School Dedication Flag Honors Local War Service
Center Junction notes a service flag dedicated by high school pupils with one red cross insignia, two gold stars and eighteen blue stars for locals in active service. The district reports accreditation for two years, and students hold $500 in liberty bonds and $1,063.25 in War Savings and Thrift stamps while other community activities and travels are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Mildred Williamson
Raymond Fickle
Dillon Townsend
Scott Alexander
Lloyd Collier
Clare Preston
Lester Preston
Milton Henderson
Roy Leggett
Francis Scofield
Maynard Belknap
Robi. Mead
Chas. Fiedler
Martin Peterson
Earl Cook
Andrew McNeilly
Ernest Streeter
Freeman Cartright
Roy Kleineck
Geo, Horton
Harvey Smith
Martha Leggett
Deadwood
South Dakota
Will Spohn
Donnan Junction
Harry
E. L. Bergeson
Bergeson
Home Guard
Scotch Grove
Nettie Leggett
Wyoming
D. S. Ward
D. D. Clark
Wilma Forman
Selma Prahm
Monticello
Ray Young
Marcus
Frank Porter
Anamosa
Andrew Porter
Bert Isbel
Maquoketa
Stott Alexander
W. E. Jones
Olin
M. E. Dodge
Helen Stingley
Ruby Crabb
Monmouth
D. 8. Ward
Hearn
Hopkinton
Leon Lyons
Camp Dodge
Lillie Lyon
Onslow May 28 1918 Local News Roundup
Onslow notes a four year old girl badly scalded after falling into hot water. Dr. Rawson treats the child as she improves. Local visits include Dillon Stickley on furlough from the Wisconsin in Philadelphia. A Junior Red Cross society forms as residents remember Red Cross events and a June 4 ball game and supper are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Matson
Monmouth
George French
Geo. Sears
Cedar Rapids
Walter Craig
Dubuque
C. B. Wasler
Mary Neelans
Colfax
Mildred Lamey
Albia
Mayor Starey
Lizzie Vincent
Belle Plaine
M. M. Franks
J. B. Lyons
James Potter
Galatha Crum
Maquoketa
Miss Jones
Fontila
Castle Grove Notes Farm Delays and Local Moves
Frequent rains slow plowing and corn planting with fields soon ready for cultivators. Arthur Hubbard Leo Brady and Alfred Etten join Camp Dodge. Hubbard and Brady are sons of large-farm operators. Mrs Ellen vacates S Grover farm. Fairbanks home hosts a gathering for Hubbard’s Camp Dodge service. Lewis Barrack reportedly sailed for France. Irving Deaton last heard from a camp near New York. Township buildings are being wired for electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Arthur Hubbard
Leo Brady
Alfred Etten
Jones County
Camp Dodge
Ellen
S. Grover
A. M. Fairbanks
Lewis
France
Irving Deaton
Death of Mrs Helen Brown noted in Sand Spring
Word comes of the death of Mrs Helen Brown at her Martello home with funeral set for Sunday. Local residents and visitors including Will Speigel of Rapid City and Mrs Hfutten with her son Merle visited JF Lawrence’s home. School terms end for Ruth Guthrie near Monticello and a Delaware county picnic at Manchester is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
Helen Brown
Martello
George Lang
Longmont
Colorado
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Manchester
Harrison Appleby
Harold
John Green
Melvin
Hazel Samuels
Minneapolis
Minnesota
H.S. Pierce
Lois
Frank Wickel
Monticello
J. H. Hanken and Son
Will
Alex Blair
Prairieburgs May 27 Play and Local News Highlights
The class play A Noble Outcast was staged at the Kula Theatre with $65 in admissions. Local visitors from Marion Waterloo and Masonville attended graduation events and visits. Roy and Mable Flockhart plan Cedar Rapids business college next year. Mrs. Goodyear of Saint Joe guests at O A DeLancey home. Henry Dolan returns from St. Louis for vacation. M S Knapp is ill. Catholic ladies hosts a successful supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Kula Theatre
Cliff Tharp
Clarence Knapp
Marion
Burg
Death and Marriage Notices From Jones County Region
Obituary notes David Gilmore of Morley died after a period of illness from stomach cancer. A marriage occurred in Dubuque between Grant B. Lemon and Pearl Miller with Rev. W M Lemen officiating. The couple will reside in Anamosa where Lemon works for Iowa Telephone. Red Cross message announces no fundraising drive in south Jones County as funds exist to cover local and national needs. Orlando Hood, missing from registration, chooses to register after federal intervention. records indicate he was born in 1892, not 31, and faces potential jail or camp assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gilmore
Morley
Gilmore
Grant B. Lemon
Pearl Miller
Dubuque
W. M. Lemen
Grand View Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Lemen
Monticello
Anamosa
Iowa Telephone Co
Jones County
Amber
American Red Cross
War Fund Reserve Committee
Oxford Junction
Hale
Olin
Martelle
Wyoming
Onslow
Center Junction
Forest Chapel
Orlando Hood
Hood
Self government as a German term in Atlantic Monthly
Notes how Germans used the English phrase self government to describe a form of activity associated with the Atlantic Monthly discussion. The passage reflects on language and political ideas, highlighting cross linguistic usage and the significance attributed to self governance concepts by German readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.D. McLaren
The
Atlantic Monthly
Gopher Control Methods and Livestock Meeting Near Jones County
Jones County Farm Bureau outlines gopher control using traps or poison baits for clover fields orchards and ditch embankments. A Congregational church dinner follows with speaker Don E Fish featuring a program on purebred livestock breeders and a vote to elect officers and adopt by laws.
