Denial over Danish remarks cited by governor in Sap City speech
Cedar Falls records show Governor denies making any unkind remark about Danes in his Fourth of July Sap City address. He says Des Moines Register distorted the speech, noting 2,506 attendees heard no slurs and that he spoke on Germany and the war. He emphasized unity and one language to unite America and its allies.
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S? Moines
Thomas H. Smith
Harlan
Ann
Tram
Sap City
Sac City
Denmark
Shelby
Audubon County
Des Moines Register
Ceny
Ifs
Register
Germany
United States
France
England
Schleswig-Holstein
America
Europe
Bohemia
Gideons to Meet in Waterloo for 1919 Convention
The 1918 Gideons convention adjourned in Des Moines with Waterloo chosen as the 1919 site after debate with Cedar Falls. D. S. Umbenhauer was reelected president and Will Li Zaiser secretary for another term. W. S. Bowen M. Wisner J. W. Sheptee and A. B. T. Moore named vice presidents. Wregg Des Moines named chaplain. The group calls for greater wartime effort and supports immediate national prohibition as a war measure, with a resolution telegraphed to senators.
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Gideons
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Union Park
Maines
D.S. Umbenhauer
Grinnell
The
Will Li Zaiser
W.S. Bowen
M. Wisner
Sioux City
J. W. Sheptee
Waterson
A.B. T. Moore
Cedar Rani
Wregg
Gideons & Creater
Wilson
Tummins
Kenyon
Washington
Iowa Gideons
Sanitary Rules Set for Des Moines State Fair Eats
Des Moines Aug 14 The heating and lighting office appoints a sanitary inspector to enforce sanitation rules for eating places at the state fair including hot dog stands and other stalls. Dr Witte city health officer oversees inspections to ensure cleanliness and prevent disease.
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Des Moines
Witte
State Fair, Board
Urgent call for Iowa workers from state defense leaders
Wes Moines Aug 15 O Watts on French chairman of the Industrial survey committee of the Iowa council of national defense appeals to employers to report labor needs at once The state council aims to inform the federal government to prevent shortages that could cripple essential industries Gov Harding warns that unskilled labor leaving Iowa endangers every industry with a large turnout of employers manufacturers unions and chambers of commerce expected at a state house conference The labor demand exceeds supply with 123 federal and state employment offices trying to fill jobs Women workers are increasing and some government jobs require light physical tests including lifting a 125 pound sack and medical examination
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Wes Moines
O. Wateson French
Industrial Survey Committee
Iowa, Council of National Defense
Iowa
State Council of Defense
United States
Fond Council of National Defensé
Lhat Town
Towa
State House
Harding
Labor Unions
Chambers of Commerce
Labbor
A. L. Urick
Urick
Hastings a Cotate Dune of Wrangle leads to probate dispute
In central Iowa Blanche A. Brown seeks one third of Hastings property claiming an oral marriage with the late George W. Hastings. Executors Rathbone and Wath oversee Hastings estate valued around 36,000 with a will directing funds to a Council Bluffs orphanage. George P. Hastings, claiming illegitimate birth, seeks a share in the estate. Both petitions were filed in county district court and await outcome.
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Midora, Taw Aig
Towa
Blanche A. Brown
Isha
George W. Blastings
Hastings
George W. Hastings
Tatery
San Mego
Cal
W. E. Rathbone
Op. Wath
Pats
Eorge P. Hasting
Council Bluff
New Iowa Reserve Bank Admitted to Federal Reserve
The Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids, with resources of 14 000, has been admitted to the federal reserve system, announced from Washington by the Associates Press on August 19. Turn to the Want Ad page.
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NEW Iowa Reserve Bank
The
Associates Press
Washington, D. C
Iowa State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Federal Reserve System
Special Rail Rate To State Fair Authorized At Des Moines
Des Moines Aug 19 special rates to the state fair are authorized across the C R I & P railway with round trip fares from statewide points to Des Moines and back. Attendees urged to buy round tickets to ease Des Moines ticket office congestion. Also motorists asked to observe crossing signals during travel to the fair and keep safety in focus. In Ft Madison Iowa a farmer Henry Kramer was fined 100 dollars for belittling American soldiers, paid to the Red Cross, and advised by federal agents on restraint after a public remark dispute.
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Des Moines
Ft. Madison
Henry Kramer
Wests Point
Red Cross
Kramer
Council of Defense
Deserting Army for Love of Baby Boy
Ciel Perry, a young man of Fort Madison, deserted the army at Camp Funston to return home to his city to be near his four year old son. Police and sheriff searched Fort Madison and nearby, but Perry eluded capture, wearing civilian clothes. Investigations traced his movements from Kansas City, with renewed hopes he may surrender at Funston. A Courier want ad promises effective results.
