Return of the 168th Delayed Few Days
New York reports and Des Moines indicate the 168th regiment will not return this week as planned. Homecoming shifts to early next week with a Des Moines welcome on Tuesday. troops deloused and barracks assigned at Camp Upton while awaiting clearance. Des Moines Capital lists Iowa soldiers aboard Leviathan, noting possible omissions of some Washington men.
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New York
Des Moines
Camp Upton
Washington
Iowa
Ainsworth
Everette M. Griffith
Kenneth M. Swisher
Glenn Shuster
Mark D. Atkinson
Glenn S. Adams
Charles A. Quinn
T. Simerman
Palmer Wilson
Harry Smith
Arthur L. Dankwardt
Clair Beatty
Victor Freding
Thirty-fifth Division Men Reach Camp Stuart Virginia
Two messages from the 140th Infantry of the Thirty-fifth division report landing at Norfolk and arrival at Camp Stuart Virginia awaiting orders to head west. Don McLaughlin and Harry Evans are named, with Evans married to a Journal staffer. Other division members from Kansas and Missouri had reached Camp Mills and Camp Stuart in Virginia.
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Washington
140Th Infantry
Norfolk
Camp Stuart
Don McLaughlin
J. D. Mclaughlin
Harry Evans
Donna Evans
Journal Force
Kansas
Missouri
O. M. Swisher
Ellis F Swisher
Camp Mills
Morris
Ernest Louck
Kalona
Virginia
Ideals and distant stars mocked by sea faring souls
Fragmentary lines speak of ideals like distant stars and a desert of waters. The speaker uses nautical imagery to describe pursuit and guidance, suggesting a journey or quest framed by metaphorical navigation and hope.
Clean-Up Day Delayed A Week By Rainy Weather
Weather slows city clean-up. parade for the cleanup pageant moved to Thursday next week. Ab Hall’s new garbage contract causes a delay in collecting cans and bottles, while residents await alley pickups and join the postponed celebration plans.
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Ab Hall
Hall
Cough Remedy Aids Five Year Old Boy’s Recovery
Mrs Frank Crocker of Pana states her five year old son Paul suffered a severe winter cold that settled on his lungs. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy from Lemmons Drug Store the first dose helped and continued use cured him.
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Paul
Chamberlain
Frank Crocker
Pana
Tll. Lemmon
Advt
88th Division to Return Home in Coming Weeks
General Pershing notified the War Department that the Eighty-ninth Division comprised of Kansas Missouri South Dakota Nebraska Colorado New Mexico Arizona and the Eighty-eighth Division comprising North Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Illinois were released on April 25 and 26 in preparation for their return to the United States. The Eighthy-eighth was freed to clear its forward area but the order of departure from France remains unchanged.
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Washington, Pv. C
Eighty-ninth
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
United States
Pershing
War Department
Eighty-eighth
France
Nate Bovee Lands in New York with 1108rd Aviation Squadron
Major Bovee received a morning message that his son Nate has landed safely in New York. He served with the 1108rd Aviation Squadron and closely followed the Rainbow Division on the return home. Homecoming timing remains unclear.
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Nate Bovee
Bovee
Nate
New York
1108Rd
Rainbow Division
Letter from Leviathan Doughboy Describes Food Hurdles
Morris Swisher writes from the transport Leviathan, home to New York with the 168th Infantry, detailing long routes to meals and jokes about officers’ gear. He notes a congresswoman’s daughter insult and promises to send a paper clipping. The piece ends with a poem about the mess crowd labeled the Cattle.
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United States
Morris Swisher
O. M. Swisher
Leviathan
168Th Infantry
France
New York
Cattle Platoon Memorial Verse And Health Ad Adurge
A memorial piece honors the fallen from the Cattle platoon with a wartime verse praising their sacrifice on France soil. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for sleeplessness and digestion, claiming gentle bowel movement and relief from constipation from Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
William Russell Stars in When a Man Ides Alone at Fox Theatre
William Russell headlines the American feature When a Man Ides Alone at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday. The Texas Ranger tale stars Russell as chief William Sykes with Carl Stockdale and Lyle Warrenton in support as outlaws threaten a Mexican gentleman and his family in a frontier setting.
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William Russell
FOX Theatre
Mr. Russell
Rangers of Texas
William Sykes
West End
United States
Mexico
Stephen Fox
Sykes
American Stock Company
Carl Stockdale
Lyle Warrenton
Gladstone Refuses Blank Check For Magazine Words
The famed British statesman William Ewart Gladstone declined a magazine offer with a blank check. An American publisher allegedly sent the prompt to fill any amount for 2000 words, but Gladstone returned both letter and check unchanged.
Advice to a Girl on Boxing Lessons Ends Sight of Proposal
A Detroit News column notes a young man advising a girl to take boxing lessons and suggests she should not waste time awaiting a marriage proposal. The piece reflects social attitudes and courtship norms of the era.
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Detroit News
Fortnightly and Community Clubs Announce May Events
Fortnightly club announces a Tuesday 7:30 meeting with Mrs F L Wilson and officer elections. May Day ball at Brighton Thursday May 1 with Shubert orchestra. 19th Century club meets Saturday with Mrs A Anderson. Delegates for district convention Burlington May 14. Missionary society meets at Mrs Lucille Sloat home Thursday. Box supper at No 11 school Friday evening guided by teacher Tietje A Brewer.
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Brighton
Shuberts Orchestra of
Washington
Iown
19Th Century Club
A. Anderson
Burlington
The
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Lucille Sloat
Tietje A. Brewer
Woodford Hosts Theatre Party and Club Meeting
Mr and Mrs C S Woodford entertained friends at a Fox theatre party and later at their home. The Fortnightly club evening literature department held its last study session of the year with Miss May Witter as leader and Miss Haligabeth Fisher as assistant leader and Miss Hazel Meek as secretary treasurer. Officers for 1908 were elected and the next meeting will be a social evening with a guest program.
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Carolyn Mamilton
Hamilton
McCleery
Cadman
Shanewis
Robin Woman
King
Claire Brook
F. L. Wilson
May Witter
Haligabeth Fisher
Hazel Meek
Alice Atchison
Winter
Germany
Elizabeth Fisher
Mothers, Do This For Prompt Child First Aid
An old advertisement praises Masterole as a versatile remedy for children and adults. It claims quick relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches chest colds and more. Jars priced 30c 60c and hospital size 2.59.
Moroccan wives seek redress with a perilous remedy
A troubling extract describes a wife drawing honey from the forehead to the chin, collecting the drippings, and moving to a graphic act that bleeds the tongue. She mixes this with seven grains of salt and uses the mixture in her husband’s food.
Where Blame Lies
A reflective piece argues that personal strength courage and appearance are not fixed but eroded by neglect. It emphasizes that self abuse of strength and neglect of personal care lead to ailments and dulling of looks. The tone is moral and aphoristic.
Hallowell Named Assistant Secretary of the Interior
John W. Hallowell of Massachusetts, formerly with the food administration, is appointed assistant secretary of the interior. He succeeds Herbert A. Meyer and will oversee the Alaskan railroad work the ration service and the bureau of mines.
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John W. Hallowell
Massachusetts
The
Food Administration
Interior
Herbert A. Meyer
R Tion
Bureau of Mipew
British Tug Hugh Sinks Off Nieuport With 22 Dead
Brussels reports the British naval tug Hugh sank off Nieuport while carrying explosives for Os tend channel clearance. Twenty two crewmen perished as officials determine if wreck resulted from a deep accident, explosion, or sandbar collision.
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Brussels
Hugh
Nieuport
Ths
Hughts
Ostend
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