Items of Interest Summarized for Easy Readers
State secret service men investigate Rev. Blaufges pastor of a German church in Denver Bremer county over language edict. Lieut Walter Schafer of Ottumwa and ex Chicago star wounded by Germans alive and improving. Hog price math in Sac County shows cost to raise pork up $10 per 100 over min. Multiple local incidents include mine disaster deaths and worker feats. Iowa war effort notes cover threshers pledge, Camp Dodge land options, and April highway fatalities. Collective state finances show tax intake and auto tax totals.
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State Secret Service
Blaufges
Denver
Bremer County
Walter B. Schafer
Ottumwa
Chicago
Sac County
Sac City
Tony Kovicich
Cinelaneti
John Kauzelarie
Francis
John Nolan
Marshalltown
South Center Street
Northwestern Railroad
Wm. Lynch
Reinbeck
Balles & Rogers
Lynch
Lambert J. Toeller
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Toeller
Iowa
Magnus Brewing Company
Mize Margaret Dodd
Charles City
Miss Dodd
Mississippi Valley Iron Co
Waukon
Minnesota
Eighty Eighth Division
Camp Dodge
Uncle Sam
National Army
Cal. O. H. Williams
Maj
Geoffrey Keys
Washington
Louisa County
Gem Theatre
Wapello
Hog Island
Iowa State College
E. C. Macy
Greater Des Moines
Des Moines
O Homer A. Miller
P. E. McClenahan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Harding
Cummins
Kenyon
Long
Farm for Quick Consumption Opens Werld Nae Im Briefest
A brief notice announces the Werld nae im Briefest opening, offering fast access and prompt service for buyers seeking rapid procurement. The listing emphasizes convenience and quick consumption in a rural market context.
Navy reports American launch sunk by German shore battery
The navy department announced an American naval launch aiding a French destroyer tow and an American seaplane were sunk by German shore batteries. Two crew members probably drowned and were captured. A German submarine attacking the Lake Forest 1,500 miles off Cape Henry was sunk after a two hour engagement. Emma Baer Dyer of Fort Wayne received word her son Paul Baer is in a German prison camp. War totals show 220 sick and wounded arrived in the US in the two weeks ending July 5. Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt downed his first German plane north of Chateau Thierry. Pro vost Crowder ordered local draft boards to stop allowing volunteers to choose arms. Lieutenant Warren T Hobbs of Worcester was killed by German anti aircraft fire on June 26.
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Story
Miinola
Collumbia
W. F. Myers
Iowa
Iowa State Highway Commission
W. L. Harding
State Optometry Board
G S Dunlap
Sioux City
James G. McMasters
Cedar Rapids
James McDonald
Washta
George F. Servers
Centerville
Charles Webster
United States
J. F. Deems
Des Moines
Salem
Red Cross
Ottumwa
Hamburgh
P. McBride
Tom Stivinoch
Waterloo
J. E. Dempster
Washington
H. J. Metcalf
State Council of Defense
United States Patent Office
Wagoner John Hamilton
Lehigh
Fred A. Sell
Chelsea
Merton V. Hair
Early
George D. O'Laughlin
Stuart
Adolph William Mueller
Ft. Dodge
Clarence C. Coles
Collins
Leo A. Hammer
Lone Tree
Sigurd Ahning
Elkhorn
Meréy
E. H. Crowder
Adjt
Guy Logan
Camp Forrest
Georgia
Towa
Fiest
W. W. Copeland
Burlington
E. D. Brigham
Iowa City
Lars Bladine
Cedar Falla
L. B. Whitney
Decorah
W. G. Dows
Fred C. Huebner
Albia
Charles Rawson
J. W. Calvert
Willis L. Stern
Logan
B. B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
A. L. Whitney
Storm Lake
Congress
House
Federal Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
Navy Department
Lake Forest
Cape Henry
Jake
Europe
Newark
Chicago raid marks greatest roundup of slackers in history
Federal operatives and police led a nationwide roundup centering on Chicago where the first raid targeted the Cubs park. About 1,000 fans were arrested while a major search extended to 800 feet drop deaths in Belleville and a fatal aviation crash in Mineola. Draft evasion probes spanned 1,187 detained, 10,000 questioned, many released.
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Department of Justice
Chicago
Cubs
President Wilson acts on wheat and sugar prices
President Wilson urged measures to stabilize wheat and sugar prices amid rising costs and threatened shortages. He cited efforts to equalize consumer prices and improve distribution while signing a large army appropriation to fund the coming fiscal year. The government sees Russia’s rapidly changing situation as preventing any firm decision on military aid.
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Wilson
United States
Russia
Proclamation in Dublin Targets British Men of Military Service
Reports from a Swiss source relay a Dublin proclamation calling for British subjects eligible for military service to report. It notes German leaders claim Emperor William fell ill, while Berlin and Amsterdam dispatches discuss negotiations and ongoing fighting amid global war tensions.
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Dublin
Ireland
William
Rome
Wages Compare Germany and America in Wartime Context
The excerpt contrasts wages in Berlin and the United States, noting German pay of 3 to 16 cents an hour for various workers and American wages around $4 to $5 for eight hours. It argues that American industry remains ahead and urges workers to study and resist Germanisation, emphasizing opportunities to improve conditions through determination and skill.
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Oer
Berlin
America
New York Obscure Memoir Sparks Child Memorial Tale
A New York paper recalls a tale of a memorial for a lost child linked to a fishing outing near Rock Pine, with a father’s note to a relative. The fragment suggests a sentimental chronicle about ownership of land and the tragedy of the accident.
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York
Bom Mermorial
Grant
Aetoric
Towchy Isan Hs
Muchan
Daspe
Vietial
New York City
Gaye
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Emma Baer Dyer
Paul Baer
Fort Wayne
Ace
New Pruela
War Department
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chateau Thierry
France
Crowder
Warren T. Hobbs
Worcester
Mass
Lee C. Giddings
Duluth, Minn
Edward C. Darrington
Washington, D. C
Scottfield
Belleville
Office of the
New York Evening Mail
New York City Hall
John Purroy
Mitchel
New York
Bruce N. Culmer
Martinsville
Ind
Mineola
N. Y
J. Dudley White
W. S. Rowe
Broaddus
Piney Woods
San Augustine County
Texas
Philadelphia
Northwest
Department of Agriculture
American Protective League
Cleveland
Glackera
Admiral von Hintze
Norway
Ofalrs
London
Amsterdam
Reichstag
von Hertling
Balfour
Germany
J. RB. Clynes
Labor
Manchester
Lord Bhs
Richard Knehlmann
Switzerland
Paris
Leipzig
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Channel
Belgium
England
George
Queen Mary
Cape Race
Malyday
Smyrna
Aldin
Mesopotamia
Pagha
St Ly Fa Say
Ostend
Zeebrugee
Bruges
Orkman
Tower
Auditia
Tondage
Ian Industries
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