News of Nearby Towns Highlights Local Relocations and Incidents
Rev W L Allen moved to St Charles Iowa after serving on the Knoxville circuit. Mrs Chrisman and Helena return from California trip via Kansas City. Everist post office to close Oct 20 1918 with mail redirected to Bussey Route 1. Third Iowa Cavalry reunion planned for Knox ville fall 1919 with local boosters noting migration trends toward Missouri. Tracy and nearby towns report property sales, notable travels, and minor injuries from auto and brush incidents among residents and ministers.
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W. L. Allen
St. Charles
Allen
Knoxville
M. E. Church
W. T. Chrisman
Helena Chrisman
Pomona
Calif
J. H. Chrisman
Harvey
Parsons
Everist
Bussey
Iowa
Third Iowa Cavalry
Bloomfield
Third Cavalry
Marion County
Old Co
W. H. H. Barker
Geo
Hollingshead
Missouri
Tracy
Powell Hogate
William Hughes
Kirksville
Hughes
Nellie Converse
B. F. Banta
West Coast
Colorado
Portland
G. C. Banta
Dalles
Ore
Metta Nelson
Burley
Idaho
Arthur Spaur
Washington Township
E. A. Banta
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Banta
J. H. Shilling
Harve
Chase Bridges
Shilling
Tague
Mt. Carmel Church
Eddyville Social Notes Recap From Local Visits
In Eddyville Mrs Will Slycord returns home after surgery at Ottumwa hospital. Many locals visit relatives in Albia Pella Sully and Camp Dodge. Visits include Bloms Veenstras Van Zantes Dam Klein Van Gemert and DeWilds. An ad notes Chamberlains Tablets for digestion at 26 cents.
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the Tribune
Will Slycord
Ottumwa
G. Blom
Tunis
Sully
J. Blom
Joe Veenstra
Clarence van Vark
Pella
J. Burggraaf
Cornelia Blom
Albia
Stella Dam
Peoria
J. Dam
D. Vander Wilt
Wm. van Zante
Herman van Zante
Otley
Henrietta Blom
Albert Vermeer
Veenstra
Fred W. Campbell
Bart DeWild
Camp Dodge
Smith
Albert DeWild
Eddyville
Will You Help Our Boys Abroad? Home Paper Service Planned
Editorial urges all townsfolk to fund and support the Home Paper Service for soldiers and nurses abroad. Colonel William Boyce Thompson spearheads the plan to send every service member a hometown newspaper, fostering connection and morale. Subscriptions funded by the community will be aggregated, with contributors names published, and excess funds directed to the Red Cross.
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Willam Boyce Thompson
New York
Home Paper Service
Foreign Service
United States
Thompson
War Industries Board
Red Cross
France
World News
Col
William Boyce Thompson
Home Paper Service of America
Red Cross Committee
Wolf
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy
Wage Day scheme stirs town and funds in Sunday class
In May Woman’s Home Companion a plan is described where two months ahead a Wage Day set in a Sunday school class led to gifts of one day’s wage in sealed envelopes. Men easily calculated, wives compared value, a pastor’s wife paid like the wedding fee, while one large woman valued herself at gold and computed per pound, sparking debate and money raise.
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May Woman's Home Companion
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A. J. Visser
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den Burger's Safe Stable
P. A. Edmund
Wagner's Clothing Store
W. F. Crew
North Side Square
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
Vander Zyl Bros
JOWIA
F. F. Carpenter
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Ofice
Stubenrauch
Gera
Castoria
Vander Linden
All Solid
D. G. Gosselink
Cializing
Selz Shoes