Community Notes From Stromsburg and Surrounding Towns
Stromsburg residents share visits and travel to York Lincoln and Omaha. Local events include church gatherings school activities and a home talent play with hearty community turnout. The dam at Buckley Park brings boating hopes as spring draws near and the upcoming election stirs talk on women’s suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Linkley
Robert Larson
Pete Pike
Little Charles Clark
Buckley
Stromsburg
Board of Education
Local Shelby News Roundup Notes Visits Births Deaths and Events
Shelby area notes include multiple visits from Osceola and Omaha residents. A. C. Hichhorn builds a windmill. Herman Benda constructs a farm house north of Shelby. Vera Krepsbaugh dies at ten after appendicitis. funeral held in Shelby. Community events cover school programs, oyster supper, prayer meetings, a fashion show, and upcoming graduation and baseball plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Kresbach
Barney Krebsbach
Shelby
Jacob Luft
U. B
Osceola
George
France
Philip
Leonard
Clarks
Henry
Burwell
William and
Adam
Fred
Emery Abbott
George Wills
Ada Luft
Luft
Pekin, Ill
Herman Benda
Farmers’ Union of Highland
Wayland
Gresham
Goodale Brothers
Will Swan
Red Cross Gifts Reach 400 Million in War Effort
Washington special details the War Council's transition to permanent staff under Dr. Livingston Farrand as the Red Cross completes wartime duties. The campaign raises over 400 million dollars in cash and supplies and mobilizes millions of volunteers, with 8 million women serving and 17 million adult members. The note highlights hospital work in France and ongoing support for troops, including the Army and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry P. Davison
War Council of the American Red Cross
Wilson
American Red Cross
Central Committee
War Council
Henry ‘P.davison
Paris
Red Cross
Europe
Livingston Farrand
The
War Department
Congress
Farrand
Navy
Ireland
U. S. Army
Army Medical Corps
France
Germany
Bluffton Sunday Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Frank Langhammer spent Sunday at Anton Harders. John Lees and family visited Oliver Scows. Mr and Mrs Paul Rinke spent Sunday with relatives in Shelby. Carl Cederberg went to Ostgeola Friday evening returning Sunday. Mrs Ruby Hahn and daughter were noted among weekend visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fosberg
Arnold
Lincoln
Eric Erickson
Seattle
Wash
Boulder
Colorado
John Ivees
Osceola
C. W. Moon
W. S. Pointer
J. C
McGrew
Shelby
Julius Schlesinger
Mamie Barr
David City
Vera Krepsbach
Wilma Houdersheldt
Pearle Swan
A. T. Peterson
Gresham
Pete Derrick
H. Hendersheldt
Ed Clotes
Ida Swan
Ida Gates
Hazel Farley
Clint, McBeth
Lee Davis
Wirt Davis
R. R. Woelke
Will Swan
Beatrice
Ed. Clothes
Henry Jauch
Tom Fozzard
Bertha Benda
Bertha Schmidt
Theo
German
John Ingalls
W. S. S. Society of the Bluffton School
John Lees
Phil Ball
Royal
Frank Langhammer
Anton Harders
Oliver Scows
Paul Rinke
Carl Cederberg
Ostgeola
Ruby Hahn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nellie Smith
York
E. E. Stanton
O. A. Rystrom
Theodore and
Lenard Backlund
John Lanham
A. B
Hedbloom
Clay County
Henry T. Westring
John Olson
Romine
Victor Anderson
Omaha
George H. Presson
Earl
Sheriff Potter
L. H. Headstrom
Sunay
Polk County
Charles Anderson
Axel Anderson
Frank Burgeson
Fred Ahlgren
Joe Nelson
Ed Sundberg
Scott Hall
Opera House
Womens Club
Dr. Hemberg
San Francisco
Lutheran Church
Frangen
Hemberg
Nathan Wilson
Elizabeth Erickson
M. E
van Horn
S. J. Funkhouser
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Otha Grubbs
Leon Brigham
Egemont Arsenal
Baltimore
W. J. Brigham
B. D. Hopwood
Mr. Hopwood
Walter Toppings
Camp Grant
W. C. Hayhurst
Walter
C and K
Alvin Toppings
New York
Wagner
John Kosth
Fred Oades
Allen Barr
Starkey Children
A. C. Hichhorn
Elgin
E. L. Rimey
Rising City
C.S. Rimey
Aid Society of the
Ernestine Nather
Columbus
A. L. Scholz
Conrad Thelen
John and
Louie Scholz
Billy Barr
W. H. Hook
Ashland
Nebr
Caroline Schneider
F. C. Hullhorst
Presbyterian Church At
University Place
O. M. Blevins
Little Son
Vern
John Skinner
Neal Jones
Hackberry
Winnifred Hoffer
Osceola High School
Atding
Sons
Ida
Swan
Ed Carter
Mrs
Elmer ‘Carter
Lloyd “Treadway
Miss Hoag
Miss Méyer
Pole
Marshall Tewell
Harding
Wheeler County
Our City
Polk School
M. F. Smith
Myrtle Hanginger
Shafer
Hansinger
W. A. Stevens
L. B. Curren
Palmer
John L. Anderson
Polk
A. C. Jones
David Anderson
Ositeola
Med
Bluffton
Ting
Helme
Eea
Mallory
Maloy Hi Ae
Florsheim
A.O. Monson Co
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