Camp Dodge Notes on Army Training and Staff Changes
Camp Dodge Iowa June 11 Major topics include rising enlistments and overseas deployment plans for the 336th regiment and other units. General staff reorganizes command with Brigadier General W D Beach as acting commander and Getty reassigned to Camp Gordon. Army nurse demand grows with a goal of 6 000 nurses by June 1 and about 50 000 more by January 1919.
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Washington
France
War Department
Senate
W. D. Beach
Camp Gordon
National Army
United States
Uncle Sam
Army
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Navy
Hecruit
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el Des Moines
Cantonment
Clyde FE. Pee
Ixty-Eighth Iowa Infantry
Clarence Whitmer
Siniy Eighth Infantry
Sem
Towa
Denison
Iowa
Chicago
Signal Corps
Congress
Kidney complaint prompts remedy claim from Utah writer
A Utah man Frank Miller of Bing ham reports kidney trouble that kept him from working. He credits Foley Kidney Pills with restoring his health after other medicines failed. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
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Bricht
Frank Miller
Bingham
Utah
Foley
Lemmon
Soldiers and the rise of paid military service
The text traces how early sovereigns funded armies through feudal aids, spoils of war, and taxation. It notes that soldiers sustained their trade via sovereign pay, marches, and a passion for adventure.
Daily Thought on Frugality and Liberality
Frugality is good when joined with liberality. The first curbs waste, the latter redirects savings to those in need. Together they prevent covetousness and prodigality, guiding wealth toward benefitting others.
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Willam Vena
Conscientious Objectors Get Long Court Martial Sentences
In San Antonio on June 12 a court martial sentenced 45 conscientious objectors to life imprisonment for refusing to wear army uniforms. Brigadier General J P ONeill later reduced the sentences to 25 years each, with Fort Leavenworth Kansas named as the confinement site.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. P. O'Neill
O'Neill
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Six St Paul Socialists Sentenced at Camp Dodge
Six defendants including Gunnard Johnson Carl W Johnson Axel Carlson Richard A Carlson Morris Kamman and William Treseler receive twenty five year hard labor terms for disobeying military commands at Camp Dodge and will be sent to Fort Leavenworth. Four testified they left Sweden to avoid service.
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Camp Dodge
St. Paul
Judge Advocate
Washington
Ft. Leavenworth
Gunnard Johnson
Carl W. Johnson
Axel Carlson
Richard A. Carlson
Morris Kamman
University of Minnesota
Conscientious objectors at Camp Dodge spark government action
The Des Moines Capital reports about more than a hundred conscientious objectors at Camp Dodge who refuse drilling and work, prompting actions by the Iowa Council of National Defense and a war department inquiry led by Major Richard S. Stoddard. The secretary of war outlines punishments from furloughs to internment, while officers urge maintaining military standards.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa Council of National Defense
Washington
War Department
Richard S. Stoddard
Judge Advocate’s Office
Julian W. Mack
Chicago
H. F. Stone
Columbia University Law School
Iowa
Conscientious
Henry
Secretary of War
France
Friende Reconstruction
Fort Leavenworth
Camp Dodee
Tapping Rubber Trees In Congo Proves More Productive
An English expert’s tapping method uses a circle of small borers around each tree in the Belgian Congo, showing higher yields than the traditional vertical incision technique.
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Belxine Congo
Community Socials With Roses And Civic Notes
Mrs A Anderson hosts a rose party for her Sabbath school class the Shatem group with a rose decorated home, entertainment by Miss Stryker and Miss Stewart, and officers elected for the year led by Mrs Chas Pauls. A North Dakota reference notes Mrs Martin Swift Jr and a patriotic girls club raises funds for Red Cross. Various reports include a Port nightly club picnic and a strawberry feast at the County Home for officials and nurses. The Missouri Valley notice announces Miss Emma Lenore Green's engagement to Mr Peter Transon with a forthcoming marriage on June 26.
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A. Anderson
Dora Thompson
Nellie Loder
Alice Atkinson
Veda Stryker
Oleita Stewart
Carl Hedges
A. R. Dewey
Charles Pauls
Nd Page
Erama Long
Emma Seefeldt
Chas. Pauls
Ethel Atkinson
Forman Scholarship Fund
North Dakota
Martin Swift
North
W. B. Howe
Donald
Hvereite
Walter
Bernice Swift
Inez Sharp
Red Cross
Elsie Kiesey
Mildred Varney
Nola Moothart
Frank C. Beatty
Board of Supervisors
Commissioners For
County Hospital Board
Miss Finlay
Beatty
Anna Wopengardner
Missouri Valley
George S. Green
Emma Lenore
Peter Transon
Cleaning Brass With Soup And Ammonia Formula
A cleaning method instructs dissolving a piece of soft soup the size of an egg in a pint of boiling water, adding a tablespoonful of ammonia, wringing a cloth in the solution, and wiping brass or similar items. Rinse with cold water and dry with a soft cloth.
Riot of Strikers Clash With Police Leaves Voices Raised
A newspaper account describes a clash between police and a mob of strikers. The report notes many women among the rioters and mentions an Amazon who sank her teeth into a policeman s wrist. Details on the creature s status are unclear.
Significance of Manger in Luke Opens Courtyard Context
The term means open courtyard in its historical setting rather than a feeding trough. Classical Greek usage described a crib, but modern authorities link it to an open inn or khan courtyard in biblical narratives. The second Luke chapter birth context centers on this space.
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Christ
Ap Inn
Khan
Soldiers' Superstition About Horse Tooth Charm
Cavalrymen hold a superstition that a man will survive the deadliest charge if he carries the tooth of a war horse that has previously survived a charge unhurt. The charm must come from a horse that itself lived through battle.
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Dainly
Washington County Evening Journal Highlights
The Washington County Evening Journal reports local news and community notices from the region, including civic updates, upcoming events, and brief items of interest for residents.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
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