Plan Motor Truck Routes for State Des Moines
Iowa forms a transportation bureau under the state council of defense to organize motor truck routes for wartime freight. Five districts and about 500 members will manage route planning, with EXecutive Eggleston coordinating fleets for hauls up to fifty miles.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. D. Eggleston
Mason City
State Council of Defense
State House
CC. C. Virgil
Max McGraer
Sioux City
F. D. Empirre
Council Bluffs
H. C. White
Conroy
F. D. Raffensberger
Eggleston
Truman Co. Potter
Lafayette Young
Harding
F. F. Everett
Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad Improves Digestive Health
An advertisement promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets for indigestion biliousness bad breath gas and constipation caused by undigested food in the stomach. The product is described as mild effective and nonirritating with claims to cleanse bowels sweeten the stomach and tone the liver. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon’s
Advt
American Troops Overseas Pass 1.9 Million Mark
General March announced that American forces overseas have passed the 1,900,000 total as the United States urges rapid support for the fourth Liberty Loan. He appealed for maximum national effort while planning for a further 2,000,000 troops and eight billion dollars to fund the war. He outlined Meuse sector moves toward the Aux-Aulnoye junction and noted strategic rail lines at Liege, Maubeuge, and Sedan as key German supply arteries.
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Verdun
New England National Guard
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Pershing
March
91St
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
National Army
Seven Eighth
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C
War Department
Department
Congress
Cateau
Aux-Aulnoye
Liege-Maubeuge
Sedan
Meuse
Aulnoye
France
St. Mihiel
Quarantine Forces Cancellation of Odd Fellows Session
The Spanish influenza quarantine in Mason City led to cancelling the Odd Fellows four day meeting scheduled to open Oct 14 and attract over 500 delegates. Officials notified the lodge of the public meeting ban and plans to reschedule once the quarantine ends.
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Des Moines
Odd Fellows
Mason City
F. Alexander
Crand
Odd Fellows Lodge
Iowa
How to Preserve Apples for Winter and War Demand
An wartime guidance piece explains a large home apple supply due to reduced foreign markets. It urges consuming apples in natural state or processed into jellies, butters, jams, and sauces. Step by step method covers washing core removing bad parts mashing straining boiling canning and sealing jars for long storage.
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England
Germany
Scandinavia
Europe
District still short of quota for the fourth Liberty loan
Burlington and Fort Madison report steady progress toward the fourth Liberty loan. J A McArthur and local committees expect Des Moines county to hit its quota soon, with sales continuing through Saturday and results due early next week. Fort Madison clears $300,000 as counties push toward target.
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Burlington
J. A. McArthur
Des Moines
War Council
J. L. Edwards
Washington County
Fort Madison
Central Powers
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money
Advertisement promising a trial package from Foley and Company in Chicago for coughs and colds, with a list of products including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets, offered by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Fifty Will Take Down Soldier Vote
Governor Herding will appoint about fifty election commissioners to visit military camps across the United States and take the vote of Iowa soldiers. One-third will be Democrats and two-thirds Republicans. The group will target camps with 100 plus Iowa soldiers and rely on absent voters ballots to reach others.
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Des Moines, Vet
W. Bt. Herding
United States
Iowa
Burlington Boy Demling Dies at Camp Dodge
Private John W. Demling of Burlington dies at Camp Dodge after influenza and pneumonia complications. Born August 31 1897 he attended Prospect and High schools and worked with Westinghouse at Rock Island before joining U S food administration forces locally. He is survived by mother 2401 Madison avenue Burlington brothers Earl and Ray M Demling and sister Miss Margaret Demling. father Charles F Deming died April 13 1918.
