Waterloo Plans To Finish Bond Drive Tomorrow
Officials predict Waterloo will exceed its third liberty loan quota by tomorrow night as weather slowed progress yet the campaign opened strong. About 750000 dollars in bonds have been subscribed, leaving 200000 to reach the 950000 goal. Initial payments urged to banks to avoid harming the drive, with 500 plus students scheduled for a patriotic parade this afternoon.
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Waterloo
Service League
Davis County
Iowa
Chicago
Federal Reserve
Viavis County
Liberty Bénde
Urgent Message Urges Iowans to Store Coal for Winter
Des Moines April 18 Iowans were urged to store Iowa coal early for next winter at a conference of state officials with mine operators and others Speakers included Gov Harding State Mine Inspector Edward Sween Federal Fuel Representative J R Adams and J G Lewis and Charles Gay representing the miners State employees and inspectors were urged to spread the message especially traveling officials Governor warned coal output may be insufficient and urged mines to stay operating through summer to avoid families losing heat reminders to buy Liberty Bonds
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gov. Harding
Edward Sween
J. R. Adams
J. G. Lewis
Charles Gay
Liberty
Prices of Gasoline Score an Advance
The high cost of motoring rose again as gasoline prices advanced one and a half cents. A run on stations followed, with most outlets matching new prices: high grade 34 cents, special gas 29 cents, motor gas 27 1/4 cents. A separate petition filed asks the city to ban Sunday shoe shining parlors after 3 PM to allow rest for workers.
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A. E. Johnson
City in Brief Optician and local notes from Waterloo
Mrs O L Shaw of Des Moines visits Dr and Mrs J E Moore while the Social Welfare league offices in the courthouse basement are retinted. Miss Lillian Rayman of Stewart Simmons Bros is ill at home. Several locals travel, visit or relocate including J H Fitzgerald buying 424 Western Ave. Maurice Van Metre moves to Sioux City Journal. Corporal Harald Apfel welcomes a 22 pound son. Pearl Hinmon seeks separation with alimony and custody. Liberty Bonds urged.
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Des Moines
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Social Welfare League
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Franklin Grove
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Frank'n Street
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Sioux City Journal
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PHS Kooster
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Julian’ Peverill
Juliette
Los Angeles
Cal
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Harald C. Apfel
Wellcome
Herschel F. Smith
Eben Smith
France
C. J. Smith
Kate Bron
Pearl V. Hinmon
Edward E. Hinmon
Marion
Tinmon
Ninth Street East
Vern H. Fisk
Aero
Frank Fisk
Jefferson Street
Varn
Texas
St. Paul
Mr. Fisk
Montana
Presbyterians Express Loyalty in Resolutions Adopted
In Greene Ta April 18 resolutions by the Waterloo presbytery pledge allegiance to flag and country and support for the war. They praise past Presbyterian achievements and urge greater foreign missions support and active prohibition work to help Iowa ratify the federal amendment. Buy Liberty Bonds. Davenport Fight Dies After Fainting Spell at Ringside. Barney McMahon, a noted fight fan and Davenport city official, died after fainting following a fight in Rock Island.
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Waterloo
Davenport
Pan
Barney McMahon
Middle West
Ritchie Mitchell
Sally Burns
Rock Island
McMahon
D.W. Kimberley
Packey McFarland
Emperor William Silent on Battlefield Visit Remark
Amsterdam report from April 13 notes Emperor William visited the Queant Cambrai battlefield where a Berlin local Zeiger war correspondent says his silence broke once. He allegedly asked an officer, What have I not done to preserve the world from these horrors.
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Amsterdam
William
Queant
Cambrai
Berlin
Lokal Inzeiger
Reserve exists but held back for later use
Ottawa reports anxiety over when Gen. Foch will deploy the allied reserve not yet used. London dispatch notes British hammering by German reserves of about 420,000 and calls the British army the wing of sacrifice. German thrusts resemble the 1914 October series. reserve now exists but remains unused.
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Ottawa
Foch
London
Renter’s
Poch
Ypres
Heavy thrust toward Bethune advances in Belgium front
Allied defense reports intense German bombardment across lowed sectors near Givenchy Nieppe and Ypres. British and Belgian forces repel multiple German attempts while Canadian artillery constant, with 9000 gas shells fired in April bombardment and 22 of 32 batteries out of action since then.
