Iowa Chronicles Reports of Mines and Menace at Home
A long list of Iowa news items reports a cave in at a Wisconsin coal mine blamed on rivals and German sympathizers, local liquor shipment debates, a Winterset patriot meeting fire, a near train wreck near New Hampton, a flag incident in Dubuque, a new postmaster in Dubuque, and various Red Cross, militia, and civic efforts across the state.
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Dubuque
Wisconsin
Henry Jebens
Scott County
Havner
United States
Claude Porter
Iowa
Davenport
Winterset
National Guard Company
Home guards to be recruited as Iowa mobilizes force
Des Moines reports Iowa will call more than 2,000 modern minute men to form home guards to be paid by the state and serve under the governor in riots, I W W invasions, or emergencies. Enlistment likely for the war duration with oath to Iowa and age around 88.
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Des Moines
Iowa
War Department
Home Guards
Iowa National Guard
South
United States
State Council of Defense
Home Guard
quota by county and state food quotas set for national army
Des Moines Iowa plans to furnish twelve thousand seven hundred forty nine men to the national army plus twelve thousand six hundred seventy two in the national guard and regulars. Hamilton Story Page Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs have already given more than their share of the twenty five thousand four hundred twenty one total.
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New Hampton
Leonard Kress
Germany
Miliiamen
Dubuque
Peterce
Dr. King of
Clearfield
St. Joseph
Cherokee
Camp Dodge
Waukon
Red Cross Fund
Koone
Les Moines
Marengo Red Cross
Troop A
Iowa City
Shenandoah Commercial Club
Company E
First Iowa Infantry
Odd Fellows of
Belle Plaine
Lyons
The
Red Cross
Dike
United States
Iowa
Fort Dodge Companies
National Guard
Fort Dodge Country Club
Clinton
Benton County
Marengo
Blairstown
van Horne
Vinton
Mt. Auburn
la Porte
Waterloo
Fairweather
Des Moines
R. B. Hawn
Mt. Vernon
Army
Fayette County
Fayette
Hampton's
Red Cross Society
Fort Dodge
Frank Wilson
Missouri Valley
George Wilson
Saloniki
Greece
L. E. Schaar
Schaar
Waterloo Street Railways
Charles Price
First
Iowa Infantry
Levy
Council of National Defense
W. C. Earle
Arnold Isbell
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
William Bailey
Shenandoah Chargea
Henry Hook
Fairfield
W. A. Buchanan
Marshall County
New Consolidated
Canada
Paris
H. C. Lowrey
Nevada
Lowrey
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Moingona
Boone County
Des Moines River
Grand Prairies
McGregor
Chemin de Voyageurs
Mississippi
MacGregor
de Rocher
Rock River
Northern Brigade
Northern Iowa Brigade
Thomas R. Stevens
Adjutant General's Office
States
Robert Bell
Dow City
Salandes Bell
Andrew
Bonner
Jacob Bossert
Webster City
James W. Bradshaw
Decatur
Neb
Jeremiah Crowley
Emmetsburg
Gideon Hawley
Council Bluffs
James J. Hill
Patrick Jackson
Andrew J. Jones
Algona
Clark E. Kinney
Buckeye
Matthew Landrith
Baker
Oregon
Wm. T. Landrith
Henry M. Lucas
Woonsocket
S. C
Francis M. McCurdy
Akron
Robert Musgrove
Boone
Martin Neese
Stratford
Leroy J. Nott
Franklin Osborn
Randolph
Leonard Sells
Independence
Miles IX
Sharp
Bradgate
James D. Sketchley
Lewis H. Smith
George Taylor
Sawtelle
Cal
Ellis Washburn
James Young
Terry
Mont
James A. Sawyers
Sioux City
Hamilton County
Story County
Page County
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Appeal Boards Named for Iowa Vocational Exemptions
President Wilson announced the two exemption boards to rule on Iowa vocational exemptions and appeals from local boards. Southern district members include William Cochrane Red Oak N D Ely Davenport Harry Hopley Lewis Clarence Van Epps Iowa City G F Tucker Clinton. Northern district members include B H M Cassady Whiting W J Weloff Mason City D M Kelleher Fort Dodge Harry B Plumb Waterloo T J ODonnell Dubuque.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Wilson
William Cochrane
Red Oak
N. D. Ely
Davenport
Harry Hopley
Lewis
Clarence van Epps
Iowa City
G. F. Tucker
Clinton
BH. M. Cassady
Whiting
W. J. Weloff
Mason City
D. M. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Harry B. Plumb
Waterloo
T. J. O'Donnell
Dubuque
Drafted Men May Enlist Before Examination
Selected men in the draft in Washington D C may enlist in the regular army or national guard before their examination by exemption boards, probably within ten days. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced. They cannot join the marine corps at this stage. The first drafted men will likely be detailed to the regular army.
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Bailet
Washington, D. C
Regular Army
National Guard
Crowder Hes
Marine Corps
Beauty as fountain of life and art in the home
The text extols beauty as a moral and aesthetic force within the home. It links refinement of eye hand and ear to education and uplift, arguing the fountain of beauty lies in the heart and generous thoughts illuminate one’s living space.
Variety of sandwich fillings and spreads listed
The text lists multiple sandwich fillings and spreads including sardine and ham mixtures, turkey almond cream, olive mayonnaise spreads on brown and white bread, tongue veal and cheese fillings, Neufchatel and cream cheese blends with ginger and lemon peel, lettuce with French dressing, egg and pecan mixes, canned pimento spreads, and jam options. It ends with a note: Inefficiency in the home is as great a danger to the state as quackery in medicine.
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Neufchutel
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Hawkeye State News
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Uncle Sam
Barry
Chicago
Logan
Hawkeye
War Departments
State Dairy and Food Department
State Department
Barney
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Deming
N. M
Army Depot Quartermaster
Omaha
Quartermaster Department
Ordnance
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
State House
Foster
Dairy Department
Attorney General
Dairy Department of
State
State University
Adjutant General
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