Obituary of Marie Frisbee Smith of Castalia and Cedar Falls
Marie Frisbee Smith born October 2 1836 in Westport New York moved to Clayton County Iowa in 1861. She married William Fitch Smith in 1863 lived mainly in Castalia Iowa and on a nearby farm. Her husband died in 1911 and she died in Cedar Falls after moving there. She had four children two grandchildren and was long a devout Methodist. Funeral services were held at her Cedar Falls home with burial in Bloomfield cemetery Castalia.
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Marie Frisbee Smith
Westport
N. Y
Iowa
Clayton County
William Fitch Smith
Castalia
Cedar Falls
Andrew F
Sarah M
Jennie M
Alice Sawyer
Dwight
Navy
J. W. Holland
M. KE
Charley Lynch Dies After Creeping Erysipelas
Local column records Charley Lynch passing Sunday morning at 8 30 after a battle with creeping erysipelas. Nearby relatives attend the funeral in Wancoma on Tuesday March 26 1918. Many neighbors and family, including the Lynch and O’Brien households, are noted in the remembrances.
Village social notes and school start announced
March 25 1918 report from our village includes visits by Mrs J A Robinson Mrs Lester Pearson and Mrs E Blakeman Decorah callers from Sidney Baker and W Baker with relatives in Decorah and Glenwood Alma Sorenson attends school in our village District No 2 to begin Monday Miss Wemeldorf teacher Easter events at Yeoman hall and a Red Cross meeting at D H Leach's with an April 4 follow up.
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Hove
Marie Vick
Oscar Vick
Decorah
Sidney Baker
Bluffton
L. Haga
Helmer
Sam Hanson
Clarence Movey
Esther
Cresco
Christ Dale
Camp Dodge
Joe Plaskerud
Conover
E. O. Flaskerud
Lynch
Luke O’brien
Waucoma
Anna Donlan
J. A. Robinson
Alma Sorenson
Glenwood
James Hallman
Hubert Funke
Gurr Oak
T. E. Kirkbride
W. Baker
Gordon
R. Tyler
Garfield
James Tyler
Oclwein
James Stortz
Madeline
Franklin Prairie
Henry Sweitzer
Little Son
Lanpark
A. K. Sweitzer
Clark Headington
J. A. Headington
Cora Dickinson
Ethel Miller
C. W. Miller
Rah
Red Cross
D. H. Leach
Ralph Durland
Yeoman Hall
Man on Creek Bed After Night Train Escape
Roy Parsons, a hired man on the Lake Scanlon farm west of Manchester, was trapped by an Illinois Central night train. He jumped from a crossing bridge into a creek bed, unconscious and half frozen, and was found next morning by a track walker who notified the Scanlon family.
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Roy Parsons
Lake Scanlon
Manchester
Ilinois Central
Scanlon
French Surgeons Operated Sans Anesthesia in War Wounds
Mrs. Benjamin G. Lathrop of the Paris depot for the American Fund for French Wounded says American Red Cross aid is essential with 4,000 military hospitals and civilian relief stations in need. She notes Germans seized France’s manufacturing districts in 1914, forcing reliance on the United States for hospital supplies and that rubber goods remained scarce despite continued aid.
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Benjamin G. Lathrop
Paris
American Fund
Red Cross
France
United States
Hardtack Exhibition Showcases 1864 Cracker Stamina
Hardtack issued to John Call of Company T, One Hundred Fifty-third New York, in 1864, was placed on display at Memorial hall Waterloo to illustrate its preserving qualities. Call gave his mother two crackers when discharged. she kept them until her death, and the crackers remained clean and fresh as if baked yesterday, now fifty four years old.
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John Call
New York Regiment
Memorial Hall
Waterloo
Man Kidnapped by Masked Men Over Draft Exemption
Raymond W. Hall of Minerva in Marshall County was seized by twelve to fifteen masked men from his home eight miles to an automobile, daubed with black and yellow paint and grease. His alleged draft reclassification on an agricultural exemption plea and recent marriage to Grace Johns are cited as motives for the raid.
