Des Moines Welcomes 350th Infantry and Eighty-eighth
Des Moines prepares to greet the 350th infantry and units of the Eighty-eighth Division arriving from Camp Dodge. Plan includes a large tent on Fifth Street, band, patriotic committee, and a reception led by camp mothers as the division trains into Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Northwestern Railroad
351St. Infantry
Welcome Home
Big Cantonment
Highty-eighth
Vifinity
Judge Reed Faces 1200 Quarts of Confiscated Liquor
Federal Judge Henry T. Reed in Sioux City holds court as 1200 quarts of liquor seized by agents are stored in Woodbury County Court House. The stash is worth about 12000 at bootlegger prices and could be destroyed or donated, with officials unsure of the judge’s plan.
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Sioux City
Henry T. Reed
Ole John Barleycorn
W. H. Jones
Woodbury County Court House
Funeral of daring auto racer Lecocq held in Pella Iowa
Louis Lecocq, killed at Indianapolis races, is buried at Pella Iowa. He was born in Pella and once worked for Star Auto, starting his racing career. The body was received by Dr. F F Carpenter P H Kuyper and H P Van Gorp. He served in the aviation corps and hoped to win big Indianapolis races. Survived by a brother and sister.
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Pella
Louis Lecocq
Indianapolis
A. W. DeBruyn
Lecocq
Star Auto Company
F. F. Carpenter
P. H. Kuyper
H. P. van Gorp
Louis
Aviation Corps
Ralph Mulford
Los Angeles
Ted Lecoca
Des Moines
Jess Begins Work for Dempsey Bout Preparations
The article details Jess Willard preparing for the July 4 world heavyweight title bout with Jack Dempsey. Dempsey plans to extend training to five or six rounds and spar with Walter Monahan and Jack Hempel while Jack Lavan, who stopped three rounds yesterday, also may spar. Managers Kearns and De Forest employ a three-contest training system, with practice resuming after a brief lay-off.
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Ari
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Jimmy de Forest
Willard
Soldier Finds Wife Dead But Tiny Babe Gives Greeting
Davenport, Iowa June 4 A young mother sleeping when a soldier in France learned his wife had died after giving birth to a daughter Helen Margaret on March 4 He believed his wife alive and to celebrate his return home wired congratulations to her birthday The death news reached him at Camp Merritt before his Davenport arrival The baby girl is in Davenport at the Risley home with aunt Mrs Harry J Risley now greeting her father back from overseas
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Tiny Babe
Davenport
France
Herbert B. Kall
Burr, Neb
United States Army
Helen Crowl
South Dako
Hel
Tlelen Margaret
Tur
Rene
Altho
America
Harry J. Risley
Camp Merritt
Risley
Pierce Is Handed a Bitter Jolt by Col Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs Iowa June 4 Col Matt Tinley former commander of the 168th addressed veterans at Rainbow Post urging unity of service men to oppose war profiteers and slackers who now seek whitewash. He recalled the Chateau-Thierry losses and warned against publishing a harsh edition of the Homestead.
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Council Bluffa
168Th
Council Bluffs
Rainbow Post
Diphtheria Outbreak Reported in Parts of Iowa
Diphtheria is prevalent in several localities of Iowa as cool weather is blamed by health authorities. Reports to the state board of health note cases and requests for anti-toxin priced at 25 cents daily.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Board of Health
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Seth
U. S
Reed
Daring Auto Racer
Jess
Pierce
Col
Matt. Tinley
Scaife
Feta
Ethan Allen
Lininger Coal & Feed CO
Scripps-Booth
Crisman
College OF Commerce
Mulberry Street
Beare
Yellowstone
Glacier
Rocky Mountain
Mt.Rainier
Crater Lake
Yosemite
Sequoia
Hawaii
Grand Canyon
Petrified Forest
Zion
Mois Verde
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Consolidated Ticket Office
U.S.A.R. Administration
Transportation
Liberty St
New York
United-States - Railroad
Liggett Monee
T ‘Meyer
St-Louis
Meyer Brothers Drug Company
Meyer Institution
Meyer
Meyer Brothers Drug Co
St. Louis
Boll
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