Iowa Votes Defeat Prohibitory Amendment In Close Result
Unofficial returns show the constitutional prohibitory amendment rejected by about 1,015 votes after statewide counts from all counties. Sheriff Boots and Food Commissioner Deems warn of fake food survey cards aimed at disrupting the food pledge campaign.
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Des Moines
D. E. Boots
Guthrie County
J. F. Deems
Burlington
Bisse
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Benton
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Carroll
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Calhoun
Clayton
Clinton
Crawford
Dallas
Davis
Dickinson
Fremont
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Lee
Linn Et A
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Lucas See
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Madison
Mahaska
Marion Wee
Ringgold Ee
van Buren
Washington
Wayne Ete
Webster
Pawan Se
Winnebago Ae
Winneshiek
Seamus
Woodbury
Worth
Wright
Sae Eenannen
Havner
State Boards of Supervisors
Red Cross Nursing Service Leads U S War Effort
A 1905 program built the United States nursing corps for war with graduate nurses only. The American Red Cross enrolled nearly 12,000 nurses, setting strict rules, oath, badges, and uniforms to ensure safety and high standards abroad and at home.
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United States
France
Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Army
Red Cross Committee
Committee On
Congress
Europe
Bullsnake Named Mascot for Portland Troops in France
Portland Oregon based Company G of Second Washington Infantry Aberdeen reports its bullsnake mascot could accompany troops to France. The snake, kept as a pet near Cascade outposts, killed a rattler in battle and later felled another, prompting soldiers to capture and honor its fighting prowess.
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Portland
Ore
Washington State Infantry
Aberdeen
France
Teutons
Cascade Mountains
Red Cross Nursing Service Leader Jane A Delano
Jane A Delano, former superintendent of Bellevue Hospital training schools and University of Pennsylvania hospital, leads the national committee on Red Cross nursing service. She organized and trains a morale program rivaling army and navy levels, resisting graft and abuse among nurses.
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American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Jane A. Delano
Miss Delano
Bellevue Hospital
New York
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
National Committee On Red Cross Nursing Service
Blister Beetle Seen as Pest and Blessing in Indiana
State entomologist Frank N. Wallace calls the blister beetle both pest and blessing in Indiana. He notes numbers have surged, harming fields while aiding grasshopper control, with 1917 seeing more damage than several prior seasons.
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Indiana State
Indianapolis
Frank N. Wallace
Indiana
Wallace
London Schoolchildren Gather Chestnuts for War Munitions
London schoolchildren across England will spend six weeks gathering horse chestnuts for government use in munitions. Royal Society research showed chestnuts can substitute grain in some processes, saving half a ton of grain per ton harvested. Authorities expect over 800000 tons turned over this fall.
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London
England
Royal Society
Lumber Boom From War Construction To Feed Mills
War department orders 32 hospitals and multiple training camps spark a surge in lumber demand. Southern mills expected to supply millions of feet for nine officer camps and 19 reconstruction hospitals across major cities, plus lumber for camps in France and aviation base projects.
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France
Wilmington
N. C
United States
National Guard
Southern Lumber Journal
Washington
War Department
Army
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Paul
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Richmond
Atlanta
New Orleans
Letter by Luther Found in Stockholm Archives
A discovered letter by Martin Luther, dated the day he nailed his theses, is in royal archives in Stockholm. It targets Archibishop Albrecht of Mainz and denounces spiritual indulgences. The document, with a likely companion Luther signature, emerged via a Swedish official from a German city.
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United States Public Reserve
Drr. Metcalf
State House
Stockholm
Martin Luther
Wittenberg
Albrecht
Mayence
Luther
Sweden
Germany
Psaltery Described as Large String Instrument
The psaltery is explained as a stringed instrument used to accompany prayer book Psalms. The Hebrew word is rendered as lute, and the instrument resembled a guitar but was larger with a convex back akin to a gourd.
Red Cross leaders tour West to report on $100,000,000 fund
Henry P. Davison and Harry D. Gibson lead a Red Cross mission across the West to meet chapter leaders, donors, and the public, detail fund use, and align policy with public sentiment. Accompanying Rev. Robert Davis, the trip aims to inform and reassure Americans about wartime relief efforts.
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Washington
Red Cross War Council
Henry P. Davison
Harry D. Gibson
American Red Cross
West
Red Cross
War Council
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
Minneapolis
Chicago
Cleveland
Davison
United States
France
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Roumania
Serbia
War Fund
The
Ied Cross
Gibson
Robert Davis
Englewood, N. J
Paris
American Red Cross Commission
Straw Paper Plan Advocated by English Farmers
English farmers urge making paper from 4.5 million tons of straw harvested from 8 million additional acres of wheat land. The idea aims to revive a prewar industry in England after foreign pulp imports ceased. the Board of Agriculture is urged to consider the proposal.
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Hingland
England
Board of Agriculture of
Island
Toleration as proof of love and new tech claims
The item notes various curiosities including a Russian ice from salt solutions for shipping perishables, a Venezuelan patent on recovering tanning extracts, Milan reports of Captain Laurenti allegedly setting a world flight record Turin Naples Turin, an iceless auto refrigerator with evaporative cooling, and a German plant yielding a fiber as a jute substitute.
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Venezuela
Dividivi
Milan
Giulo Laurenti
Turin
Naples
Germany
Courage in the Thought
A short reflective line by A H Clough. It speaks of steadiness in memory of divine support and the reassurance that failure does not lead to ultimate collapse.
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A. H. Clough
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