Rest Camp in France Pleased With Letters From Friends
Everett writes from a French rest camp on September 12 1918 describing receiving many letters from home after leaving the front. He recalls train travel with 40 men and 8 horses, hunting for blankets, rain, and a first night in a wagon under a blanket. He notes France’s scenery, apples and pears, mail arrivals, and his financial details including francs and insurance. He mentions Bill as a lieutenant and details about signals and communications, plus a poem about a nonfrontline worker with a pencil and brain.
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France
Bill
Almira
Everett
Call for Men Over 37 March 1 Under WWI Draft
Washington announces the draft will begin calling men over thirty seven around March 1. Provisional totals show 2,399,000 aged 18 to 45 registered by July 1, with over 2,000,000 fit for fighting. Monthly calls across general and limited service expected through mid year.
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Washington, D.C
Provost Marshall
General Crowder
House Military Committee
Crowder
Army
Navy
Ard Marine Corps
Heffelfinger Brothers Sell Grocery Store to Fred Ehlers
Heffelfinger Brothers sold their grocery store last Friday to Fred Ehlers and will retire from active business in this city. Ehlers plans to take possession around November 4, with the brothers likely to stay in town and pursue other work.
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Heffelfinger Brothers
Fred Ehlers
Mr. Ehlers
Postponed Elks Musical Due to Health Quarantine
A local Elks lodge postponed a planned musical comedy titled A Day at Coney Island at the Grand Theater because of a statewide influenza quarantine demanded by the state board of health. The show will be rescheduled after safety is assured. Clock hands will be turned back October 27 as Congress ends Daylight Saving. Ed J. Lawrence, nephew of Eagle Clothing, leaves for San Antonio to join the aviation corps at Kelly Field.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Baruch
The
War Industries Board
Ed J. Lawrence
Eagle Clothing
San Antonio
Aviation Corps
Kelley Field
Mr. Lawrence
Lawler
County War Work Drive Plans Announced by Local Leaders
Estherville area committees organized under L R Buckingham to coordinate a county wide United War Work Drive. Quota set at 40000 dollars with aims to surpass the goal in one day, likely Friday November 7, backed by a county wide advertising push and updates for War Work fund recipients including Y M C A Salvation Army and others. District conference at Wahkonza hotel with leaders from Algona Des Moines and beyond endorses over the top results for the Fourteenth District campaign.
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L. R. Buckingham
Estherville
United War Work
Wahkonsa Hotel
Fourteenth District
United’ War
al Falkenhainer
Algona
Graham Stewart
Des Moines
Esther M. Erickson
Adele Seyle
Victory Girls
Bruce Tallman
Victory Boys
Wahkonsa
Letters from the Front From September 1918 Diary Amid War
An Estherville correspondent writes from a wartime camp in September 1918. He describes daily life in the dugout, German shells, improvised comforts, and scarce mail while recounting air battles, cannons, and field duties. He mentions friends and family, weather, and small luxuries like candy from a box draw.
Loss by Over Confidence in Estherville Vote
In Estherville, a special election on gas extension and bonds drew only 289 voters, well below the required 50 percent of the previous election. About two to one favored the measure, but turnout failed the law. a new special election is under consideration to ensure the project proceeds.
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Zella
Tratte
Frederick
Lakes
Yoni Wokxeeee
Estherville
Statewide Quarantine Enforced to Halt Influenza Spread
Des Moines October 17 1918 a state wide quarantine prohibits all public gatherings within Iowa for an indefinite period The order from Dr Guilford H Sumner secretary of the state board of health closes theaters schools churches movies lodge rooms and public funerals The measure follows a reply from Surgeon General Rupert Blue urging limits and comes as influenza strains strain local physicians shortages intensify reports from Spirit Lake and Millersburg note physicians among flu victims and patients. Governor Harding cancels campaign stops due to the order
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Des Moines
Guilford H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Iowa State Board of Health
Iowa
Boards of Health
M. D
Towa State Board of Health
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
Sumner
Washington, D.C
Board of Health
Spirit Lake
Millersburg
Estherville Under State Quarantine Order
The state board of health, through local authorities, bans all public gatherings in Estherville and statewide until further notice. Schools theaters pool halls churches lodge meetings and funerals are prohibited to prevent influenza spread.
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Estherville
State Board of Health
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UN Hin
Fritzie
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PLU
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Elks
Helene
Norman Maine
Ellen Doyle
Father Murtagh
Rock Island
Maine
Eatherville
Maines
Thos
Doyle
Burt
Jona
LLEN
Vrsted
Iain Estherville
the Artillery
Father
O. K
Frito
Bud
Mg Major
RT. Ie
Emmet County
Fort McArthur
Mre & mm
American Red Cross
Court House
Mack J. Groves
Robert Knight
Hattesburg
Mississippi
Camp Milla
Robert
Tle
Frank Wood
Camp Lee
West Virginia
Mosher
Emmet
Nist
Ringsted
Ringsted Dispatch
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