Emmet County World War News and Red Cross Drive
The Emmet County World War record from the Vindicator and Republcan notes the start of a major Red Cross membership drive the coming Monday, continuing through Christmas. It lists several local men enlisting for Des Moines and aviation service, including Henry Long Walter Frank and John Grey, plus G A Nichols leading the Public Service Reserve enrollment of skilled workers. The piece covers training sites at Arcadia Florida Camp Dodge and Brooklyn NY, with scattered updates on individuals in France and at various camps, and community notices from late 1917 to early 1918.
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Republcan
Big Red Cross
Des Oines
U. S
Hay
Warley Miller
Henry Long
Walter Frank
Ing
Cletus Keogh
Ernest Huckaba
Roy
Jesseee McCoy
Arthur Schnidtger
Lynn Weir
Aviation Corps
John Grey
Omaha
United States Public Service Reserve
G. A. Nichols
Public Service Reserve
Albert Mack
Des Moines
Ernest Thickaga
Aviation
Navy
J. W. Ghoslin
Camp Dodge
Itn Aviation
Arcadia
Florida
W. A. Case
Frank Fuss
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France
Iowa
George Meyers
Ralph Butler
Will Cane
Walter Cavin
LeRoy Turner
Uncle Sam
New York City
LeRoy
Atlantic
Harry
W. E. Turner
Eugene
Ore
Jas. L. O'Donnell
Joliet
Til
John Montgomery
Excelsior Springs
Cass
Kansas City
Dolliver
Red Cross
Emmet County
Meryl Redhead
Ben Redhead
Kays
Gamble-Robinson
Ers
Esthersville Groceria
H. M. Hollenbeck
Hampton
Hollenbecks
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Rudyard
Mich
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W. E. Deming
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Italy
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Twenty Years Ago Marriages and Events Patchwork
Summary of 1908 Vindicator and Republican items includes marriages of John Stininger to Jennie Hansen and John L Mack to Anna Hansen, a funeral in Pontiac, a farewell for Rev. Thompson, a Christmas Day marriage in Spencer, bank checks, a fire near the M and St. L depot, a newborn daughter for the Fallwell family, carrier pigeons from Minneapolis, record December mail and warm weather, notable local births, deaths, and various town incidents including a Spirit Lake fire and local business notes.
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Republican
John Stininger
Jennie Hansen
John L. Mack
Anna Hansen
M. E. Parsonage
W. Eisenhower
Huntington
Pontiac
Ill
L. E. Linder
Plaza
North Dakota
Grace Coleman
Dolliver
T. C. Thompson
A. O. Myhre
Rev. Thompson
Chicago
Clinton Hill
Spencer
Tillie Rose
M. K. Whelan
J. P. Kirby
E. I. Sandres
Graver
Armstrong
Winnebago City
Minneapolis
Haynes
Fitzgerald
Louis T
Roxbury
Tag P. m
Wile Halvorson
Ethel North
Les Animous
Cole
John Ross
Rochester
Aitchison
Will Johnston
Harry Johnston
Bert Riles
Hazel Bemis
Frank Dunham
Melville Prawn
Spirit Lake
Miller Stock
Brownie s Browsings Could a Car Be a Daily Habit
Richard Doe finds a new car frees him from mornings at the bank. He says he avoids walking and won t ride or take any. Eugene Kepler, a local garage man, warns the best way to protect the car front is alcohol in the radiator not in the driver. Technically Speaking reports a Pullman Porter quip about a birth in the family and a joking clarification about twins versus a section.
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Richard Doe
Eugene Kepler
Pullman Porter
Pullman
G’wan
The Finest Gentleman Who Ever Cut a Throat
A humorous collection of clipped anecdotes and ad copy from a local paper, including a boastful barber W. B. Flindt and a translated India ad for a hair cutter, plus rowdy tales of a factory well seen as a cyclone and a Legion gathering with a ball of rhetoric.
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W. B. Flindt
India
And He Certainly Was Right
It is rumored Miss Latehem decided to learn horsemanship and arranged with a riding academy for tutoring. She asks if long riding before experience gives a headache. The tutor replies that it is quite the reverse. Dear Brownie wonders which speed artist will operate it as the age of wonders continues and a movie camera may be invented.
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Brownie
Insufficient Collateral and a Bank Account Request
A young woman visits Olwa Trust and Savings Bank to open an account, challenging the banker’s question about a deposit. The note highlights social quirks and a misunderstanding about gender presentation in town. The letter then shifts to a playful observation on gender ambiguity among youths, describing how the author identifies sex by appearance.
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I Olwa Trust and Savings Bank
Merriott Townsend
Gas Spoiled Sleep and Digestive Relief Adliverika Adlerika Ady
Suffering from gas and constipation, Mrs. B Brinkley and Jay Johnston describe relief after using Adlerika. The ad claims Adlerika eases bloating, induces better sleep, and cleanses the lower bowel with one spoonful. The text presents testimonial-style medical advertising.
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Adlerika
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