Iowa Highlights Include Read Command Post In France
A former Iowan Maj. Gen. George W. Read wins one of five American army corps commands in France. The piece notes his Des Moines origins and Iowa City teaching stint, alongside war efforts such as a capti e cloth drive and an Iowa State College unit training corps. It mentions a Navy exhibit at the state fair and details on local war efforts, registrations, and oat yields in Clay county.
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France
George W. Read
Read
Des Sloines
West Point Military Academy
Iowa
State University
Iowa City
Ordinance Department
Bureau of Construction and Repair
168Th Infantry
Marne
Frank Lyman
Adjutant General’s Office
EH. R. Bennett
Lyman
Lasher
Crowsler
McCain
War Department
Pearson
Iowa State College
Ames
Essex
County Council of Defense
Charley Burdock
Shenandoah
BE Company
One Hundred Sixty-eighth United States Infantry
Burdick
Jud Burdick
Des Moines
Council of National Defense
Donald G. Cathcart
O’brien County
Fort Omaha
Fort Dodge
Wells
Minn
E. Olin Soule
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa Falls
Knights Templar of
A. B. Cownie
Sioux City
Brodie G. Cownie
Aisne-Marne
War news roundup spans battles and policies across fronts
Treasury chief McAdoo backs 80 percent war profits tax in Chicago. War plans shift with draft and manpower bills under consideration. Allied gains in France push back Germans toward Montdidier and Paris while Russia skirts Bolshevik danger. Casualties, labor wage boosts, and new field army formations fill the front pages.
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William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Chicago
Muffler Care and Cleaning Techniques Explained
A historical guide explains muffler function to reduce exhaust noise, noting simple devices like baffle plates and expansion chambers. It advises leaving the muffler alone until clogging occurs, then disassembling to remove carbon deposits and reaming out blocked holes to restore flow.
Removable Tray for Tools
Instructions describe a tire puncture repair method. A patch is applied inside the tire after cleaning with emery paper, two coats of cement allowed to dry, and the stem pulled through the inner wall before inflating. The method claims to restore the tire to a like new condition.
Proper Tube Insertion Prevents Flats
The article explains common tube insertion errors and advises tightening the valve stem base nut with pliers before seating the tube and tightening the rim nut after mounting and inflation to prevent pinch flats.
Causes of Poor Engine Compression When Hot
An obscure engine issue shows reduced compression as cylinders heat. Expansion of valve stems during warm up can prevent valves from seating if clearance between stems and tappets is too tight.
Making sealing wax paint for electrical terminals
Melt small pieces of sealing wax in alcohol. Cover the wax with Nquid and let it sit for a day or two until it thickens to a varnish like consistency. When used as paint it dries quickly and is acid proof, suitable for terminals, connectors and other battery parts.
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Attinga
Newark Woman Credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy
Miss Kelly of 476 South 14th Street Newark says she suffered three years from nervous breakdowns and headaches before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports rapid improvement from day one and now works normally, praising the root and herb remedy for addressing the root cause and restoring health.
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Miss. Kelly
Lydia E. Pinkham
Newark
N. J
Lydia
Pinkham
Misgeee Kelly
14Th St
Lydia E.pinkham
Miss Kelly
Nerve Tested in Front Line Flying Drills
A Philadelphia Public Ledger correspondent notes the British aviation corps trains chasing pilots under extreme tests. Cadets endure loops and vertical climbs, moments of perpendicularly poised planes, engine off free falls, then a dramatic revival to resume soaring with grace.
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Nyer
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Home and Foreign Intelligence
Liberty
New York Stock Exchange
National Army
War Industries Boand
Marne-Aisne Front
London
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Michal Lenine
the Prenter
Neon Trotzsky
Germany
Lake Charles
War Industries Board
Baker
Chateau Thierry
Epering
Paris
Montdidier
Amiens
Chalons
National Guard
New Administration
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Unilitary Committee
Colormado
New Mexico
Missouri
Utah
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Texas
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Colorado
Denver
State Department
Arctic
Caucasus
Anna Held
New York
United States
Rhine
Atlantic
Western Union Telegraph Company
George's Bank
Nantucket
Mass
John J. Pershing
Smith's Island
North Carolina
Tieardy
Landers
America
British Trades Union Congress
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Djemnah
Mediterranean
Picardy
The
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Foch
Penistone
Sydland
New England
Navy Department
Wilson
Las
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Pershing
Bolo Pasha
von Bernstorffe
W. ER. Hearst
M. &. Lewis
Marcin
Washington
Gloucester
Robert
Richard
Maine
Floyd Gibbons
FMANN
Cuticura
Raesists
Tfou
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