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Burlington
Dwo
W. Demling
Camp Dodge
John W. Demling
Prospect
High
Westinghouse
Rock Island
United States Food Administration
Madison Avenue
Earl of
Sergt
Ray M. Demling
Camp, Pike
Margaret Demling
Charles F. Deming
Junction Soldier Dies of Influenza at Camp Dodge
Columbus Junction Iowa October 14 A message announces the death of Gaylord Darrow son of Dr and Mrs F L Darrow from influenza at Camp Dodge He enlisted a month ago and is survived by his wife Harriet Farmer and son Kenneth his parents a brother Sumner Darrow and sister Julia Darrow The family receives heartfelt sympathy from friends.
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Columbus Junction
Geylord Darrow
F. L. Darrow
Camp Dodge
Gaylord
Harriet Farmer
Kenneth
Sumner Darrow
Julia Darrow
Barracks Construction Planned in West Iowa City
Work to begin immediately on a large army barracks near Iowa City to house more than 1,000 men. Thirty acres were secured, with the site one block from the river and west of the business district. The 400 by 200 foot, two story building will enclose a drill court and include an officers' barracks for 65 men.
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Iowa City
Dodge Soldiers Buy 650 400 Bonds
DES MOINES October 14 In spite of the influenza epidemic the Liberty Bond drive at Camp Dodge shows soldiers subscribing 650 400. The Nineteenth division gave 49 650 the One Hundred Sixty third Depot brigade 4 100 and other camp organizations 6 650. Bonds will be sold there next week.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
One Hundred Sixty-third Depot Brigade
Demand Soars for Dogwood in U S Manufacturing
Shuttle factories and other manufacturing plants use more than seven and a half million feet of dogwood annually in this country.
Lansing Urges Justice and Mercy in Peace Treaty Drafting
Robert Lansing speaking at Auburn Theological Seminary centennial warns that a lasting peace must be built on strict justice and the common good. He cautions against vengeance, calls for distinguishing between the ignorant and intelligent, and stresses balance between mercy and justice as Germany's dictatorship ends.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn Theological Seminary
Robert Lansing
Wilson
Germany
Europe
Zemo Offers Fast Relief for Itching and Skin Eruptions
A safe treatment claims to relieve itching and irritation almost instantly. Consumers are advised to ask for a 35e or $1 bottle from any druggist and apply as directed. The remedy aims to dispel irritations pimples ringworm and related conditions by cleansing and soothing the skin. The E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland Ohio markets the liquid.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Vision for a just global order and universal freedom
A quotable pledge calling for a Christian era of fraternity, shared purpose, and international justice. It urges ending oppression by arbitrary power, eradicating class hatred and tyranny, and organizing society on principles of justice and liberty under a universal right. The speaker seeks a worldwide authority to enforce what is right.
British government to invite five European scholars to U S
Cambridge University scholar Arthur Everett Shipley and four other renowned European scholars are named as representatives of English Irish and Scottish universities to be invited by the British government to the United States.
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Clameetlor
Arthur Everett Shipley
Cambridge University
United States
Evidence of Twin Bond and Shared Dependence Revealed
James and John were inseparable twins. James, though frail, relied on John and cried when apart. One morning John woke early and later James, waking alone, cried. John descended quietly and asked in a tender elder-brother voice what troubled Jamie.
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James
John
Jamie
Widowship and wages on the Kansas City Star exchange
A brisk applicant questions a widow about how to employ a hired man on the farm. The exchange centers on whether to pay wages or to marry him, highlighting social norms and gender roles of the era.
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Sette
Kanses
Glass Making an Old Art
Fragments of wine vases dating to ancient Egypt show early glass making. The craft likely appeared among the Assyrians, and in the New Testament glass is cited as a symbol of brightness.
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Egypt
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Fast Cold Relief
A vintage ad proclaims Dr. King’s New Discovery as a remedy for colds and bronchial irritation. It claims quick relief of irritation and sore throat, keeping travelers moving with a proven, longstanding formula priced at 60c and 1.20.
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Dr. King
Make Your Bowels Behave With New Life Pills
An advertising blurb promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as bowel trainers that cleanse the system surely and comfortably. It claims regulation of diet may help, and the product costs 25 cents.
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Dr. King
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