War Savings short of Iowa quota prompts notes of wartime effort
Iowa reports show 1 280 000 dollars raised for the War Fund with 220 000 still to collect. High school students contributed to the War Prisoner Relief effort while alien enemy registrations and a Dutch church service at Jewell highlight home front activity amid wartime pressures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Grant McFherrin
Tressurer
Ft. Madison
America
General Board of Education
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Jewell
Bie
Letter from the Dead Amid Frontline Loss
A letter found on a British soldier killed at the front is addressed to his mother. He speaks of dying bravely in battle, enduring severe fighting, and suffering, urging her to rely on God’s love and to not worry. He frames his sacrifice as a flawed but sincere imitation of Christ.
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Camp Dodge
France
Sifely
A. E. Wall
State House
Nathan GC
Smythe
B. £. Goddard
Ames
Colege
Lincoln Highway
Cory
Cau. Y
A Edwards
Greet Mountain
Gladbrocs
Marshall Lawn
Iowa
Que Road
Car Commission
Albert Hallauist
Kerrihar
Red Osk
State Food Administration
Towa
Waterloo
Isbor
State Board of Health
Federal Health Department
Des Moines
Della Westlake
Sac City
Sac County
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Europe
Berlin
Kaiser
Jane Dutcher
Rockwell City
Avery
Hardings
Rooster Accused Of Whooping Cough In Indianapolis
In North Indianapolis a five year old boy named Robbie Jones overheard his parents discussing whooping cough. He heard a neighbor's rooster crow loudly and exclaimed that the rooster had the disease, prompting a humorous local anecdote from the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis
Robbie Jones
K. R. Jones
West Twentyninth Street
Bobbie
Indianapolis News
Automatic Water Pan for Furnaces Featured in Poplar Mechanics
An oversized water pan is installed in furnaces of certain makes. It fills automatically when nearly empty and holds seven gallons. One end contacts the fire pot, enabling rapid evaporation. Water delivery uses a pipe with a float controlled valve to regulate flow.
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Poplar Mechanics
Forgotten Bracelet Ends Recruit’s Flaunt
In the early days of recruiting a tired man arrives at a sergeant’s office flaunting a watch-chain, tie-pin, studs, cuff links, and rings. The sergeant sizes him up, then suddenly exclaims that the man has forgotten his bracelet, revealing the forgotten detail behind the display.
Poets Should Be Killed Early in Mock Editorial
In a satirical exchange quoted from the Kansas City Star, Tennyson J. Daft rails at an Eastern editor who advocates killing poets at twenty six, while Hector Harsh counters with earlier ages six or sixteen.
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Tennyson J. Daft
Old Hector Harsh
Kansas City Star
Dairy Boy Names Condensed Milk Can Holstein Belle
A dairy farmer boy in France names a sent can of condensed milk Holstein Belle and builds a stall for it with two boards on the shell. Meanwhile Japan is constructing 115 contract ships totaling 650000 tons.
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France
Japan
Best Medicine for Women Widely Praised in Portsmouth
A Portsmouth woman testifies Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after irregularities and pain. She notes taking the remedy helped her care for a larger family and boarders. The ad urges women to seek guidance from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara Shaw
R. No. 1
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Woodburry
Bichiveret
Iowa State Bar Association
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Harding
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Decker
H. B. Boyd
A. R. Corey
Mr. Corey
Ealr
Cuticura
SeFtetera
Dept
Beaton
Ra Ea Eric
Parker
Rosterian Soler
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DI Hall Ave
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Armour & Company
Cudahy Packing Co
Morris & Company
Swift, & Company
Wilson’ & Company
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