Iowa Professor Urges Food Production To Aid Allies
Prof. R K Bliss director of Iowa State College agricultural extension says one man in Iowa can outproduce many regions. He warns Germans face supply cuts, calls for action and Christian duty to expand farming to feed soldiers and allies. He encourages hard work at home and notes food conservation can save lives at the front. He urges farmers to stay alert for German advances from Minnesota borders.
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Ames
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Germany
Bliss
Professor Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Altho
Minnesota
Guard the Door by Archibald Rutledge
A wartime lyric from Archibald Rutledge praising Vigilance as a protector at home and at the frontier. The speaker pledges constant watchfulness, from trenches to hearth, with the speaker and flag as one, promising safety to loved ones. The poem reaffirms duty and unity against threats.
Steamer Fights U Boat Five Hours In Atlantic Duel
An American crew reports a five hour battle against a German U-boat in the Atlantic. The steamer pushed boilers to top speed while gunners repeatedly fired at the sub. The engagement included hits on the sub and damage on the ship, with the U-boat eventually submerging after sustained shelling.
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Atlantic
Family Reunites After 46 Years Of Civil War Era Strife
Six Ulrich siblings from Chicago Lewiston and Philadelphia reunite in Philadelphia at Mrs. Vincent's home after a chance meeting when Mary Meyers came for surgery and a Chicago relative was in town. The war story recalls meatless sacrifices and a warning that future generations may not grasp wartime hardship.
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Charles A. Ulrich
J. Harry Ulrich
William W. Ulrich
George W. Ulrich
Chicago
Mary Meyers
Lewiston
William Vincent
Harrisburg
Cupid Takes First Place as Army Couple Marries
Mrs Charles Hatfield and Florence Cunningham married at Fort Leavenworth as Cupid orders take over while Hatfield awaited overseas duty. Hatfield and bride kissed amid troopers cheering then separated as he boarded a train and she returned home.
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Cupid
Charles Hatfield
Florence Cunningham
Hatfield
Local residents visit R J Teets and friends
Ralph Scott and wife spent Sunday at Roy J Teets. Ralph Stewart and family visited Ed Statler residence. Mr and Mrs Sword of Iowa City drove to R J Teets Tuesday evening and stayed over.
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Ralph Scott
Roy J. Teets
Ralph Stewart
Ed Statler
Mrs. Sword
Iowa City
R. J. Teets
Clay Township Club to Meet at Church April 4
The Clay township community will gather at Clay church on Thursday evening April 4 with County Agent Fedderson and H M Bicher among expected speakers. Ladies meet weekly at the parsonage to do relief work for French and Belgian causes. Several children are home ill with mumps and measles.
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Clay
Mar
Clay Church
Fedderson
H. M. Bicher
Don Frazier
Richland
Laban Johnson
Paul Sandel
Baby Rena
Evangelistic Meeting Highlights Mother's Day Tribute
Os car Van Sant returned from Camp Cody to care for his ill father in Crawfordsville. Local visitors and townsfolk filled the evangelistic meeting, praising mothers and inviting families to attend family night. Three souls reportedly found faith as Miss Gardner sang and Mr Hamilton spoke on the influence of a godly mother.
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Crawfordsville
Oscar van Sant
Camp Cody
New Mexico
C. Fletcher
Oscar
Wayland
J. H. Lease
Jennie
S. R. Harper
Robert McCall
Washington
Mother
Miss Gardner
Mr. Hamilton
Early Egyptian Maps and Cartography Legacy
Early maps show wooden tablets marking land, sea, roads and rivers. Evidence comes from Egyptian papyrus rolls and discovered sex related maps. The Greeks did not invent cartography they were preceded by Egyptians and Babylonians. There's something in the ads today that will interest you.
Liberty Loan Drive Chair Opens Center School Meeting
From Our Exchanges Dave Munro chairs the liberty loan drive in the township. He convened a Monday evening meeting at Center school house with sub district workers and many citizens to explain the blue pink and yellow cards and the valuation plan. The Washington Journal notes clean up urgency in town streets and alleys to retain the distinction of The Cleanest Town in Iowa. The Columbus Gazette expects the new council to tidy up the streets and alleys.
