Iowa News Highlights and War Era Notes
Iowa items report Homer G Roland in France with pneumonia. Camp Dodge trains arrive. D A R memorial hospital proposed. J A Vipond sells 90 Duroc-Jersey sons and gifts for 29000. politics spark Ottumwa governor bid. Clifford Call dies at 86. Liberty loan success marks for Wapello County. marriage licenses down in 1918. Grant Highway group formed. Niera arts college enrollment peaks. fire threat at Closehall Y M C A. Camp Dodge mail down 80 percent since armistice. Y M C A programs aid soldiers. Wilson cabinet speculation centers on Claude Porter. tuberculosis test funding eyed. Cedar Valley hospital vote fails. daylight saving angers Polk farmers. horses perish in Iowa River. Homer G Roland reported dead. Sgt John T Baker cited for heroism. Des Moines notes 8th Division badges. Cass County banks rise despite 1918 drain. Junior Red Cross health crusade planned. Iowa war casualties list grows. lightning losses prompt farm safety rods.
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Garfield School
Clarin
Homer G. Roland
University of Iowa
France
Camp Dodge
Towa
Lydia Alden
Spencer
Clay County
J. A. Vipond & Sons
Algona
J. ¥. Deema
Burlington
Iowa
Bal- Mingall
Ottumwa
Martin Hawke
Clutter
L. W. Call
Webster City
Call
Wapello County
Stary County
Grant Highway Association
Iowa Falls
Sheridan Babcock
William Holden
Bronx City
J. H. Baker
Pomeroy
A. €. Heath
Fort Dodge
S. D. Moore
Waterloo
Niera Arts College
College of Law
College of Engineering
Medical and Dental
Closehall
University Y. M. C. A
Iowa City
George A. Huffman
Des Moines
Mr. Huffman
Charles City
Cedar Valley Hospital
Polk County
W. E. Meyers
Iowa River
Oscar Hostetler
M. C. Roland
Stars and Stripes
Roland
John T. Baker
Seventh Engineers
Bancroft
J. J. Pershing
Baker
Meuse
Cass County
Case County
Chicago
Red Cross
Elmer G. Guenther
North English
Oscar Shadrock
Thayer
Arnold J. Schmieg
Keokuk
Charley A.workmaster
Odebolt
William L. McTurk
Traer
Albert W. Malmberg
Stanhope
Helmer Peterson
Decorah
Fred W. Dannenbring
Ireton
William J. Heldenreich
Rockford
Warren B. Leonard
Middle West
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If You Had Been Blind One Look At The World
A reflective passage asks which single sight a newly sighted person would choose. It ponders options from a mother’s face to stars, landscapes, machines, and crowded streets, inviting readers to imagine the first vision after long darkness.
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Maud Lincoln
Earth
Adenoid Cure Promises Deafness Relief for Children
Dr A H Weber unveils a new adenoid treatment avoiding chloroform or nasal surgery. Adenoids sit at the throat behind the nasal passages and can be cured to restore hearing. A Radcliffe mail carrier’s daughter improved after treatment, with many others in towns named as patients. Diseases of the eye ear nose and throat treated glasses perfectly fitted.
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A. H. Weber
Nels Johnson
Radcliffe
Weber
A. Bush
Stuart
George Hoheman
Ackley
John Mhollock Hardy
C. Reagan
Winterset
Patiently Humored Jokes Face Off With Farce in Fun
A compilation of short humorous snippets and jokes from various voices. A wife praises her patient husband while jesting about laziness. A used car is likened to a rattling skeleton. A family miscommunication over cables from war time and a transit fare quip end with a punch line about seven and fourteen cents saved.
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Johnson
Bliggins
Washington Star
Pat
Mike
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
A 19th century advertisement pledges One Hundred Dollars for an incurable catarrh case. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as blood acting, cleansing the mucous surfaces, and improving health after short use. Free testimonials offered, price 76 cents, sold by all druggists, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Notice to Teachers Exam Dates in County Office
Notice to teachers that the regular teachers examination will be held in the office of the county superintendent on January 29 30 and 31 starting at 8 00 o clock Mae Goldizen 3 4 County Superintendent.
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Mae Goldizen
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Iowa News
Y. M. C. A. Ames
Wilson
Thomas W. Gregory
United States
Washington
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
Jant
Porter
Atate
Gino
Condemy- Spek
Ware
Sere
the. R
The
American House
Mia
Isaac
Jacob
Tota
Joss
Fletcher
Castoria
Cade
Pietenpol
Central College
Ggist
Schakel
Pella
Daoust & CO
National Stock Yards, Ills
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