Iowa Fight and Speed Warnings Over Nonpartisan League Links
A column urges careful driving at safe speeds, warning that 40 mph hides dangers of machinery failure and pedestrians. It then discusses Iowa politics, defending Governor Harding and Claude Porter against accusations, praising Americanism and opposition to disorganizing forces. It ends with humor about publishing and a note on urging canning for wartime food security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lafayette Young
Jim Pierce
Nonpartisan League
Farmers of
Federation of Labor
Harding
America
Germany
Claude Porter
Registration rules for military service in Pocahontas county
Absent registrants must file at nearest local board and mail by September 12, 1918. Those sick may authorize others to apply. Each voting precinct in Pocahontas county has one chief and one assistant registrar for registration duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ran Corps
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve Force
Marine Corps Reserve
Pocahontas County
Amnes
Congress
Regular Army
National Guard
Bellville
Almer
Chas Swalin Henry Pulley Cedar
Fonda
Opera House
J. P. Mullen
Ss. Y. Baldwin Genter
Pocahontas
Court Room
F. W. Lindeman
A. Mackovets
B.C . Rudolfson
W .S. Watson Grand Nee
F. E. Carlson
Ray Crummer Garfield
Randall Melson
Kenneth Squires Lizard
Walsh
Thomas Collins
Jim Carey
Lake No
Ieee
Ed Forey
John Hale
J. C. Parriott
Lake No. 2
Gilmore
Hunter
Lincoln
Cal
Saylor Ralph Beers Marshall
Fred K. Hawley
W.A. Smith
Adwen Powhatan
Plover Hall
Roosevelt
Frank Reyburn
M. J. Flaherty
A. D. Claussen
Swan Lake
Laurens-Masonic Hall
B. H
Local Support Plea for Subscriptions and Renewal Help
Citizens urged to aid renewal efforts by listing the collector and renewal solicitor. The plea emphasizes easing mail burdens and canvassing, and asks readers to support the newspaper by assisting with renewals.
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign Dates
The Fourth Liberty Loan begins September 28 and closes October 19. The total sought is expected to exceed previous loans, requiring a larger sum raised in a shorter period from the American people.
You May Come Across Yankee Doodle Doings
The fragment discusses how some older men reject military service yet discover Y M C A stands for You May Come Across. It remarks on a sugar bowl missing from tables and humorously imagines it moving to ancestral family dishes in a quaint domestic scene.
Joint Drainage District 181 Joint Session Minutes 1918
Joint boards of Pocahontas Buena Vista Sac and Calhoun counties Iowa met in Rockwell City for Joint Drainage District 181. Meetings dated August 20 and August 28 1918 covered quorum issues officers appointed and minutes approved with attendance lists and adjournment to Storm Lake for August 23 and 28 sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Rockwell City
Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Pocahontas
Buena Vista
Sac
Calhoun
Pocahontas County
Sedlacek
A Dooley
Elsen
Hopkins
Ein
Buena Vista County
Barr and Olsen
Shaants Hanson
Ingram and Lehmuhl
Sac County
Fuller and Havens
Fuchs
Calhoun County
Parsons and
Scott
Baker
Fuller
R. B. Dixon
Storm Lake
Town
E. C. Fuller
Pochjhontas
Cal‘houn
Dooley
Klein and Sedlacek
Barr
Hanson
Ingram
Olsen
Lehmkuhl
Havens
Pocahontas Calhoun
Sac Counties
Ales
Fae
Resolution Urges Dredge Material Inquiry in 1918 Iowa Meeting
A Buena Vista County meeting discusses delays in dredge work for Sections B and E of Joint Drama District No. 181. The board requests a full written statement on needed materials and machinery, past efforts, and reasons for slow progress, with notices to the company due by September 10, 1918, in Sac City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bennett
Buena Vista County
Sac City
Towa
Ten
Olka
Boaria
C. Wood
Auritoy
E. OW. Moyer
Meni
R. B. Dixon
Cale W.W. Bennett
By Vista County
Velvetina Secret Of Perfect Complexion Promoted
Madame Langford a beauty specialist shares skin care tips claiming men wash habits differ from women and promote a Velvetina regimen. Cleanse with soft cloth and warm water, then apply Velvetina Massage, Vanishing Cream, and Velvetina Face Powder to protect skin from sun and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Langford
Pecreta
Ady
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Fordson Tractor
Oliver Plows
A. R. Thornton
Rolfe, Iowa
A. C. Hackley
T. D. Jones
First National Bank
Relfe
H. W. Lyon
Rolfe
L. M. Graham
D. W. M. Rolfe
Chicago Veterinary College
McGowan's Pharmacy
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
Mason Contractors
Rolfe, LA
Jon. McEwen
W. 8
McEwen McEwen Brothers
State Savings
Iewa
Alwin G. Tietze
The
Food Administration
Heans
Lima
J. 3. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Marion Bruce
Ndhephendent
Wade
Council of Defense
Pierce
Defense Council of Iowa
Henry Ford
United Sates Treasury
Billy Cornell
Havelock Review
Register
Billy
Review
Val Halon
Wood
Liberty
Anpa
Depa
International Hog Feed
Rolfe Grain & Milling Co
Anna Case’s
A. Edison
Instrumat
Metropol
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