Iowa Lieutenant Taken Prisoner in World War I Action
Lieutenant Walter B. Schafer of Company G 168th Infantry was wounded and captured by Germans on the night of April 21-22, 1918 while on a patrol in a new sector. His retreating comrade McKay returned for help and Schafer disappeared, later reported as a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Walter B. Schafer
John Schafer
Frank B. Younkin
Edward Steller
Schafer
Younkin
Scheafer
168Th Infantry
Beeche
M McKay
McKay
Beche
Walter Prisomer
Bodie
The Negro and the War rallying to patriotism nationwide
The article details how African Americans mobilize for World War I, with 700000 registered and 100000 in training camps. It notes four historic colored regiments, the Ninety second division, and colored officers, chaplains, and artillery units. It highlights Y M C A, Red Cross, Liberty theatres, hostess houses, and wage standards support for troops and families.
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United States
War Department
Ninety-second
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Signal Corps
Howard University
Washington, D. C
France
Pershing
American Library Association
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Board For Welfare Work
Washington
Camp Meade
Dunbar High School
War Council of the
Camp Upton
Brooklyn
New York
National Board of the
Red Cross
Fort Meade
Fourteenth Street
Foley Cathartic Tablets Promote Quick Digestive Relief
Unadilla Georgia reader B B Hayward writes Foley Cathartic Tablets give quicker relief from biliousness bad breath bloating indigestion and constipation with no griping or nausea. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
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B. B. Hayward
Unadilla
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Young Men urged to register for draft before June 5 1918
Notice urges 21 year olds registered last year to register by June 5 1918 or be called by draft boards. Volunteers may choose branch before that date otherwise no option. Recruiting stations listed in Davenport Dubuque Clinton Burlington Grinnell Centerville Ottumwa Kedah Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa or Kewanee Illinois.
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Army
Davenport
Dubuque
Clinton
Burlington
Grinnell
Centerville
Ottumwa
Kedah
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Iowa
Kewanee
Plain of Damascus and its Fertile Rivers
The Damascus plains span about 20 miles in diameter and rely on the Barada River. Two northern and southern streams, Wady Helbon and Awaj, boost fertility and contend as the Scriptural Pharpin river.
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Damascus
To Be Remembered in Light and Shadow
A reflective note on memory and the way shadows enrich life and art, suggesting humaneness grows from contrasts that reveal depth and beauty in living and in pictures.
Message from Edward N Hurley Urges Red Cross Fund Drive
Edward N Hurley emphasizes the need for a spontaneous nationwide second campaign of 100 million dollars for the American Red Cross. He links wartime aid to strengthened U S relations with Entente nations and pledges that support will aid troops in Europe and civilian welfare as war pressures rise.
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American Red’s Cross
United States
Entente
Peace Council
Republic
American Red Cross
Europe
The Expense of Columbus Revealed in Old Genoa Archives
Documents from Genoa archives value Columbus first fleet at 5000 dollars and place a total cost over 7000 dollars. The admiral earned 400 dollars yearly, two captains 200 dollars each, and crew members 2.50 dollars monthly.
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America
Genoa
First Fleet
Bin
Palindrome definitions and a Napoleon quip cited
The text discusses a palindrome as a word or sentence reading the same forward or backward and gives an example attributed to Napoleon about invading England. It emphasizes the phrase Able was I ere I saw Elba.
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Napoleon
England
Early Gold Use and Trade in Ancient Texts
The passage notes gold in Genesis and Judges, detailing its early ornamental use and the goldsmith trade. It references Genesis eleventh vase of the second chapter and Judges seventeenth chapter verse four, describing idol overlay with gold.
Some Resemblance in a Tobacco Chewer’s Bite
A compact witticism contrasts a dog’s bite with a tobacco chewer snapping at a borrowed plug to draw a humorous parallel. The line plays on misperceptions and sharp observation in a vivid, terse manner.
Flying Men Mourn Hall Grinnell Iowa May Day Loss
A Grinnell Iowa report recalls Norman Hall a famed American aviator who died or was lost after a daring mission. The interview with Hall and the Boston Globe feature illustrate his fearless service in World War I, his charmed reputation among fellow pilots, and the peril he faced in the skies.
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Grinnell
Norman Hall
Boston Globe
George A. Clark
Hall
Grinnell College
Chapman
Theodore Roosevelt
Air Service
Jimmy Hall
American Air Service
Aust Hall
Norman Hall Believed Safe Behind German Lines
Army reports claim Norman Hall survived a landing behind German lines after three enemy planes forced him down. An uncle in Muscatine confirms a troop train saw him pass through Columbus Junction en route to St Louis. Authorities think Hall may be captured temporarily but expect him to escape, buoyed by past survivals and local optimism.
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H. ©. Hall
Muscatine
Mr. Hall
Hall
Jimmy” Hall
Red Cross
Switzerland
Lowan
Lafbery
Thaw
France
America
Hunland
Norman Hall
Columbus Junction
Minneapolis
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
W. Fr. Hall
Pat O'Brien
Bodie
Widow Praises Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy
A Fresno widow, Mrs. A. Walden of 460 Glenn Ave, credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing her winter cough after fever. She endorses it for bronchial coughs, grippe, croup, and whooping cough, promoting Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Humdrum Brown at Fox Theatre Thrilling Backward Town Tale
Henry B. Walthall stars in Paralta Play Humdrum Brown at the Fox Theatre Thursday night. The small town man, raised with limited schooling, faces the rush of a big city and the challenge of success. Mary Charleson portrays the leading lady with praised work in His Robe of Honor. A comedy also on the bill. Regular admission prices.
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Henry Bo Walthall
Fox Theater
Paralta
Henry B. Walthall
Fox
Mr. Walthall
Mary Charleson
Italian Scientist Measures Earth Heat from Sunshine
Italian scientist calculates that one square mile of earth surface in six hours of sun yields heat equivalent to the burning of more than 2,600 tons of coal.
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Walters
Company G
National Army
Cuba
Wilson
North Carolina
Plain of
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Bickford
Boston Paper
TES
Kitchener
Lafayette Escadrille
Carter
Beare
Sarter
Mannhardt Bros
West Second Street
New Post Office
West Chester
Compay
State OF
Towa
Washington County
D. A. Boyer
W. J. Mayer
L. P. Jackson
W. S. Boyer
Irvin EF. Coffey
Bemiains
Pei
Columbian
North Fourth
North Fifth Avenue
Hinls
North
American Pearl Button Factory
Mills Seed House
Public Square
South Second Avenue
Lincoln School
Bouth Fourth Avenue
County Hospital
J. F. H. Taylor
D. F. Macon
A. J. Dawson
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