Mark Boyle Appointed Mounted Orderly in Camp
Long dispatch from Algona recounts Mark Boyle's appointment as mounted orderly to Brig. Gen. Mattox and notes improving conditions for Company F. It covers drill eligibility, personnel from nearby towns, hospital setups, bandages from Algona ladies, and signaling thoughts on an imminent homeward move after Santiago’s surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Boyle
Gen
Mattox
Thomas
Nobv
Will Norton
Livermore
A. L. Peterson
Algona
Go. G
Ft. Dodge
Co. F
Lowa
Larry Brown
Guy Fenley
LuVerne
Guy Hanna
Minnesota
James Patterson
Nashville
J. O. Thrush
First Congregational Church
Spencer
Mark
Ellison Blackford
Company F
Lantry
Corp
Ray Wortman
Kelley
Town
O. O. Howard
Tie
Ber
Recruits Suffer At Camp With Stomach Cramps
The text describes recruits at camp who soon become dejected after arriving with high hopes. Many suffer cramps in the stomach, groaning and writhing at night, while one observer laments that they all got the illness badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Sondermeyer
Burt
Goodlad
Dubuqque
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnatii
Chattanooga
L. H. Mayne
Hmmetapurg
Company
Arthur Greaves
Treatment of Army Wounds and Battlefield First Aid
Correspondence from the Sioux City Journal notes that wartime mortality from wounds has fallen due to antiseptics and modern knowledge. Dr. Van Buren Knott, of the Fifty second Iowa, lectures on first aid and battlefield care, stressing clean wounds, avoiding tobacco, and proper handling of fractures to prevent infection and improve healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Santiago
van Buren Knott
Iowa
Algona City Council Proceedings 1898 Spends Final Passage
City council meets at city hall with Mayor Chrischilles presiding. Proceedings suspend three readings for ordinance No. 23 final passage and pass road ordinance. Gross Construction bid for electric light power house accepted pending contract and bond. Sayers, McMahon, White named to move city hall and jail. Special session July 14 sets electric light ordinance No. 24. bill of Ed Schrader approved. Next meeting July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Chrischilles
White
Vesper
McMahon
Morse
Paine
Stebbins
Chapin
Sayers
Algona
Iowa
Gross Construction Company
Electric Light and Power House
Mayer
Angona
A. J. Lilly
Ed Schrader
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M. Z. Grove & Son
Boston Block
D. B. Avey
Langdon & Hudson
Labad’s
Wesenberg Bros
Opera House
Solmer
Camp Thomas
Calumet
Ponce
White Mountain
J. W. Robinson
Pioneer Hardware
Minneapolis
J. L. Dowson
J. Linny
Majestic
Otto Falkenhainer
A. Gilmour
E. P. Keith
J. W. Wadsworth
M. Schenck
J. Hutchins
Frank Devin Chas
Wooster
G.S. Angus
J. E. Stacy
S. Stussey
The
Farmers Milling Co. Incorporated
Stacy & Jordan
Algona Roller Mills
J. B. Hofius
Ladendorff Restaurant
Old Postoffice Building
A. N. S. Thompson
Specia
Spurbeck & Lambert
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