Political Na tional Committee chair bid ends by Germany letter
John T. Adams loses the Republican National Committee bid after a Germany era letter favors the Kaiser's side. Judges Milo P. Smith F O Ellison Moffit Dawley vie prenomination. Prof F A Joseph may seek superintendent post. Two Chicago hold ups were hanged as calls grow for tougher crime control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
Germany
Adams
State Council of Defense
Teutons
Milo P. Smith
F. O. Ellison
Smith
Moffit
Dawley
German Propaganda in Iowa Faces Early Setback
John M Driver, a Chicago agitator, seen as promoting pro German doctrine, is barred from speaking in Monticello where the mayor warned against any pro German acts. A Odebolt postmaster faced suspicion of disloyalty after a yellow paint incident. Camp Dodge will train more recruits next week, with over 6 000 expected from Iowa and sixty six from Jones county.
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Iowa
John M. Driver
Chicago
Monticello
Driver
Camp Dodge
Jones County
Food administration bans fresh poultry sales February to April
The Food Administration orders no dealer may buy or sell fresh killed hens or pullets from February 11 to April 30 to protect egg supplies. The ban exempts poultry killed or shipped before February 11 and sale of live birds for egg production. It targets poultry used as meat during meatless days.
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Food Commission
Food Administration
Washington
Germany Must Suffer Too Says Cedar Rapids Newspaper
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues against sentimentality toward Germany after World War II. It calls for collective guilt and demands expiation through suffering equal to the harm caused, asserting no justice if Germany heals without accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Cedar Rapids Republian
Trotzky as a Provocateur Dictating Russia’s Path
The New York Globe portrays Trotzky as a volatile journalist in charge of Russia, accusing him of using force against the elected constitutional assembly and ruling with a rifle and bayonet. It labels him inconsistent on democracy and peace, hostile to capitalism, yet eager for gold ties, and notes his opportunistic shifts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
Trotzky
Russia
Finland
Ukraine
Rumania
Missouri farm labor shortage threatens 1918 wheat and corn needs
The Missouri Board of Agriculture estimates 244 million acres of wheat with 10 percent abandoned. To meet a 25 percent wheat increase and larger corn plantings, the state needs more farm workers as many have joined military service. Farmers may sow land in grass due to labor gaps, prompting calls for immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Missouri
State Board of Agriculture
Climatological Data Reflects Cold, Dry Year and Frost Damage
The mean temperature 44.8 degrees is the lowest in 28 years of records and 2.6 degrees below normal. February through December show varied deficits, with November unusually warm and July hot towards year end. Total precipitation 27.81 inches, 4.16 below normal, April and June especially wet in the south while most other months were dry. November droughty. Frosts hit October 18 for corn and September 11 in the northeast. about 15 percent of crop remained unhusked, much cribbed grain damaged by heating. Winter yields suffered from 1916-17 conditions.
Napoleon and Wilhelm in a World War Era Rivalry
The New York World notes Napoleon carried the tricolor to major capitals except St. Petersburg Constantinople and London while the Kaiser has visited only smaller states Belgium Serbia Montenegro and Romania. The dream of a vast empire from Hamburg to Baghdad fades as Baghdad is British and German expansion in Asia Minor wanes.
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Napoleon
Wilhelm
New York
Europe
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
London
Kaiser
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Romania
Hamburg
Bagdad
Asia Minor
President’s wartime powers debate prompts reform questions
Sioux City Journal argues the nation’s anxiety over war actions centers on the president’s refusal to enlist the best minds of the country. It warns that granting unlimited powers via the Overman bill could risk improper use and calls for congressional assurance of wise leadership and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Congress
It Makes a Difference
A Cedar Rapids Republican editorial argues about profit expectations for Chicago mail order houses and railroads, noting 82 percent as a benchmark for profitability and suggesting rate reductions by law if earnings rise. It contrasts public sentiment on beer and liquor profits with attitudes toward other industries.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Pockets and Bad Habits
A humorous Nonpareil note argues men develop more bad habits due to pockets. It imagines a man forced to carry his purse handkerchief and all necessities in both hands, leaving no room for cigars tobacco pouches or whisky flasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
French in Alsace-Lorraine shown equal to Mississippi negro vote
A Marshalltown Times-Republican remark uses a racial simile to compare Alsace-Lorraine prospects under the Kaiser’s prebliscite with the stance of Mississippi voters influenced by Vardaman in the black belt.
