Salvation Army Home Service Campaign Aims to Expand Funding
The Salvation Army declares it has grown stronger after the war and seeks a national campaign to raise 13 million dollars for home service. It explains budgeting by provinces and local needs, notes wartime funds cannot finance civilian relief, and pledges to continue aiding the needy, rehabilitating the injured, and supplying essentials.
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Salvation Army
American Expeditionary Force
United States
London
William Boot
Christian Mission
Salvation Army Home Fund
United War Work
Provincia!nd
New York
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Salvation Army Home Service Fund
Iowa code revision progresses ahead of schedule
Des Moines reports the code revision commission has completed a compiled code edition based on Iowa law with repealed sections removed and statutes reorganized by subject. Two thousand five hundred copies will be printed as bills for revisions are drafted for the upcoming Thirty-eighth general assembly.
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Des Moines
Code Revision Commission
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Code Commission
Iawa
Pershing to Visit His Boyhood Home in Laclede
General Pershing will return to his boyhood town of Laclede Missouri soon after arriving in the United States for a Missouri homecoming. The event will honor him as a national hero with reunions with childhood friends and trips to Muddy Creek and the Pershing farm. His sister and brother will join the family gathering and Adjutant General H Clark will lead the honor guard while Governor Gardner speaks.
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Laclede
General Pershing
America
Johnny Pershing
West Point
Edmund B. Allen
United States
Europe
Mayor Allen
Pershing
James Pershing
Chicago
May Pershing
Bessie Butler
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri
H. ©. Clark
Frederick D. Gardner
Acquaintances Recall Pershing Visits by Two Women
Among old acquaintances General Pershing will be greeted by Aunt Susan Hewett and Aunt Louisa Warren both described as Black. Hewett made pies for him during his barefoot childhood outings while Warren says she witnessed his birth in a nearby railroad section house.
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General Pershing
Susan Hewett
Louisa Warren
Champion Jersey cow dead at West Liberty farm
The champion Jersey cow from West Liberty owned by Albert Whitacre & Son died at their barn. For two years under official test she led Iowa dairy her butterfat output, valued in the thousands with many offers refused. the owners had hoped to show her soon.
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West Liberty
Raleigh
Sigma
Albert Whitacre & Son
Iowa
Ouwners
Merry-go-round a mint in Atlantic suit against railroad
R O Couch sues Burlington Railroad in Cass County District Court seeking 849 for failing to deliver his merry go round equipment to Shenandoah in time for the fair. He claims earnings around 650 weekly from the ride despite the delay.
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Atlantic
R. O. Couch
Burlington Railroad Company
Couch
Cass County
Shenandoah
Sorghum Theft Leads to Indictment in Jefferson
Farmers northwest of Jefferson reported 35 to 40 gallons of sorghum stolen from their shed. A peculiar auto track led to neighbors, where sheriffs found part of the sorghum and recovered it. The neighbor later paid $75 for the sorghum. Roy Hatfield was indicted by the grand jury.
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Jefferson
Here
Roy Hatfield
Gypsum Mines Closed After Wage Strike in Centerville
Workers at the Centerville gypsum mine struck for the Fort Dodge wage scale. They earned $5 for mine work and $4.25 for Lop work, with Fort Dodge scale offering about a dollar more for some tasks and nearly $2 for others. The mine and mill may stay shut until labor accepts the mine scale, despite recent stockholder profits.
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Centerville
Fort Dodge
Not Waterloo Soldier Notified By Spokane Story
In Waterloo Iowa Sept 15 the mother and sister question a Spokane Washington report that Sergt Louis R Schroeder was killed on the Mexican border after discharge he lived here briefly then worked on a ranch to regain health from wounds and gas exposure they doubt the government would have missed notifying them if true
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Ottumwa
Esther Swanson
John Kitton
Esther
Aru
Illinois
Waterloo. In
Spokane
Wash
Sergt
Louis R. Schroeder
Schroeder
Gypsies Gather in West for Large Encampment Plan
San Francisco officials report Romany tribes traveling from across the United States toward California to establish a permanent sacred encampment at Emeryville across the bay. Tribal leaders, including George Adams and Gypsy Mary, attended a recent coastal marriage before continuing their journey.
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San Francisco
California
United States
Emeryville
Bay
East Bay
George Adams
Mary
Iowa Faces Shortage of About a Thousand Teachers
Iowa schools may fall short by about 1000 teachers this fall according to State Superintendent P. E. McClenahan. He cited demand from Nebraska towns seeking staff and noted Iowa boards are increasing salaries and even building teacher housing. A local board member said districts now actively market towns with photos of schools and community advantages.
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Des Moines
P. E. McClenahan
Iowa
Nebraska
Gypsy Migration Sparks Emoryville Voting Fears
Telegrams from six Gypsy tribes signal religious groups plan to gather on the Pacific Coast. About fifteen thousand will travel, led by Lesko Amenja, raising concern in Emoryville as residents fear new voting power. A central tribal flag bearing Borodiro Livety and “A Greater People” has been adopted. Gypsies from Turkish Romanian Hungarian German Slovakian Lithuanian Russian Greek Bohemian Italian and Spanish lineages are involved.
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Pacific
Lesko Amenja
Emeryville
Chicago
Popularity and Work in Uncle Eben’s Talk
Uncle Eben muses that popularity can mislead, noting a man who can make a tune on a ukulele often seems more popular than someone who stays focused on steady work. The fragment illustrates a rural voice valuing effort over showy appeal.
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Uncle Eben
Better Times at the Graham King W Victor Screencraft
King W Victor brings Better Times to the Graham through Brentwood studios and Exhibitors Mutual. The drama blends wholesome humor with a humane tale about common folks, offering heart touching moments and a balance of laughter and tears.
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The
Graham
King W. Victor
Brentwood Studios
Mutual
Victor
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, praised by a downtown druggist, darkens gray hair naturally and evenly by morning. a sponge application on a strand at a time restores a glossy, youthful look and is sold in drug stores.
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Wyeth
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Salvation Army ‘Home Service Campaign
Salvador Army
Army
Santa Claus
Code Revision Committee
Littl
Bohony
Waterloo
West
Eben
Vidor
Cage
Serges
and Serge
Rothschild’s
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