Camp Dodge Begins Routine as Draft Rolls In
Des Moines Iowa September 12 Camp Dodge tightens into steady routine with the first 2 258 soldiers in camp expecting to swell by 450 as Minnesota counties send 10 percent drafts. About 2 500 men and 1 500 officers are in camp with drills and instruction ongoing. Only about 2 percent rejected after physicals. Bakers at Des Moines prepare bread for 45 000 men of the Eighth division, baking 100 loaves hourly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dodge
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Shock
Butler
Kay
Quartermaster’s
Camp Dodge
North Dakota
Illinois
Howell
Regiment of Engineers
Fort Snelling
Reg
Jack Fogarty
Lieutenant Fogarty
Eighty Eighth Division
Fogarty
Delicatessen
Nolan seeks pay raise for probation officer role
Thomas Nolan, probation officer to juvenile and police courts, reports a busy three months from June 1 to August 31, 1917, with 265 complaints attended to. He petitions the board to raise his salary from $66.66 to $75 per month, citing higher policemen salaries and living costs. the finance committee will review.
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Thomas Nolan
Board of Supervisors
Nolan
Finance Committee
McCarl
Reardon
St. Charles
Woodland
General Stewart Dies in Philadelphia on Birthday
General Thomas J. Stewart longtime adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard and former national commander in chief of the G A R died suddenly in Philadelphia on Tuesday. He was born near Belfast Ireland on September 11 1848 and died on his birthday.
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Stewart
Philadelphia
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania National Guard
Gen. Stewart
Belfast
Ireland
Hancock Men Tour Eastern Illinois farms and university
County Agent Lloyd leads Hancock County Soil Improvement members on a five day trip to the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana, visiting the South Farm and Windman Hotel. They study livestock breeds, soil fertility plots, crop experiments and home economics, with stops at Manns Gilman and Funk farms and demonstrations in hog production and seed corn handling.
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Carthage
Lloyd
Hancock County Soil Improvement Association
The
State University
Augusta
Hosford
Springfield
Roath
Decatur
University
Windman
South Farm
United States
Farm Mechanics
Department of Horticulture
Champaign
Rantoul
Frank I. Mann
Gilman
Mr. Mann
Mann
Paxton
Bloomington
Roy C. Bishop
Livingston County
Funk Farm
Laurence Funk
Funk
Funk Bros
Mr. Holbart
Farmers’ Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Tavewell County
E. P. Robbins
Tazewell County Association
Clarence Wilson
Frank Slarris
A. L. Robinson
Tremont
Harvey Moore
Leon Chevillon
S. S. Smith
Galbraith Smith
Irving Graham
Ferris
Clyde Roath
Miss Roth
Adrian
Harry Faulkner
E. M. Barter
Dennis Kimbrough
Bentley
Clyde Hosford
H. H. Hosford
G. R. Robison
Hamilton
Ben McPherson
Plymouth
James Ewing
Elvaston
Judson Byers
Byers
Dallas City
C. R. McCreery
Glen McCreery
John Phelps
H. F. Denny
John Rayson
John Koontz
Bunnell
S.W. Allphin
Mr. McCreery
Rushville
D. R. Burr
Kent Campbell
John Gill
LaHlorpe
Peoria
Marion Fair Opens to Children Today
Palmyra reports the Marion county fair opens with a major poultry exhibit featuring Bronze and white turkeys geese and several duck and fowl varieties. Children’s Day on Tuesday offers free admission for under 16 plus multiple races and events. school groups may win premiums. Palmyra news lists local marriages and visits as the county continues fair preparations.
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Palmyra
Marion County Fair
Supt
J. H. Brest
Poultry Department
Rice
Sprague
Floral Gall
Large Red Spots Disfigured Face
Mrs Nan Faulk of Worthington Indiana reports her granddaughter suffered large red spots and blisters on the face and back. Treatments with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment healed the child. Advertises free samples by mail and lists soap and ointment prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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Nan Faulk
Worthington
Ind
Cuticura
Dept. H
Boston
Meeting in the interest of towzte ship roundup this fall
Andy Lecman of Mount Zion neighborhood was in Palmyra Tuesday morning after a vaccine for black leg. He drove out 60 doses for his own stock and some for neighboring farmers.
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Thea Towzte
Andy Lecman
Mount Zion
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Col. Cook
Cary I. Crockett
Charles Lincoln
Segg
Preston
Wwist Action Ouamas
St. Mary's Hospital
Hancock
Urbana
University Farm
C. B. Griffith
R. M. White
Sexton
J. Johansen
J. Nace
Rams
Social
Walter and
Caswell Hubbard
Farrell Cutler
Tressler Cox
Delta Kimbrough
Edith Califf
Mamie Begs
Lulu Avers
June Knight
Marion
John Adams
Keokuk
Pearl Richmond
Ill
Chadwell
J. Will Mefford
Hannibal
George Fugger
St. Joseph
Matthew Grimm
Fugger
Nielsen
Union Township Council of Defense
Miller and Arthur Drug Co
Kiefer
Comiskey’s
Hampshire St
Ft An
United States Tire Company
Hampshire and
12Th St
South 7Th St
Fourth St
Broadway
State St
6Th Ave
Hampshire Sen
Maine
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