Cedar Falls Boosters' Annual Trade Extension Trip
Cedar Falls booster party of about 260 men traveled by Illinois Central for a daylong tour to 18 towns. Five coaches accompanied by literature promoted Cedar Falls businesses and the Cedar Valley fair opening August 18. The Cedar Falls concert band provided a halfhour stopover program at each stop, with an evening concert planned in Vinton.
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Cedar Falls
Illinois Central
Cedar Valley Fair
Vinton
Ambulance Unit's Fate Uncertain for Deming Camp Assignment
Capt. R. W. Smith reports doubt that Ambulance Company No. 2, 1. N. G., will be sent to Deming New Mexico training camp. Indications suggest Deming may serve other purposes, possibly a winter national army camp. If not deployed this year, the unit must vacate its quarters by October with pending equipment delivery potentially enabling relocation.
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1. N.G
Deming
N. M
R. W. Smith
Capt. Smith
National Army
Dairy Cattle Congress
de Het
Roumanians Describe Putna Battle as Greatest of Campaign
A belated Roumanian official note dated last Saturday reports the Putna battle near Marasetchi on August 6 as the campaign’s greatest. Nine German and one Austrian division, under heavy artillery, attacked for four days and nights but were shattered by Russo Romanian troops in fierce hand to hand fighting and counterattacks, causing enormous enemy losses.
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London
Putna
Marasetchi
Light work for men seeking employment urged by league
Three or four men able only to perform light work seek employment to avoid being a burden on the community. The Social Welfare league will handle any offers of work extended to these men.
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Social Welfare League
Mother of Nine Children Seeks Help From Pinkham
Springfield woman describes weakness after ninth birth and urges publication of her experience with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims it strengthens the female system and asks other mothers to seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. women only.
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Springfield
Mass
Eugene Bepard
Main Street
Lydia E. Pinkham
Capt Smith's Former Regiment to France
Captain R. W. Smith of ambulance company No. 2 LN. G. notes that the Third Iowa infantry will join a portion of the forty-second division headed for France. Smith, once with the Third Iowa, helped organize ambulance units in Sioux City and Waterloo. He believes the Third Iowa will honor their cities and reflects on his own potential future service in France.
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R. W. Smith
LN. G
Third Iowa Infantry
France
War Department
Smith
Third Iowa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Iowa
No Action Yet Taken on Lower Interest Rates
At a Waterloo meeting of representatives from local building and loan associations the decision to lower rates was deferred pending more investigation. The Waterloo Real Estate board had urged reducing from 8 percent to 7.2 percent, noting Waterloo as the only city in the state with an 8 percent rate. No definite action has been taken.
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Tour Waterloo Building and Loan Associations
J. E. Dempster
Waterloo Real Estate Board
Real Estate Board
Waterloo
Building and Loan Associations
Bantam Champ Pete Herman Cleared for Army Draft
New Orleans August 15 Pete Herman bantamweight champion contender has passed the physical examination for admission to the national army. marks the latest step in his service eligibility and boxing career.
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ARMY
New Orleans
Pete Herman
National Army
Itch and blotches spark aid for child scalp cure
A Perart Indiana mother recounts intense itching and large red blotches on her daughter's head. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition cleared in two months. The notice promotes Cuticura as a daily soap with free samples by mail from Boston and warns not to confuse with harsher products.
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Arch Lagle
Perart
Ind
Cutizura
Dept. A
Boston
Honest John Corn Killing Plasters Boosted Abroad
A doctor visiting an Illinois town cites a home bureau full of grateful letters about Honest John Corn Killing Plasters. The waferlike European formula promises to remove corns or bunions without tissue injury. Available at druggists for 15 and 25 cents.
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Illlinois
Baseball game at Byrnes Park postponed for construction
Workmen flooding the diamond at Rad Cedar park delays the Courier and Reporter crew versus the post office nine. The game moves to Byrnes park Friday at 5 30 p m to accommodate the new foundry project by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine company.
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Byrnes Park
Rad Cedar Park
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
The
Courier
Reporter's Nine
Postoffice Aggregation
Post Office Club Triumphs Over News-A-Paperman
In a lively second game of the series the Post Office Club defeated the News-A-Paperman last Friday. The diamond shows fair to good condition and the batters promise more thrills as SOX recall Hasbrook. Robert Lusbrook, a former Central Association star, features in the action.
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Post Office
News
Frlday
Revange Fa
SOX
Hasbrook
Robert Lusbrock
Central Association
Muscatine player transferred to Columbus club
A Muscatine player has been sold by the Chicago White Sox from the Columbus club of the American Association. He was sent to Columbus at the season's start and has been delivering strong fielding play. It is predicted he will continue to excel.
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Muscatine
Chicago White Sox
Columbus
American Association
Hasbrook Recall Signals Rowland's Final Drive Toward Pennantville
Hasbrook's recall means Rowland is recruiting his team to full strength for the final push toward Pennantville. Chile's tiable sell nine held by seven percent of the population.
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Hasbrook
Rowland
Pennantville
Chile
Immigration waves reshape distant lands across the sea
A century of movement sees millions leaving Europe and Asia for new lives, with Spain, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Portugal, China, Japan, and India among the nations involved. North American immigration appears minimal in contrast to these global shifts.
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America
Spain
Germany
England
Scandinavia
Portugal
China
Japan
Indie
North America
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