Iowa Drives Send 106000 Books To Soldiers In Service
May 25 Iowa reports 106000 books donated for soldiers and sailors. About 26000 placed at Camp Dodge and 15000 in camps outside the state. Only 500 sent to Fort Des Moines so far as a librarian is chosen. Magazines and technical volumes are being selected for current use. A $1700000 fund supports libraries and buildings in camps and overseas. President Witton commends Hanson for joining military forces.
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Fort Des Moines
War Service Committee
American Library Asociation
American Library Association
Carnegie Fund
Camp Dodge
Tuc. A. K
C and
Y T. W.C
Pensacola
Fla
Witton
Hanson
United States
Nebraska Farmer Joins Army After Selling Farm Assets
Jim F. Hanson of Wayne county Nebraska sold 240 acres and all goods to aid the war effort. He contributed 3500 dollars to the Red Cross bought Liberty Bonds valued at 1000 dollars and donated another 1000 to his church. Hanson has joined military service.
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Washington,d
Jim F. Hanson
Red Cross
Wilson
Hanson
Wayne
Neb
Liberty Roads
Words of honor from a fallen flyer Lieutenant Ely
The Kansas City Star reproduces a letter from Lieutenant Ely, a young American aviator killed in action. He urges no mourning in spirit or dress, calls death for country an honor to the family, and says he would rather leave memories of his life than sorrow in death. The piece contrasts Ely's words with Huxley on loss and consolation.
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Kansas City Star
Ely
Huxley
National and American League Scores From Friday
National League results include St Louis 2 Brooklyn 1 in 12 innings and Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 1 in 11 innings. New York Chicago had no game due to rain. American League shows New York 2 Cleveland 3 in 19 innings and Detroit 2 Washington 2 called in darkness. Other finals feature Chicago 5 Boston 9 and Kansas City 4 Indianapolis 3 in 32 innings.
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Perch
New York
Chicago
Pittchurch
Philadelphia
Veenee
Brooklyn Orebee
St. Louis
Rowton
Cleveland
Avaee
Imant
Louie Tee
Dee
Minneapolis
Toledo
T. Louis
Brooklyn
Mitteburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
New York-Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Columbus
West
Paul
Minenapolis
Louleville-Milwaukee
Eat More Potatoes Drive Urges Nation Wide War Food Move
A 2 cents per pound potato price undercuts bread as a wheat saver. About 1.5 million home demonstration agents target American households to boost consumption, teach potato flour substitutes, and promote potato dishes in kitchens and schools nationwide.
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United States
The
Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Red Cross
The Khaki Boys in London Celebrate Allied Bond
The London Evening Star and London Observer describe a warm reception for American soldiers in London. Citizens express strong support, with London mothers and girls portrayed as embracing the troops. The piece frames America as pivotal in the alliance and highlights public morale amid wartime.
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London Evening Star
London
America
France
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised Cure
There is more catarrh in this region than other diseases and local treatments failed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally. A $100 reward is offered for any case it fails to cure. Bend for circulars and testimonials from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Hall's Emily Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Qpeney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Emily
Short Men in History and Modern Life
A Departed era view notes that smaller stature men have long played roles in history. The piece cites wartime and prehistoric contexts, then argues medical debates on height and gender dynamics, concluding with a question about whether doctors or women should guide height norms.
Fish Population Density in the Sea
A scientific estimate suggests each square mile of the sea contains about 120 million fish, indicating a vast marine population density across ocean areas.
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Signal Corps
Pennsylvania
Des Moines Register
Entvert Sote
Camoufline
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Grazer Tagespost
Western
Hearst
Lloyd George
Canada
Britain
U. S. Bureau of Education
U. S. Food Administration
Amiens
Germany
Turnverein
Isaiah
Red Cross Army of Reconstruction and Mercy
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