Hastings and Elmo Social Roundup of Visits and News
Ora Hutchings visited Hastings on Sunday. Coral Peterson returned home after visiting Elmo. Ralph Chopin reported to Ida county for service. Ob Mills leaves for duty Wednesday. Elvin Ord and Floyd Frink traveled to Oakland on business. Ralph Miller visited Hastings. A stork brought a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Kelley. Etta Frink visited Silver City with friends. Elim Ord and daughter Marjorie and William Ord went to Shenandoah. Mr and Mrs Frink drove to Silver City. Mr and Mrs Caven and son Ralph went to Clarinda. Mrs Mitchell and Fern spent Sunday with Gladys. Evangeline Crawford visited Doris Priest. Gustin caused a minor accident on Main Street, none seriously hurt. Mrs Lawrence Moore has been on the sick list. Lenon Crouse and Cletus wed last week and live with the bride’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Hutchings
Hastings
Coral Peterson
Elmo
Ralph Chopin
Ida County
Ob. Mills
Elvin Ord
Floyd Frink
Oakland
Ralph Miller
Frank Kelley
Etta Frink
Silver City
Elim Ord
Marjorie
William Ord
Shenandoah
Frink
Caven
Ralph
Clarinda
Mitchell
Fern
Gladys
Evangeline Crawford
Doris Priest
Gustin
Main Street
Rockefellow
Lawrence Moore
Lenon Crouse
Mr. Cletus
Food Administration Plans Wheat Price Increase in Iowa
The Food Administration deems a wheat price rise for Iowa farmers to align with rising freight costs, with an official announcement due around July 1. Labor needs for harvest and threshing should be coordinated through A L Barkman in Kansas City, with list pledges urged from threshers and counties. Government certificates will be issued to registered threshers statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOO Administration
Iowa
Farmer's
United States Food Administration
A. L. Barkman
United States Employment Service
Grand Ave
Kansas City
Department of Labor
Burlington
Gunder Evangelistic Party Friends Hear From Darville Letter
Daleville Indiana June 21 1918 a Gunder evangelistic party member writes long letter to Joe from Darville with news of farm partnership trip to edge of town three cows two pigs many fowl garden crops and plans to travel July and return by holiday time mentions friends Bennett Younkers Strop Lee Hall and Mary Ethel Closson plus Fosters in Kansas City and pastors near Sterling El and Tom Jefferson preaching nearby asks about church and hopes to visit soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunder Evangelistic Party
Daleville
Ind
Joe
iGutder
Sterling
Gun‘der
Strop
Lee Hall
Fosters
Kansas City
Mary
Ethel Closson
Ethel
Clarence Fergnson
Pique
Ohio
Harry Smith
Elsméra
Del
Gunders
Tom Jefferson
Must Back the Government With All Our Strength
Public exhortation urges national unity in wartime, stressing the brutal enemy and the need to support the government. It calls for buying only essentials, purchasing War Savings Stamps, and saving to fund the war, pledging to follow President Wilson’s appeal by June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Potatoes Help Clean Clothes in Belgium Laundry Trick
In Belgium potatoes were more than food. When soap became unobtainable housewives faced a cleaning quandary. They found that soaking clothes in water used to boil peeled potatoes and rubbing as a lather made garments come out white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Coal Dealers Urged to Aid Fuel Administrator Garfield
Citizens urged to order coal immediately to ensure support for Fuel Administrator Garfield, railroads, and coal dealers in coordination for next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Railroads
Turkey’s Poor Face Winter Hunger and Food Ration Debate
Observers note that the poorer classes in Turkey are living on chestnuts and pumpkin seeds. In response, officials consider allowing a ration of cornmeal, oatmeal, and barley flour to ease shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Destiny on General Foch as world asks for salvation
Prominent observers ask whether General Foch embodies the Man of Destiny as the world awaits rescue, amid widespread hope and scrutiny of his leadership. The piece suggests fate may hinge on his actions, highlighting the era's expectation of decisive leadership.
