Lecture on War Hell and Back at Grace Methodist
Private Peat will lecture at Grace Methodist church at 8 p m Thursday April 26. Proceeds go to the Social Welfare league treasury, with Waterloo Commercial club backing the tour to support wartime relief. Peat, wounded at Ypres, recounts capture and escape, and now tours the Midwest with humor and resolve. Harry M. Reed chairs the event and a citywide ticket campaign will divide Waterloo into districts to canvass blocks. CLERI STILL MISSING. Police seek George Withrow, night clerk at Hotel Martin, who vanished yesterday with over 200 dollars from the cash register, possibly headed to Cedar Rapids.
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Peat
Grace Methodist Church
Waterloo
Waterloo Commercial Club
Social Welfare League
Middlewest
Iowa
Ypres
England
Priyats Peat
Harry M. Reed
Cleri
George Withrow
Hotel Martin
Cedar Rapids
Train ride to Chicago referenced in police description
A fragment notes someone boarded a train for Chicago and that police have furnished his description. The passage provides minimal context about who is involved or why the description is needed.
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Chicago
Quakes Felt in Martinique Isle
Slight earth shocks have been felt on Martinique for five days after noon Sunday. The 1902 Mount Pelée eruption killed about 30,000 people on Martinique. M L Bowman attended a Des Moines war savings meeting to discuss plans for continuing the drive after the third liberty loan.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Mount Peles
M. L. Bowman
Service League
Des Moines
State
War Savings Campaign Committee
Homera A. Miller
Waterloo
End of the First Month of German Offensive on Ypres
The article analyzes the Messines ridge withdrawal and value of gains lost in 1917. It compares British retreat to Verdun and Passchendaele, notes strategic positions around Ypres, and argues Germany aims to isolate British forces. It predicts a third major German blow or allied counteroffensive to seize the initiative.
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Page
Lille
Ypres
Passchendaetle
Roulers
Verdun
Crown Prince
Vaux and
Douaumort
Douaumont
Passchendaele- Langemarck-Poellecapelle
Maurice
Messines
Messines-Wytschaele
Yate
Hiltish
Kemmel
Wytsch
France
Bel- Blum
Arras
Nieuport
Ypres Antient
Bazaine
Metz
Hazebrouck
Armentieres
Belgium
Amiens
Channel
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Malplaquet
Catarrh treated by blood cleansing remedy
An old advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleansing cure for catarrh claiming it removes infections from the blood. It promises relief from throat mucus, nostril sores, bad breath and hawking and spitting and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Company.
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Swift Specific Company
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Boat long overdue arrives with flour at Canadian port
The schooner Jean Campbell, 64 days from a Nova Scotia port with a cargo of flour, has arrived at the Atlantic port after being reported overdue as lost.
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Jean Campbell
Novia
Washing Won't Rid Head Of Dandruff
An advertisement promotes liquid argon as a cure for dandruff. It claims nightly scalp application dissolves and destroys dandruff, stops itching, and leaves hair shiny and soft after a few uses. It assures liquid arvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Get That Cold Off Your Chest Remedy Ad
A historic medicine advert touts a motion wide standard remedy for coughs colds and grippe. Claims fifty years of sales at fifty pints a bottle and protection against neglected colds and impending illness for both adults and children. Sold by druggists everywhere.
The Evils of Constipation Warning Ad
An old advertisement warns that constipation poisons the system and blood causing headaches biliousness nervousness and muddy skin. It promotes Dr King's New Life Pills with prompt relief and a 25 cent price at druggists.
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Dr. King
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Welfare League
Private ‘Peat
Isle
S. S
Nestlé
Yale
Says Leath
United States
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