Government War Exhibit at State Fairs
Washington prepared a extensive exhibit for Missouri and Iowa state fairs to display war equipment and related industries. The display travels from Washington to Sedalia then Des Moines, housed in Power hall near Walnut street. It features army and navy arms, mine rescue gear, and educational exhibits from Agriculture Interior Commerce and Food Administration with moving pictures and industry displays.
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Washington
Sedalia
Des Moines
Power Hall
Main Street
Walnut Street
Middle West
War Department
Navy Department
Army
Canning Displays Steal Spotlight at Iowa State Fair
At the 1917 Iowa State Fair the home canning exhibits wow visitors with vast quantities of preserved fruits and vegetables. Official judges expanded prize classes and raised awards for canned, preserved, dried, and pickled goods plus jams and butters, signaling a strong move in the food conservation push.
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Uncle Sam
Patriotic Fireworks at Iowa State Fair Display
Visitors at the Iowa state fair will see advances in pyrotechnics with intricate pieces showcased. The nightly program ends with a grand patriotic display featuring themes like The Great American Flag Statue of Liberty and Spirit of 76.
Machinery hall showcases labor-saving inventions at Iowa State Fair
The machinery department will attract visitors with new labor-saving devices as employers face worker shortages. The Iowa State Fair claims superior support for the silo-building campaign with twenty complete silo examples from foundation to roof, making it the best place in the Middle West for silo materials and construction information.
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Iowa
Middle West
Implement and Tractor Show Sets Iowa State Fair Record
The upcoming Iowa State fair promises a landmark display with an implement and tractor show. Set for August 21 to 30, the event aims to exceed any previous showcase in Iowa.
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Iowa
Women Seek Cigarette Ban Aiding War Work
A North Side group plans to curb cigarette use, arguing it harms war work and social life. A neighborhood tea party ends with a tense call about a child sick from smoking, prompting jokes and alarm over the issue.
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North Side
Jack
Mrs. Wrong
Mrs. McPherson
Indianapolis News
Gloomy Russian Writers in North American Review
Charles Gray Shaw argues Dostoyevsky embodies Russian gloom not from reality but from a gloomy nature. He claims Dostoyevsky’s work springs from self inquiry and existential torment, portraying the Russian soul as dark and haunted by mystical terror.
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Charles Gray Shaw
The
North American Review
Dostoievsky
Fydor Dostoyevsky
Russia
Amiel
Dutch East Indian Ships Largely Idle in Harbor Raids
A Dutch East Indian observer in New York notes fear of German and Austrian raiders from East Indian harbors. He cites forty steamships fleeing to harbors and lists vessels at Emma harbor and Queen's Bay Panang including Van Kleist Rhineland Ninive and Orsowa. He says coral and shell cover ships thirty to forty inches thick, and a Von Rleist once moved at only five knots.
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New York
Emma Harbor
Queen’s Bay
Panang
van Kleist
Rhineland
North German
Lloyd
Ninive
Hamburg-American Line
Orsowa
Fiume
von Rleist
New York Sun
Greek American sponge fleet donates to Red Cross
Tarpon Springs sponge fishermen led by captain Hach donated a lot of sponges to the American Red Cross as their boat unloaded. The sponges, auctioned publicly on the Sponge Exchange for 808 dollars, funded the Red Cross relief effort.
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Red Cross
Tarpon Springs
Iln
American Red Cross
Hach
Sponge Exchange
United States
Cold Weather Changes in Nature’s Sounds
A observer describes how natural sounds differ with season. Wind noises shift from soft and mellow in summer to harsh and whistling in winter. Streams murmur in warm months but become hoarse and gurgling in cold. Tree wind tones vary with foliage and calendar months. Observations from St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Animals blamed for spreading human diseases says science
Popular Science Monthly notes that many fatal human illnesses are linked to animals. Horses may spread rabies and other diseases, dogs and cats carry parasites and fleas, cows bring tuberculosis, and rats and fleas spread plague while lice bedbugs flies and mosquitoes help spread yellow fever and malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Clearer Values of Winter Snow Scene by John Burroughs
The passage describes a vivid winter tableau where the farmer feeds cattle from a snow stack, hay flukes gleam green, cows line up, and distant hills white against the sky. A fox calls from a mountain as the landscape becomes a sculpted, dramatic image.
