Buddy Voslain by Bullet the Tank's Peeprole
With American forces in France Sergeant James Avertt of Birmingham Alabama recounts the October Meuse push in two man French designed tanks. His buddy was killed by a bullet entering a peephole in the tank face. Avertt describes tense close combat and enfilading fire as tanks hunted German troops near a road bend and a wooded, lumped hedge line.
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France
Associated Press
Romagne
The
Meuse
Sergt
James Avertt
Birmingham
Ala
Shahan
Avertt
Argonne
Buddy
Sergt. Avertt
Sway
Allen
Eagles Shot Near Cherokee Huge Bird At Eight Feet Wingspan
A local report from Cherokee Iowa dated November 18 notes several large eagles killed in the area this fall. The largest, shot by Muri Nelson just north of town, measured eight feet across the wings when spread. The capture follows other sightings near Mill Creek and involves local residents Anna Auten and Granger, with the incident tied to a broader trend of wildlife losses.
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Muri Nelson
Whitford
Mill Creek
Ande Martin
Anna Auten
Thu Cole
Granger
Nelson
James Cartied
Geman
Hawkeye highway in Dubuque County nears final acceptance
Final acceptance of the Hawkeye highway between Dubuque and Centralia, built by Anton, is expected soon after delays with former contractor D. Seffrey. The 24 mile Dubuque County segment uses Farley gravel and required significant engineering, with state inspector plans to pass the work in Barque early this week.
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Dubuque
Centralia
Anton
Dubuque County
D. Seffrey
Pilus
Hawkere
Venter Grove
State Highway Commission
Poster
State Commission
Baruque
Hawkeye Highway
Duba
Que
Dyers Villa
Hamburg Young Man Dies in His Auto
A 23 year old man, Ray Brown of Hamburg, died in his automobile while driving to visit an uncle. His four year old son played in the car for over three hours as the father, already dead, failed to respond to the boy's calls. The car halted upright after rolling backward on a hill. no one stopped to help until D E Findley discovered the scene.
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Hamburg
Ray Brown
Jim Brown
Bray
Brown
D. EB. Findley
Bankers warn of war driven newsprint price surge
Providence RI November 1 The Merchants National Bank in this city sent a customer letter detailing wartime cost pressures on U S newspapers. It notes 850 papers suspended since the war began and 50 consolidations to cut costs, with newsprint up 300 to 400 percent in four years and prices likely to reach eighty dollars a ton, doubling hardship.
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Providence
R. I
Merchants’ National Bank
America
United States
Three Fractures Strike Local Boy in Same Place
Lowell Taplin of Zearing, son of merchant Fred A. Taplin, has fractured his right leg three times in eight months at the same location. After an earlier break from a fall last May and a follow up rebreak, he again injured the leg Saturday by slipping on the floor into a chair. In Charles City the first street car accident since motor women began driving the cars occurred Saturday afternoon when an automobile and street car collided. no injuries, street car only slightly damaged.
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Marshalltown
Lowell Taplin
Fred A. Taplin
Zearing
FORD
Charles City
Peace celebration ends in accidental death in Stanton
In Stanton Indiana on November 18 a peace celebration climaxed with a fatal accident as a 12 year old boy Elbridge Boellert son of Mr and Mrs George Boellert was struck by a shotgun blast amid a crowd using rifles and guns. The shot caused instant death and the precise shooter could not be identified due to contusion.
Memorial services for Shell Rock boys held Sunday
Memorial services were held in Shell Rock for Tee Avery and Benny Ooster, attended by locals including Reverand TV Fiske and the school girl club. The service opened with prayer and featured remarks from AL Garton, with other details reflecting a community gathering.
