Letters From Wyoming Soldiers Bring News Of Frontline Absences
In Wyoming correspondence dated December 17 families recount letters from four members of the 168th infantry. Ralph Heasty remains at the front while three others were in hospitals. The armistice is echoed as no word has come since those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ronald Brown
168Th Infantry
Ralph Heasty
Mabel Schaeffer
Henry Bramer
Hugh Campbell
McMurrin
Main Street
J. C. Close
Palmer Vaughn
Clayton Countryman
Thomas Benischek
Lucy Chamberlain
California
W. T. Cameron
St. Cloud
Florida
Joe Kooba
Louie Koch
Marriage and community notices from Olin December report
Miss Idel Clymer and Elmer Russell wed at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Williams officiating. The bride, a 1917 Olin graduate and teacher, and the groom, a farmer, will settle on the Walter McCormick farm east of town. Local lodges elected officers, construction plans for a two story garage, school fumigation to prevent sickness, illnesses and visits noted for several residents, and various social events and transfers recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
Idel Clymer
Sam Clymer
Elmer Russell
R. Russell
Methodist Parsonage
Williams
Olin High School
Walter McCormick
K. of P. Lodge
C. C
A. A Cole
V. C
P. L. Clothier
F. BE. Switzer
Ray Cole
H. G. Cole
L. H. Care
Ward Kent
Sam Woll
James Snoddy
F. W. Port
C. G. Stookey
Charles Southwick
R. D. Gordon
Philissa Ballou
Charles Gardner
Fred Guhl
South Olid
Philip Langswager
Florida
Marguerite Rhowedder
Louis Lorenzen
Marion
EB. W. Griffith
W. C. Monroe
Nara Visa
N. M
V. Monroe
Hazel Glick
Lost Nation
Fred Engelking
Fisher
Mary J Miller Prominent Delaware County Native
Mary Jeanette Miller born June 10 1838 in Delaware county New York died December 3 1918 in Manchester Iowa. She moved with her family to Grant county Wisconsin then Hopkinton Iowa and married William H Stevenson June 6 1860. The couple settled near Sand Spring Iowa with seven children five living. Mr Stevenson died January 23 1895 and since then she lived with her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura May Bowen
Orchard
Nebraska
Stevenson
Reformed Presbyterian Church
William J. Stevenson
Clay
Louisiana
Fred J. Stevenson
Manchester
Iowa
Arthur M. Stevenson
Anna C. Stevenson
Clinton
Missouri
Donald M. Stevenson
Lamont
Beatty
Methodist Church
Hopkinton
George S. Coleman
Liebold
John P. Liebold
Bernard
Barney Schaeffer
Sacred Theart
Monticello
Sand Spring
Mary Jeanette Miller
Delaware County
New York
Grant County
Wisconsin
William H. Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Christmas program aids Armenian and Syrian relief in Center Junction
In Center Junction on Sabbath morning worship will be tailored for Christmas. Special choir music precedes an evening program supporting Armenian and Syrian sufferers. An offering will aid those whose homes were destroyed by the Turk. Last year churches gave two million dollars. four million are sought this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Methodist Church
Christian Forces of America
Onslow
Alex S. Dreibelb
England
Alex
Martha Leggett
D. S. Ward
James Mead
Sargent
Nebraska
Jennie Meade
Alyea
J. E. Letze
J. M. Young
J. M. Moses
Andrew Serbousek
Monticello
Frank Livingstone
Will Leech
John Alexander
J. A. McDonald
Andrew
Powell
Gordon
Neb
John Vargasen
Qelwein
Leon Hansen
Camp Dodge
Leoa Fields
Baldwin
Greeley
Albert Welch
Pete Robinson
Ames
J. F. Livingstone
Springville
Frank McNielly
Paul Hiler
Harry Dice
J. B. Hanken
Marguerite McNeilly
Maquoreta
Presbyterian Church
Alsever
Ludwig
Monay
George Killinger
Canada
Peter Prahm
Maquoketa
M. J. McNielly
Muscatine
Adeline Egger
Peter Praam
Cedar Rapids
Vern Serbousek
Wyoming
Roy Kleineck
Oxford
Cascade December deaths and civic notes in 1918
The Cascade items report the funeral of Leonelia Saddler at St. Mary’s in Cascade after pneumonia following influenza, aged 26, with survivors in Monticello and Cascade. It notes Red Cross drive appointees, a Dubuque illness visit by Mrs. Baldwin, Charles Rogers’ Fayette death, a letter from Charles Saddler in France, executorship of Patrick Tinn, Marines homecoming, Herman Koster’s muster out, and a newborn son to the Bisenius family.
