Iowa Guard Be Considered To Supplement Illinois Brigade
Iowa National Guard officials indicate the state may form part of the first wave of 100000 troops for France. The Iowa brigade would supplement Illinois infantry brigades, helping form a division as mobilization proceeds in July and August.
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Nfor jJowa Guard
Illinois
Ie Moines
Iowa
War Department
State Guard
France
Pershing
Ilinois Naae Guard
National Guard
Newark
Pennsylvania
Draft plans aim to mobilize up to six hundred thousand men
War department records to draft from 600,000 to 1,100,000 of the 10,000,000 eligible men were presented to the Senate Military Affairs Committee by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Immediate drafting is favored, with selections to begin within two weeks of registration and training camps ready by September 1. Exemptions and vacancies would shape the final numbers. Blind Red Cross work in Iowa aids soldiers with garments as volunteers sew. Benjamin Gene dealer buys $10,000 in gold for liberty bonds, while Patrick Corbley, Cedar Falls, dies at 108 after a lifelong illness-free life born in Ireland.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Gowder
Senate
Crowder
Aij
General Crowder
Geeral Crowder
Blind Aid
Red Cross
Vinton
Iowa Coke For the
Vincent
Uncle Sam
The
Mec
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Patrick Corbley
Cedar Palley
United
Corley
Ireland
T. Patrick's
American
Make Labor Fashionable and Economy Side by Side
The piece argues that making labor fashionable alongside economy will reform idle youth and revive American vigor. It links national production to character, duty, and sacrifice, urging citizens to embrace hard work as essential to a strong postwar nation and to reclaim the dignity of labor.
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Prise
United States
Surplus Fruit and Vegetable Canning Urged Nationwide
Citizens urged to conserve summer produce and form small community canneries to prevent waste as governments and families prepare for large canning needs. Wealthy donors funded aid at a reserve officers camp aiding students with limited means to continue training.
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Illinois
Joint county board sessions across Palo Alto Pocahontas 1917
May 26 1917 joint session of Palo Alto and Pocahontas counties held in Emmetsburg with W P Hopkins elected chairman and W F Eagan secretary. Healed drain and bond matters totaling 682.80 and 69000 refund bonds to be resold with notices. Additional sessions set for June 14 and June 15.
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State of Iowa
Palo Alto County
Court House
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Palo Alto
Pocahontas Counties
Pocahontas
W. P. Hopkins
M. J. Dooley
A. J. Sedlacek
Wm. Elsen
Robert Klein
John Rehm
Jos. Kleigl
J. J. Tdeneen
Wans Westergard
Albert Steiner
W. F. Eagan
F. A. Malcolm
S. F. Hiatt
Chan
State of
Clay
D. D
G. H. Parker
Chmn
Pocahontas County
R. M. Grant & Co
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Arta
Gvernment
Waterloo
Benjamin Gene
Liberty
Schultz
County Board Proceedings
Gilmore City
G. H. Scully
Clarence E. White
White
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