06 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
1
The record lists daily precipitation by day of week with max and min temperatures for 1913 through 1917. It gives monthly and yearly totals, noting 1913 17.96 inches, 1914 19.57, 1915 32.42, 1916 18.82, and 1917 18.xi inches, attributed to Frep C Kiron, Observer.
Frank W. Jarboe departed last Friday for Burlington Kansas to spend the winter and travel overland in his Maxwell car He disposed of Mellette county interests and doubts about returning next spring He left the Pioneer editor a parting gift of three quart jars of grape and plum jelly and butter from his mother’s homestead The community will miss his weekly Pure Water correspondence and local news items The paper invites another reporter from Mellette to submit news for upcoming issues
War Department reports deaths of Andrew J Paseka Chas McBride and Harold L Koneig in France. Mellette county families from Rosebud Valley Butte Valley Hood South Dakota and Wood South Dakota mourn their sons. The community expresses sympathy and honors the sacrifice of these young men.
The letter from William Nelson, formerly of Wood, now with U S Naval forces in Europe, describes rough seas, censorship, and the hunt for enemies. He notes his brother Hank in France, asks about Mellette county news, rural credits, and Holly in Chicago, and mentions neighbors drafted. Another segment from October 31 in Belgium details frontline moves, delousing, hospital care, and frugal U S service life amid heavy shelling.
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