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France
Altho
Wytsehaete
Meteren
la Tingsee Canal
Givenchy
Nieppe Forest
Bethune
Levon
Robecq
Yser
Langemarck
Kippe
Bailleul
Ypres
Imarshes
Kemmel Bill
Canadian Armay
Giberty Sonds- 1
Mortuary Alexander A Leonard Dies After Illness
Alexander A Leonard died at 3 20 a m at 1854 Jefferson street after a feverish illness. Born July 3 1824 in Kentucky he was a farmer who worked near West Union before moving to Waterloo three years ago. Survived by wife and two daughters the body was taken to Petersen Bros undertaking parlors. Funeral services Friday at 2 p m at the church Rev F W Court officiating, burial in Elmwood.
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Jefferson Street
Kentucky
West Union
Waterloo
Petersen Bros. Undertaking
F. W. Court
Elmwood
Ny Glverty Bonds
Suffrage Reform Triggers Hungarian Cabinet Resignation
Amsterdam reports the Hun eerian ministry has resigned after a meeting led by Premier Wekerle. All ministers attended except Counts Szyernyi and Zichy. A Copenhagen dispatch says Wekerle will resign due to split over the suffrage reform bill, with King Charles expected to form a new cabinet excluding opposing ministers.
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Budapest
Wekerle
Count Szyernyi
Count Zichy
Copenhagen
Charles
Flanders Battles Rage as Allied Front Shifts Near Ypres
British forces retire from positions near the Messines Ridge as Germans push toward Hazebrouck and Ypres while French reinforcements arrive. Belgian troops repel attacks north of Ypres, Americans advance on the Lorraine front, and submarine losses rise.
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Boesinghe
Wlottje
Haoge
Hill G6
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Yprex
Berlin
Hazebrouck
Othe
Ypres
Haig
Picardy
Lorraine
Six Reasons For Buying U S Bonds
Six questions and arguments in favor of liberty bonds outline the war’s purpose, global stakes, and financing method. The piece cites democratic participation, economic strength, and historical context to urge widespread bond purchase, with notes on regional announcements and a brief moral anecdote.
Library Notes of New Peaks in Public Libraries
The announcement lists new titles to be placed in children's departments at public libraries this Saturday. Items include works by Anderman, Mether, Johnston, Thompson, and Veroll, among others, with topics ranging from adventures and poetry to illustrated stories and juvenile guides.
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Claus
Brown
Tha Way
Suiver
Danial Honne
Johnston
Hop
L.lnccumdo
A Mikels
High Sehgors
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Richardson
Puck i Petthcourey
Scott
Seat
Drewn
Daviehn Thompson
Harper's Gasoline
Love of Country Divides at Central Shops
War sentiment clashes erupt at the Central shops as machinist John Krieger proclaims pro United States support yet sympathy for Germany. Commissioner Dempster arrives to pacify the row and Krieger is questioned, protests innocence, then clocks out amid tensions and a “back of Uncle Sam” showdown.
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Wilhelm
Wison
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First Payments Must Be Made on Bond Purchases
Macy Campbell, chairman for Jack Hawk county, urges bond subscribers to settle on pledges where first payments have been made. The county chairman says county and state standings depend on those payments, urging residents to boost Town’s rank by making bank pledges, with only bank pledges counted in official figures for Liberty Bonds.
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Macy Campbell
Jack Hawk County
Big Bank
Ny Liberty
Profiteers Lose License in Big Egg Deal
Elmer Wood company of Moulton Iowa had its license revoked to operate in the egg and poultry business for wartime duration by food administrator Herbert Hoover. Effective April 24 the firm must surrender profits from the deal, donate bonds to the Red Cross, and contribute to the third Liberty loan. Agent C A English of Ottumwa must subscribe $100 to the Red Cross. Swift & Co. and Zinn & Co. were sanctioned for profiteering disclosures.
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Washington
PL. C
Elmer Wood Company
Moulton
Bfarbert Hoover
Hoover
Swift & Co
New York
Zinn & Co
Swift
American Red Cross
C. A. English
Ottumwa
Red Cross
Liberty Bonda
Surgeon from Des Moines Transferred to France
Des Moines dispatch reports special designated from Washington that surgeon Buss Mad Witbur Conkling of Des Moines, Iowa, with the Iowa regiment in France, has temporarily been transferred to an unspecified unit or location in France. The notice emphasizes the wartime relocation of the medical officer.
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Des Moines
Wastaston
Major Conkling Observes British Medical Corps Methods
Assigned to duty with the British troops, Maj. Conkling is afforded an exceptional opportunity to observe their medical corps methods.
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Maj. Conkling
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