Anamosa Home News Notes Influenza and Local Visits
Mrs Colin Thomas is ill with influenza at home. Miss Margaret Quirk visited Anamosa over Sunday. Mike O'Toole of Anamosa died of pneumonia on the 28th. Mrs Smithson returned from Cedar Rapids. Several residents traveled to Manchester and Cedar Rapids. A seven pound girl was born to Mr and Mrs William Cooper. Maude Hakes' burial body arrived from Independence. School reopening uncertain due to influenza. Local officials and residents make short trips and attend events amid the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Hakes
Independence
Anamosa
Thompson Return Sparks Vacation Visit At Home
Margaret Thompson returned last Saturday evening to visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Thompson. She has been teaching. Miss Lucile Arduser daughter of Mr and Mrs Jake Arduser died last evening after a short illness of pneumonia. An additional notice will appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Hubbard
Irving Hintz
Ames
Margaret Thompson
John Thompson
Lucile Arduser
Jake Arduser
Monticello News Briefs Include Social Visits and Rail Travel
Mrs G W Mastin visited her son Willis in Cedar Rapids and reported favorable convalescence prospects. Mr Herschel Miller and daughter Gwendolin stayed with Mr and Mrs EB Reed. Reed and Miller are siblings. Many Monticello families face short sugar rations through November for over-allocations, in violation of regulations. The jitney car is out again. The Davenport Monticello train runs 6:30 p m to Calmar and back for influenza cases via gasoline motor car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Mastin
Willis
Cedar Rapids
Herschel Miller
Gwendolin
Petoskey, Michigan
EB. Reed
Mr. Reed
Mrs. Miller
Monticello
Davenport-Monticello
Calmar
Death of Palmer Hosford’s Wife In Platte SD
Word comes of the death of Palmer Hosford’s wife of Platte South Dakota after a brief illness from influenza. Four small children are left, one gravely ill with influenza, while the community notes the week’s weather aided corn drying and many farmers have begun cribbing corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Hosford
Platte
South Dakota
Green and Dahling Note Travel and War Savings Postponement
George Green went to Camp Green Georgia after visiting his Waterloo parents and sister Florence Sampson. The county deficincy cleanup for war savings stamps is postponed until the week before Thanksgiving due to influenza. Fred J. Dahling travelled to Chicago for a cannery meeting about government canned goods pricing. Discharged influenza patients include Wilbur Cartano Dr T M Redmond and Dr Colin G Thomas whose leave from Camp Lewis was extended ten days due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Dahling
Chicago
Quartermasters’ Department of the Army
John McDonald Hospital
Wilbur Cartano
T. M. Redmond
Colin G. Thomas
Camp Lewis
Nurses wanted at John McDonald hospital openings announced
Several vacancies will arise in nursing classes as advanced students move to other institutions to finish training. The notice invites young women to pursue a nursing career and highlights upcoming opportunities at the John McDonald hospital amid planned class openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello Hosts Visiting Families and Overseas Duty Mention
Mrs Maggie Kiburz and her son Onward of Cedar Rapids with Mrs Lizzie Johnson of Webster City visited Mr and Mrs George Ambuehl last Tuesday. Onward, a soldier at Camp Dix New York, was home briefly on furlough after an influenza illness. his regiment recently went to France. The Jenneys moved household effects to Cedar Rapids with plans for long stays related to Hall Manufacturing Co. plant removal. Marcus Z Farwell of Santa Cruz California visited Monticello with sisters Mrs H M Carpenter and Mrs Edward Templeton en route to New York City for overseas sailing and assignment to the Y M C A headquarters in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Kiburz
Onward
Cedar Rapids
Lizzie Johnson
Webster City
George Ambuehl
Camp Dix
New York
France
Robert F. Jenney
Jenney
Hall Manufacturing Co
Marcus Z. Farwell
Santa Cruz
California
Monticello
H. M. Carpenter
Edward Templeton
New York City
Paris
Influenza Tragedy In Anamosa Claims Seven Lives
At Anamosa last Saturday seven deaths were linked to influenza. Names include Pauline Quigley a Red Cross nurse at Camp Custer Battle Creek Michigan Ed Brady a soldier Gerald Sampica another soldier and four convicts from the state reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Pauline Quigley
Red Cross
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Michigan
Ed Brady
Gerald Sampica
Lieutenant Dwight Smith Sent to Philippines
Dr Dwight Smith a medical corps lieutenant sent to the Philippines during the summer found Manila transport plans blocked by the season ending ships. He arranged for his wife and children to join in San Francisco but the last officer family ship had sailed. Mrs Smith and the children returned to Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Smith
Medical Corps
Army
Philippines
Manila
San Francisco
Linn county towns carry higher tax levies than Jones county towns
The post office lobby has been scrubbed during the influenza epidemic or by order of the postmaster general, the deponent notes. Marion leads Linn county with 113 mills, followed by Kenwood Park 109, Mt. Vernon 105, Cedar Rapids 104, and Lisbon 103 mills, showing all Linn towns exceed Jones county levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Kenwood Park
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Linn County
Jones County
Flu Toll Climbs as Quarantine Works in County
The Express notes a week with many influenza deaths, yet county cases remain few due to early city quarantine. A new home card will be sent to Iowa homes as part of a national food conservation drive to marshal 17 530 000 tons for soldiers and allies. Hopkinton foreman C R Chapel dies from influenza, after Dr Cummings devoted all care. in law, family ties to local residents are mentioned.
