Army Plan Reform Contemplates War With HMS
Radical reshaping of U S military policy aims to equip the nation for a long war. The plan includes draft age changes and expanded vocational training, with a broad officer corps and nationwide training system. President approval of training aspects is reported, with Congress to be asked to consider broader reforms.
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D. C
General Staff Army
Compresve Army
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Sion
Rseas
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Readable fragments describe a local notice or brief item with unclear names and dates. The legible parts hint at a public or community notice but give no full details or actions. The entry remains incomplete and unverified.
Girls Receive Teachers Permits at First Friends Church
Four girls from the Sun day school teachers training class completed an eighteen month course read essays on teaching methods and received diplomas certifying their ability to teach. Misses Helen Morse Flossie Morse Eva Fisher and Ida Fisher were graduates with special music by the church choir and a solo by Mrs Stellrecht.
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First Friends Church
Helen
Flossie Morse
Eva
Ida Fisher
Domestic science canning teams prep for exhibitions
Miss Elizabeth Hudson oversees eight teams of four at the high school to demonstrate canning. The groups practice twice weekly under Miss Wahl and Miss Hahn, learning to can three fruits and two vegetables using cold pack and modern war cookery methods. Community demonstrations have begun with invitations from several residents.
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Hudson
Elizabeth Hudson
Helen Wahl
Viola Hahn
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Incomplete readable portion mentions a name or event but lacks clear details or context. No concrete entities, places, or dates can be confirmed from the fragment.
1500 Prisoners Taken by Allies on Asiago Plateau
An official dispatch from Rome reports Italian and French forces on the Asiago plateau captured Monte Val Della and took 1,500 Austrian prisoners. The report identifies the action as part of ongoing operations in the theater.
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Washington, D. C
Rome
Asiago
Monte Val Della
Shelby Norman Post Meeting Notice
Shelby Norman Post will meet in Memorial Hall on Tuesday July 2 at 2 p m. The notice invites members to attend the gathering.
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Attention Comrads
Shelby Norman Post
Memorial Hall
Car Shatters After Road Mishap Near Flatiron Point
Last evening on the Davenport to Muscatine route, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper escaped serious harm when their car struck a rut and flew about 20 feet. The collision left the car shattered but occupants bruised only slightly with no major injuries. The accident occurred at Flatiron point. In a separate incident, Mrs. George Adams of Conesville, daughter of Mrs. John Wasson, was struck and killed by a train near the Adams home north of Conesville, news reaching Muscatine as authorities were alerted.
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Davenport
Muscatine
Jasper
Flatiron Point
Wingiout
Titan
Kthasa
City Residents to Attend Armour Technical School
A. V. Ward and P. Carpenter depart tonight for Chicago to attend the Armour Technical school. They will enter the mechanics division of the army and the course will last about two months.
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A. V. Ward
P. Carpenter
Chicago
Armour Technical School
Mechanics Division
Army
State of Iown v Ray Macklin bound over in auto theft case
A transcript was filed today in the district court in the matter of State of Iown versus Ray Macklin. Macklin was recently bound over to the grand jury on the charge of the theft of an automobile.
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State of Iown
Ray Macklin
District Court
Macklin
Grand Jury
Fined For Intoxication and Local Health Note
William Gehrke of Muscatine was arrested on intoxication and found guilty by Judge Crull, receiving 10 days in the county jail. Mrs Patrick McKillip of Bloomington township is hospitalized at Hershey hospital after a serious eye operation by Dr W H Johnston.
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William Gehrke
Muscatine
Crull
Patrick McKillip
Bloomington Township
Hershey Hospital
W. H. Johnston
Hold Geltz Obsequies for Leo Geltz
Funeral services were held at St Mathias Church for Leo Geltz who died Friday in a railroad incident. Rev Father presided with burial in the cemetery. pallbearers included Ory Maisenbach Wesleyville Martin Dale Luken Wises and Henry Snyder.
