Red Cross Membership Reaches 7972 in Cass County
Cass County reports 7972 Red Cross members after the Christmas drive, a solid rise from the prior year. Collections total $8535.50 across nine branches including Massena Marne Griswold Noble Township Lewis Anita Wiota Cumberland Atlantic and others, with per-branch tallies listed.
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Cass County
Red Cross
Massena
Marne Oo
Grinwold W
Noble Township
Lewis
Anita
Wiota
Cumberland Atlantic
Marne
Grigwold
Amilays
Cumberland
Atlantic
Hoover Parent-Teacher Meeting At Toad Leap On Tuesday
The Hoover P T A met at Toad Leap Tuesday afternoon with good attendance despite bad roads. Programs included recitations, readings on food conservation and war work, songs by students, a war time prohibition petition, and a Thrift Stamp talk. Valentine Day was adopted and community singing closed the meeting. Next gathering is February 22 at 7 20 p m with invitations extended.
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Hoover
Parent-Teacher Association
Toad Leap
Sula
Doris Odem
Selah Hedrick
Bill Norman Smith
Tee Tastine Dati Claire Odem
Norma Lewis
Genero
Edna Oler
Grace Bemendieter
Frank Denison
W. E. White
Community Singing of America
White Front Bread availability and ordering note
Ask your grocer for White Front Bread. If unavailable, buy at the bakery, at our store, or at J. Burnea's. Insist on White Front bread. Also mention Wileen Monument Works for monument orders.
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White White Front Bakery
Jr. Burnea’s
J. Burnea's
Christensen Bros. T1
Wileen Monument
A Letter From Ralph E. Roberts In France
Ralph E. Roberts writes from a French village in December 1917 describing billeting with locals, shop layouts, river and hills, and a public wash-house. He notes French hospitality, differences in dress and transport, and that soldiers follow news from U S sources. He mentions Christmas, mail, and boxes from a women’s club, and asks his Iowa friends not to worry about them.
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England
Cornell
Tinteed
Beopla
Iowa
Sam
Civilian
Ife
States
France
U. S
Ralph E. Roberts
M Co
168Th
Inf
Holland Saves Client One Good Automobile
Attorney John H. Holland of Des Moines won a Creston district court case defending a Des Moines man Joseph Eagan’s car seized with 275 pints of whiskey. The court ruled the vehicle is not a vessel for liquor and cannot be destroyed, though the liquor was destroyed. Eagan keeps the car.
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John H. Holland
Des Moines
The
Knights
Columbus
Creston
Joseph Eagan
Holland’s
Holland
Eagan
Tama County Hogs Too Fat for Slaughter Pens
United Press reports Tama county fat test hogs are dying of overfat while awaiting shipment. Hogs gain weight quickly as seventy five cars are needed to ship the porkers, threatening losses without action.
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United Press
Traer
Tama County
Scarlet Fever Claims Son of Wealthy Farmer in Shenandoah
Hu ert Booth, 21, heir to a wealthy Shenandoah farmer, died at his sister Mary Kirby's home in Red Oak after scarlet fever. His body was found near the Wabash station on the right of way. He is survived by brother Warren Booth in a French unit.
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Shenandoah
Huert Booth
Joe Booth
Wabash Station
Red Oak
Mary Kirby
Warren Booth
France
Draft Board Notices On Enlistment And Rejection
Cyrus Hintz of Atlantic has enlisted at the Marine Barracks at Parlia Land N G per draft board notice. John C Freeman of Pase County is reported rejected at Camp Pike Ark for physical unfitness according to draft board notices.
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Cyrus Hintz
Atlantic
Marine Barracks
Parla Ieland
N. G
Draft Board
Notica
Camp Pike
Ark
John C. Freeman
Ase County
Bradley Urges Mitchell Conservation Talk Worth Hearing
Charles E. Bradley of Council Bluffs says Roscoe R. Mitchell will deliver a powerful talk on food problems in France and England, with war insights beyond Taft and Hillis. Bradley notes Mitchell drew 4,000 in Council Bluffs and could attract double that in Cass county.
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Battle Fields
France
Roscoe R. Mitchell
Atlantic
Charles E. Bradley
Council Bluffs
Atlantic Commercial Club
News-Telegraph
Bradley
Mitchell
Government Conservation Committee
Atlantic and
Vicinity
Taft
Dwight. Hillis
Corporal Wishert
The
Somme
Mr. Mitchell
England
Nt Council
Cass County
England's Landscape Like A Picture In A Letter
Max Gardner writes from England to his aunt Mrs Lena Green leaf of Atlantic describing England's farm scenery with hedges small lakes and fields like a picture book He notes he is the son of Ed Gardner a Benton township farmer and serves with a motor supply train reaching England in January
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Gland
Max
Gardner
Lena Greenleaf
Atlantic
England
Mr. Gardner
Ed Gardner
Benton Township
Mra. Green
Letter from a serviceman in England finds rest camp life
In a letter to his aunt dated January 25 a young man describes England as pretty and clean with barracks style houses and narrow streets. He notes the countryside is picturesque with hedged fields small lakes and ponds, and he remarks on the contrast to America and the sense of a calm after crossing the pond.
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Tam
England
America
Screen doors and combination doors at Green Bay Lumber Co
Readers are invited to visit Green Bay Lumber Co for screen doors and combination screen and storm doors available in a variety of styles and sizes. Contact information and pricing details are provided to assist customers in selecting the right door solution.
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de Laval
Atlantic Red Cross
W. S. Wilburn
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Rainbow
RE. P. Chase
Tama CO
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Isaac Ion
Pat. Oftee
Goodyear and Miller
W. R. Neal
Prep. Jones -Tire and Rubber” Co
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