Local Women Form Red Cross Club in Sand Spring
A group of Sand Spring area women organized a Red Cross fundraising club at Mrs. F J Bohiken home on Thursday. A May 9 meeting will be hosted by Mrs. H S Pierce. Several town residents and Marion officials visited the local station agent, and community notices reflect wartime activities and local travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Bohiken
Red Cross
H. S. Pierce
Marshall
Drury
McGuire
Hopkinton
W. P. Bryan
Belfreda Sheer
Prairieburg
Eva
Louise Warner
W. H. Ensign
Margaret Greer
John L. Batchelder
Langworthy
Fair Ground
Winter
Harth
Sylvia
Pan
Earth
Scotch Grove Community News and Local Activities
Scotch Grove reports a Home Guards unit of about 40 members with officers elected and drilling to start. Henry Carson is captain with R P Clark and Harry Johnson as lieutenants. Red Cross meetings shift to Mrs. G Hughes. Local visits include Miss Vena Gearhart and Mrs. Calahan, with several residents listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Home Guards
Henry Carson
R. P. Clark
Harry Johnson
Center Junction
Red Cross
W. B. Warner
G. J. Hughes
Ferguson
Capt. O’brien
Presbyterian Church
Vena Gearhart
Hopkinton
E. L. Himebaugh
Frank Hovey
Anamosa
F. W. Royden
Frank
Cedar Rapids
John Lange, Jr
Wyoming
John Calahan
Monticello
Leela Johnson
D. A. Park
Clinton
Mary Balster
Prairieburg Social News and Local Updates
Prof H T Crawford spent weekend with sister and will work in Monticello greenhouse Saturdays this season. Castle Grove youths staged a home talent play at Kula hall despite stormy attendance. Gladys Wyjack turned seven with a birthday party Sunday afternoon. John McAreevy ends rural carrier duty for camp. Lucile and Austin Bowman visited grandparents in Anamosa. Mr Mrs George Wilkinson of Iowa City visit son L J Wilkinson. Glenn Richards recovering from pneumonia. Luther Rogers from near Central City visits his mother. Mrs E L Rogers improving after illness. Milton Prouty and wife arrive Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Crawford
Monticello
Castle Grove
Kula Hall
Gladys Wyjack
John McAreevy
Lucile
Austin Bowman
Anamosa
George Wilkinson
Iowa City
L. J. Wilkinson
Glenn Richards
Luther Rogers
Central City
E. L. Rogers
Milton Prouty
Burg
Cascade Pioneer Items Summary of Local Happenings
J A Dolphin sold a 600 pound hog for 101 dollars to aid purchase of a Liberty bond drawing 4 percent. Potatoes slump with some farmers offering as low as fifty cents per bushel. Constance Hayes, nurse in Red Cross, ordered to New York on the 24th prior to sailing to France. T H McQuillen moved from Hotel Faber to Iowa City hospital with son Dr C W McQuillen aiding. Thomas Kingsley Jr receives sergeant commission in the 6th Field Artillery in France and has been there since July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Dolphin
Jim
Constance Hayes
J. A. Hayes
Dubuque
H. L. Dehner
Red Cross
Massachusetts
New York
France
T. H. McQuillen
Hotel Faber
Iowa City
C. W. McQuillen
Davenport Democrat
Thomas Kingsley, Jr
Thomas Kingsley
6Th Field Artillery
Paris
Moyle Named Maquoketa Schools Superintendent
B S Moyle elected superintendent of Maquoketa schools at 1700 dollars a year. Former Anamosa high school principal and recent LaPorte City schools superintendent. Ray Mills of the army engineers assigned to a military school in France. purpose not divulged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. S. Moyle
Maquoketa
Moyle
Anamosa
LaPorte
Ray Mills
Army Engineers
West Front
France
County Essay Winners Highlight State Fair Trip
John Cass of Monmouth wins first in the county essay contest with a state fair trip as prize. Paul Kehoe of Monticello takes second. alternates may attend if Cass cannot. Coal conservation prize winners listed for grade and rural schools. Teachers praised for encouraging thrift stamps and persistent government support shaping pupil effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hayden
John Cass
Monmouth
Paul Kehoe
Monticello
Cass
Earl Rion
Anamosa
Herrick Truax
Olin
Esther Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Katie Hughes
Anna Hanken
Slacker Protest Afire in Dyersville Dares Draft Evasion
In Dyersville four men said to have deferred draft status were mocked with effigies hung on a bridge. A Sunday parade and a motor dray with draftees led to effigy burning in front of a business woman’s office. Yellowed windows and daubed residences followed, and Red Cross fund raising topped $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dyersville
Red Cross
Meredith to join American commission to Europe mission
The article notes KE C Meredith will be part of an American delegation traveling to Europe to undertake a mission akin to the English and French commissions that visited America last year. It questions the extent of Meredith's international stature and whether his senatorial or gubernatorial campaigns prepared him for the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Hureka
KE. C. Meredith
Europe
America
Meredith
Jones County Pig Club offers big state prizes
Jones County Farm Bureau urges youths to join the Jones County Pig Club with a $550 state prize fund and prizes in over twenty classes. More than twelve local youth winners will join the county livestock and grain judging team, encouraging farm stay and home work. The notice pushes enrollment and says destroy barberry to curb rust fungi affecting wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
Jones County Pig Club
Women lectures by Ames agent on war time home work
Miss Knowle S Knowles state home demonstration agent leads talks on women in war time and home demonstration work. She will visit Anamosa Oxford Junction Wyoming Monticello Olin Center Junction Martelle Onslow from April 29 to May 4 with free admission and invites all ladies to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowle S. Knowles
Domestic Science Department
Ames
Miss Knowles
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
Monticello
Olin
Potatoes urged for national war effort and farmer support
A Washington telegram calls for marketing thirty million bushels of potatoes by mid June to prevent farmer losses and boost consumption at home. It says households should buy potatoes to aid farmers, free wheat for exports, and deter the Kaiser by increasing seed potato purchases for a large planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treat Potatoes Before Planting With Formalin Soak
Advice to prevent sickness in seed potatoes by a formalin solution. Mix one pint of formalin with thirty gallons of water and soak seed potatoes for two hours before cutting, then dry before planting.
