First Pella Boy Enlists in National Army for World War I
Martin Paardekooper, a local druggist and pharmacist, became the first Pella resident to enlist in the National Army. He traveled with Marion County’s fourteen man contingent to Knoxville and Des Moines, where he joined the medical corps at Camp Dodge. Paardekooper recounts the farewell, the wartime journey, and his transfer to the permanent medical unit before the war's end.
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Martin Paardekooper
Pella
Paardekooper
Atnoxville
Marion County
Will Conrey
Knoxville
Martin
Mathys” Paaardekooper
Main
France
Appier
Vauser
Des Moines
Union Station
Interart
Camp Dodge
Davyer
Douge
First to Go Camp Diary Recall and a Lost Fare
A reminiscence from a camp diary recounts a humorous misadventure when the narrator with Gerald and W. S. Van Heimert visits the east end of car lines and returns to camp on a streetcar. Embarrassment follows a missing fare until an honest conductor allows passage and a restored uniform yields a celebratory dinner. The piece also notes an epidemic and medical staff at Camp Dodge with a caretaker named Ivkouber returning home.
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Gerald
W. S. van Heimert
Tima
Inter Labot
Cheam
Chie
Ivkouber
Camp Dodge
Ing
Carrying On For Their Daddies And Mothers
Local efforts report 766 raised for the Y M C A with 1000 members hoped for Red Cross drive. Women sew for relief while summaries note a draft registration list and lib erty bond subscriptions. Berlin era news mention London air raid and bean poison scare.
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Red Cross
Centerville
Summit Township
YMCA
Jane Hali
London
Marion County War Loan Record Tracks October 1918 Liberty Loan
The Marion County war loan record outlines October 1918 Liberty Loan participation with figures indicating generous allotments in the county. Strong local support highlighted by substantial subscriptions across several parcels.
I'll Always Remember This nurse's wartime loss
An Army base hospital nurse recalls a young South Dakota boy who enlisted, fell gravely ill with the flu, and died far from his family. She writes of his longing for his mother's comforting touch and the loneliness of battlefront illness.
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South Dakota
Ster Hattie (Sipkema
Uss
War bond drive record from Marion County
The record shows how Marion County residents supported the government in the war by buying more than its quota of government securities. The total subscription figure is given in millions, reflecting broad local participation and commitment to national effort.
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Marion County
Tata
World War Soldiers Carried Indian Ration
Chroncle notes military emergency rations used by various forces. It cites US troops receiving maize meal packets and chocolate bars, while Belgian French and German troops used chaiashot rations, and Russian forces employed compressed teas and rice or macaroni. Swiss and Italian rations include white chocolate and beef membrane products.
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United States
Commissa
Warfront Luftwaffe Pilot Delivers Propaganda Dropped
On artillery duty in an isolated position in wartime Europe, soldiers spotted a distant airplane. A German pilot approached, was greeted with friendly waves, then fired upon and dropped a bundle of propaganda papers before leaving. The event underscores the blurred lines of frontline contact.
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Joan Vander Linden
147Th Artillery
Public Notice From Detroit Writer Under Initials
A communication signed F. O. B may be published if the writer reveals his full name. The address is stated as Detroit and the item mentions Leningrad’s public hereiene turning nearly 5,000,000 bool.
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Detroit
Leningrad
How Proph Buy While Cheap And Sell When High
Chronicle notes suggest buying when prices are low and selling when high, using stamps and groceries as examples. It warns that most common expenditures may rise in cost later, while savings stamps could yield better returns than future wheat prices, potentially doubling the investment.
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Chronicle
DuPont
Pella in the World War bond drive summary
Pella subscribes 126800 for Liberty bonds exceeding its quota of 93000. Town leads national list in bonds per capita with ten subscribers surpassing 3000 each and others contributing substantial amounts.
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Pella
Chronology of The Great World War June 1917 events
June 5 nearly 10,000,000 in United States register for military service. June 12 King Constantine of Greece abdicates. June 13 General Pershing and staff arrive in Paris. June 15 first Liberty loan closes with oversubscription. June 26 first contingent of American troops under General Sibert arrives in France.
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United States
Constantine
Greece
Pershing
Paris
Sibert
France
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National Army
U.S. Medical Corps
Saya
Burma
Graettinger Grocer
Lakeie
Liberty Loan
YU Fa
D-X
Reakrooma
John W. Vander Linden
The
Diamond
Pella, Iowa
van Veen-Van Hemert
American Legion
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