Returning Slain Soldier's Effects
Washington D C March 17 The effects bureau has been returning valuables from soldiers who died in France to their chosen contact. The Hoboken based bureau consolidates branch offices to safely ship items such as pocketknives watches photos and war trophies to families. Bodies were searched and items placed in individual containers to prevent mistakes with looted possessions only items left at headquarters delivered to families. Gas shell shipments and assembly in France are noted with armistice timing hindering front delivery.
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Washington, D. C
France
Hoboken
Effects Quartermaster Department
Philadelphia
Boston
Halifax
Newport News
Baltimore
Effects Bureau
War Gas Dumped at Sea Intended for Huns After WWI
The first lot of American poison gas shells and gas drums intended for use against Germans in 1919 was dumped at sea after the armistice. About 200,000 mustard and chloropicrin shells, plus gas drums, were taken from Baltimore to sea in a transport and sunk in 1500 feet of water. Containers showed leakage risk, so they were disposed of under Maj Gen Sibert's orders. Disposal will continue after peace treaty, but not rushed.
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Sibert
General March
Europe
France
Ordnance Department
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Davy Jones
Chemical Warfare Service
Spring Cleaning Time for Body Ad
A spring cleaning advertisement promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets to clean stomach and bowels and tone the liver after winter indoor life. Sold at Lemmon's Drug Store with indigestion relief claims.
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Lemmon’s Drug Store
Fort Dodge Hears Heated Fight Over New High School Site
Fort Dodge Iowa faces a partisan clash over where to locate the 650000 high school. Voters previously kept site plans quiet. now factions push for either south of Central avenue or the north side. The school board, with one new member, will decide the site based on population and growth projections for a 1500 student facility.
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Fort Dodge
Central Avenue
Iowa House OKs Memorials Bill for Cities
Des Moines March 17 Iowa house approves a bill by Davidson of Page county to let cities and towns build memorial buildings for soldiers sailors and marines. The memorials can be part of libraries halls gymnasiums natatoriums hospitals and recreation centers. Bonds may run five to thirty years and a special tax not over five mills funds repayment. Site purchases and building erection require elections called by petitions from 15 percent of legal voters.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Davidson
Page County
Whiskey Distillery Found in Railroad Way Car
Oskaloosa police uncovered a whiskey distillery inside a way car in the M and St. L railroad yards yesterday. A raid followed and much of the still had vanished by the time officers arrived. The railway company was ordered to lock and seal the car to prevent a repeat of the nuisance.
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Oskaloosa
Mayor Declares Independence of Sioux City Morals Committee
Sioux City's preacher mayor formed a morals committee of church and business leaders. At its first meeting last night members argued the mayor should not join, fearing political entanglement. The mayor responded this morning that he does not care if he remains mayor.
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Sioux City
Starvation in Bolshevik Russia Reported by British Travelers
British observers report catastrophic famine across Petrograd Moscow Kiev and Odessa with food prices sky high and death tolls rising daily. Meat and dairy are scarce. horse and dog flesh fetch high prices while fuel and coal are in extremely short supply amid a collapsing distribution system under Lenin and Trotsky.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Bolshevik Russia
Lenine
Trotsky
Kiev
Odessa
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Ad Offer
An old advertisement invites readers to cut out the slip and mail it to Foley Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley’s honey and tar compound cough remedies and Foley kidney pills, with sale through Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
Ford Plans $250 Car Split From Ford Family Venture
Edsel B. Ford announced plans with Henry Ford to withdraw from Ford Motor and form a family owned company to produce a low cost car priced around 250 to 350 dollars. They aim to distribute profits, set up plants across the United States, and start work next year using water power for workers commuting and limited leisure use. The move follows a Supreme Court profit distribution decision.
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New York
Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
United States
Detroit
New York Times
Supreme Court
Ford
Iowa Medical Advisory Boards Move to Close Draft Records
Des Moines March 17. Iowa’s 112 local two district and 36 medical advisory boards finish draft work and ship records to Washington by March 31. About 30 freight cars will carry registrant documents from county seats to Chicago and then to Washington for inspection before discharge.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Adjutant General of
Washington
Union
Missouri River
Chicago
Adjutant General of the Army
Iowans Targeted by New Post Office Money Order Scam
Cedar Rapids March 17 reports warn merchants of bogus post office money orders being circulated in Iowa. Postmaster C. D. Huston says many offices were robbed nationwide, with crooks obtaining money orders now being filled and cashed. A young woman is described as "floating" the orders by using hotels and hotel staff to access mail and cash them.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
C. D. Huston
Huston
Bogus Orders Cashing Reported in Davenport and Des Moines
A clerk reports he approves and cashes fake orders without hesitation. Authorities say both Davenport and Des Moines have fallen to these bogus orders. Stolen order numbers include ranges such as 12 to 25 400, 42 801 to 44 000, 33 775 to 33 800, 26 415 to 26 600, 77 540 to 77 600, 3 209 to 338 400, and 2 800.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Camp Dodge exchange store shows ten months profit
Des Moines Indiana March 17 operating on a ten percent profit base the Camp Dodge camp exchange store opened last May reports a profit of 32746 63 from ten months of sales totaling 353746 63 nearly all from purchases by Dodge soldiers. The warehouse profits 10129 69 and a dividend of 32452 68 from Camp Dodger bring total exchange profits since May to 75329.
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Des Moines
Camp Exchange
Camp Dodge
Dodge Doughboys
Camp Dodge Exchange
Exchange Store
Camp Dodger
Exchange
Central Exchange
Big clearance sale sells stock to soldiers in twelve hours
A week long clearance sale moved more than $20,000 in stock to soldiers, lasting only twelve hours. Clothing and footwear sold at one third of cost while remaining stock sold at half price. Profits from the exchange benefited the camp athletic fund, with a $2,000 appropriation already made from exchange profits.
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Exchange
Camp Athletic Fund
Creel Sees Committee Work Self Supporting
George Creel, chairman, said the committee on public information’s domestic work was virtually self sustaining and that settlement of accounts would show this. He resigned as chairman, though President Wilson had not yet accepted the resignation. About 300000 of the 1250000 original appropriation remained unexpended and Creel planned to remain active in political affairs as a private citizen. He dismisses reports of differences with Wilson.
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Washington, D. C
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Creel
Wilson
No Censorship by U S Over News Between Europe and U S
The committee chairman denied that the American government has exercised censorship over news matter between Europe and the United States. He praised the president for steadfast support from start to finish, while another speaker called the claim absurd.
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Europe
United States
Feminine hotel clerk arrested after resisting officers
Des Moines March 17 Elea nor Stevens head clerk at the Chamberlain hotel refused to let detectives Trimble and Pettit view the register. A warrant for resisting an officer was sworn out. Manager F G Warden intervened and she agreed to go to Judge Bonner's court to view the register.
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Des Moines
Eleanor Stevens
Chamberlain Hotel
Trimble and Pettit
Register
A. Weaver
Miss Stevens
F. G. Warden
Bonner
Advertising Shapes What Your Pennies Can Buy
A nostalgic look at how prices and options have changed over generations driven by advertising. The piece argues that advertising lowers selling costs, expands markets, and makes many goods affordable, enabling today’s varied pennies to buy more than in the past. It cites past limits on travel, horse racing, and dry goods versus today’s rapid shopping and broad information access.
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