Iowans Honor Medal Hero Turner for World War Valor
Otis E. Turner of Albia Iowa, a private in the American Expeditionary Force, receives the British Military Medal for bravery during the great German offensive. A daring assault with a Lewis gun and hand grenades cleared a German machine gun nest, saving his unit during the spring 1918 battle in France. He is celebrated after a covert motor to New York and a later reception in Albia, with the Prince of Wales presenting the decoration aboard ship. Turner remains modest, insisting his actions were simply luck and teamwork.
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Kur
Prince of Wales
American Legion
Otis E. Turner
New York
Hi Menown
Turner
Ich
France
Company M
One Hundred Seventh Infantry
Mous’ Thirieth
Hindenbure Ling
Hirtieth Aid Twenty-severth
di Song
Inich
Turars
Fritz
Purner
Vexy Iowan
Jell Hole
Shelll Hole
Fitess
Uginass
Pey
Tunner
Jeff
Ima
Kamerad
Bucky
Broadway
Iowa
Hall States
Renown
Tbia
How Our Grandsires Celebrated the Day With Prayer and Family Reunions
A 1915 essay traces Thanksgiving from biblical origins through English and Dutch roots to Plymouth. It recounts early services, harvest prayers, and the evolution of the holiday with Puritan restraint, Bradford and Standish ties, and the move toward a national day proclaimed by Washington and solidified by Lincoln after Civil War.
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North America
Munister
Wolfatt
Newfoundland
United States
Pontam
Sa- Fadhod
Maine
New England
Massachusetts
Ilha
Bradford
Miles Standish
South
Noble Devotion Shown by Grizzled Hunter to Helpless Wife
Col Alver Page, 75, long time Waterloo hunter, trapper, and fisher, dedicates himself to his wife Clara now bedridden and unable to leave their cottage. The piece recalls their 52 year marriage, Page’s pioneer life since 1855, his Cedar River fishing records, and his steadfast care as she suffers from rheumatism and dementia.
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Hunter
Trapper
Fisher
Ana
Nod
Careami
Col
Alver Page
Jefferson Street
Lady Fair
Alvah
Clara Wilson
Wisconsin
Col. Page
William J. Page
Iinoia
Sherman House
Black Hawk Creak
To & L. Klingaman
Cedar River
Waterloo
Vinton
J. H. Rhea
Frank E. Brush
Grace M. EB. Church
C. W. Mullan and Sons
Charles
Alfred
James Black
Ambugkle
A. J. Edwards
Alfred Longley
J. EB. Sedgwick
J. H. Leavitt
Zon
Joppa
A. M. Plage
A. S. Blair
M. J. O'Keefe
Jonel Higgins
Mary Ae
Black Hawn
Fourth Street Bridge
Greenwood Prescott
Lawes
Greenwood
Father
Jones
Silagilingaman
Syndicate
Mel Vaughn
W. IL. E Hunter
Dander dine Dandruff Remedy Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement pitches Dander dine a cheap drug store remedy for dandruff. The copy promises removal of dandruff and halted hair loss after a few applications and notes improved hair vigor brightness and color by morning.
Births Reported for Foz and Hemenway Families
Mr and Mrs Pearl C Foz at 101 Mears welcomed a daughter on November 21. Mr and Mrs Herman Hemenway of Olsson Cedar Heights reported a son named Kenneth Syend born November 15.
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Pearl C. Foz
Mears
Herman Hemenway
Olsson
Cedar Heights
Kenneth Syend
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Wate
Leia
H. M. S. Renown
Pol, Gitruigga
the International Syndicate
Althe
Gayety
Gregory the Great
Augustine
Ethlebert
Kent
England
Holland
Fort New Amsterdam
New Netherland
Massachusetts Colony
Ghief Massaic
Jast
Pricilla
Bueft
Washington
Vilioy Torge
Congress
House of Representatives
Sarah Kyle
Boston
Philadelphia
New
Welelig
CES
Leeeeles
Fuiere
ALAA
LPL
Eur
Col’ Page
Court Fowler
Court
Ushermaon
Alvah Pace
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