Reinstatement of War Risk Insurance Expanded
New bureau ruling allows reinstatement of lapsed War Risk Insurance any time before July 1, 1920. Requirements include two monthly premiums and health status. changes apply to former service members discharged up to 18 months earlier. Expanded beneficiary list includes spouses, children, parents, in laws, and other relatives. Lump-sum death payout option now available for converted United States Government Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cholmeley-Jones
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Secretary of the Treasury
Carter Glass
Cholmeley-Jones
U. S
United States
Anamosa Eureka News Encounters War Wake and Local News
Mrs. T H Dunn widow of Thomas H Dunn dies at her son Leslie A Dunn's home after long life. Funeral will be held from the home next Saturday at 1 PM. Anamosa housing demand rises as postwar conditions ease. Olin council and county supervisors plan a Walnut Creek bridge in 1920 replacing a 50 year old iron span. Concrete arch bridge will have 20 foot driveway and four foot sidewalks. Influenza grips rural areas with care burdens rising as neighbors step in to help. The Antioch area reports multiple families ill and limited telephone access complicates chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Dunn
Thomas H. Dunn
Leslie A. Dunn
Olin
Walnut Creek
Antioch
Husman
Campaigner Wins Wide Support for Riverside Cemetery
Mrs. Florence Noyes Curtis returned to Chicago after months in Riverside where she led a campaign to fund cemetery improvements. Subscriptions near $12,000 showed strong local impact. She will continue the effort with former residents, acknowledging limited encouragement but praising her steadfast work and lasting influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animosa
Florence Noyes Curtis
Chicago
Curtis
Oxford Mills News Notes and Local Updates
Illness report on J 12 Meade from pneumonia at Oxford Mills. Babcock and Myers plan a feed mill in the old Main street garage with all electric power and a feed grinder and ear corn crusher. Joe C Peckosh married in Des Moines to Marie Mandeland yesterday morning. Mrs James Biazvek died at her son’s home at eighty two after a lingering illness and was buried at Mayflower cemetery. Forbes Magazine notes on salary autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 12. Meade
Oxford Mills
Babcock and Myers
Main Street
Joe C. Peckosh
James Peckosh
Des Moines
Marie Mandeland
James Biazvek
Joe
Mayflower
Jones County Supervisors Approve Bids and Franchises
Jones County Iowa boards proceed on February 3 and 4 1920 with bids for six carloads of lumber and corrugated pipe for 1920 use and a bridge project with Olin town cost sharing. They set hearing for the Town Electric Company franchise March 3 and approve multiple tax refunds and claims audits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamoss
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Kruse
Bodenhofer
Hughes
Watt
Streeper
Marehand
Worhes
Foto
Am Qand
Patreview
Noom
Hines
Wralker
Treasotic
Mooi
Magruder
Coppess-—-puistive—-flaies
Mmersen Shotwell
Arnold Pyrprers
Benadorma - Aoo
Miller
Bodenhouser
Oelock Miereh Fnd
Olin
Oin
Town E Electric Company
I. Om, On Said Day. Motion Was Made By Hughes, Seconded By Bodetnhofer
Jo John Nickles
Marjorie Grim
Rh. J. Hines
Anthosa
Walt
Bodenhafer
Gerrit Steenhoek
Pairview Township
I. Patterson
Anamosi City
Rilers
Ofelock A. Om
I. Wt
Hines County
Henry Kruse
Montivello
Anamosa Plans Band Amid Community Pep
Frank Wood and six Morley children are ill with the flu in a local hospital. Mrs. L A Clark, an elder resident, fell on an icy sidewalk by the city park and broke her right arm in two places. A band will be formed in Anamosa this year after a mass meeting at city hall demonstrated strong pep and enthusiasm. A room above Skinner Drug Store was rented for practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wood
Morley
L. A. Clark
City Park
Anamosa
Skinner Drug Store
Germany Firm on Trial Venue for Criminals
The Washington Post notes Germany is willing to have criminals tried in German courts but not in a court of justice, signaling preference for domestic jurisdiction over foreign tribunals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Germany
Plumber Sees Relief After Mayr Remedy
A patient jokes that his gas and colic vanished after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The ad claims the harmless preparation clears catarrhal mucus from the intestines and relieves stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose proves effective or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
W. W. Stickford
Hog Lice Cut Gains In Pig Growth At USDA Tests
USDA experiments show that pigs infested with hog lice gained far less than clean pigs over 106 days. Lousy pigs weighed 175 pounds less in one setup and used $1.00 per hundred more in feed. lice free pigs gained 192 pounds more in another trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Halls Catarrh Medicine Ad Claiming $100 Reward
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming it cures through blood action. It asserts it strengthens patients and provides testimonials from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, with colorfully garbled text and a 75 cent price mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Rat-Snap poison ad claims effective rat control
An old advertisement promotes RAT-SNAP poison to kill rats, noting three sizes priced 25c 50c and $1.00. It guarantees results and lists A. J. H. McNeill IF. J. IXay and Geo. Stuhler's Sons Co as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
A. J. H. McNeill
IF. J. iXay
Geo. Stuhler’s
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Anamosa Eureka News
Oxford Mirror
IPEMS
Forbes Magazine
W. H. Norris
Center Junction
Surrey
Osborne
Emerson
Deere
Oxford
McCormick
H. Norris
Howard Leech
A. B. Norris
R. D. Cooley and
F. D. Sutherland
Allets
C. A. Burmeister
Mary
The
National Farm Weekly
Cooley
Wyoming
Rae
Vale Key
C. P. Atwood
Monticello
Jackson Station
Ross
Rhode Island
Herman Brockhohn
L. P. Waddick
Auctionser
L. W. Lovell
Cler
Cross
Hart Schaffner& Marx
Ong
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Heid
Arrow
Phoenix
Sweet Orr
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Monticello, Iowa
Canada
Association of Railway Executives
Broadway
New York
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