Ammunition Train Faces Rough Eastward Voyage
Reports from Wheeling and Zanesville recount the 109th U. S. Ammunition Train’s arduous Chicago to Atlantic embarkation trip. Trucks battled a blinding storm, detours, and wreck risk on detour routes as Major Hallowell led 600 men toward the coast.
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Friends of
Washington
Chicago
Atlantic
Wheeling
West Virginia
109Th U. S
Blayney's Grove
Peter Boyd
U. S
Ills
Cambridge
Ohio
Luther Blayney
Barney
Rotary Club
Zanesville
County Fair Grounds
Thomas B. Hallowell
Ft Madison
Hallowell
East Pike
Chandersville
Rix Mills
Chandlersville
Camp Sherman
Your Wife Can Use It Colic Remedy Ad for Horses
A short advert promotes Farris Colic remedy for horses. It claims easy use by dropping on the tongue with relief in about thirty minutes. Sold by Sherman Bros with a call to purchase now for potential future needs.
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Farris
Sherman Bros
Advt
Ottumwa Man Seeks $1035 in Wildcat Scheme Case
In Ottumwa on September 17 a district court granted a writ of attachment against Andrews & Co. of Chicago. Geo J. Bissell sues for 1035 dollars claiming stocks and bonds were given as payment for Falls Motor Co. stock. J W Garner Greenleaf Merrill allegedly paid 776 dollars to the company and Bissell bought 266 dollars in stock and was authorized to collect the total.
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Ottumwa
Andrews & Co
Chicago
Bissell
Falls Motor Co
J. W. Garner
Greenleaf Merrill
Mrissell
Mr.Bissell
Rainy Hard Fought Battle Memoir From 168th Infantry
Corporal Howard Freshwater reports from the reserve camp after a recent heavy battle. He notes near constant rain, machine gun and artillery fire, long supply gaps, and repeated near misses. He details wading a river, sleeping little, and drinking from a ditch, with troops from Michigan Georgia Alabama New York and Ohio joining the 168th. He mentions reunions with Bone Minick and Jim Burris and that some men seek transfers from Camp Cody.
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Howard Freshwater
168Th
Bowie
Altho
Sherman
Bone’ Minick
Jim Burris
Ohio
Camp Cody
166Th
Michigan
Georgia
Alabama
New York
A Picture of the Draft Gordon Snow at Augusta Atlantic
A fleeting memory of Gordon Snow who faced the draft at Augusta Atlantic station at age twenty one. The speaker recalls the boyish figure and the grocer's boy who delivered to the back door, sharing a goodbye to Mary Jane and the missus as a two year old named Mary Jane remains at home.
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Gordon Snow
Augusta Atlantic
Joe
Mary Jane
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Internal Cure
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy that reaches the disease through the blood and mucous surfaces. It cites a physician's approval of Stall's Catarini Medicine and claims a blend of tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials are offered and production is by J C Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Hall's Emily Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Stall
J, Cheney & CO
Propa
Toledo
Itc
Emily
John Knebel of Riverside laid to rest after death
The Riverside community mourns as the remains of John Knebel are buried at Mt. Olivet cemetery after a St. Mary's church funeral. Knebel born 1862 in Johnson county, served as township clerk and Johnson county supervisor, survived by wife Flora Rummelhart, ten children, his mother, eight brothers and three sisters.
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Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Knebelt
Flora Rummelhart
W. J. Knebel
Wyoming
Jennie Droll
Kathryn Muller
Pauline Pilzer
Luella LeVerne
Elmer
Paul
Rochus Knebel
Hills
H. A. Knebel
Tipton
Louis
Frank
William
George
James
Richmond
Lavinia Schnoebelen
Riverside
M. Amanda
Carroll
Anna Knebel
Inoculation Idea for Milkman Voice Cited in Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer hints at a hypothetical method to inoculate the milkman's voice with a new anesthetic named nikalgia and sleep to reduce injuries in the craft of knitting the sleeve of care.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Wheat Sowing Urged as County Lags on Fall Acreage
County Agent M. H. Fedderson reports Washington county still trails on fall wheat, needing several thousand acres to reach the 16 000 acre quota. Fifty three districts have reported 4107 acres, about 80 acres each. seventy three districts remain to report, needing similar ground. He urges to use corn fodder ground for wheat and notes war needs and possible deferments for agricultural workers.
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Washington County
M. H. Fedderson
Admiral von Scheer Foresees British Sinking by Submarine War
Dresden dispatch in Cologne Gazette quotes Admiral von Scheer telling the Reichstag that Germany will bring England to its knees through submarine warfare. He says he does not bind himself to a definite date.
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Amsterdam
Admiral von Scheer
Wildgrube
Reichstag
Dresden
Cologne
England
Kaiser William II Reassures German Soldiers Union Support
In Amsterdam on September 17 Emper or William responds to the National German Soldiers Union. He expresses confidence they will use personal influence for the home front, stand by victory, and resist enemy forces and “reprehensible methods of combat.”
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Amsterdam
William
Mennonites to Be Returned to Camp Dodge
Des Moines reports the adjutant general orders recall of conscientious objectors on farm furloughs at Camp Dodge upon governor’s request. Governor Harding, meeting Johnson County officials, discusses eight objectors furloughed locally amid bitterness among soldiers’ families. Objectors to be returned to Camp Dodge and held pending further action.
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Desmoines
Adjutant General of the Army
Camp Dodge
Harding
Iowa City
Johnson County
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