Letters From Camp in New Mexico Tell of Army Life
A WWI soldier writes from a New Mexico camp about quarantine for measles, long drills, hard marching with 60 pounds, sleeping in tents, and missing home. He notes 52,000 people nearby, dances scarce, and plans to see Kaiser Bill when he crosses the water. He thanks a sender for fudge and hopes friends will reunite when he returns.
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New Mexico
Chicago
Kaiser Bill
Hesper
France
Tentea
Jack
Tilford Rami
State Headquarters Change For Burr Oak and Prosper
State headquarters for Burr Oak and Prosper relocate to the Commercial Samad. C. Ward announces the change and directs operations from the new central office.
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Burr Oak and
Prosper Stage
Commercial Samad
C. Ward
Taxable land values rise in county for 1917
The 1917 taxable land values total 78 037, up 20 013 from 1916, with large township variation. Bloomfield leads, Highland lags, and every listed township and corporation shows a distinct figure amid a lengthy county assessment. A separate item reports Howard Pantier severely burned when a gasoline torch exploded in an Elma water tank, he escaped by leaping from the tank and rolling in snow to extinguish flames.
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Bloomfield
Highland
Fremont Township
Orleans Township
Lincoln Township
Sumner Township
Jackson Township
Burr Oak Township
Bluffton Township
Madison Township
Calmar Township
Washington Township
Hesper Township
Canoe Township
Decorah Township
Springfiell Township
Military Township
Highland Township
Pleasant Township
Glenwood Township
Frankville
Howard Pantier
Ted Lammers
Howard
Mr. Pantier
Mason City Boy on Tuscania
Dispatches from Ames identify Ralph G. Fletcher as one of five Ames men aboard the ill fated Tuscania. Though not listed among survivors his fate remains unsettled. Fletcher was the younger son of Ansel Fletcher longtime manager of Independent Coal and Lumber Co. in Mason City.
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Mason City
Ames
Ralph G. Fletcher
Tuscania
Fletch
Ansel Fletcher
Fletcher
Independent Coal & Lumber Co
Puzzling Postville liquor case ends with missing bottle
At Postville last week Harris faced a liquor law charge after entering court with a suitcase holding eight quart bottles. The state failed to prove the case and Harris left with his bottles, only seven arriving home, prompting questions about the missing bottle.
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Postville
Harris
Nearly Fatal Accident In Grafton Drainage Explosion
Carl Fenn was examining a dynamite charge in a drainage ditch near Grafton when it exploded nearly killing him. He was rushed to Mercy hospital in Mason City with one eye blown out, severe facial injuries, a broken nose, and multiple bruises and cuts on the neck.
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Carl Fenn
Grafton
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Child Mangles at Ames Pumping Station Fatality
Thelma Harris, 11, daughter of H. W. Harris, was mangled by machinery at the Ames Kelley pumping station. Her right arm and lower limbs were torn, she was taken to the hospital in Ames where she died after amputation. Thelma was supervising the plant during Harris's absence.
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Ames
Kelley
Thelma
H. W. Harris
Harris
President Receives Elma Pumpkin Can from Local Women
President Wilson has received a sample can of Elma's famous red Cross pumpkin. Weeks ago Mrs L E Wentz and Mrs John Maruska packed a can and sent it with a history of pumpkin. On January 30 a can was sent from the Elma area.
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Elma New Era
Wilson
Elma
Red Cross
L. E. Wentz
John Maruska
Cnt
The
Neighbors Report On Winter Conditions And Local News
The clipping notes Osage buys a motor chemical engine to fight fire while Nevada plans a cheese factory. Calmar creamery produced 157186.28 worth of butter last year as Waterloo and other communities report thrift stamp sales, cold temperatures, a 98 year old death, and various local events including strikes, dental care for students, and wartime efforts.
