Red Cross Notes Highlight Local War Efforts and Thanks
Eva Stotts notes a successful Red Cross meeting with Fairbury delegates. Volunteers sent 16 pajama suits, 700 surgical dressings, 250 paper back pads, and 31 pillows to Camp Dodge. Members urge continued support as supplies and shipments to Fairbury resume. Letters from Camp Dodge praise the comfort kits and Red Cross work, signed by Captain H. M. Meredith and Joy Reinhardt.
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Fairbury
Kensington
Samll
N. W. Kensingon
Elas
Zadie Frisbie
Newton Hayes
E. L. Loock
Vernon Hill
Lanman
Jerden
Red Cross
74Th Balloon Co
Fort Omaha
Nebr
L. O. Ballard
Diller
Miss Ballard
Fort
Joy Reinhardt
Harbine News Items and Local Obituary Highlights
Local notes report callers at the Harbine and Diller area including Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rea and Mr. Henry Weaver. Johnnie Wrigley enlisted for Camp Pike. Rosa Murray and Anna Sandman and Anna Arnold attend schools. Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Wolters and Flora Wharton visit relatives. Mrs. L. B. Wharton dies near Diller September 2 1918 aged 30. She leaves a large family and many friends.
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Alex Rea
Henry Weaver
Diller
Johnnie Wrigley
Camp Pike
Rosa Murray
Beatrice
Anna Sandman
Fairbury _ High school
Anna Arnold
Joseph Ellis
Frank Sankey
Henry Wolters
Kansas
Flora Wharton
Vera Sharples
Fairbury
L. B. Wharton
Gilbert Blauser
Illinois
Nebraska
Crete
Nebr
United Brethren Church
Grandma Wharton
Harbine
Funeral Rites Held at Harbine Baptist Church
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Harbine Baptist Church with Rev. Wagner of Diller officiating. Interment followed in the cemetery one mile north of town. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sandman drove their daughter Addie to Manhattan Kansas for schooling this week. Bertha Kinneman visited relatives in Fairbury. Mr. T. H. Flaggs returned from Fairbury hospital after an appendectomy weeks ago.
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Harbine Baptist Church
Wagner
Diller
Chas. Sandman
Addie
Manhattan
Kansas
Bertha Kinneman
Fairbury
T. H. Flaggs
War time food saving tips issued for Nebraskans
Federal Food Administrator Gordon W. Wattles urges Nebraskans to limit household sugar to two pounds per person per month and to put up fruit and vegetables for winter. He encourages use of substitutes with wheat flour, beef from lighter cuts, and avoiding waste to support Allied morale.
Village Oracle on Timely Topics and War Knowledge
The Village Oracle speaks on current topics and war, claiming vast knowledge. He notes a cousin who married a man named Gann, with implications about familial ties.
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Hamedt Gann
The Tough Kid Becomes a Rising Lawyer or Banker
A rough youth praised as a hardened youngster who smokes, reads dime novels, and worries locals. Predictors say he may end up in the pen, yet he is expected to grow into a prominent attorney or banker.
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Nick Carter
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J. D. Fanders
Red
Eva Stotts
U. S. Army Base Hospital
Camp Dodge
Iowa
H. M. Merdith
M. C
U. S.army
Gordon W. Wattles
Svornoa
Colorado
Estes Park
Wyoming
Douglas
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Diller, Nebr
L. W. Wakeley
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Omaha, Neb
Pat
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