Lieutenant Governor Moore Praises Iowa Troops at Deming
Lieutenant Governor Moore, back from a ten day visit, lauds Iowa soldiers at Camp Cody New Mexico for their health, morale and readiness to fight the Hun. He criticizes Camp Cody construction costs and alleged favoritism in contracting, calling for accountability and urging Iowans to support the troops and the war effort.
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Gov. Moore
Iowa
Deming
Dee
KF. R. Moore
Camp Cody
G. N
Cody
Rong Moon
J Moore Ling
Aml
Derling
FF Paso
Alzo
Diane
Texas
New Mexico
Cedar Rapids
Parsons College Celebrates Football All State Honors
Wade Flinspach earns first All State team as captain and tackle. Calvin Seavel named on All Conference list. Roseree Whitmore Leland Page Carroll Keesey Raymond Kays receive honorable mention. Freshman officers chosen: Preston Johnson president Donald Strickler vice president Edna Alden secretary. Field notes of a week on a farm and a party at Miss Martha Gearhart's near Libertyville.
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Martha Gearhart
Libertyville
Mildred Stewart
Anna Boles
Marjorie Shular
Rachael Bauman
Edna Alden
Preston Johnson
Donald Strickler
Hdna Alden
Parsons College
Des Moines Register
Flinspach
Calvin Seavel
Calvin Scovel
Iowa
Roseree Whitmore
Leland Page
Carroll Keesey
Raymond Kays
Parsons
Cof f in Heads Air Board Nomination in Wilson Plan
President Wilson named Howard B. Coffin of Michigan as chairman of the government aircraft board and Richard Howe of New York as a board member. The announcement dated December 8 outlines the nominations for the aviation oversight body.
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Michigan
Washington
Howard B. Coffn
Wilson
Richard Howe
New York
Government Aircraft Board
Food Administration fixes profits on sugar and flour
The United States Food Administration in Iowa urges conservation of all foods and compliance with licensing. Retailers must sell licensed items at reasonable pre war profits, with flour limited to one bag per family and profit caps of 1.25 dollars per barrel, sugar limited to five pounds per family and net two and a half pounds. Violations and hoarding should be reported to the Burlington, Iowa office.
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United States Food Administration
Iowa
Food Administration
Nurta
Burlington
U S Engineers to Be Armed With American Army in France
Engineers in the American army in France are urged to be armed and ready for battle at all times near fighting fronts. The proposal follows a German assault on the British front last week when engineers had to use weapons abandoned by fallen soldiers.
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France
Dec. S
Hunter fatally shoots man near Munising Michigan
Edward Dixby of East Munising was shot and killed by an unidentified hunter while he and his brother hunted near Munising on December 8. The assailant remains at large as police investigate the fatal shooting in Michigan.
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Michigan
Munising
Mich
Dee
Edward Dixby
East Munising
For Rent Listings From Jefferson and Fusots Trests
Classified column listing numerous rental and sale notices. Items include furnished rooms for $12.50 per month, a large furnished room in a modern house, four room factory district rental, two block from square, half of a double house with gas and water, modern seven room house with new furnace, and household goods for sale. Also a lot on Highland Avenue with sidewalk sewer and city water paid. Contact numbers and names provided.
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Houwte Eormer Jefferson
Fusots
Janes Yoturig
Boe Russel Sin
Bren Laree
Photke
Journal
Jacob Scheffel
Otee
James J. Witeon
Houeshold
South Recond
Highland Avenue
J. G. Browning
Wanted small house near square with four or five rooms
Classifieds offer a four or five room house near the square calling 340. Also seeks a local representative for edge securities with Giles P. Cory and Co. in Chicago offering earnings and dividends for energetic initiative. Additional rooms and services listed with contact numbers 5304 and 1789.
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Giles P. Cory and Co
South
LaSalle Street
Chicago
For Sale Notices and Lost and Found Items
Classified items include Stephen’s single shot rifle for 3.25 with phone 2206, Air Blast Heating store price 5.00 at Piano store via James T. Hughes 747, a seven room modern house with furniture, barn, woodhouse and cellar at 746, and a glove loss near South Third Street. Also a five dollar bill lost Saturday between H C Davis store and C F Long’s cigar store with reward at 120 South Main 2563, and an automobile parts notice on W. Wirkwood Street 149 750.
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Stephen
James T. Hughes
South Third St
Presbyterian Church
Journal Office
H. C. Davis
C. F. Long
South Main
W. Wirkwoo
American Unit Decorated with French Fourragere
December 8 report that American sanitary section No. 5 becomes the first American group to receive the Croix de Guerre fourragere. General Petain notes two army citations for sterling conduct before the enemy and the French mission head commends brave men for fraternal solidarity uniting French and American soldiers. The unit will be honored with the fourragere in a formal ceremony but cannot wear them.
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France
Petain
America
Illinois Man as Harvard Poet for Phi Beta Kappa
Prof. Stuart Pratt Sherman of the University of Illinois is chosen as poet for the Harvard chapter's annual meeting during the next commencement week in Cambridge Massachusetts on December 7.
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Illinois
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Stuart Pratt Sherman
University of Illinois
Phi Beta Kap Pa Society
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College News
Wade Flinspach
R. Ames Montgomery
New Presbyterian Church
Donnellson
Coffin
AIR Board
U. S
Hill
People's . Column
Orpheum Orchestra
J. Stuart Blackton
Violet Hemming and
Winifred Lucas
Raee
Harold Lockwood
Pearadise
Sardens
William Fox
Dustin Farnum
Jesse L. Lasky
Madame Petrova
Mutual Film Company
Charles Chaplain
the Adventurer
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
Atlanta
Augusta
Hattiesburg
Louisville
Little Rock
Fort Silk
Fort Riley
Fort Worth
Waco
Houston
San Antonio
Mason Dixon Line
Lynn
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