Inmates in Home Institutions Report War Work and Costs
Des Moines reports show Iowa state institutions completed 7 500 items for Red Cross including surgical bandages handkerchiefs and knitted wear with Eldora leading at 263 pieces and Davenport Soldiers Orphans Home next with 135. War subscriptions totaled 200395.35 as living costs rise with higher prices for bacon beef shoes and macaroni. reforms proposed for inebriate and feeble minded facilities and a reformatory name change.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pienutals
Foreest
Treat
Red Cross
al’ Eldora
Taiing School
Davenport
Des Moines to bar soldiers over bootlegger issue
Des Moines officials consider banning soldiers from visiting the city unless Camp Dodge cleans up the bootlegger problem. A citizen committee led by E. Meredith says Camp Dodge asks the War Department for power to confine soldiers there. Local business leaders demand action as Des Moines liquor conditions worsen and police are urged to launch a cleanup.
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Des Moines
Camp Dotge
E. Meredith
Camp Dodge
War Department
Public Safety
Ben Woolsar
Woolgar
Tesa
Wonlgar
May Hold Men in Camp Until Spring
The article reports that the army will keep soldiers in camps near Des Moines with about 3.76 million men awaiting demobilization until spring. Officers and officials plan work assignments and orderly discharge procedures as conditions allow.
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Des Moines
Grundy County Official Weds Army Officer
A Grundy County general manager arrangement is reported with an army officer's marriage noted. The fragmentary text mentions farm transfers and duties but lacks complete details.
Clinton Boy Spends Nine Days in Shell Hole
Pvt Victor Nelson of Clinton recalls nine days in a shell hole after going over the top near Frace. A German sniper wounded him in the leg but he crawled back to American lines. He writes to his brother Charles from base hospital in France that he remained in a woods fight and survived with 600 shells and four rifles in his hole.
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Clinton
Victor Nelson
Shell Hole
Kone
Fluag
Charles Nelson
Base Hospital
Fratee
Jerry
Anu
Milk Emulsion touted as remedy for long stomach trouble
An advertisement claims Milk Emulsion cured years of stomach trouble and constipation for C. A. McCor of Anderson Indiana, with a money back guarantee. The copy extols the product as a pleasant emulsion that restores bowel action, boosts appetite, builds strength, and aids nervous and lung conditions. Sold by local drug firms with price listed at 1.20 per bottle.
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C. A. McCor
Anderson
McCormick
Milks Pastssion Co
Terre Waute, Tad
Waneler Bros
Miller Drug Co
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