Iowa Colleges Adopting Students' Army Training Corps
Iowa colleges with 100 or more students will organize a Students' Army Training Corps under government supervision. About 4,000 student soldiers aged 18 to 21 will enroll, receiving military training, uniforms, and pay while pursuing regular studies. The Go-To-College drive runs five weeks nationwide with Grinnell's John H. Mann directing Iowa efforts.
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Iowa
Army Training Corps
Training Corps
United States Army
War Department
College Army
National College Army
Ordnance
Quartermaster
Army
Navy
Congress
Rees
American Council of Education
John H. T. Mann
Grinnell
Des Moines
Lieutenant McCarthy Reported Killed Then Wounded in France
Charles City dispatch says Lieut. Barton McCarthy, grandson of John Troutner, was reported killed in action in France but a letter dated the day after states he was injured and gassed yet alive. He describes long marches, heavy fighting, and being treated at a field hospital as U S forces push Fritz back despite losses. Pershing praised the brigade and noted a possible D S C for all.
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Charles City
Barton McCarthy
John Troutner
France
McCarthy
Fritz
United States
Pershing
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Hay fever relief remedy advertised in 19th century ad
Windblown pollen carries hay fever germs and causes choking asthma. Foley's Honey and Tar spreads a healing coating on inflamed membranes to stop coughs and colds. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertisement.
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Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
The Understanding Heart and the Knowledge of Truth
The passage argues that understanding hearts and affections guide truth as the heart’s affinities inform knowing, while the mind verifies with reasoning. It elevates emotional insight as a reliable form of consciousness alongside intellect.
Des Moines Girl Weds Enos Mills
Enos A Mills famed author and naturalist, once believed a lifelong bachelor, marries Esther Burnell of Des Moines at 6 pm in Mills log cabin at the foot of Longs Peak. Burnell, daughter of Dr A T Burnell Iowa Children’s Home superintendent, has Mounts of education and lake Erie college ties.
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Des Moines
Enos A. Mills
Esther Burnell
Roy Hamilton
Boulder
Colo
Long's Peak
Miss Burnell
A. T. Burnell
Iowa Children's Home
Mills
Rocky Mountain National Park
Mr. Mills
Elizabeth Burnell
Lake Erie College
Mill
Dubuque Workers Move Toward Strike Over Wages
In Dubuque the Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Helpers mobilizes 300 to 500 workers at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works and Morrison Brothers Boiler plant amid threats of a strike unless wage and working condition demands are met. Patrick Gill, a government conciliator, is awaited as the national war board dispatches a representative to address the streetcar strike context. Local leaders say production for government boats and tanks would halt if a walkout occurs, and thousands remain walking to work.
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Dubuque 1A
Patrick Gill
Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works
Morrison Brothers
A. G. Smith
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and
Dubuque
National War Board
Washington
W. H. Meuser
Commercial Club
National Streetcar
Ecity
Belgians Praise U S Aid Against Famine
A Belgian legation statement credits American relief for saving Belgians from starvation under German occupation. It cites Article 51 of the Hague Conventions and notes German seizures and requisitions have heightened hunger. The report lists food shipments to Belgium through Rotterdam and the relief commission, including cheese, meat, corn, peas, potatoes, and clothing.
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Washington, D. C
Legation
America
the Hague
Belgium
Esa
Court of Appeals of
Brussels
Not to Ignore Kidney Health Ad
The ad urges kidneys to be treated as vital as the heart and lungs and claims Foley Kidney Pills relieve kidney trouble. It promises relief from backache swollen joints rheumatic aches and pains and bans bladder irregularities with Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Prompt relief advertised for indigestion and bile balance
An advertisement from Lem mon's Pharmacy promotes Foley Catholic Tab as a prompt and thorough remedy for indigestion biliousness bad breath bloating and gas. The copy emphasizes gentle action cleansing of the bowels sweetening the stomach and benefiting the liver.
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Foley Catholic
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Kaiser mocked foes in early war years say American dentist
An American dentist who treated the German kaiser in Berlin until late last year reports the ruler ridiculed Britain for delaying entry, claimed Germany had fought since 1870, and belittled France and Russia. The dentist says German press echoed these views and the government widely circulated such reports.
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Davis
Berlin
England
Germany
Frederick the Great
France
Russia
Appearances Shape Professions Across Society
A quotation discusses how people in all trades curate outward appearance to project a chosen image, arguing that society is built on deceptive impressions rather than true character. It cites La Rochefoucauld as the source.
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la Rochefoucavuld
Kaiser's boasts and war chatter mocked by critics
A Cedar Rapids Republican reprint mocks Kaiser Wilhelm II for boasting that the Allies could be starved and that America would fail to contribute to the war effort. The piece ridicules his claims about mutinies, U-boats, and expected peace terms. It notes Dr. Davis's view that the Kaiser misread information and acted childlike.
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Rumania
America
New York
France
Wilson
Davis
Cedar Rapids
His Little Joke Sparks Unusual Store Visit
A lighthearted exchange between two bachelors turns into a humorous window into a department store as they quip about wives and proceed to browse stock, highlighting social norms of courtship in a dated setting.
South America Seen as Postwar Goal for Trade
South American nations attract major powers attention as postwar markets. British Italian French and Japanese missions tour Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay Chile while U S efforts grow with banks expanding and a strong navy backing influence. Uruguay invites Argentina minister Bram to visit the United States as a guest of the government.
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Buenos
South America
Sir Maurice de Bunsen
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Paraguay
Chile
France
Baudin
Yokohama Specie Bank
Mexico
United States
North Atlantic
Admirel Caperton
Bram
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Poelsge
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Great Yard
United States Shipping Board
Uncle Saim
Delaware River
Sians
United Sates
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