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Shell Rees
Tee Avery
Benny Ooster
Reverande TV Fiske
Garton
Wiivsie
Beine Corp
TOL Meloger
Leonard
Puller
Larre
Centenary fund to aid Negroes in Methodist drive
New York November 28 1918 the joint centenary committee of the Methodist Episcopal church announced a fifty million dollar drive with three point nine million set aside to improve social moral and religious conditions among Negroes in the United States The plan calls for education of Negro pastors model homes parsonages demonstration farms and cookery courses including eight hundred thirty three new churches in the north to aid employment and housing for Black families funds have already begun in Chicago Philadelphia and Cincinnati with similar work planned nationwide next spring
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New York
John Stewart
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
South
Brookhaven
Miss
St. Mark’s M. E
Chicago
East Calvary M. E
Philadelphia
Park Street M. E
Cincinnati
Enlarge Hospital at Fort Des Moines to 2000 Beds
Des Moines Nov 1 Enlarge ment of the United States general hospital at Fort Des Moines increasing capacity by one third has been authorized by the war department Maj I P Shelby reports. The addition wards bring capacity to about 200 patients with twelve existing buildings remodeled into wards and two as general mess halls four psychopathic wards and extra nurse quarters. Camp Dodge will serve as a demobilization point for some time as units depart and replacement troops are drawn.
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Des Moines
United States General Hospital
Fort Des Moines
War Department
Camp Dodge
Remount
Marsh
Washington
Iowa Falls Mulls Memorial Building For Soldiers Sailors
Iowa Falls leaders push two plans to honor local service members after the war. One would fund a public memorial building for community use, the other a city hall memorial housing an auditorium and city departments. Quarantine lifted as city resumes normal activities, schools reopen, and efforts begin to limit summer vacation.
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Jows Falls
B.A. Westbury
Iowa Falls
Fire Department
Council Chamber
Polles Court
Sonos
Wien
Once Undesirable in Whitechapel is Russ Death Dealer
Jacob Peters a former Whitechapel clothes presser in London is described as head of a new terror reign in Russia. In Moscow he is said to have caused hundreds to be condemned to death and rules with a bloody hand as president of the committee for combating revolutionary sabotage. He was expelled from London for radical ideas.
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Jacob Peters
Whitechapel
London
Russia
Moscow
Peters
French War Prisoners to Return in Six Weeks
French authorities are arranging repatriation of released prisoners of war totaling 420,000. The process will use railways steamers automobiles and other means and is expected to take about six weeks to complete.
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Pass
Rotarians Back Liberty Day Plan For November 11
In Jonn Simpson’s absence George Huntley led a Rotarians meeting as they passed a resolution endorsing an international holiday named Liberty Day to designate November 11. A second resolution urged Senate endorsement of a national Department of Education bill with a cabinet chief, approved unanimously. C Bell of Waterloo Canning spoke on Iowa’s lead in canned corn production and predicted a surge in American canned vegetable exports postwar.
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Jonn Simpson
George Huntley
C. W. Kline
Senate
Cresting & National Department of Education
C. Bell
Waterloo Canning. . Company
Iowa
Union Thanksgiving Services Arranged In Community Sing
Ministerial association members arranged two union services at Christ Episcopal and First Brethren churches with speakers Rev F J Clark and Rev J Reartney. A colored service will be held at Antioch Baptist. A committee will explore a Water loo community sing for afternoon and evening. Dr BE Lockwood spoke on The Great Hymns of the Church.
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Ministerial Association
Christ Episcopal Church
F. J. Clark
First Congregational Church
First Brethren Church
J. Reartney
First Presbyterian Church
Antioch Baptist Church
Waterloo
BE. J. Lockwood
Health Board Conference Calls Special Meeting
Mayor R C Thompson has called a special meeting of the board of health Tuesday evening to confer with the board of supervisors and Lieut McLannegahlin a government representative to discuss ways and means for carrying on the crusade against general diseases. Gold and Silver Run Off in Washington All restrictions on domestic uses of gold and silver for industrial purposes have been terminated by the War Industries Board.
