One Week In A Training Camp Forges 88th Division
Camp Dodge Iowa August 8 1918 reports the 88th Division forming from reserve officers and men. Notable machine gun units include men from Minnesota Illinois Iowa and the Dakotas. Leaders Captain Griffith and Gen Beach push athletic training and debt payment before overseas order. Andrew Prince Hopkins Minn sentenced to 15 years at Fort Leavenworth for conscientious objection.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
88Th
National Army
Bass
Ayer
Minnesota
Illinois
Dakotas
Rainsburger
Duluth
Duncan
United States
Slatter
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Percy Bordwell
Iowa State University
F. W. Marvel
War Department
Commission On
Marvel
John L. Griffith
Diplaten
Griffith
Earl Caddock
Mike Gibbons
Beach
France
Red Cross
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Let
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Yis
The
Andrew Prince
Hopkins
Minn
Red Cross Drive Opens in Bottineau County
Bottineau County Chapter of the American Red Cross plans a Sept 4 drive to raise twenty thousand dollars for home use fabricating socks sweaters bandages and other materials. Five district chairmen will oversee sub divisions with a ten percent of last Liberty Loan subscription basis for pledges.
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Bottineau County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
S. M. Nichol
J. P. Holl
Otto Finetad
Sispriet
P. E. Nelson
George Sidener
Washingtons shift toward government control of industries
Washington reports the National Nonpartisan league influences policy as war prompts state ownership ideas for terminal elevators packing plants and marketing facilities. Public operation of wires telegraph and telephone networks expands with postal service integration and long distance lines. Army camps show lower illness rates though pneumonia and measles persist. Congress adjournment remains tentative while women enter federal labor offices with push for wage standards in government contracts.
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Washington
National
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
Farmers’ League
America
United States
Postal Service
Lewis Ye
Caldwell
Idaho
Enea
Burleson
Army Medical Corps
Virginia
Congress
Senate
House
Woman’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Mary Anderson
Anserrrai Andice
Chicago
Chicago Boot and Shoe Workers
Miss Anderson
Federal aid for farmers and coal price orders
Federal loans up to eight dollars per acre for 100 acres are offered to farmers in disaster areas with six percent interest. Loans depend on planting with approved seed and methods, with repayment dates in 1919. Applicants face a guaranty fund payment if yield reaches seven bushels per acre. Tax data show Minnesota and national gains. Coal supply measures adjust grades and prices to substitute for anthracite.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank
Minnesota
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
North
South Dakota
Middle West
United States Fuel Administration
Socie Ty