County to Buy 710000 Liberty Bonds in Third Drive
Washington County is asked to purchase 710000 worth of Liberty Bonds as the third drive opens April 6. Iowa’s total quota reaches 71056000 with county allocations set by banking resources. Graham theatre hosts Monday band concert from Camp Dodge and a patriotic address by Dan Hamilton.
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Washington County
John A. Cavanagh
Des Moines National Bank
Iowa
Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan
Graham Theatre
Camp Dodge
Dan Hamilton
Sigourne
Hamilton
Wash
Washington county ships clothing to Belgium and northern France
Washington county contributed a full whale freight car of clothing for Belgian and northern French relief under the Red Cross. The 122 barrels and boxes included ten barrels of shoes and required seven truck trips to the railway yards. Local volunteers listed and packed the goods, which were loaded onto a Rock Island freight train and sent east.
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Washington County
Belgium
France
Red Cross
Rock Island
McNamara, McElhinney, Wallace and Bowman & Knapp
D. W. Harvey
H. M. Ficher
H. W. Russel
Richard Donaldson
C. Wilson
J. M. Bratten
Clarence Holingsworth
8. D. Stewart
de Weil
Government pays travel for trainees visiting localities
Two personnel from Camp Dodee and the Great Lakes naval training station travel to communities at government expense. The locals incur no costs as all expenses are covered by the government during these visits.
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Camp Dodee
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Biel
Spectacles Mark Rank in Early Italian Society
Spectacles, invented in Italy around 1285, were initially costly and worn by the wealthy and noble, becoming a symbol of rank. Larger glasses indicated higher status, with some extant busts showing eyewear with lenses about three inches in diameter.
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Italy
New Deputy Director of Food Conservation Named in New York
Mary Rose, first deputy director of food conservation, replaces the state commissioner in charge of the new office. She serves in the First district including New York City, and has led the home economics division of the U S Food Administration and teaches economics at Teachers College.
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Mary SS. Rose
New York City
Doctor Rose
United States Food Administration
Teachers’ College
Town clocks Set Ahead Tonight For Daylight Saving
Town clocks and Western Union regulators will advance one hour tonight to begin daylight saving. Jeweler C. S. Lemmon will move the town clock at McKee school, with all watches urged to follow. services, trains, schools, and stores will operate on the new time.
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A . Ot
C. S. Lemmon
McKee School
Washington
Western Union
Iowa
Death Claims Godfrey Sheets at 69 in Dutch Creek
Godfrey Sheets longtime Dutch Creek resident died at his home twelve miles west of Warne Ten Valley neighborhood at seven this morning after a yearlong illness linked to cancer He was nearly seventy and survived by his wife and five sons Robert Oscar Andy Fred and Alfred He was active in the German Evangelical church of Valley and his funeral time had not been set this afternoon Joseph Sheets his brother recently moved from Dutch Creek to Washington State.
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Godfrey Sheets
Dutch Creek Township
War
Sheets
Washington County
Germany
Valley
Robert
Oscar
Andy
Dutch Creek
Alfred
Fred
Delta
Fort nightly club Music Department meeting announced
The Music Department of the Fort nightly club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m with Miss Mary Hunter. Members should attend if possible and have tasks prepared.
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Mary Hunter
the Bible Department of the
Fort
Frank Wilson
Services moved to Pleasant Hill church for April 7
Baster Services will be held at Pleasant Hill church on Sunday April 7, replacing the previously scheduled March 31 date. The change affects attendees and church calendar.
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Pleasant Hill
Red Cross Notes From Garment Department Labor Day Effort
On one of the best days this week the garment department had 27 workers who made 5 pajama jackets 19 pajama pants and 10 hospital shirts. A Thursday shipment of pads was prepared with two boxes filled and 500 12x24 240 8x12 and 10 waste gauze pads included. Mrs Lona Boice led Thursday work with 287 pads, while Mrs Eva Livingston chaired the evening session with 26 workers making SxX4 compresses.
