War era notices and local homefront updates
Dr Cannon a West Union dentist visits the C and Kniel home with Edna Knight. Mrs Win Reed hosts the Women's Home Circle for a happy gathering. War Dept tightens passport rules so sisters of soldiers may travel abroad for Red Cross and allied work but cannot visit relatives or marry. Iowa reports two young women in cow testing for war effort Lois Senior and Catherine Telton praised for steady service. Local labor shortages in France noted as reaching into Iowa communities.
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Dr. Cannon
West Union
Edna Knight
C. &. Kniel
Washington
France
War Department
Red Cross
Iowa
Lois Senior
Independence
Buchanan County
Catherine Telton
Cedar Valley Association
Bremer County
Lowa
Eyes on W S 8 and September weather tips
A jumble of notes covers ads and columns about W S 8 eye care, a Sep 10 appearance, a rural philosopher on worry, church social, a Turkish address change to Dubuque, and Hicks predicting mid month storms. Also wartime topics note Finland flag, potato growing, Red Grass war fund, local draft impacts, cherry pits for gas masks, and German alien residence rules.
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England
United States
Judicial District
Diarrhoea Remedies and Wartime Notes From Fayette IA
A column reprints advice on treating diarrhoea in young children with Chamberlain’s Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, plus local drug store details. It also notes travel updates, university admissions, peat fibre textile use in Denmark and Sweden, wartime troop training in trap shooting, and new aeroplane lighting claims. It mentions community figures and routines, including a Sept open college, and end with military supply efficiency and packing guidance from the Quartermaster Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Stoehr’s
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Schori & Kuster Lumber Co
Elgin, Iowa
Welbel Mill Co
W. S
M. B. Ladies' Aid Society
M. V. Kiple
L. J. Cooley
Turkey River Junction
Fremont Avenue
Dubuque
Hicks
Republic of Finland
Adolph Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Gaur Williams
Protoriat Publicity
Europe
America
Phlymon Miller
George D. Gaide
Epworth
Harold Greensey
Welber Mill
St. Paul
Minnesota
Tim Thoman
Upper Town University
C. P. Cosgrove
J. W. Dickman
Fayette
Denmark
Sweden
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Therr
Fayette and
Clayton County
the City Drug Store
Binder
John Deere
C. J. Harrington
Nicklaus
Elgin
Roland
Earn Holger
Emery Dummermuth
Elgin-West Union Road
Arnold Baumann
Elgin Land Company
A. M. Weibel
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