Letter From the Far Off Fatherland Amid War Echoes
A German family letter to Mrs. Gingerich in West Bend, written before Christmas, reports kin in Steinberg still safe, Henry wounded but knighted for his France battle, and a brother killed in Champagne. The writer notes famine avoided, steady harvests, and daily life resembling peace while praising God and urging steadfast faith amid global conflict.
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West Bend
Chris Gingerich
Steinberg
Germany
Earth
Father
Mother
Myself
Henry
France
Arras
Iron Cross
Frankfort
Russia
Ireland
England
Kingdom of
French Republic
Italy
Girl Is a Mother At Twelve in Keokuk Iowa
Mrs Carl Pappas of 1102 Johnson Street is believed to be the youngest mother in Keokuk a seven pound son born last night to Mr and Mrs Pappas The mother according to her parents is twelve years and two months old The attending physician reports both mother and child in satisfactory condition The child is said to be normal
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Keokuk
Iowa
Carl Pappas
Johnson Street
Mrrs. Pappas
Mysterious death of Minnesota county official found in river
The body of County Auditor John Kelly, who vanished four weeks earlier between Luverne and Hardwick, Minnesota, was found in Rock River near the bridge. A search by 50 to 60 residents uncovered the body under ice, with a rifle nearby and a stopped watch at 2:55, leaving the fate attributed to exhaustion and freezing.
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Kelly
John Kelly
Luverne
Hardwick
Minnesota
Rock River
River Bridge
Mr. Kelly
Iowa
Leonard Fitzgerald
Mr. Fitzgerald
Rock Island Tracks
Weicks
R. H. Troscin
Leonard
Troscia
Laverne
Hawkinson
My. Anderson
Trescia’s
Has Valuable Invention From Estherville Attracts War Dept Interest
Washington reports a recent special on J. C. Downs of Estherville whose inventions may impact warfare. Downs demonstrates a spring driven revolving barrel concept to replace rifling and a synchronized chain shot system using electricity to coordinate projectiles. Geo Groves backs the proposal and Representative Woods secured attention with officials for upcoming tests, despite skepticism.
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Washington
J. C. Down’s
Estherville
Geo. Groves
Down
Iowa
War Department
J. C. Downs
Woods
Downs
Man seeks fifty thousand in land deal suit
A Kossuth county man sues for damages claiming a Chicago property traded for 628 acres in Kossuth was misrepresented as worth eighty thousand dollars but appraised at thirty six thousand. He seeks fifty thousand in damages. Iowa Falls vies for a new Baptist college with Des Moines Marshalltown Carroll and Waterloo also bidding. The state board bought 141 acres near Rock Rapids to run a quarry for a prison industry supplying crushed rock for highway work.
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Kossuth County
Chicago
Iowa Falls
New Baptist College
Iowa
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Carroll
Waterloo
Railroads buy land for gravel and granite use
Officials of the Chicago North Western Railway settled damages with Mrs. Waite over her husband’s death in a Dunlap accident. The derailment claim reached $10,000, but the company offered $6,300 and later $6,800, which she accepted to avoid court. Waite carried a $1,000 life policy with the Modern Woodmen of America payable to his father.
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Chicago Northwestern Ralway Company
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German Empire
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Sioux Falls
Agellan
Charley Jensen Graettinger
T. D. Collins
Sherwin-Williams
Graettinger
Barrett
Frank C. Weir
M. O. Grodland
John O. Jertson
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