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Newspaper
Fort Des Moines Post
Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
3
A Thanksgiving dinner was served at the post messes under Major W. J. Chambers and Lt Maruth Vere king. Printed menus appeared at each plate detailing items for officers and enlisted personnel, with emphasis on a full course menu and beverage offerings.
Miss Caroline Kriege reports Fort Des Moines student nurses hosting an informal dance. Notes include leaders Miss Minz and Miss Nettie MacMillan, a lost hospital unit badge, furloughs for several nurses, and new physiotherapy staff led by Miss Mabel Matthews.
A chaotic note from the barracks recounts wild night antics and stray sentences about "Sweetheart" meetings, wandering talk, and rumors. Private life is muddled with rushing talk, disciplinary jokes, and plans to boot out troublemakers. The writer laments lack of order and asks for aid to restore discipline.
In a quirky wartime incident Corporal Chas McDaniel and Bugler Curley Moelen defend a central office from two wild mice. They reportedly chased and routed the rodents, saving a girl, and are named as candidates for Carnegie hero medals.
Za Ga Zig Temple invites Shriners to Des Moines for the Victory Ceremonial Friday evening. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will be welcomed. soldiers will play a major role in the program and members of the station are urged to submit their names. Captain Guatet Tex of Capt. Samng My Edison.
The piece critiques barracks life and a Private Pulley in the Post with satirical praise and fault lines. It lampoons optimism and realism, notes the barracks as a prime building housing K. C. post and music lovers, and mocks noisy veterans, including Sergeant Winter and noisy phonographs.
The Barracks 3 column sketches daily antics and personalities among troops. Private Richards coaxes wins by argument, a nurse party features Orchestra from Barracks 3, and Corporal Brown stars in the barber shop caper while others dodge calls with sly tricks.
Ragged hungry boy begs for food outside a downtown Des Moines cafe on Thanksgiving night. A Doughboy notices, invites him inside, buys turkey and pie, and shares a warm dinner, leaving the boy grateful and hopeful. The act is described as a recorded good deed in a story of selflessness and community spirit.
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