Obituary and community notes from Center Junction
Martha Boardman Leggett of Center Junction born October 10 1856 in Elburn Illinois died December 17 1918 at her daughter Mrs D S Ward home aged 62 years 2 months 7 days She married Anson Leggett September 1 1877 and lived in Iowa Nebraska and back to Iowa She was active in the Methodist Episcopal church and cared for the sick at times Five children were born two preceded her in death with Helen Ward William and Ruth Powell surviving Also noted are Christmas programs church events and local visits by residents and visitors during the holiday season.
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Center Junction
Martha Boardman Leggett
Elburn Kane Co
Illinois
D. S. Ward
Iowa
Anson Leggett
Nebraska
Mr. Leggett
Jesus
Jesse Smith
Fred Carson
James Young
Ross Young
Lee Coder
Madison Township
Presbyterian Church
M. E. Church
Wilma Craig
Chipper
Dolly
Pauline Prahm
Hazel Craig
Irma Pangburn
Velma Pangburn
Selma Prahm
Gwendolyn Cotler
Shepherds
Monticello
J. B. Letz
Geo. Seehusen
D. D. Clark
Wilma Foreman
Barney Carson
Minnie Behrends
James Meads
Chas. Nelson
J. L. Serbousek
L. EB. Meats
Esther Pangburn
Santa Claus
M. E
Armenia
Mary Cronin
Clarksville
Porter
Anammiosa
Rickless
Sutherland
Paul
Stuart Smith
Ames
Ed Kleineck
West Branch
J. A. McDonald
John Kleineck
Mary Etta Letze
Coe College
J. B. Letze
Margaret McDonald
Will Leech
Chicago
Paul Holm
Maquoketa
Petersen
Newhall
FE. L. Bergesen
M. G. Alsever
Fuller
Cedar Rapids
Francis Ward
George D. McDonald
Wyoming
J. L. Bergesen
Local Christmas Cheer In Sand Spring
Clarence Schuster C J McDonough and Miss Mary Murray spend Christmas vacation with family after attending school at Dubuque. Sunshine Club ladies trimmed a Christmas tree for Barney Schaeffer family children with a present for each. Mrs George Kenny of near Earl...
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Clarence Schuster
C. J. McDonough
Mary Murray
Dubuque
Ladies of the Sunshine Club
Barney Schaeffer
George Kenny
Earl
Prairieburg Notes From Anamosa to Cedar Rapids
Prairieburg items report Dee Potter recovering from flu as cases abate. Will Fehr returns to work in Anamosa after a week with relatives. C J Ricker on the forerty farm welcomes a daughter Florence Madge. F Tchida and wife visit from Little Rock Arkansas. Sylvia Drexler returns from Cedar Rapids. J Flaherty visits from near Anamosa. Harry Camne and O A DeLancey travel to Cedar Rapids and nearby.
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Prairieburg
Dee
Clark Potter
Anamosa
C. J. Ricker
Forerty
Florence Madge
F. Tchida
Stock Home
Little Rock
Arkansas
Cedar Rapids
Sylvia Drexler
Local Notes From Coggon On December 23
Mrs Minnie Olinger and her son left Coggon to return to Maxwell after attending the funeral of Mrs M E Ware. Several locals including Bernard Bliss Alden Waterhouse Leo Church John Burke and Leslie Barker have returned from training camps. Elinor Cashman died Saturday after an operation at her home east of town. Peyton couple attended their father in law Mr Keller’s funeral at Walker. Marcus Grimm came home from Ames for Christmas. Eunice Bersley is convalescing after influenza while Eli Pike and Clifford Bersley are on the sick list.
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Marcus Grimm
Ames
Eunice Bersley
Eli Pike
Clifford Bersley
New Food Administration Program for Housewives
The Food Administration proposes a plan for 180 million war sufferers emphasizing simple three meal days, no between meal eating, and three course meals. It urges wise selection, thoughtful buying, careful preparation, no waste, and preserving surplus foods for future use while eliminating the fourth meal and urging restraint to prevent hunger.
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New Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Hoover
Private Carl Gerdes Recovers on Fifteen Day Camp Kearny Furlough
Carl Gerdes of the hospital corps returns home from Camp Kearney on a fifteen day furlough after four months away. He praises Camp Kearney base hospital for modern care and strict sanitation. He notes daily linen changes and attentive staff aided by Red Cross and Y M C A workers who visit wards and assist patients with letters. There are seven Y camps at Kearney and Red Cross volunteers feed the troops.
