Local Notices Track Ongoing Home Improvements And Visits
Burt News Notes recounts residents making repairs such as new foundations and roof work, family visits from Minnesota to Rochester, and health updates. It mentions Mrs Beane, Mrs Pox, Mrs Yarmall, Stewart family travels, pleurisy cases, a $300 railroad back pay surprise, a Halloween social, and staff changes at local eateries including a cook from Marvin hotel moving to Pioneer restaurant.
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Gia Beane
Beane
Pox
Dack Yarmall
Wil Rike
Dhanians
Ja & Pred Maus
J.T Teasenau
Hancraft
Ross E
C. Chipman
J. A. Miller
Ames
Ray Cunninghlm
J. P. Cuningham
Ray
John Emerson
Titonka
Bartlett Farm
Plessie Sewick
Marvin Hotel
Sever
Sears
Caux
Howard Patterson
Aberdeen
Local social notes and obituaries from Burt area
Visiting and family news from Burt Iowa includes Grace Smith Robi Cogsdill and Mrs. Paul Kriethe relatives traveling to Owatonna Minnesota. Death of Mrs James Foster mourned with funeral at Burt M E church. Mrs Foster born 1852 in Germany. survived by eight children and husband James Foster. Substantial home improvements by E O Mann and a basket social at Ole Grove school. Mrs Elsie Jain marriage notice from Detroit Michigan reached relatives. Stock sale at Charles Patterson farm reports sold all items.
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Grace Smith
Robi
Cogsdill
Wesley
Paul Kriethe
Owatonna
Minn
Mann
Ole Grove School
Leona Putz
St. Paul
Miss Puty
Pirce
Wi. Bleich Sr
Cramer
Burt
James Foster
Foster
Mrs. Foster
Germany
U. S
Herman Schiffer
Irving
M. E. Clearch
Spangter
Denver
Stoddard
Charles Patterson Farm
Paul Dettman
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Shont
Dettman
Red Cross calls third roll for 1920 support drive
E K Hardy outlines war work continuation and broad peace program as the Red Cross seeks 4,000,000 annual members and $3,000,000 across Illinois Iowa Michigan Wisconsin and Nebraska. He urges universal cooperation and volunteers for the third roll call November 2 to 11.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
The
Tilois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Red Cragg
Local Visitors Share Time Across Several Homes
A series of social visits are recorded in Titonka and Britt areas. Families including Thillips, Fisher, Carr, Bingham, Eden, Hauplley, Spiker, Orthel, and others are noted as visiting various homes on weekdays and Sundays. Several birthday and family gatherings are mentioned with neighbors and relatives frequenting Andy Bingham and John Eden residences.
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Woden
A. J. Thillips
Leslie
Titonka
Ehmer Fisher
Britt
Henry Carr
Dennis
Oliver Bingham
Andy E Bingham
Willie Eden
Steve Golfe
Andy Bingham
Nick Hauplley
John Eden
Nick
Edna Foxox
Lorna Haupley
Mix Minnie Orthel
J. Bird
Joe Cashmeyer
Indy
Sa Schetter
Dick Spiker
Joe
John’ Benhom
Conrge
Serry
Schutfor Wer
Sungay Corenoon
Pershing Donates 10000 to Red Cross for French Orphans
Gen Pershing's final act in France was to turn over 625.40 francs about 10000 dollars to the American Red Cross. The funds will aid French orphan children adopted by the Red Cross as a chaplain visiting the headquarters observed the ongoing work.
Good Fellowship Club in Hingchow China Opens Social Intercourse
A progressive Chinese doctor promotes a Good Fellowship Club in Hingchow to provide Christians and Chinese citizens with a healthy social life. The venture starts with awkward meetings, grows in size and confidence, and expands from English to Chinese discussions with both men and women attending Japanese and American educated members, Buddhist scholars, merchants, and officials. Women gain leadership, social topics and church group plans emerge, and a Christmas play is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellowship Club
Hingchaw
China
Co - Ao Tt
America
Chinese Girls Learn English to Talk Across Dialects in Peking
Chinese girls studying at Tung Pu College in Peking adopt English as a common tongue to bridge eight distinct dialects among Western and other provincial groups. The effort aims to ease communication during eight years of school and college training, given long regional travel times and language differences.
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Tung Pu
Peking
China
Nist
Igl
College Traling
Plan World War on Plague Formed by Red Cross Societies
Twenty six national Red Cross societies form the League of Red Cross societies to fight disease famine and disaster. The league begins work in Poland where typhus threatens western Europe. A medical commission has been sent to address the crisis and report on control methods. Members include Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada China Cuba Denmark France Great Britain Greece Holland India Italy Japan New Zealand Norway Peru Portugal Romania Serbia South Africa Spain Sweden United States and Venezuela.
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Red Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
League
Poland
Europe
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Cuba
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Greece
Holland
India
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
Penu
Portugal
Rotmania
Serbia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
United States
Venezuela
Red Cross Seeks One Million Enlistees In 1911 Drive
The American Red Cross urges one million volunteers to enlist for the Third War Council drive in November 1911. It seeks 16 million dollars to finish war work and fund a peace program, and 20 million members to sustain its high organizational standard. Enlist now. your local chapter serves as the recruiting station.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cros
New School Site Secured for Girls Physical Training in China
The Young Women's Christian Association has established a new home for the girls physical training school in Shengtu, China. The grounds cover about eighteen acres and are divided by a private road with foreign residences on one side and native buildings on the other. The facility will include classrooms, a garden, tennis courts and an athletic field, with spaces allocated for foreign instructors and local staff.
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Streasi
Msn
Sor
Republicen
Burt News
Geo. Patterson
LC Smith
CL Smith
Des Moines
Lucy
Mets
H. C. Buell
J. P. Cunningham
Jim Armstrong
Steve Sharp
D. C
Hobson
Gall
Hardy
Telly Hanes
E.K. Hardy
Gen
Pershing
Y. W.C. AP
NEW School For China
Ralih
Buison
Tou
John
Cascara
SOU
Way Plettirs
H.C. Adams & Co
Algona
Carl Dahlhauser
Jowa
Tawa
Ar CO
Muri
Conan
Plex
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