Campaign On for Fund to Relieve War Sufferers
News brief on a January drive in Emmet County to raise funds for Near East war relief. It details a one percent county allotment of the Fourth Liberty Loan, a January 27 collection window, and aims to feed and clothe Armenian, Syrian, and Jewish refugees through voluntary relief, urging citizens to donate at local polling places.
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America
France
Belgium
Italy
Wilson
Near East
United States
Emmet
Emmet County
Bureau of Military Affairs
Nune Hlks
Wives and Mothers Remembered in Twin Tragedies
Obituary notices recall Lillie Welty Johnson of Madison County born May 5 1892 married 1911 to Walter Johnson Aneunt four children two living two deceased. Also Lambert brothers James Francis and William Chandler of Superior died within hours of each other from influenza as their father T C Lambert traveled from Wyoming. Community mourns these losses and church services plan a Soldiers and Sailors Day with a sermon on Can We Forgive the Germans. Red Cross notes report donations and sewing efforts with a call to finish started knitting and return yarn by February first. Uncle Sam’s Minstrels will perform at the Grand January 21 featuring Camp Re tunes with tickets 0c 75c and $1.00 including tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. House
D. D
Christian Church
Presbyterian Church
House
Lillie Welty
Madison County
Iowa
Walter Johnson Aneunt
Marion
Johnson
Rev. Webb
Superior
Walter Johnson
Eugene
Melvin
BE. J. Welty
Harpold
Marburg
Des Moines
Lambert
James Francis
William Chandler Lambert
William Chandler
T. C. Lambert
Wyoming
Amonv
Camp Dodge
Uncle Sammy
United States
Asg Band
Camp Re
Farm Bureau Elects Leaders After Frosty Meeting in Emmet
The Emmet County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting in Be therville on January 2, 1919. Despite a harsh day, the session was profitable with officer elections and reports from the county agent treasurer and auditing committee. Adam Middleton of Eagle Grove praised federation, predicting a strong national farm bureau network and urging square dealing for all farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County Farm Bureau
Be ‘Therville
Associaton
Farm Bureau
Marshalltown
State Federation of Farm Bureaus
Farm Bureaus
Adam Middleton
Eagle Grove
Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ Elevator Association
Corn Belt Meat Producer Association
United States
Middleton
Coverdale
Farm Bureau Movement
Fred Himebauch
Shannon
John Bragg
P. C. Irwin
Geo. Robb
Emmet
H. W. Horswell
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Wm. Ross
Lake
John Wigdahl
Estherville
Geo. Rebb
Center
John Blagg
Swan Lake
R. S. Bryan
Armstrong
A. L. Alen
Lake Township
Shannon High Lake
South
Jack Creek
James Welsh
Denmark
John Thompson
Yakima Tragedy and a Crooked Rock Island Agent
Yakima reports detailing K B Mattson a pioneer educator and former county school agent in Emmet County suffers memory loss and partial stroke while living in a Masonic home. In Ward S C Illinois a Rock Island depot agent Holmes fled with 236 dollars after bank draft, sparking search and notices. the fugitive travels under multiple names and is linked to similar Arizona crimes.
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GR. Mattson
Emmet
Yakima
Washington
Masonic Home
Mattson
Rock Island
Ward S. C
Holmes
Chicago
Arizona
Veterans Return Home From France After War Service
A group of Dodge County volunteers led by John Keeler Tom Jensen Clyde Fehnston Don Pullen Ralph McKay Herb Nurss Ray Bryan and Kant arrived in Dodge Saturday. They enlisted in the coast artillery corps served in California over a year then in France with the anti aircraft department. After armistice they were sent back to the U S and held at Camp Dix New Jersey until last Thursday when ordered to Camp Dodge to be mustered out.
