Iowa News Bits Mention Bonds and Local Events
A sweep of Iowa items notes the Federal Farm Loan Bank at Omaha planning a $50,000 bond issue within two months, secured by deposits and stock from all twelve banks. Rev J P Huget named pastor of Tompkins Avenue Congregational in Brooklyn. Iowa wholesalers elect officers with Hugh Baird new president, and Knoxville awards largest sewer contract to Cedar Rapids firm. Panama-Pacific medals go to R B Coverdale for corn. Gasoline may hit 40 cents per gallon pending distillation tests. Iowa City seeks school gardens on vacant lots with prizes. Iowa raised a 366,825,000 bushel corn crop worth $293,460,000 in 1916-17. Hal sey Wakeman dies at 70th wedding anniversary. Des Moines hires a theater potato drive for charity. Grinnell dorms set nine month rate at 275. Clinton offers 1 600 acre island for armor plant. Iowa guard mobilization possible as road work and school projects continue across towns.
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Vederal Loan Bank
Omaha
Iowa
Federal Farm Loan Banks
J. P. Huget
Tompkins Avenue
Iowa Wholesale Egg, Butter and Poultry Men
Des Moines
Hugh Baird
Lohrville
Charles B. Bowen
Rolfe
P. A. Casey
Atlantic
W. W. Wertz
Grand Junction
M. A. Hagensick
Knoxville
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
R. B. Coverdale
Bellevue
South Carolina
City Improvement League of
Iowa City
Extension Department
Iowa State College
Halsey W. Wakeman
Otho
Wakeman
Carter
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Associated Charities
Grinnell College
Clinton
Mississippi
Davenport
Iowa National Guard
Wellman
Roland High School
George Smedal
Madame Sofie Hammer
Frank Brown
Frank Rayner Brown
Adie Updike
Wonder
Whch
Towa Telephone Resncialinn
Beoke
Association
H. ©. Larabee
Belle Plaine
Wy. IL Fowler
Pella
Cole
T. Johnson
Gowrie
Dubuque
North McGregor
Citizens’ Association
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
St. Louis
Navy Committee
Fletcher
Mississippi River
West Liberty
Iowa Railway and Light Company
J. W. Coverdale
Reader
Fidel C. Arquero
Narvacom Locus Sur
Philippine Islands
J. W. Salter
J. C. Hunter
Logan
American Chemical Society
Iowa Cavalry Organization
R. P. Howell
National Guard
Glenn L. Laffer
Riverside
Sheldon
Commercial Club
Hampton
Des Moines County Agricultural Association
War Department
Mmita
Maloy
Benton
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
Prof
H. &. Casa
Washington
East Dubuque, Ll
Dexter
Board of Supervisors of
Crawford County
Bel
Settlers Free From Taxation In Clover Land
No taxes for five years for settlers in Clover Land upper Michigan under a new law. Agricultural experts praise the soil as rich and productive, with vast idle lands attracting buyers as prices are expected to rise. Clover Land spans fifteen counties with extensive lakeside coast, rail and water routes, and a favorable climate drawing settlers.
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Glover-Land
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Clover Land
Middle Western States
Clover-Land
Upper Michigan
Huron
Great Lakes
Middle West
Indigo as a vanished cash crop of the Deep South
The Demopolis Times argues indigo once thrived in Alabama Mississippi and Georgia as a top money crop before the cotton gin. It claims a hundred acres of skilled indigo could yield more income than alfalfa cotton corn and peanuts. Indigo’s role as a dyestuff staple is noted alongside its global scarcity and price rise after the war.
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South
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Demopolis
Ala
Beautify Your Hair With Danderine Now
A vintage ad promises women can achieve light, wavy hair that looks soft and abundant after a Danderine cleanse. It claims it cleanses the scalp, removes dust and oil, stops itching, and within weeks may produce new hair growth. The pitch urges buying a 26 cent bottle from any store.
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Knowlton
War economy drives England laundry and clothing push
England promotes soft collars and office overalls for men and dark blouses with curtainless parlors for women as part of a save the laundry bills campaign. Officials urge careful hand and face washing to reduce towel laundering while advertising Garfield Tea as cleansing health aid. a baby’s presence is described as a happiness boost when asleep.
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England
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
The United States refuses to embargo supplies to the allies. A German submarine sank the Algonquin after firing five shells. the crew was saved. A U S soldier from the Seventh Cavalry is detained in El Paso linked to a German Mexican plot. Navy prep is planned for Great Lakes defense. The Navajo reached New York after submarine danger. seven lives were lost on another Cunard vessel off the Irish coast. Consul Frost reports from Queenstown.
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United States
el Pago
Tex
Mexico
Germany
Seventh Cavalry
Navy Department
Chicago
Great Lakes
J. C. Stephens
Plymouth
Washington
A. Nordberg
Cunard
Frost
Queenstown
State Department
Wanck Removed as New York Athletic Chief by Whitman
Governor Whitman removed Domestic Bred A Wenck from the state athletic commission of New York after dismissing charges of attempted extortion by three boxing promoters. The testimony referenced included the Rettzell case and a judge’s lengthy sentence in Illinois.
