No Demonstration as Soldiers Start on Liberty Day
Cedar Falls reports a calm rollcall as 28 men join the second national army from Black Hawk county, with no crowds or tears. The contingent departs to Camp Dodge after brief ceremonies, while exemptions and future calls loom. Cedar Falls marks the thirtieth anniversary of its bank and notes Liberty Loan progress with 10,866 subscribers totaling 2,113,000 dollars. Farmers seek furloughs for sons to tend crops as Liberty Day celebrations unfold with a parade and address by Michael F. Healey.
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Cedar Falls
Second National Army
Black Hawk County
Camp Dodge
Altho
Black Hawk
Joseph Clay Jean
Gushing
Okla
Waterloo
Joseph C. Jean
Lante Oscar Butler
A. A. Harvey
Bert A. Wilder
la Porte City
Jefferson Barracks
Cedar Falls Bank
Cedar Falls National Bank
Mmeani
Bonn
Macy Campbell
Campbell
Iink
War Savings Campaign Delayed In May
Postponement of the war savings campaign announced by Homer A. Miller state director Des Moines. Delay caused by fear campaign would interfere with the third MW liberty loan drive. Waterloo will not participate having already reached its quota.
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Homer A. Miller
Des Moines
Waterloo
Private Peat Delivers War Stories At Waterloo Lecture
Private Peat tells of trench life at Grace Methodist church last night with a big smile and hopeful humor. He recalls cussing over praying and the courage of the troops under Gre, saying they faced death at peace with God. The Waterloo Commercial Club sponsored the event raising funds for the Social Warfare league as Miss Edith Wyant offered patriotic music before a furloughed soldier and sailor saluted the flag.
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Peat
Grace Methodist Church
Cusging
Gre
Bo Big
Waterloo Commercial Club
Sergt. CG. B. Tyler
Camp Dodge
Taft to Speak at Iowa State Teachers College Commencement
Cedar Falls April 28 Special William Howard Taft will deliver the commencement address at Iowa State Teachers College on June 6 He will also speak at the commencement luncheon June 6 The baccalaureate address by H H Seerley is moved to June 4 at 10 am A patriotic program at the Chamber of Commerce tonight honors Liberty Day Judge C W Mullan will speak with special music and patriotic songs featured.
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R T. Warner
Hampton
Masonic Lodge
Black Hawk
R. H. Pyles
California
Hudson
Pyles
Los Angeles
Bloomfield
State Board of Education
H. H. Seeriey
Cedar Falls
William Howard Taft
Iowa State Teachers’ College
H. H. Seerley
Mr. Taft
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Mullan
Water loo House Wife Becomes New Woman
Advertising copy reports a Waterloo woman praising Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after months of illness. The testimonial claims a dramatic recovery from severe stomach pain, yellowed complexion, and inability to leave bed, crediting the product for restoring health. The ad promises a money back guarantee and lists Wangler Bros and local druggists as distributors.
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Mayr
Lam
Wangler Bros
Sievers Drug
Hansen and Hangen
Domestic Goods Note with Bean Can Prices
A brief listing shows 2 cans Red Beans and 2 cans No 2 Pork Beans priced at 1.00 dollars per unit, with reference codes -206 ny and -256. Details indicate catalog or circular style pricing for canned beans.
Things Theatrical Here At Home At Majestic
Vaudeville bill headlines with Billy Tate Evelyn Bennett Bing Cushman and six chorus girls in Hoosier Girl a musical comedy act above average. Alicea Hamilton as old fashioned mother drew laughs with quaint sayings and songs. A patriotic themed sketch closes the act.
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Billy Tate
Evelyn Bennett
Bing Cushman
the Majestic
Alicea Hamilton
Women Comediennes
How to Avoid Backache and Nervousness
Providence woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing backache headaches and nervousness. She reports improved health weight gain and renewed energy after using the remedy and recommends it to others suffering similar symptoms. The ad urges readers to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Med Co in Lynn Mass for related ailments.
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Providence
A. I
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adeline B. Lyxcx
Plain St. Providence
R.I
Screen Notes and Scenes Highlight New Sixteen Page Program
The passage notes actors George Beane Marshall and Covert in a film serial with Ramona Ortiz praised for wire work. It mentions The Sudden Hand and The Bath's Burnire show, detailing a character who spends a year's allowance in weeks and causes a milk wagon incident. The excerpt ends noting Marguerite Clark in her latest production.
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George Beane
Beane
Marshall
Covert Chance
Ramona Ortiz
Latest News Weekly
Bath
Shiving
Bab
Marguerite Clark
Gets-It Corn Remover Promises Quick Relief and Easy Peel
An old advertisement touts Gets-It as the leading corn remover, claiming fast pain relief and painless removal like a banana peel. It stresses simple application, a money back guarantee, and widespread distribution through drug stores and local sellers in Waterloo and nearby outlets.
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BE. Lawrence & Cop
Chicago
Waterloo
Wan
C. J. Miner
Hansen & Hansen
Horns Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Sievers Drug Co
King’s New Discovery and Life Pills Advert
A 50 year old style ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery for colds throat tickle and eye watering relief with a 50 cent bottle. It promises quick cough and sneezing relief and claims bowel and liver toning without harmful bile. The text also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for stomach and bowels with the first dose relief. price still 25 cents.
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King
Victrola Shine Ad Promotes Tobey Polish For Furniture
A Victrola cleaning pitch touts Tobey Polish made from Tobey furniture house formula. It claims the polish prevents disfiguring checking, restores look, and eases housework with popular sizes priced 2 cents, 0 cents, 1 dollar, and 3 dollars.
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Tobey Furniture
Bab's Burglar Plays On Bleak Note at Crystal Theatre
Paramount picture Bab's Burglar sinks into despair with little hope as a kindly father struggles to understand his daughter’s wild outbursts at the Crystal Theatre. Look to today’s movie page for more details.
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Paramount Picture
Bab
Crystal Theatre
Too Weak to Fight Gold Medal Capsules Ad
A 1920s style advertisement touts Gold Medal Capsules from Holland as a health tonic for weak, overworked individuals. It claims to aid uric acid poisoning kidneys bladder stomach ailments and fatigue, promising quick recovery and refunds if ineffective. The copy presumes imported Guinea gloss and warns against substitutes.
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Maarlem
Holland
Overman Backs Change in Aircraft Program Reform
Washington April 26 Senator Overman in charge of the bill said he would accept an amendment by Senator Wadsworth of New York to reorganize the aircraft program. The amendment would permit the president to create an executive agency with full powers to run the program.
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Overman
Washington, D. C
Senator Wadsworth
New York
North Carolina
Senate
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Opera House
Michael F. Healey
Fort Dodge
Iowa
H. H.seekey
Teachers’ College
Golden Rule Gift Shop
East Fourth Street
ARMY
Private Peat
Waterloo House
North Waterloo Meat CO
East Fourth
Stinehart
Dr. King
Todey
STEINWAY WEBER STECK WHEELOCK STROUD _ AEOLIAN VIANOLAS
VOSE
L. S. Parsons Music House
Sycamore Street
Virginia Pearson
Jack Gardner
Clara, Kimball Young
Antonio Moreno
Kohl’s
Oxford
Agency
DR. Reed
James A. Bannister
Company OF
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Frontife
Astana CO
Mingara and
Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N.Y
Douglas Fairbanks
Mr Fixit
Benjamin Chapin
THE
Scharfenberg
Lafayette Street
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mack Sennett
Chas, Murray
Keystone
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