Sperry Devises Solution to Submarine Threat
Elmer A Sperry of Brooklyn credited with inventing a device to tackle U boats. Naval Consulting Board plan presented to Secretary Daniels shifts skeptics to optimism. Saunders and naval leaders claim the concept could be deployed soon to protect ships and end U boat ravages. Sperry has worked on the invention over a year aided by the board and London intel.
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Washington
Elmer A. Sperry
Brooklyn
Naval
Naval Consulting Board
Daniels
Sperry
Naval Service
William L. Saunders
New York
Saunders
Benson
Taylor
Griffen
Bureau of
London
Government opens massive draft registration with ten million blanks
The War Department begins distributing 10,000,000 draft registration forms for males aged 21 to 30. The cards ask twelve questions on identity, citizenship, employment, dependents, marital status, race, military history, and exemption claims, with absentee men required to obtain and mail cards from their current location.
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War Department
Doing Their Bit at Vinton
Seventeen Vinton high school students including Hazel Chapin join a state wide effort to boost food production. Chapin plans five acres to raise chickens and live on the farm this summer, aiming to help lower egg costs. Sixteen boys leave school to work on nearby farms assisting with crops and cultivation.
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Vinton Eagle
Hazel Chapin
S. E. Chapin
Vinton
New School Man at Wyoming
The Wyoming school board elected C. A. Morris of Reinbeck as superintendent for the next year at a salary of 1850. Morris, thirty one, has taught in Reinbeck for three years with yearly raises and signed the contract. He succeeds Mr Farley who leaves Wyoming after four years with strong support and warm friendships.
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Wyoming Journal
C. A. Morris
Reinbeck
Wyoming
Morris
Farley
Home Guard Roll Grows Near Glin With Signups
Almost a hundred men from Olin and nearby areas have signed the Home Guard Roll and more are expected. A preliminary meeting will be at the Colonial theater next Monday evening to elect officers and organize the unit. Sioux City Journal notes the Maine lion resists temptation to kiss Senator J Ham Lewis.
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Olin
Home Guard
Colonial Theater
Sioux City
Real estate transfers list multiple Iowa property deeds
A long notice lists numerous warr deeds and quit claim transfers in Iowa towns including Anamosa Oxford Junction Monticello Center Junction Wyoming and Onslow. Names include Joseph O Rourke Jennie Pulver J I Klinefelter Joseph Hanna O E Snyder and James Whitson among others with various acreages and prices from 1 to 29 600 dollars.
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Joseph O’rourke
A. P. O’rourke
Sey
Jennie Pulver
J. I. Klinefelter
Nell Nwiy
Joseph A. Hanna
O. E. Snyder
William Edward LeClair
A. H. Balster
L. O. Hay
Walter Waggoner
Kimball
Webster
Anamosa
H. A. Wright
Maren Smith
Center Junction
Joseph Holub
Joseph Buriau
Oxford Junction
E. &. Edwards
George Holub
Catherine Fisher
Husband
James Whitson
D. J. Dirks
Edgar @G. Brazelton
Varvel
Cgeorge E. King
Wm. A. Hale
Martha
Nettie L. Leggett
T. C. Hinrichsen
Aletha Trimble Allen
John A. Edwards
Andrew Ballou, Jr
Flora C. Simmons
Nancy J. Dolphin Et al
Patrick O'Callaghan
Mary Jane Stowers
Kate E. Bulgren
Warr
James J. Keane
Dubuque
Sam Witham
G. H. Witham
Amber
W.C. Findlay
J. B. Carter
Samuel Witham
G. HA. Witham
W.B. Mohr
Maggay Mohr
W. D. Slauson
Raymond KK. Slauson
Warvel
Add
Monticello
August Siebels
H. J. Peterson
Richard Tf. Mason
George F. Vernon
M. Brainard
Swigney
Relief for teething babies from Dr Hands Lotion
Frustrated parents seek relief as babies suffer teething pain. The ad promotes Dr Hands Teething Lotion as prompt relief, recommended by physicians, and available at druggists with a free full sized bottle offer through Kettlitz & Kay.
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Kettlitz & Kay
Dr. Hands
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Cure for Stomach Ailments
An advertisement claims stomach poisons cause digestive disorders and lists wide health harms. It asserts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy removes poison, cleanses the system, ends suffering, and offers a free book and money-back guarantee.
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Mayr
Supreme Court
Geo. H. Mayr
Chicago
W. W. Stickford
Promising Thoroughbred Stallion Prospect with High Sire Potential
A gray stallion weighing 1900 pounds described as exceptionally well bred with superior bone and feet. Noted for a kind disposition and strong movement, the horse is considered a highly bred animal likely to sire geldings that will fetch top prices.
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Glin
John McMurrin
Sarah Abrams
Mary E. Pant
Onslow
James Inglis
Lucien Muratore
Chicago Grand Opera
Pathe
Brunswick
Muratore
Ghisfaction Guaranty
Zmical Co. 2S
U.S.A
L. H. Lang
Rot Cigaakeeastl
Weipa” de Orny
State of Iowa
Office of Auditor of State
Lowell State Bank
Town
Iowa
George L. Lovell
R. CG. Stirton
J. W. Coxsee
L. W. Lovell
CG. S. Bidwell
T. M. Redmond
F. A. Hanken
Des Moines
A. D
Frank 8. Shaw
All Good
Brunswick-Balke-Collender CO
Monticello, Iowa
Kassis
Percheron Society of America
M. Toutain
Department of
Orne
Gladiateur
Jeannot
Damala
Cheri
M. Gouhier
Aiglette
Milta
Cabaret
Madere
M. Caget
Glorieux
M. Miard
Poule
W. A. Hale
Iowa Dept. Agriculture
J. S. Sanders
A. R. Corey
R. P. Clark
Scotch Grove
John G. Schoon
J. E. Pond
C. H. Schipman
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