Fire, fever, and war drives sweep Iowa for 1917
Des Moines reports a destructive blaze at the Sherman Box and Paper Co building, blamed on a firebug, with $14,000 loss and partial insurance. Other items recall wartime mobilization, Y M C A drives, thrift stamps, local heroism, student enrollment shifts, and multiple accidents across towns like Boone, Ames, Camp Dodge, Merrill, and Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Box and Paper Company
Des Moines
Army
Otto Selling
Northwestern Railway
Boone
Uncle Sam
Anthon
May Housworth
Camp Dodge
William Parsons
W. W. Adams
Eliot
Wapello High School
Iowa
Merrill
Caleb-Shearon
Fuel Commission
Dennison
Carrie Andrson
Troops From Iowa and Minnesota Parade at Camp Dodge
A dual review on the Camp Dodge parade ground west of the arsenal witnessed by Governors Harding of Iowa and Burnquist of Minnesota. The provisional artillery brigade led by Brig. Gen Foote and the 350th Infantry under Col Price passed in order, with praise from both governors for officer competence and the impressive display by the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Iowa
J. A. A. Burnquist
Minnesota
National Army
5. M. Foote
H. J. Price
Three Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry
M. Getty
B. H. Plummer
Senator Cummins
Harding
Burnquiat
Burnquist
Three Hundred and Thirty-seventh Field Artillery
War, crime, and notable deaths in brief items
A Dyersburg lynching results in a public square burning of Ligon Scott after assaulting a white woman. Military actions include Dayliah armies near Jerna… repulsed with losses. winter is mild per Albert Sten. Gertrude Stith, author of Arabella and Araminta, dies in Brookline MA. Robert McRoy, ex-AL secretary, dies in Milwaukee. Mexican forces defeat Villa near Laguna. Chicago packers protest profits limits before Hoover. A German destroyer sinks after mine near Westkappelle. November British casualties surge to 120,570 officers and men. A south interurban strikes an auto near Lansing, killing three. Baron Lowen departs Buenos Aires as Luxburg ciphered messages surface. Mrs. Helen Studebaker Henderson killed in an auto accident. husband Lucius Henderson injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Homer A. Mitler
Des Moines
Iowa Hye
Charles Bads
Artllery
Fort Des Moines
Glennan
Washington
Medical Department of the Army
Ft. Dey Molnea
Edward Waters
Atlantic
Victa
M. D
Davenport
Dubuque
Germain
Cedar Rapie
Frank Kerisa
Chamber of Commerce of
Dead Moines
Signal Corps
Omaha Pilots’ School
Ames
Weat Liberty
Red Cross Society of
Keosauqua
Grinnell
Clarence Doane
Jasper County
Bertha Fox
Decorah
Bar Banda
Ligon Scott
Dyersburg
Tenn
Palestine
Jernaniem
London
Albert Sten
Mrazee
Minn
Gertrude “Stith
Brook: Inc
Mass
Robert McRoy
American League
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Club
Milwaukee
Wis
Olinaga
Villa
Laguna
Junior
Mex
Chicago Packers
Hoover
Zeebrugge
Westkappelle
Holy Land
Amsterdam
Britain
Snven
Willoughby Crossing
Lansing
Mich
Grace Clements
George Edison Clements
Lyle Hermon
Alfred
Baron Lowen
Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Germaan
Argentina
Berlin
Helen Studebaker Henderson
Jacob PF
Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation
Lucius Henderson
New Rochelle
N. Y
Rochelle
Henderson
Americans Helped British in Cambrai Drive
American troops played a crucial role in General Byngs advance before Cambrai. Army engineers reportedly aided the front by building roads behind British lines for nearly four months. Two American engineers were wounded, marking the first U S casualties reported from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Byng
Cambrai
United States
Washington
Tte
Markets News Chicago Prices and commodity quotes Dec 1
Open high low close readings across Corn Wheat Hay and live stock segments. Grain quotes include jute par prices for various wheat patent grades, rye and new white rye. hay and dressed poultry prices. cattle hogs and sheep figures show ranges for Good to choice and butcher types with specific weights and prices. Includes standard market terms and price levels from Chicago reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atockera
New Discovery Aids Kidney and Back Ailments
Local readers hear of Anure Tablets from Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo. A Chicago man testifies after years of back pain that two boxes eased his pain as doctors failed. The ad explains weak kidneys flood the blood with poisons causing rheumatism and uric acid troubles and promotes Anurte as a remedy with double strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Plarco
The
Invalids' Hotel
Buffalo
Walter Carlson
Sedgwick Street
Chicago
Ill
Ming
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Fierce
Nvalids’ Hotel
Island Queen Lithelknlant Rumored Dead In Ukulele Land
In a quizzical exchange with Jimson, Scroggins jokes about Hawaii’s former queen. The Indiapapolis News piece notes a misnaming of the queen and a whimsical reference to living among ukuleles on the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Jimson
Indiapapolis News
Green's August Flower Advertises Stomach Ailments Aid
August Flower is promoted as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, relieves sick headaches, sour stomach, and nervous indigestion, and cleanses the alimentary tract. It claims to stimulate bile production and purify the blood, with bottles sold for 80 and 90 cents in civilized countries.
Tragedy of the Cuisine Echoes in Household Talk
A humorous dialogue captures Mrs. Torkine instructing a cook to economize. The cook asks for meaning, and Mrs. Torkine explains waste reduction as a personal choice, adding she will leave tomorrow.
Cure No Cold in Rare ARTI Oromu Satin Maptete
Fragmentary report mentions Cure No Cold in rare ARTI Oromu Satin. Prugglers refused money ift fala to cure, Mr. Gneve's signature to enough box Ba. Also references natural place and a quote about Bill at a swallow tale party and New York milk price impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gneve
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Forestry Department
Iowa State College
State University
Iowa Board
Frank Lyman
Adjutant General's Office
Iowa County
Charles Webster
Dex Mulhea Committee
Commission
MaacVicar
Webster
J. R. Shook
Weston P. Chamberlain
Pika
Little Rock
Ark
Camp
Dodge
War Department
Walter G. Baker
Division Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Baker
Sam
Towa
Marengo
Adjutant General'a Department
Adjutant General's Department
RK. J. Gilchrist
Merys Williams
A. HE. Gibson
Crowder
Guy E. Logan
General Logan
Logan
F. E. Leman
W. B. Barney
State Dairy Department
A. L. Urlek
Washington, D. C
Urick
Vete
Hagoner
Firat
U. S
New York
Dean
Lydia Shuster
Margaret
Doan
F. W. Cassidy, JR
Notary Public
Foster-M0 Burn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
U.S
Sant
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