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Southwestern Iowa items show freight jams and camps
Special committees were named to clear the freight jam at Council Bluffs and Omaha terminals. A YMCA boys camp will be held at Corning with two sessions from June 14 to 23 and the second period immediately after. Estimated cost is eight dollars for nine days. The body of John W. Price, a Council Bluffs infantryman, is returning home after dying of gas exposure in 1918.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Iowa
Y.M.C.A
Corning
Clarinda
Madison County
John W. Price
Co. L
168Th Infantry
Baccarat
Ruth Saul
Portsmouth
Big Rainbow Society
Chamber of Commerce
Company L
American Legion
Des Moines
Council Bluffs Legion