Wartime Iowa Items Reflect World War Activities
Des Moines interurban service carries eighty nine trains daily between Camp Dodge and the city while four thousand workers ride to the camp. Camp Dodge hosts British and French officers to aid American troops. Mines near Des Moines favor government operation due to price controls. Iowa City drafts gain special privileges from local authorities.
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M. J. Gormley
American Railway Association
Butler
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
National Army
College of Education
The
State University
William F. Russell
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville, Tenn
Walter E. Jessup
Marshalltown
C. E. Gilmore
J. P. Linn
Presbyterian Church
Army Y.M. C. A
Muscatine
Iowa City
M. Greenes
Cushing
Iowa
Chicago
Waukon
Iowa League of Municipalities
League
Dubuque
Abraham Slimmer
Dike
Florence Freed
Grundy County
Poland
West Liberty Fair
Logan
George Edwin MacLean
Bournemouth
England
C. W. Kepler
Mt. Vernon
Linn County Veterans’ Association
Central
Naons Ieen Jones
No Extra Session Hinted by Iowa Leaders in Wartime
Governor Harding rejects a special legislative session to fund the second liberty loan, arguing Iowa can manage without it. Illinois Adams County and Des Moines note opposition from many lawmakers, while Milton Pitt predicts a remote chance of an extra session. Iowa honors include university officers entering service, 75,000 youths in food production, large navy and army enlistments, and a record liberty loan total.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. L. Harding
Milton B. ‘Pitt
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
Pitt
Wilson Rejects Vatican Peace Plan and German Power
President Wilson rejects Pope Benedict XV’s call for a general peace, arguing it would be folly without the German people’s consent and new evidence of the central powers’ will. He says the war’s aim is a just, lasting peace and that peace plans tied to the German government alone cannot suffice. Robert Lansing signs the note as Secretary of State.
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Lee Harding
Iowa
Harding
Boone
Lehigh
Wilson
George Heaps, Sr
Boone Black Coal Company
Chicago
F. H. Johnson
William Benson
Robert Heaps
R. L. Marshall
Sam McClure
Fort Dodge
Pope
Washington, D. C
Rome
Pope Benedict
United States
Germany
Vatican
Benedictus XIV
France
Italy
Balkan
Poland
Russia
Record Iowa steer sale tops Chicago market at 16.30
A carload of Iowa steers broke all prior records by selling at 16.30 in the Chicago market. The telegram received by Prof Curtiss of Ames at the fair grounds states this is the highest price paid in cattle history.
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Iowa
Des
Army recruits Iowa regiments to full war strength
Des Moines reports the army recruiting service will recruit for the regular and national army plus Iowa regiments. Offices open in Des Moines Sioux City Marshalltown Mason City Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs to simplify enlistment. Unmarried men ages 18 to 40 may enlist for the war duration. national guard members may seek a commission. examined volunteers must not have been notified by local boards to report.
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Des Moines
Army
Iowa
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Council
Colfax
N. G. van Sant
Sterling, Ill
van Sant
Centerville
Muscatine
Esther Wiggins
Rock Island
Walter Burmeister
Buffalo
Burmeister
Army Recruiting Service
Regular
National Army
War Department
Council Bluffs
National Guard
Cedar Rapids Native Joins Royal Flying Corps Training
Fred Spaulding a former Cedar Falls boy has secured a place in the Royal Flying Corps of Great Britain and has begun training and his first flight, per word received from his grandmother Mrs Sheerer of Cedar Rapids. His brother Rev C A Spaulding of Pasadena has entered YMCA war work. The two men are connected through local families and education at the same college.
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British Flying Corps
Cedar Rapids
Fred Spaulding
Cedar Falls
Royal Flying Corps of
Great Britain
Sheerer
Rev
C. A. Spapale
Pasadena
Cal
Three Governors to Speak at Iowa Wisconsin Medical Session
A conference program lists three governors to deliver addresses during a day session in Dubuque. Wisconsin and Iowa physicians join the event featuring Gov Harding of Iowa and Gov of Illinois among speakers.
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Dubuque
Ians
Ianoly
Iowa
Wisconsin
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Hawkeye
State News
University of Iowa
Anna Briley
Harvey Lair
Sydney
Aldus ‘Broughard
Waterloo
Navy
Alic E. Broughard
Aldus
Alice
French War Department
Harold M. Page
Clinton
Plymouth County
le Mars
Minols
Towa
Board of Education
Cedar Rapida
Burlington Commercial Club
Burlington
Harding Delares
Last Assembly
Linn Culbertson
Clarence R. Townson
Nelson A. Kellogg
Fort Snelling
A. H. Holt
Engineering Corps
R. W. Berry
State ‘Boys and Girls’ Club
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
BE. M. Hopkins
Berry
Ashton Clemens
Carl Kennedy
E. M. Hopkins
C. F. Curtis
T. W. le Quatte
W. S. Pugh
R. K. Bliss
E. Co. Bishop
P. C. Tomlinson
H. L. Eddy
Metcalf
State Defense Council
Carrol
A. B. Cumming
Robert M. la Follette
Congress
Europe
Mr. Metcalf
Union
Guard
Dés Moines
Naval Reserve
Grand Old State
Red Cross War Fund
Young Men’s Christian Associations
Fleckinger
Eldora
Echo
Supreme Exemption Board
New
A. Mgeting
Sonn
Wilson Allies’ Spokesman
Robert Lansing
Secretary of State of the
United States of America
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