Iowa News Highlights National War Efforts and Local Trades
Mason City’s Dr W G Egloff named to northern Iowa exemption board. Land sale of 401 acres from Cartwright property to Henry Propp valued at about 115000. Alderman J M Raben of Davenport toads toads found on Mexican border in Texas. Ward Way Paper mill workers in Fort Madison uncover Indian relics including tomahawks and arrow heads. Two thousand men at Camp Dodge on the army cantonment. lumber shipments noted. Keokuk bans sale of poisoned court plaster. Army field meet wristwatch and relay honors for Well, Cal writes home. Cherokee train accident injures Mrs Exr Johnson and infant. Parole granted for EB Towne after manslaughter conviction. Le Mars fights potential loss of Western Union College. locals urged to act. Denison merchants boycott refunding railroad fares. Record corn sale price set near Tracer. Jerome Allen reassigned to Africa wireless station after Arctic trip. Tragic bowels injury ends life of 11-year-old at Charter Oak. Towne’s parole follows murder by Barry. Camp Dodge security heightened with 6000 soldiers. Seed lot to Baltimore valued at 40000 pounds. Greenhouse man Charles B Simons composes America song. Draft anxiety drives suicides near Keokuk. Le Mars campaign to keep college active. Iowa farmers prize for best yields announced by J G Osmundson. Camp Dodge aviator training discussed. Des Moines boat accident on Lake Okoboji. Rev Kimball urges Liverymen to support war effort. Des Moines oil and gas storage raids resume. Hoovers asks Des Moines for waste management data. Refugees flood London letters report. Thirteenth division to Camp Dodge. Army officers to lead. Major liquor raid disrupts Des Moines Wholesale Drug Co.
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W. G. Egloff
Mason City
Harding
Iowa
Mundy
Scott
Henry Propp
Cartwright
J. M. Raben
Davenport
Texas
Wardway
Fort Madison
Camp Dodge
Aremms
Keokuk
Carl Wright
Perry
Army
Fort Miley
Cal
Navy
Cherokee
Exr) Johnson
Johnson
Dalby
Stuart Lake
Walker
Hed Nave
Brick
Corning
Wilkerson
Boiler
Ab Boone
Red Cross
Linn County
Cass County
Denison
Ida Grove
Denison Poys
A. J. Calderwood
North Pola
Africa
Jerome Allen
Maquoketa
Radio
Clinton Selford
Charter Oak
EB. L. Towne
Jamaica
Guthrie County District
Towne
Barry
Western Union College
LeMara
Thomas Koch
Board of Trustees
le Mars
Harlan
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Waterton
Belter
J. G. Osmundson
Forest City
Baltimore
Adams Seed Company
Decorah
Charles B. Simons
Bismarck
America
St. Louis
James R. Blery
J.C. Osmoundson
State University
Hieward H. Buchanan
Eighth
U. S. Cavalry
France
Buchanan
Cavalry
Jefferson Barracks
David Maroun
Malone
Mississippi River
West Liberty
Light Weeks Club
Hishland Park
Des Moines
War Department
Magill
College
College. the Town City Knights of Columbus
Lodge
Kenneth J. Gaynor
Lake Okoboji
Edward Kimball
Waterloo
Kimball
Clarksville
Marble Rock
Co. A. Whitmore
Independence
Herbert Hoover
National Fond
MancVicar
H. Walters
Charles City
London
England
Belgium
New National Army
Fort Snelling
Sherrif Griffin
Polk County
Attorney Generals Office
World War I Finance and Mobilization Moves
Senate committee backs conscription for war age residents while Secretary McAdoo cites a 10 8 807 000 year war budget. Washington plans a 1 000 000 man army for abroad with a 5 000 000 000 funding request and new drafts. President Wilson reshuffles the shipping board, elevating Hurley and Colby as Goethals Denman and White resign, amid U S flag raising over Vaterland and seizure of German vessels for transport.
