Local notes and war time items from Pocahontas region
Readers hear of journeys for holidays in Kankakee County Illinois and Spirit Lake visits. The Register teases Empeys Over the Top pricing and subscription terms. Police shootout with a prowler at Fonda is noted along with Red Cross drives in Laurens Colfax and nearby towns. Political comments praise war moves and Jerusalem’s change in hands amid broader WWI sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Schnug
Elmer Schnug
Dows
Cook
Spirit Lake
Sherk
Register
Empey
Regster
Laurens
Rolfe
Fonda
Ben
We Thank You During This Closing Week of 1917
A year end note from the store thanks customers for liberal patronage in 1917 and pledges continued effort to stock necessities in 1918 under food control and regulated profits. It expresses assurance that items needed to live will be available and invites future trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lve
Rolfe
America
Washington
Romanoffs
Russia
Notice to appear for probate of Pierpoint will in Pocahontas
Court summons in Pocahontas Iowa requires all parties to attend the probate hearing for the alleged last will and testament of Thomas W. Pierpoint, deceased. The hearing is set for January 30, 1918, at 2 p.m. at the Pocahontas County Court House, with the clerk of district court issuing the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Iowa
Thomas W. Pierpoint
Pocahontas County
District Court
W. EB. Bollard
Letter from Fort Riley soldier notes war work and weather
In a December 23 1917 letter from Fort Riley Kansas a Lieut. writes home about post duties in the adjutant office serving 65 000 soldiers and routing reports to Chicago and Washington He describes long hours a lean diet for soldiers and the habit of thorough daily checks on new orderlies and inmates He notes measles meningitis and lice control measures and observes cold weather and northern climate contrasts with the south He mentions Dr Gaffey Ruth and a Des Moines Fort Dodge contact and hopes for a post graduate course and duties in hospital organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. W. Wilson
Fort Riley
Kansas
Kan
Katie
Pauline
Chicago
Washington
Gaffey
Ruth
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Halfe
Sec
U.S
Germany
Don Kent
Red Cross Drives Amid War Tone and Fashion Notes
The author defends spending on Red Cross Christmas seals, praising patriotism and charity. He links support for Liberty Bonds and wartime causes to poverty and profiteering but urges men to wear affordable clothes while emphasizing Red Cross aid to fight the plague and aid victims. The piece blends social commentary with fundraising appeal and calls for donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Calder
New York
Y. M
Red Cross
Red Cross Fund
Holiday Visits and Community Notes Across Osage Area
Mr. and Mrs H P Schoonover and Emery visited Osage for holidays with Schoonover's mother. Numerous locals shared Christmas with relatives, and teachers took vacation. Cantata at Methodist and Baptist Sunday school program noted. Fort Dodge shoppers and various regional visitors mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leone Malcolm
Pocahontas
Gothh
Humboldt
Lawrence Meech
Rolfe
Theron Kendall
Baby
Gilmore City
Roy Adams
Lillian Watts
Aick
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Join Wallace
Fort Dodge
Martin Siekenbecker
Havelock
Nela Smith
Annual election of bank directors at Rolfe Iowa
Notice to shareholders of the First National Bank of Rolfe announces the annual meeting at the bank office in Rolfe Iowa at two oclock p m on January 9 1918 for electing a board of directors and other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Rolfe
Iowa
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F.C. Thomas CO
Rolfe, Iowa
B. J. Lehous
Kankakee County
Illinois
Bors
Frank Sean
The
Pocahontas Democrat
Red Cross Society
Colfax Township
Ekfsborg Lutheran Church
Will White
Miami, Florida
Kolfe
Democrat
Pocahontas Record
Bro. Blake
Jim McCreery
Vardaiman
Mississippi
Senate
Austria-Hungary
Ta- Follette
Jerusalem
Peter the Hermit
Palestine
Pure Food Grocery
C. M. Patterson
Uncle Sam’s
Experi
Enced
Yours
Geo. R. Cook
Variety Store
Luke Metuke
Luke
Bradgate
Os. Buck and Larcle
Jens Peterson
Lou Sarsgard
Pioneer
Robert Sayers
Jim Bell
Eagle Grove
Lulu Logon
Sioux City
Hila van Horne
Ankeny
Roy Ellsworth
New Sharon
Frank Carlton
Donald
Bryarly
Near Gilmore
John Anderson
Is GG. Veach
Vienna
Doughlas Fairbanks
Doug
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