State Meeting of C E S October 28 30 Des Moines
The Forty second annual session of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Iowa will be held October 28 29 and 30 at the Auditorium Des Moines. Tickets offer a one third fare reduction with certificates and through tickets. attendees must follow procedures at Des Moines to qualify. An extensive program with sessions October 25 to 30 lists meetings, memorial service, ritual exemplification, officers installation and Home Board reports.
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Grand Chapter
the Order of the Eastern Star of Iowa
Des Heine Iowa
Des Moines
Allan Sullivan
Eastern Star Masonic Home
Anna Stilwell
Womans Christian Temperance Union Seeks New Members
The Women s Christian Temperance Union held its regular monthly meeting at Mrs M Crawford s home with a small turnout due to house cleaning. Treasurers books are audited and the group is in good shape for the year with 64 paid members and only 26 dollars left to fully fund the jubilee. The call went out for every member to recruit one new member and to pay dues early.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
M. Crawford
Camp Grant Becomes Army Automotive Training Center
Camp Grant has been designated by the war department as the automotive training center for the entire United States army. Drivers chauffeurs and dispatch riders for all seven regular army divisions will be trained here.
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Camp Grant
War Department
United States Army
Washington
No US Warning Traced on Italy, Paris Reports
Paris dispatches say no trace of a United States warning to Italy or American action aimed at restraining France. The Tempo suggests the matter hinges on what the Italian press interprets as a British warning.
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Paris
Fiume
United States
Italy
Tempo
France
Ukrainians and Russians Clash Near Baslev Fight In Progress
Ukrainian troops clash with a Russian volunteer army near Baslev as violent combat unfolds. The report cites the Ukrainian press bureau and notes the encounter follows alleged mobilization developments against Denikin by General Simon Petruha, shaping South Russia operations.
Aliens Leave City Daily Tax Collections Rise
Foreign horn Chi cagowns leave Chicago at about 10004 daily with an average of 1000000 dollars collected daily, according to J Popper deputy collector in the internal revenue department. He notes duties include ensuring emigrants with unpaid taxes before obtaining passports pay fines.
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Chicago
King Albert Trains Through Wyoming At Dawn
King Albert rode his special train east of Bitter Creek Wyoming waking early to tramp along the tracks. He did not retire until after 1 AM then climbed into the engine at Cheyenne at 7:15 PM and drove the train to Larue seven miles away.
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King Albert
Bitter Creek
Wyo
Cheyenne
Larue
Zeppelin Airship Service Opens Between Berlin and Stockholm
German Aircraft company opens zeppelin airship line from Berlin to Stockholm with Bodense leaving Berlin at 4 am and arriving at 12:30 pm. Biweekly trips priced at 80 per passenger. Capacity 25 passengers per flight.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Get
Zeppelin
Here
Bodense
Sabotage Tactics Reported in Gary by Local Authorities
Authorities in Gary uncover a sabotage campaign by a group named the shelled Brotherhood. Huge spiked planks lie along roadways used by twilight automobiles and lorries, designed to puncture tires and could fatally injure occupants in a sudden stop.
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Chicago
Oct. W
Gary
British labor men slated to visit the United States
George Nicoll Kirk Kearnes minister and British labor envoy to the Washington conference is set to depart for the United States soon. G Westuart Cowling secretary of the Prefstern's delegation is named as representative of the parliamentary committee of the Trade Union Congress. Other labor representatives include Arthur Heinlers on John Tebert Clynes Charles W. Fewerman and Mary MacArthur Read the Evening Journal.
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London
George Nicoll Kearnes
Washdocton
United States
G. Westuart Cowling
Te Pestuern
Soldiers to study at University of Iowa for vocational training
Thirty two discharged soldiers wounded in action are assigned to the University of Iowa for vocational training funded by the Federal Board of Vocational Education. They study trades in various colleges with monthly stipends for living expenses, and the program may extend from one to four years with full government support.
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Iowa
City
University of Iowa
Federal Board of Vocational Education
EB. E. Lewis
College of Education
Ben
Nelson Kerr
Iowa City
St. Louis
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Iowa American Legion hits twenty one thousand members
The Iowa American Legion reports 21 217 members across 190 posts of 241 organized. Secretary John MacVicar expects a larger total by October 20 as reports continue. Argonne post remains the largest with 1 760 members, up 90 since September 22, and three new charters issued to Gilmore City Shelby and LeMars.
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Gilmore City
Shelby
LeMars
Large Fortunes Decline in 1917 Income Report
Washington Oct 10 The Bureau of Internal Revenue released 1917 income figures showing fewer taxpayers with net incomes under 150000 lower than earlier years. The report notes a striking drop from 206 in 1916 to 141 in 1917 while million-dollar earners remained comparatively few.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Sahni
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promise of Cure
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages through constitutional treatment. The ad offers $100 to any case it fails to cure and invites readers to send for testimonials, listing F B Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as manufacturers. Sold by all druggists.
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Constitutional Centre
Hall
Cheney &O
Toledo
Ohio
Cleaning grease from wallpaper with soda blotting paper
A newspaper tip explains removing grease stains from wallpaper by pressing blotting paper moistened with carbonate of soda against the spot. The soda absorbs the grease and helps preserve the paper color as the stain is lifted.
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C.E.S
Officers
Worthy
Anna M. Orrisy Fairfield
B Shimek
Lucy B. Bullock
Lorimer
Charles
R. ‘Futerland
Cedar Rapids
Adah G Thompson
Marion
Ida Webster
Waucoma
Stella W
Kboatz
Marshalltown
Etta Carpenter
Stuart
P. Jane Webber
Cherokee
Allena
Ward
Eldora
S. Ll. Moore
Boone
James L. Records
Board of Custodians of the Work
Anna _ Stilwell
Waukon
Fannie B. Hammill
Brit
Maude Keyser
Cedar /Rapids
C.T. U
Camp
Grant Auto Center
Illinois
U. S
Podolsk
Kellerman Girls
Sammy
Graham Theatre
ZEP
Richard H. Long
Hichard JL
Den
Massachusetts
George Nicoll Barnes
Evening Journal
Iowa University
American Legion
Humphrey
Iowa Gas & Elec. Co
Yee
Firestone
Federal “Agak Tires
W.B. Miform
Americas
Weingarten Bros., Inc
W.B. Inform
New York
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