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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
11
A vivid profile of US Navy sailors in wartime France, focusing on the YMCA’s sea base support. It details homesickness, meals, recreational facilities, and the charity’s role in keeping morale, with anecdotes of interactions with local French people, officers, and even notable patrons like Vincent Astor.
Nashua on Aug 15 reports the death of Sr Wedemy nt after a long illness at his home, survived by two daughters Kathryn and Mrs August Meter and son August Wedemayer of Portland Oregon. Numerous notices describe visits, relocations, military service updates, and local social movements among Nashua residents and families.
Janesville area notes report Mrs. Joxerpine Fuller death, W R C meeting details, letters from abroad to be read. Gust Berg oversees rock blasting for F C RR bridge project as new laborers arrive. Commercial club expands stage area. Rockwood family at John Parris funeral in Waterloo with about 200 attendees. Khaki boys praise and sacrifice sentiments. Sugar quotas tighten supply. oversellers face limits. Ladies Sewing Circle to serve ice cream Aug 28. Local tax collection underway. Presbyterian Sunday school picnic planned. Burman recently returned from a France transport trip with troops.
La Porte City rural district outlines winter wheat campaign plans with two week start window. The article notes wheat yields and quality, local drives to inform farms, and several community members traveling between Cedar Falls, Vinton, and Waverly for training, visits, and family events.
Raymond residents report visitors from Ray is will ber Watterfield and others from Jefferson County. War work takes Hewitt to Nashville while Mrs Hewitt stays behind. Several families welcome relatives visiting in the area, and local clubs hold meetings and social events.
Sumner Iowa mourns as Karsten Ned dies suddenly from heart failure leaving three daughters and two grandchildren. Funeral services held Monday at the local church with family and friends attending. Reports mention other local notices including a bridge incident and various community updates about residents visiting relatives and local events.
Clarkesville Awedd Chunting Tam som and daughter Mrs. Fleury Cade arrive home from timestown Wriday after visiting Hud ftungam who remains very sick. relatives and friends in Grin nell host gatherings while others travel to Chicago for purchases. several locals attend hospital visits and meet visiting kin amid farm and wheat harvest chatter.
Brandon and Amelia host a gathering with Richy Floyd and several locals at Independence Mise. Tom Srin and visiting Miss Ethel attend. Miss Priest and a group meet at Sew Hall School. The Miller and Reese Anta Co. dissolves partnership. Mr. Reese keeps the business, dated August 14.
Barc lay Genter and Warelay Wenger visit. Campbell returns home after a visit with Mrs. J B Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. family. Mrs WL helps and son Tere otshua guests at E B Rice’s last Sunday. John Campbell spending summer with uncle J Y Campbell. George Whitson works with Deyrence Buehner’s threshing outfit. Smith enroute to France with parents Mr and Mrs Parson Smith. Wang footwear ad.
Residents of Resolvyn and nearby areas report routine visits and family updates. Lydia and Mrs Bagely are mentioned among local names, with travel notes to Fayce and Henry Maiter recovering from typhoid fever after several weeks. The Mauser and Maurer families plan a brief leave with a trip to Wisconsin for three weeks.
Floyd Aug 10 residents report visits and moves including Miss Mabel Ganger and Mrs. Pearl Poppen at Mason City and Hugh Johnson returning home after resigning from a bank in Lone West Oklahoma. Albert Felix of Norcross Minn died in France after enlisting early in the war. Emil Johnson of Floyd, a member of the Hainhow division, died of wounds July 36. News also notes a newborn boy to Mr and Mrs Shaw, and several family and health updates across Floyd.
Orchard Iowa reports Charles Lewis and family drove to Iowa City to visit son Ste Lewis at military school who may move soon. Miss Leta Rice and Mrs John Eldridge planned Osage guest visit. Mrs GS Wetter took a load and moved to southern Texas with land purchases. W.S.S. to host a program at the genoa house. Frank Morse building a new modern home to replace the burned one. New cement curbing being installed on Main Street.
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