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Marshalltown
Alsace-Lorraine
Rastus
Mississippi Black Belt
Vardaman
Multitude of Iowa notes span births deaths and events
Dubuque registers 126 aliens as Dubuque College raises 350000 of a 500000 endowment. Obituaries mark Mrs Zamistil in Oxford Junction and Mrs Shaffer of Wyoming. Debates, marriages, and rail questions surface in Anamosa and Center Junction. Red Cross reports surge in January output and early February shipments.
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Dubuque
Dubuque College
John Zamistil
Oxford Junction
Bohemia
F.W. Harwood
Federal Court
United States
More
Cedar Rapids
Tuesay
Nathan Shaffer
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Jas
Anamosa High School
Independence High School
Lena Schroeder
Center Junction
Hans Peterson
Deidrich Schroeder
G.E. Melchert
Martin J. Flannigan
Hastings and Dakota
Milwaukee Railroad
Aberdeen
J. W. Stapleton
Iowa
Davenport
Bobo
Post and Riggs
Swift, Rasmussen
L. B. Carson
J. A. Caron
Il Health
Loose
California
Ada Caroline Martin
William Martin
Richland Township
Herbert Ashley Crocker
Marcus
Dale Welch
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cascade
Charles A. Crocker
John D. Sullivan
JL. F. Renne
Olin
Poplar Grove
Illinois
J. M. Rummell
C. C. Dillavan
Masonic Lodge
Mr. Renne
Robert Wilkinson
Iowa City
France
Wilkinson
Canada
Royal Flying Corps
Toronto
Central Red Cross
Red Cross
Central Division
Lawyer’s Southern ally linked to Civil War kin tale at court
A Linn county district court session featured a foreign attorney for a railroad suing on trial before Judge Milo P. Smith. The judge, a former Iowa Volunteer captain, quipped that juror Coppock signed as a compliment to the attorney. Coppoc, executed with John Brown at Harpers Ferry, was kin to the juror, commemorated in Salem Ohio for sacrifice against slavery.
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Linn County District Court
Milo P. Smith
Shiloh
Judge Smith
81St
Iowa Volunteers
John Brown
Edwin Coppoc
Brown
Coppoc
Salem
Ohio
United States
State fuel chief warns on coal stockpiling for next winter
One of the state fuel administrators expresses hope for adequate measures to prevent a recurrence of the present situation next winter. It is safe to say that Dr. Garfield's advice not to lay in coal will go unheeded hereafter.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Garfield
Ber
Sis
Belgium
Mother
Jim
Spring planting season nears in Russia
The Chicago Tribune notes the spring planting period in Russia as citizens prepare to plant, with each Russian arranging to plant his neighbor.
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Chicago Tribune
Russia
Dear Sis Draft Letters Urge Cheerful Support From Home
A drafted soldier writes to his sister urging women to stop sobbing letters and instead send pep and practical cheer. He praises Y M C A facilities, describes hard training and new duties, and notes officers are capable and diverse. He asks families to back the troops with optimism to boost morale and effectiveness.