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Hold Geltz
Leo Geltz
St. Mathias
Father
Friday the 13th no bogey for pioneer railroad man
Julius McCoskey a longtime locomotive engineer on the Rock Island Lines, started on the Wilton Plug line on Friday the 13th in 1871 and has served 55 years without a serious accident. His pension was approved, and he plans to retire near Cedar Rapids.
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Jules McCoskey
Wilton
Rock Island Railroad Employers Magazine
Julius McCoskey
Missouri Division
South Bend
Ind
McCoskey
Rock Island
Lake Shore and Michigan
Rock Island Road
Jule
New York Central Line
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Northwestern Railroad
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
MecCoskey
Cedar Rapids
Rex DeMarce Arrives Safely Overseas
Rex DeMarce son of Mr and Mrs M DeMarce of 406 Chestnut Street reports arrival in foreign soil after leaving Camp Mills New York. He enlisted in Co A 315th Engineers on April 29 and trained at Ort Dodge before deployment from Camp Travis.
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Rex DeMarce
Infant Dies. Funeral Planned for Morrey Child
Funeral services for the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Delos Morrey of 1015 East Sixth Street will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the family home. Captain Taylor of the Salvation Army will conduct the services. The baby died about 4 o'clock this morning.
Obsequies for Rainbow tragedy victims held in two towns
The two electrocu tion victims buried Sunday in Davenport Iowa and Sweetland Iowa. Charles Arthur Deweese born 1870 near Humbolt Nebraska, married 1902 to Agnes Strohbehn, survived by three children Mabel Arthur Roxie. Charles Beenck burial at Oakdale after funeral at his East Sixth Street home.
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Rainbow
Davenport
Sweetland
Charles Arthur Deweese
Melpine Church
H. C. Millice
Sweetland Methodist Church
Agnes Strohbehn
Mabel
Arthur
Roxie
Charles Beenck
East Sixth Street
Oakdale
Elderly Woman Struck By Train In Conesville
Conesville Iowa July 1 Mrs John Wasson mother of Mrs Geo Adams living a mile north of town met instant death when struck crossing tracks near her daughter's home. Train crew said warning sounded but she did not appear to hear it. Dr A J Weaver of Muscatine summoned.
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Journal
Conesville
Iowa
John Wasson
Geo. Adams
A. J. Weaver
Muscatine
Wicke in France Card News from Rock Island to France
Mr and Mrs J H Wicke of 199 Madison street received a card from their son Carl H Wicke stating his safe arrival in France. He is a corporal in the 123rd Regiment of Heavy Field Artillery and enlisted at Rock Island in May 1917. He was stationed at Fort Logan before moving to the coast. Born to Mr and Mrs Delmar Earl Ostrander of 401 Lee street a son on Saturday.
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J. H. Wicke
Madison Street
Carl H. Wicke
France
Mr. Wicke
123 Regiment of Heavy Field Artillery
Rock Island
Fort Logan
Delmar Earl Ostrander
Lee Street
Home remedy promises painless corn removal with freezone
A Cincinnati authority warns against cutting corns claiming it risks lockjaw and blood poisoning. He touts freezone as a cheap drug available at drugstores that, when applied to a corn, allegedly relieves soreness and allows the entire corn to be lifted out without inflammation.
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Cincinnati
Ady
Investment Loans Across Denominations At 6 Percent Interest
Promoter offers varied loan amounts from 100 to 10000 dollars with six percent interest. Farms reportedly inspected by office staff, claiming forty years of experience and reliability in this investment field. Inquiries invited at 213 Iowa Avenue.
Mary Pickford at the A Muse Theatre in mixed reviews
Lovers of Mary Pickford see her in Amarilly of Clothes and America’s S in a program touted as a triumph for the A Muse Theatre. Billie Burke headlines in Let’s Get a Divorce directed by Charles Giblyn, with Pickford and Burke as the era’s leading attractions.
