Davenport to Erect 100000 Storage Plant This Fall
Iowa communities report varied wartime updates and local happenings. Davenport gears to build a $100000 storage plant while Waukon notes Mrs Olave Volden as the state’s oldest Red Cross worker at 97. Charlotte raises 80 more for Red Cross, and a Wankon amateur fair benefits the chapter and city library. Local defense bodies organize. coal supplies, rail traffic and farm accidents are also reported across Iowa.
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Davenport
Olave Volden
Waukon
Volden
Red Cross
Charlotte
Wankon
Focal Red Cross
City Library Fund
France
George Wilson
Missouri Valley
Logan
Montrose
Keokuk
Council Truffs
Iowa
State University
Irene Bradley
Grinnell College
Montezuma
First Iowa Infantry
Charles Price
Levy
Des ‘Motes
Price
Louis Edward Schaar
Des Moines
Schaar
County Officers Associations
Waterloo
William Galloway
Cedar Heights
Spirit Lake
Okoboji Lake
Havelock
Gridley
Charles Rouscher
Clinton
Clinton County
Quota by Counties Food Bill Passes
A state act allocates quotas for county and city contributions to the national effort. Des Moines will furnish 124 749 men for the National Army, with additional National Guard and Regular Army personnel noted. The piece lists counties and cities already over their shares and presents proposed and adopted quota figures following a heated Senate session and food control bill compromise.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Germany
National Guard
Hamilton County
Story County
Page County
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Washington
Senate
Board of Food Administration
Hasting
Reed
Hollis
Herbert C. Hoover
Appeal Boards Are Named In Iowa Exemption Panel
President Wilson announced the exemption boards for Iowa to rule on vocational exemptions and appeals from local boards. Southern district members include William Cochrane Rad Oak N D Bly Davenport Harry Hopsey Lewis Clarence Van Hypn Iowa G F P Tucker Clinton Northern district members are E M Cassady Whiting W J Bgloff Mason City D M Kelleher Fort Dodge Harry B Plumb Waterloo Tr J O Donnell Dubuque
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Wilson
Folowing
William Cochrane
Rad Oak
N. D
E. M. Cassady
Whiting
W. J. Bgloff
Mason City
D. M. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Harry B. Plumb
Waterloo
Drafted Men in Washington Question Enlistment Rules
In Washington a question arises whether men drafted for service may enlist in the regular army or national guard before examination by exemption boards. General Crowder indicates they probably may ten days hence, prior to call for examination. Provost Marshal General Crowder outlines the policy and timelines for these early enlistments.
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Washington
2. C
Phose
Regular Army
National Guard
Arshal
General Crowder
Sammies Adapt To French Billet Life In Camp France
U S troops in France enjoy domestic comforts as they billet with French families. Sammy the name given to American soldiers is familiar everywhere as they embrace French hospitality. The soldiers request open windows and ample water while the French provide meals, clothing care, and language aid.
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France
Sammy
Navy extends censorship to all gables leaving Atlantic ports
The Navy Department extends censorship to all gables leaving New York and other Atlantic seaboard ports, broadening wartime controls and maritime communications.
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Washington
Navy Department
All Gables
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Board Finisheats' Work in St Louis Riots Inquiry
The military board of inquiry probing the early July race riots in St Louis paused after a three day examination period. It heard testimony from more than twenty witnesses as part of the investigation into the disturbances.
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Bugt St. Louia, I
Military Board of Inquiry
Land Steamer to Red Grose Discloses July Announcement
Land Steamer to Red Grose, New York, July 28. Announcement was made there that the event or entailed message has been disclosed, indicating a notable update or plan related to the location and date.
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Red Grose
New York
A Friend's Advice and a Knot of Local Anecdotes
A Louisville reader recounts a testimonial about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, touting its healing to avoid surgery, while another fragment narrates a railroad settlement with Mrs Euphemia Johnson and a confidential friend. The pieces read as era gossip and moralizing health ads woven with a light story of wealth and remarriage.
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Louisville
S.iacon
Vinong
Ham
Nellie FishBack
Christy Ave
Lydia Bek
Ydia B
Pinkham Medicine Co. Mlags
Hupheria Johnson
Euphemia
Birds and other natural allies wage war on insects
The Canadian Forestry Journal notes insects cause vast damage and that birds animals and reptiles play a growing role in controlling them. It cites estimates that without these natural allies the earth would face mass extinction of life within three years with vegetation vanishing first and animal life following.
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Canadian Forestry Journal
Canadian Forestry Association
Ufe
Self-Denial Speech Sparks Senate Quip
Senator Sorghum answers a question about heroism saying he has not done heroic acts but has practiced self denial. He notes he has not given a long speech in six weeks, framing his restraint as a personal example for the country.
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Reed
Hoover
Hollis
Senate
Missouri
Mr. Hoover
Senator Reed
Agriculture Committees
Senate Williams
Follis
Senator Williams
Ashurst
Food Board
United States
Senator Sorghum
How She Shines As A Moving Picture Star Probe
A compact quip notes that she shines by reflected light, comparing life to a planet and a moving picture star, reflecting insight on fame and perception. The remark frames brilliance as external illumination rather than inner radiance.
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Iowa City
Marengo Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Chicago
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Waterloo City Railroad
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Burlington
Stanley Miller
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Mt. Pleasant
E. W. Hines
Fort Thodge
John Thome
May Whistler
Cornell Dinils
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New Hampton
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Fort Madison
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Iowa State Federation of Women's Clube
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