Issue Draft Call for 10 More Men in May Barracks
The county exemption board received orders for sixteen more men to be drafted, joining twenty nine to Camp Dodge. The new contingent heads to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis with selection based on draft numbers, farmers exempt, and volunteers listing trades by April 29. White men are sought in many skilled trades across the nation as mobilization proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General
Washington County
Camp Dodge
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri Cantonment
St. Louis
Des Moines
Washington
D.C
Richmond Ladies Organize Red Cross Effort for War Aids
The Richmond Red Cross group held a second meeting at Holy Trinity Hall presided by Mrs. Minnie Green. Officers were elected including Chairman Mrs. T. EgIn and Secretary Mrs. J. W. Kiefer. They plan garment making knitting and bandage work to help soldiers and support the 10 000 quota with daily sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Red Cross
Holy Trinity Hall
Minnie Green
Cedar Township
T. Egiin
W. B. Crita
J. W. Kiefer
Mra
Wm. Chapek
Mines
H. G. Figgins
Mabelle Longer
D. Critz
T. Egtin
J. Pieper
J. Kiefer
Jim Shalla
Ed Shalla
Dan Bopp
Cal Welte
del Strabala
Lena Chapek
Mike Stump
Harry Strabala
Jennie Marek
Susie Welte
Amelia Reiner
Lizzie Lintz
Mary Saur
Frank Freund
Kate Shalla
Mary Sharp
Hall's Catarrh Cure Proposed as Cure for Deafness
Advertisement claims catarrhal deafness arises from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be treated by local means. It proposes a constitutional cure via Hall's Catarrh Medicine that acts through the blood, offering one hundred dollars for any case cured by the remedy. Circulates through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Circularees All Druggiste
Cheney
Toledo
Jobs Advertised for Skilled Trades and Helpers
The notice seeks applicants for makers, welders, wireless operators, yardmasters and switchmen. Colored men are urged to apply for Blacksmiths and helpers, bricklayers, buglers, carpenters and helpers, chauffeurs, clerks, cooks.
Chamberlains Tablets Aid Digestion and Liver Strength
Stomach trouble saps strength and spirit and makes one feel despondent. A few doses of Chamberlains Tablets improve digestion and invigorate liver and bowels, with prompt recovery in many cases. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's
Rug workshops and Red Cross aid in Kalona school
Ira Wells oversees washing cloth and rug work at the Kalona school with donations from Mrs. Maggie Hicks Mrs. Maggie Cherry and Mrs. Hattie Wilson to the Red Cross. The surgical dressings department now operates afternoons and Thursday evenings to boost volunteer turnout. Week schedule lists Eva Livingston Dewey Sigler and others guiding departments as deliveries and hospital shirts rise with auxiliaries from Haskins West Chester Havre aiding.
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The
Red Cross
Maggie Hicks
Maggie Cherry
Hattie Wilson
Garment Department
Haskins
West Chester
Havre
Peevish Pedagogue and the Ungrammatical Littler
An Oxford don berates an undergraduate named Littler after a viva voce. He condemns Littler's Greek and Latin prose and translation as disgusting and declares the name ungrammatical, revealing purist sensitivities in academic humor.
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Oxford
Littler
Not Product of Nature Says Biblical Manna Distinct
The text argues manna from Arabian deserts and oriental regions differs from the biblical manna fed to the Israelites for 40 years. It states biblical manna is miraculous and not a natural product, contrasting it with ordinary regional varieties until the new corn of the land appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabian Deserts
Cunaen
Paper From Bark of Tree In Tonkin Village
The natives of the Hanoi suburb Village due Papier produce paper from the bark of a mulberry tree found on the Black river in Upper Tonkin. About two to three thousand inhabitants rely on this craft to make their paper locally.
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Indo- China
Due Papier
Hanoi
Black River
Upper
Tonkin
Why the sky is blue and air appears white at times
The piece explains that pure air appears blue due to air molecules reflecting blue light. It notes that when the sky lacks perfect blue, the atmosphere contains vapors that cause diffuse light to blend with a significant amount of white.
Not in Vain Question on striving toward a worthy object
The text wonders if persistent effort toward heroism, magnanimity, truth, and sincerity yields any real advantage. It asks whether constant aspiration elevates a person or proves all such striving vain.
Worldly Spirit and Sacred Life in Dean Stanley’s View
A quotation attributes to Dean Stanley a distinction between worldly and unworldly spirits. It asserts that adopting one or the other shapes the value of life and sacrifice from ordinary to noble and holy.
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Dean Stanley
Daggers in a Glance Spoofed by Old Fogg and Grouch
The Old Fogg reads aloud and the Grouch questions how a villain can look daggers. They debate whether a steely glitter in the eye counts as a menacing look.
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Old Fogg
Fearless Youths Heroes of Air Aces Capture Skies
A crowd in London marvels at four Royal Horse Guards facing off against airmen, then focuses on Captains James McCudden and Phillip Foullard. McCudden has 34 German planes down and Foullard 42, while their squadron totals 99 enemy aircraft. They fly high above battlefields with fearless precision. An American observer notes the small but bold American flyers joining the war effort.
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Royal Horse Guards
Apollos
London
Horse Guards
England
James McCudden
Phillip Foullard
Britain
McCudden
Foullard
MecCudden
America
France
Italy
Boys May Secure Military Training Camps
Two boys, Glen Eldridge and Paul Putnam, have applied to J D Glasgow of the Military Training Camps association for summer camps at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Four camps run June to August with a $10 per capita charge plus railway fare a day for subsistence and an inexpensive uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Glasgow
Military Training Camps Association
Lake Geneva
Wis
Glen Eldridge
Glasgow
N. W. Military & Naval Academy
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Jefferson
the Army
Logan
Red
Elizabeth Ashby
Kalona
Sloan
Cheoret
SSOS
Sherman Bros. Pioneer Drug Store
Sivan’s
Ira Wells
Eva Livingston
A. R. Dewey
David McLaughliin
Sigler
Priga
A. W. McCulley
Dickerson
Peevish
Fearless Youths Heroes OF Air
Lowe Baor Mang Dunant Foor Vanxun
Fone Death Brothers
J. £. Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Journal
Universal Military Service
Wrarreo
Washington National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
United States Depository
John Alex Young
Chas, C. Cunningham
Harvey $8. Young
Donald C Bell
Hobert KR. Noonan
J. J. Paper
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