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Dave Munro
Liberty Loan
Center School
Keota Eagle
The
Washington Journal
Iowa
Columbus Gazette
Remember Camp Dodge and Camp Cody Addresses
Readers are urged to format mail with correct post office locations to avoid delivery delays. Camp Dodge is a post office near Jaws, not Des Moines, and Camp Cody should not be listed as Deming New Mexico. Local notes report residents Morris Crayne family moving to West Chester and Frank Hamilton leasing the vacated barber shop. A Washington reader endorses Charley Dewey for judge as likely to win.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Jaws
Camp Cody
N. M
Deming
Morris Crayne
Little Francis Maud
West Chester
Frank Hamilton
Crayne
Crawfordsville
Washington
Charley Dewey
Charley
Sergeant Hesselschwerdt Visits Home Before Dodge Leave
Sergeant E. J. Hesselschwerdt spent a brief Sunday visit with his parents before resuming his return trip from Camp Dodge. His leave of absence was short and he prepared to depart Sunday evening.
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E. J. Hesselschwerdt
Camp Dodge
Kalona News
Telephone Rates Rise for High-Use Lines
Directors approved higher monthly charges to cover advanced expenses and will apply the increases after April 1 to business and desk phones in areas with the heaviest service use. Washington and Fairfield already see higher rates, and operators must use numbers rather than names for calls once the new directory is issued.
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Washington
Fairfield
Brighton Enterprise
Daylight saving begins as clocks move forward Saturday night
The nation will set clocks forward one hour at 2 a m Sunday under a new federal law to save daylight. Many will rise earlier or adjust schedules to avoid confusion as all clocks shift. In Wapello a bond sale meeting drew township committee members and many others with April 6 as the target Liberty Loan bond sale date and plans for county wide canvassing.
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United States
Fairfield Tribune
Wapello
F. M. Mossberry
Committee On
Kalona youths enlist in Marine corps amid war news
Kalona News reports two local men George W. Gingerich and Emery Hofer have joined the Marine corps. The article notes enlistment details are pending but emphasizes Marines as a vital service and praises Kalona boys readiness to defend the country. The Keota Eagle adds a social spotlight on a Monmouth college girls glee club concert at the U P church in Keota with Rev Arch L Graham as manager, praising performances and packed pews.
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United States
George W. Gingerich
Emery Hofer
Marine Corps
Marines
Kalona News
Monmouth College Girls’ Glee Club
U. P
Arch L. Graham
Keota
Monmouth
Keota Eagle
History of Freedom of Speech and key 17th century views
The piece traces the modern emergence of free speech from Milton’s Areopagitica to Jeremy Taylor and Joseph Glanvil, then to Locke’s Letter on Toleration (1689) as a culminating statement on religious differences. James H. Robinson in Atlantic.
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Milton
Jeremy Taylor
Joseph Glanvil
Locke
James H. Robinson
Atlantic
New Year Debt Celebration Praised by Ladies Home Journal
An excerpt notes the epochal New Year custom in Japan and China where all debts are settled before midnight. It quips that no good person would begin the year with unpaid bills and expresses a wish to imitate this practice.
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Japan
China
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Power of Cheerful Smiles in Daily Life
The piece argues that a beautiful smile comes from inner cheerfulness, not just facial muscles. Surface smiles tire observers, but true cheerfulness delights and sustains the observer, being the blossom of genuine good cheer.
Auto exhibitors parade marks start of county show
Preparations for the auto and tractor show next Wednesday include a 9 30 parade of exhibitors around the square before display. At least twenty exhibitors and forty to eighty cars are expected, with weather conditions guiding postponement. The committee plans to announce entries Monday and many dealers will decorate and demonstrate farm machinery.
Unprepared Daughter Pleads for Edward in Spinal Lesson
A distraught daughter begs her father for marriage while he rages at the idea, scolding her for lacking knowledge of a lizard’s vertebrae as part of his naturalist worldview in a scene from the Christian Register.
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Edward
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