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John Burroughs
Eucalyptus Thrives in Mild Climates and Poor Soils
Eucalyptus trees tolerate many adverse conditions if frost is avoided, thriving in favorable California and Southwest regions. Young trees fear frost, limiting growth to certain areas. They grow on poor soil and need little care, with large plantations near San Diego run by railroad companies for tie making, fed by sea fog moisture absorbed by leaves.
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California
Southwest
Pacific Ocean
San Diego
Hospital Unit No 13 Arrives South With University Ties
Base hospital unit No. 13 composed of University of Chicago students alumni and former students joins the South. The unit includes 152 enlisted men 100 field nurses 26 doctors and six civilian secretaries from Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Beloit College and Northwestern University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago
Universities of Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Beloit College
Northwestern University
Quiet Title Battle in Jones County Court
In Jones County Iowa in September 1918 Marek files suit to quiet title to the west fractional half of the southwest quarter of section 30 township 86 north range 4 west. He claims continuous possession for over ten years and seeks to bar all defendants including unknown heirs and claimants. Defendants warned to appear before noon on the next term starting September 16 1918 in Anamosa.
District Court Quiet Title Actions in Jones County
In September 1918 the Iowa District Court for Jones County hears two mixed property notices. Plaintiffs George Holub and Cramer seek to quiet title to land described as the east half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter in section 34, with long possession claims and against unknown heirs and claimants. A second action by Cramer and Nelle Cramer targets numerous defendants and unknown claimants over parts of sections 14 15 and 11 in township 86 north range 4 west, seeking quiet title after more than ten years of undisputed possession. The next term begins September 16 1918 in Anamosa Iowa.
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District Court of the
State of
Iowa
Jones County
George Holub
Elizabeth Jane Nixon
Nixon
Seraph Manning
Fred Dewitt
Charles A. Walsworth
Ida Walsworth
William F. Walsworth
Lydia
Stephen Miller
Loy Miller
Mary Miller
Dorothy Miller
Philip Williams
Ollie Walsworth
Amy Elizabeth Tracy
Florence Wealthy Tracy
Elmer Tracy
Tuey Tracy
George Tracy
Frank Tracy
Stella Tracy
Ruth Tracy
Dorothy Tracy
Alta Tracy
0. C. Johnston
Townsteela
Cramer
Nelle
John .Jofbary
John Jiofbary
Joseph Mann
Philip Mitchell
Judith Mitchel
Rayen Kirkyautiick
Rayen Kirkpatrick
WW. M. Carpenter
Mary WF. Carveter
Annunah Watson
Watson
Maos C. Glazier
Mines CC. Glazier
Mnos C. Glazier
Nos C. Glaaier
Arthur Dawson
Abigail Dawson
James Nichols
Lydia Nichols
Tuincoln Clark
William D. McLaughlin
Blanche McLaughlin
Mari Springer
Sally S. Springer
Elbridge G. Freeman
Sophia M. Pr. Freeman
John B. Dickey
John & Dickey
William C. McConnon
John McConnon
Frank McConnon
Nellie Bevington
Wright Thompson
Marta Thompson
Isaiah Thompson
Alice Thompson
Cecill Thompson
Maggie Richardson
Howard Richardson
Edward Squires
J. W Thompson
J. W
Hannah C. Gilchrist
Matilda Cramer
Fred Wales
Daniel Wales
William Wales
William Downer
Leslie Orcutt
Lorene Orcutt
Orville Orcutt
Elmer Orcutt
Catherine Orcutt
Thomas Galligan
John Galligan
William Galligan
James Galligan
James Rourke
Johanna Rourke
Susan A. Wilson
S. P. Cramen
S. P. Cramer
John Lofbary
Philip Mitchel
Judith Mitchell
Raven Kirkpatrick
Hannah Watson
C. Glazier
Lincoln Clark
Ezra Springer
Sallys. Springer
Sophia M. P. Freeman
Johnb. Dickey
Warren F. Barnes
Ellen Hollenbeck
Henry D. Hollenbeck
Henry . Hollenbeck
Frank V. Hollenbeck
Frank Y. Hollenbeck
Township Eighty Six
Section
Eighty-Six
Kruger
District Court
Anamosa
Towa
Doxshw &Vnoxsel
Notice to the defendant in Anamosa Iowa court case
The notice warns the defendant to appear and defend by noon of the second day of the next term in Anamosa Iowa starting September 16 1918. If they do not appear judgment by default will be entered as prayed by the plaintiff through attorneys Doxser and Doxsen.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Administrator Notice in Jones County Iowa Estate
Public notice states Rudolph Bohren has been appointed administrator of the estate of Sarah Ann Oltmanns, deceased, by the District Court of Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa July 9, 1918. Attorneys: Doxsee & Doxsee.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Sarah Ann Oltmanns
Anamosa
A. D
Rudolph Bohren
Doxsee & Doxsee, Attys
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offering Reward
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It claims the product works through the blood to the mucous surfaces, expels poison, and improves general health after short use. Testimonies are offered and sales are via Toledo Ohio drugstores at 76 cents.
