Carson’s Son Sways His Navy Stand in Speech
Sir Edward Carson recalled his son’s wish to join the navy during a speech at the Savoy hotel for the Producers' organization. The son urged naval service as vital for linking Britain with the colonies, prompting Carson to reconsider his views as he cited a submarine commander in the Royal Navy and a destroyer sub battle report.
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Sir Edward Carson
Inpire Producers’ Organization
Savoy Hotel
London Chronicle
Sir Edward
Fle
Tle
Admiralty
Dandruff and Itching Cure Ad Invites Free Sample
The ad promotes Cuticura ointment for scalp dandruff and itching followed by Cuticura Soap wash. It suggests using Cuticura daily as a toilet preparation and offers a free sample by mail with a book. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
Rookie at Plattsburg Camp Says His Singing Is Deep
A summer training camp memory from Plattsburg features a small rookie struggling in mud while the company sings. A hulking sergeant admonishes him that his singing is too deep and to come up to the surface for air. The tale highlights the rookie’s unusual bass growl as he joins in with the chorus.
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Plattsburg
Care of Nervous Children in Woman's Home Companion
The article links nervousness in children to defects such as malnutrition anemia bad teeth or adenoids. It advocates Nature based cures with nourishing food and outdoor life. Encourages regular exercise walking rowing swimming and stresses real country life and camping for social contact.
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Woman's Home Companion
Sporting Blood in a Humorous Local Exchange
A playful scene shows a kind-hearted woman guiding a youngster who chased after a tree. The boy replies with cheeky banter about encounters and preferences, reflecting lighthearted neighborly interaction.
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Ping
Iowa Guardsmen Begin Intensive Drill For Federal Call
All Iowa National Guardsmen enlisted since the Mexican border return have begun a four week training program at home stations. Four thousand recruits will live in canvas camps with instructors and cooks, receiving 40 cents daily ration and passage to a concentration camp. The call precedes a federal order under Adjutant General Logan, and cities are urged to provide tents and camps.
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Ives Moines
Iowa
Fort Snelling
Harding
Webster County Road Work Plan Outlines Fort Dodge Improvements
Webster county supervisors under Iowa State Highway Commission guidance select Fort Dodge exits to receive state wide road improvements. Total tentative expenditure is 56 66 dollars with federal aid 28 238 and 28 233 from auto fund.
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Webster
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Auto Fund
Norman Hall Wounded in French Air Battle
Corporal James Hall of Colfax and member of the Lafayette Escadrille is believed wounded after an encounter with seven German airplanes in France. He was shot through the lung and his aircraft fell inside French lines. Hall, author of Kitchener's Mob, joined the American squadron after serving in the British army and recently downed a German plane. He was famed as a talented Grinnell college senior in 1905 and had many Iowa friends expressing pride and worry.
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Colfax
James Hall
Lafayette Escadrille
France
Hall
James Norman Halli
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Iowa
Hawkeye
Grinnell Veser
Perjury Charge Ties Smull Family in Des Moines Case
Charles and the Smull of St. Charles bound over to the grand jury by United States commissioner Fitzsimmons on a perjury charge. They allegedly false swore about their son Arthurr age. Arthur, 21, faces perjury and slackers charges with bonds set at 1000 and 5000 respectively.
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Des Moines
Charles
Smull
St. Charles
United States
Missioner
Fitzsimmons
Arthurr
Arthur
Capital City auction boosts Red Cross funds in Des Moines
Des Moines raised 20071.75 to support the Red Cross. About five thousand buyers attended the Coliseum for a diverse sale of donations from city and county residents, as expert auctioneers led the proceedings.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Two Local Teens Drowned in Iowa River Near Kalona
In Washington county near Kalona Iowa City 18 year old Thomas Dillon and 16 year old Gerald Lahay died after being overcome by the current while bathing in the English River. Several youths jumped in to help but only one man was saved as the others drowned before aid arrived. The bodies were recovered.
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Towa City
Iowa City
Thomas Dillon
Gerald Lahay
Kalona
Washington County
Perry Man Killed Crossing Tracks Near Perry
Francis O'Malley brother of J P O Malley president of the American Trust and Savings bank Des Moines was struck and killed by a Chicago and Milwaukee passenger train as he crossed the tracks while driving to a town. He lived four miles east of Perry and was 45 years old leaving a widow and five children.
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Perry
Seymour Petition Seeks End to Cigarette and Pill Ads for Soldiers
Citizens led by J. D. Johnston petition the Red Cross in Washington to remove cigarette advertisements and all pill promotions from trench literature for soldiers, urging officials to stop calls for pills in materials distributed to troops.
