Iowa News Items of Interest Summary
A broad roundup notes Marshalltown fatalities from automobile injuries and a fatal accident near Perry. Des Moines renames Good Park to Harry McBenjamin Park in honor of a fallen captain. Ottumwa suffers $30,000 fire damage at Morey Clay. Typhoid outbreak rises in Dubuque with several deaths. Fort Madison driver Philip Roan enlists. Croix de Guerre veteran Roan served with French army. Bodies of Barto and Rock recovered after Mississippi fishing mishap. War-related enlistments, paroled workers, and shipbuilding labor guidance dominate. Camp Dodge hosts Anderson family members. German band performs patriotically in Clarinda. Highland Park merger with Union College proceeds. Sorghum mill movement begins at Kingsley. Iowa state institutions discuss parole earnings and public service reserve guidance. Infant found dead in Dubuque. coroner investigates. Soldiers moving from Camp Dodge trigger new notice rules. Iowa Old Capitol closed for fireproofing. Library purge removes German propaganda texts. Casualties rise in Iowa regiment in France. Farm labor surplus for married men prompts housing and wage considerations. Marshall County agents report wide plantings and inter-state job seekers.
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Edward L. Jones
Marshalltown
Waukon Red Cross
Good Park
Des Moines
Harry Mc‘benry Park
France
Morey Clay Products Company
Ottumwa
Ethel Jenson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
A. Nelson
Kansas City
Polk County
Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Food Administration
Fifth Street
John N. Mountain
Castana
Monona County
Twenty-eighth
Wisconsin Infantry
Ella Mountain
Lves
Arthur
Forty-third United States Infantry
New Orleans
Dubuque
Page County
Clarinda
Lutheran Concert Band
Highland Park College
Baptists
Highland Park
Board of Trustees
Union College
Kingsley
Iowa
Board of Control
W. 5
S. Withrow
Mount Pleasant
Board of Parole
H. J. Metcalf
United States Public Service Reserve
United Fates Public Service Reserve
Erete House
Anderson
Ita
Camp Dodge
351St Infantry
R. S. Orr
Garner
James Battig
Albla
Odebolt
Uncle Sam
Butler County Farm Bureau Association
Government Seed Commission
Greene
James A. Smith
District Court
Mitchell County
Fred C
Leavenworth
A. N. Brown
National Army
Fiftieth Infantry
A. E. Kepford
American Red Cross
Belgium
Hoover
Belgian Relief Committee
W. R. Fullerton
Dubuquet
United States
W. A. Jessup
Board of Education
State Council of National Defense
State Defense Council
Company M
Red Oak
Atlantic
Albert E. Behmer
Sutherland
Cecil M. Conley
Fred H. Turner
Fred C. Brummett
Buchanan
Marshall County
Tha Farm Bureau
New York
Cross as emblem across cultures in history and religion
The article surveys mentions of the cross in Ezekiel and Christian tradition, noting how the sign appeared in Jewish scripture, Mexican temples, and Native beliefs. It cites Prescott, Brinton, Thor’s hammer shape, Longfellow, Rev Baring Gould, and Cicero on cross symbolism and torture, pondering its historic role and reception.
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Ezekiel
Jerusalem
Prescott
Mexico
Doctor Brinton
Thor
Longfellow
Olaf
Baring Gould
Cicero
They Walk With God Easter Reflection Prompt
A Bristol preacher urges readers to seek the living among the living not the dead. He echoes the Easter message that Jesus and his followers are alive forever, describing vanished loved ones walking with God in white and a comforting light in the home and church.
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God
Ags
Jesus
M. Bristol
D. D
The Thrift Card Rider and the Nation’s Call
A 20th century poem recounts a boy on a strange steed riding for national aid. He urges money for clothes and food as soldiers fight, rallying people to save nickels and dimes for the war effort. The boy on his Thrift Stamp completes his task as the nation is stirred to support the home front.
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Paul Revere
Trackless trolley gains success in Bradford England
Port Arthur carpenters gain wage raise to six dollars daily while grocers nationwide incur over 75 million dollars in annual delivery costs. Federal labor data show food prices rose 32 percent from July 1916 to July 1917.
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Bradford
England
Port Arthur
Tex
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Y M C A toad shipment to France sparks astonished remark
A World War era note reports a Y M C A toad leaving for France packed with 200000 letterheads and 600000 talking machine needles among many other supplies. Secretaries question if the load is unusual, then confirm another larger shipment will follow.
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France
He Who Toils
The article argues the average man does not love work for its own sake yet condemns real laziness as rare. It suggests laziness is uncommon and often misattributed to illness or poor conditions, with hookworm or anemia as noted possible causes.
Local church talk turns to Dr Blank depth and endurance
After a Sunday service three prominent parishioners walk home discussing Dr Blank. The first claims he dives deeper into truth than any preacher. The second adds he can stay under longer, and the third notes he comes up drier.
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