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Leonelia Sadler
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Albers
Miss Sadler
Matt Saddler
Minnie
Monticello
Anton
Peosia
George
Peter
Cascade
Louis
Pioneer
Jows
The
Red Cross
J. B. Aitchison
O. J. Winters
H. L. Dehner
C. G. Baldwin
J. T. Conlin
FF. J. Keefe
Charles D. Baldwin
Dubuque
Helen
Mt. St. Joseph’s College
Charles Rogers
Fayette
Charles Saddler
France
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Patrick Tinn
T. H. Devlin
Marines
Paris Island
South Carolina
Herman Koster
Bisenius
Influenza News and Local Notices In Onslow
Onslow reports influenza easing with illnesses in Mrs Geneva Paul and daughters Mae and Marie improving. Mrs H F Paul and Marion ill, Marion relapsed. Mildred Lamey returns home from Carroll as schools close. Christmas office hours set. Local services held at M E church. Residents travel and recoveries noted including Fay Smith’s discharge and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Etta Brown
Cedar Rapids
Geneva Paul
Mae
Marie
Mildred Lamey
Carroll
M. E
Rev. Smith
Harry Scothorn
Montana
Fay Smith
Coe College
Martha Hutton
Anamosa
Dorothy Scroggie
Emory Cole
Jack
Mr. Garrett
Colfax
al Stickley
Dr. Rawson
Algona
Benson boys found aboard Arizona convoy in Brest port
Prairieburg reports the Benson boys have been located after a month missing aboard the Arizona which escorted the presidential party ship into Brest France. Also notes recoveries and illnesses including Mrs Jos Kula returning home, Beryl Rogers grave illness, Raymond Richards expected home, Dudley Deene flu case, and nurse Mrs Mary Burk visiting in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Benson Boys
Arizona
Brest
France
Jos. Kula
Stewartville
Minn
Beryl Rogers
Dr. Graham
Springville
Raymond Richards
John McDonald Hospital
Dudley Deene
Central City
Mary Burk
Henry
St. Louis
Modern Life Whirl Leads Quick Wedding on Wheels
A man who falls in love with a woman he meets in a surface car hurries to marry her with a taxi ride to a nearby clergyman. He then orders furniture for a three room apartment from a furniture store and they move into their new home within minutes. The groom explains the rush as the natural outcome of five years writing moving picture scenarios.
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West One Hundred
Steenth Street
Cut Out the Frill Display
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye notes the public response to the resident’s peace Council procession in Europe. It criticizes excessive pomp and treasury spending while labeling the display as overly democratic and inconsistent with hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye
Peace Council
Europe
Treasury
Man Walks Under Red Flag Says Work Is Painful
The Indianapolis News notes a quip that a man who would walk under a red flag dreads having to work for a living, reflecting a humorous take on laziness and effort.
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Indianapolis News
Strange disappearance of money in Maquoketa
The Maquoketa Sentinel reports about a missing sum of about 3000 in cash checks and notes from a sale held November 12 near Fulton before W A Benjamin moved to Wisconsin. Clerk Walter Dutton handed the proceeds to Benjamin who placed them in an envelope and later gave money to his wife for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
W. A. Benjamin
Near
Fulton
Wisconsin
Walter Dutton
Mr. Benjamin
Mrs. Benjamin
Benjamin
Farming At The Reformatory At Anamosa
Warden Baumel guides a tour of 1 391 acres of reformatory farms near Anamosa. The state owns 200 acres and rents five nearby plots. Crops include corn oats wheat barley potatoes hay and garden. the potato yield is notably fine and could supply the institution and other state needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Reformatory
Baumel
Reformatory
Anamosa
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Mack Stevenson
Morris
Minnesota
R. J. Stevenson
C. S. Wilson
Dundee
H. S. Pierce
Mary Guthrie
R. J. Guthrie
Louise Gestel
John McDonough
Fred Egger
Ray Chaplin
Jeannette Blair
Seattle Times
John McDonald
C. H. Schipman
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Monticello, Iowa
Geo. K. Meyer
Osteopathic Physician
Dr. Peet
DR. A.M. Maurice D. D. S
Lovell Block
John G. Schoon
Rickless & McNeill
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
United States
Santa Claus
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
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