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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
Image of death and self in a stark moral meditation. The prose urges the reader to confront mortality by imagining themselves as the lifeless subject in a painting and asks why the crowd would stare. It presents a chilling reflection on identity and judgment.
Fragmented text describes an art competition theme focusing on a teen’s face and form. It hints at collaboration, critique, and unclear details about the artists and awards. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent events or outcomes.
An unspecified update describes Red Cross efforts to modernize training and convert a unit into a hospital function. The piece notes new procedures and facilities aimed at improving emergency medical response and care delivery.
In Lawrence county near Tifflavite a well on the Isaac Abaf farm yielded a rain of gold coins when blasting by the Almestona company set off dynamite. The cache links to 1888 death of Janne Shaffer whose heirs continued the search, now leading to the coin discovery and a NewrantiePa record.
Records from the free government employment bureau in Memphis show SIG farm hands positions in Misatasipyd Arkansas and Trnnenne. The openings are described as four, though officials believe many more exist in reality.
A fragmented manuscript preview discusses instructed breeding and handling of sheep. It mentions fees, labor divisions, and a test for a sheep related task. The text is garbled but centers on preparing or evaluating sheep and related guidelines.
A damaged OCR text fragment discusses an unspecified local occurrence with scattered names and places. It contains unclear phrases about people, preparations, and potential actions, but lacks coherent details to identify participants, dates, or outcomes.
The text warns that cold weather causes pigs to pile in a bed to stay dry. Many will become exposed to cold and develop pneumonia, which often leads to death. Surviving infections can cause coughing difficulty breathing and stunted growth that hinders profitable development.
The ordinance department disbursed over 25 million pounds in April under government authority, with March figures for comparison and notes on new district offices in Washington. A large requisition of 100 million dollars was filed, described as the largest single regulation by a U S disbursing officer. Amounts from arsenals are excluded.
OCR fragment references alienation and fear during wartime, mentioning possible persecution and calls to action against groups. It hints at ethnic or cultural tension, wartime evacuations, and the role of authorities in handling unrest. The passage is unclear but centers on danger, hatred, and policy responses.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses feeding skim milk with corn and mentions individuals such as Poe, Rhee, Doe, and Hough. The text jumbles names, places, and actions, with references to profits and a morning delivery of a car and a person named G. G. Aschenbreteyr.
Times like these we must make no further demands upon steel than are absolutely necessary. Next to food, the Allied Nations need every ounce of steel this county can produce.
A scanned notice lists men for entrainment to Camp Dodge starting June with names including Frank Joe Hagen Rolfe Ernest Albert Johnsen Laurens Frank Guatat Christoffers Pocahontas Jesse Andrew Gehrt Ware Laurence Koester Havelock Fay Needham Varina and others. The document also mentions medical figures, travel, and recent returns from Chicago and Rochester for family events.
Notice to attend probate of an instrument alleged to be the last will of John L Sauer deceased of Pocahontas County Iowa. Court term set at Pocahontas Court House September 4 1978 at 2 00 PM. Respondents must show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Signed E Bollard Clerk of District Court Pocahontas Iowa June 12 1938.
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