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John Keeler
Tom Jensen
Clyde Fehnston
Don Pullen
Ralph McKay
Herb. Nurss
Ray Bryan
Ober
Kant
Wip
Dodge
Coast Artilery Corps
California
France
Anti Aircraft Department
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Camp Dodge
Hana Seonberg Wins Twenty-Five Dollar Window Display Prize
Hana Seonberg, owner at Seonberg & Kilgore, earned a $25 prize in a window display contest after a photo submission of Favorite stove and kitchen cabinet displays. The contest was run by Hardware Trade with the image provided by a wholesale firm. Forecast calls for generally fair weather in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys January 13 18 with no severe cold expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hana Seonberg
Hans Sconberg
Seonberg & Kilgore
Leonberg
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missour
Practice Cheerfulness in Life and Youth
The quotation extols constant cheerfulness as life’s vital guide from youth to old age. It urges encouraging a cheerful spirit in youth to reap benefits in later life, contrasting it with a grim, sour outlook that spoils early happiness.
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Lipland
Yvinegar
Colton
Sunshine in October Pleases with Gentle Light
A fragment reflects on October sunshine described as genial and comforting. The text evokes scenes of sheltered banks, barges, or houses where people feel a homely connection with the sun and nature, quoting Hawthorne to emphasize the pleasant mood.
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Hawthorne
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance gains in 1918
The Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association held its annual meeting at the Orleans hotel in Estherville. P. A. Gaarde reported 95 new members in 1918, a net insurance gain of 251,990.00, and total risks in force rising to 2,649,591.00. The year was described as very prosperous with more insurance written than ever before, despite higher losses. The organization operates on a cooperative model with insurance at cost and minimal salaries.
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Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association
Orelans
Estherville
Jold
P. A. Gaarde
8.B. Reed
J. O. Kasa
Ole Anderson
H. A. Gaarde
T. 0
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning
Insurance Association
Association
Old
Farmers Mutual
Emmet
Letter From Jas Ridley From Haiti Navy Hospital Visit
James Ridley writes from Port au Prince Haiti December 22 1918 describing arrival after sailing on the Kittery from Charleston and visiting Guantanamo and Sandeago He praises local climate food and hospital views while noting he will send photos and requests news from home about snow and Christmas including orange trees and coconuts near the harbor
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Kittery
Guantanamo
Sandeago
Ashort
Kodak
Charleston
U. S. Marine Hospiital
Port Au Prince
Haiti
James
Postoffice Receipts in Emmet County 1918 Reach High Total
Estherville and Matherville offices handled $286,719.19 in 1918, with $203,653.97 from War Savings Stamps. The year shows a substantial gain over previous years, and the county’s War Savings allotment rose by $13,390 over Emmet County’s.
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Matherville
Esdraelon Commandery Installs Officers for Year
Esdraelon Commandery installs officers for the ensuing year including Ig Ross as Generalissimo F M Jones Capt General Petersen and J W Clinite plus Ralph Miller treasurer and other ranks. North Star Chapter installs Mayme Orvis as W M J W Peterson W P Bertha Gaard associate matron and other officers. North Star Lodge 447 awards F M Jones H L Arnette J Lerdall W P C Roth treasurer A M Jefferis secretary and other officers. Thought cites a daily reflection on shipwreck and hopes for peace at a Paris conference to end war.
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Esdraelon
Ig Ross
Lerdall
F. M. Jones
Ae Petersen
W. Ee Roth
J. W. I. Clinite
Ralph Miller
Treas
A. M. Jefferis
E. J. Schryver
Eastern Star
North Star
Mayme Orvis
W. M. J. W.peterson
W. P. Bertha Gaard
Lulu Brown
Lecy
Catherine Schryver
Treasmin Smith
Lizabeth Colt
Minnie Nurss
Marguerite Denham
May Dillon
Marshall
Ella McArdle
Ada Lydia Anderson
Ruthayme Tangen
Esther
North Star Lodge
A. F
A. M
H. L. Arnette
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Coney Island
The
Elks
Opera
War Finance
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Line
Spencer
Towa
South Dakota
Suather
Mte
Red Cross
Clas&s
Red Cross Society
Center Countrys Club
J. E. Zitterich
Brown Creek Country Club
Wiahioe
J McDoneld
County Agricultural Agent
Oj. G.eldredge
K. B
Yakima, Washington
Masonic
Folenteais
Soo
Farmers’ Mutual
Fire’ and Lightning Insuranté
Cretary Gaarde
Jas. Ridley
Navy Boya
Port. Au Prince
Esdraelon Commandery
Omdra
Blue Lodge
Dally
Syrus
Paris
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