Iowa Draft Changes and War Time News
Iowa officials report draft rules for men ages 21 to 31 apply to the Fourth Iowa infantry. state guard units remain under state control and may not be sent to France. Iowa leaders highlight local patriotism, with Mrs. Devorah Hurley purchasing a $1,000 bond, while others discuss dairy advertising resumption and a Cedar Rapids court ruling on sedition. Grinnell College contributes professors to national service, and enforcement actions address desertion and social disease control.
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Fourth
Iowa Infantry
Washington
Jesse W. Carter
Militia Bureau
National Guard
France
Iowa
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Minnesota
Nebraska
Camp Cody
J. F. Brandt
Artillery
Towa
J. E. Bartley
W. B. Barney
Chicago
Hoover
James Edgar Snowden
Cedar Falls
Snowden
Oskaloosa
Storm Lake
LeMars
Fayette
United States
E. Saltig
South English
Camp Dodge
Marion
Harding
Havner
State Board of Health
W. J. Carson
Davenport
U. ‘Coates
Iowa Prohibitory Amendment Association
Turbulent War News and Home Front Notices
A broad wartime roundup reports casualties in France and ongoing mobilization efforts. The beltish conscription passes, Wood returns to command, and Chaplin faces mobilization. Reports cover air raids safety measures in Paris, rail and shipping shifts, and political moves in Ireland and Austria. A coal-train crash near Omaha and a judge of public sentiment in Prague are noted amid global conflict.
Prussic Acid Poisoned Freedom Needs Americanism Remedy
Leigh Mitchell Hodges denounces German aggression and urges immediate support for the Third Liberty Loan as an antidote to “prussic acid” propaganda. The piece argues buying bonds from $50 to $5,000 will fortify democracy, boost morale, and deter foes, presenting testimonials of widespread approval.
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Milwaukee
Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Kaiser
Kaiser Bill
World Need Calls for Thrift and War Bonds
A wartime editorial urges readers to share resources with the government to prevent world want. It stresses production over hoarding, citizen sacrifice, and buying thrift stamps, War Savings stamps, and Liberty bonds to steer the nation through troubled times toward safety.
Automatic telephone system to debut in Washington
Washington will install an automatic telephone system within eighteen months. Work to begin in the business section within ten days, funded by millions of dollars and expected to be full by summer. Nine of ten operators may lose their jobs, says T P Sylvan of Chesapeake and Potomac. The system will use a dial to connect calls automatically, saving time.
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Ashington
Washington
T. P. Sylvan
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Sylvan
Mr. Sylvan
Utility Commission
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Sild
Washingtonians Look For Spring In Tops On The Street
In a breezy memory piece a writer notes spring arriving with tops on four Washington streets. An elderly man in a high hat recalls spinning tops as a child, comparing past zeal to present milder play, and the narrator hints at streetcar noise ending the stroll.
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Baker
Europe
Washington
Atlantic
United States
Social evenings spark a domestic rift over outings
A correspondent laments the social urge in women and a dispute with Helen over attending gatherings. He reveals his own desire to go to various receptions while she cites sacrifice. A humorous exchange follows about a cottage cheese division head and a busy social schedule, ending with a firm decision to leave.
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Helen
Pelagia Commission
Cottage Cheese
Bureau For
Hens and War Garden Clubs Spark Rural Urban Roosts
In a city garden under H M Conolly from the agriculture department, war garden clubs are forming and hens in a modest backyard become a focal point. A whitehaired grandmother tends the fowl while a boy named William observes their egg laying anticipation and daily guardian roles.
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H. M. Conolly
Department of Agriculture
Grandmaw
Nettle
Wilt
William
Bethie
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Hattesburg
Berti
Helsingfors
Pineland
Ireland
House of Cumnons
Leonard Wood
89Th Division
Army
Camp Funston
Kaus
Kern County
California
Charlie Chaplin
Los Angeles
America
Soi
Liberty Loan
Seventh Reserve District
Liberty Loan Committee
Paris
Picardy
Northwestern
Omaha
Frederick the Great
United States Army War College
Canada
Gattegat
Sweden
Denmark
Admiralty
Government Railroad Administeration
Eriennal
Irelind
Baron Burinn
Count Cxternin
Willian J. Stone
Missour
Senate Foreign Religions Committee
St. Tonis Federal
Hanving
Oregon
Oklahoma State Asylum
Normian
Balfour
London
Germany
Vienna
Count Czernin
C. B. , Jennings
War Knight
Marveh
Charles M. Schwundle
Haig
Senate
House
Amsterdam
Prague
Bohemia
Kansas City
War Cabinet
Muanzel
Friedrichshafen
Texas
Senator Witchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
War Department
St. Mikel
Frieda Hempel
Des Moines
Batticul
Wulverghen
Wytschade
Messinns
Ypres
Tirleh
Tts
Reichstag
Britain
Cork
Department of Overseas Trade
Barnetta Brown
The
Vigilantes
Ship of State
Eee Maseas
Willie
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