Local Correspondence Notes Family Visits and War News
The column covers visits by M. Clark and B C Keihle to H J Poe with butchering help, trips to Willis and Arnegard, and family notes. It mentions Chester Ashwill in France with the 314th Infantry reporting letters home, plus health updates on Virgil Blankenship and local residents' activities, school visits, and a humorous printer’s night out sale bill with odd catalog items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Clark
B. C. Keihle
H. J. Poes
Clark
Keihle
Poe
Pearl Clark
Sylvia Hartman
Misa Hartman
Willis
Willie
Arnegard
Howard Lampman
L. L. Lampman
Williston
Joe Gromatka
Miases Besse
Mary Wagenman
Carl Ashwill
Virgil Blankenship
Bremerton
Washington
Ashwill Bros
Chester Ashwill
France
U. S
Sam
Sylvia
Pearl
Missouri Ridge Farmers Club
N. L. Short
Bert Lindholm
Wolf Point
Montana
G. A. Rutledge
Co. A
R. T. Wicks
Montgomery
Iowa
Bernice Rutledge
Maude
Mabel Poe
Ruby Keihle
Myrtle Clark
Roy Ashwill
A.C. Wagenman
Missouri
de Laval
McCormick
Poland
China
Farrow
Ord
Social Roundup at Eden Valley Families Sunday
Local residents hosted and visited across Eden Valley with Kauffman, Lanis, Marsh, Myer, Franks, Keltner, Rhoades and Rhodes families. Private Arthur F. Rhodes returned from Camp Dodge on furlough and is recovering from a wounded right arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kauffman
Moris Lanis
Will Marshes
A. Myer
Ben Franks
W. W. Keltner
James Rhoades
Arthur F. Rhodes
Camp Dodge
Hans Frederickson
Earl Smith
D. A. Myer
Lee Stutsman
Ben Frank
W.W. Keltner
Marion Joyce
Arthur
Oliver Rhodes
Frank Getz
Bonetrails Social Gossip Includes Local Visits and Event Notice
Local notes list visits by H C Kaetzel, Wm Morgan, Pete Rasmussen, Cyrus Sites, and others to Bert Aspland, Mike Harstad, Bennie Olson, Martin Slaamor, Pert Asp land, and Albright area. A horses hunt by Rasmussen and Albrecht. a Sunday gathering at Martin Slaanot's. a basket social and program at Albright school next Saturday February 15. Everybody welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vy Peestere
Pete Ramussen
Pete Rasmussen
George Albrecht
Martin Slaanot
John Kulseth
Pert Aspland
Chas
Aspland
Bennie Olson
Fred Kruger
Pete Ogleum
Bert
Phyllis Aspland
Mike Harstad’s
Albright School
Sunnyside Notes and Local Weather Chatter
The column records town happenings including visits of Mr. and Mrs. Don Shank to La Grande Oregon and Spokane Washington enroute home, a Judson No 3 teacher Miss Solberg planning Saturday makeup classes, Webb family dinner, water shortage on the prairie causing horse deaths, and locals meeting No. 2 at the depot with rumors about the weather and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groundhog
New England
God’s Country
Don Shank
Frank Shank
la Grande
Oregon
Spokane
Wash
Solberg
Judson School No. 3
M. C. Webb
E. J. Webb
Pete Fredrickson
Frank
Wei
Rumors and Local Happenings In Williston Area
A series of small notes from Williston recounts rumors about possible arrests, social calls among residents, and a farmer versus merchant debate. The item mentions O Pippenger aboard a rumor, visits by Ray Reiser and Stella Webb, and a critique of local merchants for not patronizing the Williston Tannery while claiming high quality feather goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Pippenger
J. B. Pippinger
Shank
Ray Reiser
Mian Stella
E. J. Webb
Pete Fredrickson
Eden Valley
M. C. Webb
Frank Shank
E. I. Webb
Ewald Nelson
Williston
Sears Roebuck
Williston Visits and Marmon Meeting News
Arthur Clay reports from Williston on business while Fred and George Hellyer call on Miles Williams. Marmon farmers held a seed and feed oats meeting and plan a larger gathering at Mr Browns west of Marmon to decide quantities and order carloads for seeding. Close observers foresee a fair crop tied to moist ground from melting snow. Basket social at Albright school house next Saturday invites all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Clay
Williston
Fred
George Hellyer
Miles Williams
L. C. Williams
Agnes Heaton
Marmon
Browns West
Clyde
Will Haines
Mrs. Hellyer
Albright School
Round Prairie Social Roundup From January Observations
Local notes recount frequent visits and tasks around Round Prairie. Names include Henry Mathix Otto Julson Hangen Julson Olson Storo Mora Olson Oscar Storo and others aiding repairs, hosting dances, school absences, and small trips to Williston Bainville and Trenton.
French Navy Veteran Recalls WWII Prisoner Escape
Ex prisoner Albert N. recounts brutal camp conditions in Germany. He describes wartime injuries from bayonets and the perilous journey from Dulmen to Brandenburg Havel nicknamed the hell hole. He recalls witnessing German troops firing on civilians at Osnabruck during food riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gerard
Garley
U.S. A
Dulmen
Brandenburg
Havel
Germany
Osnabruck
The Hell Mole of Germany Chapter XXII
The narrator recalls marching to Brandenburg and an Englishwoman’s tale of detention in Germany. At a camp barracks deteriorate. four hundred Russians and Belgians die from inoculations amid a typhus scare. The guard line is drawn with barbed wire, and a drunken ruse with a sentry leads to a tense confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell Mole
Germany
Brandenburg
Weet
Liverpool
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S.M. Hydle
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H. Askisnd
Jul Hangen
Miss Mora Olson
Oscar Storo
Helda Julson
Hans Fredrickson
Ed Anseth
Edwin Gordon
Mr. Julson
Oscar Store
Mr. Haugen
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Dagma Tulberg
Annie Tulberg
Palmer Anseth
Paul Olson
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J. O. Hanger Lutcher
C. Johnson
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J. O. Hangen
Henry Matts Place
John Lucken
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