Big Guns Tested Opposite Bellevue and War News
Iowa items report new ground tests for war weapons opposite Bellevue. Ingwar Andresen of DeWitt and a number of others feature in local war news. Spanish influenza quarantine affects Odd Fellows and state events.
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Bellevue
Ingwar Andresen
DeWitt
Clinton County
Wapello County
Adjutant General's Office
Tona
Treasury
Iowa
State House
Solons
Pony” West
Cornell College
Hime
Mount Vernon
Weet
Cornell
Smith L. Brookhart
Washington
Jaws
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Odd Fellows
Mason City
C. ©. Alexander
Odd Fellows Lodge
Merle Potter
State Fuel Administration Office
Potter
Lows Citross
University Engineering Department
W. 8. Allen
Auto Department
Ohio
Vile B. Schermerhorn
Des Moines
Merchadant
Wesley Hospital
Kusas City
Gchermerbon
Ruth Shoemaker
Schermerhorn
Clements for Clerk Re-Election Highlighted by Voters
Harold R. Clements the Democratic candidate for Clerk of the District Court presents a four year record of improvements and new systems in docketing and records. A district judge praised Marion county’s well arranged court docket and urged adoption of the system in other counties. The piece argues a skilled, experienced clerk is essential to prevent costly errors in indexing and case handling.
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Order of the Eastern Star of Iowa
Davenport
W. L. Harding
Iowa
State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Tunis Vanderplutin
Union County
Vanderplutin
Red Cross
United States
Ethel D. Slaght
Federal Weather Bureau
Ross T. Waddell
Charles Reed
Miss Slaght
Dallas
Polk County
Camp Daige
Camp Dodge
W. C. Butler
Base Hospital
Italy
W. McArthur
Federal Court
Allone
Fairfield
Thomas H. Hermer
Cedar Rapids
William EB. J. Maloney
Ottumw
Charles J. Schmidt
Waterloo
Walter H. Loott
Ledyard
Ralph Ellie
Iowa City
Mark Pooley
Webster City
Fred G. Peetz
Clinton
Glenn E. Mathews
Farmersburg
John C. Henrichs
Atlantic
Everett McManus
Aurelia
George C. Hardinger
Garrison
Harold R. Clements
Marion
Marion County
Clements
The Old Negro Soliloquy Reflects on Duty and Faith
A poem in dialect shows the speaker debating a task offered by the Lord. He initially hesitates, recording guilt over delaying God’s work. Eventually, he resolves to stop shirking and fulfill the divine assignment himself.
Knitting Trick Improves Finishing Edges
A Good Knitting Suggestion from October Good Housekeeping recommends knitting the first two stitches together then returning the new stitch to the left needle and knitting to the end. This method loosens the edge, reduces breakage, and increases garment comfort compared with traditional binding off.
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Good Housekeeping
Indigestion Relief Gives Agnes Turner Confidence Boost
Agnes Turner of Chicago shares how overwork and irregular meals caused headaches constipation and sleeplessness. After two months on Chamberlain's Tablets her digestion improved and she now sleeps well and feels entirely well again, describing the treatment as cleansing the stomach and invigorating the system.
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Agnes Turner
Chicago
Chamberlain
Stubenrauch
Messengers of the President distribute WWI pamphlets
The Boy Scouts of America acted as dispatch bearers for the Committee on Public Information. They distributed fifteen million pamphlets and up to August 1918 the committee had two million requests for additional literature, with more than a thousand requests arriving daily.
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Boy Scouts of America
Committee On Public Information
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Iowa News
de Lawd
Cole
Tof
Mazer
Philadelphia
Dept
South
Adler
Adler Collegian
Clemene Tae
Y. T. van Niewaal
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