Free Balloon Pioneer Oversees Cadet Training in San Antonio
The writer describes Whan Phtowecrtbo guiding a cadet unit during winter quarters at Missouri Aero Society in San Antonio. He notes Lambert laboratories in St. Louis producing antiseptics, recalls past free balloon races, and comments on Fiesta Week parades, Army life meals, and recent improvements in rations. He mentions mail from the Hum Town papers and asks for news on the U. of Town trick team and Cal Spencer’s family.
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America
Lambert Laboratories
St. Louis
Missouri Aero Society
Father Cartier
San Antonio
Ft. Omnha
Clem
U. of Town
Lee
Henry Turnbaugh Dies After Return from Texas
Henry Turnbaugh, a longtime resident who moved from Dwight Illinois to Gerard Kansas, Mogeth county and Algona Iowa, died in Algona after returning from Texas where water reportedly disagreed with him. He was born in Blair County Pennsylvania in 1840 and married Mary Thackerdy in 1872. Survived by wife Liga J Springer, two children Albert and Myra, the family moved several times before settling in Algona. Funeral services were held Monday at Peter Jenkins home with Rev. W J Lodd officiating.
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Texas
Henry Turnbaugh
Jenkin
Algona
Turnbaugh
Mission
Henry ‘Purbaugh
Blaircouity
Pennsylvania
Dwight
Winois
Mary ‘ Thackerdy
Gerard
Kansas
Liga J.springer
Jem.og
Mogéuth
County
Hobart
Burt
Albert
Bwen
City
Myre
Peter Jenkins
W.J. Lodd
Let Our Own Spring Drive Be Victorious
A local editorial urges farm communities to mobilize for a Spring Drive focused on seeds and tractors rather than weapons. It frames the effort as a patriotic farming duty and calls readers to participate in home front agricultural support.
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Uncle Sam
Local Firms and Names Noted in City Listing
A fragmented OCR list shows a sequence of business names and individuals such as Long Bros Henderson Edwin Kione J. W. Neville Moe Sjogren Quinby Krause Skinner Dawson Peterson Patterson Akre Norton Bestenhelmer Brownell Shoe Co ChrischiNes Herbst Goed ers Latiniey Bros Company Algona Ditkery I8 Ow. The text appears to be a garbled directory or advertisement segment with numerous misspellings and incomplete entries.
Three Billion Dollars In Gold Weighs, Poetically
Syracuse reader Joseph Bondy presents a poem in response to the claim that the next government budget totals three billion dollars. The verse imagines the vast weight of such money in gold, invoking mothers and national guardianship while contrasting battlefield imagery with the idea of wealth.
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Syracuse
Joseph Bondy
Joan
Can You Deny Your Gold Amid a Soldier’s Death
A fragment from the Blue Earth Post laments a daughter pleading not to value gold over a beloved fallen soldier. The vow echoes a plea that the dear heart’s sacrifice outweighed worldly riches. The poet declares the beloved’s blood given for another and defies material wealth in mourning.
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Darling
Blue Earth Post
A Letter From the Boys at Kelly Field Texas
A veteran voice from Kelly Field describes a day in the hot dust of training. The letter notes rattlers, cactus, and the weariness of rookies as they perform their duties under Uncle Sam. The writer, Leon J. Warden, presents a soldierly stance and resolve to work hard and exude discipline.
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Kelly Field
Texas
Leon J. Warden
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Dake Corte
Elizabeth
Chicago Tribune
Cal
Spencer
Kuppenheimer
Wm. C. Steele
National War Garden Commission
Ampare Agro Squadron
Kelly Hield
Opera House
Toto
Aiga
Rhode Island
Sons
Irvington
Iowa
Ohio
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