Post Inspector Inowa Fired in Missouri Iowa Arkansas
St Louis Aug 16 Inspector in charge of post offices in Missouri Iowa and Arkansas with headquarters here has been dismissed from the service. The action followed Washington inspectors probe into charges by a clerk that another clerk was disloyal and that Reid kept him in office after knowing his attitude on the war. The disloyal clerk was also discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Lewis
Twil Nam L. Reid
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Post Office
Washington
Reid
Gasoline Conservation Urged as War Demands Grow
Officials warn conserving gasoline and lubricants is vital to support wartime needs. Public cooperation can avert strict controls on cars boats and engines, with inspectors urged to check for waste. The United States Fuel Administration emphasizes small drops in demand matter in the overall petroleum supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Coward
Oil Jobbers
War Service Committee
United States Fuel Administration
Washington, D. C
Fuel Administration
Bengal Poet Tagore Defended by Indian Viceroy in US
Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengal poet and Nobel laureate, urged publishers with a cable from Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy, denying any evidence linking him to a Hindu revolutionary plot. The viceroy expressed sympathy and stated there was no foundation for the accusations. The matter tied to San Francisco trial disclosures involving German and Japanese officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
New York
Nabin Granaith Tagore
India
Lord Chelmsford
Infiia
Simla
San Francisco
Japan
Tagore
George
Mortuary notices for Peter Airey and Hedley F Hall
Funeral services for F will be at the Hilemann and Gindt chapel at 9 29 a m tomorrow. Burial will probably be in Cedar Falls. Hedley Frank Hall son of Mr and Mrs George Hall died yesterday at 4 p m of infantile paralysis Born in London March 6 1902 he came with his parents to this country and to Waterloo six years ago Burial was in Elmswood cemetery yesterday. Temperature data shows readings for midnight and noon with marked values for August 16 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Airey
Hilemann& Gindt
Cedar Falls
Hedley Frank Hal
Hedley Frank Hall
George Hall
London
England
Waterloo
Elmswood Cemetery
Inday
S. L. Klingaman
Frank Kisgaman
Alice
Fortland
Ore
Fred
Pettit
J. J. Rainbow
J. Henderson
Jennie $. Bird
Sioux City
Harley
A. ON. Mabb
New Rockford
N. PD
Mabb
Waverly
Post Office
Shindon
Pickens
Alsace
France
E. F. Hunsaker
Hazel Wagner
Quincy
Waters
Annaborough Avenue
Westfield
Allied pressure renews on Roye front in Picardy fighting
Allied forces push toward Roye as French and British units advance northwest of Roye and gain ground along the Oise and Matz, with Canadian troops confirming occupation of Purvilliers and Dammery. German withdrawal and German command changes are reported as heavy action continues in Picardy and in Italy, with broader Allied moves toward Russia and the Caucasus noted.
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Associated Press
Roye
Plearuy
Thi Town
Amiens
London
Damtmery
Parvillers
Paris
Eta
Picardy
Chauines
Royse
Purviliers
Dammery
Chaulnes
Hebuterne
Alpert
Herlin
Albert
Oise
Matzi
Ribecourt
Humbert
Thiescourt Wood
Divette
von Boehn
Marne
Berlin
Reservea
Ancre
North Sea
Switzerland
Germany
Thionville
Offenburg
Metz-Verdun
Plave
Moscow
Vladivostok
White Sea
Caspian
Archangel
Vologda
Baku
Persia
Bagdad
Caucasus
Volga
Siberia
Mars
City in Brief and Local Notes From Waterloo
City in Brief reports residents traveling to Chicago Independence and Chicago again for vacations and business. Local events include a marriage license for John Ohl and Margaret Lamb and a contagious disease case of whooping cough. Red Cross nurses and theater renovations are noted along with war related updates and enrollment deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ohl
Margaret Lamb
Fairbank
Pearl
Ken
Concrete Ave
Raymond Shaw
Shaw Publishing Company
Chicago
Kansas City
Silver Price Fixed at 1.012 per Ounce With Export Rules
The treasury announced a virtual fix of the maximum silver price at about 1.012 per ounce and stated export licenses would be issued by the Federal Reserve Board only for essential civil or military needs and subject to price compliance by buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, PD. C
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt on Crutches Meets French Premier in Paris
Maj Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was cordially received by Premier Clemenceau in Paris as his wounds remained in healing and he used crutches. Daisy Littlefield sues Perry Littlefield for divorce claiming a 1918 arrest conviction. she seeks title to 23 of 40 acres in Delaware County. GOOD SOAKING RAIN boosts soil prep. 0.37 inch in 24 hours. Clay products now manufactured in every state per government stats.
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Associated Press
Paris
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Clemenceau
Maj. Roosevelt
Daisy Lidherefield
Perry E. Littlefield
Fort Madison
Dela Ware
Bakers fined for food substitution violations in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids bakers face fines under food administration rules. One baker, mainly in cakes, pays 60 dollars and must stop baking for two weeks for using incorrect substitutes. A second baker is fined 25 dollars for excess flour. Fines go to the Red Cross. these are among the first local complaints for food rule violations.
