West Broadwiag prophesies linked to present events amid town notices
Community updates from Fairfield detail Navy examinations for Robert Raines James Nicholson and William Daggett in Des Moines. Roy Emry heads to Dubuque for Commercial Clubs meeting. Dr E G Myrick seeks army medical corps service. Paul Stromberg deemed unsound and sent to Mt Pleasant after jail theft. a daughter born to the Kellers dies hours later.
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West Broadwiag
Robert Raines
James Nicholson
William Daggett
Des Moines
Roy L. Emry
Dubuque
Commercial Clubs’ Secretarial Association
Secretay Emry
Jefferson County
H. C. Alston
Denver
J. B. Keller
H. C. Duckett
Bloomfield
Libertyville
Cross Lanes
Wilson G. Heaton
Fairfield
New Mexico
Lucretia Heaton
Baraca
Lutheran Sunday School
Burlington
State Insane Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Earl B. Power
Beloit College
Power
France
Haskins
Iowa
Samuel Stockman
National Guard
Washington
Fort Proctor Hospital
New York
E. M. Brough
Mr. Brough
Cedar
Verner Johnson
Lester Vinnie
Francis Hizer
Mediapolis
Epworth
Ada Easton
Red Cross
E. A. Bentzinger
Danville
J. H. Lantelle
Leslie Davis
Henry F. Copeland
Jay Copeland
Oklahoma
Ralph Edward
al Harper
Glasgow
Charles Lee
H. H. Huff
Wortham’s
Rockford
Equality in Army Roles for Citizen and Noncitizen Soldiers
The text states no discrimination between non citizens and native or naturalized citizens in the army except that non citizens cannot hold commissions. In all other aspects such as care, attention, privileges, they are on the same footing.
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United States
Man Rescues Wife With Miracle Remedy Claim
A husband recounts saving his wife from severe illness by using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He describes her prior weight loss and pain and asserts one dose cured her, claiming the preparation clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract. Jericho & Easton, druggists, advertise a money back guarantee.
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Mayr
Jericho & Easton
Farmers Drive Strong Third Liberty Loan Support
The Treasury reports farm and rural areas led the third Liberty loan in buying bonds. Rural communities quickly reached quotas, with over 20,000 communities subscribing or oversubscribing, most of them nonurban, on or before the campaign’s start.
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Treasury Department
United States
Oklahoma towns Edmond and Marlow miss elections ruling
Edmond and Marlow failed to hold city elections this year prompting the current officials to serve over. State election board secretary Joseph Morris says no primaries were conducted due to an oversight and no elections can be held, with the attorney general backing the ruling.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Edmond
Marlow
Joseph Morris
State Election Board
Chance for Job in Portland County Offices
Portland clerk Beveridge seeks hundreds of workers for election boards county departments and municipal bureaus. Interested individuals should write to Beveridge to get placed.
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Portland
Ore
Beveridge
Proper Egg Handling for Market Demonstration June 1918
County extension agents announce free demonstrations at the Armory on June 27 1918 in Iowa to teach candling and egg quality checks. Topics include air space yolk clarity shell cracks blood rings molds rats stuck yolks and heat damage to guide farmers and dealers toward better market eggs.
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Agriculture Extension Department
Iowa State College
Food Research Laboratories
Armory
Drake Clothing Co Fancy Wash Pants Sale
Boys' fancy wash pants offered in a range from 50 cents to 1.25 dollars per pair by Drake Clothing Co. This classified line item highlights affordable children's apparel priced to attract shoppers.
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Drake Clothing Co
Employment Service Findings Show Tight Labor Market
A recent employment survey by the United States Employment Service shows increased demand for common labor. Fifty three centers report calls exceeding supply, while three western cities report a surplus and twenty five cities report normal conditions.
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United States Employment Service
West
It Takes Work to Show Farmers the Dollar Mark
A brief note highlights the effort to teach farmers the value of using money in agriculture. It emphasizes practical lessons and the need for financial literacy in rural areas. The piece underscores the importance of understanding pricing and trade in farming communities.
