Emergency fund asked for Battery Boys in New Mexico
A movement in Iowa seeks a 1500 dollar emergency fund for the 126th field artillery to meet unforeseen needs not covered by government or relief agencies. Davenport backs 500 dollars, with Muscatine Cedar Rapids Clinton and Des Moines contributing batteries. The fund would aid fares, funerals, medical transport, and urgent conveyances for wounded or ill soldiers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
126Th Field Artillery
Iowa
New Mexico
Davenport
John Ruhl
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Des Moines
New Rule Lets 30 Pounds Sugar For Canning Purchases
A new ruling by the food administration allows up to 30 pounds of sugar to be bought at one time for canning, issued to retailers by state administrator J. I. Deems. Sugar sales require certificates and prohibit uses other than canning, while U S prices remain lower than allied nations due to food restrictions.
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Food Administration
J. I. Deems
United States
The
Great Britain
France
Italy
Canada
United Kingdom
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Restoration
A spring medicine claim promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe, longstanding blood purifier tonic. It touts effectiveness against scrofula eczema humors catarrh rheumatism loss of appetite fatigue debility and general weakness suitable for all ages and seasons.
470 Bouquets Decorate Graves Of Civil War Soldiers
Four hundred seventy bouquets of flowers and ferns decorated graves of Muscatine Civil War soldiers at Greenwood and St. Marys cemeteries after patriotic services at the First Methodist church. Flowers were later cast into the river as a memorial.acty of old soldiers led the effort with help from local school children who gathered the blooms. The Woman's Relief Corps arranged the bouquets in their McColm building workrooms.
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Muscatine
Gon
Greenwood
St. Mary's
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman's Relief Corps
McColm
Leasowe Castle Sunk With 101 Lost in Mediterranean
The transport Leasowe Castle, 9737 tons, torpedoed by an enemy submarine on May 26 in the Mediterranean, sank with 101 aboard including 13 officers and 79 other ranks. The ship, built in 1917 and owned by Union Castle, had been on duty in wartime service. Also reported, German submarine crew captured by an American destroyer after torpedoing the British steamer Inscarra. 17 men were taken prisoner in the latest incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leasowe Castle
British Admiralty
Mediterranean
Birkenhead
Union Castle Mail Stormship Company
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Inscarra
Fanning
Notice to discontinue throwing garbage on county roads
Muscatine county officials warn against obstructing roads and threaten prosecution. The county auditor KF W Johnston signs the notice dated April 18 1918 and issued by the board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
W. Johnston
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Chamberlain
Geo Kran
Owa Avenuer & Son
Harvey Butler
Raymond and
Dorothy
Nichols, Iowa
Munserville
Roomera
Grahame List
Grahams
Seve
Graham
Advertiser Coffee
Grahans
PELOT
Iowa Auto Co
Howard & Deems
Freers Tire and Battery Works
Muscatine Lighting Co
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