Oskaloosa Chautauqua Opens Aug 13 to 23
Oskaloosa hosts a full Chautauqua schedule from August 13 to 23 featuring Miss Mary Allen in lectures, Lorado Taft sculpture, the Rodeheaver Co choir, Major Moton talks, Bellino the Accordion King, Irvin Cobb readings, and a varied bill including bands, opera singers, and moving pictures. Visitors are invited to attend any day or night for diverse programs across mornings, afternoons, and evenings.
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Moving Picture
Mary Allen
New York City
The
Rodeheaver Co
Billy Sunday
Rodeheaver Company
Woods Hutchinson
Lorado Taft
Moving Picture Postlude
Boston Sextette
Robert R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miss Allen
Bellino
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Lloyd Gorge
Irvin Cobb
Moving Pictures
Castle Court
Pete
France
Flanders
Maude Willis
Bertrand Lyon
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn
Iowa Brigade Band
Jessie Christian
Chicago Grand Opera Co
Iowa
Maude Stevens Company
Alice Shrode
Alice Shrode Company
Maude Stevens Co
Miss Willis
Crawford Adams Company
Father Jean Baptiste de Ville
Father de Ville
Belgium
Holland
Nine
Red Grenadiers
Nine Red Giadiere
al Sweet
United States
Att Oskaloosa
Farmers Rally For War Savings Stamps in Wapello
In Highland township Henry Osterfoss wavered over buying 1000 dollars in war savings stamps. Neighbors persuaded him by delaying threshing and reminding him of duty. He finally agreed to the full amount as the separator hummed and the Star Spangled Banner played. Osterfoss is listed as right by the council of defense.
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Wapello
Henry Osterfoss
Highland Township
Defense Council
Mr. Osterfoss
Don’t Sell Savings Stamps Honor Roll Iowa Counties
Iowa’s war savings committee highlights twelve counties Benton Black Hawk Butler Chickasaw Dallas Davis Ida Muscatine Palo Alto Sioux Tama Wright as on the honor roll for not cashing stamps. The campaign aims to deter unpatriotic cashing of stamps and contrasts it with holding Liberty bonds, noting government funding used for armaments if stamps are cashed.
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Iowa
Benton
Black Hawk
Butler
Chickasaw
Dallas
Davis
Ida
Muscatine
Palo Alto
Sioux
Tama
Wright
Iowa War Savings Committee
France
The Best Plaster Back Pain Remedy Quote
A flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment bound on the seat of pain can be more effective than a plaster for a lame back and costs far less, according to F. D. Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
F. D
Stubenrauch
Iowa State Fair Machinery Show Emphasizes Tractors
The Iowa State Fair showcases farm implements and labor saving machinery as farmers adapt to wartime labor shortages. Tractors will be widely displayed with demonstrations on a large field near the fairgrounds, featuring new makes and improvements to help farms maintain production.
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Iowa
Auto Polo Thrills Set For Iowa State Fair
Hankinson's Auto Polo, a famed American sport, will entertain daily at the Iowa State Fair. Inventor Hankinson hails from Kansas City and has showcased the game in Japan, China, and the Philippines. Described as lightning fast, it promises heroism and sharp skill under electric lights each afternoon and evening.
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Hankinson
Iowa State Fair Management
Kansas City
United States
Japan
China
Philippines
Orient
Beef cattle at Iowa State Fair preview record show
Exhibits of cattle and stock at the Iowa State Fair reflect national price trends. With purebred cattle in high demand and records set at auction, breeders anticipate a record breaking display, early reservations indicate strong interest and top prices.
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Iowa State Fair
Iowa
Iowa Fair
Iowa State Fair to Exhibit Local Coal and Mines
Town boasts limited minerals but Hawk Eye notes Iowa will display black diamonds from mines and the mining department at the state fair. The national fuel administrator urges use of home grown coal this year, making expert coal men available to educate consumers on types and grades.
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Missouri
Hawkeya
Mines and Mining Department
Iowa
National Fuel
Germans Squeeze Starving Belgium
The United States food administration cites a Tournal letter detailing German military rule over Tournai and surrounding communes since October 1916. It describes seizure of livestock and crops, heavy fines, deportation risks, and rationing that leaves Belgians with starvation level meat, eggs, and milk, fueling quiet but strong Belgian Patriotism.
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United States Food Administration
Tournal
Belgium
Germany
United States
Tournai
New Meat Rules for Iowa
United States Food Administrator for Iowa urges households to substitute pork products for beef due to army and ally demand. Citizens should not buy more than one and a quarter pounds of clear beef weekly or one and a half pounds including bone per person. Other meats like mutton lamb veal and liver may replace exportable beef.
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J. F. Deems
United States
Iowa
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Canada
United Grain Growers Securities Company
Organized Farmers of Western Canada
Farmers’ Movement
United Grain Growers, Limited
Winnipeg
Ted
Calgary
Oskaloosa Chautauqua
Fletcher
Castoria
Garden City
Pella
E. Hoeksema
West
Washington St
Pella, Iowa
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