Iowa Guardsmen Reviewed at Deming in Honor of Iowa Troops
Governor Harding led a large Iowa contingent during a dramatic Deming New Mexico review of the Thirty fourth division. Major General Blocksom and Adjutant General Logan attended with other state leaders. Harding praised the troops and vowed Iowa's unwavering support. A banquet followed hosted by Iowa officers of the Sixty seventh brigade.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Deming
New Mexico
W. L. Harding
Blocksom
Guy KE. Logan
Harding
Republican State Committee of
Frederick Larrabee
Fort Dodge
L. W. Ainsworth
Camp Dodge
F. F. Iverest
Council Bluffs
Camp Cody
Aunt Lucy Brown Dies at 108 in Clarinda
Aunt Lucy Brown a former slave born in 1809 in Parkersburg West Virginia died in Clarinda at 108 years old at her nephew H Cook’s home. She was freed during the Civil War and later lived among many Clarinda residents who attended her funeral.
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Clarinda
Lucy Brown
H. Cook
Parkersburg
Missouri
Kansas
Clarinfla
Local recruiting rush depletes enlistment blanks
Cedar Rapids recruiting office ran out of enlistment papers with near a hundred men waiting to enlist at noon. The officer expects about 200 men daily to be turned away until more blanks arrive. In two days 150 men were accepted.
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Cedar Rapids
Blow Could End in Fire as Boy Burns
A 14 year old Logan-Maria Hoag of California Junction was blown twenty feet by a gasoline can explosion while priming an engine. His clothes caught fire and he suffered severe burns to the face and head. He jumped into water to extinguish the flames. A dog accompanying him died in the blaze.
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Logan
Maria Hoag
Bert Hoag
California Junction
High School Boys Cut Wood for YMCA Drive
In Toledo the farm of Elmer Reinig hosts boys who donate trees to be cut and sawed into cord wood. They plan a sale to raise funds for YMCA army pledges, turning the harvested wood into money for the cause.
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Toledo
Elmer Reinig
Y. M. C. A. Army
Sioux City Recruits Record 96 Enlistees in One Day
Ninety-six local youths enlisted in the U S services in a single day at the Sioux City recruiting station. One joined the army while fifteen chose the navy, the highest daily total ever recorded at this station.
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Sioux City
United States
Army
Navy
Thresher Loses Arm Near Jamison
Wesley Emery a farmer near Osceola suffered the loss of an arm when it was caught in a shredder while working with a crew near Jamison. The mangling was severe and amputation was necessary. his condition is listed as serious.
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Thresher
Osceola
Wesley Emery
Here
Jamison
Indicted for Disloyalty in Dubuque Case
Federal grand jury returns indictments including Louis Bishop of Dyersville on alleged disloyalty. Other indictments from the panel were not announced.
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Dubuque
Louis Bishop
Dyersville
24000 Selective Service Men Ready to Report at Camp Dodge
Provost Marshal General Crowder informs the War Department that about 24 000 selective service men are ready to report at Camp Dodge. Camp Dodge officers expect them soon after war department arrangements. An order for turkey for Christmas dinner suggests they will arrive before Christmas.
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Dodge
Camp Dodge
Crowder
War Department
Selective Service
Harding
Signal Corps
Aviation Corps
Sioux City Woman Knits for Soldier Boys
Mrs. Larsena Bethelsen of Sioux City earns acclaim as a patriotic contributor to Iowa's war effort. With two sons in the army and a third soon enlisting, she devotes spare time to knitting for the Red Cross, producing fifty eight complete knit sets since July 15, each set with a sweater scarf helmet socks and wristlets.
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Sioux City
Larsena Bethelsen
Iowa
Bethelsen
Soldier Boys
Red Cross
Fire destroys Odd Fellows Temple in Ames large blaze
In Ames, a freezing night fire at the Odd Fellows Temple, Cag win’s drug store, Cobin's paint shop, Royal Tailors, and offices of two doctors and two lawyers caused about 75 000 dollars in damages. Spontaneous combustion from a coal pile is suspected. flames spread after turpentine explosions in the drug store. Boone firemen aided. building loss 55 000 dollars with 14 000 insurance. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs property loss 4 800 on 1 750 insurance.
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Boone Department
The
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Iowa Farm News and War Time Measures Report
Polk County reports the world's champion Belgian stallion and mare from the International Live Stock show in Chicago owned by Charles Irvine. Des Moines outlines sugar and flour limits and other war time conservation rules while noting new doctors, draft changes, and food price boards.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Polk County
Carl N. Kennedy
Chicago
Charles Irvine
Irvine
Postman Freed of The't Charge in Des Moines
John W Christina, 52 year old Des Moines mail carrier and long time post office employee, was acquitted by a federal jury of embezzling United States mails after a brief deliberation. Christina had been accused of opening a decoy letter and stealing two letters from a mailbox. The verdict brings relief to his family and ends a case prosecuted by United States Attorney Moon with defense by Charles Bradshaw.
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Des Moines
John
W. Christina
United States
Christina
Charles Bradshaw
Moon
Nutting Takes Arctic Materials For Study At State University
Prof C C Nutting of the State university in Iowa City is called to aid in examining and classifying materials collected by Arctic explorers Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Rudolph Martin Anderson. Nutting focuses on blond Eskimo tribe artifacts said to be among the discoveries. He believes Stefansson may still be alive and will return with new material.
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Southern
M. D. Hly
Davenport
George Tucker
Clinton
William Cochrane
Red Oak
Harry Hopley
Atlantic
C. S. Grant
Iowa City
Adjutant General’s Department
W. W. Pearson
Des Moines
Crowder
Medical Reserve Corps
Governors Office
Nutting
C. C. Nutting
State University
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Rudolph Martin Anderson
Stefansson
Arctic
Aschenbrenner Sisters Join U S W A War Council
Misses Geraldine and Ruth Aschenbrenner depart Pella for New York City to serve on the war council of the YWCA of the United States. Geraldine taught at Central College academy and Ruth taught in Tripoli Iowa high school.
