War News Encourages U S Fight on Western Front
The piece argues German censorship blocks American war aims but asserts Uncle Sam has entered the struggle with resolve. It blames Germany’s deceit and vanity, praises Allied unity, and predicts eventual world compensation for the sacrifices of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Tey
England
France
Russia
Uncle Sam
Jctori
Fied
Ellies
Sam
Rippling Rhymes on Liberty Fund and the Hoarder
A satirical verse mocks a stingy man avoiding wartime charity, contrasting his thrift with calls to give until it hurts for Uncle Sam and the war effort. It pits personal comfort against public duty, warning of moral loneliness for the hoarder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eelf
France
Uncle Sam
Bat
Hot Day Reflections on Arctic Perils and Warmth
A reflective piece contrasts a festive Eskimo digger of pathways through snow with the comfort of heat elsewhere. It laments arctic dangers from frostbite to polar bears and wolves, while urging gratitude for warmth and safe living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitzbebreen
Ames Soldiers Hold Melon Feast At Country Club
Iowa State college training battalion members from across the state organized a self help entertainment night. Captain Meem and staff loaded seventy five watermelons into a truck and transported them to the Country club for an officers and men feast. Boxing wrestling tug of war singing and other games followed as a thirty piece band led the march to the event. The battalion later received praise from the commanding officer of the Three Hundred Thirteenth ammunition train for their excellent showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College Training Battalion
State of
Iowa
Meem
Three Hundred Thirteenth
Carnival Show Leaves Fairfield After City War Time Ordinance
Fairfield, July 20. The Dano shows, booked to perform from Muscatine, will not visit the city. A war time municipal ordinance banning carnival shows was passed after the license was secured, prompting the show management to withdraw despite a paid license and receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Muscatine
Moscow
YMCA Follows Army Routines Beyond Moves
The YMCA continues alignment with military routines as soldiers adapt activities and schedules, reflecting wartime community support and fitness training standards.
New War Work Open for Des Moines Women
Des Moines launches hospital huts service for overseas work inviting women aged 25 to 40. Duties include entertaining soldiers and serving refreshments. French speaking ability and musical talent required. Applicants must have no close relatives in the service or war relief overseas. Registration led by Mrs. W. O. Finkbine at 402 Fleming Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. O. Finkbine
Fleming Building
Germans Rename Corydon School to Liberty Center
At a Corydon Iowa meeting to subscribe War Savings Stamps the old German Center school house adjacent to Corydon was renamed Liberty Center and a sign installed. The German community, long settled here, has subscripted its War Savings quota and is described as patriotic.
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Corydon
Old
German Center
Liberty Center
Amon
Uncle Sam
Draft call adds 3400 men from twelve states
Provost Marshal Crowder issued a new school draft for 3400 draftees drawn from twelve states. Graduates of grammar schools will be entrained between August 1 and 15 for general military service. State allotments include Indiana 257 with Cincinnati public schools 200 and Fiske university site for Negroes in Detroit, Michigan 721 at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, North Dakota 257 at North Dakota agricultural school Fargo, and Wisconsin 154 at Beloit college.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Indiana
Cincinnati
Fiske University
Michigan
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
North Dakota
North Dakota Agricultural School
Fargo
N. D
Wisconsin
Beloit Collere
Pat O Brien Air Adventure in War Chapter Intro
Pat O Brien recounts enlisting in the Royal Flying Corps, surviving a fierce dogfight, and being captured after a dramatic Immelman turn. He describes a brutal crash, wounds, a German hospital stay, and identification as American before the tale continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat O'Brien
Royal Fiying Corps
Canada
France
Clipped Wings in a Makeshift WWI Hospital
Excerpt describes a private brick house used as a hospital during a major spring push. The facility is low, dirty, ill suited for care, with four rooms and a stable, likely temporary until a better location is found. The narrator notes the precarious, improvised nature of wartime medical setups.
Projection posts for movies set before French front lines
Four hundred projection posts have been set up behind the French lines where motion pictures are shown to soldiers. They are moved as the division or regiment advances or withdraws, providing entertainment amid warfare.
Gas Mask Ends Chewing Tobacco Habit in War Canteens
Y M C A secretaries in France report modern warfare removes chewing tobacco from soldiers. The gas mask, not prejudice, drives the decline as troops resist to wear the mask. A southern soldier recalls tobacco bite turning to mask and mustard gas fear during combat.
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France
Conductor Walter Damrosch Sails to Form French Orchestra
Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, sails for France under Y. ft auspices to organize an orchestra of the best French musicians. They will travel among the American soldiers at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Train Schedule Listing With Train Numbers and Times
Arrive No 3 Passenger at 6 26 am Depart No 10 Passenger at 9 37 am No 92 Accommodation at 10 30 am All trains daily except Sunday J BE KUNATH Agent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BE. Kunath
Train Schedule Fragments From January 1918
Corrected to January 1918 timetable shows Westbound No. 25 Pass Southwest Lim 12:62 a.m. No. 2 Passenger 9:10 a.m. No. 91 Local 12:01 p.m. Eastbound No. 8 Passenger 7:24 p.m. No. 92 Local 10:40 a.m. Nos. 91 and 92 run daily except Sunday. W. B. Lindsay, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Russel
Pass
So'west Lim
Lo'west Lim
Landscape Imagery of Plowed Meadows in George Eliot
Vivid, seasonal description of fields transitioning from daisies and buttercups to brown grasses and red sorrel. Reapers bend among ripening corn as meadows become emerald hedges, ready for harvest and plowed soil for new seed.
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George Eliot
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Pat O’brien
Paul Raney
C. J. Wilson
C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Journal
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Charles A. Dewey
Ficher & Livingston & Eicher: Law
Abstract Department
W. M. Keeley
W. H. Butterfield
Special Collection Department
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Physicians and Surgeons
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Office
S. H. Bateman
Blair Ridge
A. John Droz, M. D
Farmers & Mer. Bank
Irvin E. Huston
Cor
Lemley
Washington, IA
Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
R. R
Washington Lodge
Auf. A. M
Ralph L. Bunce
W. M
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Recorder
B.S
R.R. H Walker
Rose Reid
O. O. F.—Covenant Lodge
L. C
J. W. Nickell
M. H. Sartor
Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors
Square
Klein Klothing
Red Washington, Iowa
Lyda M. Hellam
Southwest Corner
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Washington County
St. Paul
J. J. McKeone & CO
Frank Rogers
Cc RL & P
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