1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

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and was earnest in his endeavor to succeed in life. He received
license as assistant druggist at the age of twenty, and had it not
been for the national situation early in 1917, would probably soon
have secured the major license. He was twenty-one years old when
he enlisted, in June, 1917, and was assigned to the medical detachment
of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Field Artillery, going
with the regiment to Camp Cody, New Mexico. There he died a
year later, on June 2, 1918, of pneumonia.
Carl William Peterson was the son of August W. Peterson, 5632
West Eighth Street, Duluth.
Ernest O. Peterson, also of Duluth, was brother of Arthur W.
Peterson, 2702 West Third Street, Duluth.
Harold Peterson, brother of Mrs. Carl Olson, 427 Forty-third
Avenue, West, Duluth, lived in Duluth before the war came.
Helmer A. Peterson was born in Duluth, and was well-known.
He was born January 23, 1894, son of John and Hannah Peterson,
and his academic schooling was obtained in Duluth schools. He
became a pharmacist and in that capacity was employed at Beyers
Drug Store, Duluth, for some time before reporting for military
duty on September 21, 1917. He was sent from Duluth to Camp
Dodge, Iowa, and assigned to the Medical Corps, 350th F. A., 313th
Sanitary Train. At Camp Dodge he remained for the winter and
would probably have gone overseas in 1918 had he not succumbed
to disease at Camp Dodge, on April 10, 1918. His mother now lives
at 119 East Third Street, Duluth.
Henning O. Peterson lived at 520 West Superior Street, Duluth,
before entering the army. His brother, Arvid lives in Chicago.
Rudolph Peterson was the son of Oscar R. Peterson, of 912 North
Fifty-seventh Avenue, West, Duluth. Rudolph worked in Duluth
before entering the service.
Elia Peteruka was of Duluth residence prior to the war, but
appears to have no relatives in Minnesota. His brother, Gust Peteruka,
is at Fort Morgan, Colorado.
John Pitich was one of the boys from Buhl.
John H. Pluth was of Ely, where his mother, who is now Mrs.
Anna Matiehick, lives.
Neno Molidro lived at Aurora, his papers state.
George E. Porthan, of Ely, was the son of John E. Porthan, of
that place. Porthan was killed in action in France.
Mott Prelbich was also of Ely ; his father is John Prelbich.
Louis Press lived at Chisholm before leaving for military service.
His brother, Samuel, lives at Eveleth, at 705 Hayes Street. Louis
was born August 17, 1891, at Trovi, Russia, but had lived in the
United States for many years before the war. He was enlisted in
February, 1918, and went overseas with an infantry regiment. He
was killed in action in France on August 15, 1918.
Clyde E. Prudden, who became a major of the Medical Corps,
United States army and was much respected by the men of the One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Field Artillery, was a well-known and
successful physician of Duluth before the state of war into which the
nation became in 1917 so radically changed the course of the lives
of so many of its worthiest citizens. Major Prudden was born in
Duluth, and attended local schools. For the medical course he proceeded
to Northwestern University, from which he graduated with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine, with the class of 1909. In 1912
he was an associate of Dr. C. A. Stewart, in practice in Duluth, and