Royal Neighbors Aide to Raise Rates Across States
Davenport Ia May 5 Following the Modern Woodmen model the Royal Neighbors of America announce a rate increase due to influenza losses. A June session in Chicago will decide on the raise and discusses death tolls and fund balances across many states.
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Davenport
Woodmen of America
Women’s Auxiliary Society of
Order
The
Royal
America
Rock Island
Supreme Camp
Chicago
Hotel la Salle
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New York
North
Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
PIMPLE FATALITY CLAIMS STATE CENTER MAN
Max Burke aged 34 of State Center died at a Marshalltown hospital from blood poisoning that began as a pimple on his lip two weeks earlier. The report notes septicemia followed the infection, and mentions the term epnlis applied to Asiatic laborers from India and China imported into other countries.
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State Center
Max Burke
Marshalltown
India
China
Boys Now Chesty Smarter Than Girls In Sioux City Tests
Mental tests at Sioux City High School show boys outperforming girls across all four classes. In the senior class 69 percent of boys earned an A while 45 percent of girls did. Senior averages were 139.4 for boys and 124 for girls. The 222 question test parallels army norms used in WWI.
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Sioux City, Is
Sioux City High School
Greder’s Complex Marriages In Tragic Omaha Case
George Greder killed his wife and child then took his own life in Omaha. He had three marriages starting with the older daughter, then the mother, and finally the younger daughter who became his widow. Neighbors recalled him as peculiar yet not clearly unbalanced.
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Buck Grove
George Greder
Omaha
Greder
Family Notices From Sleht Farm Inheritance
A local notice mentions Mr. Greder who lived on a Sleht area farm for years and now resides elsewhere. It notes two brothers Jacobel and Peter and another son Elmer. it also mentions George serving in the American Expeditionary Forces and 48 years old in France.
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Greder
Sleht
Jacobel
Peter
Algo
George
France
Elmer
Bought an Auto in Sioux Rapids narrowly missed theft
A. B. Snyder of Sioux Rapids bought a new car while in Minneapolis and watched it from a hospital ward window. Thieves seized the car while he rode the elevator, and it has not yet been recovered. The item ends with a note that women school teachers nationwide seek higher wages.
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Alta, In
A. B. Snyder
Sioux Rapids
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
United States
Canada
Webster Co Red Cross Sends $10 for Every Rainbow Soldier
Webster County Red Cross wired $460 to Captain Frank Younkin of Company G 168th Infantry at Camp Upter. funds to be divided equally among Webster county soldiers. The $460 plus $190 previously sent by the Commerce Club brings total to $650, equal to $10 per Webster county soldier. The Red Cross will reimburse the Commerce Club for the wire transfer costs as requested by Captain __.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County Red Cross
Frank Younkin
168Th Infantry
Camp Upter
Webster County
Burlington
R. P. Doud
Red Cross
Red
Rizens
Webster county influenza relief effort discussed
Captain Younkin reports local influenza strain in Webster county last fall. Red Cross funds expedite care for affected men while physicians note temporary condition and potential hair loss recovery. Local Reds aid acknowledged as timely. The note reflects medical circles’ cautious optimism.
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Younkin
Webster
168Th
Red Cross
Doud
Lightweight typewriter boasts modular three-part design
A new lightweight typewriter uses three separate self contained parts the base the action and the carriage forming a modular unit.
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L. B. Kascht
Waterloo, Ja
G. H. Hospers
Black Hawk Bank
WM. H. Ross
Teavitt and Johnson
J. E. Karth
Dankelberg
Black
F. C. Lee
Sycamore Street
Waterlos
Towa
Webster Co
Aiware Beers Oa
Matthews Plumbing Co
West Fifth ‘Street
Maslin
Omee
Baltimore
Goody -Land
Waterloo
A. B. Chase
Ivers & Pond
Steinway & Sons
Chickering & Sons
WM. Knabe & Sons
J- Bauer & ‘Co
Kohler & ‘Campbell
Kingsbury
Schaff Bros
Auto, Pianos
Carlisle
Bush & Lane
Wing & Sons
CROWN
Kimball
Early Music House
Iowa
OBL
Black’s
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