Nurse mutilated nurse story from wartime atrocity letter
Thuel Burnham reports a letter from Long Island describing a Red Cross nurse captured by Germans in the western front area. She is imprisoned in a dark dungeon chained to a wall, vermin covered, and driven to madness after three months. The account ends with threats and cries of killing a mad baby born to her.
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Vinton
Thuel Burnham
Long, Island
G. W. Burnham
Red Cross
Baltimore
Burnham
Western Front
Fox Attacks Farmer in Bellevue Area
Nick Blittgen, a farmer three miles south of Bellevue, fought off a red fox that leaped from a barn corner. He struck the fox with a gun, knocked it down, and stabbed it to death with a pocket knife after the animal bit his knee and tore his trousers.
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Nick Blittgen
Bellevue
Mr. Bluttgen
Tragedy at C N W Crossing Claims Farmer George Campbell
George Campbell a 61 year old farmer from Oxford Iowa was crushed beneath a train near the C N W crossing state street Algona while moving from Oxford to Lake Crystal Minn He reportedly stood by his house moving car when the train halted and, as it began again, he threw himself across the rail and was fatally run over his body severed an arm.
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George Campbell
State Street
Algona
Campbell
Oxford Iowa
Lake Crystal
Minn
Loan Knocker Arrested in Cedar Rapids
Joseph Jones, 39, a Rock Island blacksmith, was arrested in Cedar Rapids on a charge of making treasonable and disloyal utterances about the government and the Liberty loan. He was held to the grand jury in 2000 dollars bond after declaring to hell with the country and damn the Liberty loan when asked to buy a bond. The Rock Island shops have subscribed over 10 thousand dollars in bonds.
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Joseph Jones
Cedar Rapids
Liberty Loan
Rock Island
There's Still Money in Hogs Profit from McCray's Spring Pigs
Wayland hogman Joe D. McCray reports a thousand dollar profit from 105 high grade Duroc Jerseys farrowed after March 7. He sold seventy hogs at 19.00 per cwt and twenty five at 18.50, after feeding 912 bushels of corn and 40 sacks of tankage from May 23 to October 4, with total feed costs $1,983.96 and initial value of pigs $2,598.16. Profit nets to $1,193.36, or $1,073.38 after alfalfa pasture credit and rent adjustments.
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Joe D. McCray
Wayland
Towa State College
McCray
Aged Citizen Dies at Home in Monona
William H. Russell, about seventy, died of heart failure at his Monona residence last Thursday after stepping out for coal. His wife found him and called help, but he had already passed. He leaves a wife, three daughters, one son, and several grandchildren.
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William H. Russell
Monona
Mr. Russell
Robins Still Linger in October Harmony News
Despite snow and cold, robins refuse to migrate south staying on the laitheran parsonage grounds. Twelve birds appear cheerful as if it were June, hinting at a milder November for locals.
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Harmony News
Robins
Laitheran Parsonage
Three Golden Weddings In One Week At New Albin
In New Albin three golden weddings unfold in one week. John T. Robinson celebrates October 19, followed by C. H. Bellows and Hardy Jarvis pairings on October 24. All husbands are Civil War veterans, and the families have longtime ties to the town.
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New Albin
John T. Robinson
C. H. Bellows
Hardy Jarvis
Ossian Opens Real Bakery by Albert Fleching in Sobolik Building
Ossian gains a full city bakery with commercial equipment and a real baker, Albert Fleching of Decorah, operating in the F. A. Sobolik building near the Bee office. Indications point to profitability for the proprietor and convenience for the public.
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Ossian
Albert Fleching
Decorah
Flechtner
F. A. Sobolik
Bee
Child Swallows Pins In Storm Lake Guts Pin Mishap
An 18 month old boy in Storm Lake swallowed two linked pins half an inch long. After hours of pain his mother suspected the cause and doctors operated to remove the pins. The boy has a fighting chance to recover.
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Storm Lake
George Kraska
Local notes reveal losses and civic efforts across Iowa towns
Reports from Clear Lake to Storm Lake highlight weather loss, a discontinued Maud post office, and a fencing club at Fayette College. Alumni and students buy Liberty bonds, farms yield large produce values, and towns plan future agriculture and onion farming. An explosion at Cedar Rapids gas plant interrupted gas service for days.
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Clear Lake
Maud
Allamakee County
Fayette
Clem Ofton
Clayton County
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
August Albrecht
Waverly
A. G. Larson
Cedar Falls
Coe College
United States
State Teachers College
Naser
Fort Dodge
Moving Picture Theater
Elkader
Charles Monroe
Waucoma
Fayette County
Fort Madison
North McGregor
Milwaukee
13Th Regiment
France
Hazel Randall
West Union
Robert Liebner
McGregor
A. L. Dodd
Commercial Club
Charles City
Upper Town University
King Corn
Newell and Rembrandt
Storm Lake
A Year of Cheer Offers Two for One 1918 Subscriptions
The Youth's Companion announces 1918 subscription options including 12 group stories by Grace Richmond James Willard Schultz and C. A. Stephens. New subscribers can add McCall's Magazine for 25 cents, totaling 2.25 for 52 Companion issues 1918 1917 issues free and home calendar.
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Grace
Richmond
James Willard Schultz
C. A. Stephens
McCall’s
The
Youth's Companion
Companion
McCall’s Magazine
Youth’s Companion
Commonwealth Ave
Boston
Mass
Our Men in France Weekly War Review 1917
Secretary of War authorizes a weekly review of operations for the week ending October 20, 1917. Remarks praise American troops in France for health and acclimatization, note relative quiet on fronts, and anticipate continued Allied offensive with winter conditions looming. Discuss German actions in Riga and Baltic islands to bolster morale amid domestic political tensions.
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France
Flanders
Riga
Qesel
Finnish Gulf
Crsis
Free to Cancer Sufferers Book Promotes New Treatment
A new cancer book by Dr. O A Johnson claims a combined medical treatment is highly effective. The ad offers the book free on request and cites treatment success in patients treated early, inviting readers to write for a free copy.
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A. Johnson
Main St
Kansas City
Paving Strike Delays Fayette Work Resumes
Paving operations in Fayette were halted by a worker strike demanding higher pay. Work resumed after management promised full day wages for nine hours, easing the disruption.
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Fayette
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Proves Most Reliable
Mrs A C Kirstein of Greenville Texas notes Chamberlains Remedy has been used in her family for years as a quick cure for colds and bronchial troubles. She says it is the most reliable cough medicine they have used and recommends it. For sale by R A.
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Chamberlain
A. C. Kirstein
Greenville
R.A
Skim Milk as Human Food Highlighted by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department urges preserving skim milk for human use rather than feeding all of it to stock. Substituting grain, green feed, buttermilk, and whey frees skim milk for beverages, cooking, condensing, or cottage cheese. Cottage cheese yields more protein and energy per pound than ham or bacon.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Leave your orders for piano tuning and repair
A brief classified note from Desorah Music Shop advertises piano tuning and repair services with all work guaranteed. The entry includes a humorous exchange and a signature line, 42 tf JOHN R. THORSON.
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Desorah Music Shop
John R. Thorson
Filey Cathartic Tablet Promises Prompt Relief
Advertisement notes a Filey Cathartic Tablet for biliousness languor headaches sour stomach coated tongue and bowel issues. It claims gentle thorough cleansing without after effects and mentions Eng bertson's Pharmacy Ady as the source.
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Engbertson
Ady
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