Cascade Pioneer report of mayoral raid on illicit liquor
Mayor Keefe and Marshal Reddin led a raid on suspected liquor stores last Saturday. William Cooley Elmer Gearhart and Richard Geary were arrested as state prosecutors prepared cases. Cooley pleaded guilty and was remanded. Gearhart and Geary bonded for district court. Bootleg liquor was destroyed in a public display at the city hall.
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Cascade Pioneer
Keefe
Marshal Reddin
William Cooley
Elmer Gearhart
Richard Geary
Hugh Stuart
Cooley
Cascade
Gearhart
Geary
Messia
Dubuque
Maguire
Grand Jury
National Street
Reddin
From opera to cabaret in wartime New York
The era shows cabarets expanding during wartime with American flag imagery and Red Cross acts. A spectacle features a sexless Uncle Sam ensemble and caricatures of Belgium and Russia while America appears last, defined by Liberty and The Star Spangled Banner. The piece notes the Hawaiian Marimba Band of Moscow and Essex Street providing the music.
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New York Sun
Sam
Red Cross
Belgium
Russia
Liberty
Moscow
Essex Street
Pershing's France arrival shocks German defense lines
The report notes Pershing's arrival in France as signaling increased German shelling of Rheims Cathedral. It highlights a Pittsburgh inventor of bottled light and industry voices on women's independence, plus a coal price reduction and a delayed German war-ending forecast.
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New York
Pershing
France
Rheims
Pittsburg
Crop Prices Won’t Budge as Yields Surge in Canta Loupe
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a 600 percent rise in the canta loupe crop yield while market prices drift, with traders and consumers not adjusting to the heavier supply.
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Cedar Rapids
Patriot carries new pajamas home saving resources
A Waterloo Courier note praises a citizen who brings home his new suit of pajamas rather than having them sent, describing him as a patriot doing his bit toward conserving the country’s resources.
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Waterloo
Imprudent Reflections and Whimsical Exchanges
A fragment from a newspaper page features playful banter among youths about reading Les Miserables and Victor Herbert, a domestic quip about biscuit sizes, and a whimsical note praising a crow as a pet with a joke about teaching it to talk like R M La Fontaine.
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Victor Herbert
Boston Transcript
R. M. la Fonatte
The Flag Poem Emphasizes Honest American Patriotism
A poem praising the flag as a symbol of liberty and national virtue. It extols the flag’s purity, courage, and freedom while denouncing brutality and greed, calling it the emblem of human dignity and hope for the oppressed. The piece is framed as the voice of "The American Boy."
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Pat
City Council Proceedings July 2 1917
City council met in regular session with all members present. Treasurer reported a balance of 8523.62. weighmaster receipts 22.20. water dept 95.84. mayoral, fines 5, license 6. List of General Fund claims approved including freight, supplies, labor and cement work. Street and water fund disbursements noted. Motion to study alley opening near Gill Street. Ordinance 473 sets 25 cent penalty for late water rents before quarter’s end. Adjourned.
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Treasury
Water Department
General Fund
al Jackson
Agt
F Bx Co
Slauson & Shelley
Scales
A. I ‘Jackson
Stone
Iowa Tel
Fairbanks Morse .Co
Ricklefs & McNeill
HS Lee
Kellum
A Meyers
J Northrop
Minér
Byam
M Rodman
John Rowen
J W Armstrong
Central
Lbr
G. Biks
Standard Oil Co
Theo
Becker
Chris
Hartman
Alcorn
Dick. Stiffier
Dinklage
Wm Leclerc
John Smith
A Guler
T Rhatigan
B' Hiler
Braazelton
Wells Fargo Bx Co
Transo ‘Envelope Co
C.J. Northrop
Beene
Monticello- Biec Co
Monticelio Biec- Go
Towa Tel Co
Enue Standard
Oil Co
J Arduser
Ss —S
John: Boss, Sr
John Boss, Jr
Morse
Sam Humble
Stott
Reichart
Gill Street
City Reservoir
Senate backs wartime prohibition on distilled beverages
The U S Senate endorsed prohibiting manufacture and import of distilled beverages during the war with a cost plus ten percent buyout for government bond stocks. The measure preserves beer and wine and moves toward a conference with the House to resolve differences from the food control bill.
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Senate
United States
Corking Idea Perry Chief Lawn Mower Union endorses growing grass
A whimsical note reports Perry chief backing a motion by the Lawn Mower Pushers union to let the grass grow until dandelions are crowded out. The Chicago Tribune mentions Russia adopting daylight saving to buy more time for argument.
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Perry
L. T
Chicago Tribune
Russia
Administrator's Notice for Willie J. Zimmerman Estate
District Court of Jones County Iowa appoints J H Zimmerman as administrator of the Willie J Zimmerman estate. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk and present owed amounts for payment to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa June 26 1917. Doxsee & Doxsee Attorneys retained for the estate.
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District Court of
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Willie J. Zimmerman
Anamosa
Towa
A. D
J. H. Zimmerman
Doxsee
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised To Cure
The readers learn that catarrh, a disease influenced by constitutional conditions, can be cured in all stages. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood to surfaces, building constitution and aiding nature. The proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure.
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Ball
Hall
Toledo
Ohio
All Drugelat
War fears and a dry America as a moral warning
Springfield Republican quotes the Times-Tribune on how a German invasion would pale against the imagined agony in a bone dry America. The piece cites public concerns and the so called Big Bill as part of the debate, reflecting wartime sentiment and political rhetoric.
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Springfild
Mass
America
Dr Hand's Teething Lotion Promises Eased Gums
A letter touts Dr Hand's Teething Lotion claiming it softens babies gums eases pain and stops fretting. Mrs Stella Hunter of DeWitt Iowa reports better sleep and feeding and urges mothers and fathers to use it priced 25 cents with a free full sized bottle offer through Kettlitz & Kay.
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Dr. Hand
Kettlitz & Kay
Dr. Hands
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Moline
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Velie
Velie Motor Car CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Moline, Illinois
Hila Morgan
Theta Monganotock
Hospital
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Cedar Street
First Street
M. W. Herrick
Herrick & Reed Attorneys AT Law
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Mical Co
U.S.A
W. W. Stickford
L. H. Lang
Fred Puleston
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Iowa‘state Fair and Exposition
Des Moines
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A.doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys AT Law
Lovell Brook
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