France Letters From Harry Kneeland At War Front
Excerpts from letters describe life in France with W P Wortman, noting old churches, chateaus, and peasant life. Kneeland recounts front travel, packing in a box car, advancements, and morale as shells, balloons, and gas threats loom. He observes roads, hedges, cattle herds, railway expansion, and hopes for a decisive Allied finish.
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Bordeaux
Germany
France
U. S
Chateau Theirry
Briggs and Himebaugh Safe After World War I Letter
Postmaster Boston received a letter from Sergeant W D Briggs stating he was wounded but alive after being reported killed. The message confirms Briggs’s chest wound on September 12 and his recovery. The piece also notes Fred Himebaugh was reported missing July 18 but later found recovering in hospital. It ends by urging timely cash subscriptions for the Fourth Liberty Loan and bond settlement.
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Sue
Seth
Carlson
France
Saurday
W. P. Wortman
Rip van Winkle
Comte de’ Avoins
Charles
Pike's Peak
Sone
Camp Dee
Cloga
Malvern
W. D. Briggs
Fred Himebaugh
Boston
Gol
168Th Inf
H. E
Himebaugh
Washington
Fred
Liberty
Quilt knitted for Unit K in France by Malvern students
Malvern Schools pupils spent weeks knitting blocks for a quilt and assembling them for Unit K in France. The quilt along with socks and sweaters was finished last week and sent with future knitted goods. The Unit, connected to IX hospital, will receive the items in a forthcoming box.
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Malvern
Counsil Blutts
France
IX Hospital
Salvage drive seeks platinum and tin for government needs
The Red Cross calls for scrap metals including platinum and tin foil and collapsible tubes to ease a critical shortage. Government demands 6000 tons of tin alone, with pure tin foil valued at 1600 per ton and platinum worth 31068 per ounce. Items can be dropped at Malvern Red Cross rooms during open hours. bring in metals, especially platinum and tin.
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Red Cross
Malvern
Death Angel Claims Three In Malvern Community
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Miss Rebecca A. Whalen and Mrs. Weltha Nora Bateman in Malvern in October 1918 and the passing of Mrs. Julia Almira Garman at Nora Springs. Whalen, a teacher and Red Cross worker, died after influenza and pneumonia. Bateman, wife of Charles H. Bateman, left six children. Garman, longtime Malvern hotel figure, died after paralysis.
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Reba Whalen
Charles Bateman
Julia Garman
Rebecca Whalen
Reba
Miss Whalen
Mills County
M. A. Gable
Methodist Church
Malvern
Rebecca A. Whalen
Springfield
Ohio
Chicago
Rheda
W W. DeHart
Emerson
Iowa
C. Kayton
Charles H. Bateman
Bateman
Randolph
Weltha Nora Bateman
Fremont County
P. M. Johnson
Gertrude E. Cauiaude
Jesse Ray
Henry Glen
Harry Len
Tabor
M. Inman
Red Oak
Joe Bateman
James Auchinbach
Shenandoah
Violet Needam
Ida
Roy
Teff
Camp Pike
Julia A Garman
Nora Springs
Dickman
R. Bruce West
Presbyterian Church
C. E. Porter
C. W. Black
J. D. Paddock
John Suits
J. A. McCurdy
Ll. A. Talbott
W. A. Caldwell
H. F P. Park
W. P. Wortman
N. D. Smith
J. 0. Laird
Benjamin Garman
Brecksville
Bessie Garman Dickman
Suryey
Mills County Court Rules Democratic Nominees Invalid
A Mills County Iowa tribunal ruled that Democratic candidates for county offices including auditor clerk treasurer sheriff recorder attorney coroner could not appear on the November ballot. It found none filed proper affidavits or met the legal vote threshold before the June Primary, leaving no valid party candidates for those offices.
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Republican Central
Democratic
Republican County Central Committee
Mills County
Iowa
Democratic County
Democratic County Central Committed
Towa
R. Graham
C. W. Baxter
Albert Croon
B. F. Bellwood
Verda Wheeler
D. B. Whitfield
Edgar Christy
Glenwood
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Poe
Erry . Kneeland
Harry Kneeland
Claes
Uinleas
Briggs and Himebaugh
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Strahan
Bheba
Simpson College
Luty
Ife
Baltimore
Maryland
Rheba
Earth
Julia A. Garman
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