Letters From Overseas From John Keeler and Everett Ridley
Private Valentine John Keeler writes from France describing towns, climate, and daily life. He notes air passes, safety, and travel to villages while praising French courtesy. He mentions aviation camp visits, language learning, and requests sendings by American express as arrangements are made.
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Tates
Ralph McKay
Saftay
States
Wa Vinippose
American Express
Valentine John Keeler
Baecey G
Memorial Exercises for Maurice Doyle in memory
High Mass was held at St Patrick's Church for Maurice J. Doyle who died in France on July 21 in defense of God and humanity. Rev Father Murtagh officiated. A large congregation attended. Also noted: Major Sanford's war service and arrival in Dickinson County. Frank Woods receives commission. Wilbur Thorndyke ill with pneumonia at Camp Dodge. letters from Estherville correspondent. lamp vandalism woes. new bank cashier Dowden arrives at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Spirit Lake.
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Maurice J. Doyle
France
God
Father Murtagh
Owell
Frank Woods
Frank Woode
Fridey
Fort Crook
Nebraska
Bhatia Wellassee
Wilbur Thorndyke II
Wilbur Thorndyke
Camp Dodge
F. R. Dowden
Grover
Iowa
Farmers and Merchants Bank
B. A. Gronstal
Iowa City
Spirit Lake
Grover Savings Bank
Double Taxation Aims Hit Automobiles and Theaters
Washington reports a new revenue bill imposing a 10 percent tax on auto sales, with trucks taxed at 5 percent. The plan also doubles theater admission duties to 20 percent or 10 cents minimum, while firearms face steep levies. An emplaced gasoline tax, higher luxury taxes, and a substantial overall bill are slated, with deaths and war front news included.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Kitchin
Treasury
Treasury Department
Knight Templar Dies In Iowa Park In Oskaloosa
An obituary notes I A Atkison of Oskaloosa died suddenly at Templar Park after collapsing Sunday night. He leaves two daughters, one in Milwaukee and one in Washington DC, and was nearing sixty seven. The article also covers Fort Defiance defenses in Minnesota era and local banking incidents with a juvenile offender fined after settlement with three banks.
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A.rtchison
Oskaloosa
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
State Historical Sciety of
Iowa
Defitherville
William H. Ing
Kings Visit Ida Grove Theater in Pleasant Outing
Mr and Mrs H Vincent journeyed to Onawa and Ida Grove due to Illness in Iowa. They praised Mr and Mrs Frank G King who run the theater and house at Ida Grove. The show drew capacity crowds nightly, and residents praised the town’s modern amenities and the King duo. Burlington notes reflect wartime dietary advice praising milk as essential for children versus peas or other substitutes.
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Kings
Mre
H. &. Vincent
Onawa
Iowa
Mrr
Mrs. King
Estherville
Junior Red Cross Drive Aiming For 100 Percent Iowa Schools
A Des Moines report outlines plans to organize all unorganized Iowa schools for Junior Red Cross work in the coming school year. A special committee led by F. A. Welch and including Charles Pye and Ma Case Moulton approved county and city supervision roles. The drive seeks full county organization, leveraging about 3,000 already organized schools to reach 100 percent. Also noted are local news items on an Estherville youth deemed insane, later corrected, along with lists of petit jurors for the September term and a lengthy roster of names and townships in Armstrong and surrounding areas.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Red Cross
Military Burial Letter Reveals Doyle Son Returned Home
Mr and Mrs Thus Doyle received a government note stating their son Maurice Doyle who died in France of battle wounds was given military burial and his body along with six other U S soldiers would be shipped home after the war at government expense. Three more stalls added to Rock Island round house to reach twenty three engine capacity due to increased division business.
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Major Sanford
London
Great Britain
England
France
Royal Field Artillery
Sanford
Loos
Somme
Beaumont Hamel
Ancre
Vimy Bridge
Arras
Ypres
Douglas Haig
King George
British East Africa
Uganda
East Africa
Roosevelt
Dr. Powell
Powell
Miller
Estherville
Isabell Olson
Mias
Cherokee
Brown
W. B. Flindt
Cédar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Hansen
War Department
Symptons
Homme
Doyle
Maurice Doyle
U. S
Gee
Round House
Rock Island
Soldier’s Letter From South Dakota Father
A letter from a South Dakota father asks the Observer to mail a check and locate his son, serving with One Hundred Bundled or FField artillery at Camp Greene. The father explains his reliance on the son for support and references a recent call that drew him away, leaving a wife and four children. The note asks for help finding the son in the Camp Greens new regiment or battery.
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Charlotte Obeervar
Sou Dakota
South Dakota Troopa
Camp Greene
Blandroid
Ffifield Artillery
Bundr
Ness
Rey
Speeding Up Lumber Production From Log to Lumber
Reports from the Southern Pine association indicate mills are operating on a six ray schedule under government wet business rules. Logs are quickly converted to lumber as logs are fished from ponds hauled up slips loaded onto carriages and cut by band circular and gang saws. The process takes minutes, with amber drying or awaiting freight handling on timber docks for shipment to destinations.
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Southern Pine Association
Tobacco and Food Crops in Connecticut Valley
The Connecticut River valley shift from tobacco to other crops lifted pressure on grain and milk prices. Forty years ago farmers relied on tobacco, but recent years see a reallocation of fertile land to more useful crops, easing cattle feed costs and milk prices as tobacco cultivation declines in New England.
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Connecticut River
New England
Fragmentary Transcript From a Hall Crash
A garbled account describes a hall crash with glass shattering and injured bystanders. Witnesses recall asking what happened while a person named Bill appears injured and a doorway scene emerges in the hazy recollection.
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Jelass
Bill
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I. A. Atkison
Fort Defiance
Ringsted State
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Fenton State Bank
Nivison
Kennedy
Cylinder
Ringsted Dispatch
Emmet County
Claire. W. Chapman
Armstrong Re Sa
Syracuse
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Jacob Flier
Halfa
Leonard J. Harness
Dolliver
Pawel Skaarup
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Second
Arafit
Burlington
Belgium
James Everett
Ridley
Petit Jurors
J. B. McDonald
Sampson Warner
Fred Trevett
Geo. Bowman
James Doyle
Eatherville
Albert Mahlum
J. H. McKay
Martin Anderson
J. H. Perry
J. A. Peterson
M. C. Karr
H. M. Lambert
C. E. Person
Ben A. Peterson
Thos. Storhow
A. H. Gunderson
Mile Lake
Owen Morton
Ellsworth
L. Richards
Elsworth
Geo. Korreat
Charlie Blair
Jack Creek
Grant- Thomas Olsen
Noten
Leola
Daves
John Christensen
Denmark
Ringsted
Tas Ppepnieinen
Ingvard Ontgard
A. W Juhl
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