Liberty Loan Meeting Dominates Libe Community Gathering
Farmers' Union in the Libe neighborhood, led by Carl F. Libe, focused on the third Liberty Loan. Speakers C. A. Dewey and Chas. Wilson urged wartime measures with emphasis on men, arms, food, and money. A seed corn talk followed as the group shifted to Liberty Loan interests.
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Carl F. Libe
Farmers’ Union
Libe
Liberty Loan
C. A. Dewey
Chas. Wilson
Mr. Dewey
United States
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Kaiser
William
Napoleon
Fedderson
Practical farm at home medicines for common ailments
If I were a farmer I would keep at hand Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Chamberlains Cough Remedy Chamberlains Liniment and Chamberlains Tablets for minor ailments. Having these articles at hand would save trips to town and allow early treatment to prevent more serious disease. For sale by J. E. Lemmon's Pharmacy. -advt.
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Chamberlain
J. E. Lemmon
Advt
Iowa Surges In War Stamp Sales Per Capita Gains
Des Moines April 4 Iowa rose from 23rd to 9th in per capita War Savings and Thrift stamp sales for February totals 1 560 509 93 dollars and a state wide per capita of 65 cents investment. By February overall state sales reach 2 400 679 96 dollars and a 1 01 per person rate. The War Savings fund nears 1 6 000 000 000 on treasury books as small savers funnel 700 000 000 yearly toward Uncle Sam and 5 000 000 Americans are said to be enlisted in the War Savings effort.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Homer A. Miller
Iowa War Savings Stamp Campaign
Treasury
Nebraska
Miller
War Savings Fund
Uncle Sam's War Chest
Altho
National War Savings Committee
War Savings Army
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Washington County Evening Journal Briefs
Readable fragments from the Washington County Evening Journal outline local notes and updates. The page records brief items on area events, minor notices, and community happenings typical of a daily county paper. Local voices and places anchor the items with period-appropriate tone.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Opera Star Reveals German Suffering and Social Upheaval
Grand opera soprano Miss Blanche Slocum, a protege of Mary Garden, returns to Oak Park recounting four and a half years in Germany. She describes hunger, mutinous mood, widespread riots, and government crackdowns including a 3,000 mark reward for antiwar speakers.
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Blanche Slocum
Mary Garden
Oak Park
Ger
Germany
Social Democrats
Berlin
Secretary Baker in Rome for embassy wedding visit
Secretary Baker is expected in Rome from the Italian front with Ambassador Page. He plans to attend the wedding of Miss Augustus Grover of Princeton to Hart Anderson, secretary of the embassy. He will meet Premier Orlando Finance Minister Nitti and General Zuppelli, then attend an official dinner. He will depart for Paris afterward.
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Rome
Newton D. Baker
Ambassador Page
Augustus Grover
Princeton
Hart Anderson
Baker
Orlando
Nitti
Zuppelli
Page
Paris
Home steam bath device for in-home use devised
A new invention allows a person to take a steam or hot air bath at home with a hood fitting over one end of a bath tub, confining the vapor from the regular hot water supply.
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Houston Post
Order About Packages to France
An order effective April 1 1918 restricts parcels to France for American expeditionary forces to only include articles sent at the addressee’s written request approved by their commander. Postmasters must verify and enclose the approved request with the parcel and mark the wrapper. Parcels not in line with the request will be refused and returned.
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Europe
Post Office
Post Office Action Driven by Military Necessity
The post office department states the move is urged by military need and expects public compliance. Postmasters are instructed to enforce this policy strictly and with vigor.
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Post Office Department
National Education Association offers prize for best stamp drive
Mrs. Mary C. Bradford president of the National Education Association will award a bronze tablet to the school leading in the war savings movement. The inscription will note the school that “led all the rest” in furnishing funds to Uncle Sam. The prize follows a trend of rivalries and previous prizes.
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Mary ©. C. Bradford
National Educational Association
Uncle Sam
Bradford
Ilinois
Frances Willard School
Grace Reed
Six Shooter Andy at Star Theatre Friday
A new William Fox photo play titled Six Shooter Andy is set to be shown at the Star theatre Friday. The release promises a vivid western drama featuring action and suspense.
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William Fox
Star Theatre
Andy
Tom
Six Shooter Andy Stars Tom Mix in Western Romance
Tom Mix leads in Six Shooter Andy a western romance where Mix plays a trapper and reformer against corruption. Enid Markey supports him with Sam De Grasse Charles Stevens Bob Fleming George Stone Virginia Lee Corbin and Violet Radcliffe in a notable cast plus a strong comedy feature.
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Tom Mix
Enid Markey
Sam de Grasse
Charles Stevens
Bob Fleming
George Stone
Virginia Lee Corbin
Violet Radcliffe
Iowa County Offers Prize For Best 1918 Bean Crop
County schools compete in the 1918 war bean project with a $50 school library prize from S. J. Clarke and Company. Des Moines hosted a February meeting of county superintendents to promote planting navy beans across Iowa’s 14 000 districts. Navy beans yield up to 20 bushels per acre, boosting the state’s bean supply. Pupils may work individually or as a group.
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Iowa
S. J. Clarke and Company of
Chicago
Des Moines
Bean raising prizes offered by district for districts
The district announces a bean raising project inviting teachers pupils and farmers to contribute. Prizes include history and diction ary sets for various population levels along with library and agricultural volumes from multiple publishers. Readers are urged to read the advertisements.
Great Writers Lazy and the Quiet Muse
The text contrasts Shelley’s indolent habit of writing by the water with Coteridge’s alleged laziness. It notes Shelley’s ability to craft notable poems during idleness, while suggesting TW. produced only fragmentary works and lacked will to complete his best poems.
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Shelley
Coteridge
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Libe Community
Washington
NEALY
DHS
W. S. Allen
Sloan
Liniment
P Aln
France
Tom Min
THE
Star Friday Watiner & Sight
Philadelphia
Vinci
Sarah A. Jones
Nevada St
Sherman Bros. Urugeists
Mix
E. Iseminger
Ainsworth, Iowa
McMaster
PD. Appleton & Co
Webster
A. Flannagan Co
Township School Corporation
Ginn & Co
O. Waffle
Dodd, Mead Co
Marion
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Indianapolis
J. B. Lippincott Co
Doistrmee
Prest-O-Lite, Inc
Mannhardt Bros
West Second Street
New Postoffice
FOX & Dewey
F. M. Hoyt Shoe Company, Masters
Manchester, New Hampshire
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
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