Iowa News Roundup Reports Deaths and Public Health Moves
The piece notes a fatal day in Iowa with eight deaths and four injuries from auto accidents in Brainard and Garden Grove, including a milton T Brown and J S Beckman family members. It covers dairy container sanitation prosecutions, a six month fire loss total of 3.25 million dollars, freight office unification in Sioux City, and a Waterloo boxing incident featuring Martin Dolan. Other items include a Red Oak board reorganization, Drake University presidency prospects for Arthur Holmes, Dubuque infantile paralysis quarantines, Hoover celebration planning in West Branch, a Buena Vista recruit’s first train ride, and Illinois coal supply concerns affecting Iowa.
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Brainard
Garden Grove
Milton T. Brown
Waterloo
Burlington
J. S. Beckman
Trene Brown
Clifford Bartlett
Edith Bartlett
Virgil Beckman
Roy Burnell
Osceola
Frank Bartlett
W. J. Burnell
State Dairy and Food Department
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Iowa
Ole O. Roe
Sioux City
Martin Dolan
Shorty
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ill
Dolan
Gordon N. Kimball
Southern District Exemption Board
William Cochran
Red Oak
N. D. Ely
Judge Advocate General
Washington
Emmett Tinney
Council Bluffs
E. H. Kamer
Clinton
Harry Hopley
Lewis
C. B. Grant
Iowa City
Arthur Holmes
Drake University
Hil M. Bell
Drake
Penn State College
Dubuque
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Nets
Herbert C. Hoover
West Branch
Mr. Hoover
Tentave
Carl Lareen
Alta
Buena Vista County
Camp Gordon
Owa
Chicago
Charles Webster
Higha
Com. Stoney Webster
Ptlon
War News Roundup Reflects Global Turmoil and US Roles
Amid war reporting, the United States extends loans totaling 6.49 billion to the United Nations while Wilson authorizes 5 million for west farm wheat losses. Reports note German setbacks in the Aisne Marne sector and prisoner tallies as Britain incurs daily war costs. Draft and labor measures, food controls, and questions over Pershing aircraft outline the home front’s evolving wartime needs.
Red Cross Motor Corps Delivers Messages and Mercy in DC
Washington reports the District of Columbia Red Cross motor corps answers up to 15 calls daily since joining the war effort. The twofold mission covers ambulance and transport service including Walter Reed outings. A wartime telegram-like romance unfolds as a soldier asks a Philly sender to marry him. the motor woman delivers the message as the train departs.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Philadelphia
Ind
John Smith
Red Cross
Mistaken Judgments And The Pork Chop In Fine Feathers
A narrator contrasts a plain woman with a vain companion, highlighting misjudgments about appearances and social roles. The plain wife defends her work and marriage while reflecting on her husband and social expectations, ending with a moral on fault finding.
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Jim
Look Different: The Saffron Woman in Rusty Lace
A shabby street scene centers on a saffron skinned woman with glazed black hair, a red rose in her breast, and a mantilla shawl that signals a Spain of romance. Onlookers debate how her appearance defines her difference and identity, hinting at cultural history.
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Vanity Fair
Ike
Honest Office Boy Fell Short On Morning Duty
A district draft official praises Major Dan Donovan for tireless work placing registrants into Camp Meade. An overly truthful office boy, years of service aside, overslept once revealing the major’s absence and the boy’s candid about the situation.
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Dan Donovan
Meade
Haarlem Ointment Capsules Claim Longstanding Kidney Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Haarlem Capsules as a time tested remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It promises quick relief for back pain joint stiffness and related ailments with the Gold Medal brand and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Haarlem
Holand
LD Medal Haarlem Oi
Holland Laboratories
Doomed to Outer Darkness in Foreign District
A playground instructor in a Western foreign district distributed slips asking children to record names ages birthplaces and parental details to learn about the community. One boy refused entry tears streaking his face saying he has no excuse for being born making him unable to participate.
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Miavnam
Jinx prompts secretaries with Paris army note
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls an exPEditionary force secretary in Paris. Yanks in town attend a theater. a comic announces an understudy after learning his mother is dying, prompting audience applause as an interpreter tries to follow French.
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Paris
Alcintra
Sacca Bonna
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Neighbor Teases Over Watering Fence Line
A neighborly exchange turns playful when a woman teases across the fence about turning the hose on him. He jokes about giving her the whole paper as she asks for a page, while both stand in their yards.
Signs of Rain Noted by Atmospheric Signs
Meteorological observations indicate high moisture in the air through sweating pitchers and coolers. Dripping cave troughs are linked to the same humidity, suggesting upcoming rain.
Cuticura Ad Promotes Skin Care Products
An advertisement urges readers to improve their skin by applying Cuticura Ointment and washing with Cuticura Soap, with hot water. It offers free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept X, Boston, and lists Soap and Ointment prices. The copy includes stray quoted phrases and mis-typed lines from the ad text.
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Dept. X
Borton
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