Willard Morgan’s letter from wartime Brooklyn clubs and crossings
A long 1918 shipboard letter from Willard Morgan describes time in Brooklyn clubs run by wealthy women, meeting Mrs Baker’s relatives, playful dancing, and crossing with Sec Baker. He notes U.S. soldiers, registration at clubs, and a social scene amid wartime notes. other town news covers local visits, a Red Cross ice cream social raising 90 dollars, and community notices.
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Brooklyn
New York
Papa
Loren
Grandma
Mrs. Baker
Edwin
Alro
Missouri
Willard Morgan
Lightning kills two horses near Unionville in barn strike
A barn near Unionville was struck by lightning Monday evening, killing one horse and injuring another, as Bert Scott and a son had just finished chores and were entering the house. A team valued at over 400 dollars is noted. Local residents recall a spring social at Livonia and a Navy enlistment trip to Unionville.
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Ard
Bert Scott
Unionville
Only Woman Makes Home Posalbie
A short aphorism asserts that a man may build a palace but cannot make a home. It credits the woman’s spirit, quality, and love as the sole force to create a true home.
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Posalbie
Greenland Time Breakfast Reply Sparks Clock Confusion
A Greenland hotel clerk and a traveling man clash over time in a quirky exchange. The clerk notes daylight shifts from late March to early May, while the traveler asks about breakfast time. The odd dialogue highlights timekeeping’s playful ambiguity in polar regions.
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Greenland
Demand for Vocational Education Emphasized in Montreal Star
The Montreal Star argues that schools and businesses must value time, noting manufacturers and merchants cannot waste business hours and the future economy requires efficient vocational education to prepare workers.
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Thia la
Montreal Star
Feature Missing In The Mixing Picture Biz
A fragmented note from the Kanank City Star suggests the cinema industry may not peak in small towns until a device arrives to unlock jokes for local bachelors, echoing old theatrical troupe methods.
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Kanank City
Making the Dandelion Beautiful
A note on the chrysanthemum lineage shows the original variety was small and plain like a dandelion. The dandelion blooms rapidly and luxuriantly when grown under cheesecloth, revealing its potential as a precursory form in chrysanthemum development.
Time as a human choice for sunrise and dead tree
The passage compares dates and railway timetables to a primitive pact to meet at a sunrise at a dead tree. It argues time is the choosing of a specific sunrise and tree for practical human use, noting there are many sunrises and many dead trees.
Liberty for Children Says Fewer Rules Aid Obedience
An Italian educator argues that unnecessary restrictions in a child’s life constitute crime. Rules should be few but firm. avoiding commands reduces friction and teases for wants, and adherence prevents evasion while teaching obedience.
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Chidren
Highly Cultured Indians in prehistoric Southwest
The article asserts prehistoric Arizona Utah Colorado and New Mexico were inhabited by culturally distinct Indians. It highlights their advanced agriculture and skilled construction of stonework structures unique north of Mexico, marking them as a specialized people.
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Arizona
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
North America
Mexico
Missouri War Savings Day Proclamation by Governor Gardner
Governor Frederick D. Gardner proclaims Friday June 28 as National War Savings Day in Missouri urging citizens to suspend business and attend meetings to boost War Savings Stamps. He calls for community gatherings on the 26th and primes Missouri to lead in war efforts alongside France Belgium and Italy. Secretary of State John L. Sullivan witnesses the proclamation.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Missouri
Union
Frederick D. Gardner
State of
France
Belgium
Italy
City of
Jefferson
John L. Sullivan
Missouri War Savings Day Pledges Urged Statewide
State directives under President Wilson require all Missourians to attend June 28 War Savings meetings in every schoolhouse. Citizens pledge to buy War Savings Stamps by December 21, 1918, with county organizers recording attendees on honor rolls and urging suspended business for the afternoon to maximize subscriptions.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Frederick D Gardner
Missouri
Missourans
National War Savings
Festus J Wade
Covery Bank
County War Savings Committee
Boy Scouts
War Savings
France
Livonia Community Notices and Weekend Activities
Sunday gathering at the Latter Rain Mission drew a large crowd. The Junior Red Cross runs an ice cream parlor biweekly, next on July 13. Families and friends visited in Omaha Cincinnati Unionville and Des Moines as youths prepared for Navy service and training camps. A June 23 picnic west of H L Dickerson’s featured a Hooverized dinner and music with many relatives present.
