Hall's Eleven Football Season Averages 16 Points Per Game
Hall's Eleven, the Blue and White era team, posted a 5 win 6 loss season. They averaged 16 points per game and scored in all games except Carthage. injuries and a large hospital list limited depth as three end pairs, led by Ward and Martindale, were built, with several players leaving midseason.
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Carthage
Wiech
Tisai
Ward
Martindale
Kessler
Forse
Weisenborn
Simpson
Rushville
Best
MecDaniels
Macomb
Stuart
McDaniels
Farrar
Weiserborn
Shethina
Teuenborne
Heiduszder
Jcksonvill
Keokuk
Pest
van Steel
Quincy
Palmyra
St. Francis
Hart
Camp Dodge Letter Seeks Correspondence From Outside World
A partially legible note from Camp Dodge HQ requests someone to pass along the writer’s name to a person who wishes to correspond with a letter. The writer, identifying as a camp resident, asks for news from the outside world and expresses gratitude for any help in making a connection. The fragment mentions Quincy W Daines and a 339th unit, with garbled spelling.
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Thane
Quincy
Feiter
Tre
Quincy Pulse Club Dance Tonight at Third and Maine
The M G C club of United Cereal Mills workers will host a banquet and dance tonight at 6 o'clock in the Third and Maine building. The 40 member group, newly formed from day and night shifts, makes its first event with Moose Dance Dee and a whist and dance night featuring Fuelbier's orchestra.
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M. G. C. Club
United Cereal Mills
Third
Maine Streets
Moose Dance
Moose Hall
Moose Entertain T
Fuelbier
Visit to Vicksburg battlefield recalled by Godfrey man
John G. Oulson writes from Godfrey Illinois about a return visit to the Vicksburg battlefield with Wash Boyd. He describes travel on the Illinois Central line, the camp life with 1647 cots, 1800 soldiers of the 155th regiment aiding veterans and Boy Scouts, battles and songs, state tents, fireworks, and mutual respect with former foes. He notes a friendly reception from Vicksburg residents, a stop at the National Cemetery, and a pair of bullets representing Johnny and Yank souvenirs. He closes by urging Bushnell to sing the battle song to his boys and signs off from Godfrey November 23.
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John G. Oulsen
Godfrey, III
George T. Bushnell
Hame
Vicksburg
Bushnell
Boyd
Godfrey
St. Louis
Illinois Central Railroad
Ilnois
Billy Sunday
155Th Regiment
Wisconsin
Illinois
Reveille
United States
Ohio
Mississippi
Johnnies
America
O. K
National Cemetery
Father of Waters
Grant Canal
Johnny
Yank
Supplies Sent to Camp Dodge for 25000 Men
Advices from Camp Dodge show supplies and equipment for 25000 men arriving, aiding expansion as 7000 enlisted staff remain. Drafts for the next increment await a call, while rejections and temporary discharges reshape the system. 2500 Negro troops from Alabama are expected, boosting Camp Dodge numbers toward 6000. Thanksgiving events filled the camp, with limited town passes to keep soldiers on site.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Soth Division
National Army
Camp Pike
Camp Cody
San Antonio
Simular National Army
Orm
Ilinois
Minnesota
Iowa
North Datsota
Alabama
Terrifying Skin Diseases Cleared by Blood Detox
A health advices ad explains skin diseases like eczema arise from blood impurities, not surface faults. It promotes S. S. S. as a forty year tested cure, claims local remedies fail, and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Co in Atlanta.
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S. S
S.S
Swift
Boat Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
War Tax Adds Levy on Parcel Post Mail Today
The government imposes a war tax on parcel post shipments with 25c or more postage, charging one cent per 25c or fraction, collected from the sender. Parcels cannot leave post offices until tax is paid, with stamps canceled by the sender, and stamps not interchangeable with postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Parcel Post
Internal Revenue
Oh Boy musical troupe visits Camp Grant in Y Tent
Troops from Camp Grant witness the Oh Boy musical company now touring Chicago as they stage a complete performance for the soldiers. The troupe traveled from Chicago, was greeted by military bands, and performed in the YMCA auditorium before returning to Chicago for a final night show. The excerpt also notes 1916 U.S. mineral production reaching $3.47 billion, up 45 percent from 1915, and experiments to adapt pulverized coal for Brazilian railroads with an American pulverizing plant and coal tests forthcoming.
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Rockford
Inl
Chicago
National Army
Camp Grant
Cock and Bakers’ School
Geclameal Survey
Department of the Interior
Brazil
Soldiers and Sailors Home Stages Birthday Tribute
Charles Baldwin of Idaho rested with his parents at cottage 22 before visiting brothers in Peoria. Mrs Elpers hosted a G A R dinner at the Home cemetery hall in honor of her seventy fourth birthday, receiving flowers a purse and birthday wishes amid hot wieners potato salad celery pickles and ham sandwiches.
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Charles Baldwin
Idaho
Sergeant
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