Iowa News Roundup from the Great War Era
Iowa locals are centered on mail and court actions as stories unfold. A Missouri couple connects after a sweater gift, a Greenfield attorney faces grand jury scrutiny, and Abbie Gardner Sharpe heads to Spencer for health. Bellevue pair to wed in Haiti, and a post office aide is cleared of misappropriation. The American Legion grows, historic township names shift for war heroes, and Calhoun County sees burglars caught with stolen watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Allen
Corning
Post Office
Creston
Bellevue
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Esther Mace
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Harry E. Peterson
Peterson
First Provisional Brigade
United States Marine Corps
America
McCormack Theological Seminary
Chicago
Children's Memorial Hospital
France
Red Cross
American Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa
Des Moines Hospital Abandonment Echoes War Woes
War era notes recount Fort Des Moines farewell scenes as hospitals close and thousands of disabled soldiers pass through Camp Dodge for discharge. Judges recall shell shock cases while townsfolk brace for renewed crime patrols. A Hereford auctioneer memorial and trials over watermelons mark a year of remembrance and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Des Moines
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
Middle West
Russia
Administratrix Notice for W. J. Pullen Estate in Iowa
The District Court of Emmet county Iowa has appointed Helen Pullen as administratrix of the estate of W. J. Pullen deceased. All claims must be filed with the Clerk of Court sworn and within the legal time. Creditors should pay amounts owed to the administratrix to avoid costs. Dated Estherville Iowa October 3 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindley
Nora Springs
Floyd County
Sarah Lindley
Minneapolis
Iowa
Osage
District Court
Emmet
W. J. Pullen
Estherville
Helen Pullen
Wanted Girls to Work in Estherville Steam Laundry
Advertises positions for girls at Estherville Steam Laundry with good wages and an air catalogue from Mankato Commercial College. Also includes a U S Weather Bureau forecast for October 2025 noting generally fair, cooler weather with freezing temperatures early in the week for Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D.C
Mississippi
Missouri
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J. W. Jarnagin
Leo Fr. Walters
St. Joe
Goldie Thompson
Hopkins
New York
Bedford
Town
Currie
Withiam
Greenfield
Michael McAndrews
Sioux City
J. C Miles
Investigeton
Miles
Abbie Gardner Sharpe
Arnold’s Park
Lake Okoboji
Spencer
Spirit Lake
Gardner
Sharpe
Abbie Gardner
A. E. Coppock
Crawford County
Carroll County
Coppock
Fie
Bloomfield
Davis County
Elmer McVey
Legion
O. M. Goldsmith
C. D. Goldsmith
Sac City
Gettysborg
President Lincoln
Edward Everett
War Department
Goldsmith
Abraham Lincoln
Keokuk County
Saylor Shana Felt
Board of Supervisors
German Township
Saylor
Saylor Shanafelt
Henry Anderson
Ted DeVore
Clarinda
Chaplain Robb
M. H. Young
Yorktown
Youngs
Michael Cornwall
Manson
Emmet County
Col
W. E. Miller
Adams County
United States
Calvary Cemetery
Corn
Ing
George Ehlers
Ashton
O’brien
Rabb
Rainbow
Bellean Wools
Timothy Smith
Page County
Harland
Paul
Burt Ll. Hudson
L. Harland
Bert Ty. Tudson
L. Warland
W. D. Barlow
Campbell & Reid J. Louis
Opportunity Club
Grover Savings Bank
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
Minnesota
PE Ra-Na
Perrin
Samuel McKintey
22Nd St
Kansas City
The
Society of U.S. Jewelry Auctioneers
Bank
Estherville State Bank
Starlings
Starace Vallery
Auto Ooupply Company
W. Gruwell
Lincoln St
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