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Seymour
Pitts
Red Cross
Washington
J. D. Johnston
Iowa War Measures Grant Moratorium and State Secret Service
Des Moines reports measures from the thirty-seventh general assembly include a mortgage and debt moratorium for soldiers and dependents, dependent pensions up to 30 dollars monthly, and grant of broad wartime powers to Governor Harding. The governor may establish a state secret service with a fifty thousand dollar appropriation and call on citizens to assist in enforcing laws and protecting property.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thirty-Seventh General Assembly
United States
Mini
Logan
Harding
Cantonment Progressing at Camp Dodge Des Moines
Des Moines reports rapid Camp Dodge construction with about 500 workers and 300 on government buildings. Carpenters lay the first barracks platform while diggers and surveyors prepare the next structures in a coordinated effort. Elkader notes booze shipment convictions and fines. East St. Louis endures deadly race riots with mobs setting five Negro sections aflame and many killed or wounded. state guards deployed.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Weitz
Cantonment
National Guard
East St. Louis
Mystery Note Leaves Warden in The Tombs Hinting at Motive
A New York correspondent reports Warden Hanley received a peculiar note from a caller claiming a father once worked as a heat denunciator in a Pittsburgh metal mill. The message asks for discussion and hints at a motive, then departs for Pittsburgh at four o'clock.
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the Tombs Prison
New York
Pittsburgh
Varney
Freckles Cure Ad Sparks Confidence in Clear Skin
An ounce of Thien aaah double strength promete to remove unwanted spots quickly. Night and morning use promises visible fading of blemishes and a pure complexion, with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove spots. The ad parallels a court scene mention of a real estate deal involving a theater.
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Indianapolis News
Did He Understand Wife Big Checks for Dresses
A fragmented note humorously contrasts a wife's concern over dress prices with a husband's relief that no demand for expensive gowns will arise this season.
Swedes Support Liberty Bonds in Crawford County
Denison Kiron area of Crawford County, a 25 town Swedish community, subscribed over 22 000 for liberty bonds. Knights of Pythias lodge at Denison bought 1000 and Woodmen 500, signaling strong Allied support in the current war.
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America
Denison
Kiron
Crawford County
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Woodmen
Mulci Tax Declared Legal by Des Moines Judge
Judge Hutchinson sustained the constitutionality of the mulci tax statute forcing 100 building owners in Des Moines where cigarets are sold to pay 30000 in taxes to city and county. Property owners await a decision from the supreme court.
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Des Moines
Hutchinson
District Court
Supreme Court
Redfield Folks Raise 950 for Red Cross Fund
Redfield a town of 669 people held a mass meeting and raised 950 toward the Red Cross fund. The town’s allotment was 274.50. More was raised than the amount asked for the entire township in which the town is located. Speeches were made by George Cosson and Alexander Fitzhugh of Des Moines.
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Redfield
Red Cross Fund
George Cosson
Alexander Fitzhugh
Des Moines
Railroad foreman dies after speedER crash near Manila
Ted Kuypers section foreman for the Milwaukee railroad at Manila died in a local hospital from injuries sustained when the motor speeder jumped the track. He was en route to Perry with two other foremen to attend a railroad officials conference. He was thrown from the vehicle.
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Perry
Ted Kuypers
Milwaukee Railroad
Manilla
Kuypers
Y M C A Supplies Camp Comfort For Soldiers
Des Moines unit of the Y M C A shows the planned equipment for cantonment buildings including moving picture machines talking machines records phonograph needles films ink pens pencils baseball gloves bats basketballs and more to amuse and aid soldier comfort.
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Y. M. Cc
Des Moines
Cantonment
Iscoma Campfire Girls Raise 183 for Red Cross
The Iscoma Campfire girls of Eagle Grove High school organized a tag day to raise 183 for the Red Cross. The student group contributed the funds through the event at Eagle Grove.
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Red Cross
Eagle Grove
Iscoma
Eagle Grove High School
Freight Handlers Strike Shuts Burlington and Illinois Central Noses
More than a hundred freight handlers at the Burlington and Illinois Central freight depots went on strike demanding higher wages. The walkout disrupts operations as unions press for better pay amid rising costs.
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Dubuque
Burlington and
Illinois Central
Between Friends and a Troubled Neighbor Boy
Hallie and Bruce were close neighbors who walked to school together. After a fight Bruce returned home disheveled, confessing he had been in a fight and came out second best. Hallie affirmed their friendship despite the incident.
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Hallie
Bruce
Twenty Five Years With Kidney Remedy Endorsed by Pharmacist
Otto H. G Lippert, a Cincinnati pharmacist, reports twenty five years of selling Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with no complaints and strong customer praise. He urges readers to prove the remedy with a ten cent sample bottle and a booklet detailing its uses.
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Dr. Kit & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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