Americans Shine Amid Global War Drums in France
Australian correspondent hails the American expeditionary force in France praising its spirit, speed of learning, and potential to become a great army. He notes their bright ardor, discipline by voluntary effort, and the German foe facing a rising American host. A second item reports a wrecked forty ton hydraulic press plunged into the Mississippi near North McGregor, with a diver to locate a 2000 pound fragment. Liberty Bonds are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
F. M. Cuttack
Britain
Battleship Hill
Liman von Sanders
Lorraine
British Empire
Mississippi
Dubuque
North McGregor
New Jersey
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Hogs for the Red Cross Drive in Grinnell District
Seventy two farmers around Grinnell contributed to the Red Cross fund for Iowa soldiers. A carload of hogs sold at the stockyards for 3075.03 dollars with a top price of 18.50 per hundred pounds. In Waverly two men bet on who would live longest by buying 810 dollars in war stamps, with the survivor receiving them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Red Cross
Iowa
Waverly
German Drops From Iowa Schools Under State Order
State superintendent A M Deyoe set last Friday as the deadline for removing German from Iowa school curricula. He reports strong statewide approval and predicts German will not return during the war or soon after. Civics history and economics are replacing German, with some districts adopting French or Spanish as alternatives. The shift depends on available language instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Deyoe
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mr. Deyoe
Deyoe
Iowa
Land auction to sell 2700 acres in three Iowa counties
The Towa Patriotic fund will auction 2700 acres in O'Brien Osceola and Dickinson counties in June. Proceeds from selling this land, part of a half million dollars entrusted to the fund, will finance placing and maintaining a U S flag on every school building to foster patriotism among Iowa youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Osceola
Dickinson
Towa Patriotic Fund
Towa
Collecting a Mile of Pennies for Red Cross
Miss Sue Johnson of Newton organizes a mile long collection of pennies for Red Cross work. The effort began after a summer visit to Indiana and has grown to 84,480 coins worth 844.80 dollars in copper by Newton’s fall return.
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Red Cross
Miss Sue Johnson
Newton
Miss Johnson
Indiana
Belgium Seeks Pure Belgian Draft Horses in Iowa
Belgium’s Dr. Vanderheyden and Dr. Holmans visit Iowa breeders and Ames College to restock postwar farms. They note Belgian stock nearly wiped out by invasion and praise top Iowa breeders Chas Irvine Ankeny C G Good Ogden Lefebvre Bros Fairfax and Holbert Bros Greeley and cite Iowa champions as notable gains.
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Belgium
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
C. Vanderheyden
G. Holmans
College of Agriculture
Ames
America
Messrs
Vanderheyden and
Holmans
Holland
France
Chas. Irvine
Ankeny
C. G. Good
Ogden
Lefebvre Bros
Fairfax
Holbert Bros
Greeley
War Time Savings Cut Luxury Imports in 1917
The 1917 import reductions show eleven million saved on precious stones, three million on art works, seven million on laces, and similar cuts on other luxuries. The shift funded taxes, Liberty bonds, and Red Cross donations, benefiting labor and national production while teaching thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Red Cross
Secretary of Cedar Rapids Eagles Faces Charter Loss
The arrest and prosecution of the lodge secretary for illicit liquor sales in Eagles rooms led to the Cedar Rapids aerie losing its charter. A grand trustee investigated and found violations of dry laws, recommending forfeiture of the local aerie charter.
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The
Cedar Rapids
Liberty Bonds and War Efforts Highlight Local News
Items from Fayette and surrounding counties recount a fatal accident near Elkport in Clayton County where Dennis White, four, died after a log skid struck him while unloading on a Kafer farm. Other notes praise Carl Schroyver for buying War Savings Stamps, report a Star foundry worker being yellowed for not supporting bonds, and note a Forest City area fire fatality from a kerosene incident.
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Dennis White
Elkport
Clayton County
Mr. White
Wm. Kafer
White
Liberty Bonds
Alder dye history and a fatal railway crossing accident
The article notes alder as an ancient dye source known to Native peoples for nets on the Pacific coast. It cites its mention in the Kalevala as the world’s oldest recorded dye. It also reports a Grand Junction railway crossing accident where Vivian Thompson and Borden Bennett were killed and Pearl Gray and Fannie Potter injured.
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Pacific Coast
Kalevala
Finland
Vivian Thompson
Burdenna Bennett
Pearl Gray
Grand Junction
Greene County
Fannie Potter
Red Cross Pigs Scheme in Fayette County
Fayette County Farm Bureau association proposes a Red Cross pig in every pen initiative to support war relief. The plan leverages one countywide bureau and its network among pig raisers to coordinate the effort between the two Red Cross chapters in Oelwein and West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union Argo-Gazette
Red Cross
Fayette County
Fayette County Farm Bureau Association
Farm Bureau
Beet Sugar Factory Planned for Belmond Wilts Wright County
A Town Valley Sugar Co. formed to build a new beet sugar factory in Belmond, Wright county, with at least one million dollars to be spent. The Elder farm of 270 acres was sold for the factory site. The plant will be near the town and is expected to boost local beet farming, already profitable for area farmers in Belmond and Kanawha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmond
Wright County
Town Valley Sugar Co
Kanawha
Steinmetz on Discontent: World Belongs to the Unhappy
In a May American Magazine article Steinmetz argues that progress stems from divine discontent. He cites Fulton Stephenson and his own emigration from Germany, saying dissatisfaction spurred steamboats, railroads, and personal achievement.
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Steinmetz
May American
Robert Fulton
Stephenson
Modern labor-saving methods urged for homes and farms
The article argues that not using modern lightening methods to ease household work imposes a heavy burden on both farm and city homes, highlighting the widespread hardship of manual labor in domestic settings.
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Kaiser
Thrift
Eagles
Fayette Co. Union
Carl Schroyver
Carl
D. W. Sullivan
Star Foundry
Waterloo
Sullivan
Clear Lake
Will Hickox
Forest City
Chamberlain
RK A, Engbertson
Exeter Cathedral
Germany
Bear’s
M. J. Soukup
Decorah
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