Army Adopts Type B Truck as Standard Heavy Cargo Vehicle
The army adopts the standardized type B truck for all departments needing this capacity. A large order is placed and the first 10,000 units are expected to be completed by August 1, 1918.
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Army
Summer Budget Tips From Frugal Advice Note
If money is tight this summer cut out some summer clothes and trips. Borrow a little money if necessary to buy coal now and do something that will positively enable you to cover essential needs.
Americans Stand Fast with Red Cross at Somme Hospital
Washington reports on American Red Cross workers aiding British and French forces during the Somme offensive. Four American army surgeons plus Red Cross nurses, aides, and drivers stayed at a hospital behind the lines, tending major wounds amid German shelling. Refugees were aided to railheads and Paris, while grave duties and night operations continued as hundreds were treated and evacuated.
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Washington
America
Somme
Red Cross
Paris
Sugar Beet Drive Aims To Avert Sugar Famine
Pullman Washington youths join Washington juvenile clubs to raise sugar beets for storage and planting in spring 1919 and seed production in spring 1920 as a patriotic effort to prevent a sugar shortage.
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Pullman
Wash
Washington
Patriotic Movement
D A R Holds Flag Day Celebration At North Court
Log Cabin chapter D A R held its annual Flag Day program at Mrs Harley Hoopes home on North Court Street. After a business session led by regent Mrs Drumond, the program featured talks on origin and meaning of the flag, poetry readings, and songs including The Star Spangled Banner. The event closed with Victrola music and refreshments.
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Log Cabin
Harley Hoopes
North Court Street
Drummond
Julia Parsons
Home Sweet Home
H. A. Mosser
W. A. Smutz
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised As Gentle Remedy
Danger of costiveness auto intoxication includes headache irritability blues and more. Long neglect may cause piles ulcers appendicitis and nervous prostration. Foley Cathartic Tablets provide a safe gentle remedy trusted by thousands and without habit forming elements.
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Gaumer Bros. Drug Co
Death of Prof Richard A Harkness in Panora Iowa
Friends in Fairfield were notified of the death of Prof Richard A Harkness at his daughter Mrs Samuel Browns home in Panora Iowa on Tuesday evening after a period of ill health. Born in New York on November 25 1839 he taught there before moving to Fairfield in 1864. He served as an instructor at Parsons College for seventeen years and later ran the Harkness family business.
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St. Paul
Radio Department of the Army
Texas
Fairfield
Richard A. Harkness
Samuel Brown
Panora
Iowa
Professor Harkness
New York
Harkness
Parsons College
Is It Rheumatism A Fairfield Kidney Remedy Ad
A Fairfield reader cites Doan's Kidney Pills easing rheumatic twinges and back pain caused by kidney trouble. Mrs P B Parsons of 603 S Seventh St reports relief after using the product from Gaumer Bros Drug Co., noting improved kidney function and reduced pain.
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Foley’s Acre
Doan
Fairfield
P. B. Parsons
S. Seventh St
Dean
Gaumer Bros.’ Drug Co
Local Electric Company protests new freight rates in Iowa
The Iowa Electric Company files a protest with the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners dated June 11 1918 arguing McAdoo freight-rate increases on coal transport and inter state traffic are unjust and burdensome. It notes coal cost rises from 85 cents to 3.05 per ton and warns of higher electric rates to about fifty Iowa municipalities. John A. Reed vice president submits the filing.
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Iowa Electric Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Corporation
United States Fuel Administration
Fuel Administration
United States Railroad Administration
State of
Towa Electric Company
John A. Reed
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Thoma’s
Man
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East Side
Presbyterian Church
Susie Humeston
Carl Harkness
Chicago
Susie Brown
Mary Harkness
New Orleans
The
Rev. Montgomery
Evergreen Cemetery
Velvetina
Local Electric Company
Colfax
Guthrie Center
Melcher
Maquoketa
Bidwell
DeWitt
Buxton
Perry
Scandia
Phildia
Boone
Nevada
Saylor
Marshalltown
Hocking
Lakonta
H.P. McLaughlin Co
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