Bond Conversion Guidelines For First Second Liberty Bonds
The Reserve Bank of Chicago urges banks to defer converting First and Second Liberty Bonds to the four and one quarter per cent issue until coupon bonds are available. Conversions may occur between July 1 and November 9, 1918 with interest adjustments, and forms will be provided.
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Bank OR Trust Company
Washington
United States
Reserve Bank OF Chicago
Government Bond Dept
Africa's Big Population and Missionary Reach
Africa covers nearly a quarter of Earth's land and encircles its coastline similarly to the world. One in eight people live in Africa, with language diversity and rapid population growth among blacks. The continent hosts 43 languages, few written, and a vast unoccupied area is three times Ohio in size. Missionaries number one per 133 thousand Africans.
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Africa
Ohio
Beware of Gathering Rust in the Mechanical Era
A short essay warns that neglect leads to decay as rust and idleness corrode machines and humans alike. It contrasts constant use with inactive maintenance, noting that regular use sustains longevity and function, while neglect renders parts good for nothing.
The Pope's Chair of Solid Silver Worth $90,000
The article describes the pope's chair as the most expensive in the world. It is said to be made of solid silver and is valued at about $90,000.
Red Cross Notes Richmond Auxiliary Updates
The Richmond auxiliary met last Thursday with many garments finished and 45 hospital shirts sent to Washington on Friday. A Farmers Union donation of 33.05 was gratefully received. Dozens of members attended, and new workers joined the surgical dressings effort. The group began assembling and wrapping the Front Line Packet, with tampons and trench pads under way and West Chester’s second drain shipment received. An urgent call for more dressings workers was issued for tomorrow.
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Richmond
Washington
Farmers Union
Mesdames
Mises Louise Cunningham
Mrs. Jenkins
Leigh Wallace
Richard Donaldson
Mabel Nelson
Dorothy Nelson
Ellen Wallace
Copeland
Peterson
Mildred McLaughlin
Florence Cunningham
Martha Maxwell
Dorothea Wickham
Maurine McLaughlin
Lois Griffith
Lucile Hartman
A.W. McCully
Barbara Jensen
Norene Sehmoeller
Million Dollar Dollies at Graham Theatre Tonight
The Dolly Sisters Roszika and Vanessa headline a five act screen production titled The Million Dollar Dollies. The Oriental spectacle features dance swimming and glittering costumes with a Rajah Maharajah and exotic palace as the backdrop.
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Graham Theatre
Dolly Sisters
Roszika
Vaness
Broadway
Yanecel
Early history of synthetic dyes and their uses
An 1869 Englishman Lightfoot produced aniline black and in 1878 Croissant and Britton discovered the first sulphur dye. A French chemist developed the modern method for preparing a bright yellow dye for animal fibers. The dye can detect hemp flax and cotton in wool, as well as plant fibers.
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Lightfoot
Croissant
Brittonpiere
France
English Home Front Welcomes American Soldiers With Hospitality
A London letter describes a new English spirit of hospitality as households open doors to American soldiers on leave. Families plan lavish river outings on the Thames and fund private boats while women in shops organize events to treat wounded guests. The piece notes rising roles for women as businesslike hosts and domestic workers, alongside plans for July 4 patriotic events led by Rev. Rueben Saillens.
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Sis
England
Gome
Peter
Paul
Thames
West End
Domestic Orderly Corps
Nan
Tares
Rueben Saillens
Paris
France
Baptists to Hold Large Convention in Cedar Rapids
The twenty seventh annual International Baptist Young People's Union convention will meet in Cedar Rapids from July 4 to 7. Rail travel has fallen due to higher rail rates and train reductions, so many delegates will travel by automobile. Delegates are arriving from long distances as the executive committee bills the event as a major feature and gathering. Local volunteers prepare for the influx and events.
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Cedar Rapids
Baptist Young People’s Union Convention
Fea
Nervous Run Down Woman Tells How Vinol Builds Strength
Mrs H ii Goodwin recalls a nervous run down condition on a farm caring for six in her family. She credits Vinol with great improvement and renewed strength. The ad notes Vinol contains beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese and glycerophosphates to bolster weak systems and is sold by Sherman Bros and druggists everywhere.
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H. ii Goodwin
Vinci
Sherman Bros
Advt
Anti tipping law tested in Iowa supreme court
Des Moines June 26 The Iowa anti tipping law is challenged in the Iowa supreme court The case J T Dunahoo vs Sim T Huber from Woodbury county concerns a barber who accepted a tip and was arrested The lower court voided the statute as unconstitutional but the supreme court will hear arguments to test its validity The attorney for Dunahoo argues the law unjustly singles out employees for criminal penalties and interferes with private expenditures and social habits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
J. T. Dunahoo
Sim T. Huber
Woodbury County
Dunahoo
Supreme Court
Lou Salinger
Legislature Rejects Repeal Of Anti-Tipping Law
The final legislature tried to repeal the anti tipping law arguing it is not being enforced but the majority refused to back repeal. The article notes citizens and constitutional spirit concerns guiding the debate.
Iowa Y M C A Quota Set At 2.5 Million For National War Work
Des Moines reports Iowa must raise 2.5 million dollars toward the 112 million dollar Y M C A war work budget for the next fall. The sum includes 12 million for the Y W C A. A Iowa delegation of 34 joined 500 Y M C A workers in Chicago for a conference with Dr John R Mott and George Perkins.
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Des Moines
Iowa
France
Pershing
War effort hinges on boosting YMCA work in war zones
Dr Mott plans to attend a September conference in Iowa with 1,000 men to discuss widening YMCA outreach for soldiers in all war zones. W M Parsons, state secretary, has just returned from a Chicago conference.
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Dr. Mott
Iowa
W. M. Parsons
Chicago
Body of Famous Aviator Found
The body of Captain Beracca, Italy's famed aviator, was found during the Italian advance after his machine fell in flames inside Austrian lines on June 21. His body was very slightly burned.
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Beracca
Italy
Tornado Kills Five in Missouri near Green City
Five people are reported dead and several injured after a tornado struck south of Green City in Putnam County Missouri. Property damage is noted and wire communication is cut off as crews assess the scene.
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Unionville
Green City
Putnam County
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