Marines First At The Front In War Time
United States seeks volunteers for the Marine corps to reach a war strength of 30 000 with pay rises to 30 dollars a month plus 20 percent sea pay. Marines are described as soldiers of the sea a two faced fighting rover serving land and sea to protect the flag and rights of Americans.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
United States Marines
Marine Corps
Sam
United States Army
Congress
Army
Navy
United States
Aittle
Corps
Doyof
Selective Service
Annapolis
Happenings Across Neighboring Towns
Various local items include a raccoon hunt in the woods, a November 14 marriage at a Quimby M E parsonage, and a Galva Y M C A fund drive raising over 1515 dollars. Other notes report teacher shortages in Buena Vista County, injuries at a power plant, disloyal remarks case, a patriotic taunt on a tailor shop, a sewer system vote, and bids planned for spring construction.
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Galva
Galva Township
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Buena Vista County
Harrison
Not Doing Her Bit in Wartime Banter
Mrs Flatbush questions a soldier husband’s letters while Mrs Bensonhart voices pride in wartime duty. The exchange hinges on whether the husband “hasn’t written” since leaving. The Yonkers Statesman style delivers a wry domestic vignette capturing social humor amid war.
Alta High Falls Short In Revenge Game
Alta football traveled to Early last week seeking revenge but lost 27 to 25. The community raised over 3700 for Army and Navy Young Men’s Christian Association work at a public meeting in the opera house. Bert Hatch Delford Hatch agreed to buy the J C Mundell furniture and undertak ing business at Marathon with stock invoiced and possession planned for December. A Saturday night collision near Storm Lake left Harold Nelson severely injured with head wounds. he was taken to the hospital.
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C. W. Ibe Tailoring
Ibe
Germany
Marcus
Odd Fellows Hall
Alta High School
Alta
Army and Navy Young Men’s Christian Association
Opera House
Bert Hatch
Delford Hatch
J.C. Mundell Furniture
Marathon
Bert
Ben
Delford
Morrissey
Harold Nelson
Warren Minard
Walfred Peterson
Storm Lake
O.M. Nelson
A.B. Espe Place
Jean
Harold
Rise of the Office Boy in England during War
A humorous note from the Christian Science Monitor recounts how the office boy has risen in importance during wartime. With bosses away, a caller learns both principals are absent, and the boy hints that at least one will return in ten minutes due to his dinner hour.
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Peterson
Robert Jones
England
Christian Science Monitor
Seeds Turned Into Fuel Boosts California Canneries
Hundreds of tons of peach and apricot seeds once discarded by California canneries are now sold as fuel at about $2.50 per ton. The seeds, once deemed too hard, pop open when heated with coal, ignite with an anthracite like glow, burn smokelessly, and hold a steady fire.
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California
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cherokee County News Highlights Local Changes and Honors
Sheriff Huber guards a girl for at least eighteen years. Town merchants shift closing time to six. County Y M C A subscriptions rise to five thousand eight hundred. Northwest Iowa football in Cherokee on Thanksgiving Day between LeMars and Cherokee. Gillette and Wilson earn captains’ commissions at Fort Snelling and head home for brief furlough. Mrs Martha Turner dies at her son K L Turner’s home. born January 1 1834 in Ireland. Red Cross junior auxiliaries planned in Cherokee County schools with voluntary pledges and 25 cent payments to fund materials.
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Northwest Iowa
Cherokee
LeMars
Democrat
Martha Turner
K. L. Turner
W. Cherry Street
Grandma Turner
County Tyrone
Ireland
America
Red Cross Conference Highlights National Involvement Shifts
Dr Burlingame chairing Cherokee county Red Cross attends Chicago Central Division meeting where 500 delegates register. The gathering signals new methods and the push to place Red Cross permanently in national life through school auxiliary junior membership and new chapters.
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Burlingame
Cherokee County Red Cross
Chicago
Central Division of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Notice to Register Discharged Militia Now Must Register
All persons who did not register on June 5th and who have since been discharged from the Military service of the United States are required by law to register immediately. Residents of this county must appear before the local board for registration immediately.
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United States
Public Sale Advertising Promises Attention and Results
If you are going to have a public sale see us for bills and advertising for it. Our sale bills attract attention and advertising brings results.
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Aurelia
Kingsley
Holstein
Correctionville
Moore & Sims
Marines
Heaven
France
Idle Hour
Sears
C. J. Johnson
W. S. VanBuskirk
Long Beach
Fox
Wil
County Seat News
Wm. F. Huber
Cherokee County
Guy M. Gillette
George E. Wilson
Fort Snelling
Bing
Infantry
the Peoples
Aurelia Sentinel
Wallaces’ Farmer
People’s Popular Monthly
Wallaces' Farmer
Iowa
Iowa Farmer
Wallaces
People's Popular Monthly
Aurelia, Iowa
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