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McAdoo
Congress
Washington
Wilson
Shipping Board
Goethals
William Denman
John B. White
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Goethals and White
Denman
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Baintridge Colby
New York
Mr. White
Washington L. Capps
Vaterland
Navy Department
Panama Canal Vessel Throughput Declines in Recent Years
Domestic information shows 1 876 ships passed through the Panama Canal in the latest fiscal year. In 2016 the count was 87 vessels and in 2015 it stood at 1 008. The report highlights shifting canal traffic patterns over successive years.
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Panama
Panama Canal
European War News and Frontline Updates
A German submarine ashore on the French coast west of Calais was destroyed after the crew set fire to the vessel. Czernowicz, capital of Bukowina, fell to Austro Germans. Russians reportedly driven from Kolomen. Roumanian advances on Jassy and near Moronvilliers produced prisoner gains and captured guns. Petrograd vowed capital punishment to restore discipline. Roumanian front yielded over 1,000 prisoners and guns. Lenine captured after a large manhunt in Finland stemming from a German plot fear.
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Cualuis
Paris
Moronvilliers
Champagne Front
Two-Nile
Chemin Des Dames
Jassy
Roumania
Petrograd
Russian War Department
Nikolai Lenine
Pacifict
Russia
Lenine
Ozerki
Finland
American war bill to reach 17 billion total in Congress
Senator Smoot of Utah told the Senate in Washington that the war bill, with budgets already noted and new sums to be asked by the administration, will reach the astounding total of 17 billion dollars. He is regarded as one of the nation's leading experts in Congress.
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Borah
Senate
Washington
Russia
Smoot
Utah
Congress
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Endorsed by Doctor's Letter
A 1910 testimonial from Dr J A Coppedge of Alanreed Texas praises Kilmer Swamp Root for kidneys and bladder. The letter notes decades of familiarity and recommends a sample bottle and a booklet from Dr Kilmer Co. Offer mentions regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Adv
Inverted Rain Like Balls Of Fire In The Sky
A Youth's Companion excerpt describes a pilot witnessing bullets rising and arc back down, appearing as rain moving upward. An officer recalls a moment at about 8 000 feet altitude when enemy fire at extreme vertical range surged past his aircraft, glittering in the sun and creating a rainlike scene as bullets traced slow upper paths.
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Mr. ©. G. Grey
The
Flying Service
No Chance for Him Even Then
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Chronicle highlights a quip filled exchange about romantic schemes and sleep talking. The dialogue threads through flirtation, misdirected affections, and a sharp edge of humor as a man boasts of winning a woman’s favor while tangled by misheard names and social plans.
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J. Dicking
Arrington & Dickinson
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Qualton
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Algona Hospital
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Lowa
Cret“Meyer
Ysiulan
Jona Guluraith
E. C. Hartman
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Resiivice Phong
Walter Fraser
Algona, Iowa
Elanor Seiler
Mary Dunn
Catherine
Erner Algona
Lewi
L. Krist
D. Bys
Pee
Algora,lown Ty Savings Bank
E. Savers
Veterinvary
R. J. Laird
Opera House
H. R. Gibson
W. Wadsworth
Lewis BH. Smith
AL. Elist
Gishier BE
Jd. McEvoy
Ass’t
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Capital
Lewis H. Smith
D. Quarton
E. E. Sayers
T. H. Wadsworth
B. Jd. MurEvoy
H. E. Rist
Jos. W. Wadeworth
Algona State Bank
Chubb
F. W, Dingley
V-Press
Burrnsley
Nicuulin
Jin Asst
Asa
Board OF Directors
C.t. Chubb
C.c.chubb
Geo. L. Galbraith Myronschenuk
FLW
Dinwley, O
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John Guedere
the County Savings Bank
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Amull
J. Mortugh Provident
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Gamore
Drew Pyterson
Boear
McMahon
OW. Sullivan
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Jor. Rahm
E. F. Rahm
Peoples Savings Bank Capital
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General Crowder
U. S
Congress of Washington
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United States
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District of Columbia
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National Guard
Baker
House
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Baya
Weekington
Des Moines Drug Company
Cavite Naval Station
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Hol Uster
Cincinnati
Alonzo 7. Whitman
Danville
N. J
King of Forgers
Atlanta
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Bukowina
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Berlin
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