Bismarck 1871 Terms Seen as Precedent for Huns Today
H. C. Evans in Des Moines Capital argues that Bismarck’s hard line on indemnity Alsace Lorraine and army through Paris should warn the 1919 peace talks. He cites German bullying of France and Romania to claim the Allies must demand full reparations and territory restoration to balance conquest.
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Bismarck
H. C. Evans
Des Moines
White Star
Versailles
France
Europe
Jules Faure
French Republic
Faure
Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Rhine
Romania
Rumania
Hohenzollern
Hapsburg
Foley's Honey and Tar Ad From San Antonio
Worth 350.00 a Bottle William Barnes of San Antonio Texas writes Foley's Honey and Tar has been worth 50.00 a bottle to me after flu and pneumonia left me weak with a persistent cough. The cough hung on. Some one advised Foley's Honey and Tar. I have completely recovered and do not cough at all Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Wm. Barnes
San Antonio
Texas
Foley
Say New Postoffice Ugly
Cedar Falls Iowa residents mock the new federal post office calling it the ugliest building erected by the United States. Occupied yesterday at Third and Washington, the $95 000 light brick structure is low and squatty with modern mail equipment inside. Though ready three months, furniture delays have kept it largely unused after a long janitor’s occupancy.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
United States
Third
Washington Streets
City Officials' Salaries Raised at Iowa City Meeting
Iowa City council approved ordinances raising salaries for city officials effective April 1. The mayor's pay increases to 1800 dollars, city attorney to 1200, city clerk to 1500 plus fees, chief of police to 1500, and fire chief to 1800, with substantial increases across all posts.
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Iowa City
Soldier reported killed writes letter from front
A soldier once reported killed and later reported alive writes home to J. G. Davis north of Ottumwa. He says he is back at the front in time for the last big drive and came through it with no injuries.
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J. G. Davis
Ottumwa
Montigny-le-Roi Hosts Wilson Christmas Dinner Visit
In Haute Marne Montigny le Roi a wartime village of about 600 residents hosted an American military presence. The piece notes the town received President Wilson for Christmas dinner and recalls Americans introducing a moving picture show piping water to homes and sewing gold chevrons on uniforms.
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Montigny-le-Roi
Chaumont
Haute Marne
America
Montigny
France
United States
Montigny-le- Rai
Wilson
G. E. Hill, Jr
Signal Corps
Blood Purifier Ad Claims Nationwide Drugstore Sales
An old advertisement extols 8 8 8 as a mighty blood purifier and strengthener. It warns that impure blood causes sluggish circulation and fatigue, urging readers to take several bottles to cleanse the blood and strengthen the body. The Swift Specific Co. invites readers to request free information at its Atlanta laboratory.
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Swift
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Boy Saved From Drowning by Human Chain on Ice
In Burlington Virginia on January 18 Ray Felker fell through ice after skating near a river channel. Three youths Frank Sears Vernon Tadlock and Frank Pikulas formed a human chain to reach him and pulled him to safety just as exhaustion overtook him.
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Ray Felker
Fee
Burlington
Hiefe
Felker
Frank Sears
Vernon Tadlock
Frank Pikulas
Sears
Beth
Pvt Roy J. Davis Reported Dead in Ottumwa
A telegram from Ottumwa confirms Pvt Roy J. Davis of Company G 168th Infantry is reported dead. Davis is listed among war losses with loss notation from the unit. Authorities have not released further details.
Horse kick starts fire at Benton barn
Frank Dorsey, a Benton township farmer, was knocked unconscious by a horse kick that toppled a lantern and sparked a blaze in his barn. Mrs. Dorsey rescued him as four head of stock burned, along with hay and farm implements.
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Atlantic
Frank Dorsey
Benton Township
Dorsey
Soldier Denies Death Rumor From War Department
Private Peter F Tempus writes his wife from Cedar Rapids that he is alive despite prior war department notices claiming he was killed in action. He explains he was wounded and hospitalized and expects to rejoin his Rainbow division unit shortly.
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Cedar Rapids
Peter F. Tempus
War Department
Tech
Tempus
Buchanan County
Land of the Living
Rainbow Division
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Washington
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