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War Council
Pella
Geraldine
Ruth Aschenbrenner
New York City
Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States
Central College
Geraldine Aschenbrenner
Academy of the College
Tripoli
Iowa
Iowa Sailor Faces Amputation After Saw Accident
George Blandford, a sailor on furlough from the navy, is likely to lose a leg after his leg was caught in a saw while helping his father load wood. The injury occurred during a winter wood supply project and the bone was nearly severed before he could be freed.
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Iowa
Sioux City
George Blandford
Navy
Grinnell Fills Quota With Fifteen Enlisted
Grinnell College reports fifteen Grinnell men are now with the troops in France per a revised college file. The list is incomplete as more men may be overseas or en route, with civilian news limited by strict military censorship.
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Grinnell
France
College
Girl Ends Her Life in Perry Despondency Suspected
Martha Barringer aged 22, daughter of Mrs. H. Bradley, died by drinking poison in Perry. Authorities attribute despondency as the probable cause of the self inflicted death.
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Perry
Martha Barringer
H. Hk. Bradley
Des Moines Recruiting Rush Ends As Draft Rules Tighten
United States army and navy recruiters in Des Moines rapidly enlisted draftees after a December 7 push, with a cutoff of December 12 in Des Moines and December 15 nationwide. By midnight December 11, 782 men were accepted by the army and 237 by the navy.
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Des Moines
Byne
United States Army
Navy
Army Station
No Holiday Leaves Granted for Rail Travel to Camp Dodge
General Getty bans leaves and furloughs involving steam rail travel for Christmas at Camp Dodge Des Moines. Previous leaves tied to rail travel are canceled. auto or electric transit from trolley lines may allow local leaves. War department aims to limit rail movement, signaling possible large draft movements to Camp Dodge.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Getty
Diviaton
Wahington
War Department
Dodge
Washington
Fuel famine threatens Des Moines Iowa cities
Des Moines faces a fuel famine as car shortages and Melcher mines refusal to supply coal strain state supply. Council Bluffs and six other towns beg the state fuel administrator for relief while Melcher output is redirected to Camp Dodge. Efforts persist to secure government car deferrals to Iowa.
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Camp Dodge
Charles Webster
Iowa
Accidental Revolver Shot Paralyzes Youth
Samuel Ashmore, 17, was paralyzed from the waist after a revolver firing by Tl. A. Bram, a brakeman, while examining a weapon in Hawarden. The bullet entered his back near the spinal column and is believed to have struck the spinal cord while he lay in bed.
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Hawarden
Samuel Ashmore
Tl. A. Bram
Fate of Mayor Up to Court in Des Moines Proceedings
The fate of Mayor F. J. Wallace is undecided as District Judge Hutchinson takes the ouster case against him under advisement after a trial. The accused mayor stood trial on charges of selling materials to the city.
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Glenwood
F. J. Wallace
Hutchinson
Des Moines
Arrest Spy in Halifax Detains Norwegian Helmsman
John Johansen, helmsman on the Norwegian steamer Imo involved in the Mont Blanc disaster, is detained in Halifax as a German spy suspect. He feigned injury at a hospital but aroused a nurse’s suspicion after offering her fifty dollars to buy him a newspaper.
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Halifax
N. S
John Johansen
Mont Blanc
Johansen
Iowa Guardsman Dies in France with Rainbow Division
Prescott Private Harr Hl. Coons 20 of Prescott died December 1 from scarlet fever, becoming the first Iowa National Guardsman to die with the colors in France. He enlisted in Company K Corning Third Iowa Infantry last April and moved to Des Moines with the regiment when mobilized for France with the Rainbow division.
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Iowa
France
Prescott
Harr Hl. Coons
A. F. Coons
Coons
Corning
Third
Iowa Infantry
Des Moines
Flower Farming for Profit in a Great Flower Market
The article outlines profitable flower farming focusing on peonies and hydrangeas. It notes high demand for decorative flowers, long-lasting blooms, and the cost of production per acre. It discusses planting, care, harvesting cadence, and the aim of shipping durable, single-flower stems long distances to market.
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United States
Eity
Htde
Cork Convent near Clotra Portugal hides in rock
The Cork Convent known as Convent de Corden sits in an isolated spot near Clotra. Monastic cells and chapel are walled with cork to keep out the rain and dust. From 1500 to 1834 Capuchin monks lived there under a vow of silence except on certain occasions. Since 1884 the monasteries were dissolved and the site is Open to the public with a caretaker.
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Clotra
Portugal
Convent de Corden
Cork
Greenland interior described as endless ice plateau
Robert E Peary notes in Century that Greenland’s interior is frigid and arid with scant rain. The snow accumulates century after century burying valleys and mountain tops, creating a continuous elevated plain 1000 miles long and up to 700 miles wide, ranging from 4000 to over 9000 feet in elevation.
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Greenland
Fnland Fce
Robert B. Peary
No Glory In Entering a Village
A terse exchange portrays a general explaining that a triumphant entry proved hollow as he rode through a large village and was quickly out again, highlighting the futility of empty victories in a brief wartime vignette.
How to Pot House Plants by USDA
The guide lists equipment and soil standards for potting plants for indoor winter use. It details soil mixtures equal parts loam, sand, and well rotted manure or compost, pot preparation, drainage, proper depth, watering, and steps for shifting to larger pots as roots fill. It notes irrigation after potting and light avoidance while establishing.
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States Relations Service
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