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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1918

Page

8

Iowa News Items of Interest in Wartime Era

Iowa items report Mrs Ethel Holland driving a taxi in Waterloo while husband serves. Eighty plus Iowa-connected soldiers die or go missing in action in France. J W Conzell of Dubuque elected president of National Dentists Association in Chicago with 10 000 dentists attending. Public health push for immunization and antitoxins, sugar saving campaign, and Y M C A volunteers serving in France. Sioux City and Webster County war effort updates include depots, bonds, and camp assignments. Casualties list includes many Iowa servicemen. local incidents involving war era tensions and disciplinary actions noted.

Ethel Holland Waterloo Iil 168Th United States’ Infantry Creston France National Dentists’ Association Chicago Iowa J. W. Conzell Dubuque National Association United State State Boards of Health Grant Township Montgomery County Highland Township Winneshiek County Logan Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville Department of the Adjutant General of the United States State Service College Baylor Uni ‘Tex State Agricultural Colle Fort Collins Cole W. C. Finkbine LeMara Sioux City M. L. Parker Davenport Iowa Food Administration State Board of Health F. N. Jacks Farmington G. W. Gasque Orient EB. F. Biggs Marion K. Puttnan Frederick Mason Irving King Iowa City K. Buell Independence C. M. Hoili George E. Pike T. J. Payne Gerloo A. L. McMillan Foreat City M. O. Lacie Rockford C. BH. Myers Radcliffe Theo Sexauer Ames J. Sayres Jefferson Nordakog Nevada A. W. Hartquist Ft. Dodge R. W. Orr Armstrong J. R. Bell Storm Lake L. A. Patterson Whiting William Welch Keota R. W. Shulte Adel Baron Willy P. H. von Roeden Hussen Tly Union Depot Webster City W. L. Frost Adjutant General's Office Arthur D. Burdick Clinton Webster County Camp Gordon Georgia Rev D. Smith Marehalltown Henry Maxwell Smith Maxwell George H. Woodson Woodson General Crowder Merrell Modglin Forest City Kan General Courtial Camp Dodge Camp Pike Atlantic Niels Johnson Fifty-eighth Infantry Cass County Johnson Sweden Exra Vinerain Walter Haram United States Marines Earlham Hamm Murray Iowe W. Marson Clifton H. Campbell Clarion Fred Hays Morning Sun Leo R. Keck Henry E. Hopp Mason City Frank Rose New London Thomas D. Way Exiine George €. Dufield Keosauqua John R. Jarvis Clarence V. Bhurtz Eagle Grove Harry W. Arnold Ottumwa Wm. L. Oson Fort Dodge Jas J. Vaughn Joo Irwin L. Sears Oska Leroy P. Daley Ottum Laverne B. Glitzy Ralph C. Grammer Carl Hilgardner Ira W. Holman Moravia Rolfe Ge Heifner Titonka Patrick J Red Oak Iron Re Real Viaton

Need for More Draft Horses Stimulates Local Effort

A national shortage of work horses due to war spurs a movement in Oskaloosa led by the Southern Iowa Fair & Exposition to boost horse raising. The fair will award premiums, connect buyers with breeders, and judge breed points to help farmers select high value stock amid global shortages.

Oskaloosa America Europe

When Grandmother Forgot

Harriet is left alone in a sunlit parlor after her grandmother forgets to fetch lunch and paper for writing. She experiences hunger and loneliness, sensing abandonment as she awaits a question that she never fully hears, while a quiet moral about being forgotten lingers in the scene.

Harriet Grandmother Mother

Trilled Parrot Forgives Cage Companion in Quiet Exchange

A parrot named Sunny perched on a seed cup and sang in a forgiving exchange with a companion. The scene centers on Sunny's bright eyes and forgiving mood, highlighting a gentle moment within a simple domestic interaction.

Sunny

For Love We Fight and Love’s Final Victory Poem

Poem asserting love’s ultimate triumph over hate greed and madness. Proclaims love as victor over hearts of men despite bitterness and rage. Dated June 18, 1918.

Apen

The Tale of Life’s Harsh Comedy

A clipped satirical verse enumerates life’s perils from birth to death. It mocks fortune and misfortune with quick sketches: debt, the tax collector, accidents, and sudden misfortune in a wry tone attributed to an Exchange quotation.

Ufe Iife Canada

Miranda Tales on Automobiles

Miranda reflects on Ike considering buying an automobile while doubting the ability to afford one. She hides ambition, imagining showing off to Mandy Jones and Sis Araminta, and notes people discuss cars more for status than practicality. The tale blends humor with suburban dreams about mobility and pride.

Ike Miranda Goshen United States Mandy Jones Sis Araminta

Dorothy Dix on sympathy for those with no means

Dorothy Dix in Good Housekeeping voices concern for people without children or mobility and lacking resources to cope with others who have. She notes the pitiful defenses of those with no means and the struggle to relate to better off neighbors.

Dorothy Dix Good Housekeeping

The Best Plaster and Liniment Remedy Quote

A fragment notes a remedy for a lame back using Chamberlains Liniment and a damp flannel, bound over the seat of paints, claimed to be more effective and cheaper than a plaster. The line cites F. D. Stubenrauch as the source of the anecdote.

F._D. Stubenrauch

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