Veterans Meet Moved to Muscatine Court House
The Tri County Veteran association reunion for Muscatine Washington and Louisa counties will be at the court house in Muscatine August 22 instead of Weed park. A Memorial hall registration opens at 9 am with a business session and a Women’s Relief corps picnic lunch. More than one hundred men and many WRC members are expected. plans to entertain visitors will be finalized August 5.
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Muscatine
Tri-County Veteran Association
Washington
Louisa Counties
Court House
Weed Park
Shelby Norman Post
Digestion Tips and Remedies For Digestive Health
Digestion begins in the mouth and thorough mastication aids digestion. Avoid beef or veal if current indigestion and eat sparingly of meat. For constipation use Chamberlain's Tablets to ease bowels and strengthen the stomach. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises the advice.
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Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
When Fate Decides at Pratt Theatre This Friday
Admission notices a William Fox photoplay starring Madlaine Traverse. The show presents a tale of a devoted woman balancing duty and love, highlighting stylish costumes and romantic plots. Friday afternoon and night performances advertised for local audiences.
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William Fox
Madlaine Traverse
Miss TraverBe
C. A. Pratt
Ford stock to Ford family after minority buyout
Stockholders of the Detroit based Ford Motor Company will receive about 12500 for each share after Edsel B Ford and partners announced the purchase of all minority stock. James Couzens retains 2180 shares valued at about 29260000. Morgan’s firm will arrange a one year credit for the purchase.
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Ford Motor Company of
Detroit
Edse B. Ford
Henry Ford
James Couzens
Fords
J. W. Anderson
John F Dodge
Horace E. Dodge
H. H Rackham
Grays
Kales
John 8. Gray
Hauss
Couzens
J. P. Morgan and Company of New York
Edsel B. Ford
Frank L. Kliingensmith
Gowner Dodge
ANU
Four Sea Lions Added to University Museum Collection
Iowa City July 17 Four sea lions were added to the University museum from a Quantutte Indian reservation expedition off Washington state. Prof Homer R Dill and B E Manville led the collection including one large bull, a young bull a cow and a calf.
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Iowa City
University
Homer R. Dill
B. E. Manville
Quantutte
Washington
Pacific Ocean
Dill
Seattle
Washington University
J. C. Albrechts
Prisoners Pile Up Fortune in Wages at Fort Madison
Inmates at the Iowa Fort Madison state penitentiary hold more than 21 thousand dollars in earnings and savings for six months ending July 1919. The report shows regular checking 7,672.81 dollars, bank 8,620.20, certificates of deposit 1,072.63, and Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps 4,651.00, with profits shared and spendable by inmates under wardens and board approval.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
Board of Control
Returned Soldier Ends Life in Chariton
Artie Prisler, a recently returned soldier from Camp Funston, Kan., killed himself with strychnine at his brother Bert Prisler’s home near Chariton, Iowa. Despondent over unemployment, he left behind a wife and two children who are living in town after their June 27 remarriage. The body was found in the yard and later buried from the local undertaking parlor. Prisler was 24.
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Chariton
Artie Prisler
Bert Prisler
Camp Funston
Kan
Public warning on canning compounds’ health risks
Des Moines officials warn that various home canning compounds sold under trade names are harmful. The state food and dairy department cites a USDA advisory noting these powdered preservatives contain salicylic or boric acid, which are unnecessary and unsafe for housewives to use.
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Des Moines
State Food and Dairy Department
Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Death notices reach for Iowa soldiers in France
In Iowa City and Glidden reports confirm two Iowa soldiers died from wounds during World War I. Llewelyn Williams of Union township, son of Mrs. Evan Williams, died in France amid delayed word from the War Department. Earl Dillavoy of Glidden, a 1914 graduate later ill with tuberculosis, died of wounds received September 1918. relatives had previous partial notices. The Red Cross may investigate Williams and families await official details.
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Iowa City
Llewelyn Williams
Union Township
Evan Williams
France
Great Falls
Mont
War Department
Argonne
American Red Cross
Glidden
Evan Dillavoy
Earl Dillavoy
Three Hundred Fifty-seventh Infantry
Glidden High School
Oakdale
Community News From Over County Crawfordsville
Rev and Mrs J H McCormick and children of Morning Sun Iowa and Mr and Mrs John Wooley of Moscow Idaho were entertained at dinner at the home of Henderson and Miss Mary McCall. Mrs Hazel Moorhead hosted a novel tea with the Care-Away Circle.
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Crawfordsville
J. H. McCormick
Morning Sun
John Wooley
Moscow
Idaho
Henderson
Mary McCall
Hazel Moorhead
Lois Davidson
Henry McCoy
Ottumwa
Frank McCoy
Jess McCoy
Marie
Irene McCoy
Lve
Clarence Young
Rural Social Notes From NRA Area
Lew Matthews and wife of Des Moines visited relatives here Sunday. Jim Herrs were at Will Eckerman’s Sunday. Mahannah Bros. sell Victrolas as they pass through. John Green visited Sunday at Jim Hanley’s. Jay White works on re shingling his barn. Omer and Opal Green Velda and Zelma Herr Thelma Eckerman and Dorrance visited Jim Hanley’s. Mrs Bell visited her son Russell. Will Curl family spent Sunday in Washington.
