Iowa Divides State for Relief Drive During War Needs
Iowa is divided into fifteen districts for a joint relief drive by Armenian Syrian and Jewish boards. Quotas total 1 479 000 with county allocations based on 1 percent of the fourth Liberty Loan drive. District chairmen named in most districts. districts listed with counties. Aimed at aiding after effects of the war and food relief for eastern refugees.
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Iowa
United
A. Cardile
Burlington
J. W
M. W. Higby
Boone
A. E. Morling
Emmetsburg
Ioan
Near East
Louisa
Henry
Des Mines
Lee
Appanoose
Davis
Wapelio
van Buren
Jefferson
Adair
Adams
Taylor
Union
Ringgold
Clark
Decatur Wayne
Lucas
Harrison
Shelby
Audubon
Pottawattamie
Cass
Crawford
Milles
Montgomery
Fremont
Guithrie
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Poweshiek
Madison
Warren
Marion
Mahaska
Monroe
Keokuk
Johnson
Muscatine
Washington
Scott
Tama
Benton
Lion
Jones
Cedar
Dubuque
Clinton
Jackson
Chickasaw
Fayette
Vremer
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Howard
Winneshi
Nebraska Bar Denies J. N. Wilkerson License
The Nebraska bar commission recommends denial of J. N. Wilkerson’s Nebraska license. Wilkerson claims Omaha residence and seeks admission under reciprocity. the Supreme Court will decide. Critics say he has not practiced law in Texas for five years and lacks Nebraska residency.
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J. N. Wilkerson
Omaha
Willisea
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Bar Commission of Nebraska
Supreme Court of
Wilkerson
Burns Detective Agency
Kansas City
Nebraska
State Bar Commission
Supreme Court
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F. A. Shotwell
Texas
Negro Woman Charged With Des Moines Soldier Killing
Aline Robinson, 21, held at police headquarters in Des Moines after turning herself in for the murder of Orlun Laumin at Camp Dodge. Laumin died from head injuries after being struck with concrete and falling onto a curb. witnesses say she struck him as he tried to embrace her. Her father accompanied her. police say she had been in hiding outside the city. The case spurs talk of a Des Moines vice cleanup by Camp Dodge officials.
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Aline Robinson
Orlun Laumin
Camp Dodge
Laumim
Emma Fitzgerald
Cora Hammix
Robinson
Laumm
Evangelist Rev J Wilbur Chapman Dies in New York
The Reverend J Wilbur Chapman a renowned evangelist died on Christmas day in New York City after an operation and a decline in strength. Born around 1860 he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1882 and served major pastorates in New York and Philadelphia before dedicating himself to evangelism. He led national church initiatives and chaired the commission on evangelization and authored about a dozen religious works.
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New York City
Dr. Chapman
New York
Philadelphia
Commission On Evangelization
Sky Pilot Idea Spurs Airman to Brother Mission
Lieut Roy Drake, a trained army pilot recently mustered out, tells his father the preacher he wants to take him up in an airplane and make him a real sky pilot. Other brief items note a Verdi section man injuring his heel, travels of the Gardner couple, Terry family plans, and a hospital quarantine lifting with local church services resuming.
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Roy Drake
Roy
Columbus Safeguard
Bonds for Roads Up to Legislature
Des Moines Capital political reporter Carl K. Stewart reports state road financing likely to be tested this winter in the legislature. Sioux City Rep. Lake and Burlington’s Rep. Nebiker back plans to issue bonds tied to auto license revenue for a statewide hard road system, signaling factional shifts and uncertain support.
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Carl K. Stewart
Des Moines
Rep
Frank
Lake
Sioux City
Illinois
Auto House
Woodbury County
House
T. F. Griffin
Highway Commission
Frank G. Nebiker
Burlington
Moser mislaid in Fairfield after mistaken Washington stop
Lieut Moser, Bower’s son in law, slept on a Rock Island train, thought he was in Washington, and ended up in Fairfield. He called home from the Court hotel, later located in Fairfield when the mystery was solved. The Moser family was united and happy.
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Lieut
Moser
Rock Island
Washington
Keota
Court Hotel
Court
Fairfield
Keota Eagle
Washington Town Reopens as Flu Surges
The Keota Eagle notes Washington residents resume schooling church and cinema activities despite a long rule list likely to fail. A growing belief grows that the lid screwing policy is failing with many adopting the same view.
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Washington
Keota Eagle
Not Your Heart Its Your Kidneys Health Claim
A vintage ad warns kidney disease spares no one and promotes GOLD MEDAL brand oil capsules as a cure. It claims kidneys filter toxins and promises rapid relief within a day, urging continual use to prevent relapse and offering a money back guarantee.
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Eople
Brand
Soldier in Uniform Cashes Worthless Checks at Atlantic
An impersonator posing as Earl Miller and a soldier used counterfeit checks to defraud three Atlantic firms on December 14. The checks, drawn on Eldora and Woodward banks and signed by G. F. Minory, were returned insufficient funds. Miller claimed Minory as a Hardin county farmer and the scam involved small purchases for cash.
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Atlantic
Earl Miller
Camp Dodge
Miller
Eldora and Woodward
G. F. Minory
Hardin County
Soldier in Uniform Uses Furlough to Pass Bad Checks
A man described as about six feet tall in a soldier's uniform used a agricultural furlough to travel from Hardin county to Atlantic. He presented the furlough as identification at stores and passed checks ranging from 13 to 35 dollars. Atlantic banks were alerted to another alleged soldier named Karl Monroe cashing worthless checks.
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Atlantic
Hardin County
Camp Dodge
Miller
Atlantic Banks
Karl Monroe
Poetic Qualities Refined by Worldly Study
A reflection on a poet who blends worldly intercourse with taste studies, treating labor as measure and refinement as science, with art emerging as nature linked to Disraeli.
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Disraeli
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