Iowa War Drive Helps Camp Dodge and State Figures
Des Moines reports reveal wartime efforts across Iowa with Camp Dodge expanding hospital capacity to three thousand beds, funding for schools, and major land sales in O Brien Osceola and Dickinson counties. Proposals include fuel savings tours, library donations to Camp Dodge, and seed corn distribution guiding canning factory needs for sweet corn amid national inventories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioate
Kisa Rug
Red Cross
MC. A
Fenniger
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Mlar
O’ Brien, Osceola
Dickincon Countlee
General Hospital
Fort Des Moines
Dwight N. Lewis
of Railroad Commissioners
Cdis
Middle West
Prs
Rotary
Boy Scout
Cedar
John W. Welch
International
Kayeng City
M. Maynard
Con. Wal
Woodmen
Homs
Council
Navy Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
Naval Observatory
Washington, D. C
R. M. Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
Harper Post
Twombly
Farmington
van Buren County
Iowa Library Commission
Cantonmenta
State Council of National Defense
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa Canners’ Association
Food Administration
Local Notes and Movements Around Rolfe and Humboldt
Rolfe and nearby towns see moving day as families relocate to farms and homes. Residents report visits from Pocahontas to Des Moines and Colorado trips, with road conditions cited as poor east of Omaha. Local theater promotion and community events bracket a mix of service enlistment notes, school board dinner, and general civic chatter.
Bradgate Visit Highlights Band and Draft Contingent
Mr and Mrs Laurence Meech of Rolfe hosted relatives and friends in Bradgate last Sunday. The Bradgate band accompanied drafted men to Humboldt on Tuesday and performed at the M and St depot Wednesday. A banquet for the contingent was held Tuesday evening with hospitality from the Commercial Club. Names listed include Hana Peter Porter Isaac Messer and imer Koutsen. Geo Desaringer suffers bronchial pneumonia while Mira Olsen and son stay with Mrs Prank Carlton near Rolfe.
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Johnsons
Mallard
Mra
Wright
Manara
Lakefield
Minn
Omaha
Elmer Albaugh and
Des Moines
Cleveland
Humboldt
Herbert
H. J. Mick
Laurens
Guy Whishler
Chase
Bank
Ware
Frank Flynn
Pocahontas
Sam Bowen
Matinee
Scenic Theater
Rolfe
Alert Sanding
Town City
Cora Goodwin
Eleon Simon
Webb
Jack Taylor
Sioux City
A. F. Mick
Emma Edge
Henry Gruver
M. W. Gruver
Gowrie
G. A. Gruver
Roy Hersom
Pearl Hersom
Tom Edge
Chicago
Wn Wright
D Reents
Cora Richardson
Ruth Smith
D. F. Beents
Myrtle Ross
Plover
Alva Howery
Familly
Dave Johnson
Dick Johnson
Trdependence
G. A. Grover
Reubel Bros
Poland
Rdbon
Roy -Adams and Son
L. L. Buck
Geo. Lanning
Clifford Woods
Nels Smith
Frank Carlton
Alert Sandvng
Havelock
Walter Larsen
Fort Dodge
Oris Gadd of
Jens Peterson
Ole Knutsen
Floyd McCreary
Rev. Cross of Curlew
Baptist Church
Laurence Meech
Bradgate
M. & St. Depot
Commercial Club
Hana Peter
Porter
Isaac Messer
Imer
Koutsen
Geo. Desaringer
The German Bogey and the American Soldier
A wartime column argues Pershing’s troops prove German bogey a man not a superman. It praises American discipline and adaptability, warns against German arrogance, and cites Prof. B A Ross on Bolshevik aims as evidence of a clear path to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Pershing
Bofsa
Germany
B. A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Russia
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Esau
Briggs
Aess 1
New Mn
Marshall
Mira
A. B. Olsen and Son
Mrs. Prank Carlton
F.C. Thomas Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx