Red Cross in Minnesota Penitentiary Sparks Big Drive
Charlotte Sharpless, a former murder convict known as The Sword Widow, inspired a Red Cross push inside the state penitentiary. Her sensational Minneapolis trial and emotionless testimony sparked an inmate drive that drew over 1400 participants, with inmates sewing for funds and many contributing to the Red Cross. Vern Yonkers reportedly held the city’s first 1918 auto license tag, number 1796, reflecting higher horsepower based pricing and brighter, more noticeable color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Sharpless
Leaming Sharpless
Minnesota
Red Cross
Vern Yonkers
Camp Dodge News Letter Opens Officers Training Camp
Two hundred ninety enlisted men from Iowa Minnesota North Dakota and part of Illinois are relieved from duty to enter the officers training camp at Camp Dodge opening Saturday. The third series trains in infantry and artillery, with commissions as provisional second lieutenants upon completion. Also noted are graduates from several colleges and other enlisted men, plus disciplinary actions and health measures including quarantine for meningitis and mumps as the camp manages disease risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Iowa
National Army
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
War Department
R. B. Parrott
U. S. Infantry
J. de Camp Hall
State University of Town
Ames College
College of St. Thomas and
St. Paul
International Bible Student’s Association
R. C. Walker
Des Moines
Francis Noonan
Eagle Grove
J. C. Williams
Ironwood, Mich
339Th Machine Gune
Ford
Noonan
Clarence P. Morrell
Verndale
Minn
318Th Engineer Regiment
Engineer
Opposition to Secretary Baker Faces War Department Pressure
The article reports on criticism of Secretary Baker from within the War Department and public concern about authorizing decisions without President Wilson's knowledge. It notes Baker's resolve to avoid becoming a scapegoat, Wilson's strong support, and the president's impatience with critics. It cites war council creation and civilian control shifts as moves to boost efficiency, not due to inefficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
Wilson
War Department
Germany
Baker
France
Buffalo Convention of Organized Labor
War Departments
War Council
William Crozier
Ordnance
H. G. Sharp
Ordnance Department
Ministry of Munitions
For Sale Potatoes Pota Toes and Misc Listings
A jumble of classified items including potatoes and apples from Idaho for sale, strayed horses from Rolla North Dakota listed with a reward, bank ads, Michigan land for sale in Kalkaska Antrim and Charlevoix counties with prices and terms, a closure notice on a 1918 mortgage in Williams County North Dakota filed 1916, sale planned February 7 1918 at 2 PM at the Williston courthouse to satisfy the indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla
N. D
First National Bank
Michigan
Kalkaska
Antrim
Charlevoix
Swigart Land Co
Chicago
Illinois
Genaraseth
J. B. Braseth
Morteagers
Bovey-Shute Lumber ‘Company
Morteager
Office of the Register of Deeds
Williams County
North Dakota
Williston
Williams
Mortrae Stein
North da Ak
Bovey-Shute Lumber Company
Mortgagee
Palmer, Craven & Burns
No. Dak
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RED Cross News
The
Robert Sherman
By Whitney Collins
Nonpartisan League
League
William H. Taft
War Council of
Taft
United States
Austria
M. A. Butler
Washington, D. C
Army
A. Leach
Major Butler
Washington
Atlantic
Butler
Alabama
J. R. Shook
Screon
Nead Watt
H. V. Smith
1St Ave. E. Tel
Buller Bros
Goodwin Corseta
Eagle Store
B.C. Roche
T. C. Hutchinson
Wegley
Ston Overland Co
Maxwell
Graphic Office
Henry Wilson
Ladysmith
Wis
Idaho
Davis Hotel
Bank OF Minot
the Savings Loan & Trust CO. Sons of Norway Bldg
Minot, N. D
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