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the Express
Iowa
United States Food Administration
Health official bars quarantine rise as flu outbreak worsens
Dr Sumner secretary of the state board of health refuses to ease quarantine while influenza remains severe. Last Tuesday 2526 new cases and 27 deaths were reported with Milford Davenport Carroll Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Dubuque among the hardest hit. He also denied permits to open schools or conduct public sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
State Board of Health
Milford
Vicinity
Davenport
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Young Strawberry Point Woman Dies After Illness
Helen B. Roberts, the 18 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts of Strawberry Point, died in Cedar Rapids last Saturday afternoon after influenza and pneumonia. A Coe College student and 1918 Strawberry Point High School graduate, her funeral was attended by Hlmer Hicks Mrs. Laura Koop and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlmer EH. Hicks
Laura Koop
Strawberry Point
Helen B. Roberts
Charles Roberts
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Strawberry Point High School
Monticello and Anamosa levy details for 1918 tax rate
The 1918 city levies set Monticello at 75 mills with 32 for municipal and 43 for school. a 5 mill agricultural levy applies only to farm lands inside corporate limits. Anamosa's rate stands at 82 mills split 42 municipal and 39 school. Other towns show Wyoming 78, Oxford Junction 72, Olin 72, Center Junction 68, Onslow 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Municipal
Anamosa
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Olin
Center Junction
Onslow
Influenza Strains Express Mechanical Dept Workforce
The Express reports Mr. Coxsee was taken to hospital early today with influenza. Earlier last week lineotype operator Grace Podhaski fell ill and has been absent about a week. Foreman and staff say the flu has caused hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Podhaski
Express Office
Express
Coxsee
Northrop son on front duty takes vacation in Normandy
Mitchell Northrop, ambulance driver on the front since early in the war, says he is taking a vacation in Normandy after a hard period of service. In Paris he met Fred A. Jackson, comptroller of New York Life Insurance, who oversees company offices in Europe. Jackson was once Monticello’s superintendent of schools. Mrs. Jackson remains active in relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. J. Northrop
Mitchell Northrop
Normandy
Paris
Fred A. Jackson
New York Life Insurance Company
Europe
Jackson
Monticello
Monticello Soldier Dies of Pneumonia at Camp Forrest
August Gerdes of Monticello died at Camp Forrest Chattanooga Tenn on October 21 from pneumonia after sickening October 15. He served with aCamp Forrest contingent after enlisting July 29 1918. He is survived by his wife his mother grandmother four brothers and three sisters with funeral plans pending arrival of the body home to Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Gerdes
Monticello
Camp Forrest
Chatanooga
Tenn
Mr. Gerdes
Cass Township
John and
Anna Siebels Gerdes
C. Mardoff
Wayne
Alvina Schlemmer
August Schlemmer
Gerdes
Stutt
Anna Gerdes
John
Gerhard
Carl
Alva Gerdes
Kent Kendall
New York
Otto Otten
Amber
Henry Schaeffer
Langworthy
St. Mathew’s Lutheran Church
S. Ide
Clarence Hayden Dies in Service at Ames
Clarence L Hayden aged about 18 died following influenza and pneumonia after enrolling in the Town State College at Ames under the war department program. Son of Mr and Mrs Frank Hayden of Lovell township he was born in Manchester on September 2 1900 and lived near Monticello most of his life. Funeral held at home with outdoor service due to influenza restrictions. Interment in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hayden
Ames
Frank Hayden
Lovell Township
War Department
Clarence
Town State College
Clarence Leslie Hayden
Manchester
Monticello
South Dakota
Congregational Church
C. I. Cushman
Oakwood Cemetery
October 1893 Monticello items recall weddings and deaths
The Monticello Express notes October 1893 events including F Krominga and spouse silver wedding, Vesper Rearick and Marie Stuhlken marriages, duck hunting trips by Conner and Hall, milk prices at 1.05 per hundred, births and deaths across families such as Eilers, Henrichs, Spencer, Greer, and Eaton, and political speeches by KenworthyBoies Henderson. It also lists a World’s Fair attendance roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Gruenstein
John D. Henrichs
Wayne Township
D. L. Davis
Messrs
G. W. Eastwood
C. D. Chase
Texas
John L. Clark
Tom Shaffer
Oelwein
Anna Marvin
Rome Township
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Johanna Spencer
George Richmond
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Barney Hilers