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Fort Madison
Ciel Perry
Camp Funston
Perry
Altho
Mar
Kansas City
Perry Peal
Alsho
Vss
Autoists Assessed to Raise War Fund in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota a drive aims to raise 1 000 500 dollars toward a 2 500 000 district quota for war saving stamps. Auto pledge chairman Walter Dacer sent printed bills to car owners requiring 10 percent of the car price to be invested in stamps, with 20 percent for cars sold after August. Estimated 5 900 automobiles range from 450 to 7 000 dollars.
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Duluth
Minn
Walter Dacer
Auto Pledige Committee
Idaho Primaries Open To Split Party Candidates
Boise Idaho August 19 Nonpartisan league candidates long linked with the Republican party may enter Idaho primaries in September. A Supreme Court ruling holds no law bars a candidate from seeking nominations from multiple parties at the same primary.
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Boise
Nonpartisan League
Idaho
Aj Supreme Court
Mother Reunites With Long-Lost Son Before Embarcation
Mrs. W. L. Maple of Portland Oregon races to the port to reclaim her son Vernon Phillips of the 223rd ammunition train now marching toward the front. After years apart their reunion was sparked by Red Cross ads and letters from Camp Dodge Iowa to Portland, with telegrams bridging the gap as Phillips prepared to embark for overseas duty.
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Camp Dodge
Inkhakl
Trey Lgangway
W. L. Maple F
Portland
Ore
Vernie Phillips
223Th
88Th Division
Oversea
Phillips
Joplin
Front
Red Cross
Maple
Hunhusker
Iowa 1919 tax levy fixed at 6.42 mills
Des Moines reports the 1919 state tax levy set at 6.42 mills including the capital extension tax, down from 7.42 mills this year. Certificates of assessment are being mailed to counties as the Thirty-seventh General Assembly outlined biennial tax aims totaling about 13 million dollars. War-time expenditures and held projects delay some new state buildings at Ames and Iowa City.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Iowa
General Assembly
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Ames
Iowa City
Waterloo After More War Work for Factories
Waterloo manufacturers will travel to Des Moines tomorrow to attend a meeting or conference aimed at expanding war related factory efforts.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Mrs Lewis of Brooklyn finds relief with Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs Ersie G Lewis of Vernon Ave Brookline N Y says a year of misery from displacement and headaches improved with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises it as a splendid tonic and recommends it to similar sufferers and notes the company offers guidance from forty years of experience.
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Brookline
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ersie G. Lewis
Vernon Ave
Brook Ira
N.Y
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyon
Mass
Iowa meeting eyes more war contracts for state firms
A conference chaired by Gov. Harding and other state leaders debated securing additional war contracts for Iowa manufacturers to prevent long term industrial harm. Waterloo delegates will attend, and major firms are expected to be represented. George C. Wrightsman, secretary of the Iowa State Manufacturers' Association, aims to press for western share as eastern firms now receive most contracts.
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George C. Wrightsman
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
Army opens enlistment for men 46 to 56 years old
Army recruiting officers can enlist qualified men aged 46 to 56 for signal and quartermaster corps. Available trades include mechanics, cooks, bakers, clerks, chauffeurs, electricians, telegraph operators, stenographers, typists, switchboard operators, photographers, moving picture experts, horseshoers, cobblers, painters, plumbers, tailors, carpenters and blacksmiths. Coal mining, munition, and civil service workers need employer release unless not essential. Details from Sergt. G. I. Brown at the local recruiting station, Fourth and Jefferson streets.
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Army
Signal and Quartermaster Corps
Sergt
G. I. Brown
Fourth
Jefferson Streets
Woman sues Inter-Urban Railway over foot injury in Des Moines
Des Moines reports 20 year old Lydia Jensen of Ane dubon county school teaching filed a suit for 5787.50 damages against Inter-Urban Railway. She alleges a car from Camp Dodge crowd spoke lascivious remarks and that she could not alight safely as the train passed the Highland Park crossing.
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Des Moines
Lydia Jensen
City of Vinton Builds a Hospital from Tilford Academy
Tilford academy’s main building was sold to the city for a Virginia Gay Memorial hospital site. The town will provide the land, converting the former school into a hospital building. The academy has long served local youths and many counties, with plans to begin work soon.
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Falls
Pinter Wacek
Prince
Julia Bahl
Tin Cedar Falls High School
France
Vinton, i. Aus IG
Ton i
Tilford Academy
Virginia Gay
Virginia Gay Memorial Hospital
First Avenue
Vinton
Tobin
Great Army of Fighters
Ames
Sells-Floto
Bors
Rockford War News and Local Updates
Hugh Murphy learns his son Clem in France is severely wounded while serving with Rainbow division. Frank Danka visits Waterloo to help Rudolph close his shoe business as Rudolph undergoes an operation. Mr and Mrs Morgan Legg greet twins a boy and a girl. C and Moore hosted a Monday gathering honoring Dr Yenrich who will soon depart for the war. L H Fellwocka Civil War veteran dies August 5 at age 86.
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Rockford
Hugh Murphy
Clem
Rainbow
France
Frank Danka
Waterloo
Rudolph
Morgan Legg
C. &. Moore
Yenrich
L. H. Fellwocka
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