Oil swindle leads to ruin and a hoped reunion
Roberts loses five hundred dollars and twenty years of bad luck in a failed oil venture. Esther clings to memory of Warren Lee, the inventor who promised wealth and marriage. After abductions and a veiled scam, Griscom reveals a twist: Warren Lee’s success funds Esther’s future and Roberts’s bungalow dream, with a dramatic reuniting finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lingh Roberts
Griseam
Hugh Roberts
Warren Lee
Sim
Mou
Esther
Roberts
Lfe
Glenville
Nobells
Waurren Lee
Mr. Roberts
Influenza in Town and Local News Briefs
Four influenza cases reported this week outside the town. Mrs. EB Rogers returned from Gedar Rapids after visiting friends. Mr D A Reynolds left for Marshalltown for a diarical position in the TR office. Dr E C Kauffman and family visited his Waterloo brother-in-law McIntire. Clint Pyles sold his southwest town acreage to G O Pierce with stock and machinery included. Mrs Wallace Mason visiting Camp Pike Ark to see husband who is milk inspector there. Wayne Johnson ill with influenza in Moline and his mother left on the evening train. Union news notes Mrs L W Townson returned from Moline where son Wayne is ill with pneumonia of the eyes. Union began a victory celebration with a band concert, welcome address, songs, and a Kaiser effigy burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. F. Rogers
Thoraday
Gedar Rapids
D. DA Reynolds
Marshalltown
T.R
E. C. Kauffman
McIntire
Waterloo
Clint Pyles
G. O. Pierce
Wallace Mason
A. P. Mason
Camp Pike Ark
Mason
Camp Pike
L. W. Johnson
Wayne
Molina
Moline
Union
L. W. Townson
Eldora
Minerva and
Irene Mason
Margaret Mason
Berma Dillon
Margaret Buck
Burma Dillon
Aymer Davis
Kaiser
Army Camp Locations Listed National and Guard Camps
The article lists national and guard army camps with locations across the United States including Camp Custer Battle Creek Michigan Camp Devona Ayr Massachusetts Camp Dewey Illinois Camp Dix Wrightstown New Jersey Camp Dodge Dog Movias Town Camp Forrest Lytle Georgia Camp Funston Fort Riley Kansas Camp Gordon Atlanta Georgia Camp Grant Rockford Wisconsin Camp Greenleaf Chickamauga Park Georgia Camp Jackson Columbia South Carolina Camp Jesup Atlanta Georgia Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia Camp Lewis American Lake Washington Camp Meade Annapolis Junction Maryland Camp Pike Little Rock Arkansas Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio Camp Taylor Louisville Kentucky Camp Union Yapabank New York National guard camps shown as Camp Bowie Fort Worth Texas Camp Cody Deming New Mexico Camp Doniphan Fort Sill Oklahoma Camp Douglas Wisconsin Camp Fremont Palo Alto California Camp Greene Charlotte North Carolina Camp Hancock Augusta Georgia Camp Kearney Linda Vista California Camp Logan Houston Texas Camp McArthur Waco Texas Camp McClellan Anniston Alabama Camp Robinson Sparta Wisconsin Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi Camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama Camp Wadeworth Spartansburg South Carolina Camp Wheeler Macon Georgia Other camps Camp Forrest and Camp Greeniouf Chattanooga Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Army
Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Devona
Ayr
Mass
Dewey
Mlinois
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Bowie
Pt. Worth
Tex
Cody
Deming
N. M
Doniphan
Ft. Sill
Okla
Douglas
Wisconsin
Fremont
Palo Alto
Cal
Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Hancock
Augusta
Kearney
Linda Vista
Logan
Houston
McArthur
Waco
McClellan
Annisto
Dear Folks at Home from Greer Field Letters 1918
A wartime letter from Sgt Hal F P Greer Co F 818 Engrs America France Sept 20 1918 describes mail delays in France and living conditions in camp He notes long fatigue duties and guard routines recalls buying fruit and eggs at high prices laments bad roads in Iowa compared with France praises road building ideas and predicts continual movement of troops He mentions capturing German guns and prisoners and expresses optimism about victory and his absence of happiness only briefly noted by a friend Shorty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ilso
Paris
Chicago’ Tribune
Iowa
Tom
Beaucamp
Uncle Sam
Twilc
Local WWI Soldiers and Red Cross Efforts Highlight Community
The community lists Alden and vicinity as home to thirty-seven soldiers in overseas service, with Miss Clara Urmson serving with the overseas Red Cross. Victor Miller sends vivid letters from abroad, describing grain threshing, evolving farm work, and wooden shoe customs in France and England. Local Red Cross workrooms organized parcel packing for soldiers, detailing address labels, postage, and a November 16 mailing deadline, with community members aiding in services and funerals in Mason City, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Roker
George
Alden and Vicinity
Overseas Red Cross
Clara Urmson
Victor Miller
France
Will
England
Inbali
Red Cross
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Weatera Newspaper Union
Ian
Rob
Cherult
Ayene
Hoberte
Dick Essen
Chum
Troberts
Essen
Das
Siugh Roberts
Samuel Griscom
Glensyile
Griscom
Roberts River
Warren Les
Henry B. Pierce
Mesina
Italy
Naples
Miesina
Algeria
Morocco
Orient
The
Citizens Savings Bank
W. H. Brown
Elmer Ostheimer
Clear Lake
Towa
Brest
Vosges Mountains
Father
Hal FP
Greer, Co
Joon
Albert Snapp
Tay
Thay
City
the Supreme Pro
Kuppenheimer
America
Concentrat
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