21 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
1
A cryptic line appears to reference a 1920 to 1919 era event involving a secretary and a treasurer. The fragment hints at fiscal or administrative tensions, with names and dates obscured. Further readable context remains insufficient for a complete summary.
Local items note sickness list including Lewis Harrison, visits by Chas Lentz of Dillon to LeGrand, and various household visits. For Sale advertisements feature Rosecomb Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn cockerels priced at $1 each. Notices urge settlement of accounts by June 1 and report hospital recoveries and improving condition of Mrs. Josie Richards. Red Cross campaign and community news, plus hometown notes on travel, visitors, and oil prospects in Agra, Oklahoma.
The American Red Cross ships 300 tons daily to Paris, builds a 100000 ton emergency warehouse, and has supplied 4500000 meals and hundreds of artificial limbs for French soldiers. In November the central division including Illinois to Nebraska sent 600000 surgical dressings and 335000 hospital linens, yet calls for more members.
Christmas program to be given at the church on Monday evening December 24 features solos and recitations by students under Rev J W Piper with selections including Christmas Jubilee and Sweet Thy Peace. Participants include Sclwal Carl Bowen Cara Strum Chloris Richards and Five Girls presenting exercises and a Christmas Offering.
A crowded Christmas program lists numerous recitations by students from Vernon Leeteh to Irena Hibbs, with items such as No Room for a King, Like Me, and A Riddle. The program includes several exercises, songs by various class groups, and an address to be given at Friends Church on December 24 by Pastor To Be Given, with multiple classrooms and six to eight named participants.
Mr and Mrs Ray Duncan mourn the loss of their baby Robert who died at 10 15 p m Wednesday night from pneumonia He was born March 21 1916 at LeGrand and was not quite two years old There are four other children The funeral is set for 1 o clock Saturday at the Christian church with Rev I A Shalt in charge Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery
Emma A Rubenbauer of Dillon and Ferdinand L Rohde of Marshalltown Ia wed Wednesday evening Dec 12 at the German Lutheran church in Dillon. Rev H P Dahl officiated with a double ring ceremony and Mendelssohn wedding march by Anni Brucklacher. Bridesmaids and attendants wore blue and white, pink and white carnations, and carna tions. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home with a two course supper and favors of pink and white carnations. The couple will reside in Marshalltown after Jan 10.
An aging reader notes that reduced activity lowers food needs and the stomach may rebel at excess. At age 85 or 90 a light diet is common, but occasional overeating calls for Cham berlain's Tablets to aid digestion. The tablets do not contain pepsin and promote natural bowel movement. For sale by Sloan & Son.
The notice lists Rev J Ro Wancarr as pastor with Sunday School at 10 o clock led by J Rylander and a preaching service for Junior GG with Rett Bigelow as superintendent. A union prayer meeting is planned Wednesday evening at the Christian church. A second Christian Church invites worship with Rev Peartey TE Suter as pastor and Rev J W Piper as superintendent for 945 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. worship with sermon at 1 30 p.m. Young People’s etc. You are welcome.
Carlton Brethren Church notes Sunday services with Rev Freeman Aukrum. LeGrand Township reports a Red Cross sale amid heavy snow, drawing about 250 items and raising roughly $700, aided by Col Manship and Harry Brucklacher teams. Auctioneer faced lively bidding as townsfolk donated goods and dined.
Mrs P O Stuchell of Homer City Pennsylvania recounts giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to her sick son Kits last winter. She says it helped at once and quickly broke up his cold. The remedy has long been used and proven by thousands. It is pleasant and safe to take and sold by Sloan Son.
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