Britain and War Faith in the Great Conflict
Louis Tracy reflects on four years of war and Britain's role, arguing Germany must be defeated to end Kultur. He lists front lines, manpower figures, and casualties, praising Allied unity and American support, while urging continued sacrifice until victory. Weather note concludes the dispatch.
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Lord of Hosts
Calvary
Olan
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Russia
Belgium
Milton
Lucifer
Shakespeare
England
Lincoln
Army Casualty List Totals by Action and Rank
Washington Aug 3 military casualty list shows killed in action died of wounds disease and accident four categories with ranks from lieutenants to privates listed across numerous names including James A Cooper Harris Center Texas Byron Mehl Leavenworth and many others. The Marine corps section reports further totals for killed in action wounded severely and slightly wounded with a long roster of names.
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Pete Eee Bee
James B. Nalle
Washington
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Old
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Hate Center
Texas
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Titrsburgh
Byron H. Mehl
Leavenworth
Kan
Robert O. Purdy
de. Sumter
S.C
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Somerville
Mass
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Benj. C. Wright
Sedalia
Mike Yaps
New Britain
Conn
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Ephrata
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Walthaila
Crowell G. Fish
West Lynn
Jos. M. Campbell
Albany
Donald A. Henry
Milinocket
Maine
Glenn V. Hughes
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry T. Aslone
Midland
Mich
Charles E. McCleary
St. Louis
Louis J. Mills
Detroit
Frank Silva
Ager
Thomas L. Smith
Underwood
Ala
Frank Schultz
Chicago
John A. Jerson
Tacoma
Wash
Joseph Anaweski
Bay Shore
Leo A. Chapman
Meridian
Okiu
Angeland
Christ
Columbia
Mologse Dorsey
Blue Springs
Miss
Tralph E. Perkins
York Beach
Lee Porter
Paris
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Duluth
Minn
Walter X. Sundell
Irvington
Xeb
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Whitcomb
Mann
Ted
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Churchview
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Fitchburg
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New
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la Salle
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Drivate
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Newark
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Heat Victim Hubert Bown at Pike Hospital
Hubert Bown, part of a Waterloo contingent to Camp Pike Arkansas, collapsed in extreme heat after vaccination and was hospitalized. Reports say heat strokes may recur and that northern soldiers have been affected by the abrupt heat shift. one Iowa City youth died after a sun stroke. No other Waterloo men from the 481st division are reported to be seriously affected.
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Mon Captained
Conscientious Objector from Dubuque Arrested at Camp Forrest
Louis Korn Jr of Seventh Avenue Dubuque left the city a week ago and is now under arrest at Camp Forrest Georgia. A Bible student he objected to serving in the army and refused military work after induction. He will likely face court martial.
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Waterloo Ranks High in Army Enlistment
Waterloo ranked third in July enlistments with 60 men, according to the monthly report to Sergt. G. I. Brown. Deane Rapids led with 93, Davenport second with 68, and Waterloo followed in third place.
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Dentists Rally For War Aid In National Convention
Chicago hosts a large gathering as the National Dental association marks the Win the War convention from August 6 to 10. About 10,000 delegates are expected to review war results, plan further government aid, and showcase plastic surgery’s role in treating trench warfare injuries.
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National Dental Association
Canadian Dental Association
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New York
Among the Churches Mount Hope sociable raises funds
Mount Hope Church Willing Workers held a sociable at EL J Stubbs farm six miles north of Waterloo with over 400 attendees. J S Tuthill spoke and a music program followed. Ice cream and flowers sold, gross receipts 74 dollars then donated to Red Cross after expenses.
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Social News Briefs From DMC Club Lawn Party
A DMC club lawn party was held for members with music by Helen and Leon Cowles. Light refreshments were provided by the hostesses. The Cedar Park picnic included husbands at noon dinner. Otto Hoffer surprised visiting parents on Reed Street. Miss Magdalen Schmitz played piano, with refreshments by Mrs. Roy Henniger and Miss Rosenarfer. Patterfield Dull Couple Married at Bride’s Home. they will visit Jesup after a Waterloo stay with the groom’s father, A F P Butterfield, 616 Fowler Street.
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Leon Cowles
Cedar Park
Otto Hoffer
Omaha
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Roy Henniger
Patterfield-Dull
Buttersfield
Camp Dodge
Ethel Dull
Waterloo
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Fowler Street
Jesup
Increase in Stock Assessments in Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County stock assessments from last spring show increases across species. Mules 24 percent cattle feeding 39 percent yearling heifers 10 percent one and two year old steers 20 percent three year old steers 28 percent bulls 21 percent swine over six months 1 percent sheep 20 percent KOESERE MUS REPORT John C Koeneke secretary of the Iowa Investment corporation enlisted weeks ago will report at Jefferson Barracks then proceed to Camp Colt for tank service training leaving Friday at 448 p m
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Iowa Investment Corporation
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Jefferson Parracks
Camp Colt
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Local Temperatures Report August 3 Weather Summary
Readable fragments note temperatures with times and measurements from an August 3 report supplied by Buchanan Optical Co. The garbled lines reference readings around midnight and daytime values, including a $25 figure and a range near 66. The text is partial but indicates a typical daily weather log with temperature data.
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Front advances reshape line as Germans retreat near Vesle
Allied reports describe a general German retreat on three fronts after the fall of Soissons. British patrols seize parts of the enemy line while French forces push toward the Aisne between Soissons and Venizel. Rain slows progress as cavalry patrols and light artillery accompany advancing infantry.
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Soissons
Plessier Wood
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Georges Guynemer A French aviator's heroic wartime rise
The article extols Georges Guynemer as a supreme air ace of 1914 15, detailing his early passion for machines his unlikely enlistment as a mechanic turned pilot his fearless demonstrations of aerial daring and his transformation into a national symbol celebrated by a grateful France.
Allied advance near Soissons and Reims fronts
Paris dispatch reports Friday capture of Soissons after German retreat, with prisoners taken and garrison forces escaping northward. Allied aim to protect Reims and pressure Germans, reopening Chalons-Reims railroad and extending position toward Geux and Thillois as French and American troops drive toward the Aisne-Marne line.
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Germans Withdraw East Bank of Ancre Front Near Albert
British dispatches report German retirement to the east bank of the Ancre beyond Albert on a three to four mile front. The movement suggests abandoning offensive plans in that area. Allies push along the Soissons front with French occupation from Soissons south to the Aisne between Pommiers and Venizel. Further German withdrawals seen north of the Vesle with fourteened burning villages, Fismes rising as a key center.
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Front advances inch east as shelling continues on wide front
A wartime dispatch notes an advance of four miles on a four mile front east of Reis as Allied forces press onward. A confidential chief of staff message from a traveler returning from Fere en Tardene says German retreat abandoned vast artillery and shells, with many dead left unburied on the field.
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Fere-en-Tardene
Last Night's News in Brief
Lieut R E Bidwell of Red Bluff California was killed in an airplane accident at Love Field Washington DC The establishment of a national public utilities administration has been recommended to President Wilson London Lance Corporal Dowling found in Ireland by a German submarine was found guilty and sentenced to death but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment Washington DC EB T Travis of Hallis Joseph of New York and Leon Green of Chicago were arrested in a hotel room by government agents on the charge of conspiring to obtain a contract with the shipping board Vancouver BC Four hundred returned soldiers stormed the hall of the Union Workers of Vancouver who walked out in protest against the killing of an alleged draft evader
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