Castle Grove Correspondence Sees Local Movements And Schoolnotes
Castle Grove reports include John Caspers leaving for Camp Dodge with Jones county enlistees and local youths Bernhard Heiken Herman Eggers and Fred Bohlken also in the draft. Teachers Miss Delay No 1 Miss Hubbard No 5 and Miss O Brien No 7 return. Misses Harken host Ladies Aid at Presbyterian church Thursday. Local visits, farming moves, and school openings noted with multiple residents traveling, teaching, or building silos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Caspers
Jones County
Camp Dodge
Wayne
Scotch Grove
Bernhard Heiken
Herman Eggers
Fred Bohlken
Mary Delay
Inez Hubbard
Josephine O’brien
Bessie
Bertha Harken
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Carl Jones
A. Maire
A. W. Adams
Monticello
Olin Howie
Arthur Hubbard
Castle Grove
Atlantic
Howard C. Irvine
Prairieburg
W. D. McLaughlin
John Behrends
Fred Barrack
Strawberry Point
Florence Sampson
Hazel Hubbard
Cass Township
Dc. A. McLaughlin
Matt Delay
I. A. Heiken
J. M. O’rourke
Sand Spring Community Notices and Visits
Sand Spring reports a series of visits and local events. Families from Delaware county and beyond, including Schuster McDonoughs Eilers Guthries and Lawrences, are noted visiting, teaching, or moving through Hopkinton Maquoketa Dubuque and Hastings Minnesota.
Prairieburg Notes on Service Flag Dedication and Local Visits
Services for the dedication of the service flag were held at St. Joseph's church with a Rev from Dubuque delivering the address. Mrs. Irvine attended with Rev Irvine who will speak next Sunday at 8 o'clock. Vera Wood underwent an appendectomy in Cedar Rapids. Cliff Tharp and spouse welcomed a daughter last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
St. Joseph’s Church
Dubuque
Irvine
Vera Wood
Cedar Rapids
Cliff Tharp
O. A. Delancey
J. J. Dolan
F. T. Richards
C. O. Rowley
England
Clara Fehr
Marion
M. S. Knapp
Wm. Trefz
Coggon
Gehringer
Howard Caldwell
Masonville
Iva Wollmut
Rock Rapids
Ethel Chandler
Business
CO. Rowley
Anamosa
Drummy Case Settled in Local Exemption Proceedings
James B. Drummy, son of W F Drummy of Ryan, appeared before the exemption board and waived deferred classification to be inducted at once. His father had sued six Ryan youths over a yellow paint incident at his premises. The action is to be dismissed and the case closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
James B. Drummy
W. F. Drummy
Ryan
Young Drummy
Farm Bureau Urges Jones County Seed Wheat Drive
The government asks Towa to sow 1,000,000 acres of winter wheat and rye with Jones county quota at 2,000 acres to feed troops and support home folks. Slogan urges seed corn is saved and seed wheat seed corn selection dates set between September 15 and 28. Fred F. Clark is contact for seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Jones County
Red Cross
Liberty
U. S
Fred F. Clark
Iowa
Hest
America
Harding
Council of Defence
Local Briefs News in D Anamosa and Surrounding Areas
Duncan MacAllister is recovering after hospital surgery for a rupture. his condition was serious but he is progressing well. Mrs. Mary Doolittle has become field secretary for the Northwest Women’s board of Foreign Missions, based in Chicago. C Reeve attended Manchester on Delaware County Telephone Co. business, as government rules raise installation charges and changes. A dangerous damaged bridge on the county line endangers travel, with washed embankment and potential cave‑in. authorities have been notified and legal action may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Schuster
Louis and
Paul
John
Irene McDonough
Manchester
Timothy O’regan
Eleanor
Margaret
Dubuque
Ed Eilers
Merle Eilers
Monticello
F. W. Lawrence
Louise Gestel
Beatrice Standacher
W. B. Guthrie
New York
R. J. Guthrie
Bert Lawrence
Denver
Colorado
Fred Lawrence
Andy Miller
Lester O’brien
Clarence Schuster
Joe Grand
Maquoketa
Jeannette Blair
Joseph
Fred Bohlken
John Bachelder
Hastings
Minnesota
Gerard Grafe
Curlew
Verna Lowe
Delhi
Clara Gestel
Fred Egger
Helen
Hopkinton
A. Blair
Jeannette
Messrs
Fagan
J. J. Wilson
Chicago
Sylvia McKinney
Farley
Marie
Mary Murray
D. Slauson
Duncan MacAllister
D'Anamosa
Mary Doolittle
Women’s Board of Foreign Missions For
Northwest
Approch
Death of Gehlen Palmer A Cresco Youth Remembered
Gehlen Prentice Palmer 15 died at his parents Cresco home on September 6 from complications after a fall on August 22 that broke his leg. He was active in school and military drill, popular, honest, and devoted to athletics and church work. He leaves parents Loren and practice, two brothers Kenneth and Reece, two sisters Clara and Maxine, and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehlen P. Palmer
Loren A. Palmer
Cresco
Monticello
Gehlen Prentice Palmer
W. A. Boekhoven
Gehlen
Howard County Times
Congregational Church
Sunday School
Christian Endeavor Society
Dan
L. A. Palmer
Kenneth
Reece
Clara
Maxine
PRESENT DAY RECIPES Substitutes
Provides home made substitutes and steps for dishes including Jima bean mock sausages and nut bread. Includes soaking beans in liquor, shaping sausages, cheese salad, and steamed brown bread with ingredients like lima beans cottage cheese bread crumbs and apples as garnish. Contains cooking times and measurements.
