Center Junction closes sites as influenza precaution
City council orders all schools churches and public gatherings closed this week as a flu precaution. No new cases since last week and patients improving Mary Phillips daughter of Rev and Mrs Phillips formerly of Center Junction now Colesburg died influenza. Moving picture theatre and both churches closed during epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Will Mead
Mead
Mary Phillips
Mary
Mrs. Phillips
Pete Robinson
Robinson
Ames
Guy McDonald
Lillian Perryman
Omaha
McDonald
Marion
Mr. McDonald
J. E. Letze
Cedar Rapids
Marytta
Margaret McDonald
Muscatine
Harry Hudson
Alven
Minnesota
James McDonald
Washta
Iowna
Davis
George McDonald
Pauline Burmeister
Butterfield
Alsever
Fuller
Stoneham
Monticello
J. B. Wanken
Martha
M. Alsever
Loyalty Court
Anamosa
Presbyterian Church
Kate Maurice
Miller
US Acea
Peter Bock
M. 1
Cora Sexton
Lake George
New York
Prairiebure
Myrtie Manmert
Willitn
Robert Brown
South Dakota
Gehringer
D. W. Wood
State Center
Wilkinson
Moving Picture Theatre
John Flaherty
N. J. Benson
Effie Wyjack
Fromlows City
Onslow Obituaries and Local News Shocting Oct 15
Deaths and illness dominate Onslow notes with Mrs. Howard Willitson buried after a brief illness. James Watkins learns of Leota Silsbee Watkins’ death in DeRidder. Mrs. Alice Fisher suffers stroke. Mr. Hall and family relocate to Colorado Springs. Spanish influenza care and various relocations sweep through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Howard Willitson
Joe Blood
Iion Hill
Willitson
Lottie Neelans
Maquoketa
James Watkins
de Ridder
Watkins
Leota Silsbee
Ray
Sibhel
Harlo
Alice Fisher
Jeffries
Frank Fisher
Olin
Mabel Corwin
Nevada
Esther Hall
Ruth Hall
Ray Hoffman
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Homan
Cedar Rapids
Seathorn
Frank Garside
California
Vera Paul
Beth Knittle
Grace
Influenza Epidemic Strikes Wyoming Town and County
An influenza outbreak in Wyoming and surrounding areas disrupts schools and public life for ten days. Doctors, nurses, and visiting physicians from Center Junction and Onslow assist local staff. Several serious cases including Dr. Chamberlain and Rex Heasty are noted along with postmaster Brainerd’s reappointment status. Funeral for Mrs. Nowachek reported. Rex Heasty dies of pneumonia tied to influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Br. Young
Center Junction
Rawson
Onslow
Ben Chamberlain
Brainard
Jessie Felker
Lora George
Rex Heasty
S. H. Brainerd
Bert Nowachek
Oxford Township
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
H. W. Applegate
Horton
Kansas
R. MM. Heasly
G. J Hughs
Scotch Grove
Hughes
Clay Township
South Mineral Church
Influenza Cases Reported in Prairieburg as Deaths Rise
Prairieburg notes several influenza cases with Mrs L J Wilkinson and Miss Sylvia Drezler described as the worst. Dr Adams of Central City was called for consultation. Louis Sehringer died Sunday afternoon at about 1 30 PM at age 85 or 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
L. J. Wilkinson
Sylvia Drezler
Adams
Central City
Louis Sehringer
Local Social Notes From Sand Spring Area
Community updates list visits and travels across Monticello, Dubuque, Anamosa, Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. George Kenney, the Gestel family, the Guthries, McDonoughs, Barker and Stevenson households, with mentions of Spanish influenza cases and overseas service for Jacek Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
George Kenney
Near Parlville
R . Guthrie
George Gestel
Clara
Edith Gestel
Anamosa
CG. McDonough
Chirence Schuster
Dubuque
M Lawson Barker
Minnesota
Robert Stevenson
Allen Olmstead
Florence
Strawberry Point
J. 7. Schuster
Trene McDonough
Monticello
R. J. Guthrie
J. RR. Guthrie
Dubucque
Fri
FP McDonough
Ernest
J. V. Murray
Jacek
John Murray
F. P. McDonough
Arthur Huggins
Hopkinton
A. Blair
Jeannette
John Bachelder
W. Glass
Prairieburg
Fred Bohiken
J. Gestel
Delhi
Alex Blair
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Murray
Hopkinton Leader Speaks on Local Church and College Talks
Hopkinton residents greet Rev. Rowley’s return for a second year at the M. I. church. Landers family visits Camp Dodge amid flu quarantine. Ira Wilson among draftees ill with pneumonia at Ft. Oglethorpe. Liberty Bond drive short of about 28,000. many citizens yet to participate. Lenox college considers affiliation with Dubuque college to broaden scope while preserving Lenox as a women’s college and Dubuque serving men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. I. Church
Hopkinton
Rowley
Clinton
Mrr
N. d. Landers
Juieut. Landers
Camp Dodge
Lieut. Landers
Lenox College
Dubuque College
Lenox Board of Trustees
FF. Is. Williamson
S. RP. Carter
Lr. H. Livingston
Will S. Beels
Dubuque
Lenox
Anamosa Moves Clergy Assignments and Local News
Rev. L L Lockard is assigned to Center Junction and Onslow charges as he moves to Anamosa. Five Jones county youths Jos Lacy Corwin Raymond Thos Kairns Kay Franklin Farragher and Peter Strong Robertson head to Ames College for military vocational training. Anamosa delivers influenza concerns with quarantines and hopeful recoveries. Dr Robert Cousins earns strong orator status while Alvs Charles Scroggs dies in Iowa City after operations. funeral held in Anamosa after his remains arrived from Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L.lockard
Anamosa
Center Junction
Onslow
Methodist Conference
Jones County
Ames College
