Merchants urged to use newspaper ads to boost Emmetsburg trade
Editor Branagan warns Emmetsburg merchants that neglecting advertising hurts local trade. He cites Fenton Ringsted and Whittemore drawing business away through active newspaper promotion, while Algona draws Fenton trade thanks to generous ad spending. Local farmers spend far more on advertising than some merchants. Fenton Reporter.
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Branagan
Emmetsburg
Fenton
Ringsted
Whittemore
Algona
Musical Honors Near Brest Impress Village Schoolchildren
The President's son and entourage stopped at a village near Brest where local schoolchildren, taught by visiting guests, responded with a lively tribute. A lyric line and performance left an impression as the party continued their journey.
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Son
Brest
Caisson
National Prosperity Meeting Narrowly Survives
Fragmentary OCR notes show a tense gathering about economic growth with references to unity, policy aims, and civic resilience. Key figures or groups are not clearly legible, but the context hints at a national audience discussing prosperity strategies amid uncertain times.
Character and thrift: keys to national credit and victory
The text urges saving, honesty, and self control as foundations of personal and national credit. It frames wartime thrift as essential for paying debts and honoring obligations, notes soldiers in France and home front duties, and describes government spending ahead of the Fifth Liberty Loan to sustain postwar needs. It calls for continued virtue to support returning troops and finish the victory effort.
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Desroys
United States
Army
Navy
France
War News In Europe Darkens as German Push Expands
Berlin reports German troops pressing from Ostend to the North Sea and reaching the western coast near Dun Kirk. French and British forces are said to be cut off on all sides, especially around Ypres, as the conflict expands across Belgium.
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Berlin
Ostend
Dunkirk
Belgium
Ypres
German Drive Pushes West Along Belgian Coast
London reports on October 17 1914 that German forces have advanced along the Belgian coast with Ostend as a major point and threaten Dunkirk and Calais The race to halt the German push in Western Belgium or France looms as a decisive battle. Paris notes French troops move from Ostend toward Menin Laventie and Hille as the front shifts and liberations edge closer.
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London
Antwerp
Belgium
Ostend
North Sea
France
Dunkirk
Calais
Strait of Dover
Paris
Sd Ru Ning
Menin
Eftwig Sppotts
Laventie
Hille
Bordeaux
Fifth Liberty Loan urged for average families amid income tax relief
The piece argues that most American families earning up to $2,000 yearly face little income tax yet receive four fifths of national income. It urges moderate earners to budget to buy Fifth Liberty bonds, calling it a patriotic duty and a superior return to bank rates. It warns that large issues may come later and advocates starting now.
Newspapers backed war effort with free service and now seeks compensation
Across the country newspapers donated space and labor to support the war and government welfare programs, with records showing hundreds of dollars in free service per publication. Now, postwar, officials seek paid space, prompting questions as Iowa agencies, merchants, and telegraph and telephone managers press for compensation for press and public notices.
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Feecaeu Ney Topes Vn
Iowa
Food Administration
Deemshaw
Western Union Telegraph Co
Oke
Algona
U. S
Bell
Western Union
War time chain letters spark public debate and seed news
The Algona Advance reports on a mass chain letter controversy urging free publication space and postal subsidy during wartime. It cites farmers and publishers, notes postwar cash demands, and urges ending the chain while highlighting Iowa seed corn preparation and a statewide seed campaign with records on census takers and acres sown.
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Iowa
Great Theft in Missouri Post Office Reveals Shortage
A Missouri postmaster, A Wilks, is reported missing with a government shortfall of 28 200 dollars. A post office inspector suspects long-term skulduggery as the office apparently lacked close inspections, allowing the theft to go on undetected for years.
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A. Wilks
Joe Careens
Missouri
Emneigourg
A Soldier's Vision y Pvt Chas 8 Stout Co FE 818th
Poem by Pvt Charles Stout dedicated to his wife describes a soldier’s longing. He recalls a girl waiting across the sea, writes of hardship, battle losses, and the vow to return true and fearless for love and country. The piece reflects wartime sacrifice and personal resolve amid night dangers.
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Chas
Stout, Co
St. Des Moines
Questionable Life Catalog in a Prairie Silo Tale
A fragmented piece contrasts farm practice with silo evolution and a poetic quatrain by W. FE Nesom on a life reviewed by a questionnaire. The prose touches on barn architecture, storage methods, and the ironies of modern farming while weaving in a reflective poem about personal history.
In Flanders fields Poem and stray lines amid text
A fragmentary text presents McCrae's war poem lines about Flanders fields and poppies with stray phrases about birthstones and a brickbat. The legible portions reference war imagery and a torch passed to future guardians, intermingled with non sequiturs.
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Charley Jensen
Wm. Matters
UNC McRcenunh
UIY
Red Cross
Creastry
M. E
J. H. Gammon
Dan
E. Arnette
I. S. George
G. C. Coolidge
P. J. Paulsen
Spear and Shaver
Clara Thompson
Robbins and Moravia
Ge Bee Ag
Margaret Nefsted
C. C. Rucker
D. G. Rucker
Dune Mesdames O. D
F. W. Barrett
Vangie Reeves
Chas. Erickson
O. J. Overholt
Oo. R. Gardner
J. A Fleming
FE. A. Baumgartner
Iowa State College
State Council 29 of Defense
Rhonalt
Ringsted Dispatch
The
Cuba
England
Canning’ Factory
Silos
America
Illinois
Howard Team
Vve
Gadzooks
W. FE. Nesom
Winnipeyr Telegram
John McCrae
Montreal
Canada
Manders Fields
Flanders Fields
Baltimore
Hession
M.D. I
Eves
Graettinger
Ben F. Rleves
Saset
M. J. Riedy
Grarttinger
L, JL. Lindsey
D. V
Gammon Lumber Yard
PLJ. Paulsen
Mmbalmer
T. Naa
Javalry
M. D. Grodland
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