Reform Needed In Draft Classification In Des Moines Area
Adjutant General Logan faces a probe over draft classifications in several counties. Reports show low first class placements in Monroe and high deferrals in Muscatine, with averages around 27 percent for class one. Investigations urged to ensure uniform standards, end favoritism, and reveal fraud if present.
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Logan
Des Moines
Monrca
Muscating
Justice Shell
Crowder
American Fighters Prove Strength On Western Front
The North German Gazette sneers at trained Yankee troops but reports American units crossing enemy lines to Paris and staging a bayonet charge that French officials call magnificent. The world now sees America as a fighting power and a hope for civilization as the Kaiser's aides warned earlier.
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Takvo
Germany
West
Kaisar
America
Odd phrases hint at wartime sentiment about Yankee forces
Fragmentary lines reference American military actions on the western front and suggestive outcomes for German troops. Mentions Coutigny and Chateau Thierry as future expectations, reflecting wartime tension and propaganda in the report.
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Socter
West Front
Coutigny
Chateau Thierry
Trial exposes alleged gang led by J W W in Chicago
Report from Burlington Gazetta cites daily testimony against a Chicago gang led by J W W with Big Bill Haywood as a key figure. It lauds government efforts to halt these crimes and urges severe punishment for Haywood and followers to safeguard the country.
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Chicago
Wheat Field
Big Bill Haywood
Big Bi Haywood
Haywood
Burlington
Gazetta
Slacker Bert in Hays Case Sparks Small-Town Feud
In a 1918-era Evening Story, Bert, a young man from a mining camp, travels to Hays Kansas with a rugged crew to face slacker charges. Sheriff Beardsley and locals question his innocence as Mary Marvin and others debate his age, character, and the motive behind the accusation amid tense prep for a trial.
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Barbara Kerr
McClure
Domeo
Hays
Kansas
Beardsley
Hart
Prom Hays
Jim
Gronning
Bert
Hoardsley
Bart
Mmeelf
Salida
Moffat
Joe Sherif
South America
Bugingsa
Tha m Mountains
Carter
Ben
Mary Marvin
Indy
Jaliet
Fum Ny Records
Mary
Haya
Ted Divingood
Ake
Rachael
Old-Maidhood
Herd
Ben Hopper
Tommy
Big Creek
Mary Wneth
Soldier Bert Chooses Duty Over Love in War Era
In a small town during wartime, Bert confronts love and duty. Mary, torn between affection and patriotism, reproves him for delaying enlistment. Bert ultimately enlists after a tense exchange and a heartfelt letter from his mother. The couple faces an arranged wedding age gap and wartime separation as Bert heads to camp.
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Adobe Board
Bert
Bart
Ahs
Mary
Hart
Marvin
Windsor
Free Press
Pressman
Linga
Vherself
Hia
Fluarent
Fellows
Brek
Lyon
Ellis County
Ware
Sam
Colorado
Hays
Bertia
Iron tic Tablets Promoted by Surgical Institute
An advertisement touts "Irontic" iron tablets from the Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York. It claims easily absorbed iron and herbal extracts to enrich blood, improve vigor and nerves, and enhance performance for physically demanding tasks. A sixty cent vial is offered, with a ten cent trial package available by mail.
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Pierca
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Reminiscences of Long Ago in Lancaster and Muscatine
A retrospective feature recalls sixty, forty, and twenty years of local history in Lancaster and Muscatine. Notable items include a grand funeral service for President James Buchanan, a Colorado relocation, and later obituaries, plus lodge elections and a Baptist church reconstruction. Names include J H Power, J W Swatford, Mary A Hine, James Buchanan, H Jennison, W N Byers, D W Gray, and B Wilson.
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Marnea
J. H. Power
J. W. Swatford
Mary A. Hine
James, Dughanan
Lancaster
Buchanan
United States
Trancas
Wis
Colorado
J. Jennison
Penyar
Calo
William N. Byers
Donvar
Charles Glesenhaun
Esther Ruth
Baptist Church
Old Congregational Church
Worrying Habit Warns of Darkening Lives
Fern Howard urges readers to discard the habit of worrying which clouds one’s life and harms loved ones. The article cites examples of fear-driven misery, notes that future troubles may not arrive, and calls for living boldly, avoiding superstition and darkness in daily life.
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Fern Howard
Build For the Future In Wartime We Must Build
In the past four years war's lessons stress organization, nerve, and sacrifice beyond weapons alone. The author argues civilians must unite, with factories, farms, and families aligning to win, insisting America must build for the future and uphold democracy while meeting the enemy with resolve and readiness.
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Aea
von Hindenburg
Napoleon
Mumin
Red Cross
Ugiand
Americe
Businest Na Usunh
Goth
Margasines
Leideprey
Gettyburg
Chickamauga
Grant
Lee
America
Germany
Amon
Iso
Fragmentary call to enlistment and service burden
The snippet shows a wartime appeal about enlistment and draft, asking what is being done for men in service and how to reduce the number of eligible young men who cannot serve, stressing duty for tomorrow’s generation.
Obituary of Barelay Embree in Cedar County
Barelay Embree born December 5 1841 in Morgan County Ohio. He moved to Cedar County Iowa as a youth and enlisted in 1861 in Company G Second Iowa Cavalry serving until 1866. Married Mary Barkalow in 1866 and had seven children two of whom survive. He lived in Attys and was a charter member of Michpener Post Grand Army of the Republic. He was not affiliated with another church though supportive of moral civic causes. He died after a life of farming varied work and faithful service to the republic and family.
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Barelay
Embree
Mor Kan County
Ohio
Cedar County
Atrlissa
Jacob King
Second vIown Cavalry
Mary Barkalow
Wnien
Win
Wellman
Iowa
Frank Holmes
George B
West Liberty
Mal Heberling
Iowa City
Mras al Haworth
Los Angeles
California
Attys
Mich
Republic
Ufo Ak
Ponce
War II officer recalls barracks and harsh discipline
A World War II era note from an English army officer describes being stripped of clothes, issued khaki, renamed No. 676, taken to a church, and required to deliver a forty minute sermon. The parson then scolds No. 675 for his reply, leading to seven days in the guard house.
Cuticura Heals Tetter on Boy's Scalp Sore
A mother reports her seven year old son suffered a scalp tatter with bumps that became sore and itchy causing restless sleep and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the boy recovered. Mrs. Alice Harris, St Louis, Sept 22, 1917, endorses immediate relief.
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Alice Harris
Scott Ave
St. Louis
Mafl
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