Local notes from Cherokee date unknown
J C Lockin business visitor in Cherokee and many residents visiting relatives. The town lists numerous travelions, influenza related delays, hospital plans, and Farm Bureau meeting scheduled January 6 at Cherokee courthouse with officers to be elected.
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J.C. Lockin
Cherokee
J. M. Whitney
L. Weaver
Margaret
Eddy
Larrabee
Margaret McLaughlin
Mitchel
South Dakota
W. A. McLaughlin
Sioux City
Sentinel
Ward Dawson
Washington, D. C
Ward
Hazel Lamm
H. H. Lockin
F. B. Dyslin
Aurelia
Ernest Pearson
Anna Bischel
Chicago
Harry Bischel
Bischel
Maude Dieterich
Cleghorn
Leela Gay
Des Moines
H. P. Nelson
Carl
Stockport
Iowa
Lillian Ringsdorff
Lyceum
Mra
Henry Bischel
T.’ Ruebsam
Rock Rapide
Ruebsam
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
Court House
Caled For Quick Thinking Cargos Won’t Endanger Nearby Towns
The Cephalonia loaded with shells navigates a fire on a wartime convoy near the Thames. Captain Sammy orders back aways to prevent a blast, keeping the ship pointed out to sea to minimize civilian risk while fearing a U-boat threat and drifting mine.
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Cephalonia
R. K E. Cropley
Atlantic
Thames
Sammy
London
Sanmy
Dublin bootblacks in 1780 described as a numerous and odorous trade
In 1780 Duplin locals describe Dublin bootblacks as a large, formidable crowd using lampblack and eggs for polish. They carried a three legged stool a spudd a painter brush and an old wig. Gentlemen offered their boots for polishing at street corners despite strong odors from rotten eggs.
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Duplin
Dazed by Hon Atrocities and Dutch Wedding Customs
A mixed clipping notes reactions to Belgian atrocities with remarks from a London Dispatch piece and describes a Dutch marriage custom in which a groom's proxy wears his glove during the ceremony. The text references historical figures and anecdotes about emotion after tragedy and a Pretoria Amsterdam registration.
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Brand Whitlock
Amertrat
Belgium
Louvata
London Daily Telegraph
Mme. du Barry
Paris
Duc de Guise
Henry of
France
Pitt
Louis XVI
Jeffreys
Boabdil
Granada
Henry VIII
Catherine Stoward
Hampton Court
London Dispatch
Amsterdam
Pretoria
Transvaal
United Though Far Apart
A Boer in Pretoria marries a Dutch girl in Amsterdam in a ceremony described with the term handschoen, reflecting cross‑continental ties in a distant era.
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Pretoria
Amsterdam
Holland
Cup with a hole in the bottom creates dink in craft trick
The text describes a conical wrap that forms a cup with a bottom hole. Oliver uses a finger as a stopper to dip up his dink, following an old method attributed to the first sized man, as noted in Popular Science Monthly.
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Oliver
Popular Science Monthly
Harvest Moon Signals Extended Moonlight For Autumn Work
September features a full moon near the autumnal equinox, the harvest moon. It rises nearly the same time for several nights, about an hour later each evening, aiding farmers in gathering late summer crops and storing them for winter.
Red Cross Stock in France Shows Large Supply Volumes
The American Red Cross reports on hand in France 20 000 dozen pillow cases 11 000 dozen bed socks and 19 000 dozen face towels illustrating the scale of its relief stocks.
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Red Cross
France
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Elvina’ Dieterich
Saturpello
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H. A. Maltby
A. J. Maltby
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W. O. Dailey
Waa
Lloyd Scott
Edwin Mummert
Omaha
Glenn Parker
Clyde Mummert
Iowa City
Students’ Army Training Corps
Anna Norman
Ernest Sweet
St. Paul
Nancy Sweet
Ernest Ia
Service
F. G. Scott
Will Meyer
Peterson
Lloyd
O. A. Royer
Fonda
Melvin Royer
G. R. Wharton
Storm Lake
George
Misa Mamie Miller
Melleen
F. Miller
Clifford Simmere
Roy Hill
Cedar Rapids
Army Training Corps
Stub
Coe
Berger Kline
Gweneth
Williamsville
Missouri
Maxie Lord
F. W. Studebaker
Alberta
Utah
A.H. Waddell
Jas. Waddell
Herbert Will
Boston
Mass
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Herbert
Great Lakes
Garrett
Robst
Frn
Wissin
Ed Krause
Tuea
Fort Dodge
Emma Kruse
O. B. East
Camp Forrest
Georgia
Clifford Coombs
Ma Coombs
Clifford
Philipine Islands
Dublin
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
Oliver Herford
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