Liberty Loan Boosters Meet to Finalize Fourth Campaign
George L. Schoonover, chair of the Jones county Liberty Loan Campaign, calls a meeting of captains and officers of the Jones county war council at the National Masonic Research Society in Anamosa on Sunday September 15 at 2 00 p m. The group will review campaign materials and letter forms and set quotas and precinct plans for the September 28 drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
George L. Schoonover
Jones County
Jones County War Council
National Masonic Research Society
Anamosa
Strategic retreats echo grand ducal tactics in early war notes
The German strategic retreat concept recalls World War I style maneuvers as Russian forces previously regrouped in stronger positions. The comparison frames current German actions with historic eastern front tactics noted in the Kansas City Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Nicholas
Doctor's Office Hours Range From Morning to Afternoon
The notice states Dr E maintains office hours from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. indicating a mid day schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. E
Political shuffle and local notices in Anamosa Eureka
The Anamosa Eureka reports on changes at the Jones county exemption board now housed near the National Bank, with expanded records for the forthcoming registration. Lieut Marl Fisher withdraws from the race for county auditor after serving at Camp Dodge and Army duties. Woodrow Wilson backs Henry Ford for senator, a move viewed skeptically in Michigan where Ford lines up Republican support but is challenged by Newberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Hoyt
Los Angeles
California
Avert Schoonover
D. Chadwick
Lydia Monroe
Detroit
Jones County Exemption Board
Can
National Bank
Marl Fisher
Camp Dodge
Fisher
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Ford
Wilson
Michigan
Mr. Newberry
Letter to a Soldier Brighten Homesick Hearts Abroad
A wartime plea to write cheerful letters to soldiers in France during World War I. It urges quick, sunny notes that boost morale, reassure troops, and reinforce belief in victory. The piece frames letters as vital lifts for weary, lonely fighters facing harsh battles and distant homes. Floyd Show. Somewhere in France. August 4, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Traditional Dessert and Dinner Dishes From Early Recipes
A collection of home cooking directions including orange marmalade with lemon, egg custards, angel food cake with syrup and honey, raisin pie, creole rice, and cabbage with cream sauce. The instructions cover ingredient amounts, cooking times, and serving notes for each dish.
Gertrude Finn Weds Lieut Eugene Kean At St Martin’s Church
At 5 o clock Monday morning in St Martin’s church the marriage of Miss Gertrude Irene Finn and Lieut Eugene J Kean was performed by Rev Lt Roche. Dennis Sullivan of Albany Missouri visited his brother John D Sullivan last week. He remains a hardworking farmer despite aging. The region reports heavy poultry and egg losses due to skunks, from forty to over a hundred chicks per farm, with skunks protected as supposed white grub exterminators leading to an abundance of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin’s Church
Gertrude Irene Finn
Eugene J. Kean
Lt. Roche
Dennis Sullivan
Albany
Missouri
John D. Sullivan
Dennis
Noted Quote Stirs Debate On Pacifist War Views
A Sioux City Journal clipping cites Henry Ford on soldiers and asks what legible motto might suit a blind pacifist opposing armed conflict. The provincial reflection invites readers to weigh national duty against antiwar sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Henry Ford
Red Cross Garment Shipment and Prohibition Quote
A shipment of hospital garments and Belgian relief items was donated to the Red Cross last week by Mrs. J. W. Coxsee, including shirts, pajamas, robes, jackets, gowns, and children's dresses. The Chicago Tribune editorial argues that nationwide prohibition would be enforced strictly, marking a true dry era rather than a nominal one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Coxsee
Red Cross
Evening memories of friends and youth haunt the mind
A reflective verse fragment notes how memory brings light from days of boyhood and loves spoken, even as friends fade and a banquet hall seems deserted. The speaker, still bound by slumber’s chain, recalls cheerful hearts now broken and leaves like winter weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moore
Everyone Must Aim High in the Next Loan Subscription
The announcement urges investors to set ambitious targets for the upcoming loan subscription. Officials emphasize maximizing participation and securing strong funding.
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Farm Bureau Notes
John McDonald
Irene B. Wheeler
George J. Wenzlick
John G. Schoon
Egarvey 3Eery’s
Geo. K. Meyer
Patrick’s
Anamosa Eureka Spems
France
Conservation Angel Food
Cascade Pioneer News
Chicago Tribune
Russia
United States
Rickless & McNeill
Reed
the Iverson
C. H. Schipman
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