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Hall
J. Cheney & UG
Toledo
Ohio
Famous Medium and Clairvoyant Visits Monticello
William G. Jordan a renowned life reader and psychic announces weekly visits to Monticello on Fridays offering personal insights without questions He claims to reveal past life futures and assist in business finances love and domestic matters with strict confidentiality and a no pay unless satisfied policy
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William G. Jordan
Monticello
Jordan
Mr. Jordan
J. Samuels
Des Moines
George Brown
Chicago
Jeanette Timmons
Big Surprise In Monticello Adler-ika Promises Quick Relief
Readers in Monticello are startled by Adler-ika a combination of buckthorn bark and glycerine claimed to flush the entire bowel tract with one spoonful. The instant pleasant action relieves sour stomach gas or constipation and is said to prevent appendicitis according to Kettlitz Kay druggists.
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Kettlitz & Kay
Boschee's German Syrup Gains National Use
Promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a fifty two year remedy for coughs bronchitis and throat lung troubles. It promises restful nights free coughing easier morning excretion aiding recovery. Sold by W W Stickford.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
W. W. Stickford
Phosphated Iron Revives a Worn Out Young Man
A local tale credits Phosphated Iron with restoring energy, appetite, and sleep for a young man once exhausted by worry. He reports rapid weight gain and better color as proof, noting doctors also prescribe the remedy. The ad urges buyers to insist on genuine capsules from trusted druggists like W. W. Stickford.
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W. W. Stickford
Adv
Who Said Food Will Help Win the War
Opinion quotes identify feeding armies and civilians as the war’s big challenge and urges readers to guard gardens against insects with Gardite. The ad promotes Gardite from The Wolf Chemical Company and offers direct ordering from Centralia Missouri with 35 cents.
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Wolf Chemical Company
Centralia
Missouri
Monticello Woman Praises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
A Monticello resident claims relief from gall stones colic and indigestion after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The testimonial notes dramatic improvement and urges readers to try the product with a money back guarantee. W. W. Stickford, a local druggist, endorses the remedy.
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Mayr
W. W. Stickford
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Lakewood
Swain
Miss Jones
Drother
Molly
Cleveland
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Lovell Block
Monticello Town
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford Drug Store
Harles W. Bosley
Mrs
Lara Bosley Bosley & Bosley
Doctors of Chiropractic Princess Theatre
McGarvey
Beery’s
C. N. Patrick Optometrist
I’wa
Rickless & McNeill Hardware Store
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer
Wyoming
Geo. K. Meyer
Dr. Peet
District Court of the State of Town
Thomas Marek
Michael Brubacker
Mary Brubacker
Anna Brubacker
Benjamin Brubaker
Range Four
Lown
Donsee
Doxser & Doxsen
District Court of the State of
Henry Gerdes
Edgar C. Wilson
Indgar C. Wilson
Frank Oltmans
Thomas Oltmans
Anna Oltmans
Leratees
Anumosu
Doxsee & Doxsvnn
Plaintife
S. M. Adamson
Is Chemical Company
Quincy
Mitnois
U.S.A
Woolf
Michage
Vatisfy
W. W
J. EK. Bateman
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