Red Cross Drive Urges Bedford Readers to Support War Aid
The Bedford Free Press reprints a Fort Dodge Messenger call to support the Red Cross during wartime. It urges subscriptions of $1 to $100,000, highlighting a fallen boy’s sacrifice and urging readers to send five dollars or more to aid wounded, starving, and humanitarian work. President Wilson backs wide enrollment as a patriotic duty.
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Red Cross
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Fort Dodge Messenger
Escaped Lewdness Prisoner Bypasses Guard
Leater Woolsey, who pleaded guilty to lewdness and drew 120 days, was granted work outside. He left for a few days last week and was trusted to James Danewood while Sheriff Whitmore was away. In the afternoon he fled several miles toward Willisea as bloodhounds were dispatched.
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Leater Woolsey
Whitmore
James Danewood
Woolsey
Willisea
Being Red Crossed and For Whom
An American Red Cross appeal from France by Phillip O. Mills describes suffering and need during the June Red Cross drive. Mills recalls volunteers, a town cellar timekeeper, and reserve cars delivering to a busy corridor with wounded soldiers and French stretcher bearers.
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France
Red ‘Cross
Phillip O. Mills
Samuel Mills
United States’ Army
West
Sam
Brancardiers
War Clinic Ward Scenes From The Front
A field infirmary scene describes an infirmier tending wounded soldiers in a ruined room near a hospital. A French priest, a German youth, a French infantry captain, and a delirious traveler lie nearby as wagons collect the dead and the dawn breaks over the night’s grim work.
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Trailleur
Abraheardier
Brancardiers
Elleville
Ten Yearling Ewes and Wool Sale At Kellerton
C W Chandler of Clover Hill Stock Farm near Kellerton sold ten yearling ewes and a load of wool to W H Shields & Co of Leon. Ewes at 37 50 each, wool priced to match local dealer offers. Billed as the largest wool purchase Housh called it the best lot he had bought. The Kellerton Globe notes sheep farming remains a strong Iowa industry with steady shipments this season.
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Clover Hill
Kellerton
W. H. Shields & Co
Leon
E. Housh
Housh
Chandler
Iowa
Kellerton Globe
Deputy Sheriff Recovers Man Hidden by Wall in Neb
In high water near a Nebraska town Deputy Sheriff Joe Jones traced a suspect to a house and found John Woolsey hiding under a bed and later discovered a man concealed behind a radiator. The search led to potential charges against a young man named Thomas and others.
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John
Thomas
Willisea
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