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Birth notices and nurse pledge appeal in 1918
A list of birth announcements from March and April 1918 names numerous children and their parents in Estherville, Swan Lake, Lincoln and Armstrong Grove townships, including dates from March 2 to April 16 1918. The article closes with a Red Cross appeal urging nurses and educated young women to enroll, aiming to add 5,000 graduates by June 1 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan ‘Porter Suckow
Rose Bernice Porter Suchow
William Suckow
Exstherville
Mary Patricia Kruse
Sadie Genevieve Heaton Kruse
Earl Kruse
Swan Lake Township
Clarence Orlando Petersen
Bertha Linden Petersen
Ole A. Peterson
Estherville
Marjorie Alent Mears
Stella Ruth McCoy Mears
William J. Mears
Evelyn Martinson
Dena Hoffman Martinson
Chas. M. Martinson
Henry Paul Theesfield
Anna Hecht Theesfield
August
Johnson Theesfield
Ringsted
May Myrtle Vrooman
Dorothy Louisa May George Vrooman
David K. Vrooman
Lincoln Township
John Junior Wrattan
Vivienne Bratsberg Wratten
Walter F. Wratten
Raymond Harold Stephens
Tillie Knapp Stephens
Paul N. Stephens
Roy Edward Sterenberg
Elias Harvego Sterenberg
Albert H. Sterenberg
Ellsworth
Alma Grace Steward
Eatella le Vine Steward
William H. Steward
Bennett Alicevick
Lena Lenning Anvick
Nels Anvick
Armstrong Grove Township
Weir
Belle A. Greattreaux Weir
Roy A. Weir
Huntington
Leo W. Horswell
Elsie Leo Horswell
Joy A. Horswell
Francis L. Able
Cora M. Smith
Able
Frank “H. Able
Olson
Caroline
Sundae Olson
Torkel
R. Olson
Ellsworth Township
Kate Jensen
Osher
Edward B. Osher
Wallingford
Bertram Keith Clark
Follett Clark
Bert L. Clark
John E. Wee
Florence Marie Neppl
Mary G. Snyder Nepps
Henry J. Nepps
Ralph Richard’ Zimmerman
Eva Miller Zimmerman
William Zimmerman
Grover
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