Exemption Board Members Work Without Pay for 16 Months
The local exemption board members Dr W Fordyce Charles L Fulton and W L Long have not received any pay for sixteen months of service They work under growing duties in the conscription process from registration to mobilization The piece honors their sacrifice and notes promised but unpaid compensation and the massive workload they shoulder in wartime mobilization.
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W. Fordyce
Chas. L. Fulton
W. L. Long
Exemption Board
Pierce Backs Porter for Iowa Governor
Des Moines Oct 5 James M Pierce publisher of the Homestead breaks with Governor Harding and openly backs Claude R Porter democratic candidate for Iowa governor The Homestead quotes Porter as tested for the office and endorsed by Wilson administration figures and four legislative sessions with a record of leadership and integrity.
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Des Moines
James M. Pierce
Iowa Homestead
W. L. Harding
Claude R. Porter
Harding
Pierce
Iowa Defense Council
Council
League
James Pierce
Homestead
Farm Weekly
Iowa
Centerville
Appanoose County
Porter
Wilson
Baker
Gregory
National War Administration
United States Department of Justice
Monster Bombs and Bold American Aerial Attacks
American airmen carried enormous bombs and used daring tactics to strike German targets. In one mission they dropped on a concealed aero drome at a chateau, destroying hangars and several enemy aircraft while supporting bombing runs and returning safely behind Allied lines. The squadron previously claimed twenty six enemy aircraft in two weeks, with seventeen shot down and one balloon.
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Chateau
Small recruit from Gas Kansas joins Marines tale
In Omaha a Kansas man named John T Swanson tries to enlist in the Marines. The sergeant weighs him and rejects the idea due to his light ninety two pounds though Swanson insists he wants to fight. The sergeant suggests the Signal Corps as a possibility attaching feathers and using him as a carrier pigeon.
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Omaha
Neb
Gas
Kansas
John T. Swanson
Swanson
Lee Carpenter
Signal Corps
Special prosecutor praised for indicting I W W criminals in Chicago
The article commends a prosecutor for securing nearly a hundred convictions in Chicago I W W cases. It notes President Wilson recently appointed him assistant attorney general, praising his efficiency, honesty, and high ideals. It argues his election would show Iowa’s support for federal policy and wartime unity.
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Chicago
Neary
Wilson
United States
Gregory
Iowa
Fairfield Turns Jubilant Over War News Parade
Fairfield woke to a wild Sunday after reports of Germany surrender prompt a townwide celebration. Bells, band concerts, and a late afternoon park gathering drew thousands as residents marked the war news with joy and a mass bonfire, proclaiming Fairfield alive and up and coming.
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Fairfield
Germany
the Kaiser
War Claims Fairfield Soldiers As Battles Rage In France
Two Fairfield soldiers are confirmed dead and a third wounded in France. Privates Clifford Dimmitt and August Van Dyan of M company died of wounds on September 13 and July 15 respectively. Loren Goddard is severely wounded with an unconfirmed death report. all were connected to local firms and the Tribune office.
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Fairfield
France
M Company
Clifford Dimmitt
August van Dyan
Louden Machinery Company
August van Oyen
van Oyen
Belgium
Lowa Malleable Iron Company
Loren Goddard
Vene Goddard
Tribune
Anamosa
Loren
Who Has the Makin's in Army Service
A blunted view on army service once seen as ruinous shifts to the idea that military life can forge character. The Count Bluffs Nonpareil notes the Army is shaping men from those with potential for idleness, giving them the makings of a man.
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Iving War Library
Moses
War Department
War Departments
Food leaflets on nutrition and home economy at library
The public library offers abundant USDA leaflets for free distribution. They cover substitutes bread making economical meat use stock poultry raising and the nutritive value of foods among other topics.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Socialists Place State Ticket on Iowa Ballot
Des Moines Iowa socialists nominate a full state ticket by petition and file with the secretary of state. The ticket will appear in November elections after meeting signature requirements. Two years ago the party failed to poll enough votes for primary ballot access.
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Harding
Iowa
Claude R. Porter
Claude Porter
Des Moines
Socialist Party In
Barefoot Boy With Cheeks of Tan Advice
A brief Elkader Register snippet quotes a line about continuing hard lessons and warns that only capitalists may keep their families in shoes, reflecting economic pressures. The fragment cites a call to action or opinion on financial survival.
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Elkader Register
Floyd Gibbons Cancelled Lecture Date
Secretary Emry of the Community club announces that Floyd Gibbons cancel his October 15 speaking engagement in Fairfield due to wounds from action in France. All dates are cancelled and efforts to reschedule are uncertain. a later appearance may be possible if his recovery allows.
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Emry
Floyd Gibbons
Fairfield
Gibbons
France
Copeland Firm Sells Forty-One Duroc Hogs At Good Prices
The J. H. Copeland & Son sale on Oct 4 offered forty-one Duroc Jersey spring gifts and boars. The average price was about $70 with a top bid of $125. Red Cross earned about $100 from lunch sales, plus a donated pig bringing $29.
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J. H. Copeland & Son
Duroc Jersey
Red Cross
Copeland
Grieve My Friends Never Says Shan Campbell Sheriff Bid
The Ledger notes Shan Campbell shifts from Republican to an independent bid for sheriff amid immense backing from supporters. The piece underscores the pressure from friends to safeguard county welfare and questions the independence choice versus party ties.
County Subscribes Full Quota On Liberty Loan
Jefferson county barely held its pace in the fourth Liberty Loan drive yet reached the county share of 942 100 by Saturday night. Volunteer subscriptions on the first day numbered over 4 000 with few slackers remaining among county taxpayers, mainly wealthy Fairfield residents. An effort to enroll late subscribers continues as names are checked.
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Chicago
Burlington
Bevering
Bill” Bevering
Bill
Stout
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Central Park
A. G. Jordan
J. S. McKenney
Burlington Station
the Ledger
Shan Campbell
The
Ledger
Shan
Ottumwa Courier
Republicans
Journal
Glen Neibert
Walter Harris
Canning season ends for Hampton-Kelley with 80,000 cans
The Hampton-Kelley Canning company closed its season in Hampton, Iowa, after packing 80,000 cans, about eighty carloads. Unseasonable weather kept output below average, though the quality was excellent.
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Hampton
Hampton-Kelley Canning Company
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