Des Moines Leader MacVicar Assigned at Camp Dodge
Des Moines mayor John MacVicar, also a quartermaster in the U S Army, is named assistant to Major Butler at Camp Dodge. He will organize a campaign to keep Des Moines clean for 45,000 soldiers and oversee relief and support efforts amid wartime mobilization across Iowa.
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John MacVicar
Des Moines
Quartermaster's Department
United States Army
Butler
Camp Dodge
MacVicar
Edward P. Kimball
Waterloo
Leo Zeigman
Sac City
Joe Miller
Jim Wempsey
William Bishop
Sioux City
Fort Madison
Wardway
Boone
Red Cross
Ilinois Central
Cherokee
Hart Johnson
Baby
Johnson
Storm Lake
Fort Snelling
Traer
A. J. Calderwood
C. A. Whitemore
Independence
France
Peugeot
E. L. Towne
Jamaica
Applegate
Barry
Towne
Roost
West Liberty
Kenyon
Senate
Keokuk
National Guard
bin Des Moines
Iowa Plans Baby Beeves Auction At State Fair
Des Moines reports outline an August 30 auction of baby beeves by Iowa beef clubs with bids from Des Moines hotels butchers and packing plants. Railroads will return unsold beeves free. Prizes total 450 for fair stock events and a government backed food training camp program accompanies the fair August 22–31.
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Des Moines
R. W. Berry
Ames
A. R. Corey
Iowa State Fair Association
Corey
Iowa
Berry
State Fair Management
State Board of Agriculture
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Rosenbaum Bros
Ingwersen Bros
Chicago
Herbert C. Hoover
Plan Would Impose Liberty Bond Tax on All Iowa Property
A proposed "Money Draft" would compel every property owner in Iowa to buy Liberty Bonds in proportion to property value to finance the next war loan. Backed by Rep. H. W. Flenniken and Sen. J. K. Hale, the plan envisions county levies and certificates exchanged for bonds, with interest set by the government.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Germany
Commonwealth of Liberty
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
H. W. Flenniken
Jones County
J. K. Hale
Anamosa
Flenniken
State Executive Council
Boards of Supervisors
Camp Dodge Amusements Promise Big Wartime Entertainment
Des Moines reports a war department plan for camp programs this fall at Camp Dodge. A monster theater tours Broadway stars like Caruso and Pickford, vaudeville acts, and home talent shows are planned. Boxing and wrestling will be taught by top boxers, with Y M C A buildings, Knights of Columbus clubs, and libraries established at each camp.
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Cantonment
Camp Dodge
Johnson Brigham
State Commission
Iowa
Des Moines
Cantonments
American Library Association
Louisville
Brigham
Sam
Raymond D. Fosdick
War Department Commission On Training
Washington
Caruso
Farrar
John McCormack
Fritz Kreisler
Paderewski
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
Knights of Columbus
American Library Commission
Red Cross Rises in Henry County Ahead of August Fair
Henry county Red Cross work expands with two classes in Mount Pleasant led by Miss Bloom of Iowa City and Dr. Aretas Kepford visiting as state director. The organization plans to use the Henry county fair crowds in mid August to promote its cause.
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Iowa
Stat Executive Council
Illinois, Central Railroad
Dubuque
Sioux City
Atlantic Northern Railroad
Atlantic Southern
State Council
Henry County
Red Cross
Mount Pleasant
Miss Bloom
Iowa City
Aretas Kepford
Plan Agricultural Meet in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Improvement association plans a series of intellectual gatherings this fall starting soon after the state fair. Prominent agriculturists will give addresses as the main drawing card at the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Improvement Association
Raise Whittemore Flag at Whittemore
More than 2 000 persons attended the flag raising at this place. The principal address was delivered by Rev Father Debuverstein of West Bend who urged Germans to show love for the country of their adoption and forget ties to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittemore
Father Debuverstein
West Bend
Germany
Swamp Root Medicine Praised by Doctor in Texas Letter
Dr J A Coppedge of Alanreed Texas endorses Kilmer Swamp Root after twenty years use noting its usefulness for bladder inflammation. Ad invites readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle and booklet, with regular sizes available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adv
Looked Like Inverted Rain From Aerial Fire
An officer recalls a wartime moment at 8000 feet when a stream of bright flying bullets flashed past, revealing the vertical range point of a machine gun. He watched the slow top of the bullets’ arc, noting it looked like rain falling upward while he remained unscathed.
No Chance for Him Even Then
A witty quip about marital banter and sleep talking ends with a playful boast that a husband talks in his sleep but never outtalks his partner. The line contrasts drinking to cope with shakes and shakes to cope with drinking, underscoring a humorous exchange.
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Hawkeye State
United States
Herbert Hoover
Highlands Park College
George P. Magill
Lake Okoboji
Kenneth &. Gaynor
Drake University
R. E. Lang
First Iowa Cavalry
Lone Tree
Adjt
Logan
Five Mile
Federal Government Health Department
Iowa National Guard
Ida Grove
Denison
W. EB. Maulsby
James R. Biery
Keo- Kuk
Harrison County
Linn County
Leon
Decatur County
Council Bluffs
Tama
Marvin West
Osage
State University
Dean Williams
Raymond
College of Applied
State Council of Defense
Towa
Srene Owe Meee
Pythias Eld
Alb
Baby Beef Clubs
J. W. Sandusky
E. H. Hoyt
Frank J. Murphy
Virginia W. Gay
Benton County
David Elijah
Cedar County
Eugene Levi
Dubuque County
Charles
Hamke
Muaca
Binge
Missouri
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Central Division
Department of Aviculture
Nebraska
Minnesota
Mr. Barney
Food and Dairy Commissioner
Fred H. Gray
CG. S. Bogle
John W.milnes
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Chicago and North Western Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. L. Harding
Sage
Minn
Kansas
Colorado
Fort Riley
Wisconsin
Council of Defense
Ilinois
Madison
Wis
Metcalf
Iowa Council
J. W. Kindig
Woodbury County
Hayner
Kindig
Carter
Harding
F. F. Dawley
Eighteenth Judicial District
D. BE. Voris
Marion
State Bar Association
Supreme
Camp Dodge Amusements
Pittsburgh Chronicle
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