Total Abstinence Club Gains Momentum Nationwide
A new Total Abstinence club forms across Iowa and other states pledging to avoid wheat flour until harvest to aid troops and Allies. Food Administrator Deems notes ample corn and substitutes, with flour diverted to helping allies. Texas and Arkansas counties report large flour contributions and rising corn meal output, signaling growing nationwide support.
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Iowa
America
United States
Grimes County
Texas
Mt. Gilead
Ohio
Total Abstinence Club
Sea Board
Arkansas
Sebastian County
Fort Smith
Jefferson County
Deems
Presbyterian Church Notes Special music for Sunday service observed
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed at the morning service next Sunday with special anthems and choir under Mr. Crane. An evening program includes selections by C H Morris Charles Gabriel and God Will Take Care Of You. Miss Harriet Thoeni will perform Edlegie violin solo. The sermon is Come And See What A Good Thing.
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Bastian Kruidenier
Charles Gabriel
Cornell Music Festival Returns To Lift War Time Morale
Cornell College resumes its May Festival spotlight with May Peterson of the Metropolitan Opera, three Chicago soloists, the Cornell Oriontorio Society and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Three concerts will be staged May 3 and 4 at Mt Vernon with lower ticket prices to fit wartime economy.
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Cornell College
Cornell
May Peterson
Metropolitan Opera Company
Chicago
Cornell Oratorio Society
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mt. Vernon
Narrow Gauge Schedule Adjusted for Better Dubuque Connections
Cascade Bellevue runs updated with new timings to improve connections for travel to Dubuque. Bellevue to Cascade departures remain at 9 05 a m arriving 12 30 p m and 5 20 p m arriving 7 28 p m. Cascade to Bellevue now 6 15 a m with Bellevue connection to No 25 reaching Dubuque 10 45 a m and 1 35 p m to Cascade arrives 4 15 p m with north or south connections.
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Cascade
Bellevue
Dubuque
Editor’s Wife Guards Inside Work in Exchange Tale
In a town a country editor and his wife visit a club. A clubwoman questions the wife about assisting in editing. The wife replies she edits nearly all the inside matter, noting she is also the editor’s cook. The exchange highlights a humorous view of domestic roles in publishing.
Not French Patriotism Then
Mt. Vernon Record compares bond carrying costs to French trench warfare rhetoric. It notes a $1,000 bond costs $17.50 annually when interest is 4 to 6 percent and argues holders with $10 cash won’t go bankrupt. If sold, bond fetches near par value with minor loss.
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Mt. Vernon
Venting His Wrath by Two Strong Minded Women
In Vancouver Province a dialogue contrasts two strong minded women debating spousal control. One asserts non tolerance for a husband’s talk back while the other recalls a husband’s furnace rage after she voices her mind. The piece echoes domestic tension and fear.
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John
Wah~couver
B. C.) Province
German press decline signals shift toward American assimilation
The article notes twelve German papers suspended publication in two weeks as pro German sentiment wanes among German Americans. It argues most locals favor assimilation into the American republic, likening it to wartime shifts against slavery and forecasting isolation for those backing a German world domination.
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Chicago Herald
North
Potsdam
America
Wasteful postwar posters draw sharp mockery
The Independence Bulletin Journal reprints a letter from H E Kiester of Waterloo praising C L King for oversubscription in the third Liberty Loan drive. Kiester jokes that King should sell posters for old paper and donate the proceeds to the Red Cross, noting the county printed faster than the government ads.
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Independence Bulletin Journal
C. L. King
Liberty Loan
King
H. E. Kiester
Waterloo
Red Cross
American Vessel Cyclops Reported Lost With 57 Passengers
The 19000 ton American collier Cyclops with 57 passengers 15 officers and 221 crew last seen March 4 near a West Indies island and no radio contact since. Under Lt Cmdr G W Worley the manganese cargo ship from Brazil was to reach an Atlantic port by March 13. Iowa residents named include F C Nigg Mquoketa F H Rooney Council Bluffs W O Reese Lisbon Fred Davison Melcher John W Branford Estherville Worth Wymore Montezuma.
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Cyclops
West Indies
Atlantic
Brazil
G. W. Worley
Iowa
F. C. Nigg
Maquoketa
F. H. Rooney
Council Bluffs
W. O. Reese
Coxswain
Lisbon
Fred Davison
Coin
Watkins
Melcher
John W. Branford
Estherville
Worth Wymore
Montezuma
Death by own action at Hale in Hale township
Joseph Voscek of Hale township died by self inflicted gunshot this morning about 6 30. Coroner Justice J Brownell empanelled a jury W C Krouse J L McDonald and Peter Sievers. the verdict states death by his own voluntary act. Voscek was about 31, financially successful, and left a wife two children three sisters and two brothers.
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Wyoming
Joseph Voscek
Hale Township
Brownell
W. C. Kkrouse
J. L. McDonald
Peter Sievers
Voscek
Campaign Opens in Anamosa Eureka Critique of Chairman
The piece mocks Mr. Cash, chairman of the democratic central committee, arguing he avoids bold public stands and relies on innuendo. It urges him to clean his own backyard before attacking others.
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Anamosa Eureka
Mr. Cash
Democratic Central Committee
Forgive and Forget in 1912 Republican Rivalry
The piece recalls how Taft and Roosevelt set aside quarrels after their 1912 contest. Taft visited Roosevelt during a hospitalization in New York, burying the hatchet. They now write to each other and even edit each other’s speeches before delivery.
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Vernon Hawkeye
Messrs
Taft
Roosevelt
New York
Coal Proclamation Urges Immediate Iowa Coal Purchases
Iowa faces 14 million tons of annual consumption, 5 million more than last year’s production. Governor W. L. Harding issues a proclamation urging immediate coal purchases and storage for next winter to keep state mines operating through summer. He notes idle mines have driven about ten percent of Iowa’s 15 000 miners to leave the state.