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Destiny
General Foch
Local Notices From Pacific Junction and Nearby
Pacific Junction residents and neighbors trade visits with relatives in Missouri Iowa and Nebraska. travelers include Copeland and daughter visiting J A Scott family and Miss Ida Purcell at Lon Purcell home. Walter Larson returns from Cres ton Iowa. Rev J P Newell takes two week vacation. soldiers Glen Spidell and Charley De Ford noted. hospital transfer for Charley De Ford after automobile injury. merchants plan War Saving Stamp drive with John Olson directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copeland
Pender
Nebr
J. A. Scott
W. P. Haynie
Woodford
Ralph
St. Joseph
R. G. Shroyer
Jesse
Ida Purcell
Bellevue
Lon Purcell
W. W. Dawson
Betty
Omaha
T. H. Hillis
Marie Bogle
Council Bluffs
August Johnson
Wilson
Walter Larson
Creston
Iowa
Peter Larson
Dean Nippell
Antioch
Neb
Elva Hillis
Mabel Long
Hamburg
Floyd H. McLaughlin
Will Kuhl
Anna
Gertrude Flynn
Claud F
J. GC. Spidell
Coast Artillery
Fort Logan
Colorado
Clarence Russell
N. J. Russe
Waco
Texas
France
Core for Little Ailments and Wake-Up Shock Therapy
A reflective piece argues shock can temporarily heal mental and physical woes. It recalls a blind man revived after a 40 foot fall in San Rafael Cel and Aunt Ellen waking after a house fire. The tone satirizes sensational remedies and imagines a sanitarium using blunt force to jolt minds awake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
San Rafael
Cel
Ellen
Why did the orange ice cream cause a riddle to spill
In a playful exchange from Beatrice Kelston's All the Jonesexy Jelly presents a joke on orange ice cream seeing sausage roll and lemon sponge on the dumb waiter. Elfrida and Janet react while Peter muses on possible further absurdities. The scene centers on wordplay and a light banter about desserts and a dumb waiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfrida
Jelly
Walter
Janet
Peter
Beatrice Kelston
Understanding cerebro-spinal fluid in medical science
The Journal of the American Medical Association discusses Dr. W. D. Halliburton’s Royal Society of Medicine address. Cerebro-spinal fluid is described as an ideal physiological solution bathing the nervous system, produced by choroid plexuses, with selective permeability that blocks harmful proteins while allowing essential substances through.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
W. D. Halliburton
Royal Society of Medicine
Halliburton
Eighteen Years On Island Woman’s Desperate Escape
A mother aboard a mission vessel off St Nicholas Island left her baby ashore in a storm. Seventeen years later a search party found the woman still alive on Juan Fernandez’s opposite island, but she never found her child. She lived alone, then died after fleeing confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Selkirk
Juan Fernandez Island
Californian
Santa Barbara
St. Nicholas
When Dog Sought His Master
A dog travels many miles to find his master, racing toward dawn through farms and hills. His body shows strain yet he presses on, foam on his chest, tail lifting as he nears a city glow and the strange building where Tommy Earle is kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Earle
St. Marys Ditch Warrants Registered for Payment
St Marys ditch warrants numbers 55 to 75 inclusive will be paid at the county treasurer’s office. Interest to cease July 10 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mary’s Ditch
Notice of Auto Transport Charges and Schedule
Notice to the public states a charge of 75 cents one way or $1 for a round trip for transporting automobiles and teams starting July 1. Return trips allowed within three days. After 8:00 p.m. an extra charge applies. Other charges accordingly.
Strength and Women’s Admiration for Strong Lawbreakers
In London Ideas, the piece argues women admire strength over artistry, linking it to lawlessness and cave-woman instincts. It suggests women fetishize ruthless leaders like Napoleon, confusing strength with freedom when only the bound are truly free.
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Napoleon
London
Head of List Tale of Zeno the BankSaver
A Columbus Dispatch tale recalls an old man named Zeno who saved in a Southern town bank. After a collapse he watches deposits paid by alphabetical order, loses much but later opens another account as Aaron, not Zeno, to start anew.
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Columbus Dispatch
Zeno
Aaron
Only He Didn't Show It
Edward fights Stanley at school recess. The teacher scolds both, praising Stanley's remorse while lamenting Edwards hardness. Edward says his conscience aches when he wants to cry.
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Edward
Stanley
Lost and for sale notices from the Opinion page
Classified items include Lost cuff button with diamonds found at an office for reward, broken spectacles, a small camera left at the Opinion office, various rental and sale notices for a house, farm help wanted, hay by the bale, and a 1916 Maxwell automobile among other listings. It lists addresses and contact references like Jackson & Chamberlain and Morton Gregson Co. Nebraska City, and Glenwood.
Whooping cough remedy praised in Peru Indiana notice
Mrs P H Martin of Peru Indiana reports her two daughters recovered from whooping cough after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The testimonial notes the medicine worked like a charm. Sold by A J Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
P. H. Martin
Peru
Ind
A. J. Howe
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England
Canada
Woburn
Army
Navy
Food Administration
Mormon Church
Mormon
Utah
Arizona
The
the Food Administration
Pacific Junction
Robinson Crusoe
Professional Directory
R. H. Giltner
Goodrich
Justice OF the Peace Office
G. H. Zimmer
Hamilton & Matthews
William Lugsch
Glenwood
Hensley
Robinson
Tribune
F. M. Shriver
J. B. Winkler
Ralph B. Townsend
Jas
A. Swops
L. B. Bacon
W. E. Benson
State Bank
T. G. Byers
Mills County
Glenwood, Iowa
Eagle Laundry ‘of
McKnight & Evans
W. H. R. Lyon
W. E. Lewis
Tom Harlan
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Jackson & Chamberlain
Missouri Valley
W. Davis
Malvern, Iowa
Morton Gregson Co
Nebraska City
Otis
Maxwell Automobile
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