War Years Echoes From Iowa Camp And Courtroom
Sixty four students from the State University of Iowa train at Fort Sheridan opening June 3. Raymond C. Swisher of Brighton listed among France casualties. Rock Island train crash kills four in Burlington area. Des Moines flour price issues addressed. Peacetime duty and war bonds surge seen across counties, colleges, and schools with Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and drought of labor topics.
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State University of Iowa
Ft Sheridan
Raymond C. Swisher
Brighton
Grinnell College
Liberty Loan
Chickasaw County
Henry Schlatter
Sioux City
Squire Williams
Glen Ellen
Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge Has Been Opened. Sold Isre
Iowa State College
Ames
State University At
Iowa City
Rock Island
Burlington
Arisula Lasch
Kathleen Beach
Opel Gustafson
Ackley
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Max D. Peterson
New York City
State of Iowa
National Conference of Social Work
Kansas City
H. L. Houghton
Katherine Ewing
Cedar Rapids
Mabel Porter
Minnie Bush
Des Moines
Ada M. Palmer
Waterloo
Elsworth Faris
Bessie A. McClenahan
University
Mica McClenshan
Edwin H. Gands
Uberty
Capt. Sands
Washington
California
Oregon
Colorado
Wesley Green
Town
Storm toll and war news across three states
Nineteen people were killed in storms across three states, with Iowa’s Boone County hardest hit and damages over 1 million dollars in Iowa and Wisconsin. News also reports military losses, executions and pardons, ship production records, and political shifts, including government actions and court cases.
United States to Fight Alongside Italians on Front
Secretary of War Baker announced in New York that American infant ry, machine gun units and artillery would soon fight shoulder to shoulder with Italian forces on their front. One soldier is missing and 18 injured in a derailed northbound train near Garland Arkansas. American air squadrons have joined French bombing behind German lines, with as many as 120 Allied planes in operation. America’s first field army of about 200000 men has been formed in France under Chief of Staff Gol A W Bjornstad.
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House
Caldwell
New York
Military Committee
Find
Army of
United States
France
William H. Taylor
Pagiysu-Moselle
Pont-a-Mousson
Baker
Italy
America
Gol. A. W. Bjornstad
European War News From London Dispatches
British aviators claimed twelve German planes brought down Monday with gunfire and two driven out of control. A Zeppelin reportedly fell in the North Sea and was rescued by a British destroyer after its crew was saved. Italian Admiral Pellegrini led a bold attack on Austrian defenses, sinking an Austrian dreadnought with a motorboat and three companions. London reports Sunday night air raid casualties at 44 killed and 179 injured as the Cork steamer Ioniscarra was torpedoed and sunk. General Mannerheim resigned amid Finnish plans to invade Kaleia. Berlin says Prussia would send regiments if Skoropadsky calls for help. The Moldavia, carrying American troops, was torpedoed in the English Channel. 56 U.S. soldiers are missing, believed lost, while 444 American soldiers were rescued by British destroyers.
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Scott County
B. M. Hofsrud
Roy
Des Moines
Polk County
Food Administration
A. B. Kepford
Red Cross
Iowa
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College
Davenport
Dick R. Lane
Max E. Bacon
Harlan
Lawrence L. Howe
Boone
Milo S. Meier
Pontvuie
John R. Walker
Ft. Madison
Medical Corps
Louis O
Wallace
Harry A. Caine
Greene
National Guard
Ottumwa
Creston
Albia
Chariton
Cresco
Perry
Storm Lake
London
Esb‘berg
North Sea
Pola
Pellegrini
Moldavia
English’ Channel
Washington granted power to draft men under selective service act
The House Military Affairs Committee approved an amendment to the military bill granting Secretary Baker authority to draft any number of men in any fiscal year under the current act. A ten cent per ton cut in bituminous coal prices was announced as railroads will pay fixed prices and drop preferential car service. The House election committee found T. J. Steele defeated by George C. Scott in the Blev depth Town district contest. McAdoo ordered prepayment of railroad transportation charges after July 1 and relieved every railroad president from active duty as executive manager, with federal directors to run each road.