Barberry Warns as Kaiser Ally Spreads Plant Rust
A local notice labels barberry bushes as Kaiser allies to halt spread of wheat rust. It cites 1916 losses of at least 5 million dollars in Iowa and 110 million overall in wheat regions, urging removal from lawns parks and hedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Denmark
Kaiser-ally
Iowa
Rape Pasture Techniques For Hog Pastures And Claims
Rape pasture can support 15 to 30 pigs per acre from mid June to fall, aiding thrift and early market. it grows best on rich, moist soils, with Dwarf Essex as preferred seed. Seeding rates vary from four to seven pounds per acre, with oats or grain rotation enhancing yields. Pasture readiness should reach eight to ten inches before grazing. supplementing with corn and a protein source boosts gains when grain is scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beresford
E. L. Quaife
Japan
Red Cross Notes Highlight Local Efforts and Funds
St Johns Lutheran Church forms a new Red Cross branch led by Rev W H L Schuetz. Junior Red Cross organized in Castle Grove districts 5 and 6 achieving 100 percent membership. Reports detail War Savings stamps and Liberty Loan gifts totaling 355.25 with many community pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sand Hill
W. H. L. Schuetz
Red Cross
C. E. Fothergill
Jones County
Amanda Hosford
Monticello
Henrietta Sutherland
United States
American Red Cross
Dubuque
Iowa
France
March
Post Office
Canada
War Council of the
Canadian Red Cross
Webb
Panora Vedette On Love Your Enemies Then And Now
The note in Panora Vedette references the saying love your enemies and contrasts its origin with the era of the katser, suggesting the maxim predates and transcends later rulers.
New Library Books And Campaigns In Public Service
A catalog style list highlights new library acquisitions and literary works including Universal Training For Citizenship and Public Service and Letters of Mark Twain. Other noted titles span children’s. adventure. mystery. travel. and nature themes, alongside cooking and fairy tale collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Green Mirror
Skinner
Jean
Our Square
Mark Twain
Tom Slade
General Boone
Flanders
Why Eat Wheat Why Not Portlands Oregonian
The article questions wheat in diet noting millions rely on rice. It warns that prolonged war could lead to widespread “Hcover ized” meals and disappearance of staple standbys, signaling looming dietary changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregonian
Weekly film lineup features Shirley Mason and Mae Marsh
The schedule lists Shirley Mason in Law of the North on Tuesday April 80th with a five part Edison edition. May 1st features Vengeance and The Woman and Two Crooks from Triangle Keystone. Mae Marsh stars in Sunshine Alley on May 2nd with special music. Fox Kiddies Babes in the Woods on May 8th. Olive Thomas in Broadway Arizona on May 4th with His Saying Grace. Matinee at 8:00 and jazz orchestra at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Mason
Law of the North
Edison
Jazz Orchestra
Vitagraph
Keystone
Mae Marsh
Sunshine Alley
Goldwyn
Olive Thomas
Broadway
Arizona
Grace
Triangle
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Federal Reserve
D. B. Snyder
F. C. Ellison
Ellison
Lyons
Princeville
Snyder
Loretta Jane McCutcheon
Benago County
Pennsylvania
Geo. A. Fisher
War Department
Washington, D. C
Fisher
Iowa State University
Cascade Pioneer
Anamosa Eureka News
Jones County Farm Bureau
Barberry
Elizabeth Hauss
Raymond Hby
Norman Clark
Hansetta McHugh
Solomon Marugg
Camp Pike
Mabel Slauson
Emma Laude
Forrest Maidens
Pan and
Rainbow Fairies
Elizabeth Haeussler
Weeres Verena D’autremont Ee Pessates High
Linn County
Fontanelle
Jack Pershing
Gen. Pershing
Jack
Red Cross Treasury
Liberty Loan
Red Cross War Fund
Army
Navy
Crane Theatre
Roy Stewart
Devil Dodger
Fox
Patrick’s
Uncle Sam
Ricklefs & McNeill
McCormick Standard
Food Administration
United States Food Administration
Manila
McCormick
Kenry H.schoon
Brown’s Business College
Davenport
C. H. Schipman
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