Letter from World War I era code name Mahen on life behind lines
France March 13 1918 letter from Chas BE Mahen of the 13th U S Engineers in France. He recalls Decorah postal views, shows a photo with friends, describes German cruelty to a girl harmed by a German doctor, mentions overseas hat and spring weather, notes anti aircraft action and a German pilot shot down, plus a brief cinema report and regards to Mrs Bailey family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. BE. Mahen
U. S. Engineers
France
Mr. Bailey
Decorah
Harry E. Coyle
St. Louis
Mademoiselle Madeline Menu
Oppenheim
Maurice Costello
Crown Prince
Kelly Field Diary Entry from Helmer Forde
An A S C Signal Corps trainee writes from Kelly Field San Antonio and St. Louis in 1918. He recalls travel from Decorah Iowa to Texas and the move to France, describes recruit and trade lines, Y M C A support, drills, climate shifts, and impressions of Texas and St. Louis.
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Helmer Forde
Big Texas
St. Louis
Liberty loans and local events sweep Iowa towns
The notice lists multiple Iowa communities taking Liberty bonds quotas, including Independence, Oelwein, and Waterloo. It also notes local incidents, casualties, and civic efforts such as a sorghum mill for Oelwein, a new school and bridge in Ion, and a Red Cross auction in Lime Springs.
Towns First Ham and Bacon Show at Iowa College
The Iowa College of Agriculture will host a ham and bacon show next winter with the Farmers' Short Course. Liberal cash premiums and ribbons will be awarded in five classes for home cured hams bacon shoulders fresh and smoked sausage. Only Iowa citizens may compete. It is the first event of its kind in Iowa. Missouri and other states have held similar shows with strong results.
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Iowa College of Agriculture
Iowa
Missouri
Towa
Union
Governor Designates Arbor Day April 26
Governor Harding designates April 26 as Arbor Day and urges schools to observe the day. He also calls for efforts to eradicate the barberry bush to combat black rust threatening wheat and related cereals.
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Harding
Arrest of Walter Hand Ties Cedar Rapids Holdups to Crete Case
Hand was captured in Crete Nebraska ending the Cedar Rapids gang’s winter terror. Confessions from two reformatories link Hand to the last member of the gang, with other members jailed at Rock Island Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. The gang carried out several daring robberies and brutal assaults.
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Crete
Neb
Walter Hand
Cedar Rapids
Hand
Rock Island
Anamosa
New Hampton raises funds for YMCA drive
The New Hampton drive collected 1102.60 dollars against a 950 dollar goal. The Manchester Press notes the first grasshopper sighting last week. Perry Littlefield of Harwick Delaware county received five years for killing a neighbor’s cow. All alien enemy property in Black Hawk county to be listed for the government. Oelwein’s Chicago and Great Western shops payroll exceeds 50000 every half month. Waterloo park lands to be used by war gardeners. Werner Mahnke, son of a former German general, enlisted in Madison aviation school. James Raymond, a demented Toledo farmer, wandered and was found in a haymow after 36 hours. Advertised letters: Mrs Archie Freeman, Leon Qualley, Lester Torison.
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Oelwein
Lansing
Liberty Loan
Leslie H. Smith
France
Waterloo
Patrick Keenan
Waukon
Camp Dodge
Algona Commercial Club
J. W. Donnell
Hazelton
Liberty
Ida Grove
Hubbard
District Court
Black Hawk County
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
New Hampton
Clarence Carlson
Fort Dodge
Worth County
Clermont
West Union
Fayette County
Red Cross
Lime Springs
Fred Hill
California
Ion
Allamakee County
Morning Star
Davenport
St. Paul
Ohio River
Clem
Sol
Iowa
Crystal Lake
Harriet J. Prescott
Meriden
Cherokee
Y. M
Sophia Tibbetts
Mitchell
Cedar Falls
Manchester
Perry Littlefield
Harwick
Delaware County
Chicago & Great Western Railway
Oeelwein
Werner Mahnke
Waverly
Madison
Wis
James Raymond
Toledo
Decorah
Archie Freeman
Leon Qualley
Lester Torison
Germans Butcher Iowa Boy Merle Hay
A Cedar Rapids ambulance driver in France reports the body of Merle Hay, Iowa’s first WWI casualty, was mutilated after recovery from No Man's Land. He describes seventeen bayonet wounds and a nearly severed head, indicating a knife or sharp bayonet attack.
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Merle Hay
Iowa
France
Cedar Rapids
No Man’s Land
Scouts Save Bridge From Fire On Lima Road
E R Ballard and fourteen Boy Scouts were hiking along the Milwaukee track when they发现 a county bridge on the Lima road well afire. They used frying pans and hats to dip creek water and extinguish the flames, saving the bridge with quick, trained action.
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Wets Union Argo-Gazette
E. R. Ballard
Schatz
Milwaukee
Lima Road
Fifty Years Ago Snow and Local Skirmishes Transcribed
A light snow storm yesterday. Captain Weiser installs a $300 soda fountain. Burr Oak finishes a new schoolhouse. Boys playing youler trigger a fire alarm Tuesday night. William Painter to lecture for Good Templars tomorrow. A O Lomen buys Alve Eastman farm in Springfield township 160 acres for $4 000. John Ammon invents a three horse evener.
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Weiser
Burr Oak
Youler
Wim. Painter
The
Good Templars
A. O. Lomen
Alve Eastman
Springfield Township
John Ammon
Aged Banker Sentenced for Fraud in Iowa Banks
Adam Keefer, over 70, former head of Keefer Brothers' Bank at Hazelton and Hazelton Savings Bank, to begin an indeterminate term at Anamosa reformatory after the Iowa Supreme Court denied a new trial. In 1913 state bank examiner closed both banks amid insolvency and improper deposits.
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Adam Keefer
Iowa
Anamosa
Keefer
End of War Prediction by Deputy Hill in Cherokee
Deputy Sheriff John M Hill of Cherokee says the world war will end on 4 26 18 a stone found in a cemetery by Memorial Day appears to bear the date 4 26 18 a petrified potato with peeled and unpeeled parts showing writing BEAR S new Stetson hats advertised as best grades all guaranteed
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John M. Hill
Hill
Jon
Mrs Figgie Dies After Farm Fire Near Watson
Mrs Louise Figgie, 79, died after a brush fire on her farm near Watson. Her clothing caught fire while burning brush. her daughter assisted but flames caused fatal burns. She had lived in the area for many years.
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Monona
Louise Figgie
Watson
Ing
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Kelly Field
Republican
San Antonio
Tex
Aviation
Signal Corps
Field
Texas
Kelly
Kelly 1
David Rankin, Jr
Kelly No. 1
Pittsburgh
Here
M.C
North Grand Ave
Rev. Smith
M. E
Clarence
Linn County
Christine Horstman
Centerville
E. H. McMasters
Bear’s
Mars
Peter Johnson & Sons
Fek
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Ben Bear Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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