Iowans Gain Fame as War Surgeons in France
Des Moines Register reports Major J. Fred Clarke Captain Roy A. McGuire and Captain Ben S. Walker from Iowa serve at a large evacuation hospital near Paris. Since March they expanded the facility from 550 to 2000 beds and treated wounded and gassed troops amid air raids, with residents of Grand Rapids and Brooklyn among their notable colleagues. The three Iowans await return home while ready to be deployed again if needed.
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Des Moines Register
FE. W. Dickerson
France
Red Corps Military Hospital
Seine
J. Fred Clarke
Fairfield
Roy A. McGuire
Brighton
Ben S. Walker
Corydon
Iowa Medical
England
Southampton
Unit A
Camp McPherson
Camp Merritt
N. J
Hoboken
Geo de Tarnowski
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Brooklyn
a. @ Viteher
American Surgical Association
Iowa
Paris
Big Bertha
America
Bare Hospital No
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Foley Kidney Pills Ease Dreadful Soreness Claim
Mrs. David Henry of Washington New Jersey reports kidney pills relieved dreadful soreness in limbs after weak kidneys failed to filter impurities. Advertisement notes Lemmon's Pharmacy stocking Foley Kidney Pills.
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David Henry
Lincoln Ave
Washington, N. J
Foley
Lemmon
Advt
Sound Taps For Soldiers Daily In Webster City
Webster City will play taps each afternoon at 4 20 from city hall from Monday until the end of the war. The 4 30 in Webster City matches 9 50 in France when taps signals soldiers off duty to retire. Initiated by Governor Cox of Iowa and adopted by Detroit, Webster City claims to be first in Iowa to start the practice. George Yauss and Wesley Schaub were named official buglers by the city council.
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Webster City
France
Cox
Hio
Detroit
Iowa
Webster
George Yauss
Wesley Schaub
Germans Jumpy After Philharmonic Panic
In Copenhagen a pop concert at the Philharmonica prompted a stampede when a soldier suffered an epileptic fit. Dozens, mostly women, fainted or were trampled as the audience fled before the orchestra paused for Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles. Berlin nerves fear an Allied raid instead.
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Copenhagen
Philharmonica
Lokal Anzeiger
Tannhauser
Deutschland
Berlin
Deaths at Camp Dodge Reach 213 From Flu
The Associated Press reports from Washington that 213 deaths occurred at Camp Dodge between September 15 and October 12 amid Spanish flu and pneumonia fears. Camp officials had withheld figures to counter rumors of a high death rate.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Associated Press
War Department
Washington Monlay
American soldiers get the best food and gear
The piece argues the high American wartime costs stem from the American worker standard and compares subsistence, equipment, and pay. It cites daily rations of 32 cents, food purchases totaling tens of millions, shoes costing over five dollars per pair, and total gear outlays around half a billion, with abroad costs per soldier at 423.27 dollars annually.
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Napoleon
U.S
Fo Leys Honey and Tar for quick cough relief
No remedy is better known than Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds, and croup. Mrs W M Stevens of Vivian West Virginia reports her baby’s terrible cough improved after the first dose and stopped in two days. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley
W. M. Stevens
Vivian
W. Va
Lemmon's Pharmaecy
Adyvt
Waterloo Sailor Eugene St. Clark Dies in War Collision
Eugene St. Clark of Waterloo dies as a casualty from the Shaw collision. He served over five years in the U S Navy, re-enlisted after his March 4 1917 term expired, and leaves four brothers in service. His brothers belong to Company B 133rd Infantry in France. He married a Cork Ireland woman in January 1918, now residing in Queenstown.
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Waterloo
Eugene St. Clark
United States
Shaw
Thirtythird Infantry
France
Eugene Clark
United States Navy
Cork
Ireland
Queenstown
Red Cross Seeks Fruit Pits to Fight Gas Poisoning
The War Department asks the American Red Cross to collect dry fruit pits and nutshells to make carbon for gas protection. Acceptable items include peach and apricot pits prune pits plum pits shells of hickory dates cherry pits Brazil nut shells olive pits and shells from almonds and walnuts. All must be dry and can be mixed in one package. Containers will be placed at local grocery stores Red Cross work rooms and Central Park band stand with a campaign to reach 500 tons daily.
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American Red Cross
War Department
National Red Cross Conservation Bureau
D. W. Harvey
Cora Bell Wilson
A. R. Miller
Red Cross
Central Park
Silas Ross
Force of Painters
Want Ad in the Journat Witt
Classified notice notes a want ad listing for items or services in the Journat Witt publication. Details are fragmentary and reader should consult the issue for full text and contact information.
General Hubert A. Allen Arrives Overseas With Staff
Brig. Gen. Hubert A. Allen and his Forty-seventh brigade staff have reached overseas, via cable, with Cedar Rapids origin in the headquarters company. Allen had been at Camp Cody since the war began and was later ordered to Camp Dix, New Jersey, where his command was praised as best trained.
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Hubert A. Allen
Cedar Rapids
Forty-seventh Brigade
General Allen
Camp Cody
America
Camp Dix
New Jersey
PLY PARES A HEAVY TOLL as war toll mounts in September
Washington dispatch reports almost 10000 deaths in the army since the start of September as U S forces continue operations. The tally reflects ongoing combat and disease losses amid wartime strain on personnel and logistics.
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Widdle
Washington, D. C
Death toll from influenza and pneumonia in camps tops 864
War Department reports 864 deaths in army camps at home on Saturday, 28 fewer than Friday, with 11 724 new influenza cases, 300 down from Friday. Since Sept 13 total cases 234 868 and deaths 9 199. Camp Travis leads with 972 new influenza cases in one day. Camp Sheridan reports 1 052 in two days.
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War Department
Camp Travis
Tex
Camp Sheridan
Ala
General Strike Called by Czecho-Slovak Council in Prague
Vienna dispatch reports the Czecho-Slovak national council orders a general strike in Prague to protest transport and export of foods out of Bohemia. Basel dated dispatch cites food export as the trigger and notes Prague as the strike site.
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Bohemia
Basel
Vinci Credited By Women Of Pittsburgh For Strength
Suggestions to Women Pittsburgh Pa. describes testimonials from Mrs James Croker and Mrs Thomas Ellis praising Vinci as a tonic. They claim improved appetite, strength, and health for nervous weak conditions and overwork. The letters present a local household and farm context with emphasis on female workers.
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Pittsburgh
Vinci
James Croker
Chile
Holmdel
Thomas Ellis
lItons
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a vegetable formula mixed with olive oil, act on the bowels and liver to purify the system and improve bad breath without the after effects of calomel. Available in 10c and 25c boxes, urges nightly use for a week.
Rheumatism Back on the Job With its Old-time Fury
Winter weather awakens rheumatism as millions endure renewed pain. Liniments fail as the disease is in the blood. A vegetable blood remedy from 8. S. & reaches deep into circulation to remove germs. Cut a bottle to pay at your drugstore and start treatment for results. Free info by writing to Medical Director, 26 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ca.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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Cora Poll Wilson
Woqis
Prague
Shalkman Bros
Druggis
Army & Navy
U. S. Army & Navy Tablet CO
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Formu
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Redusoc
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
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