Iowa Boy Recalls Huns Bombing Hospitals and Two Night Attacks
Corporal J. Frank Littell of Company F, 117th Infantry, writes from a hospital about the first German offensive and the Allied counter push toward Berlin. He describes two air raids on the hospital, frontline fighting with the Blue Devils, and the brutal night bombardment with shells, gas, and evacuations, ending with resilience and humor amid suffering.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Berlin
Corp
J. Frank Littell
One Hundred Seventeenth Infantry
Pauline Hamilton
Littell
U.S. A
America
Germany
Tom
Prepare por Changeable Weather
By the changing of beds and the weather I took a very bad cold and sore throat. Four doses of Foley's Honey and Tar put me right in a day's time. It pays to net the genuine Foley's and avoid substitutes and counterfeits. Contains no opiates. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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H. B. Miller
Wooster
Foley
Lemmon’s
Frame-up claimed by Iowa county farm steward
Stewart Morris Ellis of the county farm denounces a political frame-up to remove him from his job. Charges allege cruelty to an aged blind inmate, he was arrested and bonded. Officers searched the premises for booze finding quarts in a trunk. Ellis says the trunk owner did not know of the booze. He accuses unscrupulous parties of trying to entangle him with the county board.
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Iowa City
Morris Ellis
County Farm
Ellis
Limited Service Allotments for Class C Clerks
Des Moines dispatch reports 148 limited service clerks for local and medical boards to train at Camp Dodge. They will wear uniforms, receive 30 dollars monthly pay plus 37.50 subsistence 1 dollar quarters and 5 dollars for heat and light. Assignment lasts until January 1 before further military duties.
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Des Moines
Lasher
Camp Dodge
Ward's Wife Sues A K Harper For Defamatory Remarks
Mrs. Ward seeks 10000 in a district court suit against A K Harper a Fairfield leader in gospel and civic reform after he criticized her during a city council appearance about a movie theater singe engagement. The case ties to Sunday movie ban protests and Ward's wartime soloist background in New Mexico.
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Fairfield
Ralph Ward
France
Pershing
Deming
Harper
Ward
Picture Palace
Reynolds's Recovery After Kidney Trouble Ad
C F Reynolds of El Mira New Mexico reports illness with kidney trouble and says Foley Kidney Pills helped him regain strength and return to work. Advert describes pills as stopping back aches and sleep disturbances with Lemmon's Pharmacy as supplier.
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C. F. Reynolds
Elmira
Foley
Lemmon
Lee Ward Enters Officers School
Des Moines sergeant Lee R. G. Ward, a regular army recruiting officer who helped over 1,500 local youths to join the service, has been removed from the Des Moines office and will attend officers training.
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Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Iowa
Des Moines
Sergeant Ward
Corp
William Hussong
John F. Hollawell
Lee R. G. Ward
France
More Than 300000 Negroes in Service at Camp Dodge
Dr. Moten of Tuskegee Institute reports over 300000 African American service members with 15000 colored officers. He notes Tuskegee hosts the only Negro Red Cross Chapter in the U S with 200-plus members. War clubs and trades training expand to meet a goal of 4000 specialists by next June.
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Des Moines
United States
Robert R. Maten
Tuskegee Institute
Camp Dodge
Negro Red Cross
Tuskegee
Moten
Moton
Colonel George M Dunn Named Judge Advocate in Northeast
Colonel George M Dunn a Rough Rider in the Spanish American War has been appointed judge advocate of the Department of the Northeast. He succeeds Maj Philip J Stoll. Dunn joined the army in 1898 after graduating from Washington University that year.
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George M. Dunn
Rough Riders
Department of the Northeast
Philip J. Stoll
Dunn
Army
Washington University
Conference to discuss high school releases for farm work
Des Moines reports a September conference of schoolmen at the Chamberlain hotel to decide on April 1 releases of high school boys for farm work. Proposals include 30 weeks of 5 days, 28 weeks of 6 days, a 15 week term, or all year with farm work credits, to fit farm labor needs.
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Des Moines
Chamberlain Hotel
Ames
Public Instruction
State Council of Defense
Federal Labor Department
Barebones Parliament Nickname Origin in Cromwell era
The Barebones Parliament was a nickname applied to Cromwell era parliament assembled by Oliver Cromwell in 1653. Enemies coined the term from member Praisegod Barbon, a leather dealer and Puritan preacher associated with that body.
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Oliver Cromwell
War savings societies urged to bind nation in thrift
College presidents in Iowa promote war savings societies as a means to teach thrift and patriotism and to place government securities directly with citizens. Dr Charles W Flint of Cornell College argues these societies could extend after the war to broaden public investment and fuse the nation through shared ownership of government securities.
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Iowa
War Savings
Charles W. Flint
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Sam
Flint
War Savings Society
War Savings Societies
Voice of gratitude echoes across crowd at civic gathering
A speaker praises the nation as men women and children join in a civic gathering to celebrate their country and foster appreciation for the land they live in. The remarks emphasize unity and shared pride among attendees.
County Agents Are Entering the Army
Twenty one Iowa county agents are now in military service and twenty more plan induction before 1919. Only one was drafted. others enlisted. Replacements are being hired by county farm bureaus, mostly skilled farmers with farm bureau backgrounds. Taylor county is the only county without a replacement agent.
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Iowa
J. C. Coverdale
Taylor County
Parentage and the State: A Civic Duty and Public Service
The quote asserts parentage as a public service and duty, carrying obligations and rights for the community. It argues that parentage must be paid for, sustained, rewarded and controlled, to supplement parental love and conscience rather than replace them.
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H. G. Wells
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Red Cross
Hitle
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A. K. Harper
Co. K of
Washington
Ft. Madigan
Lee Ward
Officers’ School
Col
ATL
Barebones Parliament
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Certain-teed Products Corporation
America Manufacturers
Wallace Lumber Company
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