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Garment Department
Lona Boice
Eva Livingston
Called meeting of Cyrus Chapter Royal Arch Masons
Cyrus chapter No. 13 calls a Monday evening meeting at seven for work on past and most excellent masters degrees. A large attendance is urged as candidates will soon leave for the army. Wm Lang, worthy, H. P. B. asi2
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Royal Arch Masons
Cyrus Chapter
L., D. Langworthy
H. PB
Pot planting and census work noted in Eureka
Friday activity includes planting across town and a financial census for the next liberty loan led by Potratz. George Johnson helped Sam Potratz with oats this week while Shrader visits Mrs. Jackson. Earl Salterberg spent last Sunday with Glenn Beenhloson.
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Kureka
Potratz
George Johnson
Sam Potratz
Shrader
Mrs. Jackson
Earl Salterberg
Glenn Beenhloson
American Women and the World War by Ida Clyde Clarke
The book opens with the women’s committee of the county council of national defense and outlines its creation, purposes, and activities. Ida Clyde Clarke, a New York magazine editor, covers state war work organizations and war relief efforts, blending facts with human interest.
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National Defense
Ida Clyde Clarke
New York
Little girl mailed home from Clear Spring
Opal Davis, seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ora Davis of Brownsstone Indiana, was mailed from Clear Spring to Brownstone after snowbound roads blocked transport. The post office accepted her within the first zone weight limit, costing 25 cents in stamps, with rural carrier Gil bert Ball aiding the trip. She was allowed to go home after stamps were cancelled.
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Opal Davis
Ora Davis
Brownstone
Ind
Clear Spring
Opal
Clergyman Kills 7-Foot Railed Circus Snake in Maryland Park
In Frederick Maryland a seven foot six inch tropical snake long feared by housewives escaped from a circus two months ago and was killed by Reverend Gracen D Kidner pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. Witness Reverend W C Miller watched as the pair pursued the creature in a nearby park and a neighbor supplied a shotgun before Kidner fired.
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Frederick
Gracen D. Kidner
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
W. C. Miller
Mount Airy
Miller
Doctor Kidner
Praises Red Cross Morale and War Effort
General Petain praised the Red Cross for France saying its winter work is worth more than 1,200,000 American soldiers in the line. He noted his wife and children are cared for by Red Cross, boosting soldiers morale to stay and fight. American women knitting and making dressings directly aid the war effort.
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General Petain
Red Cross
France
Beads of Wampum Found on Wisconsin Farm
A gravel pit on the McCarthy farm near Fox Lake Wisconsin yielded a string of genuine wampum beads and scattered Indian skulls and bones. The find, believed to be an ancient Indian burying ground, includes reddish gray beads about one sixth inch thick. Professor Charles Brown of the University of Wisconsin confirms their genuineness.
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McCarthy Farm
Fox Lake
Wis
Charles Brown
University of Wisconsin
Way of Some Wives. A Wife Measures Husband by Faults
A brief editorial note in the Enquirer discusses how some wives judge husbands by their faults and flaws, reflecting on marital expectations and social norms of the era. It comments on gender roles and public perception within marriage.
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Snclabatl Enquirer
Dog scales tree to 40 feet in Hennifier rescue
A dog in Hennifier New Hampshire chased a hedgehog and climbed from limb to limb up to forty feet high. Three boys aided in bringing the dog down safely.
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N.hl
Auwa
Chester Claims Earliest English Horse Racing Tradition
The article notes Chester as possibly the first English hub of horseracing with 1900 records indicating the mayor offered a prize for a race, signaling early formal interest in the sport.
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Chester
England
Remark on Infant Grasp and Upright Posture Noted
A Journal of Heredity piece highlights a newborn’s strong grasp aiding survival in trees. It also notes that the human child sits up before standing, and implies the stock once possessed this upright trait prior to its own development.
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Journal of Heredity
Food Value of Peanut
The peanut is a substantial food with six ounces of shelled peanuts providing 23 ounces of various foods. It is rich in fat and mineral salts such as phosphorus lime sulfur and iron, contributing notably to the diet.
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Washington County Hospital
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