Davenport Builds New Storage Plant This Fall
A new 100000 storage plant is to be erected in Davenport this fall. Reports detail varied local items from Red Cross leadership in Waukon to county fair proceeds, plus rail and road incidents and county notices on coal, defense councils, and farming gains.
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Davenport
Olave Volden
Waukon
Red Cross
Volden
Charlotte
City Library Fund
France
George Wilson
Missouri Valley
Logan
Montrose
Keokuk Mas
United Brethren Churches of
Northern Town
Graves Memorial L.B
Waterloo
Léander Clark College
Toledo
Council of National Defense
W. C. Earle
State Board of Control
Tven
Council Bluffs
Iowa
State University
Irene Bradley
Grinnell College
Montezuma
First Iowa Infantry
Charles Price
Levy
Des Moines
Price
Louia Edward Schaar
Schaar
County Officers Associations
Indy
William Galloway
Cedar Heights
Spirit Lake
West
Okoboji Lake
Havelock
Gridley
Charles Reusche
Clinton
Clinton County
Entomologist Recommends Soap Spray to Fight Turnip Pests
Iowa State College entomologist reports widespread turnip crop damage from a plant lacewing outbreak and urges soap solution as a rapid control. Use 1 lb Ivory soap to 10 gal water or 4 oz to 10 quarts, dissolve, dilute, and spray with a pump. Soap kills by contact. avoid harming beneficial Lady beetles if they are present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Cut Out Apple Fireblight Across Iowa Orchards
Iowa State College horticultural officials report fireblight hitting apples and pears statewide. Contagious bacterial disease blights twigs and blossoms, first visible as scorching on leaves. Best method is to cut and burn affected twigs. for larger limbs cut back to healthy tissue. Control of the insects spreading the disease is tied to spraying with nicotene sulfate, Black Leaf 40, at 1 to 800 parts water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
President Wilsons War Message Annotated
The war message delivered by President Wilson to Congress on April 2, 1917 is published by the Committee of Public Information in Washington with foreword and annotations. It contrasts Americanism and Prussianism, includes detailed facts and figures, and aims to clarify the government and people’s decision and support for Liberty Loan bonds.
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Wilson
Houses of
Congress
Germany
Committee of Public Information
Washington
America
George A Washington
Open Confession From Reichstag Address August 1914
Fragmentary OCR quotes ignite debate over wartime aims as Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg speaks to the Reichstag on August 4 1914 asserting commitment to make amends once military goals are achieved. The text reflects the era’s urgency and resolve amid early World War I tensions.
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Beth‘mann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for All Stages
Readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages through constitutional treatment. The ad guarantees $100 to any case it fails to cure, invites testimonials, and lists Toledo Ohio makers F J Cheney & Co with druggists selling at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
All Druggista
Deserted Real Estate Suit in Marion County Court
Gerrit H. Waechter sues Timothy Botsford and others in the Iowa District Court at Marion County claiming full ownership by color of title to the north half of Lot 8 in Block 60, Pella. The petition notes century old deeds missing or lost and alleges adverse possession for over twenty years.
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Lows Ty
Marengo
Waterloo City Railroad
Colonel Holsteen
Burlington
Stanley Miller
O. J. Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Ammunition Train
Fort Dodge
E. W. Hines
John Thome
Max Whistler
Council Bluffs High School
Northwestern
Des Moines
C. E. Davis
Glenwood
Malvern Light and Power Company
Edwin
Herman Tammes
Sheldon
Tammes
Germany
Agnes Thayer
Council Bluffs
Shoe
Harry Lovejoy
New Hampton
Joseph Lovejoy
Cherokee County
J. B. Brandt
Clinton
Harding
Town Regiment of Artillery
War Department
Phil Roan
Fort Madison
Courit
Cherokees
Bull Moose
Dubuque
Clinton County
Herbert C. Hoover
C. Whitley
Iowa State Federation of Women's ‘Clubs
Whitley
Max Meyer
Town City
Gerrit H. Waechter
Timothy BE. Botsford
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Timothy Botsford
Botsford
Henry 8. Taylor
Taylor
Jacob Cox
Cox
Joshua
Emma Smalley
Smalley
John Smalley
Emily Smalley
Clement Cox
Jacob Cox, Jr
Della Cox Stewart
Stewart
Della Robertson
Robertson
Marion
Pella
Recorder of Deeds
Timothy
T. BE
Timothy DB
Quieting Title in Marion County Iowa 1917 Notice
Petition seeks to quiet and confirm title to Lot 8 Block 50 in toe Iowa now held by John L Russell. Jacob Cox and Joshua Cox allegedly conveyed interests not recorded. heirs’ names vary in probate. Interested parties must appear by Oct 2 1917 at Knoxville Iowa or default will be entered. GEO G Gades attorney for plaintiff.
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Iowa
Teliam Cox
Marion County
John L. Russell
Jacob Cox
Joshua
Cox
William Cox
Stat- Wee Rainetti
Pella
Foot-Hase Ease for Feet Used by Allied Troops
Men drilling for national preparedness get comfort from Al len's Foot-Hase. Shake into shoes to remove friction, refresh feet, and ease tired aching swollen feet blisters and callouses. Also use in foot bath. Used by British and French troops.
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Allen
Aod
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