Local Personal Notes and Short Notices Blast
Joe Tyler stationed at Camp Sevier S C promoted to corporal. Neil and Mrs Nutting head to Austin Minnesota for Milwaukee Railway jobs. Mr and Mrs O J King return from Winnebago Minn to manage land. T P McCague to Clarion as Wright county assistant engineer. District court adjourned to Nov 11 with trial jury to return then. Job ad for office boy at Ledger Office. Mrs Morelock severely burned by kerosene incident recovering. possible permanent injury feared. Ivester Church service schedule listed. Health ad for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. George A Starr. 45t4
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Longenecker
Joe Tyler
Camp Sevier
S. C
Neil Nutting
Austin
Minn
Milwaukee Railway Company
O. J. King
Winnebago
Local items include sales, rentals and visits
A miscellany of notices lists Mrs Minnie Mibrandt seeking at home washings, Reed and Lamprecht offering Duroc boars and a bull, Dr Purcell visiting cabinet on November 12, and A W Frazier selling a Ford touring car. Also mentions Misses Margaret Sprain and Clarissa Thompson returning to Cedar Rapids to business college, J D Reed of Iowan Falls visiting Eldora for jury duty, and Oliver Miller of Tacoma, Wash., mourning his wife. Shoe sale notes and a new stock of ladies fine shoes complete the page.
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Minnie Mibrandt
M. A. Bushman
Shaduick
Marshalltown
Reed & Lamprecht
Purcell
Moree
Fred
Charles Gifford
Liberty Park
L. E.syler
16Th Ave
A. W. Frazier
Margaret Sprain
Clarissa Thompson
Gindye Bushnell
Abbie Gilman
Cedar Rapids
Business
J. D. Reed
Iowan Falls
Eldora
Bible Advice from Father Neale and Washington Anecdotes
A historical reminiscence recalls Father Neale a Washington era evangelist who preached passionately without seeking money. He urged young preachers to memorize scripture and often cited Bible incidents, insisting on heart knowledge over concordances. An anecdote notes Washington’s habit of reading notes at the door and a remark on Napoleon battles.
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Washington
Ufe
Father Neale
Jordan
Elble
David
Absalom
Mount Vernon
Neale
Small Family In Service In Roseville New York
Four members of a Roseville family near Newark New York serve in the U S armed forces. Captain Edzon I Swall re enlisted after the war began. Brother Wilts B Small rose to chief inspector ordnance at Bethlehem Pa. Willis T Small Jr serves with Battery A East Opangs at Anniston Alabama. A namesake son left home without notice to enlist and is stationed in Syracuse New York.
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Roseville
Newark
N. Y
Stars and Stripes
Edzon I. Swall
Germany
Wilts B Small
Witel
Ordnance
Davy Department
Bethlehem
Willis T. Small
Anniston
Gia
East Opangs
Edsii I. Small
Willis Small
Syracuse
N.Y
Ham Meadow and the Klum Meadow in Dregden misdeal
A fragment notes Ham Meadow named after a field near Dregden bought with proceeds from a sale of a ham. A farmer allegedly sold a tourist a ham for 87 dollars and used the money to buy four five acre meadows. The piece cites editorials questioning usury and social satire from Berlin Journal and Prosaic Environment, with quirky remarks from Mr. Twobble and others in a confused, gossip-like note.
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Dregden
Berlin Journal
Deer Hunting Feats Recited From Missouri Pioneer Tales
Excerpt from Missourians of One Hundred Years Ago by Walter B. Stevens recounts Cole’s hunting exploits near Boonville and Pettis County, including five deer shot in a single morning, bear and elk trophies, lacking buffalo encounters, and daring early hunts. The narrative notes lauded skill and early frontier life.
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Cole
Central Missouri
Dias
Boonville
Pettis County
Prairie Lick
Walter B. Stevens
Testament Saves French Soldier in World War I Miracle
An American Sunday school boy’s nickel funded a Bible sent to Europe through World Day Sunday School Association and allied groups. Eugene Dufall, a French soldier, credited the Testament with saving his life when a bullet struck his chest near Alsace in January 1917 during fighting near Schonhodtz wood.
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Europe
Eugene Dufall
Oll
America
World's
Sunday School Association
Elbie
Dauphine
Elbie Society
Schonhodtz Wood
Altkirch
Alsace
Shieck
German Soldier Slang from WWI Trenches
A fragmentary report catalogues Allied and German trench slang for equipment and troops in World War I. Terms like Big Bertha, Stuttertante, and Tulip casques are noted alongside nicknames for machine guns, fighters, and support troops, reflecting vivid nickname culture.
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Bovhe
Bulletin Des Armens
Feunf
Boche India
Wy Franzway
United States Leads in Per Capita Food Consumption
The study compares monthly per person intake of wheat meat fat and sugar across the United States and European countries. It finds Americans eat more per person overall, with German sugar ration around one tenth of US levels and meat consumption about one fifth, while France and England show lower sugar use and varied diets.
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United States
France
Germany
United
England
Wanted Office Boy Learn the Biz at Ledger Office
Short classifieds note seeks an office boy who can work before and after school and is willing to learn the business with modest initial pay. Apply at the Ledger office. Also items on local notices about residents traveling, people moving, business college ads, shoe listings, and community events from Marshalltown and Ackley era.
Live Stock Exposition Prep Underway for 1918 Show
A large team of mechanics and laborers organizes extensive preparations for the 1918 International Live Stock Exposition. The management aims to ensure visitor and exhibitor comfort as decorative banners and emblems of allied nations are installed throughout the buildings and grounds ahead of opening on November 30.
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Hardin County National Bank
Hardin County Savings Bank
T. P. McCague
Clarion
McCague
Wright County
Fry
George Morelock
Ivester Church
D. W. Shock
Junior League
Christian Workers
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Geo. A. Starr
Oliver Miller
Tacoma
Wash
H. W. Fannan
Wat
G. Leslie & Co
Eldora, Towa
Mr. Twobble
Twobble
Jones
Stang
George Houghton
Marian
Waterloo
Laura Armstrong
S. Pr
Chafee
Alden
A. P. Gifford
Liscomb
Hill City
Central Town Business College
H. W. Fannon
Hollister
Miss Grove Brownell
Ames
Virgil
Herman Tietz
Graly Improvement Association
Ackley
Sth Nnnagl Institute
Security
Citizens
Cadillac Servicuaranteed
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