Poison Labels and Safe Handling for Poison Containers
All poison containers and utensils used in poison preparation should be plainly labeled and kept out of reach of children irresponsible persons and livestock to prevent accidents and misuse.
Jones County Ladies Meet at Anamosa to Elect Officers
Jones county ladies gather in Anamosa on June 8 to organize the ladies auxiliary to the Farm Breeders association. Directors from each township will be elected. State Home Demonstration Agent leader Miss Kneale S. Knowles will speak and assist. Irene Wheeler may join as Home Demonstration Agent if hired. Attendance urged. it is free and government requests presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Farm Breeders’ Association
Kneale S. Knowles
Irene Wheeler
Live Stock Breeders Meet in Jones County
Live Stock Breeders of Jones County plan a meeting at Anamosa on June 1 at 12:00 noon. The gathering will discuss local livestock breeding topics and community agricultural concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Use More Potatoes and Conserve the Flour
A county agent urges Americans to substitute potatoes for flour to conserve scarce flour for the troops. He warns that failure to act could remove flour from the market and notes cheap versus high priced 1917 crop potatoes, urging patriotism and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Food Administration
South
Produce Commission
Red Cross notes and drive updates across communities
The report lists Red Cross garment shipments totaling 155 pajamas 35 operating gowns and 65 hospital shirts with 25 bed shirts from Rev C Mardoff’s church and 12 from Castle Grove ladies. It names quilt workers Mesdames Scott Behrends Sinclair Farley Locher Harms Cowan Heller Moore LeClerc Smith Drinkwater Hoag Keith and Miss Murray active in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
LeClerc
Smith
Drinkwater
Hoag
Keith
Murray
Elizabeth Scott
DuPont Powder Company
Red Cross
Men to Register for Draft June 5 1918 in Anamosa Iowa
All male persons born between June 6 1896 and June 6 1897 must register on June 5 1918 from 7 to 9 pm at the city hall in Anamosa. Local boards handle registration with the Anamosa office for Jones county. Register in person or have a proxy prepare the card and mail it with a self addressed stamped envelope. Penalty for non registering is a misdemeanor with possible imprisonment and loss of rights and immediate induction into service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Reserve Corps
Anamosa
Jones County
Focal Board
To The Point of Sacrifice editorial call
The Duluth News Tribune urges readers to donate beyond easy gifts to truly sacrifice for the Red Cross. It argues the limit is not affordability but what causes real personal sacrifice, prompting readers to forgo something they need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth News-Tribune
Red Cross
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James Waddick
Mercy Hospital
Herman
Henry Caspers
Olin R. Howie
Matt Delay
Walker
Dorothy Freese
Nebraska
Wm. Fleming
Linn County
Anamosa Eureka News
Jones County Farm Bureau
Fred F. Clark
North Sea
Bureau of Communication
International Red Cross
Central Division
Viola Stanton
Washington
Rose Kehoe
Hans Heyen
Wayne
Rita Dolphin
Marguerite Flanigan
Ella MceMasters
Adye Ex
William Fox
Liberty Crane Theatre
Patrick’s
Crane Theatre
William Fox Wonder
William Farnum
the Conquerer
General Sam Houston
Texas Rangers
R. A. Walsh
Henry Chriteen Warnack
Tuefrsday
Junie
Ricklefs & McNeill
America
Sumatra
Brazil
Usco
C. H. Schipman
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