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Playhouse
Amarilly
Frances
Belle K. M
America
Marshall Neilan
Ford
Stella Mar
Billie Burke
Paramount Starr Turing
Tress
Ter
Sacc
John Emerso
Victorien Sardou
Burke
Inde
Cupgirl
Phooplay
Miss Burke
Charles Giblyn
Barge Line Delivers Corn From Zeigler Farm to Muscatine
Koehler's launch and barge carried 2500 to 3000 bushels of corn from the George Zeigler farm near New Boston to Muscatine for shipment to Chicago. Farm hands say recent rains delayed work but barge movement proves river traffic aids farmers and city residents. Unloading expected by Tuesday noon as adverse weather eases.
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Koehler
George Zeigler
New Boston
Muscatige
Chicago
Divorce Decree in Drake Versus Bake Case
A divorce decree was filed and granted in the case of Mary Drake against Ian Bake. The court record confirms the dissolution of the marriage with terms reflected in the decree.
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Ted
Mary Drake
Iam Bake
US Casualties List Reports Wounds and Deaths Across States
The Washington casualty list shows four percent of the divided force with deaths from wounds airplane accidents and other causes. Named are Lieutenants Ky Carl A. pids Mich Corporate Litchfield Conn John Delphia Private Richard New York Jesse Dixon Blackengar Ga Filecackson Clarksville Ark, Morris G Russell Ar Died of wounds Private Alfred Iruno YonK N Y and others including Sergeant Charles C. Forst Dayton Ohio Corporal Glenn H. County Myberry Ark Privates John A. Dodis Decatur Ill James Jackson S Lyoth Brookly n N A mer Vannes more Nashus N Died of Cordele Ga Jeremiah James Pat ch Franklin H. White Sk Lirplane accident Lt George T. O Loughlin Racine Wis Corporal John I North street Joseph Gallighe Privates Herbert Louis Manté Purvis Severtly winded Hubdts lamb ary 8d Private Haute Ind Paoli Tad Oliver Private Elbert accident and other causes fenty Dorman 516 East St Louis Ill r Cashalor Ireland Payson Kansas Williams Lexa Ark Imner Mo Corporals Jesse Snl Edwin Steinwedie Harl Coffman Terre ivate Pliny V Daily Lee Klevensville Wis Ramey Richmond nd Elmer Smith Sister Bay Wis
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Nore Oe Ky
Carl A.pids
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Litchfield
Conn
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Delphia
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Alfred Iruno
Yonk
New York
Jesse L. Dixon
Blackengar
Filecackson
Clarksville
Arkmory
M . Morris G Russel
Charles C. Forst
Dayton
Ohio
Glenn H. County
Myberry
Ark
John A. Dodis
West
Decatur
James Jackson S. Lyoth
Brookilyn
N. Amer
Vannes More
Nashus N
Cordele
Jeremiah
James Patch
Franklin H. White
George T. O'Loughlin
Racine
Wis
Lohn
Joseph Gallighe
Herbert City
Louis Manté Purvis
Hubdts, Lamb
Haute
Ind
Paoli
Tad
Elbert
Fenty Dorman, Jr
East St. Louis
Inl
Legal filings in district court report guardian and estate actions
In district court this morning three documents were filed with KG Tipton county clerk. J G Kammerer representing Var ena Shafnit filed the first annual report of the trust estate for Fred Shafnit. Rosalie Ruckheim filed her bond for guardianship of Christian Ruckheim a minor and a report of the minor estate and investments over the past year.
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KG. Tipton
J. G. Kammerer
Varena Shafnit
Fred Shafnit
Rosalie Ruckheim
Christian Ruckheim
Vinol Ad Claims Cure for Nervous Breakdown
A woman describes a nervous breakdown that left her unable to work. She credits Vinol with rebuilding her health and appetite after doctors and a cousin recommended it, touting Vinol as a tonic with iron manganese glycerophosphates and plant tones.
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N. Y
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Mr. Lay
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