Camp Dodge remount depot expands near Cantonment Des Moines
Orders to build a remount depot at Camp Dodge cover 128 buildings on 80 acres with capacity for 3000 horses and include stables corrals sheds an infirmary and watering troughs. Additional lumber and possible new ground could expand the site as Majs Butler Ruth Sprague oversee health and dairy supply moves to secure good milk for the camp amid milk distributor tensions.
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Des Moines
Charles Weitz Sons Company
Camp Dodge
M. A. Butler
C. BE. Ruth
Maj
E. K. Sprague
Army Camp
Fall Merchandise Arrives In Waterloo Clothiers
Waterlo o retailers begin receiving the first consignment of fall goods this week. Advance styles dominate both men's and women's clothing with belts returning to Norfolk suits and belts around coats. Shippers expect the main rush late in the month as designers unveil versatile new fashion.
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Clothiers
Waterloo
Knights of Columbus Plan $10 Million War Fund
Chicago hears plans to create a national $10,000,000 Knights of Columbus war fund to build recreation centers foreign intelligence bureaus and auditorium facilities at army posts and cantonments nationwide. Local camps have contributed to aid soldiers, and the drive will be debated at the upcoming national convention. A pontifical mass opens the convention at Holy Name Cathedral with Bishop A J McGavick officiating and Mgr Francis C Kelley delivering the sermon.
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Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Order
Hotel la Salle
Vu Dud
America
A. J. McGavick
Holy Name Cathedral
Mgr
Francis C. Kelley
Wealthy farmer Crawford sentenced to hard labor
Marshalltown Ia Aug 7 W E B Crawford a wealthy retired farmer and former operator of an employment bureau and real estate agency was sentenced to up to five years at hard labor in Fort Madison penitentiary by Judge J W Willett. He was convicted last winter of maintaining a disorderly resort in rooms used for his business. His attorney gave notice of appeal and bond was set at 1500 dollars.
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Marshalltown
W. EB. Crawford
Fort Madison
J. W. Willett
Crawford
Woman crushed by auto on bridge approach near Belmond
Mrs. John Berg wife of a wealthy banker was fatally injured when an automobile rolled down a bridge approach near Belmond Iowa. After a collision between two cars the Luick vehicle rolled back trapping her beneath it as she pushed her daughter to safety. She died at a hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Belmond
John Berg
A. L. Luick
Claude Thayer
Here
Hospitality groups prepare for Iowa county officers convention
All associations open sessions tomorrow afternoon as county officers from Iowa arrive for their annual convention in Waterloo. Fred S Pettit chairs the entertainment committee and notes only potential setback is a ball game if a series against Marshalltown is not arranged. Officers arrive tonight or tomorrow. registration 2 pm, joint session at 7:30 pm at the armory with Mayor W R Law and Mrs Erene Bell offering remarks.
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Iowa
Fred 5S. Pettit
Central Association
Marshalltown
Masonic Temple
Bilis
Russell-Lamson
Eis
Irving
W. R. Law
Waterloo
Erene Bell
Cerro Gordo County
Chicago
Matt, Parrott & Sons Company
Business Outlook Bright for Waterloo Firms in 1917
A Courier and Reporter survey finds Waterloo manufacturers wholesalers and retailers report better business in 1917 than 1916. Summer trade shows steady gains despite war, with high wages and abundant work boosting prospects. banks note good fall and winter outlook and farmers improving debt positions as prices hold and crop prospects stay strong.
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Waterloo
The
Courier and Reporter
Fred Fenton
Retail Merchant’s Association
Waterloo Financial Institution
Amazing Spy System of the Czar Revealed
Petrograd reports a commission documents 33 long lists of spies and informers in ex-Emperor Nicholas pay, with fifty more lists expected, totaling about 50,000. Those guilty are jailed. trials or continued confinement await reactionary danger, detailing the autocracy’s espionage network.
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Turkey
Abdul Hamid VV
Abdul Hand
Yildiz
Nicholas
Okhanio Uotdhelenie
Security Department
Basil Ostrov
Nicholas 11
Autocracy
Petrograd
Corence of
Associated Press
Hsts
No Punishment for Theft Years Ago
A resident of Oskaloosa identified as T Lewis A from Moines, Iowa will not be punished for theft of 140 dollars from an employer in Baltimore Maryland twenty years ago. He is immune from prosecution due to infiation statutes but may offer restitution to the employer's widow, now in destitute circumstances, after surrendering to police.
Real Hair Grower Promises Quick Results With Sage
A period ad claims thinning hair stems from a dandruff germ and touts Parisian sage as a cure. The dosage involves four ounces from a druggist, with claims of rapid new growth after massage, branding Parisian sage as stain free and hair enhancing.
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Sangerbund
Paris
Giroux
Widow’s case cited in reply from Baltimore authorities
A fragment notes Walter’s belief a man surrendered last week was demented and that Chief Jackson advised Baltimore authorities to consider the widow’s circumstances while awaiting a reply. The context suggests a police or legal matter involving a hired man and the widow’s status, with cross references to Cross and Baltimore.
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Lion
Walter
Jackson
Waiti Fore
Cross
Baltimore
Jackson Hoo
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed for Women's Health
An old advertisement-style notice urges women to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to address aging and vitality concerns. It claims the product has helped many for over forty years and presents it as a remedy to restore health and happiness for women facing decline.
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Lydtia E. Pinkham
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