Recruiting for 250 Men Starts with Federal Aid
Des Moines and surrounding Iowa locale launch active recruiting for an Iowa field battalion of the Reserve Signal corps. W. Ainsworth of Western Union and Lt Earl Butler lead organization with Captain R. E. Frith aiding. seeks telegraph and radio operators, telephone men, machinists and other trained workers to fill a 250-person unit across headquarters, two detachment, and three companies.
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Des ‘Moines
Iowa
Reserve Signal Corps
Des Moines
W. Ainsworth
Western Union
Earl Butler
R. E. Frith
Omaha
War Department
Beefsteak on Hoof High Iowa City records sale prices
Price records at the J. M. Tudor Aberdeenangus stock sale in Iowa were broken with one animal selling for 2,450 dollars and a cow for 2,425 dollars. The first seven animals offered exceeded 1,000 dollars each. Allamakee County agriculture shows 2,095 farms with extensive crop yields and livestock counts.
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Iowa City
J. M. Tudor
Iowa farms show new gear and local news from 1918 era
Iowa towns report wartime enlistment and civic actions. Sheffield and Anamosa highlight population service and a costly fire. Polk county farmers adopt tractors while Corning plans a new water supply. A forged check scheme hits Sioux City stores. Red Cross work expands in Shellaburg and local veterans face injuries abroad.
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United
Iowa
Sheffield
Anamosa
Polk County
J. M. Tudor
Iowa City
Corning
Newton
Shellaburg
Red Cross
Illinois Central Railroad
Tllingis
Dunleath and
Dubuque
Mississippi
Archie Campbell
Cedar Falls
Campbell
Sergt
Ray A. Potter
Kitchener Military Hospital
Brighton
England
France
N. Joyce
Maine
Morton Mills
J. M. Focht
Cedar Rapids
C.M. Kelsey
Iowa Falls
John Hoare
Kirkman
Webster County
H. R. Richardson
Monona
Postville
J. C. Johnson
Sioux City
Johnson
Craddock's Des Moines Letter Highlights Local Leaders
Craddock lauds Ralph H. Flaxon as a driving force in Des Moines and praises N. C. Edenburn for milk reform aims. Notes dairy price pressures, distribution profits, and calls for reform. Records drainage and bond actions, adjournments to May 31 1917, and notices to R M Grant & Company regarding a 60000 dollar refinancing bond.
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N. C. Edenburn
Altho
Edenburn
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings May 23 1917
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors met May 23 1917 at 1 AM with all members present. Minutes of prior session approved and bills audited. Treasurer authorized to transfer remaining funds from the Motor Vehicle Road Fund to the County Road Fund. Drainage District No 1 action noted with adjourned consent.
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B. A. Yoder
Rude and Wold
Weaver
Fs. A. Yoder
R. M. Grant & Company
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia Relief
A pharmaceutical advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment as a universal pain remedy. It claims rapid relief from neuralgia, stiff muscles, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sprains, and minor injuries, with easy application that does not stain skin.
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I Sloan
Sloan
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Battery A
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Goodyear
Boston
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