
Pearl Wymore Returns Home From War Front
LOOKS TEN YEARS OLDER. Pearl Wymore arrived home at Gaylord Kansas from France after volunteering when war began. He served with the American army for over a year in the Fifth division and helped build the pontoon across the Meuse. He was terribly wounded by machine gun fire gas and shell fragments, leaving facial scars for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Wymore
Gaylord
Kan
France
Meuse
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Thal Dia
Wansiog Ssase
Long
Eivey
J. S. Taylor, M. D
Globe Pharmacy
Fairbury, Nebr
Jefferson Co
J. Morroe Davis & Son
EC Mutt
Waggoner Bros
O.C. Diehl
Diller
Nebr
S. B. Viers
Diller, Nebr
Diller Veterinary Hospital
MR. Farmer
Gus Dressen
D. Swift & CO. Patent Lawyers
Washington, D. C
Ford
Detriot
F. V. Lowe
Cassell
Steele City
Nebraska
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