World War I widow recalls lost love in wartime tale
Elizabeth, widow of Arthur Kittredge, lives in Tulsa and drafts dinner plans while a memory surge pulls her back to 1918. The War Department telegram reveals Arthur is dead, triggering a flood of past pain from his letters, home life, and a dream of a shared future that time cannot erase.
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Elizabeth
Acon
France
Sprath
Dick @cing
Spratt
Joseph Shearing
Whybody
Kessler
Keaster
Arthur Kittredge
Arthur
API
Esailly
Min
War Department
Chateau-Thierry
Red Cross
B Magazine
Goa
Elgin State Bank Shows 1945 Yearly Condition Report
Statement of Condition for Elgin State Bank Iowa December 31 1945 lists resources including cash due from banks U S Government obligations other bonds and securities loans and discounts and overdrafts. Total deposits and capital accounts with specifics. Affirms sworn testimony by bank officers Ernest Schori Samuel Mosby and B J Baumgartner before Edna Hunsberger Fayette County official. Lightning observed nightly across Dutch East Indies sections.
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Elgin State Bank
Iowa
Elgin
Fayette County
U. S
State of Iowa
Rayette County
Ernest Sehori
Samuel Mosby
B. J. Baumgartner
Ernest Schori
Mosby
Edna Hunsberger
Berar
Max ‘Thoma
Fred C. Muehlethaler
G. J. Mosby
Iowa News Column Highlights Small Town Sagas
A mixed Iowa page recounts local quirks and mishaps from Marengo to Humeston. A 60 year old Christmas tree grows near the Gode home, Tub the cat befriends John Wanerus in Brighton, and thefts of Christmas lights intrigue Audubon. A Moravia straw slide kills stock, watermelons yield Christmas sweetness in Rembeck, and Danbury’s Angel Cake charity sends 91 cakes to servicemen. A seaplane lands near Humeston after mechanical trouble, Emmetsburg’s Turkey party ends with a prize for Harry Brown.
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Maurice Hime
Audubon
J. H. Hamann
Danbury
Tem
wera _ Turk
Turk
Emmetsburg
Harry L. Brown
Tuck
Bird in Brown's Yard Defies Turk's Court Notice
Fragmentary report notes a strutting bird in Brown's yard defying a Turkish neck—an unclear legal or social remark. The incomplete text hints at an old crime or consequence but lacks full context or names to confirm details.
New Year Visits Mark Grand Meadow Social Roundup
Local families and friends plus several visitors shared New Year gatherings across Grand Meadow. Dates show multiple households hosting dinners and calls from Ames, Iowa City, Rossville, and nearby towns, with a January fire at Richard Bigler’s home and several residents traveling back to their own homes after holidays.
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Willard Martin Land
Ole Reierson
Harry Helgerson
Ames
Lloyd Aanes
Keith
Caroline Erickson
Nickel Martie
Oscar Holden
Martie
Fern Buraas
Thelma Mark
Iowa City
Almer Amundson
Elmer Larson
Selmer Erickson
Peter Erickson
Rossville
Enoch Mark
Thelmi
Tom Olsen
Ames Olson
Carmen Swenson
Liocyd Aanes
Lyle Aanes
Alfred Buraas Hom
Alvin’ Halverson
Ronald, Wilma
Laverle Martin
Lake Bonneville and Its Vast Inland Sea Origins
The text discusses Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric inland sea named after explorer Captain Benjamin E. Bonneville. It stretched from near Kanarraville in western Utah northward over 840 miles, covering most of Utah and parts of Idaho and Nevada. Origin dated over 50,000 years ago, with widths up to 143 miles and depths exceeding 1,000 feet.
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Great Besin
Benjamin
Bonneville
Tye? Badin
Kanarraville
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Life of Buay Bee Pollination Powerhouse
A healthy bee colony gathers about 65 pounds of pollen annually. To collect one pound, bees visit over eight million flowers, totaling roughly 520 million flowers visited by bees from eight normal hives each year. They account for about 80 percent of all pollination.
Gift From Heaven Wheat Cultivation Across Ancient Civilizations
The text notes wheat as an ancient cultivated grain, revered as a gift from heaven by early Egyptians and Palestinians, forming a staple in prehistoric cave dwellers and being cultivated by the Chinese around 2700 B.C. This highlights wheat's long-standing role in food supply and agricultural history.
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Egypt
Patestine
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Spratt Heriong
Roseter
Aden
Tulsa
Eilabeth
The
Dutch East Indias
Henry Gode
Marengo
Gode
Tub
John Wanerus
Brighton
John
Owa
Caristmas
Martin Martinusen
Rembeck
Grand Meadow News
Elmey
Carrie
Thorson
Aimer Atundeon
Richard Bigler
Julla Landsgard
Henry Olsen
Clenmont
Moniby
Employers. Mutual Casualty Co
R. P. Strauch
Harry
Ing
Olere
Wheersi
Alconeli
Benes
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