Cedar Falls War Canvass Sets City Loan Quotas
Cedar Falls conducts a citywide liberty loan canvass with 175 sergeants collecting property and prior contributions data. The four ward boards apportion $200,008, with sessions detailing individual assessments and anticipated adjustments for those not yet counted. Grand jury calls Cedar Falls witnesses as local officials monitor possible cases.
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Cedar Falls
Germany
Huard
The
War Activity Board
Hall's Catarrh Medicine endorsed as constitutional remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is incurable by local treatment but curable by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It states the remedy is constitutional, taken internally, and works through the blood to mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any failure to cure and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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Sears
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Te. Hail
Arrest Alleged Embezzler Nabbed in Detroit
Cedar Rapids police report the arrest of Goodyear a Detroit motor stock salesman accused of embezzling 140 from a Wyoming Indiana man by passing a check to his own credit and withdrawing funds. A local bank backs the case and Goodyear demands a requisition to return.
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Cedar Rapids
Goodyear
Detroit
Mich
Wyoming
Danderine Promise of Dandruff Removal and Hair Growth
An old advertisement claims within minutes Danderine removes dandruff and itching, with weeks of use bringing new fine hair all over the scalp. It promises increased hair height, softness, luster, and abundance, urging readers to buy Knowlton's Dandeline at a low cost for visible improvement.
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Knowlton
Vaudeville and film bill at Majestic and Palace theatres
The Majestic opens a three day vaudeville engagement headlined by Vaudevilla-Mime Cranino and Julette with a cast including Danny Simmons in The Raw Recruit Rex Adams and Vera Thomas The Hidden Hand keeps its twelfth episode while Pathe News shows current events. At the Palace Miss Caprice stars in A Camouflage Kiss with a pork and beans romance plot. the Plaza screens One More American by Glen Printzlau starting Friday.
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Cranino
Julette
Majestic Theatre
Majestic
Danny Simmons
Rex Adams
Vera Thomas
John PR. Mulgrew
O'Donnell
It is good or excellent ad copy for a cough remedy
A fragmented line recreates an older style ad tone for Cham berlain s Cough Remedy inviting readers to try it during a cough or cold. The message suggests writing It is excellent and mirrors promotional phrasing rather than a news item.
Plaza film story of a Baltic immigrant star
An early page describes a movie tale featuring a Baltic immigrant, Georgy Bebun, as the standout on a vivid screen vehicle titled The Plaza. The narrative follows the star’s journey as it weaves through a cosmopolitan setting with multiple companions.
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Rance
Hialy
United
Fugether
Georgy Bebun
A &Blendid
Hog Island Ship Expert Tells Plans
Chicago hosts the Canberra United States chamber gathering with crony meetings. The three day event covers government relations to the war, finance, railroads, highways, and shipping. George J. Baldwin of the American International Corporation spoke on shipping plans.
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Chicago
Chamber of Canberra
United States
Shipbuilding Board View on 1918 Output and Costs
Chirmitn of the board of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation expressed the view that the construction of 4,000,000 dead weight tons of shipping can be expected from American yards in 1918 and estimated approximately the same tonnage from other countries. Costs have increased 54 percent, and he added that building large wooden ships was in experiment and had not.
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Chirmitn
The
American International Shipbulding Coreporation
Hog Island
Watdwist
Roots and herbs touted as universal cures by Indian healers
An advertisement notes that Indian medicine men claim roots and herbs provide a remedy for many illnesses. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing example, claiming it originated over forty years ago in Lynn, Massachusetts from Meld roots and herbs and is widely recognized today.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia &. Pinkham
Lynn
Magss
Unclear excerpt on shipbuilding and world shipping tonnage
A speaker discusses fabricated ships as untried, noting the preliminary stage is over and a race for rapid construction has begun. He cites estimates that world shipping was 49 million gross tons on June 30, 1914, dropping to about 29.9 million by January 1, 1918, or roughly 62 percent of the original total.
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Hie
Big Corporation
Siy
Joe
Mattoon Woman Credits 25 Cent Remedy For Cure
Mrs. Robert Allison of Mattoon recalls a great relief from indigestion and constipation after using one bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets. She reports headaches dizziness and a heavy pressure in the stomach and chest, and says her health improved substantially afterward.
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Mattoon
Robert Allison
U-boat Threat Seen Ebbing as U.S. Shipbuilding Expands
In a 1919 assessment the speaker argues that the peak effort of the German U-boats has passed and that American shipbuilding will soon be in full swing to meet all wartime demands. He notes the tremendous problem of replacement facing allied nations and projects robust output ahead.
Where Your Money Goes for War Costs
A message stresses massive US war mobilization covering air fleets, artillery, trucks, machine guns, rifles, ammunition, and training for a growing army. It notes billions loaned to allies, shipyards from Pacific to Atlantic, factory labor and materials across the nation, and immense expenditure to win the war swiftly or sustain it for years.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Union
France
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Cedar Falls Daily News
Executive Committee
Burger
George Larsen
Stephen Bonn
Main Street
Bonn
Waterloo
Jandruff
C. J. Fullerton
Bramding
E. T. Jaynes
East Fourth Street
June Caprice
Nan
Miss Caprice
William Way
Palace Theatre
Usem
Olen Printglau
George Reban
Paramount
Plaza Theatre
Thres Coun
Crystal
Mary Pickford
Stella Maris
Heystone
SU Theatre Today
Sessue Hayakawa
George Beban
Hearst-Pathe News
Caprice
Keith Circuit
Cronin’s
Black & O'Donnell
Boob
Melvin Bros
Mary Anderson
Antonio Moreno
Meddley
Nance O’nedigl
Souls
Sail
Taylor Holmes
Aandal
Clara Kimball Young
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