Banks exceed quota for treasury certificates in Black Hawk county
Banks in Black Hawk county surpassed their June 25 July 9 July 23 and August quotas for treasury certificates by 117 percent 1 percent above target. Total subscriptions reach about 26 million dollars with purchases totaling 1 505 400 dollars in cash. The record notes two Cedar Falls affiliated trusts and several local banks as major subscribers. A separate Iowa State Marketing Association meeting at the Chamber of Commerce drew poor attendance and discussed fall milk prices likely capping producer payments at about 3 dollars per 100 pounds, signaling only small retail price increases.
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Black Hawk County
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Edmund W. Miller
Cedar Falls National
Cedar Security Trust
Dunkerton
Labor Farmers Bank
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Commercial National
Leavitt & Jour
Leavitt & Johnson Trust
Lincoln Savings
Waterloo Bank & Trust Cin
Waterloo Savings
College Girls Preserve Quarts of Food
A total of 134 quarts of vegetables and fruits was canned this week by the college girls council of defense at the YWCA club rooms. The items go to the Red Cross civilian relief department and Social Welfare league for distribution to needy families during winter. Highlights include 77 quarts tomatoes 33 beets 22 carrots and two apples.
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College Girls Council of Defense
Red Cross Civilian Relief Department
Social Welfare League
Cedar Falls News Roundup of Summer School and Local Events
Cedar Falls closes its summer school term with 184 graduates and 2600 enrollment across Cedar Falls College and extensions at Spencer Denison and Red Oak. Benson Creamery picnic planned with music speeches at George Morgan grove. County drafts 77 men for September entrainment to Camp Dodge and Fort Riley. city hall to host 21 registration.
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Ner Tert
State College
Athar Ltd
Jagr
H. le. Arley
Bex
Cedar Alls College
Spencer, Denison
Red Oak
Benson Creamery
Benson Creamery Company
George Morgan
Camp Dodge
Fort Riley
West Third Street
French Advance Lines Narrow War Fronts South of Ailette
Official war bulletin reports French troops extending their line between the Oise and Aisne to Guay and Pont St. Mara, with gains on the Aisne and Ailette banks and advances east of Selons. British forces repel night raids along a 25 mile front from Lihous to Arras and push slightly east of Le Touret as battles continue along the Lys front.
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Paris
Oise
Aisne
Guay
Pont St. March
Ailette
Sempigny
Qourcy Ie Chateau
Beuvraignes
Rove
Plemont
Passel
Chiry-Aur- Beamp
Oisa
Sem- Pigny
Courey de Chateau
Selons
Pont St. Mara
London
Lihous
Somme
Coreul
Arras
War Office
Beaucourt
Lys
le Touret
News-Berquin
Quaitersteen
Cojeul
Baillescourt Farm
News
Arsenals Workers Take 10-Hour Day Pledge
After an address by Dr. Willis Moore of the U S Shipping Board national service department in Washington the Rock Island arsenal's more than 11 000 workers pledged to work ten hours a day six days a week with overtime until Germany is defeated.
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Rock Island
Temperature readings and dates from Buchanan Opt. Co.
A fragment lists temperatures with times and figures such as 79 and 77, referencing Buchanan Optical Co data from 1917 and midnight readings. The text shows scattered numbers including 70 to 94 and mentions yesterday’s values.
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Buchanan Opt. Co
Navajo Blankets To Be Made No More War Demands Wool
War Industries Board ordered all woolen mills to halt manufacture of Navajo or fancy Indian blankets to conserve wool for military needs. Indians’ own hand loom production remains unaffected. Mills urged to divert stock to clothing for loggers and aircraft work. Smith College founded 1871 by Sophia Smith.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
Emergency Float Corporation
Norwegian Sailor Recalls Teuton Barbery On Sea Raft
Norwegian survivor Haakon Ohlson recounts aboard the Eglinton how nine sailors were cast adrift after a German submarine attack in the North Sea. Five planks and barrels formed a raft as the crew died one by one, with Ohlson alone enduring five days at sea before rescue by a British patrol.
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London
Associated Press
Norway
Ohlson
Altho
Ralse
Brine
Fragmentary note on shell sizes and gun diameters
A garbled passage discusses a British patrol boat and shell measurements. It mentions a three inch shell fitting a gun and references a diameter and length, with unclear details about a chison and lapsed shell.
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Cedar Falls
Conmoiades
Rall
Edward HE. Rall
Northwestern College At
Naper
Dorothy Nelson
Sari Lort Hospital
Albert Lea
Minn
J. F. Cross
Points
Garry &. Cotton
Omaha
Neb
Frank Cotton
West Twelfth Street
Keep
Des Moines
J. EK. Mayo
Chas. HW. Meyerholz
Whittier
of Friends
Miriam Richer
State Teachers’ College
Peru
Ind
State Normal
Huntsville
Tex
Walde PF. Mitchell
Tulsa
Okla
Mitchell
Teachers’ College
Tremont Street
Eric Peterson
Joseph Meyers
Cedar Rapids
Bert McCluskey
Enlow
J. Frandsen
Los Angeles
Cal
Clifford S. Huntley
Claude F. Brown
Iowa Falls
Charles City
Brown
Iowa State Teachers’ College
War Department
United States
Connecticut
Official War News
China
Rock Island Arsenal
New England
Smith College
Sophia Smith
Gene Stratton-Porter
Times
Flarvester
Limberlost
Emerson
Warwick
Black
Camore Staret
Louis
Graham
Farm House
Japan Tea
Michigan
Chas. F. Keesy
Fourth Street
Palm Beach
O Frank Bros
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