Lindberghs Early Lincoln Flight Training and Taxi Ventures
Charles A Lindbergh arrives in Lincoln Nebraska to study aviation at the Lincoln Aircraft Company. He proves a quiet student who becomes a skilled pilot and later runs an air taxi service in Lincoln before returning home to Little Falls Minnesota where he resumes aerial work and gains local fame for early flights and parachute drops.
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Morris de Haven Tracy
United Press
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lincoln Aircraft Company
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ray Page
Page
Paris
Filer
Lindbergh
Harry E. Peckham
Ball
Sanitarium
Harry Ellis
Ellis
Twentieth Street
Charlie Lindbergh
Charlie
Charlie Linabergh
Decoration day parade admiration at Washington
The Homestead Farm notes a Decoration day parade in Washington featuring a Fordless street scene with children, flags, and flowers. Col Macon and Ode Ferguson ride through the country while Civil War veterans, World War II soldiers, and Union Army memories are honored. Aaron Bailey, night watchman and descendant of Richmond settlers, is highlighted along with kin who served in the Civil War.
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Homestead Farm
Washington
Col. Macon
Ode Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Ode
eNaron- Bailey
English River
Abraham Bailey
Richmond
Aaron
Ezra
James
Sargeant
Elijah
Wesley
William
Samuel Aaron
Long Beach
Cal
Ezra Bailey
Richmond School Closure Prompts Community Picnic
Tuesday marked Holy Trinity school closing with a parent picnic at Casino Hall. A fine time was reported by attendees as decoration exercises occurred in Richmond on Monday afternoon.
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Richmond
of the Holy Trinity School
Casino Hall
W C T U Appeals for Flood Relief Clothing Donations
The state president Mrs Ida Wise Smith urges immediate collection of baby clothes underwear shoes and wearable items to aid flood victims in the south. Donations to Mrs Nellie Lohmerville Greensville Mississippi or Mrs R L Raffo 3210 Prytania St New Orleans La with prepaid postage. Local group in Crawfordsville will also send a box with postage paid.
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W. C. T. U. Women and Friends
Ida Wise Smith
National
Nellie Lohmerville
Greensville
Mississippi
R L
Raffo
Prytania St
New Orleans
Crawfordsville
W. C. T. U. Union
Hugh Davis
C. M. Strain
Local notes from Kalona and surrounding areas
Community updates include Martha Shalla resuming teaching in Richmond public school after illness, visits from Kalona residents, a Kalona visitor at Charlie Schaffer home, and a Bohemian language play at the B C J hall with a post show dance. Also reported are weather related road conditions, a lightning struck jersey cow, and various family visits and hospital news across Iowa.
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Soldiers and Women's Relief Corps
Martha Shalla
Richmond Public School
Walt Lehman
Ackley
Iowa
Dan Rapp
Charlie Schaffer
Tony Shalla
Arch Saforek
Washington
Ottumwa
Richmond
H. and A. Bakery
Harry Lintz
Charles Lintz
Iowa City Dramatic Club
B.C. J. Hall
Albert Schillig
Fred Skola
Kalona
Brighton Community News Roundup and Illness Updates
The Methodist Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Ira Schaffer’s home with about twenty five attendees. Illness notes include Mrs. Malinda Bridwell grave condition and other local residents visiting or moving such as the Criles and the F. M. Combs family. Memorial day bouquets were sent by the Legion auxiliary to gold star mothers.
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Brighton
Methodist Ladies Aid
Ira Schaffer
Malinda Bridwell
Jennie Stearns
Grant
Allie Pilling
Mediapolis
Pierre Tracy
Vinton
B. Cc. Tracy
Lawrence Criles
Wilkin
Randolph Hicks
Chicago
Fairfield
Oskaloosa
Frank Bridwell
Keota
Elizabeth McGuire
Lawrence
Kansas
F. M. Combs
Cedar Rapids
Legion Auxiliary
Edna Crile
Miks Winona
Winona
Lee Huston
Baby Daugh
Baltimore Paper Reports On An Odd Labial Pendant
A fragment from a Baltimore paper mentions Mrs. Whittemore hearing of a bandit to hang from the lips of specrror Boston Transeo as a curious crime rumor. The legible text records a sensational misquote or garbled name with little context.
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Baltimore
Napoleon’s Soldiers Ordered Daily Bathing
A historical note records Napoleon requiring his troops to bathe each day, emphasizing hygiene discipline as part of camp routine and soldier welfare. The directive reflects military sanitation practices during his campaigns.
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Napoleon
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Alvin
Col, Macon
Ferguson
Missouri
Jack Schneider
Ter
Columbus Junction
Ellen Prizer
Robert Edwards
Charlie Hoover
Francis
Charlotte
Cobb
Wisc
Katheryn Frazey
Washington Hospital
Mae Cushman
Tacoma
Tom Gassaway
R H. Pringle
Yukon
Oklahoma
I. H. Frazier
Charles
Harry Conrad
Blanche McCarty
Ray Conrad
Iowa City
Richard Conrad
Ed McCarty
W. S. Parks
Stella Christie
Wapello
Iowal City
Clyde Hillhouse
Lorene
Wilma Jane Richards
Barclay’s
Libby
Ted
Thompson
Jona
Jie Alle
Vet Smal
Lewis Lye, Ean
Campbell Tomato Soup
Rhua Helmick
Edmonton
Barclay’s C .C
LARY
I. Ay
Anna McCardin
Alberta
Vancouver
Canada
Galveston
Texas
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