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Bred A. Wenck
State Athletic Commission of New York
Whitman
Wency
George Rettzell
Landis
Freport
Washington Debates Colombia Treaty And Navy Bids
Senate indefinitely postpones action on the Colombia treaty amid expected defeat and routes it to the foreign relations committee. Assistant Secretary A Z Peters resigns. Dr Gary T Grayson confirmed as medical director and rear admiral after a long fight. Navy opens bids for six scout cruisers as part of expanding sea power. Senate committee approves a modified Colombia treaty costing 25 million for Panama separation, to face a vote in the special session. Notables Trenor Admiral Vincendom L Cottman, John M Studebaker Sr, Oscar G Murray, T Hall McCormick die in Washington and other cities. Sailors from gun boat Eagle land in Cuba driving insurgents from Altocedo. Panama session ends after passing espionage bills.
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Senate
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Gary T. Grayson
Wilson
Navy
Colombia
United States
Panama
Governor Whitmann expands military training bill at Altay
Governor Whitmann slows the military training bill at Altay in 1908 extending the law to compel all boys aged sixteen to nineteen to receive military instruction. The prior year law applied only to school boys and now includes working boys.
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Whitmann
Altay
Taw
Hoya
European War News From London to Berlin Skirmishes Rise
A British destroyer sank in the English Channel with 20 crew after hitting a mine. Berlin reports four Russian transports sunk near Sebastopol by mines or torpedoes. Germany suspends deportations from Belgium. Chile protests British neutrality violations. Allies supposedly land Japanese troops on the Canadian coast en route to France. Some 60 German submarines reportedly captured or destroyed this period. British forces abandon defenses west of Bapaume, taking Grevillers and Poupart Wood.
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English Channel
Admiralty
London
Berlin
Vienna
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Armenia
Chicago
Canadian
Quebec
France
Bapaume
Grevillers
Poupart Wood
Cascarets Claim Quick Cleanse For Stomach and Bowels
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe nightly cleanse for the stomach and bowels, promising relief from headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation with a 16 cent box. It argues against harsher laxatives and claims benefits by morning without gripe or discomfort.
King Alfonso Depicted as Wax Figure by Proxy Portraitist
Painter Carlo Vasquez reports difficulty in meeting sittings with King Alfonso of Spain who is absorbed by his occupation. Vasquez reveals a wax likeness in the king’s studio, showing the monarch in a colonel’s uniform and immovable pose while the face and hands remain to be painted.
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Alfonso
Spain
Carlo Vasquez
Senor Vasquez
Old prescription for weak kidneys advertised
An archaic ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a physician prescribed remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It claims the preparation neutralizes uric acid and treats rheumatism, urging readers to buy now or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Elmer Co in Binghamton New York, noting the newspaper.
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Dr. Elmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Boston classroom pun ends with hilarious pun
In Boston a teacher asks students for a word meaning full of dangerous and hazardous. After a tense pause a boy replies with a pun, praising pious and suggesting fullness of ple.
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Boston
Cuticura Ointment and Soap Skin Care Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to clear complexions by applying Cuticura Ointment and washing with Cuticura Soap then bathing with the Soap. It claims pores benefit overnight and offers free samples by mail with a Book, addressed to Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
My Husband's Brute? Bride Cries Over Silent Letter
A distressed bride pleads with a sympathetic friend as she reveals a letter saying her mother cannot visit. The bride asks what her husband did and the friend notes his cold reply that he hopes it is nothing trivial.
Freckles treatment promises clear skin with double strength
A vintage advertisement touts ethine double strength as a cure for freckles and blotches. It claims noticeable fading of dark spots and complete disappearance of light freckles with nightly and morning application. warns customers to insist on double strength and states a money back guarantee if results fail.
At the Farm
A brisk, humorous dialogue where a farmer questions a man about family ties and tensions rise as the speaker notes hosting relatives as boarders has strained relations. The exchange hints at social friction and economic strain on rural households.
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Adjt
Louis W. Stotesbury
New York National Guard
New York
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Liverpool
W. D. Carlile
Shaller Mathews
University of Chicago
Divinity School
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Bouck White
Church of the Social Revolution
Addes
A. Z. Peters
The
Treasury
United States Navy
Trenor
Vincendom L. Cottman
John M. Studebaker, Sr
South Bend
Ind
Gettysburg
Oscar G. Murray
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore Md
T. Hall McCormick
Augusta
Mr. McCormick
Robert M. McCormick
McCormick Reaper
Eagle
Altocedo
Oriente Province
Cuba
Paul Maurice Emmanuel Sarrall
Milo
British War Office
Westgate
Belgium
Reuter
Amsterdam
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Chsgarets
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