Twelve Thousand More Soldiers Come to Camp Dodge Soon
Camp Dodge in Des Moines Iowa prepares to receive about 12 000 new recruits with 3000 from Iowa and 1500 from nearby states. Training is intense with limited town privileges and long drills, while remount efforts and YMCA religious work staff boost morale.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Remount
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Eddy Cudahy
Estate Board of Control
United States
Board of Control
Crowe
Main
Des Moines Avenue
Wragg Nursery Co
Ralph Bolton
Greater Des Moines
Italians Capture 10000 Enemies on Piave Front
Vienna reports that on the Piave front near the Brenta valley and Monte Grappa Italian and allied forces broke enemy lines on the plateau of the Seven Comunes and crossed the Plave. By midday over 10,000 Italians English and French were reported captured with substantial gun losses.
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Brenta
Monte Grappa
Piave
Vienna
War Office
Sette Comuni
Plave
Wasteful neglect leaves twenty acres of corn unharvested
Cass county council of defense officials M P Conway and W A McKee visited a farm owned by the mother of Adolph Nau where twenty acres of good corn from last year remained unharvested. The half that was gathered previously left twenty acres exposed to weather and still in good condition. Nau was not at home. he was notified by mail to harvest now and to replant to a usable crop to meet allied and U S army food demands.
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Atlantic
Cass County Council of Defense
Council of Defense
M. P. Conway
W. A. McKee
Adolph Nau
United States
Inoculation Hope for Milkman's Valee in Seattle Knitting Note
An old Seattle Post-Intelligencer line imagines a new anesthetic called nikalgia and slee easing pain for the milkman's work. The quirky phrase suggests fewer stitches in mending the raveled sleeve of cures in a lively period tone.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Candy for Soldiers Urged to Curb Iowa Candy Sales
Burlington Iowa June 17 the Food Administration opposes candy for soldiers and urges reducing candy consumption in Iowa while preserving sugar rations. Army officers oppose sending candy to camps and wholesalers push sales, sparking a movement to discourage candy purchases with grocers in Crawford County Indiana agreeing to halt sales after current stock runs out.
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Burlington
Iowa
Food Administration
Washington
United States
Indiana Grocers
Dr. Barnard
Indiana
Retail Grocers Association
Crawford County
Iowa State University grants law degrees to twelve graduates
The State University of Iowa awarded bachelor of laws to twelve graduates at commencement, the smallest class in its history. Recipients include E. Gill Sibley and Edward F. Snyder Iowa City, with several others named. over seventy potential attendees are in military service. A second note mentions Folys Honey and Tar used for persistent coughs with a customer endorsement.
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Wilson
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Baker
Mack
Chicago
Dean Stone
Columbia Law School
Major Stoddard
Advocate General’s Office
S. U
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
E. Gill
Sibley
William Eeis
Clermont
Thomas F. McDonald
Meriden
Edward F. Snyder
Walter B. Bedell
James B. Cross
Corydon
J. Clarence Eichhorn
Remsen
Milton F. Fields, Jr
St. Louis
James E. McCarty
Tama
George C. Murray
Sheldon
H. Stanley Newell
Wapello
Ralph W. Zastrow
Clarion
Howard A. Hartinger
Maxwell
Harry C. Westphal
Wallace
Idaho
Iwss
WSS
What Did She Mean Let Us Sit Nearer the Music
A dialogue excerpt from the Boston Tran script where a couple argues about sitting closer to the music. She urges moving nearer while he fears losing his ability to hear him speak. She insists, then rises and prompts him to come along.
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Boston Transcript
Some Consolation for a Wife in a Bad Marriage
A brief aphorism notes that a wife who regrets marriage may gain consolation by having prevented another woman from obtaining the husband. The sentiment is framed as a small moral reflection on marriage and envy.
Better to Go Slow for Present Efficiency
The passage argues that rushing two days halves strength and worsens present performance. It notes regret over past mistakes and foreboding about the future reduce present efficiency by equal measures, urging a focus on the here and now.
Red Cross Sues Fund Subscriber in Shenandoah Case
The American Red Cross Shenandoah chapter sues S. L. Anderson of Essex for 100 dollars. The suit stems from April events when Anderson signed a loyalty card and pledged for Liberty bonds and Red Cross support, then withdrew deposits and refused payment citing biblical reasons. The case may go to the July Shenandoah session.
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Shenandoah
Superior Court of
S. L. Anderson
Essex
American Red Cross
Anderson
Military Bureau of
Hi Hackey
American Red Cross Society
Commercial National Bank of Essex
Commercial National Bank
Altho Anderson
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F. W. Barr
First Presbyterian Church
Monmouth
Belgian Relief Commission
Ian
National Army
Certificate of Merit
Atkinson
Army
McClain
Col
H. J. Price
Friends’ Reconstruction Unit
France
Red Cross
Bright
Frank Miller
Bingham, Utah
Foley
Lemmon
Margaret Smale
Bishop Calif
Foleys
General Pershing
Leon L. Watters
Pershing
London
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