Decorah Opticians and Physicians Advertised Practitioners
In Decorah Iowa multiple medical and professional services are listed. M J Soukup optician offers eye care with glasses and lens services. C Hoeg M D physician handles lung diseases. Urban Urban osteopathic physicians offer Sulphur Steam Baths. Harriette Amy M D specializes in women and children with office in Curtin's Addition. W M Strand attorney and general services include insurance and steamship agency at 406 Main Street.
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Steamship Agency
Main Street
Decorah
Iowa
Standard
Editorial on War Time Morale and Public Duty
A broad survey of wartime sentiment, politics, and economic risk. The piece cites soldiers letters, food shortages, and morale, warns against Kaiser influence, praises American women’s wartime labor, and discusses Russia, Germany, and postwar finance while urging supportive bonds and duty to democracy.
Filming of Proposed Mississippi Valley Park Shown in McGregor
A motion picture of the scenery for the Mississippi Valley National Park near McGregor was prepared by the Greater Town Association with McGregor Citizens' Association contributing funds. The film debuted at Strand Theater on Friday night, March 15, and will tour statewide under the Greater Towa association.
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Mississippi Valley National Park
McGregor
Greater Town Association
McGregor Citizens’ Association
Strand Theater
Towa
Greater
Russia Surrenders Large Regions as Japan May Move East
The all-Russian congress of soviets ratified a peace with the central powers by 453 to 30, ceding Poland, Courland, Livonia, Bathenia, and the Ukraine, with Asia Minor losses and demobilization of the army. Germany gains access to former Russian territories while a Japanese move into Siberia is anticipated to protect supplies at Vladivostok.
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Russia
Germany
Ukraine
Black Sea
Petrograd
Congress of
Sove
Moscow
M. Ryazenov
Bolshevik I
Bolshevik Party
Lof
Siberia
Poland
Courland
Livonia
Bathenia
Asia Minor
Armenia
Batoum
Kars
Erivan
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Baltic
Japan
Vladivostok
Clull
Large new draft movement ordered by Crowder to start March 29
Washington March 12 A plan to draft 95 000 men over five days begins March 29 under Provost Marshal General Crowder. States except Iowa and Minnesota receive calls including remaining first draft and second draft registrants. About 70 000 white and 24 000 black troops are to be distributed across camps in Devens Meade Gordon Zachary Taylor Grant Pike Punston Travis and other locations.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Union
Towa
Minnesota
Devens
Massachusetts
Meade
Maryland
Gordon
Georgia
Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Grant
Pike
Arkansas
Dodge
Iowa
Punston
Kansas
Travis
Texas
Kenyon Denounces Kaiser at Maryland National Defense Meeting
Senator Kenyon of Iowa addressed a patriotic meeting by the Maryland League for National Defense, urging Americans to boycott German-made goods. He blasted the kaiser as doomed to defeat and urged the public to refuse purchases tied to German murderers and their regime. He urged, Do your damnedest, and told Germans to take their goods and go to hell.
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Baltimore Dispatch
New York World
Peregrine Wroth
Maryland League For National Defense
Kenyon
Iowa
Kaiser
Hell
Billy Nine
Day
Germany
The Farmer as a Lender War Bond Mindset Shift
The piece argues midwestern farmers, longtime borrowers, should embrace lending by buying government war bonds. It traces economic history from pioneer settlement to America becoming a permanent money lender, noting Europe’s postwar need for US loans and potential future bond offers from abroad. It urges Americans to practice lending now to prepare for peacetime needs.
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Middle West
West
Europe
Mississippi Valley
Seven Seas
New England
Bank of England
America
England
France
Italy
Belgium
South America
United States
Germany
Russia
Germany Prepares Drive Amid Peace Talks Stalemate
Berlin reports Field Marshal Von Hindenburg asserts the Entente shows inflexibility while Germany presses an offensive. Neutral sources say Germany could risk 300,000 casualties in a new attack, with Verdun costing about 500,000.
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Amsterdam
Marshal von Hindenberg
Berlin
Entente
Germany
Associated Press
Third Liberty Loan Drive Organizes Precinct Committees
A Winneshiek county meeting last Friday outlined a government styled plan for the Third Liberty Loan drive. County and township officers will supervise lists of property owners and bond subscribers with nine solicitors per township and ward chairs in towns. The campaign aims for complete subscriber lists and no slackers, with a later publication of full sub- committee and township rosters.
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al. H. Stubbs
Cedar Rapids
Stubbs
R. Algyer
Liberty Loan Committee
Winneshiek County
Second Liberty Loan
Leach Ward
Fremont Township
E. FP. Chase
Harmony
Minn
Burr Oak
W. H. Emmons
Town
Hesper
A. J. C. Wingate
Prosper
Highland Township
Alvin Pfister
Decorah
Towa
Orleans
Claude Morton
Cresco
Bluffton Township
P. F. O’brien
Ridgeway
Iowa
Canoe Township
E. C. Reed
Pleasant Township
N. N. Hendrickson
Rt. No. 3
Meyer son serves overseas in World War I era
Andrew Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Meyer, is in France as a letter from over seas confirms. He enlisted in the 43d Aero Squadron at Dayton, Ohio and was later moved to Houston, then Long Island, likely engaged in active service.
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Chicago Herald
United States
Andrew F. Meyer
Mra. L. A. Meyer
France
Mrr. Meyer
Andrew
43D Aero Squadron
Dayton
Ohio
Houston
Texas
Long Island
New York
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