Great Allied Offensive Rattles Flanders Front
Turbulent week in war news features the British push on Messines Ridge at Ypres Armentieres with heavy bombardment and rapid advances. American troop movements, naval actions in the Mediterranean, and Italian resistance near Trieste shape a volatile European theater.
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Flanders
Lloyd George
Walton Heath
Ypres-Armentieres
Belgium
Alnes
Medsines
Wytschaete
Alice
Messifed
Wischaete
Qosttaverne
Messines Ridge
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Bruges
Trieste
Jamiano
Roma
Italy
Albania
Iowans 70 60 First Department Plans to Send Guards
Des Moines reports Iowa National Guard will likely form part of the first 100000 troops to France under the war department plan. Iowa’s brigade may supplement two infantry brigades in the finals with mobilization of divisions in the south and southeast. Other items cover bridge contracts, labor recruitment, land appraisals for Camp Dodge training grounds, arbitration delay, essay contest winners, federal road aid planning, and a blue law not guilty verdict.
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Edward W. Pickard
America
Census Bureau
War Department
Pershing
England
Per‘shing
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South Atlantic
France
Silvershell
Mediterranean
Russia
Dizotte
Root Commission
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Japan
United States
Austria
Poland
Lithuania
Finland
Great Britain
Manchuria
Outer Mongolia
Des Moines
Lowa National Guard
State Guard
Iowa
Naonaliguarid
New York
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Oesuth
Highway Commission
Selteiiig Tte
Commission
Federal
N. Feinberg
Templar
Mershon
Two Million Pike Placed In Tama River By Warden
State News reports D A Beckwith deputy fish and game warden put two million wall eyed pike in the Tama river. Additional millions of bass and pickerel fry will follow as officials push stocking efforts to promote sport and curb illegal dynamiting. Liberty bonds totaling 450000 are bought by Fort Dodge banks and Webster county towns.
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Towa
Tama
D. A. Beckwith
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Ethel M. Gould
State University
Presbyterian Church
Salina
Kansas
M. W. Coray
Storm Lake
Calhoun County Bankers’ Liberty Loan Association
Webster City
Red Cross
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Hedrick
Richland
What Cheer
Ollie
Keota
South English
Woes of the census taker across Westdate suburb
A solicitor for Mupclo a new city directory knocked at a Westdate home and asked who lives there. The resident refused to name occupants, prompting the solicitor to list local figures he could recall and end his canvass after a brief, tangled exchange. A later doorstep exchange revealed Miss Iya Rench, a teacher at Andersonville, as a resident.
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Mupclo
Westdate
Knott
Mies Iya Rench
Andersonville
Hardin Roads
Merchoota’ Bank
Dunn
Miss Gentle Spring
Indianapola News
Early morning hunger prompts cake request from Johanie
A brief note records Johanie asking for cake as Ma and others react to an unusually early hunger cue. The line hints at family dynamics and a casual morning routine.
Conditional Power Uprates Skepticism on Secret Keeping
A witty exchange plays on secrecy with humor about a wife’s ability to keep a secret. The remark highlights gendered expectations and the idea that knowledge erodes discretion. The joke closes with a light twist about whether ignorance preserves confidentiality.
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Barnard College
Charles W. Phillips
Owen Cattell
Columbia
Phillips
Permson
Ry BH Ly
Michie
General Scott
War
Donevolv
Terrtory
Vt Ae
National Army
Griliah
Messinece Ridge
Brussilov
Austria-Hungary
Empire
Wood
Vor Batockd
Reichstag
Turkey
Bulgaria
China
Occidentals
Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe
British War Commission
Arthur J. Balfour
Lloyd-George
Mons
Becausa
Holland
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Senate
San Salvador
Central American
Republic
Salvador
Iowans
Iowa Guard
Boards of Supervisors
A. L. Uriek
Commercial Club
State Free Employment Bureau
Camp Dodge
Havner
Georges
Call
Sioux City
Alfred
College
LeMars
Smith Hrockhert
Washington
James F. Harvey
Leon
R. B. Wallace
Council Bluffs
W. H. Steilmacher
Charles Witt
Harding
Ft. Dodge Tile and
Commissioner of Labor
A. L. Urick
Williameburg
Howard Barker
Willameburg
State Fair Management
Carl B. Bates
Newell
Philip Newsome
Polk County
Harkan ‘Prall
Grimes
Ware
State News
RAK
Free “Skinner Mfg.co
D. Omaha
USA
Baagest Macaroni
Merica
Boston Woven Hose. &R Rubber Co
Cambridge
Iva ‘. Rench
Wil Knott
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