Iowa counties share motor fund for federal road plan
Des Moines Iowa state treasurer allocates 468 536 80 for federal aid roads covering April 1 to August 1 with total county distributions of 479 950 and each township 290 Davenport and Des Moines entries note Maj. W A Graham assigned to the Judge Advocate General s office and other war related updates including soldiers voting on prohibition and state tax levy fixed at 7 25 mills
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Bremer
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Sandy” Graham
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Third Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Southern Department
San Antonio
Harry McHenry
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Fairgrounds
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L. I
War Department
Goodbye to the Brave: A War Time Sendoff Poem
A wartime poem urges unity and sacrifice as citizens bid farewell to soldiers marching to battle. It invokes the Star Spangled Banner and Old Glory, praising gallantry and devotion while hoping for victory over tyranny with support from Britain Ireland and Scotland.
Red Cross War Fund Surpasses 30 Million in Subscriptions
The American Red Cross reports a tenfold rise in staff since last year with 700 paid Washington headquarters employees and 61 full time volunteers. By July 31, 1917, $6.18 million was allocated for war work and $80.09 million had been paid in, with disbursements of $2.87 million.
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American Red Cross
Henry P. Davidson
War Council
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Staf
Red Grass
Europe
War Department
Congress
HAS BUNGALOW ON WHEELS
Marysville Oregon travelers Mr and Mrs J E Basel of Milton Junction Wisconsin arrived recently on their way home. They live in a neat house built on a motor car chassis measuring 6 by 6 by 18 feet with a cooking gallery lavatory table chairs and bed. The basswood canvas covered home has three windows each side and a rear window. They have traveled 4750 miles in their nomadic home.
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Ore
J. E. Basel
Milton Junction
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Basel
Boy Survives Snake Bite In California Canyon
Willie Kirkpatrick, son of Henry Kirkpatrick, was bitten on the index finger by a rattlesnake while scrambling over rocks in the trench creek canyon during a fishing trip near Mountain House. He walked fourteen miles home before a doctor was summoned, fourteen hours after the bite, and remains under care as doctors monitor venom effects.
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Wlillie Kirkpatrick
Henry Kirkpatrick
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Oroville Hospital
Trench Creek Canyon
Restore France’s Birds Revives Woods With Aviary Breeding
Paris reports in M Andre Godarts book Tes Jardins Volieres that birds in France are scarce due to weak protection causing 40,000,000 francs in losses to Gironde grape growers in 1910 and olive growers to consider quitting. He suggests rearing foldfinches bullfinches linots yellowhammers thrushes blackbirds and starlings in aviaries and releasing adults to repopulate emptied woods and fields.
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Paris
M. Andre Godart
France
M. Godart
The Sole Stuffs Profits Cobblers Only
A terse line notes that only cobblers gain from sole stuffing profits, implying limited benefit to others.
Lone Aviator Disperses 200 Troops in Daring Raid
British airman swooped on a German air drome near Ypres during dawn operations. He bombed sheds, silenced guns, scattered a 200-man column, attacked two German planes, and pumped bullets into a troop train before continuing reconnaissance over enemy lines.
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Belgium
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Fiynt
Teutons
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Big Machine
Ine
Edman Prefers Tent Living At Grand Circuit Meet
Fred Edman of Memphis, piloting Colonel Armstrong to victory in the Edwards stake at the grand circuit meet in Cleveland, continues to live in a tent with Mrs Edman. He carries the tent everywhere and detests hotels despite earning a lump sum in the event.
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O—l
Fred Edman
Memphis
Edman
Colonel Armstrong
Kadman
Mrs. Edman
Chicken crossed the road tale ends with wrecked car
Columbus firemen Ww Townsend and Harry Wille were driving from Lancaster to Columbus when a chicken stood its ground, causing the flivver to overturn and injure the pair. The story, claimed to be true, spread locally as a humorous tale.
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Columbus
V. Townsend
Harry Wille
Lancaster
Garden Bulb Care and Varieties in a Flower Lover’s Patch
The piece extols careful garden cultivation to grow hardy bulbs yearly. It names Roman hyacinth crocuses white tulips and Spanish bluebell Sela campanuta along with Sternbergia lutea fleur de lys and daffodils. It notes soil should not be overfertilized and bulbs need occasional separation every three years for best display.
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Japan
War Work by Mrs Vanderlip Aiding Potatoes Planting
Mrs Frank Vanderlip wife of the City National Bank president leads Westchester suffragists in wartime plantings on the Vanderlip estate. Early spring grounds are sown with potatoes with neighbors helping as she spends daily garden time. A photo shows her at a cultivator amid potato patches while discussing yard clearing methods.
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Iowa
State House
Supreme Board
United States
Frank Vanderlip
City National Bank
New York City
Vanderlip
Woman Suffrage
Westchester
Vanderlips
Clearing the Fields and Brush After Harvest
The article describes reclaiming old fields overgrown with sassafras, greenbriers, and wirebriers. It advises hacking and burning brush in August and September, then pasturing with sheep and cattle to exhaustion and root decay. Sassafras and greenbriers resprout unless the ground is stirred and pastured, breaking the ground to stop growth.
Meat Diet and Temper Debate
The text discusses a vegetarian claim that meat stimulates mood and causes irritability after a brief euphoria. It notes meat eaters consider the idea fanciful and jokes about the aftereffects of heavy meals on dispositions.
Paris Postwomen Take Over Male Mail Distribution
Paris France moves to assign all mail delivery to women carriers after experiments in two districts proved successful. Women completed rounds faster and delivered more mail than men, receiving a plain uniform and a wage increase of 1.19 dollars per day after the war.
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Paris
France
Daily Thought on Love and Contact
A concise quotation emphasizes that material questions matter little next to preserving love among all people encountered. The saying by Pulstoy highlights a universal ethic of kindness and steady personal virtue guiding daily interactions.
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Pulstoy
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