04 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
1
A garbled OCR passage presents a unclear claim about a cultural or social topic. The readable portions reference a Chinese community and possible wartime or historical context but lack concrete details. No definite events, names, dates, or places emerge from the fragment.
The article details soldiers returning from overseas, guard unit formations, and replacements. It notes the Camp Dodge military police will establish a summary court in Des Moines for minor offenses, and describes remount operations under Lieut. Judd Hayden with Percheron and Belgian horse imports. It covers new training features, morale and educational programs, and staff assignments at Camp Dodge to boost efficiency and welfare.
Two Storm Lake soldiers, George H. Martz and Dennis Rodenbaugh, died in France. Martz was killed in action, Rodenbaugh died of a heart condition.
A history and praise of Wallaces' Farmer, noting its founding by Feary Wialfaey and sons Henry O. and John P. Longtime publication praised for its practical farming help. It analyzes farming problems, offers editorials, livestock charts, women’s department, price trends, and aims to improve farm life without political meddling.
A wartime song fragment imagines a cootie character taunting the Kaiser and praising Allied foes. The poem mixes humor and combat fantasy, ending with a farewell to comrades and a vow to carry friendship as they sail.
Former law graduate FT McGill now heads a Knights of Columbus unit opened for the A TLC at Town University. Previously based in the Jarga room of the old School of Music building, McGill spent a year at Camp Dodad as K C secretary and earlier practiced law at Port Badge.
Urging public improvements and building work to keep labor employed, the note predicts more attention to the issue in the future. A No Tax Sale is announced for Monday but the delinquent tax list sale was not held, and publication errors require the work to be redone with a sale set for the first week in January. Ernst Dengler of Davenport receives the Xil dee silver roving cup for 1917 1918 for his cow herd’s fat production averaging 312 pounds, two and a half times the state average.
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