Local notes survey town life and wartime duties
W B McClellan heads to Oklahoma for winter work. C C Lucas buys an auto for the mail route. Burckhalter Bros new building ready for occupancy with invites to inspect. J R Martin’s drainage auditor salary rises to 1600. Various local figures and exams referenced including drill, draft, and teachers. Donald Forbes to enter West Point. court convened with Judge DeLand presiding.
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W. B. McClellan
Oklahoma
C. C. Lucas
Burckhalter Bros
KB. M. Richards
J. R. Martin
Board of Supervisors
Corliss Coon
F. K. Hawley
Laurens
Zelle Pattee
Ware
Dr. Hovenden
Starr
Parker
Camp Dodge
Illinois
F. A. Shaw
Fred Jensen
Sud-Denty
Gilbert Hunt
Priscilla Club
Hunt
Donald Forbes
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Court House
Judge DeLand
Storm Lnake
Mr. Wisenburger
Havelock Happenings and Local Walks
Miss Mae Heents visited the A. M. Howrey home and Ralph Phelp with Frank Flynn were Pocahontas visitors. Zeme Claussen improves after appendicitis surgery at Laurens hospital. Mae Reents returned from Rolfe after a stay with friends. Glenn Kendall killed a red fox, first in the area in some time. Willie Pearson enlisted in the U S Army in Fort Dodge. A storm postponed services at the M B E church. Rebekah lodge members attended Rolfe lodge installation. Various locals visit, move, and engage in barber work, church and social events. G A Grover and others hosted visits, with band plans and a Progress Club gathering.
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Willie Pearson
Fort Dodge
U. S. Army
M. BE
D. F. Beents
Mae
Geo. Allen
Rebekah Lodge
Rolfe Lodge
A. M. Howrey
Geo. Allen Hone
Howard Albaugh
Hansen
Wiscorn
A. M. Howery
Manson
Frank Lucas
Plover
Bart Chinn
Ft. Dodge
Strain Dealers
Will Deadrick
Rolfe
Will Smith
Pocahontas
War rhetoric warns of hunger threatening Allied nations
A persuasive appeal urges decisive Allied action to avert defeat as hunger weakens France England and Italy. It stresses that unless the Allies fight harder the war could be lost and calls for feeding hungry nations to sustain the fight.
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France
England
Italy
Local Social Notes From Bradgate And Humboldt
Weekend guest Miss Fern Brodain visited Manson while Prof. O A Wiesley and family moved into the Charles Tilton residence. Vernon Coffin is attending AMES short course. Miss Leone Malcolm taught near Pocahontas and visited home folks Sunday. A schoolhouse carnival Friday supports the Edison project. Mrs Nels Smith and Mrs John Jagan called on in Humboldt. Mr and Mrs Axel Anderson of Flumpoldt visited Sam Olson’s family. Mesdames Geo Kent and Chris Olson had dental work in Humboldt. Miss Esther Smith clerked at Kelsey’s store as Mr Kelsey oversaw ice packing at the meat market. John Logan closed a deal to become owner of the ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Brodain
Manson
O. A. Wiesley
Chas
Tilton
Vernon Coffin
Ames
Leone Malcolm
Pocahontas
Edison
Nels Smith
John Jagan
Humboldt
Axel Anderson
Flumpoldt
Sam Olson
Mesdames
Geo. Kent
Chris Olson
Esther Smith
Kelsey
Wheatless biscuits recipe and stray editorial remarks
The column describes parched cornmeal biscuits with peanut butter and water, baked in small cakes to yield sixteen servings. It also contains stray sentences about Luxbury, a claim of insanity, and a provocative quip about financing German bootleg liquor during prohibition.
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Luxbury
Woman at Work and the Nation's Destiny After War
The article argues that wartime labor is transforming American women into capable workers across factories and public works. It questions whether women will return to traditional roles or reshape the economy and home life, warning that vast social changes depend on this outcome and may redefine the nation’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
United States
Delicious corn muffins revived for New York hotels
An old fashioned corn muffin recipe is revived for use in large New York hotels. Ingredients include milk butter substitute syrup eggs salt baking powder cornmeal and rye flour. A note mentions an Italian who ate twenty eggs at one meal and calls for prosecution for hoarding food.
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New York
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