Muscatine Boys Enlist. One Deferred
Muscatine county youths answer the colors with several enlistees. Edward Hotka of 606 Pine Street sails tonight for Hancock Georgia to join the gun repair department. Dr. Farrell leaves for Camp Dix Wrightstown New Jersey as a brakeman. George E Bahr Ralph A Althaus and Earl L Finch enlist at Des Moines in the navy. Bahr Althaus sent to Puget Sound naval yard Washington Finch to Great Lakes training. John H Buser and Roger Conesville placed in deferment or class one, with Buser’s deferment cancelled under district board ruling.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Edward Hotka
Pina Street
Hancock
Dr. Farrell
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
J. Farrell
John H. Buser
Conesville
Thve
John Buser
Huns Continue Fruitless Attack Across Picardy Front
In Memorial Day rites near the American sector in Picardy, flags and flowers marked each grave as chaplains and Salvation Army aid honored fallen soldiers. Memorial services included Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech, religious anthems, and tributes to France’s aid and American valor. American aviators engaged multiple German machines with intense dogfights and some enemy planes were brought down or pursued.
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No Man‘s Land
France
Picardy
Salvation Army
Lincoln
Lavers
Thomas J. Jackson
America
Father A. Cadoux
Dantigny
Paris
Bordeaux
Labor Walkout Shocks Nation At Silvis Rail Shops
A 1,800 Silvis railroad shop workers walkout in Illinois draws heavy public condemnation as federal authority pledges impartial wage and condition review. A government inquiry is dispatched to Moline, Illinois to investigate the strike against the United States government.
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Alexandria
United States
U. S
Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
Nurses Carry Out Patients After Bomb Hit City Street
In a narrow street a bomb wrecked a building in front of a hospital convoy. Private Roscoe Wiley drove one car while Sergeant J W Nolder and three patients rode in another. Wreckage surrounded them as civilians and soldiers dug survivors from debris by pocket lamps. Aircraft buzzed overhead as bombs fell beyond the trench line.
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Roscoe Wiley
Madisonville
Texas
J. W. Nolder
Altoona
Nolder
No Man's Land
Radio Course Open to Boys and Men in Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College at Ames announces a six week radio and wireless operation course in Cedar Rapids in cooperation with Cedar Rapids city schools and Chamber of Commerce. Under Prof F B Sisler the program prepares men for radio service in the army or navy, with early June start and applications to the Cedar Rapids chamber secretary. Health and police clearance required.
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Army
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Ames
Army and Navy Department
Chamber of Commerce of
F. B. Sisler
War Department
Postpone Red Men lodge service flag dedication
The dedication of the service flag by the Red Men lodge was postponed indefinitely due to the death of Mrs. Marta Thompson, mother of two members, from Ninth street. The flag of fourteen stars will be dedicated at the next meeting in the second week of June. The lodge meeting proceeded with a business session and an address on war questions by Great Saenem B. Maines of Davenport.
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Red Men
Marta Thompson
Last Ninth Street
Saenem B. Maines
Davenport
Corpus Christi Processions Scrapped by Cologne Authorities
May 30 Geneva reports that Corpus Christi processions in the Cologne archdiocese were canceled by Cardinal Von Hartmann amid Allied air raid fears. Civilian and military authorities requested the postponement. Also: an actress married in June notes audiences harder to please than husbands.
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Geneva
Italy
Cologne
von Hartman
Two Strap oxfords and Tennis shoes on sale
Advertisement listing two strap oxfords priced at $1.50 and $2.00, tennis shoes at $1.10, plus a large variety of white oxfords for sale. Includes abbreviated shop branding BLSH.
Aged Muscatine Resident Dead in Muscatine
Winfield Scott Elliott a longtime Muscatine county resident died at his home 1393 Sherman Street after a paralytic stroke suffered Tuesday night. Born September 18, 1863 in Dark County Ohio, he lived in West Liberty as an infant, later married Mary Bella Holmes, then Matilda Torry. Survived by children J B Elliott and ElIott of Creston, five grandchildren, two brothers, three sisters, and a widow.
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Winfield Scott Elliott
Muscatine County
Sherman Street
Mr. Eliott
Dark County
Ohio
West Liberty
Marybella Holmes
Laura Kelle
William Marshall
J. B. Mliott
Is. Iliott
Creston
Iowa
Kiott
Matilda Torry
Laura Belle Wliott
Edwin Lester
Jeanette Dorothy
Mary Allen
Mary Ada Eliott
Taylor Wilcott
Albion
J. BE. Hillett
Downey
Mollie Johnson
Pennsylvania
Deceased Contractor Bello Eliott of Liscomb and Mrs Alles Metcalf Albion
Election of the contractor and house builder is noted for Bello Eliott of Liscomb and Mrs Alles Metcalf of Albion. The obituary states the deceased was engaged in contracting and house building for over twenty years and no funeral arrangements have been announced.
Farewell Party and Dance at the Launch Club
Notice invites Moose to a big farewell party and dance at the Launch Club tonight. Bring the better half and enjoy the social event. Want ads seek roomers for lodging or accommodations.
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Moose
New Yorkers Must Work War Proclamation Call
Governor Whitman releases the anti loafing proclamation to be issued tomorrow urging every able bodied man aged 18 to 50 to secure regular lawful work for the war effort, minimum 36 hours per week. The piece notes a farewell event for C W Dye as the orchestra plays.
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Albany
N. Yu
Whitman
Mother's Friend in Every Home Advise for expectant mothers and babies
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy for pregnancy discomfort. It claims to ease ligament strain, relax muscles, soothe breast soreness, and reduce nervousness and morning sickness. The copy urges readers to obtain the product locally and request a "Motherhood Book" from Bradfield Regulator Co.
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Bradfield Regulator Co. G
Jamar
Atlanta
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