Cedar Falls Rallies for Liberty Loan Drive Success
Cedar Falls reports strong support for the liberty loan drive as volunteers of the service league canvassed districts. Signatures and pledges exceeded expectations with many donors offering twice or triple the owed amounts. Bankers note early payments ahead of May due dates as county men prepare to join federal service.
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Cedar Falls
Service League
War- Activity Board
Bose
War Activity Board
Waterloo
Federal Army Service
Thieves Visit Two Waterloo Stores
Police investigate robberies at Warwick’s bookstore on Fourth Street East and Sinnard Brothers’ grocery on Fourth Street West. Cash, display cases, and a small sum from registers were stolen. Inside touch or skeleton key suspected. Also reports missing girl Irene Westfall with Hazel Buchannan, and fugitive Bred Graham to Knoxville. Other minor items include a dog disturbing a garden, gypsy tribe horses trampling gardens, and recovered car and bike collisions.
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Warwick
Fourth Street
Sinnard Brothers
Fourth Street West
Irene Westfall
Independence
Waterloo
Hazel Buchanhan
Vapor rub touted as cure for cold woes in children
North Carolina mothers report relief using Vicks VapoRub to ease croup and colds. The home remedy claims vapors from chest and throat apply heat to airways, with a 30 day trial offered by local druggists and a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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North Carolina
Vick
Weak kidneys and aging body claim ad claims
An old time home remedy advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for aging related bodily decline. It promises relief from bladder, kidney, liver and stomach ailments and offers money back if not helpful. Three sizes available.
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Haarlem
Things Theatrical Here At Home At Majestic And Palace
Local program notes announce two bill theaters with vaudeville acts and features. Majestic presents From Quakertown to Broadway with Ned Norton and Irens Williams plus Hickman Bros and The Hidden Hand episode. Palace shows Red White and Blue Blood starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne along with Camp Dodge pictures and Pathe News.
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the Majestic
Quakertown
Broadway
Ned Norton
Irens Williams
Dellbert Benn
Hickman Bros
Thera
Lizzie B. Raymond
Three Warrants
Hanna & Palmer
Hidden Hand
Majestic Theatre
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Palace Theatre
Beverly Bayne i
BLUE
Hearst-Pathe News
Camp Dodge Pictures
Liquid arrow dandruff remedy ad claim
An advertisement promotes liquid arrow as a proven dandruff cure. It instructs applying about four ounces at night to moisten the scalp and rub gently, claiming that by morning most dandruff is gone and repeated uses destroy all signs. It promises instant relief from itching and makes hair appear fluffy and glossy.
Walthall stars in His Robe of Honor at Crystal Theatre
The Crystal Theatre presents His Robe of Honor with Walthall as Julian Randolph, a disreputable lawyer who becomes a righteous supreme court judge under a young socialite’s influence. The drama centers on duty versus personal advancement and the awakening of character. Also at Plaza Theatre Vivian Martin stars in Unclaimed Goods, a western comedy with laughs and thrills in the latest photoplay.
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Ethel
James Dorrance
Mr. Walthall
Julian Handolph
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Happi~ness
Vivian Martin
Plaza Theatre
Plaza Bond Rally and Royal Court News
In the plaza, Liberty Bond buyers are noted alongside a crowd with Miss Martin aided by Harrison Mord Casson Ferguson George McDaniel Dick La Reno George Kunker and Carmen Phillips. London reports the discharge of Prince von Hohenlohe as chief of Charles’s court and the appointment of Count Ravertata as successor amid Austrian peace negotiation rumors.
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Miss Martin
Harrison Mord
Casson Ferguson
George McDaniel
Dick la Reno
George Kunker
Carmen Phillips
London
Prince von Hohentohe
Charles of
Austria-Hungary
Copenhagen
Alexander Esterhazy
Revertata
Sugar and Flour Card System Adopted in Iowa Counties
A letter from Iowa state food administrator details a card system in Grundy Yuma Butler Wapello and other counties to track sugar wheat and flour purchases. Grocers issue consumer cards recording quantities with dates while wholesalers track retailer purchases to balance with consumer records. Red Cross auction yields over 3500 dollars in Waterloo proceeds led by auctioneer Johnson and Newhampton Jr. who secured exact prices.
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State Food Administrator
Grundy Yuma
Butler
Wapello
Geveral
Lews
W. F. Parrott
Mr. Deems
Iowa
Giberty
Fomnson
RED Croky
Red Cross
Johnson
Awe- Honcer
Newhampton
Waterloo
Postponed Sale Redirects to Second Date After Storm
A storm forced the initial sale to be postponed and a second date was set as the parties resumed proceedings. The record notes difficulties reaching the mudhole locations during the retreat, with the subject returning to finalize arrangements. The event underscores weather as a key factor in scheduling and logistics.
Duty and Liberty Bonds Push for War Sacrifices
A concerned citizen resists further Liberty Bond purchases until convinced by neighbors of the war’s demands. A Mr Right argues that sacrifice may include losing comforts or property to fund the war, urging the man to give his last dollar to win victory and save American lives. The dialogue ends with the doubtful man resolving to contribute.
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Mit
MR. Right
France
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Cedar Falls Daily News
T. B. Carpenter
Hans Crone
J. C. Howard
Chicago
Howard
Black Hawk Oil Company
Bred Graham
Knoxville
Mulberry Street
G. T. Nelson
Poplar Street
Marshal Enlow
C. W. Hardin
R. M. Stine
Conger Street
Sunset Toad
Prospect Park
Liberty Bonds
E. T. Jaynes
East Fourth Street
Shirley Mason
Earle Williams
Anita Stewart
Henry B. Walthall
Mary Anderson
Liberty
Charles
Ravertata
Switzerland
Arly
Francs
Ribot
Painlaya
Rovertala
Drew
Screen Telegram
Crystal
Love
W. A. Cowell & Son
West Fourth Street
Maresco
Walt
C.J. Miller
Francis Bushman
Sen
MR. Doubtbut and
Right
Adams Paper. Company
Donse Brothers
Dodge Brothers
B. Petroit
Peverill Motor Sales Co
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