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Health Board
R. C. Thompson
Board of Health
Board of Supervisors
Lieut. McLannegahlin
Washington, D. C
War Industries
Peking German Bank Explosion Reported
A German Asiatic bank building in Peking was blown up by unknown attackers late yesterday. Telegraph dispatches from Tianjin quoted authorities and noted disruption in exchange services. The report references German interior affairs and international reactions amid growing tensions in the region.
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Peking
Associated Pressey
London
Bays and Exchange
Tien Tsir
Yanks Celebrate End of War as They Press Homeward
American troops rejoice at the armistice near Verdun and prepare to march toward Germany. German soldiers express mixed hopes for a republic amid peaceful exchanges near the front while U S fighters claim Sedan and push through French lines toward the Rhine. The Rainbow division and allied corps spearhead the final breakthrough, sealing Germany’s collapse and signaling a swift homeward voyage for combat weary soldiers.
Fierce World War I Soldier Divisions in France Mentioned
A wartime piece recalls the Rainbow division and the 69th and 165th infantries marching toward Sedan to press the front. It credits the 32nd division, Michigan and Wisconsin guardsmen, with breaking enemy centers north of Verdun and aiding Mangin's forces at Soissons, while noting long service records of the First and Forty-Second divisions. An advertisement for Hirlick’s Malted Milk follows.
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Lincoln Y RE
Dress Uublisting Co
New York World
Verdun
Heumont
Germany
Munich
Saxony
Rainbows
Rainbow Division
France
Sedan
Napoleon III
Prussia
Sedan’s
Joss
Rafn
Boy Bors
Meuse
Freya
Stenay
Cantigny
Belleau Wood
Marne
Oureq
Vesle
St.Mihiel
Liggett
Foch
Vaux
Soissons
Wooda
Gouraud
Rainbow
Sixty- Ninth
One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth Infantry
New York
Uncle Sam
Bank of the Meuse
Doughboys
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mangin
Juvigny
Chemin-des-Dames
Last Night's News in Brief
Paris marked Alsace-Lorraine day with a 200000 strong march and 10000 troops in attendance. In Washington influenza spread across 46 cities causing 2306 deaths between September 9 and November 9, more than all American expeditionary soldiers in France. President Wilson and allied officials attended victory and thanksgiving services at Bethlehem chapel. In New York Theodore Roosevelt and wife will visit their son Quentin’s grave in France. Roosevelt urged the government not to repatriate the body and the war department will honor his wishes.
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Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
Washington, D. C
France
Wilson
Bethlehem Episcopal Chapel
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin
Col. Roosevelt
War Department
Temperatures Report November Weather Data
Fragmentary readings show November temperatures ranging from 35 to 56 degrees with mentions of 30 to 44 in 1917. The source text is garbled and largely unreadable but records a temperature summary across days and times.
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Buchanan Optical of
Fa.m. Ste
Two Former Tow a Valdes Boys Return from War
Falls, Las, Nov 15. Two former Tow a Valdes boys who were in the American army in France are on their way home. Robert Morton Camblarny Enos and Ted, sons of noted local physician, are expected to visit relatives before returning to their homes in Augusta. Ted plans to visit his sister and recover from service. The other, Trevelesgon, anticipated to arrive soon in Ves Atatpes area. families await news of his return.
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Las
France
Robert Morton
Camblarny Enos
Ted
Cakitarpia
Mivgsta
Wrod
Acre
Anon
Siza
Fousnerls
Volar
Syed Tlambeldt
Faye Sy
Mikeli Ford
Paroled Men in Service of Army
Des Moines reports the biannual parole board review on men paroled during wartime. It notes many evaded or entered service under assumed names or draft boards’ interpretations, and urges similar legislation to discharge those proven to be good soldiers or to have done constructive war work.
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Des Moines
Governoar Harding
State Board of Parole
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
District Court
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
State Board
Reformatory
Lves
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Central
Waols
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