Somewhere in France Sister Writes Home From Red Cross Hospital
A nurse correspondent from an American Red Cross unit in France describes life at hospital No. One. She notes convalescent patients, routine duties, and English limited staff, alongside afternoons of sight seeing, garden scenery, and visits from home. She mentions wine, meals, and local commerce, and reports two colleagues transferring closer to the front as the group hopes to move.
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Bern
Oranda
Serge
Artiel
Andy Heer
Towas
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Baptist Sunday School
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Island
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London
Carrie E. Catlin
Army
American Red Cross
American Expeditionary Forces
Old Members of School Board Reelected
In the election, Mol Groves and Wesley Robb were reelected to serve another term. The narrative describes campaign activity, community concerns, and reflections from candidates and residents, concluding with a note on local civic engagement and ongoing duties.
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Mol. Groves
Wesley Robb
California Letter From Beao Taylor Writes News Letter
A long reader letter from Mrs Beo Taylor details impressions from California. It mentions war sentiment, food conservation efforts, local people and places, and expressions about editor Mr Kirby. The note includes thanks to readers, health reports, and a tribute to Grant Shaw of Simms Montana. Also lists many local correspondents and ends noting a Red Cross sale in Ceylon Minnesota raising 4000 dollars.
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Naditbor Couty
Oapeville
Fort Me
Archi
Maurie
Ober
Resti
Mason
Uryan
Rot
Kirby
California
Taylor
Grant Shaw
Simms
Montana
Be O2
Red Cross
Ceylon
Minnesota
Warrant Served On A Quirky War of Gooses and Ganders
A bizarre old clipping describes a court like episode where a sheriff serves warrants in a tale about Miss Adelaide and a trio of fowl. It details a flock of geese and ganders in a domestic dispute over warmth and companionship, with neighbors observing an odd parliament of poultry and plans to trade a widower for a mate.
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Dro
Adelaide
Grant
Miss Nichols
Darign
Sutton Resigns To Appoint New Power Plant Manager
Astherville prepares for a council approved transition as Sutton resigns effective April first. A successor capable of running gas water and electric light plants is sought to take over on his departure. Also reports of marriages and obituaries appear with local notes on residents and church services.
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Astherville
Sutton
Fifteen Die in Action from Iowa Infantry Casualties
A casualty list from the war department confirms fifteen Iowa soldiers killed or wounded in the early front engagements of the One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Infantry, part of the Rainbow Division. Captain Harrison Cummins McHenry of Des Moines and fourteen fellow soldiers are among the dead or wounded, with many from towns across Iowa.
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Atrrison Commins We Heurs
John C. Tillis
Centerville
Jawa
Selix
Unionville
Sawa
Alva Fo Raton
Tufseston
Iowa
Clifford J. Warden
Mason City
James FE
Wedding
Webster City
Pata
Dean Parish
Glade Valles
North Carolina
Donald H McCrae
Edward Nash
Kingsley
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
Albert E. Hoschler
Akron
One Hundred Sixty-eighth, Infantry
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France
Merleilay
Harrison Cummins McHenry
Des Moines
War Department
Lowa
Iowa National Guard
Iowa State Pair Grounds
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Unclear scribbles and notices amid historical page
Fragmented OCR text includes hostile verse, lodge officer names, farm and stock group notices, crosslettering civic items, and references to Emmet County events. It mentions lodge officers, farm associations, Red Cross sale, cemetery committee, Mayo Hospital, and Iowa troops casualty notes from a recent France action.
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Army Nurse Corps
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J.P. Catlin
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Jessie Hartlett
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Asa R. ‘Taylor
G. W.paniburn
G. Zeeman
E. Brons
Frank I. Allen
Grace R. Slessor
P Jd. Armitage
S. Hedges
B. H. Richman
A.C. Noe
I. A. Dunham
Frank C. Dunhan
Geo. M. Goodell
Eva Musson Knudson
C. W. Stockwell
Lulu A. Brown
Minnie N.ammon
H. R. Bravender
Irving Finley
O. KE. Neville
George W. Aduras
T. Gibbs
B.C. Ford
BR. Woods
Robert ¥. Woods
E. Bravender
EL Bravender
W. Mead
C. C. Tforn
Everett Christensen
John Kalvegson
Margayee “Christensen
P. Lb. Christensen
Hanson
AL Bruni
Bo F. ‘Taylor
AL Whitnore
Josephine W Winley Whitnore
Nellie Montgomery Criss
Sarah MB
Mitchell
Marjorie Robert
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M David Fitzgerald
Herbert No
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O. Navile
Edith Turner
Huldah Peterson
Ed Donovan
Wm. Hedges
HL. Gao
Almond Cochran
Mary Hartune
Stani
Tomney
Sherif
Vainio
Miirei
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Teday
Dallerial
Laphla
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CO Sutton
Inez Brown
Henry Adelbert Kruse
Henry Adelbert
Henry Kruse
Glenwood
Town
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Estherville
Union Baptist Church
J. Frederic Catlin
Oak Hill
Pranee
Teadarees
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Fred
Lagat
Bones
Duke
Toole
Pullen
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Nichels
Nichols
Macbeth
McDuff
Mr. Pullen
Caalil
Emmet County Pure Bred Live Stock Association
Mrnday
Mareh Lith
John C. Eldredge
Gran Phatts
Regina
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Will Conklin
A. L. Butler
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