Cedar Township Knitters Host Meeting and Anniversary Observed
Mrs Clint Griges led an April 11 Cedar Township Knitters gathering with 22 members crafting garments. Talks on relief work and French orphan adoption followed as donors contributed funds and items. Relatives of A E Thoma celebrated their twenty sixth wedding anniversary with a noon dinner and well wishes from friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint Griges
Cedar Township
Charlie‘Cherry
Mesdames
John Belville
John Kurtz
Walter Kyle
Ed Jackson
Lulu Crawford
al Reeves
Frank Scranton
Elmer Burham
Mela Shalla
Clint
Dee Quin
Tom Reeves
J. W. Brooks
Will Phillips
Anna Reeves
Mesdames Melo Shadla
Warren Matthess
F. R. Scranton
Minnie Knupp
Lissie McAvoy
Millie Vacha
Ida Jackson
Josephine Cherry
Nellie Reeves
W. J. Brooks
Harvey Hoyle
D. C. Griges
Minnie Green
Edna Quinn
Ruth Phillips
Faye Reeves
Lulu Schwartz
A. E. Thoma
Thoma
J. T. Foster
Grace
Haskins
Scott
Oneida
S. D
Bert Dean
Wellman
German Troop Landing in Finland Prompt Swedish Protest
Stockholm dispatch says the Finnish news agency announced all German troops in Finland went ashore at Helsinki's request. Sweden protested the landing on Aland island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Finland
Aland Island
Sweden
Mexican Governor Is Slain in Tampico Report
Passengers arriving from the interior said the killing of Gen. Emiliano Nafarrati acting governor of Tamaulipas occurred in Tampico. The report circulated in Reynosa, Mexico, and was relayed to Brownsville and San Antonio on April 15.
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San Antonio
Tex
Brownsville
Tampico
Emiliano Nafarrati
Tamaulipas
Interior
Reynosa
Mexico
German Warship Rheinland Grounded and Sunk Claims
The German battleship Rheinland reportedly grounded near Lagskar island, with a second source claiming it struck a mine and sank. The ship is listed at 18 600 tons. Also noted, William T. Riend of Streator Illinois, former attorney general of Minnesota and governor Lowden campaign aide, was found dead in a hotel room in Chicago with expert opinion suggesting suicide after personal tragedy.
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Copenhagen
Swedish
Social Demokraten
Rheinland
Lagskar Island
Rhineland
Pe—Willam T. Riend
Streator
Miinels
Lowden
Great Northern
Belgian farmer’s lime reacts with snow to ignite shed
A rural Belgian farmer left quicklime near a shed overnight. Snowfall on the lime generated heat that caused a fire, destroying the shed and its contents.
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Belgium
To Stop a Toothache With Alum Rinse
A small portion of alum boiled with milk and used to rinse the mouth will stop an aching tooth. Do not swallow the Uguid.
Women Workers Training Plan Urges Caution
The advisory note calls for organized volunteer units of women for farm labor with on site housing and a matron to supervise welfare. It stresses confirming demand through the state's agricultural college and farm help specialist before training and prior housing and wage preparations.
Preliminary training for women volunteers in farm work
The United States Department of Agriculture study recommends preliminary training for city women volunteering for farming tasks beyond lighter duties. The article cites English experience with 300,000 trained women on farms and outlines precautions to prepare volunteers for these roles in case of labor stringency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
England
Women farm labor training proposed for wartime needs
A department of agriculture plan calls for trained women aged at least eighteen to work on farms if food harvests require it. It suggests a two week training course at colleges or on a practice farm, with care to avoid new institutions duplicating existing ones, and notes housing and localization constraints for women workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural College
Reluctant appeal against ending tin can collection
A Washington mayor urges the Street and Alley Committee to maintain tin can collection along with garbage because the city’s sanitation slogan Cleanest City in Iowa underpins health and civic pride. He warns that stopping can pickup harms cleanliness, breeding disease and lowering public welfare, urging the sign to stay or continue full refuse service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary District Fund
Hall
Dee
Island
Iowa
Washington
Ladies of Washington
Washington Improvement League
League
Community Club
Jay McNamara
Housewives of Washington
Henry Hull
Vinol Removes The Cause Of Chronic Coughs
A Lagrange North Carolina testimonial claims Vinol cured a years long chronic cough helping sleep return and weight gain. The ad guarantees Vinol for coughs colds and bronchitis and offers money back if it fails with formulas on every bottle and distribution through Sherman Bros. druggists and stores nationwide.
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Lagrange, N. C
W. D. Ren
Lagrange
N. C
Vinci
Sherman Bros. Pruegists
Washington
Soldiers on furlough visit homes in town
Ton Berdo and Howard Miller from Camp Dodge spent Sunday in town visiting their homes and friends, in a furlough observed as reported by Read The Evening Journal.
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Ton Berdo
Howard Miller
Camp Dodge
The Best Man Then and Now
The world misunderstands the ideal man choosing appearances and commonplaces over visionary figures. Al overlooks that true leaders are ahead of convention and valued for disinterested conduct. History later reconsiders the big man as the crowd reforms its judgment.
Unique Method Reduces Cost of Living Citing Western Ad
A western man who posted he would not be responsible for debts contracted by himself or anyone else has devised a unique method of cutting living costs.
A Real Crook Shows Old Scout’s Sly Story
The Old Scout recalls an enemy as always crooked and jokes he was once so crooked as a boy he put telephone slugs in his own savings bank, illustrating a habit of petty deceit.
Farm labor program aims to aid supply and mobility
Departments of agriculture and labor with agricultural colleges plan a survey of farm labor in each community to locate surpluses and move workers where needed, improve farmer cooperation, utilize rural school boys with farming experience, and remove obstacles to expanded farm machinery use as a labor supplement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Departments of Agriculture and Labor
Cericnltural Colleges
Houston
Thousands of U.S. women seek farm volunteer work amid labor shortages
Letters to the United States Department of Agriculture reveal women nationwide volunteering for lighter farm tasks such as fruit and truck farming to support food production and aid servicemen. The appeal emphasizes patriotism and efficiency, linking farm labor to national defense and victory over Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Napoleon
Bismarck
America
Farming as Business: Farm Management Demonstrations Begin
A county agent offers farm management demonstrations to a young farmer. He will show labor income after expenses and interest, compare it with top local farmers, and guide changes to boost profitability.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nafarrati
W. H. Stead
Special Information Service
State Agricultural College
State Farm Help
Hving
Evening Journal
Herrick Refrigerator
Herrick
Geo. W. Stewart
Washington, Iowa
Georgette
Reception
Meteor
Rothschild’s
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