Red Cross Home Communication Service Aids Soldiers Families
London reports detail a new American Red Cross department in Grosvenor Gardens led by Capt. Herbert Edenborough. The service tracks hospital cases, provides prompt reports to U S relatives, and uses an indexing system to fetch hospital histories within minutes.
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Associated Press
London
Home Communication Service
American Red Cross
United States
Grosvenor Gardens
Herbert Edenborough
Great Britain
Europe
Sim
Red Cross
America
England
Washington
Edenborough
New York
British Isles
Edenboreough
Waterloo Woman Serves as Camp Dodge Pushcart Librarian
Miss Maria Brace from Waterloo Iowa leads a branch library at Camp Dodge in the Red Cross house and acts as chauffeur for a hospital pushcart delivering books to convalescents. The cart will carry adventure stories romance travel essays technical works and magazines to readers in wards and reading rooms.
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Camp
Red Cross
Camp Dodge
Ralph Hoxie Addresses Rotary on Fruit Trade Uncertainties
Ralph Hoxie spoke at the Rotary luncheon on The Middleman's Relation to Fruit and Vegetable Divisions of the Perishable Industry. He explained market dynamics, purchase and handling details, and the impact of supply demand on prices. His Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co. began in 1899 with $250,000 annual business. now about $1,000,000 in yearly sales, a leading midwest firm.
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Ralph Hoxie
Rotary Club
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Company
Prison for men who posed as food inspectors
Burlington Aug. 1 It is prison for fakers who falsely represent themselves as United States Food Administration agents. Meyers and Jas A Abwie serve six months in Allegheny County Penn. for the fraud. They posed as government inspectors in Donora Pa and were arrested in Ohio. More arrests and prosecutions will follow against associates.
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Burlington
Tia
United States Food Administration
C. ‘. Meyers
Jas. A. Abwie
Alleghaney County
Penn
Meyers
Alwin
Donora
Ohio
Euphrates Route Nears India Link Shaped by 1831 Proof
British Mesopotamia advance highlights the Euphrates as potential Europe to India link. Chesney proved navigability in 1831. later rail proposals faced Suez and heat concerns. German Bagdad line favored by planners, but practical route remained improved Euphrates corridor toward Aleppo and beyond.
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Mesopotamia
Euphrates
Armenia
Erzerum
Lake van
Taurus Mountains
Europe
India
England
Karachi
Suez
Palestine
Suez Canal
Germany
Haidar
Britain
Bagdad
Euphrates Valley
F. R. Chesney
British Royal Artillery
Seleucia
Sueidie
Orontes
Bir
da Lesseps
Euphrates Marke
Tigris
Batis
Aleppo
Hirto
Jerusalem
Aillenby
Diversion Effort Delays British Plans on Euphrates
Fragmentary report indicates forces intended to divert reinforcements were used to contest further British advances along the Euphrates, shaping battlefield movements and troop deployments. Details remain limited, but the action signals a shift in military priorities and regional pressure.
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Eupirates
Busy Times At Court As Jurors Weakened By Demands
A municipal court session drew 36 jurors for August duty but a flood sought excusal. Each had reasons tied to government work, factory layoffs, health, or travel plans. Judge Bird excused those in governmental roles or whose absence would disrupt local plants. By noon a jury of six sat for the slander case Yarnell versus Haldum.
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Ciuise
W. N. Birdgall
Yarnell
Haldum
Motorcycle Collision Damages Car Parked on Fourth Street
A motorcycle collided with a parked automobile at Fourth and Louise streets in the night, smashing the car's rear right section and breaking its tail light while the motorcycle suffered front wheel and fork damage. The bike was left on a vacant lot and unclaimed by noon.
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Fourth and
Louise Streets
A. C. Anderson
Hoosier Near-Beer Supply Cut by Garfield Order
Indianapolis Aug 5 Consumers of near beer may sever relations with Harry M Garfield federal fuel administrator after he ordered Indiana breweries to curb output to 1 500 600 barrels this year This amount is about 56 percent of the normal 32 dry breweries output and reflects wartime policy adjustments.
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Indianapolis
Harry
Garfield
Indiana
Monnern Warfare Dims American Chewing Tobacco Use
In France canteens secretaries report tobacco decline caused by war. Gas masks alter habit as soldiers describe awkward, choking experiences with masks and mustard gas, revealing harsh conditions of front line life.
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Y. M. CL
France
Marriage Licenses and Ads in Cedar Falls Waterloo
Marriage licenses listed for Harvey and Chaner Adet with Bessie M. Morgan in Cedar Falls and Edward Lobe with Cora Robinson in Waterloo. Advertisement promotes summer footwear at Wang and Miller Shop Co.
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Wang & Miller Shoe Go
R. C. Thompson
Cora Robinson
Edward Lobe
Harvey & Chaner
Adet
Bessie M. Morgan
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Wang & Miller Shop Co
Wang & Miher Shoe Co
Universement
Investors Paid One Third of War Income Tax
Washington Aug 5 the $173,000,060 personal income tax for 1916 shows investors and speculators bore one third of the burden while labor paid 0.086 percent and business and services supplied the rest. Ninety percent came from incomes over $25,000 and high earners paid the top rates. The report details tax by class, occupation, and region, noting New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois as top income states and marriages affecting returns.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
East Altia
New England
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Eoboo
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Greek Recruit Seeks Army Admission Despite Rejection
Anastaceous Soteriou, a Greek resident, was disqualified for bad conduct when first examined for army service. He returned to Waterbury and appealed to Sergt G I Brown, who has involved Lieut E C Wright of Davenport. Wright will visit Thursday to decide if the barrier can be removed. In other news, Harriet Proctor Laura Beck Edna Falls and Mara Behrens won a Y W G A tennis tournament with scores 2 6 4, earning a prize tennis racquet.
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Anastaceous Soteriou
Anastaceous
Davenport
Waterbo
Sergt
G. I. Brown
Army
E. C. Wright
Davenpark
Lieut. Wright
Harriet Proctor
Laura Beck
Edna Falls
Mara Behrens
FODD CROPS ABOVE AVERAGES SHAPE 1938 FARM OUTPUT
Chicago dispatch reports midsummer crop prospects with wheat leading the gains. Estimated yields show wheat near 09.177,000 bushels, corn around 3.1 billion bushels good quality, oats above average, barley up to 223 million bushels, rye 74 million, potatoes about 400 million, and cotton at 14.0 million bales.
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Continental and Commercia National Bank of Chicake
Braine
Tong
Chicago
Staff of
Life
Canada
Australia
trans-Missouri
Central States
Drouth
Northwest
Southwest
Wales
How to Invest for Big Profit Booklet Offered
Sanford & Company, a Southwest financial house, offers a free booklet titled How to Invest for Big Profit. The pamphlet addresses increasing income amid wartime inflation and sparing prices. Request copies by writing 625 Republic Bldg., Kansas City, Missouri.
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Sanford & Company
Southwest
Republic Bldg
Kansas City
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Sam Thaler
New York City
Glen Morris
Steware
Eleventh Street
F. Havelock Wilson
Evening Courier
Waterloo Evening Courier
Adilic
Addic
Try
Dunkerton
Lester Creamery
Waterlow
Producers Milk CO
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