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Latter Reign
Red Cross
Faye Fowler
Omaha
Robi
Mustave, Jr Lily
Ercel Shaw
Tom Shaw
Dell Anderson
Ralph Anderson
Robert Followwill
Irvin
Charlie Botkins
Manford
Ward Hinerman
Roy Shaw
Unionville
Ward
Charlie
St. Louis
Joe Biswell
Reva
Lizzie Morgan
J. A. Morgan
Cincinnati
Little John Minear
H L. Dickerson
H. L. Dickerson
H. I
Anne James Dickerson
Geo. Schmid
Lancaster
L. C. Nulton
Kirkaville
Miakva Fellowell
Virgina
Homer Dickerson
Lee Lemens
Des Moines
Nulton
Alvin Birney
Glenwood
J. J. Fowler
Faye
P J Dikerson
Mra Jo Morgan
J. L. Dickerson
Wm Landtiser
L J Baquet
Kanas City
Riand
Byron Orval Woolever Born In Livonia Route 1 Family News
Mr and Mrs Russel Woolever welcomed a ten pound boy named Byron Orval born June 22 at Livonia Route 1. The family expressed immense pride. A rainy morning occurred Monday. John Havey and wife visited Effie Durcan Sunday evening. John Hayes and wife, Lloyd Tellsworth and family traveled to Unionville last Saturday. An ice cream supper at the Huller home drew a large crowd with ample cream and cake. Miason Elsie and Etta Triplett with Mary Juicy Mildred Duncan visited Minnie Hayes Saturday. W.S.8
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Russel Woolever
Byron Orval
John Havey
Effie Durcan
John Hayes
Lloyd Tellsworth
Unionville
John Huller
Miason Elsie
Etta Triplett
Mary, Jucy
Mildred Duncan
Minnie Hayes
W.S.8
Buddhist Scriptural View on Life and Soul
The text asserts that man never dies the soul inhabits the body for a time and then leaves it birth is not birth there is a preexisting soul death is not death the soul departs while the body falls and attachment to the body drives craving for life and fear of death
Rain Lifts Omaha Area With Strong Sunday Storms
A heavy Sunday night rain refreshed Omaha and surroundings after a dry spell. Local crowd attended a Sunday meeting led by Fay Davidson and Nora Morgan, with Rev. Wim pig of Charlton preaching B Y P U next Sunday. Thieves disturbed properties Thursday night entering Albert Houston’s barn and Mrs. Frank Davidson’s garage, but fled after a shot was fired. Fire from a lightning strike damaged Frank Hayes home during a storm, yet occupants escaped unharmed as flames tore plaster and soot spread through the house.
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Zelma Davidson
Centerville
Iowa
Fay Davidson
Wimpig
Charlton
Nora Morgan
Albert Houston
Frank Davidson
Frank Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Sam
Sam Hoskin
Maple Grove Social Roundup Brims With Visits
Ethel Riggins spent Sunday afternoon with Jelma Ledford Molhe Pherigo while shopping in Greencastle. Reta Shaw guests of Neta Hill Friday and Friday night. CT Shaw traveled for Unionville on Saturday. Raymond Reta and Eva Hayne stayed at Chas McCloud home near Greencastle Saturday night and Sunday. Ula McCloud accompanied them home briefly. Ernest Keller, a Des Moines worker, spent last week with hometown W. M Hill and wife visited Sunday at IM Shaver home. Maud Walters entertained by Neta and Ruth Hill Saturday night and Sunday.
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Ethel Riggins
Jelma Ledford
Molhe Pherigo
Greencastle
Reta Shaw
Neta Hill
CT Shaw
Unionville
Raymond
Reta
Eva Hayne
Chas McCloud
Ula McCloud
Ernnest Keller
Des Moines
Iowa
W. M Hill
IM. Shaver
Maud Walters
Neta
Ruth Hill
First Ball Game Teaser Ad From Local Store
A early 20th century sample ad uses a domestic scene with Mayme and Jimmie planning to skip chores for a ball game while a salesman urges Chi-Name varnish as a home woodcare prize. The dialogue features cleaning duties and a sales pitch for varnish. Optimistic Thought closes the piece with a moral line.
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Mayme
Jimmie
L. H. Rows
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la Potter
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Hugh Losey
Lee Brundage
Ulle Galloway
Coffman
Pearl Bishop
Ray Simmons
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Valentine
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B F. Gilworth
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Roy Clark
A. J. Johnson
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MT. Hope
Church Yard
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Carroll & Patrie
Cena
Rhode Island
Olle O Connon
Oak Grove
Livonia
Yinn Hinerman
George Carter
Charles Woodard
Doris
Keokuk
John Brown
Vonak
Mapleton
Saturn P. Latimer
Mabel Furguson
G. O. Lee
Lillie
J. A Speak
Dora
Lilvonia
L. P. Latimer
Audrey Furguson
Ethel
Myrtle Latimer
Lucille West
Manford Hinerman
Erwin
Chas. Botkins
Navy
Mazer
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