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NRA
Lew Matthews
Des Moines
Jim Herr
Will Eckerman
Mahannah Bros
John Green
Jim Hanley
Jay White
Omer
Opal Green
Velda
Zelma Herr
Thelma Eckerman
Ee Dorrance
Jimanley
To Mend Broken China
Instructions describe repairing china by threading edges with stout string then simmering in skim milk all day. The method requires cooling without removing the string for 24 hours and claims hot water will not cause re-separation of the cups.
Methodists Plan Massive Campaign to Convert Million
Chicago leaders announce a church evangelistic drive to convert one million people by next June using the unit system and 50 000 minute men with focus on children. Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago among the planners.
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Chicago
Coumbus
Ohio
Thomas Nicholson
Chicago invites Wilson to speak during Western tour
Chicago sent an invitation to President Wilson to visit during his Western tour for an educative campaign in favor of the League of Nations. The telegram was signed by nearly all local commercial civic and patriotic organizations urging the president to include Chicago in his itinerary.
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Chicago
Wilson
League of Nations
Washington
Plane fall in Humble claims two lives
Donald B. Sibley of Minneapolis Minnesota was instantly killed and Carl C. Conrad of Urbana Illinois fatally injured when an exhibition airplane collapsed during flight in Humble Texas. Conrad died two hours after, both men civilians who had joined a private aero company after leaving military service at Ellington field.
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Humble
Tex
Donald B. Sibley
Minneapolis
British rail engineers strike halts Northeastern line
London July 17. Engineers on the Northeastern railway system walked out stopping railway operation. Signalmen joined later and the strike spread to other workers. The engineers reportedly oppose a company eye test requirement.
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London
U S Denies Plans for Armed Intervention in Mexico
Assistant Secretary Long of the state department formally denied reports in South American newspapers that the United States had determined on a policy of armed intervention in Mexico. The department said it had not been advised of the reports' source.
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Washington
Long
State Department
United States
Mexico
Farmers Oppose Daylight Saving Backlash From War Measure
Midwest farmers at Chicago stock yards denounce daylight saving repeal as harmful. Iowa quoted men say advanced time disrupts milking, train schedules, farm chores, entertainment, and repairs, increasing crop losses and labor strain despite wartime motives fading.
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Chicago
House of Representatives
Wilson
Chicago Stock Yards
Joseph Hall
Chariton
Secretary Baker Approves Guard Reorganization Plan
Secretary Baker approves final plans for reorganizing the National Guard on a 16 division basis with divisional areas aligned to the regions used for wartime Guard divisions. The move formalizes the postwar structure for Guard units and their areas of operation.
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Secretary of War
Washington
National Guard
Germany
Baker
Russian forces seize Ekaterinburg in southeast Perm region
A wireless dispatch from Moscow reports Ekaterinburg, 166 miles southeast of Perm, has fallen to the Kolsheviks. The town was occupied on Monday, according to the brief transmission received.
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London
Ekaterinburg
Perm
Origins of humane societies in the English speaking world
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in London in 1824, spurring humane societies in Germany France and the United States. The first U S society was chartered in 1866.
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England
Royal Society For the Prevention of
London
Germany
France
United States
Farmers Resist Daylight Saving Law Across States
Farmers report hay damaged by sun as fields lie exposed under daylight saving. They say work by the sun, not the clock, and object to the law. The concerns are similar across locations in the United States, highlighting broad farmer fatigue with time changes.
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Fred Nemitz
Charter Oak
Iowa
United States
Relieved Rheumatic Pain with Liniment Says Dublin Man
J N Adams of Dublin Georgia says severe rheumatic pains kept him from farm work. He spent 30 to 40 dollars on a remedy with no relief until Chamberlains Liniment. He reports he can move about without severe pains after using it. Lemmons Drug Store advertises the product.
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J. N. Adams
Dublin
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Advt
Italians Sail From New York En Route to Naples and Genoa
About 8,000 Italians departed New York on three Italian liners the Caserta, Giusepp Verdi, and Ned Italia carrying an estimated $24,000,000 in wealth. Their destination ports are Naples and Genoa as immigration officials report.
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New York
Naples
Genoa
New Pacific Fleet Formed for Atlantic Voyage
The navy department announced a Pacific fleet of about 175 ships with 500000 tons will be organized. The fleet will depart from Hampton Roads on Saturday for a voyage.
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Washington
Pacific Fleet
Navy Department
Hampton Rowds
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H. H. Rackham
David Gray
Phillip H. Gray
Paul R. Gray
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Mrs
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Barney
Over County
Np.a
China
Methodists
New York City
Gnblem O
Holland
Chicago Commercial
Texas
British Rail
Northwestern Railway System
Middle West
S. A. Harrison
Ainsworth
Russ Reds
Lowa Gas
Italy
Washington National Bank
Prince Albert
P. A
Tim
R. J. Re
ton-Salem, N. C
Springe
Albert
the Evening Journal
Pilz
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