Athletes Plan Sway Before Soldier Clash on Tuesday
Fort Snelling detachments and Camp Dodge teams will contest sprinting events and a baseball game on Tuesday July 22 at the Fort Des Moines grounds. Track events include 60 yard, 160 yard, and 220 yard dashes plus six patient events. Admission is free for uniformed men. civilians pay 50 cents. Tickets sold by War Camp Community Service Girls' organizations and local businesses.
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Bie
Liew
R. OH. Finger
Post Athletic
Oexe
Mort Snelling
Fort Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Angel
Wien Fram
Will
Hawever
Secius
Snelling
Fort Snelling. iv
Pau
Fort Teal Moines
Sweet
Pinger
Fort Snelling
Camp Grant
Camp Dodge Utilities
Camp Dodge Motor Transporty
Fort
Slade
Pletcher
Hartzell
Blanchard
Westover
War Camp Community Service Girls
Patient invitation sign for Ward 1 Craft Shop exhibit
A patient in Ward 12 creates a small sign inviting guests to the Craft Shop in Ward 1. The sign reads You. Ace As Welcome As The Flowers In Spring Visit The Craft Shop Exhibit from $290 to 3.05 W.
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Ward
Weesta
J. Kiflama
Yale Press Memorial Library Volumes Arrive at A L A Post
A hundred Yale University Press books donated to the hospital library at Fort Des Moines as a memorial to Yale men who died in the war. The set includes Yale Yesterday Yale Pageant poetry fairy tales and current affairs works by national figures.
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Yale University Press
Yale Mau
Yale
Fort Des Malles
America
A. LA
Adams
Coltortion
Tafe
I Had A Wonderful Time Says Private Chas Duvarde
Private Chas Duvarde recalls his furlough from the Argonne Forest in France after double amputation. He describes returning home to Willi ames and a town parade with Red Cross workers, his mother at the end of the crowd, and meeting many supporters as he reflects on the 21 days away.
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Chas. Duvarde
C. m
Charles Duvarde
Waid Lz
George
Troma
Joe
Tr. Duvard
Argonne Forest
France
Tam
Drayville
Til
Heratn
Het
Theo
Wide catalog of 17th to 20th century works and poets
A sprawling list of books, poems, histories, and authors including geography texts, travelogues, naval histories, and notably multiple poetry collections. Names include Stephen Vincent Benet, William Rose Benet, Archibald McLeash, Chariton Lewis, and Clarence Deming. Mentions of Yale Review Verse, Dante translations, and a range of classical and modern works.
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Gare
Hadley
Ohio
Maregaret van Horn Dwight
Europe
Bradley
Alexander Haytiston
W. $. Culbertson
Nathan Nale
Jounston
Coronel John Scout
Long
William Graham Simner
Guynemez
Bordeaux
Henry Barrett
Seymour
Stephen Vincent Benet
Great White Wall
Phy Wilfiam Rose Hewel
William
Rose Benet
William Rose Benet
Middle
Miles
Lee Wilson Dodds
Brian Maker
Beggar
King Gleanzec
Gawayne and
the Green Knight
Charlton M. Lewis
Tower of Tvery
Archibald McLeash
Sappho
Leokas
Percy
Jordan Fatas
F. E. Pierce
William Windoness
HL Wallis
Yale Review
Edward Biss
Reed
The
College Chancer
Officer Decorated by C. C. on Wednesday
Captain Karl G. Miller, patient in Ward 13, awarded the Croix de Guerre with gold star by Colonel George W. Sueneman. The citation recalls bravery under heavy machine gun fire during the October 4, 1918 battle near St Etienne aux Arbres. Miller is from San Antonio, Texas, and has long served in the Texas National Guard.
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George W. Sueneman
Karl G. Miler
Ward 13
France
East
Army Corps
Earl G. Miller
Twilst
St Ettienni
List Infantry
San Antonio
Texas
Texas National Guard
Shades of Mars What’s Next
fragmentary wartime letter details a soldier Bartels seeking discharge and a dance invitation from Mather. The message mentions a hospital, casual detachment, and a Northville Michigan contact. The tone hints at personal strain and unresolved orders within a military unit.
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Barstels
Bartels
Sgt
Hayitie
Mather
Northville
Mich
W. J. Bartets
Mother
Deircia Azawer
Lawn party and dinner entertain Miss Higgins guests
Thirty patients attended a lawn party and dinner hosted by Miss Higgins last Saturday afternoon. The mood was light as attendees enjoyed refreshments and socialized in a relaxed outdoor setting.
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Miss Higgins
Knighta-of
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Discharge List Swells at Camp Dodge
Thirty detachment men discharged last Monday at Camp Dodge, bringing two week total to fifty seven. The group includes sergeants and corporals from various units with destinations from Pacific coast to Gulf of Mexico. Electrical system at the fort enlarged to three phase, tripling capacity, with new transformers and improved safety gear under Lt Leigh and Sgt Riach. substation and lighting upgraded, aiming for completion in six weeks.
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Wes Hugh E. Patterson
Ezra A. Dorbahn
Gro
A. Godin
Curtis E. Hagead
Mase EL Swarez
Horace D. Jones
Victor S. Quale
Roland H. Winterstein
Watry D. Garlinger
Cook Fred Schmid
Yet Albert L. Garvey
Allie C. Sheets
Yst Doward Tytander
Bodowin C. Vanderbergh
Henry PL Rosenberger
Richard H. Pulley
Harry F. Draper
Mel Antone Hendricks
del James PF. Wail
James McGuire
Stefano Ciccizett
Lucio Blea
W. Leigh
Quartermaster’s Department
Camp Dodge
Joseph Riach
Riach
Sgt
Gordon Cameron
Washington
Not Wounded But Scuttled: Fritz Struck In Dark
Pvt Earl Tranvers of Co H 388 Ink survived a German attack in Germany after a night assault in Saulburg left his right arm broken. Tranvers described pursuing the assailant but failing to locate him, citing the darkness and his American uniform as the motive for the attack.
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Earl Tranvers
Co. H
Ink
Camy Stewart
Pvt. Tranvers
Army of Occupation
Saulburg
Germany
Minneapolis Ladies Quartette Stars At Red X War Camp
The Minneapolis Ladies Quartette entertained at the Red Cross house during the War Camp Community Service program last Tuesday evening. The group was well received and answered several encores. Members included Ashwin Birnback and Elolat Hicks.
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Minneapolis Ladies’ Quartette
Red Cross House
Ue Ashwin Birnback
Elolat Hicks
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