Million Letters From Home Via Y M C A In Camp
In Hempstead Plain 27,000 soldiers from 27 states endure a cold wet night as the Y M C A runs seven large tents with lights and services. The article highlights letters stamped with Stars and Stripes and the red triangle, the Y M C A aid network overseas and at home, and a November drive to raise 25 million dollars for continued support of soldiers and allied forces.
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Hempstead Plain
Long Island
Rainbow
France
Iowa
Des Moines
Dboys
America
A Letter From Otic 1 Becker Describes Camp Life
A North Dakota soldier stationed with Battery F of the 838th Field Artillery near Des Moines shares details from five weeks of drill. He describes camp size, layout, and facilities, daily life, and amusements including football boxing and YMCA programs.
Campaign treasurer named for local American soldier aid
The town mayor pastor and school superintendent will know the campaign committee treasurer in your county. Otherwise send a check or money order to Cleveland H. Dodge treasurer 124 East Twenty eighth Street New York City. Sacrificial giving by millions of givers will sustain this vast aid for American soldiers and allies.
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Cleveland H. Dodge
East Twenty-eighth Street
New York City
Emmons County Sunday School Convention in Linton
An Emmons County Sunday School Convention will be held in Linton on November 10 and 11 starting Saturday evening at 7 50. All interested in Sunday School work should attend. General Secretary Gus C Garri son of the North Dakota Sunday School Association will be present to lead the meeting.
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Emmons County
Linton
Gus. C. Garrison
The
North Dakota Sunday School Association
German War Atrocities Claim Russian Prisoners Killed
Washington reports reveal German soldiers appealing to Ambassador Gerard as a Christian state criticizes massacres of Russian prisoners. Eyewitness accounts describe executions and drownings in Masurian swamps with dire moral collapse and calls to protest. Allied figures on submarine losses and British tonnage are also cited to contextualize the war's scope.
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Washington
Gerard
Committee On Public Information
First American Blood Spilled In France Frontline Fight
The report recounts the first American fatalities in World War I as a small detachment near a front trench fights off German shock troops. Three Americans die, five wounded, and twelve missing or behind enemy lines as they resist overwhelming forces. The lieutenant leads through shelling before being knocked out. The unit earns military honors as bodies are prepared for burial.
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France
Minneapolis Journal
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Uncle Sam
High Seas
Arsenal
Association
No Man's Land
Ym.ca
Y. M. Co
Menat
Avery
Ald
London
S.a
Asing Ng
Camp
Dix
Harry Lauder
United States
Becker
388Th, Field Artillery
Camp Dodge
Frank B. Streeter
North Lakota
Frank
838Th Regiment
Field Artillery
Vincent Shier
Martin Schall
Dan Richardson
North Dakota
Russian
Poland
Eric Geddes
North Sea
Atlantic
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