Shiloh Community News Highlights Local Events
Shiloh residents share family visits hospital reports and health updates. Ev erette remains ill under care of Mrs. Mac Beenblossom and daughter Glen Pratt. Ira Caldwell escapes injury after a horse incident. Measles hit Bryan Swift and Leo Wagner. several eighth graders from Shiloh school prepare for exams.
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Mac Beenblossom
Glen Pratt
Everette
Will Darbyshires
Washington
Howard Sigafoose
Sam Sigafoose
Centerville
Glen Beenbossom
A. J. Corbin
Ira Caldwell
Providence
Charlie Caldwell
Chris Roth
Sophomore Banquet Honors Local Senior Class in Ainsworth
Ainsworth Iowa May 4 sophmore class hosted a banquet in M E church parlors to honor the senior class set to graduate this year. The event featured yellow and white and yellow and black colors, a multi course meal served by Mrs F Chihak and Mrs Malinda VanHorn, and commendations from the sophomores. Mrs Richard Hughes of Chicago visited with her brother C Fr Letts. H B Miller left for Des Moines to enlist. Mrs Georgia Turbott headed to near Bennett to nurse patient Mrs W S Smylie and daughter Miss Margaret in Washington. Frank Macon of Washington visited on business.
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Ainsworth
Iowa
Sophmore
M. E. Church
F. Chihak
Malinda VanHorn
Richard Hughes
Chicago
H. B. Miller
Des Moines
Georgia Turbott
Near
Bennett
Attack on Unsinkable Ship Lucia Reported at Sea
A British captain arriving at Gulf Port claims the steamship Lucia fitted with non sinkable devices was attacked by a German submarine off Mobile Alabama. Naval gunners repelled the attack and the Lucia reportedly had its smokestacks blown away. No casualties were confirmed. The captain urged merchants to be warned.
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Gulf
Mobile
Ala
Health board rules curb venereal diseases in Iowa cities
The Iowa State Board of Health adopts rules at Washington on May 31 1918 to report suspected cases of syphilis gonorrhea and chancroid. It orders police and officials to detain and separate infected persons and directs clinics, funding, and records to prevent spread among soldiers at Camp Dodge and the public.
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Iowa State Board of Health
Capitol Building
Des Moines
Board of Health
Camp Dodge
State Board of Health
Iowa
The
United States Public Health Service
United States
Washington
Co. K. Mauck
Broken Ties in Time and Return
Reflective verse on how broken relationships resist easy repair and whether future meetings restore prior sympathy and sentiment, quoting Bulwer-Lytton’s line about reunion rarely occurring. The meditation contrasts enduring connections with the drift of separate paths and time’s influence on rekindling unity.
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Bulwer
What Really Mattered Heiress Suitor Exchange
A Boston Transcript snip contrasts an heiress and her rejected suitor. The suitor laments credit harm while she explains her actions and regrets. The brief exchange highlights financial and romantic tensions in a social society setting.
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Boston Transcript
Wasted Power in Outdated Mule-Driven Locomotives
In a folksy remark Uncle Eben laments inefficiency, arguing mule power exhausted by overworked engines could have powered a locomotive for years. The cartoonish line highlights broader concerns about waste and modernization in rural life.
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Eben
Self-Reliance Emphasis Across Family and Helpers
The text urges individuals to depend on themselves and not expect external help. It stresses that personal responsibility often extends to caring for two or three others as well.
First Principle of Effort
A quote attributed to John Ruskin on effort urges doing what is within our power and suited to our temper rather than seeking perfect excellence. It emphasizes practical striving aligned with personal circumstances.
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John Ruskin
It Is Everywhere The Heart Of True Womanhood
Quote reflecting Hawthorne on the universality of womanly virtue and the bounds of female spheres.
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Hawthorne
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Lois Roth
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H. A. Otto Wed
Beth Godfrey
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Philadelpha
Lucia
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Mannhardt Bros
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Chicago Herald
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Chicago Tribune
Associated Press
United Press
New York Times
London
Paris
Stockholm
France
News of the World
White Way Garage Co
Washington, Towa
Gulbransen- Dickinsen Co
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co
Baxter Plane Co
West Third St
Davenport, Ta
Plano
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Baxter Plano CO
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Washington, Iowa
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