Boys Enter Big Bun Service For Officers Training
Local notices invite all men reaching draft age since June 5 1917 to enlist for the next officers training class before Saturday afternoon Recruiting Officer E L Stormont 118 West Second street will accept enrollments and examinations continue this afternoon Six men were examined today and more applied for examination Davenport next eve will see a large Muscatine county draft group sent to Jefferson Barracks Mo William Gath 201 West Second left for Davenport to take a train to Jefferson Barracks Mo He enlisted in the coast artillery Enlistees may choose their branch tomorrow the coast artillery is a valued posting Tomorrow is the final enlistment day and those not signing then must register June 5 to try again
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E. L. Stormont
West Second Street
Davenport
Muscatine County
William Gath
Jefferson Barrack
Coast Artillery
Moose Club Farewell Dance At Launch Club
Local and visiting members and their ladies are invited to a farewell party and dance at the Launch Club tonight to bid Bro and Dyo goodbye.
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Moose
Bro
Dyo
Wilton Townships Sixth Annual School Picnic
Wilton township hosts its fourth annual school picnic with six schools attending. Rev. George N. Mendenhall of Grace Lutheran Church delivers a patriotic address after a morning of sports and games. A basket picnic at Yankee Hollow grounds precedes an afternoon baseball matchup between school teams.
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Wilton
George N. Mendenhall
Grace Lutheran Church
Yankee Hollow
Mendenhall
A Remedy That Proves Its Merit in Homes
A historical advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven remedy relieving female illness for three generations. It urges women in need to try the medicine, claiming strong trust in its efficacy and a solid place in American homes.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Detroit Vapor Oil Stove boasts smokeless direct heat
The Detroit Vapor stove works like a gas stove with no wicks. Light the burners and place kettles on. The hot, smokeless flame burns directly under cookware. Viewable demonstrations available, with very reasonable prices.
War era briefed world news roundup
The food administration warns continued wheat conservation is vital for shipments to soldiers. Wilson christens the Gunaton Hall freighter in Alexandria as McAdoo warns rail workers that strikes hinder wartime transport. An American Port mission reports British resolve and sincere friendship for Americans. Daniels predicts troop moves to two million soon as Uboats are hunted. Furness Line chief Viet Range sunk off Fastnet. 25 crew lost. Slavic League forms in Chicago urging Ukrainians to arm for Germany. Whitehead torpedo works in Austria destroyed by sabotage, per Vienna papers.
Burlington Man Will Speak Here
A special church service at the German Methodist Episcopal church will be held this evening with Rev. Otto Nedlerhut of West Burlington as the principal speaker. The meeting will be a prayer service.
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German Methodist Episcopal Church
Otto Nelderhut
West Burlington
L. FE. Kettlekamp
Atalissa Man Dies Sudden Like Civil War Vet Barclay Embree
Barclay Embree, a longtime Muscatine county resident and Civil War veteran of the Second Iowa cavalry, died suddenly at his daughter’s West Liberty home from apoplexy. He was 76, married 52 years to Mary Wapello, with seven children surviving. funeral planned at the Presbyterian church in West Liberty Monday afteroons.
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Journal
Atalissa
Barclay Embree
Muscatine County
Frank Holmes
West Liberty
Embree
Second
Iowa Cavalry
Ifty
Mary Wapello
Mr. Embree
FE. B. Embree
Ruby Heberling
Iowa City
Radieal Holes
W. H. Embree
Wellman
Maymo. Haworth
California
T.A. Moore
T. F. Beveridge
Muscatine
Presbyterian Church
Defectives Called to Produce War Material
Washington May 31 Two hundred thousand men of draft age with minor physical defects are to be employed in producing and handling equipment for the army. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced the army staff corps will use these registrants to release fighting men for the front. The first call under the plan orders governors to furnish about 9,000 men for spruce airplane production, with voluntary enlistment open until June 6. If insufficient volunteers, states will be allotted men by involuntary induction.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Crowder
Army Staff Corps
Refugees from French towns move toward central France
Paris May 31 Hundreds of refugees from Soissons Rheims Chateau Thierry on the Marne and other points arrived in Paris during the night and were sent onward toward the center of France. They had been ordered to evacuate their homes and be carried on motor trucks to the nearest railway.
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Associated Press
Paris
Soissons
Rheims
Chateau Thierry
Marne
France
Germans Lose At Least Six Hundred Thousand In War
Compilations released yesterday estimate German casualties since the new offensive began total at least 620,000 men. The figures include losses on the Somme front where enemy casualties are as heavy as those on Picardy and Flanders fronts, with divisions counting toward the total.
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Cording
Alsne
Theo Picardy
Flanders
Fragmentary Phrase on Military Operations and Divisions
A partial OCR fragment notes phrases about “used two or three times” and “engaged a total of 260 divisions (3,120,000 new) in operations since March 21.” The text is incomplete but indicates military activity and large division totals with a March 21 timestamp.
Local Deaf Mutes Picnic Draws Large Attendance
Deaf residents of the city gathered yesterday for a Decoration Day picnic at Suburban Island park in Davenport. Robert Clarkson plans to relocate to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for a promising Nash Motor Company position, with a Chicago visit to Francis Py Gibson en route. Want ads seek roomers.
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Robert
Clarkson
Davenport
Island Park
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Nash Motor Company
Francis’ Py Gibson
Chicago
Liis
Prayer service for victory of war principles in Muscatine
A Muscatine union prayer service at First Presbyterian Church focused on victory of justice and the nation’s principles. Rev W H Rogers presided, ministers and many congregants participated, echoing Wilson’s suggestions in a well filled church service emphasizing patriotism beyond arms.
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America
First Baptist Church
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Thompson’s Hardware
The
Food Administration
Alexandria
Wilson
Gunaton Hall
McAdoo
Railround
Europe
Wilkesbarre
Daniels
Boston
Mass
Furness Line
Fastnet
London
Whitehead Torpedo Works
St. Poulton
Austria
Vienna
Burlington
Camp Custer
Camp Grant
China
YouTloneyy
Red Cross
American Savings Bank
Crull
Lewis A. Crull
Iowa
Drake University
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