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Ladies Home Journal
Sis
Mother
Dief
Mike
Sam
Mareh term jurymen report for Jones County Iowa 1918
List of jurors ordered to appear at Anamosa courthouse for the Mareh term 1918 district court Jones County Iowa. Names include Arthur C G Anamosa Arincey A A Fairview Boots Arthur Greenfield Burrick Menry Castle Grove Bronoman Ford Carrington Joe Oxford Carson H H Scotch Grove Coppes Bays Rome Chatterton Fred Hale Carrier Fred E Anamosa Cramer IF F Castle Grove Dirks D J Wayne Dugeleby Sep Oxford Duffy Joe Washington Dodge Elmer Madison DeBest J J Monticello Engleking Fritz Rome Ehlers John Jackson Foster Fred Clay Flaherty John C Anamosa Green Anton Washington Harr T Rome Haley Mike Castle Grove Hammond IL A Clay Hall C I% Oxford Hansen Ben Rome Jansen Albert Wyoming King Delbert Castle Grove Kaufman J L Anamosa Loomis A F Anamosa Lemaster BE W Madison Miner A R Monticello Nevens Pete Richland Michels G Onslow Miller Steve Scotch Grove McDonald Clift Madison Mullady Peter Washington Newhard Harry Cass Purcell G M Cass Fyfe J O Monticallo Paul N J Wyoming Skahill Jas Washington Stingley Del Rome Shankland I P Jackson Tobiasson Geo F Wayne Wells F J Anamosa Weise T A Anamosa Wood A V Hale Weber Fred Rome Reece Zirl Cass
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Court House
Anamosa
Iowa
District Court
Jones County
Arthur
C. G
Arincey
A. A
Fairview
Boots
Greenfield
Burrick
Menry
Castle Grove
Bronoman
Ford
Carrington
Joe
Oxford
Carson
Scotch Grove
Coppes
Bays
Rome
Chatterton
Fred
Hale
Carrier
Fred E
Cramer
Dirks
Wayne
Dugeleby
Sep
Duffy
Washington
Dodge
Elmer
Madison
DeBest
J. J
Monticello
Engleking
Fritz
Ehlers
John
Jackson
Foster
Clay
Flaherty
John C
Anamosi
Green
Anton
Harr
Haley
Mike
Hammond
Hall
Hansen
Ben
Jansen
Albert
Wyoming
King
Delbert
Kaufman, J. L
Loomis
A. F
Lemaster
Miner
A. R
Nevens
Pete
Richland
Michels
Onslow
Miller
Steve
McDonald
Clift
Mullady
Peter
Newhard
Harry
Cass
Purcell
G. M
Real Estate Transfers Catalog Reach Across Regions
A run of real estate transfers lists multiple Warr deeds and parcels across sections and townships. Entered are transfers from James J. Nolan to George Nolan and others including L R Jacobs to Caroline Schoenhut and Edward Dostal to Jacob Paveloc, with valuations from $1 to $14,000 and parcels in Monticello Oxford Junction West Cascade Onslow and surrounding areas.
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James J. Nolan
George Nolan
New Sw
Hdward Nolan
L. R. Jacobs
Caroline Schoenhut
Bradstreet
Monticello
Alla Meek
Emma Buresh
Jacob Paveloc
Edward Dostal
Ny Nn
Edward Mizaur
Floyd
Vlasta Guyer
Carter & W
George H. Schoon
Eliza A. Schoon
Warr
Ambey
Walter Steckel
Eliza B. Martin
W. F. Strawman
Harry A
Lucy J. Rhoads
East Side
Ney
Duncan J. Wasson
Joseph Wasson
Onslow
F . Johnson
L. F. Piefer
The Eclipse Corner: Farm Profits Through Modern Structures
The column urges farmers to invest in silos grain bins storm-proof barns and implement sheds to maximize profits. It promotes durable economical wood building and free booklets with plans and invites readers to visit yards for efficient equipment.
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F. A. Joseph
Teachers’ Institute
Windy City
Odebolt
Biddy
Trotzky the
Humbug
Neighborhood News
Maireh
U. S
V. IL. Hanssen
The
Monticello State Bank
Treasury Department
Delvery
Collector of Internal Revenue
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
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