Jos. Lacy Corwin
Raymond Thos. Kairns
Kay Franklin Farragher
Peter Strong Robertson
Robert Cousins
Richard Mansfield
America
Charles Scroggs
Iowa City
J. B. Scroggs
War Savings Stamps Drive Urges Full Pledges In Jones County
County leaders urge residents to complete purchases of war saving stamps and uphold pledged amounts. A forthcoming township campaign will check prior purchases and call on those who fell short to pay their full quotas. The tone warns against slackers and likens the effort to bond drives and Red Cross campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Germany
Lusitania
Irish
Jones County
Red Cross
W. L. Hanssen
Frank Kenney
S. S
Germans Falter in Retreat From Death Traps
The Germans abandon so called death traps as they withdraw before American forces in a cautious retreat. They also stumble into the very trap they laid earlier in July 1914, highlighting a strategic miscalculation in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lyle Robinson Bakes The Bread In France Letter
Sergeant Lyle Robinson of Detached Bakery Company 337 Q M C writes from France praising progress, noting field baking duties, unit composition, and longing for home while reflecting on soldiers and grape harvests. He mentions casualties in other towns and requests magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Robinson
France
Detached Bakery, Co
I. S
Gerass
Monti
Iowa
Monticello
Camp Fremont Letter Describes Camp Life and Horses
Scott Alexander writes from Camp Fremont California to his father describing near Stanford University and the bay. He notes thousands of horses and mules to care for, bucking animals and real wild west shows, plus schools in wagon train pack train blacksmithing and harness making for training units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Alexander
W. H. Alexander
Center Junction
Camp Fremont
California
Stanford University
Santa Cruz Mountains
Bay
Psychology Language and the Gospel in Language Debates
A discussion on how language shape religious life in churches, distinguishing three issues: education in foreign languages, community parochial schooling, and worship. It argues that words carry personal meaning and that language affects faith and identity through connotations, memory, and heritage, urging sensitivity to psychological impacts.
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Niagara
Lakesherne
Ontario
Charles Dickens
Cardinal Redbird
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Jesus Savior
Savior
Germany
France
Jesu
Jeb
Preservation and dangers of language in worship
A letter argues the free exercise of religion includes native language in worship and cautions against both extreme German preservation and hasty English replacement. The author, Win H. L. Schuntz, voices the stance of hundreds of thousands of Americans in foreign-language churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ll. Schuntz
Buried the Wrong Man in Lost Nation Funeral Mixup
A mix up at a camp near Syracuse caused the burial of Francis M Andrews for Francis McAndrews. Both soldiers named Francis Andrews from Lost Nation Ia at the camp fell ill with pneumonia. A telegram revealed the error after the coffin was opened and the true Francis M Andrews had died. The wrongly buried man was alive and recovering. The father of another son, William, who died of influenza, had buried his son recently at Camp Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Nation
Syracuse
New York
Francis McAndrews
Francis M. Andrews
Toronto
William
Camp Pike
Oxford Junction Soldier Boys Die of Pneumonia
Three soldiers from Oxford Junction area died from pneumonia after influenza. One was 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Benhart at Camp Dodge. death notified to parents Tuesday. Louis Sasma, two miles north of Oxford Junction, died last Thursday with funeral held Sunday. His sister, a registered nurse at Iowa City, awaited orders to serve at Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Joe Benhart
Camp Dodge
Louis Sasma
Oxford
Third Soldier Boy From Oxford Junction Dies in Texas Camp
The third Oxford Junction soldier to die is Harry Miller who expired at a military camp in Texas. His brother John, also in service, remained with him until the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Harry Miller
Texas
John
Pes Moses
Iowa
John G. Schoon
Monticello
J. H. Miller
Anamosa
Suddenly One Day Poem Verses on Courage and Spirit
A fragmentary wartime poem envisions a world where vengeance falls away and the human spirit rises. It invokes Captain T P C Wilson’s death in action and calls on man to awaken, endure, and recognize God in his own reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Lenine and Trotzky Named as Bad as Suspected
Officials reveal Lenine and Trotzky are officially branded as meeting the public’s low expectations, aligning with prior suspicions about their conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Lenine
Trotzky
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J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Editors and Proprietors
Spems
Anamosa Eureka News
Camp
Fremont
John McDonald
Patrick’s
C. H. Schipman
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U.S
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North Cedar St
Singer
Irma Fagan
L. P. Waddick, Auctioneer
Henry Null
Doxsee & Doxsee
Gerd Null
John Behrends
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