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Army Hospital
Terra Bella
California
Carl Gerdes
Army Hospitals
Carl
Ricklets Gerdes
Hospital Corps
Camp Kearney
Gerdes
Red Cross
Kearney
Alexander Dreibelbis Dies in England
The obituary notes Alexander S. Dreibelbis of Scotch Grove later of Boscobel Wisconsin died October 3 in a hospital in England from pneumonia after serving in Battery F 331 Field Artillery. He sailed with the 86th division and leaves four brothers, one sister, and twin Grey at Camp Gordon. His captain Harold Meyers writes a tribute and mentions $10,000 life insurance with $57.50 monthly for 240 months to his mother.
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Ward
Alexander
Dreibelbis
Eingland
Scotch Grove
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Grey
Camp Grant
Illinois
331 Field Artillery
Sparta
86Th Division
England
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Samuel
Alex
U. S
Dean Morgan returns home after flight training in Michigan
Dean Morgan is home from the flying field near Detroit where he completed navigation training and earned a lieutenant's bar. The Hopkinton Board of Health met to review the flu situation, urging public cooperation and keeping schools and churches open. Also reported is the death of Private James H. Joseph from pneumonia after serving in France, with a note on his late November letter and Hall Joseph's birthplace and schooling.
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Dean Morgan
Detroit
Dean
Hopkinton Board of Health
Hall Joseph
T. J. Joseph
Washington
James H. Joseph
France
America
Hall
Joseph Brothers
Hopkinton
Joseph
Lenox
Highest Smokestack in World Rises at Washoe Smelter
The Washoe smelter at Anaconda Montana completed the tallest smokestack in the world after just over six months of work without accidents. The brick structure stands 585 feet 1144 inches high with a base 86 feet outside diameter and an inside top diameter of 60 feet. It weighs about 34 000 tons and uses 6 672 214 bricks and 62 845 sacks of cement. The stack handles 3 000 000 cubic feet of hot gas per minute plus 1 000 000 feet of cooling air. For comparison the Tacoma stack is 572 feet 10% inches, in Japan 570 feet, and Great Falls Montana 510 feet.
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Washoe
Anaconda
Montana
Anaconda Company
Tacoma
Japan
Great Falls
Mont
Influenza Death Toll Compared to War Proportions
The London Times medical correspondent estimates about 6,000,000 people worldwide died of influenza and pneumonia in the past three months. He notes war killed 20,000,000 in four and a half years, making influenza appear five times deadlier, with potential 100,000,000 deaths at epidemic rate. He urges a new global public health survey.
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London Times
Harvard Student Recounts Air Service Life in Ireland
Karl F. Clark, stationed at United States Air Station Wexford Ireland, describes life after censorship ends in November. He details training in radio operations, seaplane flights, wrecks and fatalities, and his wish to remain in air service beyond the war, noting broad travel and affection for the British Isles.
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T. B. Clark
Karl F. Clark
United States Air Station
Wexford
Ireland
Harvard
Whitten Island
British Isles
Poor Railway Service Urges Government Study For Reconstruction
Sioux City Journal argues the rail question must be studied to choose government action in reconstruction. It outlines two risks for public utilities: government inefficiency versus sabotage by management under government operation, and stresses the need for fair rates and expeditious service.
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Sioux City Journal
Italy Refuses Demobilization Aligned With Germany
The Kansas City Times notes Italy has decided not to demobilize its army at present. The piece argues that former allies like Italy, who know Germany well, distrust Germany the most, highlighting caution in international affairs.
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Germany
Kansas City
Italy
Selected Bits of Humor from Old Papers
A collection of old jokes and quips from various newspapers. The items include gags about heredity romance car ethics and social missteps with punchlines reflecting early 20th century humor and social norms.
God can make a tree by Joyce Kilmer
The poem celebrates nature with a tree as a sacred, life giving form. It contrasts human folly with divine craftsmanship and ends affirming that only God makes a tree and poetry by fools like me.
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Joyce Kilmer
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H. S. Pierce
Louise Gestel
Albert Keester
Farley
Sunshine Club
W. J. Murray
Dorothy Pierce
Caspar Arduser
L. J. Lang
Marshall Neil
Joe Lang
A. Blair
Coggon
Minneapolis
Alex. Dreibelbis
Jones County
Hopkinton Leader News
John McDonald
Washington Star
University —the Naval Reserve
Buffalo Express
Redd
Black
Greene
Yonkers Statesman
Detroit Free Press
Howell
Powell
Judge
Percy
London
Ricklefs & McNeill
New Years Greetings
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Charles W. Bosley
Lara Bosley
Bosley & Bosley Doctors of Chiropractic Princess Theatre
Phoe
Light Six
Oldsmobile Company
State Distributors
Chicago, Illinois
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