Gigantic potatoes on display at Knoxville bank
News notes from Knoxville report J W Brady and family presenting two enormous potatoes weighing 63% and 35% ounces at Knoxville National Bank. Other local items include visits, stock shipments from the Q yards, and military notices of Pierre Bousquet and Walter Kester.
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the Journal
J. W. Brady
Brady
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Knoxville National Bank
T. J. Edmand
Pella
J. H. Young
Knoxville
M. E
St. Louis
Jake
Walt Elliott
Seth Way Company
Chicago
Way Company
Ed Workman
Jake Elliott
Pierre Bousquet
39Th Engineering Corps
Washington, D. C
France
M. Bousquet
Pierre
Europe
Jacob Kunkle
Indiana Township
A. B. Bly
Burlington
Walter Kester
U. S. Hospital Corps
Council Bluffs
Ft. Ethan Allen
Boyd
Eddyville Notes Echo Neighbor Visits and Local News
Eddyville residents report visiting relatives in nearby towns including Pella and Osceola. Local visitors include D Wormhoudt of Newton and A J Kuyper of Pella. A train incident injures a Belle Plaine man and others plan a farewell for the Poor family moving to Kansas.
Socks knitted for Red Cross reach soldiers in training camp
A reader shows a knitted pair of socks with double heels to a veteran, praising the knitter’s craft. D. V. Eastman writes from San Antonio, Texas, after leaving Jefferson Barracks, noting his placement at Kelly Field as he trains for aviation service, likely as a chauffeur rather than a pilot.
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Kaloona
Red Cross
D. V. Eastman
Eddyville
St. Louis
Aviation Corps
Prairie City Residents Note Sunday Visits
Prairie City and nearby towns show a flurry of Sunday and midweek visits. Colyn of Pella and DeWit family guests were among those visiting in Prairie City and Pella. Prof. C. Evers of Agency joined Rev. G. Meengs, with Evers noted as superintendent of Agency schools after leaving Prairie City.
New Sharon Notes From The Star Regional News
Alex Moore left for Kansas and Oklahoma to spend the winter. Gordon Lunt returned from Iowa City to stay with his parents over Sunday. Visitors at the J. W. Straughan home included L. D. Tice and wife Veda McKinney Mary Wallace and son all of Pella, Will Tice and son of Oskaloosa, Clara Shangle of Little Sioux Iowa and Ruth Suffield of Des Moines. Private D D Kern of Collins Iowa wounded in the French trenches. He is Rev A B Kern’s nephew who held a meeting at Union Mills.
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the Star
Alex Moore
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gordon Lunt
Iowa City
Lunt
J. W. Straughan
L. D. Tice
Veda McKinney
Mary Wallace
Pella
Will Tice
Oskaloosa
Clara Shangle
Little Sioux
Iowa
Ruth Suffield
Des Moines
D. D. Kern
Collins
A. B. Kern
Union Mills
New Sharon Band Plans Concert and Family Revelation
EY Years age and will be remembered by many in that community. The New Sharon band continues regular rehearsals twice weekly focusing on instruction for new members. Plans for a forthcoming concert remain tentative with admission likely. A surprising event occurred when Miss Lizzie Miller received a letter from Florence Smith, once believed dead after the Eastland disaster, now Mrs Florence Michner living in Omaha, Nebraska.
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New Sharon
Lizzie Miller
Florence
Omaha
Nebraska
Miss Miller
Chicago
Eastland
Florence Smith
Florence Michner
Michner
Monroe Community Notes and Social Bits
Community items from Monroe include a sixth and seventh grade party at the high school gym with Miss Lella Droz, visits by Mrs. Mark Shaw and family to Pella, and Des Moines visitor Mrs. Oliver Werner at the Livingston home. A local obituary notes Thomas Kane’s death with Wednesday funeral in Fairmount. A Boulder charter history is discussed, noting Ira M. De Long as former convention president. Neighborly gatherings feature Mr. and Mrs. Birkenholtz and Mr. and Mrs. Wittmer, plus a reminiscence of LeRoy W. Allum’s Vicksburg colors act related to a Mirror sale year.
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Lella Droz
Mark Shaw
Pella
Oliver Werner
Des Moines
C. B. Livingstons
Thomas Kane
Fairmount
Monroe
Boulder
Colorado
Ira M. de Long
Jake Birkenholtz
John Wittmer
Newton News
LeRoy W. Allum
Riverside
California
Father
Vicksburg
Allum
The Kindest Flag in Paris Welcoming Pershing Troops
Reading the vivid scene in Paris, French orphans and refugees kneel as the American flag travels by, grateful for relief aid. An earlier memory recalls two French girls debating which flag is most beautiful, choosing the American banner despite expectation.
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Paris
United States
France
Marie
Jeanne
Mario
Henries
American flag hailed as the most beautiful and kindest
Marie and Jeanne discuss beauty and the flag in a literary exchange. They compare national flags, affirming the American flag as beautiful and kind, while avoiding talk of family beauty or Paris. The dialogue emphasizes patriotism through symbolic colors and stars.
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Marie
Jeanne
France
Free Book Claims Cancer Cure Through New Treatment
A doctor in Kansas City announces a newly published book describing a combination medical treatment for cancer that reportedly treats most cancer types successfully when started early. The author cites living witnesses treated 3 to 17 years ago and offers the book free upon request.
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O. A. Johnson
Main St
Kansas City
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Northwest
Macy Garage
Murphy
Belinda
Leonard
the Tribune
Paul Leeling
Fred Vanderzyl
D. Wormhoudt
Newton
A. J. Kuyper
I. A. Wormhoudt
Mesdames Gwylim Evans
Tim Dykstra
Frank Prill
Lakonta
Belle Plaine
Wright
Tioga
Northwestern
Wm. Poor
Ray
Sharp
Mollie Gilchrist
Agnew Vance
Gilchrist
Puri
Des Moines Daily Register
Adler Collegian Clothes
T. van Niewaal
Prairie City
L. Colyn
John Colyn
Jno
P. DeWit
Mildred
Thelma
J. Langerak
C. W. Clark
A. de Yoode
Henry de Voode
Mrs. Irwin
Joy
Ver Dught
Bussey
John Chambers
C. Evers
Agency
Ph. G. Meengs
Evers
Prairie City High School
Agency Public Schools
Nyc
kSteve
Wuestia
Uetia
Ceteburc
Fletcher
Castoria
Lways
Per
Parcel Post
Ted Briggs
Lowa
Pella City Roller Mills
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