American Aviators Land In France To Aid Submarine Patrols
One hundred American aviators arrive in France joining a fighting contingent as the first regular U S forces to land there The arrival follows Pershing’s secret departure from the United States and accompanies plans to inspect camp setups with British staff The report notes a calm transatlantic crossing with no submarine encounters and lists the party at 198 including 68 officers
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Great Britain
Pershing
Iis
United States
Army Department
France
Atlantic
Washington
Austrian Generals in Russia Press for Peace
Petrograd reports two Austrian generals with ten officers and fifteen privates were escorted by Russian troops to Kibbenoff to urge peace among workers and soldiers. The provisional government ordered their immediate arrest and delivery to this city.
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Petrograd
Kibbenoff
Neighborhood Notes from Stanhope News Item
Local column reports visits and travel of residents from Webster City to Des Moines Minneapolis and To ledo. A severe rainstorm struck Tuesday night while multiple residents attended events and funeral services were held for Lester Roosa.
Children day program entertains large crowd and funds raised
The Sunday school pupils hosted a successful day program attracting a big audience. Willing Workers contributions of 47 and 14 dollars supported foreign missions. Grace Crouch left Monday to join Cedar Falls Teachers' college, joined by Gladys Boulger. Wade Garth departed Tuesday for the summer course at Cedar Falls. Mrs. Daisy Fielcher and her young son Melvin, and Mrs. Nettie Bosworth with her children, visited their mother and grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Merritt, Tuesday.
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Violet Vanote
Hay Springs
Neb
J. @. Snyder
Jewell
Charlie Ross
Bell
Tennesee
F. R. Jenking
Elizabeth Nelson
Evelyn
Minneapolis
Henry Langon
Jamata
Grace Crouch
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Gladys Boulger
Webster City
Wdna Garth
Daisy Fielcher
Melvin
Nettie Bosworth
J. B. Merritt
Local Notices and Visits Round Kamrar Area
Kamrar items show residents visiting relatives in Stratford Cedar Falls and Webster City while others return home. Families Birgman Carson Kayser Brandow and Page families are noted with arrivals sales and a farm sale at 176 per acre. The New Idea club met with Mrs Henderson and Mrs Alexander hosted.
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Carry Brill
Ben Cordes
Ogle Grove
EK. OR
Schmidt
Minnesota
Mattie Brandow
Webster City
Ray
Wardle
Joyce
A. J. Brandow
Joe Wahlers
New Idea Club
Harold Henderson
I. H. Alexander
Jewel area social notes and school notices
The column lists social calls and visits in Webster City and Jewell including Mr and Mrs Dick Waterman to Webster City, H H Carson a business caller, Faith Fenton's summer return, Miss Judith Jerdeman visiting her hospital-bound father, Bess Fenton's Des Moines trip, and many other locals. It covers graduation events at Jewell high school, alumni reunion plans, farm and civic notes, and community activities across several towns.
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J. B. Iverson
Story City
Julian McFarland
Des Moines
Jessie Pierce
Cecil Mulholland
Marie Guthrie
Lily Vegers
Homer
H. H. Barnhart
Chalmers
DeWitt & Fear
Webster City
A. M. Loksell
Harold
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Dick Waterman
H. H. Carson
Howard Alexander
Chris Nelson
Fred Welp
F. L. Daniels
Faith Fenton
Lake City
B.S. Millett
Carrie Alexander
Leslie
Kamrar
Alexander
Judith Jerdeman
Naomi Severson
Avis Fenton
Bess Fenton
Sterling Alexander
Drake
Esther
Lela Millett
Cedar Falls
Adolph Pfleiger
Marshalltown
Jewell
Adele Foral
Marjory McCaulley
Paullin
Bessy Ostrom
Hubbard
G. H. Millett
Newhall
J. R. Millett
Wall Lake
Jewell High School
College Chapel
S. L. Chandler
Cornell College
Harriet Anderson
Bloomington
William Anderson
Ingram Kleaveland
Atlantic
Alfred Larson
Sylvester Sandage
Chas. Sidenstucker
California
Bess Brinnick
Mary Cooper
Montezuma
Gladys Bonner
Blairsburg
August Winkle
U and I
I. G. Snyder
BE. A. Hines
Thompson
F. N. Taylor
Laura Hines
Mrs. Taylor
Geraldine Weist
Teagle Grove
Freda Riley
Glaydis Bonner
Ogden
Miss Bonner
J. B. Thompson
Arling
Red Wing
Minn
Tanner Thompson
Grace Everling
Croston
Miss Everling
John Cochran
Chas, Cole
Little Son
Canton
Mina
Clyde Harmon
Birdie Chalma
Cornot Kalseum
Lester Winburn
Sioux City
Christian Woman's Board of Missions of the
Christian Church
Henry Kinzer
Arlie Allen
Ift
Logan
Colo
Slater
Ben Westre
Mason City
Edith Harmon
Chardan
Claude Dalbey
Jewell Farmers Elevator Company
Henning Hen Ingson
Theodore Redling
Hans Hendrickson
Chicago
Nels
Carl
British Drive on Belgian Front East of Messines Triumphs
In raids between Wytschaete and Messines British forces advance with light losses and take prisoners. Reports indicate over 2,300 captured already and expected total above 4,000 as mines explode and heavy artillery bombardment clears trenches along the Arras front.
