Tag: Waterville History/karen Larsen
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History: Christmas Bash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Selected by Karen Larsen At first I was a bit taken aback by the reference to “sleighs, cutters and bobsleds” brought to the Christmas party in 1920. Then I remembered how Adelbert Jacobsen had explained…
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History: 90 years young
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Selected by Karen Larsen This article, which first appeared in the Dec. 23, 1920 edition of the Big Bend Empire, describes what sounds like a great party for a great old man. Grandpa Ogle Celebrates…
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History: A little bit of 1920’s humor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Selected by Karen Larsen There were a lot of items of interest in the Dec. 16, 1920 edition of The Big Bend Empire. For example, because of high demand from Europe, Americans were being urged…
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History: Veteran receives burial in Waterville
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Selected by Karen Larsen The following is a moving article appearing in the Dec. 9, 1920 edition of The Big Bend Empire. Elmer Fellers’ Body Arrived from France The body of Elmer Fellers arrived from France…