Atlantic News and Telegraph Union Advertises Rates and Wreck News
The item lists publishing details for a newspaper and notes several events. A Pennsylvania Limited train wreck near Terre Haute injures none besides a mail clerk. The Peruvian cabinet resigns. the Portuguese bark Porto sunk by a German sub off the Atlantic coast. An aerial postman sets a New York to Washington record while Dr. H. K. Wolf dies in Wyoming. Ship Invincible keel-laying finishes. Dispatches mention Germany ceding Livonia and portions of Estonia to Benin and Canada. Germany bars German language in many Brazilian schools. William J. Schwartz of Milwaukee, head of the National Yardmasters Association, is arrested for embezzlement.
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Germany
Pennsylvania Limited
Terre Haute
Ind
Lima
Porto
Atlantic
New York
Washington
H. K. Wolf
University of Nebraska
Wheatland
Wyo
Alameda
Calif
Bates
Invincible
Caprier
Russia
Benin
Livonia
Canada
Esthenia
Brazil
William J. Schwartz
Milwaukee
National Association of Yardmasters
Association
Telegraphic Brevities General News Roundup
Congressmen Dowell and Sweet visited Buckingham Palace with others to meet King Beorse of England after touring the French front. Military experts say fresh Allied troops outnumber the enemy. the National War Labor Board grants increased wages to 22 trolley lines including Iowa. Anne Martin seeks U S Senate in Nevada as an independent candidate. Ten thousand workers at General Electric in Lynn return after a strike. Miller and Co. plant fire in New York destroys paper worth about a quarter million. Lloyd George supports a peace league but warns hard terms may follow. Camp Pike casualty heat stroke kills George L. Fisher. Three state agents beaten in Dubuque during liquor arrest. assailants unknown. Infantile paralysis appears controlled in Dubuque. Sioux City to receive $100000 donation to Helping Hand mission. $800000 for county road improvements. Arthur Holmes named head of Drake University. I W W members in Sioux City assault John Papas. Papas stabbed, Tom Baker arrested.
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Dowell
Sweet
Buckingham Palace
King Beorse
England
France
Alliag
Ntional War Labor Board
Iowa
Mian Dent
Anne Martin
Presidhe National Woman’s Party
United States
Nevada
Sioux City
Arthur Holmes
Pennsylvania State College
Drake University
Des Moines
John Papas
Papas
Tom Baker
Motor Trucks Ferry Akron Scouts on 2500 Mile Trip
Dr. Carl R. Steinke accompanied fifty Akron Ohio boy scouts on an unprecedented motor truck tour spanning 2500 miles through eastern states. Three fully provisioned passenger trucks served as moving dormitories and dining rooms with Pullman style berths. They toured major cities, visited the White House, Gettysburg, and Lincoln Highway points, and conducted city tours and demonstrations along the route while promoting thrift stamps and food conservation.
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Carl R. Steinke
Atlantic
Fred C. Steinke
Akron, Q
War Department
Boy Scout
Miotor
Boston
Beaver Falls
Pittsburg
Bedford
Gettysburg
York
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Trenton
New York
Bridgeport
New Haven
Hartford
Springfield
Worcester
Baltimore
Washington
White House
Wilson
Akron
Doctor Prescribes Vinol For Nervous Mother
A Jacksonville advertisement features Mrs G H Lamson praising Vinol as a constitutional remedy containing beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese peptonates, and glycerophosphates. The doctor advised Vinol for a weak, nervous 20 month old mother, claiming it restored strength for caregiving duties. Lewis, the druggist, promotes it widely.
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Jacksonville
G. H. Lamson
Lewis
Iowa to Draft Unskilled Men for War Industries
Quotas of unskilled labor to support war industries were announced by the department of labor under the government recruiting system via the United States employment service. Iowa must furnish 6,805 workers, Nebraska 4,185, and Minnesota 9,405 as part of the nationwide effort to address a labor shortage estimated at about 600,000.
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United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Notice of Executor Appointment in M R Lambert Estate
In Iowa District Court Cass County a probate notice states John F Trede has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of M R Lambert, deceased. Creditors urged to present claims and debtors to pay the executor. dated August 1, 1918. Filed by attorney Meredith.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Cage County
M. R. Lambert
M. RB. Lambert
Cass County
A. D
Doctor urged an operation in Baltimore story
A Baltimore woman narrates persistent organic troubles, nervousness, and headaches that kept her in bed monthly. Her sister urged Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which she took for five bottles and credits with complete cure and restored health, encouraging others to try it before surgery.
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Baltimore
Lydia B. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
NeLam B. Rittingham
Calverton Rd
Lydia E Pinkham
They'd Sell Germany for Pound of Steak
United Press reports from London that during four years of war the Iron Cross has lost value among German soldiers who would part with it for bread. The Croix de Guerre remains valued among the allied ranks for acts of bravery, though the French award is earned at great risk. Iron Crosses are shown in many forms for commonplace actions, with long lists of awards printed weekly in German papers.
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United Press
London
Pound
New Revenue Measure Doubles Special Tax
The house ways and means committee advanced an $8 billion revenue bill doubling present taxes on tobacco products and raising levies on brokers theaters amusements billiard halls bowling alleys and incorporations. A 1 percent tax on mail order retail sales above 100000 yearly was approved along with uniform 8 percent tax on Pullman seats berths and passenger rates. Stamp taxes remain unchanged.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Pullman
Foes Side By Side Stir Anti Saloon Lobby Clash
In Washington a scene in the senate galleries showed Rev BE A Din wid and Levi Sooks seated together, a rare moment of cross lobbyist contact amid the liquor fight. A fire at a building caused $20,000 loss with $8,400 insurance, and multiple nearby structures burned. Six horses perished in the blaze.
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United Press
Washington
Gee
Senate
BE. A. Dinwid Did
National Anti-Saloon ‘League
Levi Sooks
Farm Buildings Worth $20,000 Destroyed by Fire
Fire of incendiary origin at 2 a.m. Thursday destroyed the farm home of Adolph Beuck near Council Bluffs Iowa. The blaze caused about $20,000 in losses including buildings and contents. No injuries were reported as neighbors aided in extinguishing the flames and saving other structures.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Adolph Beuck
Why Not An Irrigated Farm In Southern Alberta
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company argues irrigation boosts success over rain reliant farms. Benefits include weather control, higher and steadier yields, greater crop variety, better climate, stronger community, and long term soil fertility through alfalfa. The plan offers loans to home makers and favorable sale terms, with prices from 960 per acre and a structured 20 year loan repayment.
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Canada
Secon
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Alberta
Drouth
Canadian Pacific Railway
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News and Telegraph
EMS
United Preda Association
I Editorial Office
Partment
General Electrical Company
Lynn
Mass
Miller & Co
Lloyd George
George L. Fisher
Iowa County
Camp Pike
Dubuque
Willard
Theotr
To Storage Battery Company
Walnut Street
Mamamoth
Pullman Cara
John F. Trede
Aaid Eatate
Ee Vie Meredith
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ship Cream Direct
Central Iowa Creamery Co
Hedges Bros
Renovators
OFZ
News-Telegraph
Beuck
Huth
Sean Sators
Asain
Canadian Pacific Rail Hackney Building
ST. Paul, M
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