Iowa soldiers, a revelation to allies and Huns
Mapr Clarke quotes Maj. Clarke from the Fairfix Journal describing a southeastern Iowa hospital unit. He notes daily surgeries and patient care, the mix of nationalities among troops, and the intense strain of WWI frontline injuries. He reports on brain injuries, amputations, and morale amid ongoing operations and Allied cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapr Clarke
New Iowa
Actter
J. F. Clarke
Fairfield
Ington
Fairfix Journal
Iowa
Maj. Clarke
Dhe
General Pershing
Shaway
Remedy ad touts Foley's Honey and Compound for colds
Southern climate is no protection against summer colds. Helen R. Saunders of West Palm Beach Florida writes that her severe chest cold was relieved by Foley's Honey and Compound. The ad claims the remedy can relieve summer colds hay fever asthma and croup from Lemons Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen R. Saunders
2Nd Ave
W. Palm Beach
Fla
Foley
Lemmon
Dewey praised as town judge and vote magnet in Crawfordsville
From Our Exchanges notes Charles Dewey of Washington visiting town Wednesday and showing growing stature as a judge. He is urged to receive every county vote. Nearby, Columbus hautauqua closing programs drew large crowds with a small projected deficit and season-ticket pledges for next year. Harper Cherryholmes departed for Eldorado Kansas and left a humorous goodbye about paying bills to Kansas if anyone was missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dewey
Washington
Charley
Crawfordsville
Columbus
Harper Cherryholmes
Eldorado
Kan
Kansas
Oakes Receives Commission as Second Lieutenant
Carl Oakes completed a course at an officer training school in Texas and earned a commission as second lieutenant. His brother George already serves in France. A brother-in-law is a lieutenant in the medical corps and the marshal and his wife with four sons and one son-in-law are gratified by service to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Oakes
Texas
George
France
Medical Corps
Marshal
Sam
Columbus
Brighton Firms Sell Local Businesses This Week
The Brighton Enterprise reports two transactions reducing local firms. BE. M. Friend traded his garage business and stock to H. H. Hulme for a 280 acre farm near Washington. Floyd Robinson bought Meade Implement stock and will take possession September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Friend Garage
Meade Implement
BE. M. Friend
H. H. Hulme
Wayland
Washington
Meade
Robison
Floyd Robinson
Brighton Enterprise
Germans Call All Able Men for Front Aug 26
The German government has summoned every available man to the colors. A letter from a German correspondent reports 200,000 Krupp workers with 40,000 to 80,000 called to serve at the front. The sweep elsewhere is said to be even more vigorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Germany
Krupp
Doctors Register to Help Win War
County medical men pledge to join the Volunteer Medical Service Corps to mobilize physicians for military and civilian health needs. The campaign, approved by Wilson, aims to enlist all legally qualified doctors and many nurses to support army, navy, and public health service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Volunteer Medical Service Corps
United States
Army
Navy
Public Health Board
America
Red Cross
C. A. Boice
Wilson
Medical Department
Council of National Defense
Franklin Martin
Pittsburgh
Gorgas
Braisted
Crowder
C. H
W. J. Mayo
Rochester
Career of Chronic Enlister Is Stopped
Waterloo dispatch reports Lowell Davis a well known local youth is wanted by military authorities at Camp Dodge and other camps. His pattern shows repeated enlistment and immediate desertion. He first joined an army corps that went east and later obtained a discharge before buying a uniform from a discharged Canadian soldier in Buffalo New York.
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Gerard
Kaiser
Junkers
the Union
Alabama
Middle West
New York
Massachusetts
Italy
Poland
Russia
Cnes Davis
Waterloo
Anamosa
Camp Dodge
St. Joseph
Jefferson Barracks
D. B. Henderson
Davis
Camp Custer
Mich
Detroit
Lowell Davis
Buffalo
N. Y
Vinel Vineland Promises Strength for Debilitated Student
A 17 year old typhoid survivor reports back on Vinel from Vineland New Jersey saying it rebuilt his strength after three months out of school. The ad touts beef and cod liver peptones and minerals as the key ingredients and notes Sherman Bros as a seller with drugsists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
N. J
Vinel
S. E. Bunce
Vinci
Sherman Bros
Advt
Goldbeating: an ancient craft with enduring precision
Goldbeating remains a venerable craft practiced much as in ancient Greece and Egypt. The practice has yielded astonishing thinness, with gold beaten to under three hundred thousandths of an inch in thickness in well authenticated cases.
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Greece
Egypt
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McGuire
Everfay
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Grinnend
Council Bluffs
Therich
Alma
Michigan
Chateau Thierry
Chatieau Thierry
Company M
R. C
Smith
Walker
Palm Beach
Medical Service Corps
Army Hospital Service
Washington County Hospital
Henderson
Tunity
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Chas, H. Keck
Presid
Frank ,A Sage
Adsj
TOJ
Kayser
Kayser's
J. B. Crail
Washington, Iowa
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