Lutheran Protest Against Adams on German Language Church Use
Center Junction letter defends Lutherans in Wisconsin from claims they are un American for using German in worship and parochial schools. It argues language is utilitarian not un patriotic and cites German Americans wartime patriotism and civic contribution as evidence of loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody's Magazine
Samuel H. Adams
Wisconsin
Adams
Jerusalem
Lutheran Church
United States
Germany
Mr. Adams
North
South
Red Cross
Rand McNally
Court records from the State of Town and Iowa cases
Multiple court actions listed with outcomes including dismissals pleas and sentences. Dismissed cases Bader and Lynch, plea accepted for rape assault, indeterminate sentence up to twenty years. Estates and guardianships with first and second reports approved. Various civil matters including divorces quiet title and foreclosure with judgments.
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State of Town
Godfrey Bader
Charles Mecum
State of
Geo. C. Gorman
Iowa State Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa
Death of W. J. Gelvin in Minnesota News
Mrs. G. Garlinghouse received a telegram from Ellis Minnesota announcing the death of her son in law W J Gelvin from pneumonia. Born September 6 1864 in Pennsylvania he left a wife Jessie M Garlinghouse and six children. He had worked in Sand Spring at Wood & Chaplin and Gelvin Bros later moving to South Dakota and Ellis Minnesota. Funeral details not provided.
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Sand Spring
Hopkinton
J. J. Lang
Katie
A. Blair
Mildred
Russell Guthrie
W. J. Greer
Marion
Cameron
Margaret Greer
J. L. Paulsen
G. F. Paulsen
Joe Lang
John Glanz
J. Garlinghouse
Orpha
Monticello
Wm. Matthiessen
Casper Arduser
Casper
Harry Chaplin
Onslow
Prairieburg Church Guest Preacher and Local News
In Prairieburg January 21 Rev. Forte of Central City filled the pulpit due to Rev. Moore’s absence caused by his father’s death. John Fehr Sr. stays in town for near doctor care as he battles pyrea. Ray Knapp family to move to Marion soon.
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Prairieburg
Forte
Central City
Moore
John Fehr
Fehr
Knapp
Clara Fehr
Ray Knapp
Iva Wollmut
Verner Conklin
Nebraska
C. O. Rowley
J. E. Flaherty
Anamosa
Benson
Marion
Meetings At Center Junction Gospel Revival Begin
Gospel meetings start at the M E church in Center Junction on Tuesday January 29 with a free booster supper at 6 30 pm following the supper Prof C B Brooks will lead the first choir rehearsal. Week one includes family night with a prize for the largest family. Continuous nightly services at 7 30 except Monday. Preaching by pastor C Rowell Disney.
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Center Junction
J. L. Bergeson
Center Junction Public Schools
Faye Stingley
Marvin Sinkey
Edward Bethurum
Clarence Bethurum
Filen McDonald
Merle Stingley
Anna McDonald
Laura Peterson
Wilma Forman
Minnie Behrends
Merl Pangburn
Henry Hanken
Mildred Spohn
Pearl Ward
Disney
M. H. Church
Sinkey
Red Cross
Baldwin
Spohn
J. M. Young
Herren
Rebekah Lodge
Alsever
M. E
C. B. Brooks
C. Rowell Disney
Appeal to Public on Wood and Coal Shortage
The Fuel Committee urges households with wood or limited coal to avoid requesting more during the shortage. Urges patience and consideration for buyers who can purchase only small amounts. Notes wood prices recommended at 6 to 7 dollars per cord by grade.
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Fuel Committee
Mitchell Northrop's Wartime Letters From France
Mitchell Northrop describes seven days of leave in Nice and travel to Monte Carlo, then life in a quiet sector near Marseille. He details car trouble in the cold, hunger, a Paris posting in a post office, and thoughts on winter conditions, peace talk, and return prospects as 1917 ends.
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Marseilles
France
Nice
Monte Carlo
Mitchell
Paris
Carson
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ames
Monticello Proclaims Thrift Drive and War Savings Push
Mayor J A Voorhees announces January 24 to February 3 as a thrift and War Savings Stamp campaign period in Monticello. Citizens are urged to invest in Thrift Stamps to aid the war effort and support fighting men, with a final note urging neighbors to spread word about a January clearance sale at A O Peterson Clothes Shop.
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America
Iowa
I. J. A. Voorhees
Monticello
J. A. Voorhees
J. Northrop
Glerk
A. O. Peterson
Worry Over Outcome Drives Public Support For Allies
In Yankton, residents express concern about the war’s result and focus on contributing to the allied cause through support and effort amid uncertain prospects.
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Yankton Press
Dakotan
Lament of War Time hard times in New York Sun item
A wartime verse notes meatless Tuesdays wheatless days heatless home and poverty as the Kaiser looms. the speaker laments loss of comforts while criticizing the Kaiser, signing R. B. G. in the New York Sun.
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R. BE. G
New York Sun
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Monticello Express
W. H. L. Schuetz
Probate Matters
Charles W. Chaplin
Ruben J. Conley
John Byerly
Hart F. Emerson
Frances Finn
George Madjorosh
Frank McNamara
J. J. Murphy
Edward Levien
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Independent School District of
Oxford Junction
Equity
Cedar Rapids Pump Co
Jos. T. Kula
Fred Ward
C. C
J. A Voorhees
Matha H. Gates
Henrietta Breninius
Herman J. Morrison
Horatio J. Sanford
Charles B. Schaffer
Benjamin Russell
BE. C. Kegley
Truman Eastman
Mary Fitzsimmons
Barney J. Fitzsimmons
Dollie Overholt
Eli S. Overholt
J. W. Coxsee
George W. Davis
H. J. Wilson
Mitchell Northrop
Hiany
Santos
Monarch
L. C
Moxley
Odc
Food Administration
Crane Theatre
Bessie Barriscale
Dad
Vitagraph
Keystone
Dorothy Dalton
The
Yukon
Emirro
Berlin
Saturday Evening Post
HSS
Ricklefs & M
Maxwell
F.O.B
Detroit
Henry H. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys AT Law
Lovell Block
Monticello Town
A.P. Lambert
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
C. N. Patrick Optometrist
Rivklefs & McNeil Hardware Store
James RimLey
H. M. Remury
Remley & Remley
Main Street
Patrick
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