22 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text describes production acceleration efforts at operstes and mines with unclear technical details and several garbled phrases. No clear individuals, organizations, dates, or locations are identifiable from the available readable material.
Wheat and corn crops show reduced yields due to weather after expectations of heavy production. Forecasts estimate 210 000 000 bushels of corn with wheat near 900 451.0000. oats and other grains also down as rain and cold curtailed growth. An accident near Pisnes Crash resulted in three deaths as a separate note.
Readable fragments describe a community event in West Branch with plans to present a ceremonial gesture and a gathering on a specified date. The text mentions a group and a beef dish, but details are obscured by OCR errors.
The clipping lists dozens of soldiers and veterans connected to units such as 49th Infantry, 60th Engineers, and 349th Infantry. It shows assignments from Camp Dodge, Great Lakes, Camp Gordon, and Pensacola with New York addresses and various air service and artillery posts, reflecting a broad roster across states and camps.
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