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London
Wytschaete
Messines
Reuter
Local Personal Briefs and World War Updates
Mrs Elbert Ferrell and Mrs Warren W Bair return from a sight seeing trip to New York City Niagara Falls and Chicago after attending the Royal Neighbors convention in Buffalo. Berlin reports a German offensive in the Wytschache salient amid continuing heavy fighting near Ypres and Messines. British forces seize Osttaverne and take thousands of prisoners along a five mile front.
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Elbert. Ferrell
Warren W. Bair
New York City
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Royal Neighbors
Buffalo
Murray McMurray
Eagle Grove
Berlin
London
Wytschache
Osttaverne
Ypres
Forces storm Messinen Wytschaete ridge in Ypres salient
Troops broke through the Messinen Wytschaete ridge which had dominated our positions in the Ypres salient for over two and a half years. The morning assault achieved complete success with gains on the front.
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Messinen-Wytschaete
Ypres Salient
Liberty Loan Message to American Women
Washington June 8 The government calls on women to fund the war effort through Liberty Bonds with denominations as low as 50 dollars. The appeal urges swift payment or monthly installments, arguing a bond belongs in every home to support liberty democracy and protect women and children.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
Woman’s Loan Committee
Europe
Lfe
Lusitania
High Seas
America
Relief Commissioners Sail From Vancouver for Persia and Caucuses
Two American relief commissioners departed Vancouver British Columbia on June 7 bound for Persia and the Caucuses to oversee relief efforts. Dr.
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Vancouver
B. C
Persia
The
Caucuses
Armenian relief mission pilots rail trip across Trans-Siberian
William T. Fallis of Swarthmore and Charles E. Boury of Philadelphia, members of the American Commission for Armenian and Syrian Relief, will investigate and report on the group's work during a journey along the Trans-Siberian railway.
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William T. Fallis
Swarthmore, Pa
Charles E. Boury
Philadelphia
American Commission For
Luncheon Honors Bride-to-Be Marion Lee at Gracious Party
A Saturday event hosted by Mrs. Murray McMurray and Miss Jessie McMurray celebrated Miss Marion Lee, a forthcoming bride, with a 1 pm luncheon for twenty featuring a lily centerpiece and a three course repast. Guests from Grinnell and Des Moines joined, and later a 6:30 pm two course supper preceded a parcel post gift of kitchen utensils.
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Marion Lee
Murray McMurray
Jessie McMurray
Pleasant
Mrs. McMurray
Helen Miller
Grinnell
Whitacre
Des Moines
Congregational Church
Dysart
Allied victory doubtful as war extends for years says officials
Washington reports that with the French admission the war may last at least three more years and the United States must bear a larger burden. Russia faces dictatorship danger while Petrograd cites mobism and czarism as forces shaping the conflict. A sales pitch ends with an appeal to hear the New Edison at Ruegnitz Drug Co. Tdath.
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Washington
United States
Russia
France
England
Edison
Ruegnitz Drug Co
Soldier Harry McMichael Seeks Return to Combat in WWI
London reports Harry McMichael of Augusta Georgia a veteran of the Second United States Cavalry and Fifteenth Canadian battalion after multiple wounds including a machine gun leg injury and a jaw injury. He plans to join the American forces once they arrive and his car awaits the Dixie welcome. Also a note that Methodist church hosts a children's day program Saturday at 2 PM.
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London
Harry McMichael
Augusta
Mac
United States Cavalry
Dixie
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Elmore
Frank Dally
Deda Vegers
Blanche Young
Hattie
Flossie Gleason
Miss Young
Betsy Rose
Embroidery Club
Cbilanche Young
Will Johnson
Leon
R. G. Pierce
Viva Brooks
Stratford
Wsther
Alyce Wegers
Gleason
Hattie Gleason
Ace Malone
Kentucky
Ilessia Gleason
Lester Stitchie
R. I. Pharo
John Harrison
Ames
Barnhart
W. S. Page
A. GC
Neighborhood Notes
Stanhope News
EB. C. Welch
C. C. Carrow
Anderson
Gould
Miss Anderson
Miss Gould
Toledo
Gertrude Riley
R. C. Stark
G. F. Kepler
J. A. Johnson
W. B. Kepler
Fred Johnson
Alye
Adhate
Homer Affairs
A. M. Johnson
Clarence
Will
Lester Roosa
Border Plains
A. M. Leksell
Ben Lillagard
Marie Carpenter
Nina Dally
Cass Center
Peter Bergman
Geo. Carson
Harry Carson
Esther Cordes
I. A. Kayser
Alice Cargon
Woolstock
Amos Havinga
Bonnie
Buck Grove
M. Bibler
Buffalo Center
Mary Waterman
John Foster
Jalmer Voss
Mildred Seamonds
S&s. L. Clabaugh
Waterloo
Cedar Walls
Charlice McKay
A. IF. Flower
Garner
Miss Rose Toangarden
Jefferson
Mer
Messines Ridge
Battle of
Arras
Verva Cook
Yale
Zelma Cook-McCannon
Perry
Mia
Frank L. Malcolm
A. Hopkins
Sen, Chas, Hopking
Florence Leonard
Hoone
Cleo Stanley
Delia Hazzelton
G. L. Ahrens
West James Street
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Herbert C. QO. Plummer
Warneton
Ypres-Commines
C. F. Howatt
Portland
Oregon
Ix. D. Burgess
Joe Oppenheimer
Nevada
Simon Oppenheimer
Chariton
J. N. Stahl
David Billington
Stanhope
J. H. Aighbee
C. L. Buxton
C. Buxton
Relief Commission
Social Affairs
Farmers National Bank
the Freeman-Tribune
Methodist Church
Superior
Cooney’s
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