Journey Through North Dakota and the Sioux Country
A diary excerpt recounts crossing into Nebraska and back into South Dakota during a winter ride in 1918. It details a river crossing, an old hermit ferrying travelers, harsh blizzards, and the tragic deaths of two Sioux language teachers amid bitter cold. The author also reflects on landscapes, Cushman Indian School, and observations of German philosophy impacting wartime thought.
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Nebraska
South Dakota
Stuart
Kitchens Can Defeat The Kaiser Through Thrift
A business leader urges thrift in the kitchen as a wartime payback, arguing that saving bread, butter, sugar, and meat by American families of five could free 10,000 tons of supplies weekly. He notes 2,000 pounds make a ton and four 10,000‑ton freighters could be sent abroad each week to feed allied forces.
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United States
Europe
America
Community Sing Draws Small Turnout At Local High School
The Community Sing in Pella drew a modest crowd in the high school as students from college and high school glee clubs led the program. Prof Sadler presided with Hugo Kuyper at the piano, Geo Ramsey and Tunis Kempkes on violins, and talks by Pres Hoffman and Rev Bruin highlighted the evening.
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Pella
Sadler
Hugo Kuyper
Geo
Ramsey
Tunis Kempkes
Pres. Hoffman
Bruin
Pella Markets and Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad
Market prices for produce and eggs corrected by Van der Zyl Bros and Pella Produce Co list cwt and bu figures. In Toledo 1886 advertisement Frank J. Cheney asserts $100 reward for catarrh cure with Hall's Medicine, includes testimonial pitch and druggist sales offer.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
Will Notice for Alvert G. Dykstra Hearings Set
In Marion County Iowa an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Alvert G. Dykstra, deceased, is on file in the Clerk of the District Court office. A hearing is scheduled for April 30 1918 in Knoxville Iowa, at which all interested persons may be heard. February 26 1918. Clerk Harold Clements.
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Alvert G. Dykstra
Knoxville
Harold Clements
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Pat
Napra
Greenwood
Yankton
Aberdeen
Scotland
Cushman Trades School
Rockies
Mr. Cassidy
Cushman Indian School
Tulalip
Taholah
Neah Bay
Harry Lauder
Orpheum
Olympia
Will J. Verploegh
Germany
Pella Markets
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Sts
A. J. Visser
Grand Rapidal Veterinary College
den Burger's Safe Stable
P. A. Edmund
Wagner's
T. G. Fultz
Calla
Main Street
Vander Ploeg & DE Reus
Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank
eRiam
F. F. Carpenter
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
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