American Warehouses for Arnay in France
George T. Bye describes Arnay as a vast American intermediate depot in France, a hub for unloading and stocking diverse war supplies. He portrays massive warehouses, railway yards, and a booming logistics network fueling Pershing’s front lines, with troops resting, specialists processed, and a large ice plant illustrating the scale of supply.
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George T. Bye
France
General Pershing
Pershing
Quartermaster Corps
Cornucopia
Almérica
Louisville
The
Influenza epidemic silent in Cedar Falls churches Sunday
Cedar Falls October 12 no public religious services will be held in 14 churches tomorrow due to influenza. Pastors and congregations will stay home. Only gathering is IS T Vassar student body prayer meeting. Funeral service for Private Peter Vassar set for Greenwood cemetery Rev John Christiansen officiating. Vassar aged 32 died at Camp Dodge base hospital from pneumonia. had served six weeks. believed to have a half brother in Denmark. County exemption board ordered 46 men to Camp Greenleaf Georgia the week of October 14 replacing earlier plan for Camp McClellan Alabama.
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Cedar Falls
Publc
Stu
Vassar
Peter Vassar
Camp Dodge Base Hospital
Greenwood Cemetery
John Christiansen
Denmark
Georgia
Camp Greenleaf
Camp McClellan
Ala
Miller
Army Depot Frontline Carriers and Farms Foreshadow War Effort
A visiting observer details a massive military supply depot with thermos-like refrigerated cars and canned rations replacing dried beans. Officers from Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois and Louisiana oversee vast stores and road machines. He tours 85 miles of yarding and a 200 acre farm supplying depot vegetables, highlighting the improvised wartime logistics network and the colonel’s pride in agricultural provisioning.
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Quartermaster Corps
G. Nm
Signal Corps
America
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Indiana
Kenosha
Wis
Osceola
Neb
University of Nebraska
Chicago
Marshall Field & Co
University of Chicago
Paul Des Jardiens
Shreveeport
Mississippi Valley
South Carolina
Scion of Sitting Bull Aims to Aid Pershing Forces
Missoula Oct 12 An American Sioux descendant named H H Bonner tied to Sitting Bull joins Pershing's forces as a Carlisle graduate fighter. He played baseball and football at Carlisle in 1912-13 and has five children. His brother was wounded in France and he enters the Marines despite long residence in Montana. He vows swift action in the war. Mexico embargo hits 41 Mexican dailies on newsprint imports from the United States, with only one plant run by Germans remaining.
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Bard
Fee-Plant
Missoula
Mfont
Pershing
Carlisle
Sitting Bull
J. J. Pershing
H. H. Bonner
Montana
Missouia
France
Bonner
Marines
Minnesota
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Quarantine Tightens At Camp Pike For Influenza Outbreak
Camp Pike Arkansas endures a severe Spanish influenza quarantine affecting Iowa soldiers. Barracks shifted to tents, hospital wards overflow, 19 000 cases reported among 60 000 personnel. Civilians barred. visits restricted. officers limited from hotels and public venues. Outdoor recreation only, with camp passes issued for seriously ill relatives.
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Camp Pike
Ark
Iowa
Coal
Charlies Miller
Hebrew University Site Bought for Jerusalem Campus
Isaac Goldberg of Vilna, a Russian Zionist arriving en route to Palestine, said he purchased Mount Scopus land in Jerusalem and handed it to the Zionist Commission for a Hebrew University building. Dr Shallenberger, specialist in chronic nervous diseases, Waterloo Hotel Russell-Jamson, Saturday Oct 18, 220th visit.
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London
Isaac Goldberg
Vilna
England
Palestine
Mount Scopus
Jerusalem
Tebrew University
Shallenberger
Waterloo
Russell-Jamson
iSaturday
Ancient Race Fake Nicks Iowa Farmer for Wad of 15000
Chicago reports Ingwar Andresen of De Witt Clinton county fell for a race track swindle that drained 15000 from his funds. The 55 year old farmer and bank stockholder befriended by a man posing as Col Walker from Virginia was drawn into a dinner and scheme with an accomplice named Davis, who claimed racing tips while short of cash, prompting the loss.
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Chicago
Ingwar Andresen
de Witt
Clinton County
Andresen
Mooney
Andersen
Excelsior Springs
Gol
Davis
Robbery Tale and Brazil Coal Usage Report
A tale of a poolroom raid in Shawnee Oklahoma ends with Andresen funding a $15,000 bid and a fourth place finish while a town marshal raids the venue. A colonel guides him to St Louis to wait. The Brazil government explores coal gasification with briquetting for locomotives.
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Shawnee, Okla
Davis
Andresen
St. Louis
Government of
Brazil
Births Reported In Local Notices
Birth announcements list several families welcoming new babies in October. Mr and Mrs Carol A Borden announce a daughter born October 6 at 947 Dancon. Roy Edward born October 1 to Mr and Mrs Edward J La Porte City. Mr and Mrs Fred L Wagner announce a son born October 11 at 234 Baltimore. Mr and Mrs George W W Lester announce a son born October 7 in township. Additional births noted to Newcomer and to Mr and Mrs Clay with a son born October 2.
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Carol A. Borden
Dancon
Edward
J. la Porte City
Roy Edward
Fred L. Wagner
Baltimore
George W
Milks Emulsion Promised To Restore Health
Mrs Hendricks credits Milks Emulsion with dramatic recovery from years of stomach and bowel trouble after doctors gave up. She gained from 70 to 190 pounds in weeks. The palatable emulsion aims to rebuild digestion, appetite, and strength, with a money back guarantee on six bottles. Sold by Wangler Bros and C J Ailrie Drug Co. Terre Haute Indiana.
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Liv
Mary Wendricks
Litchfield Road
Owensboro
iRy
Hendricks
Shane
the Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Wangler Bros
C. J. Aiflie: Drug Ca
Iowa Over the Top in Liberty Loan Effort
Philadelphia Bulletin lauds Iowa as a prosperous, thriftful state with rich agriculture, high per capita wealth, and strong war support. It notes Iowa led in the liberty loan drive, exceeding quotas unofficially, and highlights corn, hogs, farms, auto ownership, and upstanding civic virtues shaping its contribution to the war.
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Phadelphia Bulletin
Iowa
New England
New York
Ohio
Altho
Joa
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Albrew University
E. G. Leffler
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Majestic Theatre
Brunswick
Brunswick-Mann Music CO
Waterloo, Iowa
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Waterloo and Vicinity
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Saint Louis
Missouri
Mathew Berend
Raymond
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Huntoon
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