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Cedar Rapis
Alent
Red Cross
Hong
French and British advances and Pershing report
Paris reports a major French advance west of Roye with prisoners taken in Champagne and progress near Armancourt. British lines advance northeast of Morlancourt and patrols push toward Beaucourt Sur Ancre and Puisieux au Mont while Haig notes renewed activity along the Somme. Pershing reports nothing significant from American sectors.
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Associated Press
Paris
Royse
War Office
Villers-Les-Roye
Roya
St. Aurin
Armancourt
Champagne
Villers-les-Roya
Perthes-les-Hurlus
Maisons-Champagne
London
Albert
Morlancourt
Marshal Haig
Ancre
Thiepval Wood
Thiepval
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
Puisieux-Au-Mont
Campaign Against Social Disease Pushed in Waterloo
Waterloo health campaign led by Dr. J G Huntoon reports progress eradicating social diseases. Over 50 carriers apprehended and sent to detention, three girls placed in reform school, 100 to 200 cases weekly reported. Army physicians aid, dispersal and screening of food dispensers underway, with cooperative treatment efforts.
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Waterloo
J. G. Huntoon
Trent
A. J. McLaughlin
Army
Wrecked Wills and Woolen Stock In Massachusetts Fire
A major fire in Stoughton Massachusetts today destroyed three wills of the French and Ward Waslen company, tied to government work and a large stock of cloth for army unit forms. Loss estimated at 400000 dollars.
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Miles
Stoughton
Mass
French and Ward Waslen Company
Capital Stock Data May Be Filed With U S Until October
Washington August 16 extension to September 30 of the date by which corporations must file with internal revenue collectors returns showing capital stock announced by the revenue bureau. Tax is 50 cents per $1,000 of stock over 99,000 but all corporations organized for profit must file or face a 150 percent penalty.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
The
Revenue Bureau
May Combine Seven Appeals for War Funds
New York announces the week of November 11 as the start of a two campaign drive to raise 1383 500 006 for war work by the Y M C A Y W C A war camp service and American Library Association The Y M C A will receive 100 000 000 the Y W C A 15 000 000 the war camp service 15 000 900 and the Library association 3 600 000 The Knights of Columbus Jewish Welfare League and Salvation Army will be invited to join in a January 1919 drive with similar aims The plan to combine seven appeals has the sanction of President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker
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New York
Wni
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
The
Library Association
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare League
Salvation Army
Wilson
Baker
Skilled War Labor Shortage Relieved by Cuts in Non-Essentials
The department of labor says curtailment of automobile production has freed many mechanics and workers. A substantial shortage remains in several war centers and can only be eased by transferring labor from nonwar industries.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Department
Livestock Men Told Where to Ask for Government Loans
Livestock raisers needing loans not available from banks were instructed by the War Finance Corporation to apply to the Federal Reserve Banks. Dallas is the designated agency for the Richmond and Atlanta districts and the Southwest, while Kansas City handles the San Francisco Minneapolis and St. Louis districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks of
Kansas City
Dallas
Richmond
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
Southwest
San Francisco
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Emperors Confirm Full Germany Austria Hungary Pact
An official Berlin statement says the complete agreement between Germany Austria Hungary was demonstrated at the meeting of the emperors at German main headquarters, as reported from Amsterdam on August 16 by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Berlin
Store ad details groceries and prices in 1940s style
Local grocery listing shows assorted canned goods fruits and staples with quoted prices. Items include potatoes tea coffee raisins butter oleo lard olives milk syrup beans cereal and cleaning supplies. Advertises phone and address 313 East Fourth St with store tag The Store that Always Sat.
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Stinehart
Tory
Japan
White House Coffee
Veal price list items from butcher advertisement
A short butcher ad lists veal products with prices per pound including roast and stew options. Veal chops and steak are mentioned with per pound pricing indicated.
Rent Profiteering to Be Cut by Jump of Tax Valuations
Washington announces a plan to raise tax valuations on property of landlords who charge extortionate rents to war workers as a method to curb rent profiteering. An action for damages was filed by H. E. Tultar for Alten C. Mason against J. A. Aungst, but the petition was withdrawn immediately afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Industrial Housing
H. E. Tultar
Alten C
Mason
J. A. Aungst
Unclear suit and era references in fragmented clipping
The clipped text references filed allegations and unspecified damages. It mixes phrases about Detroit News social cues, political pamphlets, tariff debates, and a Boston Evening Transcript recruiting scene, but no coherent event or outcome is stated.
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Inowa
Bengal
Plotter
A. P
Buchanan
HH. N. Stewart
Rosina Goings
Independence
Anna Tulp
C. W. Ellyson
Western
Towa
Dewey St. Colton
Jefferson Pareels
Mosteorge Hummel
Minnesota
Eva Overton
Presbyterian Hospital
Red Crags
Miss Overton
C. J. Rudolph
American Red Cross
Staiko Milan
Women's Council of Defense
Public Library West
E. Ridenour
Ts. Marquis
United States
Don Cosoack
Zaragin
Official War News
Pershing
U.S
Hun
Moe
East Fourth St
North Waterloo Meat Co
East Fourth
Logan Ave
Lake Side
Detroit News
Bugsy
Europe
Boston Evening Transcript
Sycamore Street
W.C. Kohl
FOR Children
California
Dundee
Libby
Welch’s
Wu Beriver Chas. F. Keesy
Ischarfenberg’s
Diamond St
High Rent
Lafayette Str
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