Elegant Iowa regimental flag designed by Mrs Gebhardt
A vivid account notes a letter from a family member in rough mountain country, contrasting with the flag exhibition in Hanks store. Mrs. Dixie Gebhardt designed a refined state flag for Iowa regiments, raising $800 for its manufacture and presenting ten flags to the units. Des Moines will receive the flag before it heads to Camp Mills, N Y, with escort by T L Risewick, Spanish American War veteran.
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Ahat
North Carolina
Poffenbsrger
Dixie Cornell Gebhhardt
Hanks
Iowa
Gebhardt
Y M C A Aids Soldiers In Camp Before France Embarkation
The Rainbow division faces a cold, rain soaked last night in camp with 27,000 men in 27 states. Y M C A staff run notepaper, envelopes, stamps, and parcels, offering tea, games, Bible classes, concerts, and relief services. They operate dugouts behind front lines, provide beds, meals, and entertainment, and rally support to sustain troops overseas.
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Rainbow
France
YMCA Secretaries Aid Draft Camp Education
Y M C A assigns ten secretaries to each draft camp to teach English to non speakers and to provide singing directors for morale. At Camp Dix most are unpaid, with few full salaries. Many have left lucrative jobs, drawn by the cause, as Harry Lauder tours the U S aiding camps and performing. The association oversees athletics on 120 fields across several camps while funding full equipment. The text notes winners of an inter- event, highlighting the broad wartime YMCA involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Dix
Harry Lauder
United States
Do Your Bit With a Tenner Y M C A War Campaign
The Y M C A must raise 25000000 this November to support soldiers and allies through next July. About 24000000 will aid troops, roughly ten dollars per man in uniform. If all who have heard from soldiers gave ten dollars, the task would be easy. Send contributions to Cleveland H. Dodge at 124 East Twenty eighth Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Cleveland H. Dodge
East Twenty-eighth Street
New York City
An Old Man's Stomach In Old Age Health Note
An 86 or 90 year old light eater may need Chamberlain's Tablets after overeating. The tablets strengthen the stomach permit natural function and induce gentle bowel movement. F. D. Stubenrauch.
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F. D. Stubenrauch
Revoke Exemption Of Men In Indiana Draft Rules
Indiana districts authorized by Jesse Eschbach to revoke discharge from army service for any farmer's son or other exempted man if the father or son refuses to provide financial aid to liberty loan Red Cross and other war work. Fort Wayne board cited cases where exempted sons did not aid war efforts and the policy will apply to other workers.
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No Man’s Land
France
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Jesse Eschbach
Lberty
Red Cross
Eschbach
Fort Wayne
Has a High Opinion of Chamberlain's Tablets
Mrs C A Barnes of Charleston Illinois writes that Chamberlain's Tablets are mild and pleasant for biliousness and as a laxative. She notes her own good experience and that her brother also used them with satisfactory results.
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Chamberlain
Chamlain
Mrs P O Stachell Praises Berlin's Cough Remedy
Mrs P O Stachell of Homer City Pennsylvania credits Berlin's Cough Remedy with rapidly curing her son Ellis cold last winter. She claims the product has long-standing good qualities proven by thousands and is pleasant and safe to take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O
Stachell
Ellis
Chatberlin
Who Will Win This Battle ?
An old advertising note promotes Anuric double strength for kidney and bladder relief. It claims detox benefits, cites rheumatism relief, and urges trial with a 10 cent trial package via Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel address in Buffalo New York and testimonials from Sioux City Iowa and others.
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Pierce
W. M. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Inst
Buffalo
N.Y
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