Atlantic Lews Post Office Notice and Rate Card
Advertising rates available on application. Directors and stockholders listed. Editors and managers named. Telegraph and subscription rates shown for carrier and mail delivery in the United States and Canada. Postage and mailing details noted under 1879 act.
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Atlantic
Lews
Congress
Chas. F. Chase
B. P. Chase
R. K. A. Chase
H P Chaser
U. S
Canada
If We Break Faith and the Liberty Bond Drive
A World War I era column quotes the Flanders Fields poem by Lieut. Col. John McCrae and urges citizens to keep faith with the dead. It calls for supporting the Fourth Liberty Loan and purchasing government bonds. The piece also reports Secretary McAdoo resisting inflationary revenue bill ideas as Congress debates the measure.
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Flanders Fields
John Macrea
Man
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Congress
House
Washington
McAdoo backs limits on war taxes amid alarm over spending
Chicago Tribune cites McAdoo arguing for a cap on taxes to avoid overburdening industry while funding war needs. He notes a total of twenty four billions from taxes and bonds, condemns waste in aircraft contracts, and says the public accepts war costs but demands sensible financing and preservation of industry’s vitality.
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Chicago Tribune
McAdoo
The Case of Cotton in Wilson's Price Policy
President Wilson shows little regard for southern congressmen urging no government price fixing for cotton. The piece questions why northern product prices are fixed while southern cotton is exempt and notes confusion over farmers’ price controls across regions.
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Wilson
North
South
Congress
Middle West
Rippling Rhymes Closer Together
A poem reflecting reconciliation between Britain and the United States, framing shared history from Valley Forge to Kaiser's fall. It imagines British and American bonds strengthened, singing God Save the King and Yankee Doodle, and ending with Kaiser Bill acknowledging unity. Copyright by Geo. Matthew Adama.
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Valley Forge
George
Britain
King
Brittania
Kaiser Bill
Biit
Yank
Geo
Matthew Adama
Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Ind
Mrs Anna Methriano of Peru Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her displacement backache and dragging pains after doctors urged surgery. She reports waking at four, doing housework, working in a factory, then returning home for supper and feeling strong and well. She urges other afflicted women to try the remedy.
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Peru
Ind
Lydia EL Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Methriano
West 10Th St
Lydia BE
Gold output in Korea halves in first half of 1918
United Press reports that Korea mine gold production fell to 1.6 million dollars in the first half of 1918, down 200 thousand from the prior year. Large mines at Unsan Suan and Chicksan remain steady, while Japanese and Korean mines suffer from higher costs due to dynamite quicksilver and chemical price rises and labor shortages.
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Tokio
Korea
Unsan
Suan
Chicksan
Movable movies near front line bring Red Cross show
At the Italian front, portable cinema units on Ford chassis bring moving picture entertainment to Red Cross front line canteens. A lieutenant even ran a private show, using a sheltery spot for a screen as shells burst nearby. Films are promised from various sources to standardize this dugout cinema effort.
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United Press
American Red Cross
Moving Picture Show
Ford
Military Affairs Department
Red Cross
Waterbury
Dressmaking Parlor Opened by Miss Nelle Quinlan
Miss Nelle Quinlan, long identified with the dressmaking business, has opened a dressmaking parlor at 1005 Poplar Street. She solicits ladies who are particular about gowns and will design and make attractive women s wear. Telephone Green 201.2d21.
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Nelle Quinlan
Poplar Street
Short September term opens with Rockafellow presiding
The September district court term opens tomorrow in this city with Judge Rockafellow taking over from Judge Shelby Cullison in a swap with the Avoca term. The grand jury reports in the third week. the petit jury is excused and few jury or equity cases are expected. Clean your rugs with an electric vacuum cleaner advertised by Williams Electric Works, Green 204.
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District Court
Rockafellow
Shelby Cullison
Avoca
Grand Jury
Asl
Williams Electric Works
Hoover warns public to cut diet for war effort
Washington D C Sept 23 Food Administrator Hoover urged Americans to conserve supplies to win the war. He praised general efforts but warned no quick end to the war before summer 1919 and proposed each person cut weekly food consumption by about a half pound.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
A New Victory Slogan Question in The Buffalo Times
The Buffalo Times editorial column urges readers to think boldly about war language with a suggested slogan that changes the phrase when the war is over to when wern the war, prompting discussion on wartime rhetoric.
