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The war iu Germany strikes home 1 to one family in Manson iri particu- i lar, Will Folkerts having two broth- ‘ era living in the Fatherland, who lt;have never been in America. One lt;of them, Johann Folkerta, lives in lt;Bremenhafen, the harbor of Bre- lt;men, where all the huge German lt;transatlantic liners Bail from t and 1 to. The other brother, Jelly Folkerta, lives in Brake, which is another city near Brerijeip and is whatis known as a “free port, where 1• the ships of the world exchange cargoes. Both of the Folkerta brothers are in the very heart 6f the war district, but as they are past forty-five years old they will not be required to do military duty unless their country needs them very badly, and in the latter event it can force them to army service until they are sixty years old.—Democrat.i
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Pocahontas Record
Pocahontas, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 13, 1914
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