Iowa News Items of Interest in Wartime Era
Iowa items report Mrs Ethel Holland driving a taxi in Waterloo while husband serves. Eighty plus Iowa-connected soldiers die or go missing in action in France. J W Conzell of Dubuque elected president of National Dentists Association in Chicago with 10 000 dentists attending. Public health push for immunization and antitoxins, sugar saving campaign, and Y M C A volunteers serving in France. Sioux City and Webster County war effort updates include depots, bonds, and camp assignments. Casualties list includes many Iowa servicemen. local incidents involving war era tensions and disciplinary actions noted.
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Ethel Holland
Waterloo
Iil
168Th United States’ Infantry
Creston
France
National Dentists’ Association
Chicago
Iowa
J. W. Conzell
Dubuque
National Association
United State
State Boards of Health
Grant Township
Montgomery County
Highland Township
Winneshiek County
Logan
Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Department of the Adjutant General of the United States
State Service
College
Baylor Uni ‘Tex
State Agricultural Colle
Fort Collins
Cole
W. C. Finkbine
LeMara
Sioux City
M. L. Parker
Davenport
Iowa Food Administration
State Board of Health
F. N. Jacks
Farmington
G. W. Gasque
Orient
EB. F. Biggs
Marion
K. Puttnan
Frederick Mason
Irving King
Iowa City
K. Buell
Independence
C. M. Hoili
George E. Pike
T. J. Payne
Gerloo
A. L. McMillan
Foreat City
M. O. Lacie
Rockford
C. BH. Myers
Radcliffe
Theo
Sexauer
Ames
J. Sayres
Jefferson
Nordakog
Nevada
A. W. Hartquist
Ft. Dodge
R. W. Orr
Armstrong
J. R. Bell
Storm Lake
L. A. Patterson
Whiting
William Welch
Keota
R. W. Shulte
Adel
Baron Willy P. H. von Roeden Hussen
Tly
Union Depot
Webster City
W. L. Frost
Adjutant General's Office
Arthur D. Burdick
Clinton
Webster County
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Rev
D. Smith
Marehalltown
Henry Maxwell
Smith
Maxwell
George H. Woodson
Woodson
General Crowder
Merrell Modglin
Forest City
Kan
General Courtial
Camp Dodge
Camp Pike
Atlantic
Niels Johnson
Fifty-eighth Infantry
Cass County
Johnson
Sweden
Exra
Vinerain
Walter Haram
United States Marines
Earlham
Hamm
Murray
Iowe
W. Marson
Clifton H. Campbell
Clarion
Fred Hays
Morning Sun
Leo
R. Keck
Henry E. Hopp
Mason City
Frank Rose
New London
Thomas D. Way
Exiine
George €. Dufield
Keosauqua
John R. Jarvis
Clarence V. Bhurtz
Eagle Grove
Harry W. Arnold
Ottumwa
Wm. L. Oson
Fort Dodge
Jas
J. Vaughn
Joo
Irwin L. Sears
Oska
Leroy P. Daley
Ottum
Laverne B. Glitzy
Ralph C. Grammer
Carl
Hilgardner
Ira W. Holman
Moravia
Rolfe Ge Heifner
Titonka
Patrick J
Red Oak
Iron Re
Real Viaton
Need for More Draft Horses Stimulates Local Effort
A national shortage of work horses due to war spurs a movement in Oskaloosa led by the Southern Iowa Fair & Exposition to boost horse raising. The fair will award premiums, connect buyers with breeders, and judge breed points to help farmers select high value stock amid global shortages.
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Oskaloosa
America
Europe
When Grandmother Forgot
Harriet is left alone in a sunlit parlor after her grandmother forgets to fetch lunch and paper for writing. She experiences hunger and loneliness, sensing abandonment as she awaits a question that she never fully hears, while a quiet moral about being forgotten lingers in the scene.
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Harriet
Grandmother
Mother
Trilled Parrot Forgives Cage Companion in Quiet Exchange
A parrot named Sunny perched on a seed cup and sang in a forgiving exchange with a companion. The scene centers on Sunny's bright eyes and forgiving mood, highlighting a gentle moment within a simple domestic interaction.
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Sunny
For Love We Fight and Love’s Final Victory Poem
Poem asserting love’s ultimate triumph over hate greed and madness. Proclaims love as victor over hearts of men despite bitterness and rage. Dated June 18, 1918.
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Apen
The Tale of Life’s Harsh Comedy
A clipped satirical verse enumerates life’s perils from birth to death. It mocks fortune and misfortune with quick sketches: debt, the tax collector, accidents, and sudden misfortune in a wry tone attributed to an Exchange quotation.
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Ufe
Iife
Canada
Miranda Tales on Automobiles
Miranda reflects on Ike considering buying an automobile while doubting the ability to afford one. She hides ambition, imagining showing off to Mandy Jones and Sis Araminta, and notes people discuss cars more for status than practicality. The tale blends humor with suburban dreams about mobility and pride.
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Ike
Miranda
Goshen
United States
Mandy Jones
Sis Araminta
Dorothy Dix on sympathy for those with no means
Dorothy Dix in Good Housekeeping voices concern for people without children or mobility and lacking resources to cope with others who have. She notes the pitiful defenses of those with no means and the struggle to relate to better off neighbors.
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Dorothy Dix
Good Housekeeping
The Best Plaster and Liniment Remedy Quote
A fragment notes a remedy for a lame back using Chamberlains Liniment and a damp flannel, bound over the seat of paints, claimed to be more effective and cheaper than a plaster. The line cites F. D. Stubenrauch as the source of the anecdote.
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F._D. Stubenrauch
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