Labor unions behind president in war support says Simons
London report says American socialists and labor unionists fully back President Wilson and his war aims. A. M. Simons of Wisconsin told British labor men the U S entered to prevent catastrophe and will continue to fight to curb Prussianism with full support from American workers.
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London
Wilson
Social Democratic League of America
A. M. Simons
Wisconsin
House of Commons
America
Mr. Simons
United States
Army Works Hard on Casualty Lists in France
The Marne fighting shows the difficulty of prompt casualty reporting for the American Expeditionary Forces. Records are centralized, checked, and cabled to Washington, with delays from battlefield losses and later hospital reports. Some units are isolated, records destroyed, or scattered, delaying identification of the wounded or missing.
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France
Marne
Washington
Leideprey
Des Moines Man Credits Remedy For Daughter’s Life
In Ashland Kansas a Des Moines man recalls how Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his dying daughter after a physician gave up. Neighbors urged use and the father reports similar relief for himself. For sale by Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Ashland
Kansas
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Lemmon's
Advt
Quarrel over clothesline leads to Malvern murder
In Malvern Iowa on August 22 a quarrel over a clothesline ended with Gilberto Murrillo shooting Joe Ramirez four times. Ramirez died in a Council Bluffs hospital. A coroner's jury found murder and urged Mills County officials to detain Murrillo. Witnesses include Ramirez's widow and daughter and two Burlington officers. Both men worked for the Burlington railroad.
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Malvern
Joe Ramirez
Gilberto Murrillo
Ramirez
Council Bluffs
Mills County
Murrillo
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Deputy Nolans Seeks Relieve as Dutch Government Formed
In The Hague Aug 22 Deputy Nolans leader of the Catholic party asked Queen Wilhelmina to relieve him of duty to form a ministry after Cort van der Linden's cabinet resigned last month The queen meanwhile met Deputy de Savorning Lohman at the palace to hear his views on forming a new government.
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Pass Beck
Holland
Hague
Nolans
Wilhelmina
Cort van der Linden
de Savorning Lohman
August Flower touted for stomach and liver ailments
Green's August Flower marketed as a universal remedy for disordered stomachs and inactive livers. It claims to ease sick headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and gas related palpitations by improving digestion and purifying the blood. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Traffic Tied Up For Week After Storm Damages Line
Dubuque Iowa August 22 officials of the Illinois Central announce a week of disruption for service between Dubuque and Dyersville due to storm damage. Initial repairs were delayed by discovery of more extensive roadbed damage and a washout near Julien that killed three men. Additional reports describe damage to crops farms livestock bridges and roads across the region.
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Dubuque
Here
Dyserville
Julien
Dyersville
Sixty Nine Thousand Men Pass Through Great Lakes Naval Station
Secretary Daniels announced that 69 000 men have been processed at the Great Lakes naval training station since the war began and are now serving in fleet units. He noted over 40 000 are currently training as plans for expanding the Chicago plant move forward after a conference with Captain W A Moffett.
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Washington
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Daniels
W. A. Moffett
Department
Chicago
Great Lakes
Eighth Division Sailing to France Amid War Efforts
Washington August 22 The Eighth Division from Camp Dodge has been partly shipped toward an eastern embarkation point with officials believing the entire unit is aboard transports bound for France. Meanwhile the War Department plans the Nineteenth Division at Camp Dodge using regulars from the Second and Fourteenth regiments and assigns officer training to Camp Pike Camp Taylor and Camp Gordon.
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Washington, D. C
Camp Dodge
Iowa
War Department
France
Germany
Marek
Senate
March
The Best Plaster Advertisement Offer
A flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment bound on the lower back is claimed more effective than a plaster and cheaper. Sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon’‘s
Lands Knockout in France by Terry Murphy
In Paris on August 22 Terry Murphy of Pittsburgh delivered a knockout in close bayonet combat using a pistol butt on a German. he then swung and knocked another German lieutenant unconscious when the foe drew. It was his first knockout in France as his unit, brigaded with French forces, operated near Chateau Thierry amid heavy action.
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Paris
Terry Murphy
Pittsburgh
Swune
Terry
France
Chateau Thierry
Volunteers Fight Forward With French Battalion
Volunteers from the regiment were sent to front line duty with a French battalion to learn actual fire. They formed and advanced with the poilus up to a point, then continued beyond with eagerness. The Americans made a creditable showing before stopping.
Living Goddess of Liberty at Camp Dodge Event
In Des Moines on August 22 twenty thousand men and officers will form parts of a living representation of the Goddess of Liberty at Camp Dodge. A diagram will guide marching lines as they take their places, with at least a half hour needed for organizations to align in the diagram before the figure settles.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Walts
Rumor of Public Hanging Tower Sparks Cantonment Talk
The passage reports a rumor of another public hanging similar to the July execution of three Black men. Photographers are engaged, and work begins on a tower for them, as the rumor circulates through the cantonment.
Teacher sues railway for injuries after foot crushed
Lyd ia Jensen a 29 year old Audubon county school teacher sues the Inter Urban Railway for 5787.50 damages claiming a foot was crushed alighting at the Highland Park crossing. She alleges men on the car from Camp Dodge made improper remarks and she was not given sufficient time to alight.
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Des Moines
Lydia Jensen
Audubon County
Inter-Urban Railway Company
Highland Park
Camp Dodge
War Board Orders Cut Paper Use and Free Copies
War Industries Board directs daily consumption reports and 15 percent paper cuts. Newspapers must stop free papers, cease exchanges, and bill former free recipients from August 12. Securing paper now hinges on subscriber payments and strict adherence to new rules.
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War Industries Board
War Board
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Big Naval Station
Camp Pike
Camp Taylor
Camp Gordon
Pittsburch
Liberty
Masher
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