Germans had pre supper but they didn t eat it
A World War I letter from Gregg Wisecarver of Headquarters Co. 101 U S Forces in France describes a Yankee unit capturing a German soup kitchen and using a captured German stove to make supper. He notes thousands of German prisoners, retreating troops, and salvaged supplies as morale sinks amid rapid advances.
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M. E. Wisecarver
Gregg
Headquarters Co. 101
U. S
France
Bowie
States
Sergeant Shields Sees Card From Germany in France
Fairfield youth Sergt. F. Shields, in France with Company M of the 168th Infantry, sends a letter with a black folded card showing three pictures and a fourth page memorial to Max Stockinger, name and regiment, praising dying for the Fatherland.
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Des Moines’ Register
Sergeant Shields
Fairfield
Sergt
F. Shields
France
Helen Lessenger
Tenth Street
Tex
Max Stockinger
Belgian relief commission orders 20 million emergency rations
Washington announces arrangements with the British quartermaster for 20,000,000 emergency rations to aid rescued Belgians. The rations come from British army stores in Belgium and will be paid for by the Belgian relief commission, chaired by Herbert Hoover.
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Washington
Get
Belgian Relief Commission
Belgium
Uerbert Hoover
Reliet Commission
Influenza Cases Rise In Fairfield Amid Quarantine
Spanish influenza continues to spread with six new Fairfield cases bringing total to eighteen. Mayor Munro confirms quarantine remains in effect until physicians determine the danger has passed, while state and national reports show ongoing increases and epidemic conditions in many areas.
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Fairfield
Munro
Sumner
State Board of Health
Washington
Public Health Service
Teachers Examinations Proceed Amid Influenza Quarantine
A 1918 letter to County Superintendents from A M DeVoer of the Educational Board confirms that, despite possible statewide Spanish influenza quarantine, the October teacher examination will proceed as fixed by law. Precautions urged include thorough airing of rooms and instructing applicants to stay home if showing illness. Local boards are advised to consult the state board before final decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Chidester
Des Moines
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
A. M. Devoer
Pres. Educational Board
Ex Senator Kearns Dies After Stroke in Utah
Salt Lake City veteran public figure and mining magnate Thomas Kearns, former United States Senator and railway builder, died at his home after suffering a stroke several days earlier. He was a prominent Salt Lake City industrial and political figure.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Thomas Kearns
New Sugar Rules and Licenses From U S Food Administration
The U S Food Administration warns Iowa counties on October sugar allotments and cashiered canning sales. Grocers must document sugar sold for canning and surrender certificates for deliveries. Flour substitute weights set by wheat flour amounts. Poultry and egg traders require licenses. Red Cross to collect gas mask pit materials for war needs.
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Red Cross
War Department
Local notes on residents and Liberty loan deadline
Personnel moves include A B Tron of Libertyville on business yesterday and A L Risinger traveling to Jefferson Indiana. The last day to redeem liberty loan pledges is announced. Other items mention Jack Wisecarver returning from Des Moines to visit his mother, Mrs Mary McKenzie returning to Washington with her parents, L T Gobble traveling to Lafayette for a family illness, Katherine Black returning from Cedar Rapids, and Roy Spence remaining in Columbus after being rejected for military duty.
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R. H. Spence
Roy
Columbus
Ohio
Dean Raymond Recommends Eight Percent Return for Gas Firm
Dean Wm G Raymond of Iowa City recommends eight percent fair return for the Iowa Railway and Light Co in the Marshalltown case. The city ordinance fixes gas at $1 per thousand cubic feet with penalties. Raymond says the Marshalltown ordinance is confiscatory and would fail to cover operating costs, costing the company about 5025.82 yearly.
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Des Moines
Dean Wm. G. Raymond
Iowa City
Iowa Railway & Light Company
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Muscaline
Iowa
Untility Company
Dean Raymond
Former Parsons Student Felix Pauls Dies in Iowa City
Felix Pauls, longtime Parsons College alumnus andWashington native, died Thursday in Iowa City after contracting Spanish influenza while attending school there. He married Cecile Spielman of Brighton about a year ago and is survived by his parents and a brother. Funeral services were held in Washington.
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Felix Pauls
Parsons
Iowa City
Washington
Parsons College
Cecil Spielman
Brighton
Pauls
Funeral of Mrs. Geo Swain Held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. George Swain were held yesterday afternoon at two oclock from the home. Rev. H. A. Anspach of the Lutheran church conducted the services, and interment followed in Evergreen cemetery.
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Geo. Swain
George Swain
H. A. Anspach
Lutheran Church
Everegreen Cemetery
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the Daily Journal
Journal Printing CO
South Court Street
Bean Taylor
W. Taylor
Republican County
Wm. L. Long
A. C. Turner
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
Walter Harris
R. C. Leggett
Clyde C. Bell
Charles Edmund
J. B. Trent
A, Armstrong
Melvin H. Corey
E. F. Simmons
Sergt. Shields
Company M
One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Infantry
Old Third Iowa Regiment
Kearns
U. S. Food Administration
Food Administration For
Burlington
J. F. Deems
Y-B. A. Tron
Libertyville
A. L. Risinger
Jefferson, Indiana
Jack Wisecarver
Mary McKenzie
Mrs
H. B. Keltner
L. T. Gobble
LaFayette
Ind
Carl Gobble
Katherine Black
Cedar Rapids
Iowa University
TEKS
C. E. Anderson
G. B. Baker Piano House
East Broadway
Roth & CO
Just
Bath
Printz Belderman
Lina Ated
Hufstedler & Baker
Muscatine
J. Goldman
Cedar St
Muscatine, Iowa
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