Letters From Two Camps Show Boys Cheerful At Camp Jackson
A correspondent in Columbia with the Ordnance Supply School details camp life at Camp Jackson. He describes crowded barracks, long trenches, daily routines, vaccination, inspections, and some humor about civilian clothes and Southern hospitality. He mentions fellow New Ulm recruits and notes food, uniforms, and a theater scene with YMCA shows.
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Columbia
D. C
Lawrence Neumann
Ordnance Supply School
University of Chicago
Camp Jackson
Lyles
Southland
Phyllis
Lawrence
Chicago
Augusta Arsenal
Dartmouth College
Michigan
Cornell
Ordnance
Abner
Sparta
Chiel
O. C
YM. C. A
Ulm
Ordnance Department
Minneapolis
Holy Trinity Plans Three Day Forty Hour Devotion
Holy Trinity Church schedules a three day forty hour devotional starting Friday with sermons by Revs. Steinbach and Maas. Masses run at 6 7 8 9 oclock with an extra 11 oclock Sunday. English sermons Friday and Saturday evenings. Various church societies will take communion on assigned days. The church, now forty nine years old, seeks historical photos and notes as part of celebration plans, and reports cash resources over 10000.
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Holy TrinIty Church
Steinbach
Peter Maas
Christian Mothers’ Society
St. Elizabeth Society
St. Anne’s Court
St. John’s Court
Young Ladies’ Sodality
St. Patrick's Counsel
Gonzaga Club
St. Joseph's Society
Schlin_kert
Cottonwood
Father Berghold
Pioneer Nursery Company
Pioneer People
Philip Liesch
Liesch
North Front Street
J. P. Graff
South Street
Aurora Borealis Wows City Then Snow Follows Blizzard
A Thursday night display of the Northern Lights lit the sky for about three hours, with rose red and blue bands forming an inverted bowl near the zenith. The following day brought grey skies and a heavy snowfall, followed by a howling blizzard, yet farmers gain moisture. City hall site debate spawns rapid options on Woratschka corner worth 16600 plus a tenant bonus and heat savings influence plan.
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Tyrie
Minneapolis
J. P. Graff
W. H. Dempsey
Fred Hamann
Woratschka
Kuehnel
Woratschka Corner
Woratschka Saloon
Graff
Gieseke
H. M. Kuehnel
Waseca
Dorn & Schueller
Minnesota Street
City Hall
Alsa
Fire Department
Meatless meal pause and new Tuesday meat day announced
The United States Food Administration under Hoover suspends the daily meatless meal and a Saturday rule to boost wheat exports. Tuesday becomes the only meat day weekly as bread consumption drops to free more wheat for shipment and home use.
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Tn Oder
United States Food Administration
Hoover
Seniors Choose Their Class Play in April at Turner Hall
War work divides interest as Katharine Keater leads eighteen cast members in Goldsmiths She Stoopes to Conquer set to be staged at Turner Hall in April. The lineup includes Hardcastle Norman Johnson Sir Chas Marlow Edmund Lebert Young Marlow Victor Reim Hastings Theodore Crone Tony Lumpkin Armin Sattler Diggory John Woebke Simon Bernard Poehler Ralph Richard Oleon Roger Jox Binder Matt Muggins Alfred Wiedenmann Aminadab Fred Irrgang Tom Twist Herbert Melvor Jack Slang Elmer Held Stingo Joe Welter Dolly Katharine Weiser and Miss Nelville Elizabeth Russell.
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Katharine Keater
Goldsmith
Turner Hall
Hardcastle
Normian Johnson
Sir Chas
Marlow
Edmund Lebert
Young Marlow
Victor Reim Hastings
Theodore Crone
Tony Lumpkin
Armin Sattler
Diggory
John Woebke Simon Bernard Poehler
Ralph Richard Oleon
Roger Jox Binder
Matt Muggins
Alfred Wiedenmann
Aminadab
Fred Irrgang
Tom Twist
Herbert Melvor
Jack Slang
Elmer Held
Stingo
Joe Welter
Mrs
Emily Groebner
Miss Hardcastle
Irene Stamm
Miss Nelville
Elizabeth Russell
Dolly Katharine Weiser
Dr Gray Visits New Ulm After Snow Delay
Dr John Archer Gray of New York spent two days in New Ulm visiting friends. He is finishing a lecture course for University of Minnesota president LeRoy Burton, taking over after Vincent's resignation. A snowstorm delayed his Sleepy Eye bound train, arriving at 9:00 P.M.
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John Archer Gray
New York
Dr. Gray
Pres. LeRoy Burton
Pres. Vincent
Alghs Club to Hold Annual Election at Sandmann Home
The Alghs Club schedules its annual election for this Wednesday evening at the Adolph Sandmann residence. A brief gathering is planned with members invited to attend.
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Alghs
Adolph Sandmann
City election quiet as candidates contemplate races
Three weeks before the city vote only a few candidates have stepped forward. Incumbents for clerk treasurer and justice posts are listed with no opposition, while council seats in three wards show likely re‑runs. Rumors mention possible mayoral candidates but no formal campaigns have begun.
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State
Washington
Editheil
Jp Geo
Erickson
Chine
Althe
Teo
Wm. Backer
Gottl Oswald
N. Henningson
George Hagen
Herman Beugsmann
Emil Mueller
Christ Filzen
Charles Kuehbach
Filzen
Marquis Wheat Film Promotes Seed Saving and Government Plan
The promotional film explains Marquis Wheat benefits for 1918 goals, urges seed conservation, and outlines seed cleaning, disease protection, and storage. It notes a government price of $2.00 per bushel and calls for seed reporting to a Minneapolis bureau. It mentions wartime agriculture and homefront sacrifice.
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Marquis
W. Toswald
Plowr Exchange
Minneapolis
Minti
Abi
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South Carolina
Camp Dodge
Ee Darkies
Tous
Iun Lo
Vic
Victor
New
Winde Horn
Herbeck
Rewitzer
Bauer, Amann
Red Cross
Lana
Holy Trinity
Boreas
God OF
Iheir
New Ulm
Fred Behnke
L. A. Fritsche
Dr. Fritsche
R. M. Pisender J
Pfaender
Marquis Wheat
Ruby Theater
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