Heat Harming Iowa Corn and Fruit Crops
Des Moines reports extreme heat and hot winds damaging Towa corn especially in southern districts. Weather Director Charles Reed notes incomplete reports but expects clearer state-wide data midweek. Gardens and potatoes also suffer while apple crops show a small yield with several varieties listed by Secretary Wesley Greene. Grapes and plums forecasts given as percentages.
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Des Moines
Charles Reed
Declaris
Reed
Ube
Wesley Greene
State Horqnuitural Society
Greene
Duchess
Wealthy
Grimes’ Golden
Jonathan
Winesap
Ben Davis
Northwestern Greening
Willow Twig
Prof Eastman Killed In Auto Crash Near Towa City
Prof F C Eastman head of Latin at Towa University and former State Teachers College Cedar Falls died Sunday after losing control of his car while descending a hill. He was 62. Mrs Eastman escaped injury. a daughter Olive a former Des Moines teacher and Miss Sissons from Whiting also avoided harm.
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Towa City
Des Moines
Sissons
Whiting
Drafted Iowa men feed Camp Pike crowd in 40 minutes
Camp Pike Ark August 5 report says 6500 Iowa draftees were fed at one meal by janitors, mess sergeants, cooks and waiters in 40 minutes. The enormous service filled one barracks area as panorama photos captured the hungry crowd and were sent to their cantonments.
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Camp Pike
Ark
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Iowa J
Leon Woman Granted Care After Insanity Finding
In Leon Iowa August 6 a judge ordered Sarah Lord placed under guardianship after she was found insanse and without relatives. Her personal property was sold and her house, facing mounting rent, was closed. BW Loper Lamont purchased some assets.
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Sarah L Ord
Leon
Cisrinda
Aenar- 1
Tafter
Loper
Lamont
Freckle Cream From Lemons and Orchard White
Make a simple freckle lotion by squeezing two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to fade freckles blemishes and whiten skin. inexpensive and claimed harmless.
Unclear fragments from local sale notice edge
Fragments describe a sale item list with artifacts and rags. A wallet and missing money are mentioned. The text notes actions by an auditor and county treasury potential disposal of funds.
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Gm Papras
jImoney
Loper
Qsborn
Lean
Land Sale Near Conrad at 200 Per Acre
Fragmentary report notes Grundy County land near Conrad offered at 200 dollars per acre. Names, dates, and clear facts are unreadable in the OCR, leaving only a scattered outline of local property matters and scattered mentions of people and places.
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Conrad
Grundy Co. News
Charles Oppelt 89 Buried at Vinton in community notes
Obituary notes Charles Oppelt aged 89 buried in Vinton. He lived in the area for many years, taught at local schools, farmed, and reared a patriotically minded family. His wife and children are mentioned, with references to his long residence and community involvement including a memorial program in Ulber and connections to Kelisburg and Carton townships.
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Charles Oppelt
Vinton
Sylvann
Peery
Vinten
Brande
Mason
Ehodren
Frites
Mr. Oppele
Kelisburg
Carton
Shomer
O Shelisburg
Stookey
Hugh Roseman
Exemption Board Actions Mark Draft Activity in Iowa
The Cedar Falls area reports an exemption board meeting to review six contested cases and examine selectees as part of the draft process. Six of 207 recruits sent to Camp Pike were reportedly disqualified, with 172 qualified and assigned to camps for training while others await final results. Walter Alexander heads to Syracuse for limited service, and Red Cross delivers lunches to six registrants departing for Jefferson Barracks.
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CE Tyetim
Connaption Board
Whl
Iris Weel
Beye Eral Mises
R Board
Black Hawk County
Camp Pike
Walter Alexander
Dunkerton
Syracuse
N.Y
State Fair Grounds
Focal Red Cross
Jefferson Barracks
Vernon F. Ulrich
Cedar Falls
Guy W. Wabernicht
Jay Banton
la Porte City
Roy Baril Britton
Waterloo
Carl Henry Jaacobsen
Hudson
William Galllagher
R. 1
Camp Forrest
Red Cross
Rainbow Iowa Troops in World War I Offensive News
Des Moines reports on the 168th Infantry of the Rainbow Division with praise for their role at the Marne, details of recent casualties and rest, and notes on Col. Bennett denying retirement rumors. Sergeant Gordon Randall arrives wounded at Fort Des Moines, recounting the unit’s frontline actions and anticipated moves.
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Des Moines
168Th
Iowa
Gordon Randall
161St
Fort Des Moines
France
Sergt
Randall
Marne
Foch
Lorraine
Fleurard
Green
Priddy
County quotas set for unskilled laborers
The board decided county quotas for unskilled laborers under the call. Black Hawk county will supply 143, with the share determined by the 1915 census. The office and officials prepare for the big show and Monday’s action.
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Sioner
Black Hawk County to Furnish 1430 in Labor Quota
Des Moines August 5 the state labor advisory board decided to fix each county s unskilled laborer allotment on a quota basis under the 5805 war workers call and to appoint labor community boards in 28 counties at its meeting in the state labor commission bureau.
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Black Hawk Co
Des Moines
Call for 500 Iowa Men to Camp Funston Aug 26
Des Moines August 6 A call for 500 Iowa men to join Camp Funston Fort Riley Kan for a five day period beginning August 26 was received yesterday by Adjutant General Lasher from Provost Marshal General Crowder in a formal message coordinating military mobilization.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kan
Lasher
Crowder
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