6th Division at Camp Dodge Now Filled to War Strength
Des Moines reports an order transferring 4000 men from the 163 depot brigade to the division proper at Camp Dodge this week. The 88th division nears full wartime strength as many new recruits meet physical and mental standards for overseas duty. A development battalion was organized to bring borderline men up to standard through special training, with several hundred assigned to four companies based on physical condition.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
88Th
War Department
Canning For Our Soldiers Urges Reserve Of Home Goods
The article urges housewives to can and preserve for civilian use only, stating that home canned goods cannot be purchased or gifted to the army or navy. It notes government acceptance requires payment, cites uniformity and shipping constraints, and argues preserving jars shifts goods from export to commercial distribution, saving labor and transport costs.
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Army
Navy
More Wheat in England in 1918 Yields Limited
The article notes Britain increased wheat acreage in 1918 but the rise in cereal yields will not meet foreign demand. It cites 1917 wheat production at 64 million bushels and estimates a 45 percent increase in acreage for 1918, still leaving imports necessary to cover total needs.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Germany Eyes Grain from Ukraine and Roumania
German plans to secure a large portion of 1918 wheat by intervening in Ukraine and Roumania to guarantee bread for its people. Central powers assert right to organize if Ukraine government fails to purchase required grain, with troops protecting key grain districts. A Reichstag deputy notes bread from Ukraine harvest is a duty to Germans and military intervention may follow if Kyiv cannot deliver.
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Germany
Rouspania
Ukraine
A&a
Reichstag
Lannde
Iself
German request to guard Moscow embassy refused
Lonton July 19 reports Germany asked for permission to send a regiment to guard its embassy in Moscow but the request was refused. A Russian wireless dispatch confirms the denial and notes German diplomatic sensitivities.
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Lonton
Germany
Sre Egrest
Moscow
Red Cross Garment Shop at Masonic Jewel Closed Line
The Red Cross and The Garment Shop at Masonic will be closed until the August influx of work is received.
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Masonica Jale
Drake Clothing Co Slashes Straw Hats Price
Reduced price on all straw hats at The Drake Clothing Co located at 835. Stock includes wide brim and fashion hats for men and women. Customers urged to visit store for discounts and limited-time offers.
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Drake Clothing Co
Parson College Seeks Names of Parties for Student Help and Room Rentals
Parson College requests names of individuals or groups offering student help and those with rooms for rent to students. Contact the College Office by phone at 213 for details and submission.
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Parsons College
College
Roosevelt is Safe at Saratoga Republican Convention
Theodore Roosevelt received a rousing ovation at the New York state unofficial Republican convention in Saratoga as he urged Americanization and a united war effort. He warned against fifty fifty citizenship and urged strong measures against German spies while calling for a large postwar army and limited government ownership.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
France
Saratoga
Theodore Roosevet
New York State
Whitman
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Lewis
Teddy
Fassett
England
Women Form Section Gang On Northern Pacific Track
Seven married women and one hopeful bride form a section gang on a double track north of Castle Rock. They work under a section foreman and perform as efficiently as the previous crew of fifteen men on the Northern Pacific main line.
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Val Ocamrypp
Castle Rock
Ash
Northern Pacific
Baseball scores in two leagues include long NL tilt and AL results
National League finals show Chicago 2 Brooklyn 3 in 16 innings with Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 1 in 2 innings and St Louis 6 New York 8 while Boston Cincinnati rained out. American League games end Philadelphia 1 Chicago 8 and New York 1 Detroit 4 with Boston 3 St Louis 6 and Washington 1 Cleveland 6. American Association reports Columbus 1 Toledo 0 Indianapolis 8 Louisville 1 Minneapolis 10 Milwaukee 7 and St Paul Kansas City incomplete.
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Perch
Chicago
Inakitcensey
New York Feet
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Cincinnati Tpr
Boston
Easseth
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Boston-Chicinnai
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Indianapolis
Louisville
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kengas City
One Time Jungle Pastures Cattle Lead Canal Zone War Effort
In the Canal Zone, wartime needs drive a vast pasture program turning jungle into beef and milk supply for 150000 people. Led by TR Morris, the canal’s chief quartermaster, the effort aims to make local food self sufficent and reduce reliance on outside sources amid global conflict. Morris, likened to the Hoover of the zone, builds a practical team to tackle tropical agriculture as Gorgas did sanitation.
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Christobal
C. Z
Canal
United States
Hawaii
California
Florida
Europe
Panama
TR. K. Morris
Hoover
Latin America
Morris
For Sale Items and Classified Listings
New potatoes for sale at 1.75 per bushel. Contact 4528. Missouri land yields from 35 to 85 per acre with 40 to 240 acre tracts. R White & Son, Macon, Mo. Jersey cow offered. call after 6 pm at 2577. Rubber tired buggy almost new. phone 2240. Howell property house and barn at 105 West Washington St listed by R B Louden. Public sale of household goods from I D Jones residence 706 East Burington St Saturday at 2:00 pm. Oakland eight-cylinder car for sale. phone 343 or 8617 Bruce Louden.
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Missouri
R. White & Son
Macon
Howell
West
Washington Street
R. B. Louden
I. D. Jones
East Burington St
Bruce Louden
One-Eyed Draftee Sent From North Carolina to Camp Lee
A draftee with a single eye was sent to Camp Lee Virginia after peg legged and crutch bound men had already been sent. The North Carolina board approved his induction despite the ocular disability, highlighting wartime manpower demands.
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Camp Lee
North Carolina
Hungarian Lower House Rejects Woman Suffrage Measure
A Budapest dispatch reports the Hungarian Diet's lower house rejected the government proposal to grant voting rights to women. The July 19 decision blocks extending suffrage and reflects debates on women's political rights in Hungary.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
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Rodabaugh & Beans
Presbyterian Church
Journal Office
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George P. Loesch, L. E
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Frank’s Orchestra
Dorothy Dalton
Oveg
Mabel Normand
Joan of Platsberg
C. E. Anderson
Airdome
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