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Raymond W. Hall
Minerva
Marshall County
Des Moines
Grace Johns
S. M. Johns
Hall
Farm labor aid arranged as harvest approaches
The government announced measures to fill farm labor gaps with 55,000 postal workers, 43,000 rural carriers, 2,300 county agents, plus support from newspapers and defense councils. City workers may be diverted to farms if needed to ensure crop harvest.
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Labor Department
Defense Councils
Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad Sparks Digestive Relief Idea
Advertisement notes Foley Cathartic Tablets as remedy for indigestion biliousness gas stomach furred tongue headache and related constipation issues during changing spring habits. Pharmacy ad promotes this product as a cure for clogged digestion and associated discomfort.
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Pharmacy
Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement by Mrs S C Small
Mrs S C Small of Clayton New Mexico says Foley Kidney Pills have done me more than all other medicines. The statement claims the pills strengthen weak kidneys and banish sleep disturbing bladder ailments as sold by Engbertson's Pharmacy.
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S. C. Small
Clayton, N. M
Foley
Engbertson
Bear's Underwear Sale Promises Great Bargains This Saturday
Our Underwear Sale Saturday offers summer and winter underwear at greatly reduced prices. The event mirrors our successful shirt sale and aims to attract shoppers seeking value.
Death of Amos Q. Peterson in Willow Timber Accident
Amos Q. Peterson a well known Northwood buttermaker at the Tenold creamery was killed when a falling tree struck him on the head on the Walter Berhow farm willow timber. The tree fell abruptly or Peterson may have failed to move quickly due to a slip or stumble.
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Amos Q. Peterson
Tenold Creamery
Northwood
Walter Berhow
Mr. Peterson
Death in Mitchell Cellar Fire Claimed John Dumire
John Dumire of Mitchell died in a cellar fire caused by straw ignition. Despite his insistence on entering the cellar, dense smoke overpowered him and rescuers reached him an hour later. An 80 year old Virginia native, he had lived in the area for many years.
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John Dumire
Mitchell
Virginia
Bilious attack remedies and silo advertising merge in local notices
The notice mix includes health ads for Chamberlains Tablets claiming liver and stomach benefits at a quarter price, and Hollow Tile Block Silo pitches by HH Paine promoting fire and decay proof construction. It also lists Foley product offers and fluctuating Iowa market prices with hogs, eggs, and grains.
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Engbertson
Iowa
Third Liberty Loan set for April 6 as $3 billion issue
Washington announced the third Liberty loan will open April 6 for $3 billion with 4 percent maximum interest and full over subscription. Existing first loan bonds may be converted to the new issue, third loan bonds not convertible, with a sinking fund planned to support price parity and long term maturity likely 20 to 30 years.
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Washington
McAdoo
France
America
Congress
Miss Donovan Sells Ad Space to Aid Red Cross
Miss Anna Donovan publisher of the Palo Alto Tribune in Emmetsburg devised a fundraising page by dividing a newspaper into one inch single column sections. Businesses paid from $1.50 to $5.00 per inch, totaling $1,000 for the full page to be donated to the American Red Cross society.
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Anna Donovan
Palo Alto Tribune
Emmetsburg
Red Cross
Hoxie Becomes North McGregor Station Agent
Elias Hoxie of McGregor who retired two weeks ago after 53 years as conductor on the Milwaukee between McGregor and Mason City and Sanborn returns to railroading as station agent at North McGregor. He is 78 years old.
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Elias Hoxie
McGregor
Milwaukee Railway
Mason City
Sanborn
North McGregor
Iowa Road Question Drives Consistent Construction
Iowa earns praise for steady highway work with 15 million dollars spent annually. About 6,000 miles of road are being improved and extended this year, continuing the pattern of heavy infrastructure investment.
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Iowa
Weekly Weather and Health Notes With Local Ads
Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys see a cooler, near seasonal week with little precipitation. Pneumonia season warned as March dampness favors germs and colds should be treated promptly with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Ads from R A Engbertson and Foleys Honey and Tar endorse remedies and a local pharmacy.
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Mississippi
Missuri
Wero
Chamberlain
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
W. H. Thornton
10Th St
Little Rock
Ark
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