Iowa News Chronicle of Drafts and Local 1917 Events
Iowa communities report 100 men sought by Denison exam board. Sixteenth Iowa Infantry reunion at Knoxville and 16 Jones county boys drawn for France. Cedar Rapids German paper faced closure. Floods of local incidents from Ute to Logan include counterfeit tools found, fires, and grain losses. Fire stations, aviation camp prospects, Red Cross services, and civic plans appear amid wartime drafts and public notices across the state.
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Denison
Thirty-third
Iowa Infantry
Knoxville
Jones County
Rainabow
France
Iowa Post
Cedar Rapids
Ute
Council Bluffs
Logan
West Liberty Fair
Anderson Brothers
Poland
Albert Weiman
Little Rock
Eagle Point
Clinton
National Army
Marshalltown
Fayette
Sioux City
Waterloo
Red Cross
John Baummel
State Reformatory
Anamoss
Bee
J. R. Perkins
Cedar River
Gharnes City
United States
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Waukon
League of Iowa Municipalities
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Iowa National Guard
Philip Plaster
Tom Plaster
Royal Cafe
Sam
Clarksville
Bend
Hoy
J.B. Perkins
State Penitentiary
Weal
Illinois Central Line
Dubuque
Chicago
Amboy
Iowa State College
Florence Freed
Grundy County
Dike
Abraham Slimmer
Haeif
St. Paul
Camp Dodge
Muscatine
T. Alfred
Weat LeMars
Board of
Children’s Hospital
J. E. Wrench
University of Missouri
General Contractors
Des Moines
South Dakota
Fraternal Order of Red Men of Town
President
Wilson & Pledge
Mammoth
Vinton
Carroll Herald
Hawarden
J. A. McNaughton
Mary McNaughton
Moville
Wood Iverson
Iverson
Sergeant Bluffs
J. HR. Hanna
Clarke
Dallas
Hancock
Jasper
Jon Linn
Lucas
Mahaska
Marion
Poweshiek
Sioux
Union
Monons
Appanoose
Johnson
Monroe
Worth
A.W. Bovey
Sronx City
Army YMCA Work Report Details National War Council Efforts
A conference chaired by Dr. John R. Mott in New York announced YMCA Army and Navy work across the United States. Activities span 186 camps, 245 other places, 265 buildings erected or under construction, 63 tents, with 987 secretaries active and 1181 to be assigned, plus overseas staff. The program divides into six regional departments with extensive activity listed in Boston, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and more, covering 16 main points to 63 points and hundreds of personnel.
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National War Work Council
Young Men's Christian Association of the
United States
New York City
John R. Mott
Russia
National Guard
National Army
France
England
Young Men's Christian Association
Army and Navy
Continental
Boston
Association
Atlanta
Georgia
Central Department
Chicago
Ill
Con
Southern’ Department
Sen. Antonio
Texas
Tralig
San Francisco
California
Corn on the cob preservation tips for Christmas
Iowa State College food drying expert outlines how to dry corn on the cob rather than kernels. Blanch ears, dry on cheese cloth, store in sacks, then heat in oven to protect against worms, and rehydrate to cook as fresh roasting ears.
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Iowa State College
Iowa ministers urged to preach Iowa sermon on September 30
Iowa ministers respond eagerly to the Greater Iowa Association request to deliver an Iowa sermon on September 30 the Sunday before Greater Iowa Week October 1 to 6. The plan urges retailers to display Iowa made goods and favor them in stores. Cooperation between manufacturers and retailers gains wide newspaper support. The secretary notes the aim is to involve individuals in governing through public interest and citizen participation.
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Iowa
Greater Iowa Association
Greater Iowa
Quote to Iowa ministers on subject rule interpretation
Fragmentary line notes a proposal presented to Iowa ministers urging them to consider a subject in their own way. The text signals a request for discussion and interpretation without prescribing a fixed stance. No dates or named individuals are provided. The brief snippet lacks broader context.
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Propia
Iowa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Deafness Cure
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous linings of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a systemic remedy, offering one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure, with a free circular and drugstore availability at 760. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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