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Local News Highlights include Births and Red Cross Drive
The issue notes a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Forest Philips and another daughter in the Jsenbarth home east of Friday. It reports eighty rural schools in the county sending ten percent Junior Red Cross memberships, mentions Mrs. E. B. McCorkle seeking ear treatment in Des Moines, and previews the W. C. T. U. meeting at the J. B Grantow home on March 5. It covers community events, local society notes, military enlistments, and small-town updates from Algona and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Philips
Landare Jsenbarth
Red Cross
E. B. McCorkle
Des Moines
J. B Grantow
Clark
Emmetsburg
Fred Wehler
Taft
Russia
Theie
Minnesota
Cluck
Henry Ristreorthfield
Seeley
Hous.ton
Texas
Jong
W. B.C
G. A. R. Hall
Oliver
Chicago
United States
Marjorie Bowyer
Miss Bowyer
Genevieve
Kate Skinner
Cornell
Kossuth County
J. T. Chiiachijtes
Washington, D.C
Washington
S. Wendell
California
Little Chas. Akre
Nick Gudenburg
Stewart Farm
Riverdale
Clarence Shiltz
Melville
Illinois
Mr. Shiltz
E. E Brace
Methodist Hospital
Fay
Will Cosgrove
Wealey