Teachers Study Center Postponed By Quarantine
Miss Katherine Stichter county superintendent of schools announces the teachers study center in Washington is indefinitely postponed due to influenza quarantine. Teachers will receive regular pay during closures. October examinations for teachers seeking higher grades begin at the courthouse today with eleven girls testing. No word on the state teachers convention, planned for later next week.
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Katherine Stichter
Washington
Court House
Strict Quarantine Stays On In Iowa
In Des Moines on October 23, Iowa reports 2,526 new influenza cases and 27 deaths in 24 hours. Dr G H Sumner refuses to set a lift date, insisting all ninety nine counties be treated alike. Public pleas for easing rules were rejected as schools and sales bans remained in effect.
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Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
Stmner
State Board of Health
Milford and Vicinity
Davenport
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Sigourney
Indigestion remedy advertised by Lemmon's Pharmacy
An advertisement promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a mild gentle laxative for digestion issues including indigestion biliousness bad breath gas constipation and stomach mass. The copy claims no griping pain or nausea and promises bowel cleansing stomach sweetening and liver toning.
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Lemmon’s
Advt
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Selfishness described as a mind disease causing pain and bodily effects, with cure through deliberate practice of its opposite behavior.
Fo ley Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad from Albany Reader
W. H. Frear of Myrtle Avenue Albany N Y writes he believed kidney trouble caused his run down condition and weakness and says Foley Kidney Pills did the work. He notes relief from lame back rheumatic pains stiff joints and sore muscles. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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W. HH. Frear
Myrtle Ave
Albany, N. Y
Foley
Lemmon
Former Recorder of County is Dead
Theodore Rowan and Mrs. A N Euwer of Washington report the death of their brother Thomas S Rowan in Arvada Colorado at age 76. A civil war veteran and former county recorder from 1882 to 1886 he lived in Lake City Denver and Arvada and is survived by his wife and two sons Ralph of Arvada and Ferdinand of Alamosa with siblings in Iowa. Funeral services were held at Olinger mortuary and interment followed at Crown Hill.
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Theodore Rowan
A. N. Euwer
Washington
Thomas
Rowan
Arvada
Colo
Colorado
Sun
Freeport
Pennsylvania
Lake City
Denver
Presbyterian Church
Olinger Mortuary
Crown Hill
Fo ley's Honey and Tar Praised for Cough Remedy
Mrs W M Stevens of Vivian West Virginia reports her baby with a terrible cough was relieved after the first dose of Foley's Honey and Tar and the cough stopped in two days. Sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley
W. M. Stevens
Vivian
W. Va
Lemmon
Adyvt
Conservation Week Urges Club Support for Hoover Message
National Food Administration telegram dated October 18 urges Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs and local clubs to promote Hoover’s new conservation message during Conservation Week starting October 28. It asks state presidents to mobilize clubs to publicize the Home Card materials and coordinate with Federal Food Administration for a strong voluntary ration response.
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Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
National Food Administrator
Cowles
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Iowa
Federal Food Administration
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
West Chester Red Cross forms pits and shells drive
Mrs. I. KE. Coffey chairs West Chester auxiliary to collect fruit pits and nut shells for charcoal to fuel gas masks. Deliveries accepted from Miss Mollie Tierney, Mrs. Charles Owens, Mrs. Lou Bauer, Mrs. Chas. Harley, Mrs. Geo. Limerman, and Mrs. Walter Bayer. Messages about Christmas boxes for overseas relief go to Mrs. J. D. Dayton, Miss Green, or Mrs. I. BE Coffey.
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I. KE. Coffey
West Chester
J. D. Dayton
Lay Brick Beginnings on U S Building
Brick layers began work at the new high school building with concrete pouring nearly finished and exterior brick to follow. Structural steel parts arrived and more material is arriving daily while foreman Angstead keeps a night shift unloading brick and supplies. The foundation progresses and the structure is reported nearly half complete.
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Angstead
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Adverts
A promotional slip invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Til
Foley
Iemmon's
Quarantine Prompts Closures and Postponements in Local Groups
The Red Cross garment department closes for extended time and the surgical dressings unit remains closed until further notice due to quarantine. Mothers' club and W I MS of M RB church postpone meetings. The Nineteenth Century club and Chapter 1 PBO postpone until quarantine ends.
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Garment Department of the Red Cross
M. RB. Church
Athletics to Be War End Feature
New York reports a plan for inter allied athletic games open to soldiers and sailors after peace. Contests modeled on the Olympic idea would be staged in Paris with final events possibly part of a demobilization celebration. The Y M C A abroad and General Pershing would oversee the program as allied commanders approve.