A. Matthiessen
Laurin Greer
James Greer
Monticello
Sand Spring
Greer
James IF. Laude
Castle Grove
W. S. Kenworthy
Oskaloosa
Horace Boies
W. M. McFarland
D. B. Henderson
Dubuque
House of Representatives
John Harvey Eaton
Royalston
Mass
New Hampshire
Jones County
Bowen’s Prairie
C. S. Bidwell
Chicago
Ernest Hicks
Douglas Smith
J. W. Merrill
O. D. French
Harms Brothers
Wm. Hogg
George
Wm. Hubbard
H. M. Carpenter
Frank Page
Curtis W. Hosford
T. A. King
Florence Gregory
Hattie Hoag
Alfred Miller
F. A. Jackson
John Heisey
R. N. Earhart
David Street
J. W. Davis
Alfred Moore
S. E. Sarles
Nellie Jerrard
O. Fl. Davis
Man Dies En Route to Finley Hospital in Ambulance
Charles Mathis died in an ambulance while being transported from his home to Finley Hospital in Dubuque. His wife and daughter were also being moved. the wife remained in critical condition, and she was not informed of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Chas
Mathis
Yale Football Hero Missing in France May Be Prisoner
Lieut Artemus Gates of the United States Navy son of Mrs Emma Lamb Gates of Clinton is reported missing in France and may be a prisoner of war. Gates gained wide renown as captain of Yale's 1917 football team and joined aviation service in spring 1917 alongside fellow Yale students. He was the son of the late Marvin J Gates a millionaire lumber man of Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Gates
United States Navy
Emma Lamb Gates
Clinton
France
Gates
United States
Yale University
Yale
Aviation
Marvin J. Gates
Letter From Elmer Lee From Columbus Barracks Ohio
A WWI era letter from Priviate Smill of the 26 Company Columbus Barracks Ohio dated October 19 1918 describes quarantine for smallpox at a barracks opposite a brewery. He notes bonds bought by soldiers illness and pay details mentions flying machines and influenza and hopes for overseas service. He explains his role managing the mess and drills while under guard ropes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lee
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Mr. Doxsea
The
Express
Jones County
Ttt
Corp. Adams
Hutter
Peneimes
Payton
Uncle Sam
Woderaker
Monticello
Privationlm Smill
Columbus
Tarracks
Ole
Corporal Schneiter reports from Camp Lewis Washington
Corporal Carl Schneiter of Co. D 2138 Engineers writes to his parents from Camp Lewis Washington about arriving early morning, two story barracks, a trip across four mountain ranges, Mt Rainier visible from his window, travel through thirteen states and nine towns with Red Cross visits, and plans as new men arrive for more training and Liberty Loan drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schneiter
Co. D
Camp Lewis
Washington
Camp Forrest
Allegheny
Black Hills
Rockies
Cascade
Camp
Mt. Rainier
United States
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Cornell Corps Insured All Men for Ten Thousand
All 210 members of Cornell College Student Army Training Corps carried the full $10,000 insurance. Most beneficiaries were mothers or fathers. mothers received 153 votes, fathers 40, brothers 3, sisters 2, and wives 2. Ten men with no living parents insured in their own name for their estates. The corps and Captain Tooze celebrate the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Student Army Training Corps
Cornell College Student Army Training Corps
Tooze
Former Olin resident James Hayden dies in Kansas
James Hayden formerly of Olin died in Sedgewick Kansas last week. The body was brought to Olin for burial and the funeral was held at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs G M Hayden. Freemasons conducted the service last Thursday. He is survived by his wife Cora B two children Keith and Kermit his parents two sisters Ida Stingley and Zula Alexander and a brother Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hayden
Olin
Sedgewick
Kansas
G. M. Hayden
Freemasons
Cora B
Keith
Kermit
Ida Stingley
Zula Alexander
Fred
Hopkinton Family Suffers Tragedy With Pneumonia Death
The seven year old child of Mr and Mrs James Gaddie of Hopkinton died of pneumonia last Sunday and was buried Monday. Their second child is very ill. The family also lost a 14 year old boy in August in an accident west of Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gaddie
Hopkinton
Gaddie
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Frank Mead
Delaware County
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Rev.c. Mardoff
C. R. Chapel
L. F. Cummings
Fred G. Matthiessen
Cummings
Mr. Chapel
Monticello Express
Cornell
Lowell State Bank
Member
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America
U. S
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Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad
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Rofler Mills
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