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Selective Service Act
Wer Baker
House Military ‘Affaire Committee
The
Fuel Administration
House Election Committee
T. J. Steele
George C. Scott
Blev‘epth
Scott
United States
McAdoo
Railr
Byond
McAdoo Seeks Government Rail Control Amid Board Advisory Plan
President Wilson's statement assigns responsibility for fall road operations to Director General McAdoo. He envisions government control only to meet emergencies while preserving railroad identities. A list of major roads and their presidents follows, including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe leader E P Ripley and New York Central chief Alfred H Smith, among others.
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McAdoo
Congress
Dhe
Coeur Jerty
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
E.P. ‘Ripley
Boston
Milwaukee
Paul
Byram
Rock Island
J. H. Gorman
Denver and
Rio Grande
L. Brown
Erie
F. D. Underwood
Great Northerp
Louis W. Hill
Illinois Central
C. H. Markham
Kansas City
J. A. Edson
Lehigh Valley
B. B. Loomis
Louisville
Nashville
Milton H. Smith
Southern Pacific
Willam Sproule
Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrison
Wabash
Edward P. Kearney
Union Pacific
B. E. Calvin
Chicago Glue OQuets Germans at Club
Eighteen alien enemy employees were discharged by the Chicago Athletic Association in pursuance of its policy of excluding aliens from the premises of the club as part of wartime security measures.
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Chicago Glue Oquets
Chicago
The
Chicago Athletic Association
Unclear OCR fragment hints at ads and scores
Fragmentary text mentions losses and names such as Webster fette and Clay at Boone with a stormy event. It reads like an advertisement and partial game or sale note with garbled phrases and no clear date or outcome.
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T'Lowa
Aah Inneshiek i
Webster
Fette
Clay
Boone Ee Storma
Education and travel shape a remarkable geologist
A fragmentary reminiscence traces a man who valued learning yet spurned formal schooling. It recalls a geologist who never attended school, a pair of college graduates relying on thought rather than certificates, and a life at sea with voyages around the Cape of Good Hope that sharpened his linguistic skills.
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Cape of Good. Hope
United
Ates
Bulgarian textile industry shifts from Turkish to European tastes
Fragmentary 19th century note describes Bulgaria’s transition from a Turkish province to a budding textile producer. It claims early goods served domestic use with little regard to modern taste, then notes a decade of progress toward Bulgarian carpets, textures, and style rivaling Turkish Serbian or Grecian manufacture.
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Bulgaria
North Adent Deer Salving Representative Far Found
North Americco reports a salving representative of the deer has been found, noting unusual phrasing and fragmented OCR text. The readable portion mentions North Ad and a lingering reference to deer, providing no clear event or date.
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Orth Americco
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E. W. Rockwood
M. C
Bush
Beachy
Sharon Township
Johnson County
Towa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lone Rock
Wisin
Willim Alexander Fleet
Grenadier Guards
A. F. Fleet
Culver
Fleet
Atlanta
St. Louis
Social Builder
Ino the National Rip Saw
Paladi I
Melting Pot
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Rose Pastor Stokes
C. K. Berge
Jess C. Wilson
Wilson
Spanish Fort
Ala
Berge
Shipping Board
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Department of Justice
Gretna Fetzer
Henry Fetzer
Sturgeon Bay
Raymond Napledinski
Manitowoc
Wis
Lathan Polk
Spencer Charles Williams
Buffalo
Gerstner Field
Lake Charles
James Minotte
L. F. Swift
Fort Oglethorpe
Joseph M. Farley
W. D. White
Gloucester
Mass
Francis
James G. Bailey
Vologda
Pacific
Louis M. Edens
Rhedrical Corps
Germ
Cabool
Mra. Adens
U.S
Teutonic War News
A. J. McAllister
Garland
Ark
Cork
Fishguard
Mannerheim
White Guard
Kaleia
Copenhagen
Efckhorn
Ukrainia
Berlin
Skoropadsky
Hanapeea Roads
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