August 24 1918 registration for 21 year olds in Iowa
General Crowder orders a special 21st birthday registration to be held August 24 1918 from 7 AM to 9 PM at county court houses, directing Local Boards to publicize widely and limit registration sites. About 100 Class 1 men expected in Washington County, combining June registrants and reclassifications.
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County Exemption Board
General Crowder
Court House
Washington County
Lasher
Congress
Adjutant General
Toecal Boards
Iowa
Urgent Call for Nurses to Bolster War Service
Surgeon General Gorgas urges the American Red Cross to enroll 1,000 graduate nurses weekly for eight weeks to support soldiers at war. Central Division states including Illinois Iowa Michigan Nebraska strive to meet the demand. The Red Cross offers Home Care of the Sick courses to lessen private home nurse calls. Patriotic women urged to contact the Red Cross for adequate nursing for enlisted men.
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Gorgas
Army
American Red Cross
Minois
Iowa
Michigan
Nebraska
Red Cross
Two Greek booze runners nabbed near Sheldon Iowa
Sheldon Iowa August 16 two alleged Greek bootleggers from Sioux City George Stevastes and John Polus were arrested with two auto loads of liquor three miles west of Sheldon. Officers freed from mud after one driver shoved an officer. Autos held $1000 worth of booze bottled in various sizes. They had previously forfeited $50 cash bond for running without plates.
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Sheldon
Sioux City
George Stevastes
John Polus
Man Slashes Wife in Waterloo Attack
Greg oris Franstes, a Mexican, waived preliminary exam and will be arraigned in District Court on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder after attacking his wife with a knife in Waterloo. Surgeons report twenty slashes and stabs. Franstes says his wife was unfaithful with another Mexican and threatened to file 99 adultery charges.
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Waterloo
Gregoris Franstes
Wills N. Birdsall
Franstes
Knights of Pythias Convention Promotes Patriotism
Cedar Rapids hosts the forty ninth annual Knights of Pythias grand lodge convention August 27 28 and 29 with patriotism as the keynote. The K of P sessions will be in the city auditorium and the Pythian Sisters in the K of P hall, Montrose hotel serving as general headquarters.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters of Down
Feneral
Montrose Hotel
K. of P
City Auditorium
Pythian Sisters
First Avenue
First concrete road paving links Mason City and Clear Lake
The final section of twelve miles of paving between Mason City and Clear Lake was completed at 5 p m marking Iowa’s first concrete road between two cities. A crowd including Mrs Nancy Reed and Seth M Richardson celebrated the milestone ahead of the Aug 29 dedication by Governor Harding and Greater Iowa officials.
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Mason City
Clear Lake
Iowa
Nancy Reed
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Seth M. Richardson
Kidney health and relief from kidney trouble ad
The kidneys are as important to good health as the heart lungs Stomach or any organ in the body came back swollen joints sore muscles rheumatic aches and pains are most often signals of kidney trouble Foley Kidney Pills give relief to kidney trouble sufferers They banish bladder irregularities Lemmon's Pharmacy Advt.
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Fire at Cedar Rapids warehouse causes major losses
In Cedar Rapids the Aug 16 blaze destroyed a warehouse with smoked meats, estimating losses between 75 000 and 106 000 dollars. Bur lap bags valued at 7000 dollars burned. Lightning started the fire after hours of firefighting four men exposed to smoke. Independent Laundry plant also suffered about 15 000 dollars in damage from overheated coal.
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Cedar Rapids
T. M. Sinclair and Company
Independent Laundry
Antung Consular District Described as Rural Manchuria Field
The Antung consular district comprises the southeastern section of Manchuria, about twice the size of Vermont. It is mountainous, sparsely populated and rural. communications are limited to a 60 mile section of the South Manchuria Railway in the south and the Yalu River on the east, with interior access by native carts and pack animals.
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Antung
Manchuria
Vermont
South
Association
New Orleans
Exercise-Themed Candidates Earn Clean Record, Atlanta
In a lighthearted note the Constitution hints that those who run for exercise keep themselves harmless to the country. The line underscores a peaceful, nonpolitical view of political participation.
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Atlanta Constitution
River Fleet Aims to Ease War Freight by Mississippi
Mississippi Valley waterways plan revives river traffic with 40 barges and seven towboats from St. Louis to New Orleans. Government backs up to 3 million dollars with broader funding elsewhere, signaling a modern, cost effective alternative to railroads.
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ST. Louis
Mark Twain
Mississippi
New Orleans
The
Mississippi Valley Waterways Association
Newmont
Upper
Minneapolis
M. J. Sanders
Gulf Shipping
A. W. Mackie
Theodore Brent
All Traces of Scrofula Cleansed from the Blood
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a vegetable blood remedy that allegedly purifies the blood of scrofula and impurities. It claims to cleanse diseases germs and restore vigor, urging readers to send a history of their case to Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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Crowder
Belgium
France
John Shuman
L. N. Shuman
Lieut. Chanbratel
Louis G. Lasher
Oheldon
Mentocas
WIPER
NBT
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Mason
Harmileos
Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Cairo
Greenville
Mass
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Ter
Sanders
John Lathrop
Commerce and Finance
Liberty
Washington National Bank
John Alex Young
Charles C. Cunningham
Harvey S. Young
Donald C. Bell Louis Fifer
Robert Noonan
Wm. A. Cook
Jee
A. Harwood
Chas
J. Wilson
Frank L. Wilson
Lexington Hotel
Michigan Blvd
22Nd St
Chicago
Beadis
Colorado
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Bic Horn
Weoming
Ulays
ST Howard
Omaha
Neb
Utica Knitting CO
Broadway
New York
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