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New York
Paris
United War
General Pershing
French Relief Work by The Good Times Club
The Good Times club met last Thursday at Mrs Will Marie’s home. Fourteen members attended and made 45 mittens for French relief efforts.
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Good Times
Will Marie
Begin Plans For Next Liberty Loan
Washington dispatch reports preparations have begun for the Fifth Liberty Loan to be issued likely in March or April 1919. The exact date and amount are undecided but the government will need more funds to cover war costs regardless of peace developments.
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Washington, D. C
Kept From Pulpit Becomes a Mechanic in Iowa Shops
In Waterloo, Oct 23, Rev Dr John Bunyan Smith pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church applied for work in Illinois Central shops. He started in the machine shops to avoid idle time while churches are closed for influenza. He recalls his father who was both preacher and machinist.
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Waterloo
John Bunyan Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Illinois Central
Smith
Hubert G. Beeman
Cedar Rapids Priest Enlists as Private in War Effort
Alphonse Biskup from Cedar Rapids is described as a private in the Czecho-Slovak regiment serving with the legion fighting the Hun. He is noted as the first American Catholic priest to serve as a private in this war and has participated in several engagements.
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Cedar Rapids
Alphonse Biskup
Chicago
Marie Celle Church
Oak Park
France
Biskup
Yanks Earn Wide Regard Among Allied Troops in France
Oct. 23 report from behind Allied lines notes American soldiers impress French people and allied troops with their serious work ethic on parade and march. It describes Yank behavior in rest periods, favorite nuts and chocolates, and regimental band selections that lift morale.
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France
Set
Tommy
Iowa Exceeds Bond Quotas in Fourth Liberty Loan
Oversubscription to the fourth Liberty loan in the seventh federal reserve district pushes totals to about 653.7 million with Iowa at 159.6 million, 11.7 million over quota. Des Moines oversubscribed by 1.1 million and Davenport Scott County by 1.4 million. Wisconsin totals run 104 million with Milwaukee oversubscribed by 3.0 million.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve
Cook County
Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Scott County
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
New Insanity Cure Introduced by Tooth and Tonsil Treatment
Dr Henry A. Cotton in Trenton announced a new insanity cure based on extracting diseased teeth removing infected tonsils and clearing the gastrointestinal tract. The report details 11 years of experimentation on deranged patients showing speedy recoveries and improved outcomes.
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Trenton
N. J
Henry A. Cotton
New Jersey State Hospital
State Department of Charities and Corrections
Horse Wreck on Mount Pleasant Road Injures Rider
A horse frightened by an automobile driven by Miss Alice Peterson darted into the path of the car on Mount Pleasant road. The horse struck the engine hood and Miss Matilda Gustavuson in the front seat was severely cut by flying glass. She was taken to a Burlington hospital with injuries not believed to be life threatening.
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Burlington
Mount Pleasant Road
Alice Peterson
Matilda Gustavuson
Woman Found Dead in Brooklyn Home With Bullet Through Heart
Chicago woman Ella Cartten aged twenty nine, wife of a soldier in France, is found dead at 1187 Fulton Street. Police say evidence indicates a struggle before the fatal shot, with the killer presumed to have murdered her.
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Chicago
Ella Cartten
France
Fulton Street
Daily Thought on Conversation Revealing Character
A reflective note on how dialogue exposes inner traits and thinking. The aphorism suggests speech acts as a window into a person’s mind and moral stance.
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Mmersen
Wilson donors Generals
Washington October 23 President Wilson conferred the Distinguished Service Medal on Marshal Foch Marshal Joffre Field Marshal Haig General Petain General Maz General Gillan and General Pershing
Cockpits in Seaplanes and the Word’s Shifting Meaning
The essay traces how cockpit moved from shipboard and theater metaphors to seaplanes. It notes Shakespeare’s quip about the Globe and recalls Belgium as the cockpit of Europe, before defining the seaplane cockpit as the space for the pilot or observer.
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Shakespeare
Globe Theater
France
Belgium
Europe
Beginning of Shipbuilding in Ancient Waters
The text traces early seafaring from log rafts lashed together to stone anchored buoying, noting man’s first ventures upon the sea. It describes improved rafts, natural materials, and the progression toward harbor buoys marking landing places.
The Cake With the Loudies on It
Mary attends a friend's birthday party where chocolate and coconut cakes are served. She asks for the cake with the Loudies on it, revealing a preference for a specific decorated cake.
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Mary
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