Local News Notes From Keota and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Millie Jones and her young son recover from pneumonia while her mother Mrs. Sease also lies ill. Elmer Yeager of Grover tends Keota telephone switchboard. Families travel between Loveland, Keota, Eaton, and Greeley for visits, work, and sales. Obituaries mark the deaths of Mrs. L. F. Sides and Mrs. Shimp due to influenza. plantations, schools, and a new barn project appear amid daily life notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Jones
Sease
Elmer Yeager
Grover
Keota
A. H. Currie
G. V. Currie
Greeley
Eaton
George Jobbins
Grace Bradford
Carl Haworth
Willis
Carl
M. L. Haworth
Mary
C. M. Robb
Gladys
Sterling
Miss Robb
In Flanders Fields Poem and Reply by McCrae and Galbreath
The poem In Flanders Fields by Lieut. Col. John McCrae is praised as the war’s greatest verse. It notes his death at Boulogne France January 28 1913 and the Ohio State Librarian C B Galbreath’s reply inspired by Maj. Donald Guthrie at a Columbus meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders Fields
Col
John McCrae
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Col. McCrae
Boulonge
France
McCrae
C B. Galbreath
Columbus
Ohio
McUrae
Donald Gutherie
A Good Crop in a Dry Year at Keota
Keota reports top yields from Henry Kouman six miles west of town. He harvested 170 bushels of beans from 30 acres, 464 bushels of barley from 10 acres, and 720 bushels of hog millet from 30 acres. Millet grew on last year’s bean ground. barley on summer tilled soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Henry Kouman
News of Keota Soldiers in World War I
Keota residents share updates on local servicemen overseas and at home. Harry Owens, wounded in France, writes from a hospital he expects to be sent home soon. Porter McDonald, Denver recruit, trains at Rockwell Field with good provisions. Alva Vecas returns from duty via hospital with influenza battle. Greene recovers from influenza and anticipates homeward movement. Gift coupons for soldiers’ Christmas parcels available. mailing window extended to November 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Red Cross
John Owens
Harry Owens
Porter McDonald
Keota
Denver
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Calif
J. H. McDonald
Alva Vecas
Harry E. Greene
Influenza Situation shows little change in Keota area
Local influenza reports show minimal change with several cases listed. Henry Shemp is very low with pneumonia, while other patients including Mrs. Dodder and her family and Tyler children show improvement or ongoing illness. Mrs. Van Hoosen remains worse, with her children Ellen and Charles ill, and Mildred Robinson sick at a Bow man residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shemp
E. Dodder
C. O. Dodder
Margie
Effie
Clarence
van Hoosen
Ellen
Charles
Tyler
Norma
Bobby
Aline
Mildred Robinson
R. A. Bowman
George Jobbins
Bernice Long
Cleveland Hayes
Sadie Byrne
D. E. Byrne
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W. B. Russell
Loveland
Frank Trumbo
G. E. Washburn
William Barnes
Barnes
Washburn
Fred Guenther
LaCrosse
D. A. Cameron
Minneapolis, Minn
Ira S. Griffin
Frank Bowers
David Shimp
Volta Byrne
Alliance
Nebr
L. A. Knipp
Peter Haakeman
Milton Krum
Underwood
L. A. Jackson
Hell
DORT
Markley
Markley Keota
Colo
Schoonover & Son
Hannah Flagler
Dodder
Arthur Robinson
Harold E. Bowers
Wayne A. Robinson
Uncle Sam
Fortner
Sterling, Colo
Ford
Willard
Ray Gotfredson
Buckingham
Colo.nel
John Fahrenbruch
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