Camp Dodge camp store profits and postwar notices
The Camp Dodge exchange store reported a ten percent profit of 32746.63 on ten months of 353746.63 in sales to Doughboys before its closure and clearance sale. Also cited are recalls of Red Cross recognitions, job-bureau funding worries, and local farm and industrial developments across Iowa with notable sales and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Exchange
Camp Dodge
Dodge
Iowa
American Red Cross
Free Employment
Congress
Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Rosebud
C. H. Peverill
Lewis Heisler
New Hartford
Peverill
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, D. C
Victory Liberty Loan
Fred A. Heintz
Story County
France
Collins
Belmond
Atlantic
Vadlay Sheker
Fort Dodge
Shelter
Bohemia
Roy Baker
Sioux City
William Maxwell
Adair
Keep Their Money at Home Incomes Idle Across Britain
The London Mail reports vast sums, including five thousand dollars in notes in rural cottages and a Yorkshire village, remain uninvested. A woman in a country town kept two thousand half sovereigns in a handbag for thirty years and only carried it at night. A fisherman prefers cash near him, saying it is safer. A strange East Indies bird shoots a water drop to knock flies from plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Yorkshire
Constructive Work and Hewitt in Political Fence Building
The note portrays Hewitt as a constructive statesman and Jewett as skilled at shaping political fences. It highlights their roles in governance and policy crafting with a focus on practical leadership.
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Hewitt
Jewett
When a Soldier Becomes Insane There is Fault at Headquarters
A terse aphorism notes that mental breakdown in a soldier signals failures at command level rather than individual weakness, implying systemic issues within military leadership and discipline.
Remarkable Test of Love on a Crowded Street
A wife tearfully accuses her husband of not caring about her happiness. He protests yet permits her to proceed. She powders her nose in public as he, remorseful, shields himself by gazing into piano shop windows.
Boy measures face for washing with hand mirror
In a brief Indianapolis News item, Jimmy, a disliked ten year old, delays breakfast while using his mother’s hand mirror to decide which part of his face to wash, revealing a humorous family moment framed around discipline and vanity.
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Jimmy
Indianapolis News
Cholly and Kawstick Exchange Curious Remarks
A playful exchange centers on fish as brain food and a remark about neglecting one’s own business. The dialogue hints at social habits and attention to others’ affairs through a witty line about eating and responsibility.
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Cholly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bayer
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen, Inc
Mrs. Murphy
London
Rae C
Hawkeye
State News
Wai
Peruna
Barnes
Tennessee
Mae
B. W. D. Barnes
Warren County
Orn Tren Co
England
East Indies
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