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Iowa
W. L. Harding
Ford touts two man tank in Chicago Tribune insight
Mr. Ford expresses enthusiasm for a two man tank concept describing it as potentially as effective as a one man top and suggesting bringing along another hand.
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Chicago Tribune
Ford
Sugar Rationing Plan Aims At Canning Needs
A new sugar regulation issued last Tuesday lets Town housewives obtain all the sugar they need for canning and preserving. They must sign a certificate of required amount and pledge to return unused supply. Washington urges strict economy to avoid shortages during canning season. Governor Harding appoints inspectors to probe local draft boards for possible class exemptions. investigations begin this week.
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Washington
Harding
Plants Purifiers Of Air And Reused Absorbent Cotton
Plants purify air by consuming carbonic acid and releasing oxygen, supporting life. A French chemist’s method recycles soiled cotton in Paris hospitals by boiling, washing, bleaching, drying, carding and sterilizing for reuse.
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Tyndall
Paris
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Little Known of Shooting Stars History and Origin
The article discusses the mystery of shooting stars and traces a widely accepted 1875 hypothesis that meteorites are fragments from small planetary bodies broken by volcanic explosions. It suggests meteors travel in swarms crossing Earth’s orbit according to a definite law and notes many meteorites are found in Arizona.
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Earth
Arizona
Popular Science Monthly
The Sixth Sense and Bee Keeping in Wartime Commerce
The article notes the inner ear balance system as a key aviation aid and describes a U S campaign promoting bee keeping to replace sugar. It asserts potential honey production from wild flowers and practical steps to start beekeeping for profit in the war economy.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Finest Weather in Tropics
William Beebe describes tropical days of sun and shifting winds in the tropics. He recalls mornings with soft light and brief breezes, afternoons with blurred tree shadows, and nights of violent gusts from summits to valleys, contrasting with northern autumn senses.
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Northland
William ‘Beebe
Atlantic
Are You a Dangler in the Job Market
The piece contrasts danglers who wait for others decisions with successful laborers who seize opportunities and work wherever available. It highlights how the latter build communities and become respected figures, providing support to others and demonstrating virtue through action.
Artificial Sponge Propagation and War Time Efficiency
An Englishman in Florida operates a sponge farm with about 600 000 sponges, projected to grow tenfold every three years, yielding 2 000 000 sponges annually after three years. The Kitchen in War Time argues households should dine together to save fuel and gas, while World Famine warns of possible global starvation if war continues, as 10,000,000 armed workers curb production.
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Florida
Portsmouth Chronicle
Mr. Egan
United States
Denmark
Seed corn seller notes locality quality and test guarantees
Henry Field of Shenandoah Iowa offers seed corn subject to buyer tests with approval of quality and germination. He does not guarantee crop or stand but guarantees seed matches his representation. Iowa seeds selected for planting locality. stocks from Iowa and as far north as South Dakota. Also notice: $5 750 buys two flat Cedar Rapids building near Hall Manufacturing plant. non resident owner price, rent covers balance. Tait Wagner Co Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Henry Field
Shenandoah
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Hall Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Tait & Wagner Company
Masonic Temple
Divorce Petition Filed in Jones County Court
In the District Court of Town Jones County June Term 1918 Stephen A Leek plaintiff vs Jennie W Leek defendant Jennie Leek must answer by noon of the second day of the next term at Anamosa or default will be entered The petition seeks a divorce on desertion grounds Attorneys for Plaintiff DOXSEE & DOXSEL.
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District Court of
Jones County
Towa
A. G. Hejinan
John R. Tice
Tice
Nathan G. Sales
Isabella Sales
James Carter
Rhoda Jane Carter
John H. Beam
Lucy Ellen Beam
Mark Newhard
Wapsipinicon
Iowa
District Court
Anamosa
Remley & Rimley
District Court of Town
Stephen A. Leek
Jennie W. Leek
Stephen A. Teck
Doxsee & Doxsel
State of
Jones
J. A. Voorhees
Martha
America Roused as Citizens Unite for War Effort
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader declares America fully awake with thousands crossing the Atlantic and billions in spending. It warns every non supportive man is being marked, signaling a nation mobilized for war.
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Sioux Falls
America
Atlantic
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Devlin
Tropics
Dangler
L. G. Stuhler
Conrad Mardorf
Timothy
S .G. Et
Center Junction
John McDonald Hospital
Lillias Fuller
Dr. L. G.stuhler
Monticello State Bank
E. A. Andrews
Michigan
M. Hosford
John Schoon
J. H. Zimmerman
A. G. Bohlken
Albert Sieber
Savanna
Illinois
Brad Street
Houser
the Telephone Company
Telephone Signal Corps
France
OWA Telephone Company
Cornell Music Festival
Frederick Stock, Conductor
ERDAS
Chicago Symphony
Orches Tike
Mabel Smith
Edgar Schofield
Bruno Steindel
Harry Weisbach
Cornell College Conservatory
Mount Vernon
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford Drug Store
Monticello Town
M W. Herrick
Reed Herrick & Reed Attorneys At Law
Monticello
Geo. K. Meyer
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxser
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys AT Law
Lovell Block
A.P. Lambert
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Vee
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer
Sheriff Sale
W. J. Mills
Anne
Sheriff's Office
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Chenny
A. D
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Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Vane
Star Taxi Auto Exchange
Clay St
Towa St. Dubuque
Adler-ika
Kettlitz & Kay
John G. Schoon
Hm.s Remley
James Remley
Remley
Attorneys
LAW
Moss, Laws
Fice
Main Street
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