Machine Gunners Are Husky Men At Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge Iowa August 8 1918 machine gun crews drawn from Illinois Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas and others weigh over 100 pounds with gear including masks and ammunition. Notable members include Rainsburger Duncan Slater and Captain Griffith overseeing athletic training and recruitment as divisions prepare for France.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
88Th Division
National Army
Husky
Illinois
Minnesota
Dakotas
Rainsburger
Duluth
Duncan
United States
Slater
Minneapolis
Seymour
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Percy Bordwell
Iowa State University
France
S&th
Camp Dodee
F. W. Marvel
War Department
Commission On
Marvel
John L. Griffith
Tonant Griffith
Earl Craddock
Mike Gibbons
Griffith
Grandma and Roberta Debate Girls Wearing Fashion
In a Chicago News excerpt, Mrs. Bardunkle and Roberta’s grandma debate whether a girl should wear corsets, belts, and high heels or stay in loose clothes and be athletic. They recall their own attempts at boyish clothing, noting discomfort and social reactions, and conclude girls may try fashion but tire of it.
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Camp Dodge
Rmyv
Beach
Lige
France
Red Croes
Sam
Sue Charlotte
Ike Charlotte
Bardonkle
Mra. Bardunkle
Chicago News
Aviators' Peculiar Flight Signatures Noted By Officer
Lieut K G Searson of Pittsburgh now in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps describes aviators Major Bishop Capt Vernon Castle and American fiver as easily identifiable by their flying style. He notes the machine moves with the instinct of a bird and seems to dance in the air as Castle rises aboard.
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Lieut
K. G. Searson
Pittsburgh
Royal Canadian Flying Corps
Bishop
Fiver
Searson
Vernon Castle
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair Color
An old time recipe now sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken faded gray hair naturally. A few applications with a sponge or brush reportedly leaves hair darker, shinier, and younger looking, costing about 60 cents a bottle.
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Wyeth
Nebraska wartime sedition bill champion Lloyd praised
A tribute notes Lloyd as a key introducer and supporter of wartime measures in Nebraska during a special session. It praises his fearless independent record, ceaseless work for citizens in the district and state, and asserts he is not tied to special interests.
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Ioes
Andrew Prince
Hopkins
Minn
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
National Army
Montana
South Dakota
Nebraska
United States
Germany
Albert Christ
Minneapolis
Depo
Ft. Leavenworth
Lloyd
Nebraska Lawmaker Loyd Thomas Pushed Wartime Reforms
In 1917 at the regular session Lloyd Thomas introduced and backed laws on prohibition policing live stock transport and rail regulation. He supported the publicity bureau and open gate controls while promoting municipal water, oil pipelines, fire prevention, and forest reserves. He also backed woman suffrage, four year county terms, workers compensation, federal road aid, state defense council, and constitutional convention calls. A 1918 special session saw him advance soldiers voting, mineral leasing, sedition, and home guard measures.
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Nebraska
Lincoln State Journal
Lloyd Thomas
State Department of Publicity
United States
National Congress
State Council of Defense
Home Guard
Glass of Salts if Your Kidneys Hurt
An old remedy promotes a grape and lemon juice salt mixture with lithia to flush the kidneys and relieve back pain headaches and rheumatic twinges. A spoonful in water before breakfast for a few days is claimed to normalize urination and prevent bladder problems.
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J. W. Jarnigan
Herald
The
Red Cross
Chester M. Mallory
Mt. Ayr
Lowa
Battery FE
339Th Field Artillery
Y. M
Crock Regiment
Camp Funston
Chima Funston
Alabama
Tennessee
Arthur W. Furber
Elmer L. Berg
Grafton
N. C
Grandma
State Railway Commission
Box Butte
Sheridan
Representative Thomas
Shannon
House
Senate
Alliance Herald
Western
Supreme Court
Charles B. Letton
United States Senate
John H. Morehead
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