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The
Buffalo Times
Bis
Local merchants urged to assist Liberty Loan drive
Local merchants are asked to visit Chairman M. P. Conway to choose lithographs advertising Liberty Bonds for display in their windows. Township advertising will be distributed next week. all who call and obtain it aid the effort. John Deere gang plow and Anker Holth self balancing cream separators for sale by Citizens Lumber & Supply Co. Atlantic Iowa.
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Liberty Loan Committee
M. P. Conway
John Deere Gang
Anker Holth
Gale
Citizens Lumber & Supply Co
Atlantic
Iowa
Great War Chronology Highlights and Miscellany
United Press items recount Berlin’s stance on Count Luxburg’s sparring with Argentina, a 1916 Zeppelin downing over London, Russia’s claim that its main army at Vilna can outrun German pursuers, and a 1914 German war office remark blaming France for setbacks. Extra copies of the Atlantica News Telegraph are noted.
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United Press
Berlin
Count Luxburg
Argentina
London
Russia
Vil‘na
German War Office
Eays
Hhelms
France
Cass County Boy Killed in Action in France
Howard South of Victoria township, son of Isaac South, died in action in France on July 26. He was a member of Company 3B of Des Moines and served with the Rainbow division after joining last year.
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News
Massena
France
Howard South
Isaac South
Victoria Township
Des Moines
Rainbow
War Notes and Home Front Plans From Iowa and Beyond
The Associated Press reports Bulgarian and German efforts to enslave captured Serbs, while Kaiser Wilhelm shifts rhetoric toward peace. Balloon observers face danger on the front, and American prisoners sometimes find German troops eager to quit. Senator James Hamilton Lewis says Germany now fears American forces. In Iowa, plans to improve Camp Dodge and Des Moines K of C buildings advance, and War Savings sites reach 1503 statewide with 365 new groups. Navy sections expand as University of Iowa hosts 100 bluejackets in an expanded wartime training setup.
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James Hamilton Lewis
West Front
America
Germany
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Camp Dodge Introduces Weekly Half Holiday Policy
CAMP DODGE September 28 The new half holiday orders apply to officers and men. During fall and winter soldiers receive one afternoon off weekly with return to barracks by midnight. Passes issued by unit commanding officers to eligible personnel. Early issues drew many to the guard after midnight but incidents have declined. CARD OF THANKS Mrs Kate Blake thanks friends for birthday cards and wishes.
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United Press
Camp Dodge
Kate Blake
New York Opens National Exposition of Chemical Industries
The National Exposition of Chemical Industries opens in New York reflecting strides by American chemists in replacing Made in Germany chemicals. The event features exhibits from chambers of commerce and technical societies with a focus on new products and processes.
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United Press
New York
Aumerica
Bunineas
IKing Booze Is Out Of War In Britain
London reports that compulsory temperance cut drunkenness in England by about 82 percent since the war and boosted industrial efficiency. Liquor sales are limited to specific hours. treating is banned. Government and private canteens replace bars near docks and factories. Distilling of spirits was halted two years ago.
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Iking
Britain
United Preas
London
Mail
England
Lord D'Abernon
Board of Liquor Control
Liquor Board
Sunnyside Defense Center Formed At Sunnyside School
A War Savings Community Center society was organized Friday at the Sunnyside school with Ruth Miller named president and Mrs. W. D. Keller as secretary and treasurer. A. C. Thiele is vice president and Ralph Kimball and Nora McCourt join the program committee. Next meeting set for October 4. A Maple Valley meeting followed, naming Mrs. Thomas Marshall president and Mrs. James Wilkerson secretary with a program committee including the president, secretary, and Mr. Rachaels.
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War Savings Community Center Society
Sunnyside
Ruth Miller
W. D.keller
A. C. Thiele
Ralph Kimball
Nora McCourt
Miller
Butler
Sunnyside Defense
Maple Valley
Thomas Marshall
James Wilkerson
Rachaels
Sano promising relief for kidney and bladder troubles
An old advertisement touts Sano! as best for kidney and bladder issues with relief in 24 hours from backache and blader troubles. It sells bottles at 50c and 1.00 from Lewis, the druggist.
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Lewis
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