This is heaven at Fort Des Moines as returning soldier arrives
Des Moines Aug 26 Private Rey B Carpenter returns from the front to Fort Des Moines reconstruction hospital with the One Hundred Eighteenth Infantry. He phones his Missouri father and surprises him. Carpenter’s brothers also serve. Nearby veterans Eaton and Fenstermaker share optimistic wartime views and praise Red Cross nurses.
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Rey B. Carpenter
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Raxred
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Towa
Missouri Valley
Callen
Dayton Fenstermaker
Twentieth Engineers
Rexburg
Idaho
Albert
Carlson
Aurora
Til
Raymond Cherem
Ninth Field Battalion
Sanitary Corps
Silverwood
Ind
Reconstruction
Red Cross
Overseas Casualties in World War I Official List
The War Department releases a detailed roll of overseas casualties from the expeditionary forces. Reports show 1,1 fatig wing casualties with categories for killed in action, died of wounds, died of accident or other causes, and missing in action. The list enumerates officers, sergeants, corporals, and privates by name and place, noting Died of wounds, Died of disease, wounded severely, wounded, and prisoners among many individuals from Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and other states, with ranks from lieutenant to private. The casualty tally includes those killed in action in France and elsewhere, and specifies names such as Henry A. Brandt of Alabama and John J. McPolin of Philadelphia among the fallen, while others are listed as missing or wounded in action.
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Meklbewar
Washington, D. C
New Labor Call to Rit All Hard Labor
A wartime conference in Iowa urged employers and union leaders to press workers to return to essential tasks. Government demands cut across agriculture, mining, and railroads, with exemptions for essential war work. Shortages loom as factories may close and farms face a severe spring labor crisis. Washington reports flag ongoing labor shortages nationwide, with unskilled workers in demand and plants forced to suspend operations without labor.
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Lunion
Iowa
Washington
Reynolds
Federal Reserve Service
H. J. Metcalf
Georgia
Brunswick
Midvale Steel
Coatesville
Camp Dodge Troops Near French Shore
Washington August reports from Gen March say the Eighth division has been partly shipped and may already be aboard ships bound for France. The Nineteenth division will be formed at Camp Dodge using Regular Army units as nucleus, with officers to follow. Training locations include Camp Pike Camp Parlor Camp Gordon.
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Deedee
War Department
Germany
March
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At & Carrier
Kent
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Camp Gordon
Des Moines Bigamy Case Ends Courtship Milestone
In Des Moines a whirlwind courtship and wedding at University Church of Christ ended when city detectives learned Lester M. Tyrell already had a wife in Battle Creek Michigan. Tyrell is jailed on bigamy charges awaiting trial after a Randolph hotel wedding supper with Maud Bennett.
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Suyier
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Maud Bennett
Randolph Hotel
Sroom
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Battle Creek
Mick
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California
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University Church of Christ
Lester
Heavy German Attack Reported With Casualty Toll
A heavy German attack is reported with an estimated 40 killed and 200 wounded, according to sources. The figures are believed but not officially confirmed and details remain scarce.
Treachery Takes Heavy Toll in Iowa Boys War Training
Des Moines dispatch reports Company E, 168th Infantry from Shenandoah suffered 40 casualties on July 15 after German forces fired a concealed machine gun during prisoner reception. 10 killed, 30 believed to recover. Concurrently, Iowa schools will devote at least 10 hours weekly to military topics in all accredited colleges, with instructors including veterans.
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Des Moines
Shenandosh
Shenandoah
States Department of Public Instruction
Washington
Belmond to Welcome $1 100 000 Sugar Plant
Belmond Iowa August 20 a new sugar beet factory to cost 1 100 000 will be built by a New York incorporated company named Iowa Valley Sugar Company. C T Fenton of Chaska Minnesota will be president. G P F Stout A L Luck and W C Tyrrell form the group. The site will be 270 acres at Elder farm south of town with river and railroad access. Building depends on war finance committee approval and war industries board orders for materials.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Chaska
Minn
Iowa Valley Sugar Company
New York
Co. T. Fenton
Chalks
War- Finance Committee
War Industries Board
Sioux City Official Suspended by Court
W R Hamilton, oilman, was suspended from office pending trial in a state ouster suit. An order directing Hamilton to vacate his public safety post was received by J W Johnson, district court clerk. Mayor Strort will run the Hamilton departments until the trial, set for Sept 3 before Judge McCall in Nevada Iowa.
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W. R. Hamilton
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