Gates Opened for Older Men at Naval Training Station
War department opens positions at Great Lakes Naval Training Station for men aged 31 to 50 with draft-age eligibility for general service. Pay ranges from 41 to 72 dollars. trades include machinists, engine men, blacksmiths, electricians, plumbers, fitters, and firemen. Training provided. rapid promotions possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mde
Charles E. Fox
Hershey Bank
Niagara
Muscatine Man Promoted At Kelley Field Texas
Private Robert Barry, son of Mr and Mrs P J Barry of Mulberry Avenue, has been promoted to corporal. He serves as an instructor in the Enlisted Mechanics Training school at Kelley Field, South San Antonio, Texas, as a member of the 869th Aero Squadron.
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Muscatine
Army Field
U. S. Aviation Schools
Kelley Field
South San Antonio
Texas
Robert Barry
Barry
869Th Aero Squadron
P. J. Barry
Mulberry Avenue
Iowa state bar association convention opens in Des Moines
Local lawyers plan to attend the 24th annual Iowa State Bar Association meeting in Des Moines. The event runs Thursday morning to Friday evening at the Chamberlain Hotel ballroom with addresses by Romo G. Brown of Minneapolis on Disloyalty of Socialism and welcome by Fred W. Sargeant of Des Moines. Other papers include The American Bar Association by Thomas J. Bray of Oskaloosa Civil and Military courts by Cant. Percy Bordwell National Army Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Bar Association
Des Moines
William RR. Jayne
William Hoffman
J. F. Devitt
Committee of Law Reform
Romo G. Brown
Minneapolis
Chambelain Hotel
Woelcoma
Fred W. Sargeant
Pes Moines
Louis Block
Davenport
American Bar Association
Thomas J. Bray
Oskaloosa
Percy Bordwell
National Army
Camp Dodge
Woman Seeks To Retain Home In Divorce Suit
Louisa Jasper appeals to the supreme court from a district court order in a divorce case. The action, begun by August Jasper on desertion grounds, led to a decree for the wife on a cross petition, with the husband ordered to pay $900 for her city home interest and a monthly alimony. The article also notes Duncan Jasper enlisting in the Coast Artillery and his scheduled departure from Davenport to Jefferson Barracks.
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Supreme Court
Louisa Jasper
District Court
August Jasper
Rock Island
Jasper
Butter Speculators Hit by New Government Rules
Government issues butter regulations to shorten producer to consumer routes and cap profits. Licenses must price at cost plus a fair profit, restricting additions for handling, storage, and transport. Speculators face penalties under the food control act for overreaching margins.
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J. L. Glesler
War Stamp Drive Completed In Bloomington Township
The sale of war savings stamps to raise Bloomington township's twenty thousand dollar quota will be completed today. Officials of the Bloomington Liberty loan club announced the drive will take several days to finish across districts. In Fairview district over seven hundred forty dollars was raised with Henry Windman and Merrill Satterthwaite canvassing.
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Bloomington
Merrill Satterthwaite
Help Wanted As War Drains Building Trades
national builders exchange wires city engineer J H Selden that eastern centers demand stonesetters iron setters bricklayers carpenters laborers and seventy five bricklayers at eighty cents an hour. Selden notes West offers better living costs despite lower nominal pay, improving workers’ real earnings.
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J. H. Selden
National Association of Builders Exchange
Contributions to Red Cross Reach Three Hundred Dollars
Muscatine Red Cross chapter reports cash contributions totaling over 300 dollars in the past month. Donors include Montpelier township auxiliary 31.50 dollars Burlington Road Kensington club 100 dollars Sweetland Auxiliary 110 dollars Daughters of the Veterans 1 dollar Ladies Aid of Seventh Day Adventist church 20 dollars Newfra auxiliaries in Swaetland and Montpelier townships 17 dollars each Sigmi Alpha class of First Presbyterian church 10 dollars. Hotel Muscatine Cafetera self service plan cited.
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Sigmi Alphi
First Presbyterian Church
High Prairie to Organize War Savings Club
High Prairie will organize a war savings club modeled on Muscatine's Liberty Loan setup. The meeting tomorrow evening at the High Prairie school will include all residents, feature an E D Bradley address, a preliminary program, and sang America and the national anthem. Nellie Peterson will sing, Velma Gertenbach will speak, and the club will be formed after the program.
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War” “Savings Club
Liberty’ Loan Club
Muscatine
High Prairie
High Prairie School
E. D. Bradley
Musecatine County
America
Nellie Peterson
E D. Bradley
Velma Gertenbach
Lift Off Corns Freezone Miracle Discovered in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati genius introduces freezone, now sold in tiny bottles at drug stores for a few cents. Apply a few drops to a tender corn or callus, and soreness vanishes instantly. The corn loosens and can be peeled away with the fingers without pain or irritation. One product claims to cure hard and soft corns and toe calluses cheaply and painlessly, turning users into enthusiasts.
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Cincinnati
Notice on dog tax and tagging deadline
Notice states dog owners must pay the tax due by July 1. After that date any dog found at large without a proper tag shall be subject to enforcement.
City Marshal Orders Clerical Nuisance Removed
A partial text notes the nuisance designation and action to remove the nuisance “up without further notice” per order of the City Marshal. The fragment implies municipal enforcement steps though details are incomplete.
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NAVY
Naval Training Station
Blanche Webster
West Sixth Street
Letts
I. V. Howenstine
Columbus Junction
Pennsylvania Bar Circle
Ispark
Dixon’s
Bond Bros
Walnut St
Coast Artillery
Duncan
Cassie B. Duncan
Paris Drive
Jefferson Barracks
Erie
ASA
Chicago
IIL
the Skitch Company
RED Cross
Hotel Muscatine Cafetera
Exelso
ST. Paul
ST. Paul, Minn
J.P. Manjoin
Muscatine, Iowa
International News Service
BY the
Way
George McManus
Rou
Fletcher
Castoria
Brussels
Qicken Gooe
Urnit
JRE & Rug CO
Pos Muscatine Ja
Morrison
Loop
Rome
Terrace Garde
Thondar
Hota
Harry C. Moir
Clark and
Madison
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