Moonlight Mission Band Letter from WWI Soldier
A letter from Harry B. De Cook, stationed with the 168th regiment in France, praises a candy box sent by the Moonlight Mission Band of Pella Iowa. He notes extreme sugar shortages in England and stringent food limits for troops, urging local observance of food regulations to aid Allied efforts. He thanks the Pella group and prays for the band’s blessings.
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Mig
Moonlight Mission Band
Fliat. Reformed Church
Harry de Cook
England
France
168Th
Pella
United States
Society
Mission Band
Harry B. de Cook
Democratic conference of Iowa in Des Moines March 28 1918
The Democratic State Central Committee of Iowa invites every Democrat in Iowa to a Des Moines conference on March 28 1918 at 10:00 a m to discuss state and national political matters and to suggest candidates for the coming primary election. The meeting aims to align with the President on war efforts while addressing home affairs and accepting input from attendees. Per J W Reynolds chairman Kirkwood Hotel and W Marsh national committeeman.
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Iowa
Des Moines
America
Asd
Democratic State Central Committee of
Per J. W. Reynolds
Kirkwood Hotel
W. Marsh
Test of a Good Husband in Dallas News
The Dallas News quotes a saying that a good husband is one who does not notice when the sitting room curtains have been moved to the dining room upon his return home.
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Dallas News
Lily symbolism in spring and faith across garden blooms
The piece surveys lilies blooming in spring, describing varieties from the white annaunication lily to the calla and amaryllis. It links lilies to Easter themes, resurrection, and human life, noting beauty, devotion, and cultural symbolism across gardens and churches.
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Isles
The
Southland
Poultry Laying Hens Traits and Health Indicators
The guide says a high productivity egg layer should be healthy and active. Key traits include large combs bright eyes and a wedge shaped body. Earlobe color indicates laying status with chalky white for heavy laying and creamy for moderate. A velvety comb signals good health and age.
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Tom Ran
H. A. McKeene
Kent
Oil Demand Exceeds Production In Early Discussion
The article notes crude oil consumption at about 24 million barrels annually versus 1 million produced daily and 1.25 million barrels daily refining capacity. It poses questions about the oil supply’s renewability, contrasting it with water cycles, and asks what would happen if oil suddenly ran out.
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Enya
Hartford Courant
Rats, Pets of Miners Warn Workmen of Danger
In California gold mines, miners keep many rats as pets. The rats gather for lunch with the miners and are fed scraps. Miners believe the rats sense unseen risks such as roof collapses or poisonous gases and react by scurrying or showing distress signals.
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Public Health Service
Mother Lode
California
History of Paraguay and Asuncion’s early role
The text outlines Paraguay’s history and notes Asuncion as the oldest city on the Atlantic slope of South America. It mentions that Asuncion held significant importance, though the passage contains garbled phrases and missing details.
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Paraguay
Ascuncion
South America
How Work Helps And The Healing Power Of Hands
Margaret Baldwin writes in the Atlantic about the healing power of work. She reflects on hands shaping thought from primal ages to modern craft, noting how skilled hands linked to the brain forge creative vision and spiritual strength.
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Ita Shrine
Margaret Baldwin
Atlantic
Raphael
European inventor develops peat based insulation material
A European inventor is advancing compressed peat as an insulating material with a novel attachment method. The report notes a Detroit woman has been granted a related patent covering an attached plate and hook mechanism. Details describe the device positioning and potential applications in construction.
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Detroit
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Article
Readable fragments indicate a local story with named individuals and places but key details are missing. The text references unidentified events and generic terms, lacking clear actions, dates, or outcomes to form a precise card. The available data hint at a community context and potential public notice.
Within The Lily's Cup Poem Fragment
A lyrical fragment celebrating beauty and wonder in life. The speaker imagines loveliness to sell and children’s faces, blue waves, music, vines, and arms that comfort. The verse dwells on holy thoughts and the delight of the spirit.
Fragmentary Verse Fragment from a Magazine Page
The readable lines hint at a lyrical magazine fragment, mentioning loveliness peace and an hour of song with partial phrases about strife. The source provides sparse, unclear text and no concrete events, names, or dates to anchor a fuller summary.
First Reformed Church Services and Union Meeting Notes
The text lists Sunday and weekday services at 10:46 a m and 7:90 morning subjects on the Bible and money questions, evening topics on the Bible and secret societies, lodges and clubs, with Bible School at 9:30 p m and Junior Union at 8 p m and Senior B Y P U at 6:30 p m. A Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study at 7:30 p m invites all, plus a cordial welcome. The union meeting last Sunday was well attended with inspiring district officer introductions and Gounod anthems Sanctus and Babylon performed, and next Sunday features a sermon to the Y M C A and a college Y M C A quartette performance. All young people are invited to attend.
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Robert Carroll
First Reformed Church
Babylon
Y. M. CA
Y. M. C. A. Quartette
Morning sermon Uncrowned King and evening call to salvation
The schedule lists morning and evening sermons with hymns. Morning sermon titled The Uncrowned King features the anthem Jesus Saviour Pilot Me. Evening sermon What Must I Do to Be Saved accompanies the anthem God is a Spirit.
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Jesus, Saviour
God
Methodist Church Services Announcements
Next Sunday morning President Hoffman will deliver the sermon at eleven. The Epworth League of Knoxville will conduct the evening service at six thirty. Sabbath school begins at ten o clock. Rev and Mrs Dillon plan to attend the dedicatory service of a new church at Williamsburg next Sunday. Mr Dillon will preach Monday.
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Methodist
Hoffman
Epworth League
Knoxville
Dillon
Williamsburg
WANTED Clothing for Belgians and French in need
A call for clean durable clothing shoes to aid Belgians and French during shortages. Drop at Van Igt building corner Washington and Broadway Thursday. Committees include Mrs. C Aschenbrenner Mrs M W Van Dornick and Mrs H P Scholte. Dr P A Edmand recently in Des Moines for Scottish Rite degrees. Wagner Quality Store remodeling boosts interior space and millinery and ladies departments moved to first floor.
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Belgium
France
van &Tigt Building
Washington and
Broadway
P. A. Edmand
Des Moines
Wagner
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M. W. van Dornick
H. P. Scholte
the Chronicle
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Golden Sun
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