Iowa Parks Idea List by Dr
Dr. B Shimek outlines a plan to designate natural sites in Iowa as state parks. He identifies first group locations for scientific, game preserve, and general recreation uses and lists many counties with suitable sites along rivers and lakes for future parks and conservation.
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Iowa's
B. Shimek
Iowa
Grops
McGregor
Clayton County
Mississippi
Bluffton
Winneshiek County
Lowa
Pine Creek Hollow
Dubuque
Delaware
Clayton Counties
Wild Carden
Sweetland Creek
Muscatine County
Bluffs
Montrose
Keokuk
Lee County
Johnson County
Palisades
Linn County
Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Wonderful prescription for cough relief and lung support
A patent remedy promises to quiet coughs soothe throat and lung inflammation stop bronchial irritation and aid restful sleep with easy morning expectoration. Made and sold in America for fifty two years and advertised as assisting nature in health recovery, useful for lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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America
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Advt
Slacker marriages in Chicago divorce courts
Judge William N Gemmell says many wartime marriages formed under the selective service law have produced deserted wives and children. He plans to jail as many offenders as possible after hearing tales from war brides who suffered under slacker husbands.
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Shicker
Chicago
William N. Gemmell
Court of Domestic Relations
Ray W. Robie Named Newton Commercial Secretary
Ray W. Robie of Clarinda is appointed secretary of the Newton commercial association. He will begin duties January 15. Robie previously led Clarinda’s commercial club for two years and was a newspaper editor at the Clarinda Democrat and Shenandoah World.
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Newton
Ray W. Robie
Clarinda
Newton Commercial Association
Robie
Clarinda Democrat
Shenandoah World
War boom towns rise near Muscle Shoals in Alabama
The Tri Cities Florence, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia grow from about 15 000 to near 50 000 as Muscle Shoals builds 60 million nitrate plants. Workers flock in, rents surge, hotels fill, and government housing and services support a booming wartime industry with new dams and river power.
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ST. Louis
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Ala
Tennessee River
Aladdin
Uncle Sam
Muscle Shoals
Germany
Eldorado
Alabama
Niagara Falls
Tri- Cities
Tri-Cities
Altho
Chemical Research Laboratory
Plant No. 2
Railroads Parb Down. October Income Seen Slightly Weaker
The Interstate Commerce Commission released its October review showing railroads' operating income dipping modestly. The report notes tighter revenue conditions and ongoing adjustments in freight and passenger service amid mixed demand.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sloan's Liniment Ad Claims Instant Relief for Aches
Don’t neglect rheumatic pain or external aches says Sloan's Liniment. A byword in relief, the ad touts instant easing of stiffness, bruises and strains with large year after year sales and economical sizes.
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Sloan
Cedar Falls lad loses leg in Champagne sector firefight
Ulrich Janssen a 20 year old Cedar Falls soldier returning on furlough from Fort Snelling recounts his WWI wound in Champagne fought behind front lines. A German shell fragment severed his leg and gangrene required amputation near the body. Blood transfused from a donor in France aided his recovery as he adjusts to civilian life and learns a new trade.
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Cedar Falls
Ulrich Janssen
Janssen
Champagne
Fort Snelling
Uncle Sam
Chateau Thierry
Rainbow division soldier wounded in France
A Rainbow division serviceman was wounded on July 15 and had been in a French hospital for six weeks prior to the report, indicating continued medical care after injury.
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Rainbow Division
Iowa Troops From France Set to Arrive in Newport News
Official war department notice says two Iowa field artillery units the 338th and 126th will land at Newport News on January 5. They trained at Camp Dodge and Camp Cody respectively and sailed from France likely Brest on December 24. Demobilization ashore at Camp Dodge expected within ten days.
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Iown
Newport News
War Department
Thirty-eighth Field Artillery
Camp Dodge
Field Artillery
Camp Cody
Des Moines
Patt Sea
Davenport Ile
Cedar Rapids
Comne
Frances
Brest
Three Hundred Thirty-eighth
Iowa
France
Eighty-Eighth Division
Three Hundred Thirty-seventh
Stork Delivers Two Babies in One Iowa Home
In Marshalltown Iowa on Christmas Eve at the Long home two babies arrived within six hours. Mrs Thomas Long became a mother and grandmother as her daughter in law Mrs Virgie Harper gave birth to a girl. The Harper infant made Mrs Long a grandmother at six hours old.
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Marshalltown
Long Home
Rhodes
Thomas Long
Longe
Virgie Harper
Long
Miss Long
Mrs Isley Praises Chamberlains Tablets For Digestion
Mrs. D W Isley of Litchfield Illinois reports quick reliable relief from stomach disorders and constipation using Chamberlains Tablets. The ad suggests readers troubled with indigestion or constipation try the tablets and visit the drug store.
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D. W. Isley
Litchfield, Ill
Drug Store
Advt
Coasting Accident Sends Several Boys to Hospital
In Tri Valley at Fad Dee on a coaster run, three boys were hospitalized with serious injuries after colliding with an auto driven by W. W. Reser. William Gambt suffered a crushed leg and knee, Jamie Laughing endured a broken leg and facial gash, Ralph Putcher had leg injuries and internal damage, with Harold Jenkins George Butcher and Harold Jensen also hurt. Reser was jolted as the steel front axle bent.
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Tri Valley
Garious
William Gambt
Jamie
Ralph Putcher
Harold Jenkins
George Butcher
Harold Jensen
W. W. Reser
Reser
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