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Osage
Nevada
Calmar Creamery
Waterloo
Clear Lake
Edmund Douglass
Postville
Aviation
Omaha
Eagle Grove
Hawkeyes
Forest City
J. C. Rainbow
Churches of
West Union
Maynard Co-operative Commission Company
Will Gericke
John Buresch
Cedar Rapids
Calmar
Judge Wade
New Hampton
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Alpha
Fayette County
Red Cross
Black
Hawk County
Fire destroys Colesburg school addition
Firemen battled a blaze that almost leveled the $25 000 addition to Colesburg public school. The interior was a mass of flames when discovered and only a chemical engine was available, but firefighters finally gained control. A steel door between the addition and the main building saved the main school.
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Colesburg
Veteran Found Dead in Modest Marshalltown Home
John W. Taylor, Civil War veteran and former Soldiers Home member, was found dead in his kitchen after neighbors reported no life signs. Police found the rear door forced and he likely died of heart failure amid long illness. dropsy. Ground glass was found in cornmeal rye graham flour from two nearby families, one Dysart purchase returned to a grocer, the other Traer. samples sent to Des Moines for analysis.
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John W. Taylor
Marshalltown
Soldiers
Taylor
Dysart
Traer
Douglas
Des Moines
A Hint to the Aged About Rest and Cough Remedy
Aged readers are urged to retire early when catching a cold and stay in bed one or two days. Rest speeds recovery, especially with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Fewer chances of complications are claimed. For sale by R. A. Engbertson, Ady.
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Chamberlain
R. A. Engbertson
Ady
Fifty Years Ago Newsletters and Local Events
Fifty years ago notes recount a $150 donation to Rev Brindell, nine baptisms at Freeport, plans to purchase a bell for the M E church, a Woolen Factory building secured for Fred Douglass lecture on February 24, Gridley mill adds a Leffel wheel, 17 criminal cases on next Monday's district court docket, and the legislature legalizes acts of Decorah Independent School District.
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Brindell
Freeport
M. E. Church
Fred Douglass
Gridley
District Court
Independent School District of
Decorah
Cut This Out for a Foley Mail Order Trial Package
An old advertisement promises a trial package from Foley & Co. for five cents sent to 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago. It offers Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Fo ey Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets via Engbertson's Pharmacy.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Engbertson
Bolshevik Financing Tied to Germany Reported
The Petit Parisien prints German documents claiming Bolshevik funding by Germany. A March 2, 1917 circular from the German Imperial bank directs Swiss representatives to honor money demands from Lenin Trotzky Zinovieff Kameneff and other Russian figures connected to Brest-Litovsk. Cord wood sells for 30 cents per hundred pounds in Town City, about $9 a cord.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
France
Russia
Germany
Imperial Bank
Switzerland
Nikolai Lenine
M. Zinovieff
Leon Trotzky
M. Kameneff
Brest-Litovsk
M. Soumenson
Maszita Koslovske
Cottage Cheese Salad for a Luncheon Dish
A nutritious home luncheon salad using cottage cheese and pimiento, parsley, and cream. The recipe guides chilling in a wax paper lined mold, layering cheese with optional olives or nuts, then serving on lettuce with French dressing.
Chamberlain's Tablets Advertisement
Chamberlains Tablets target stomach liver and bowel disorders. They aid heartburn indigestion and constipation. For sale by R A Engbertson Adv.
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R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Endorsement for Doan’s Kidney Pills by Decorah Barber
A Decorah barber Edw B Herwig testifies that kidney pain and back strain improved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Wangler’s Pharmacy. Over three years later he reaffirms the relief and continued use when kidney ailments arise. Ad notes 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Decorah
B. Herwig
Maple Ave
Dean
Wangler
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Tilford Rambo
Ory Kilvert
Henry Eldridge
Waukon
Edna Gullickson
Kenneth Nelson
Andrew Toyen
Martin Carlson
Near West Union
Republican
HMNS
RUSS
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Gilbert E. Haugen
Calmar Road
McCormick
Acme
John Deere
Keystone
Hayes
Sattley
Waterloo Bay
Aultman Taylor
Studebaker
Ford Auto
W. M. Strand
B. Goodno
Geo. Waters
A. Anfinson
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