Missing Soldier Returns for Duty in Palmyra
Walden Delette, once missing from Marion county, arrived in Palmyra at 6 am aboard a Centralia, Missouri route. Born in France August 22 1894 he worked on the U S steamer Nauvoo then faced arrest in Hannibal for a Burlington agent shooting before later returning to service. He expects assignment to Fort Riley and hopes to serve as a French interpreter.
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Palmyra
Walden Delette
Marion County
Centralia
Delette
France
Paris
Donaldsonville
U.S
Nauvoo
Hannibal
Orin Diemer
Burlington Special
U. S
Mefford
Loys
Fort Riley
Philadelphia
Connell
Root
Kirksville Normal
Brown
Col
Abia
Nielson
J. M. Moss
Francis A. Feeney
Marion county continues wartime effort and home demonstration work
The Marion county board honors the examining physician Dr C P Glahn and notes all county men at the national encampment belong to the 954th infantry. Wm F Happel demonstrates rising prices with a ham display claiming current price 5.45 versus 1.85 in 1901. Miss Margaret Browne, federal leader, tours the state explaining home demonstration agents and government funding. The U S government has appropriated money to support counties adopting home demonstration work to boost conservation in food clothing and health through trained women assisting communities.
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Marion County Board
C. P. Glahn
Marion County
954Th Infantry
Wm. FP
Happel
F. Moore
Council Bluffs
Jamie Kelley
Plattsburg
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Margaret Browne
The
State University
Philadelphia
Bodd School
Fabius Township
Miss Browne
United States
America
Four French POWs escape Bulgarian captivity by air
On the Saloniki front four French soldiers bound after capture escaped into the woods. After three weeks they signaled an aircraft, were retrieved by a French plane and flown back to their lines. Meanwhile brickwork on the new Duker building at Sixth and Maine progresses rapidly as the front wall will be removed.
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Paris
Get
Saloniki
Duker
Sixth
Maine Streets
Killdeer Heralds Spring With Noisy Arrival and Harbinger Role
A nostalgic essay describes the Killdeer as spring’s true barometer, arriving in April with loud cries that announce the season. The bird’s vigilant alarm and bold ground nests frustrate farmers, while its diet of grasshoppers earns it praise as a vital, industrious harbinger of warmer days.
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Bluebird
Chicago Greek guards Venizelos at his Athens door
A Chicago born Greek guards the door of Premier Venizelos in Athens. He explains he is from Chicago via Crete and recalls marching with Greece in the Balkan wars where many Americans died or were wounded. He shows a withered arm from a shoulder wound on the last day of fighting.
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Athens
Venizelos
Crete
Chicago
Iinois
America
Greece
Balkan
China debates internment of Germans and Austrians
Peking reports that China has not arranged for internment of German and Austrian nationals, including those residing or detained, as of October 7. The statement outlines ongoing policy considerations and potential future action amid wartime tensions.
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United States
Japan
Peking
China
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Elry
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Weilers
Brown County
Rockford Life Insurance Company
W. Powell
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Quincy
Hampshire
Kansas
Isaac E. Hess
Maine Street
GAGE
Fisk
Elzie
Gaier
Osselhorst
Maine &T. Ww. A. Simmonds
Goodyear Tire
Morris Adler Co
Service
Vermont St
State Savings Loan & Trust Co
Broadway
Twelfth St
South Side Branch Bank
S. Eighth St
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