Iowa Woman Tells of Relief Work in Paris War Zone
Miss Grace Zorbaugh of Council Bluffs, general secretary of the British American Young Women’s Christian association in Paris, describes relief efforts for French and Belgian women. She urges American women to send usable items like gloves, vests, curtains, gauze, and yarn for sewing and medical needs, noting 400 women trained as volunteer nurses and 50,000 surgical dressings sent to the front.
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Council Bluffs
Association Mainitains
Paris
France
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$40,000 for death claim in Rolte case
Sioux City reports Mrs. Rolte sues Charles Allner for $10,000 alleging he injured her husband Herman H Rolte in West Fork township on July 29 1914. The resulting injuries led to Rolte's death on March 20 this year. Allner and his brother were indicted for assault. Charles Allner pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
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Sioux City
Charles Allner
Herman H. Rolte
Rolte
Allner
West Fork Township
Aleges
Bolie
Almer
William Almer
Bolte
Senator Thomas Aspieces to State Treasurer Nomination
Des Moines August 26 formal announcement names Senator Charles H. Thomas of Union county as the Republican candidate for state treasurer. He is a noted worker in the last general assembly with Kent home ties to mercantile and banking interests.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Thomas
Union County
Thomas
Kent
Farmers to Grade 14 Miles of Road
Knoxville Aug 28 farmers along the sunin highway between Aliselty and Meteber organize a paid roads campaign to grade about fourteen miles starting Monday. After grading and ditching, graders will be put to work and the surface will be barely oiled. The campaign claims the greatest road improvement in the county with wide local support. Each side of the long stretch has taken contracts for one mile and two teams will work per mile with twenty five road scrapers received yesterday.
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Knoxvvile
Sunin
Aliselty
Meteber
Ynch Shipe
Wireo
Iowa Falls Man Stricken and Dies at Home
L I B Yaw a longtime resident of Iowa Falls died Tuesday evening after being stricken with heart trouble He had worked with a threshing gang earlier that day and returned home Mrs Yaw aided him to a couch before he passed away The funeral will be held Friday afternoon and burial will be at Union cemetery Also details of a renewed litigation between Stonerook and the Wisners over a lot in the city are reported with notes on prior court actions and settlement attempts
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Iown Falls
Yaw
Nans
Chas
C. Wilson
Rockford
Warry Yaw
Cedar Rapids
Union Cemetery
District Court
Wisners
Stonerook
X Pole
Wisner
Stonerock
Sentinel
Supreme Court
Skeleton identified as Arthur Haigh in New Mexico murder case
Des Moines reports the skeleton found near Hanley New Mexico is identified as Arthur Haigh 613 North East Secona Street. His sister Mrs G W Entwistle confirms the clothing and items in the pocket match Haigh. She says he left for health reasons in March and was last heard from Tuesday via a letter to Clerk Ballow. The body was found two and a half miles from Hanley with the head severed, suggesting homicide by casual herders and an unresolved case.
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Des Moines
Hanley
N. M
Marcel
Arthur Uaigh
Secona Street
J. W. Ballow
Roosevelt County
G. W. Entwistle
Haigh
King
Hantey
Des Moines to Produce War Munitions for Allies
Des Moines plans to manufacture shrapnel shells for Allied war effort. New Monarch Machine and Stamping and other city plants will join to meet an initial order worth about 6 million dollars, with 1 000 shells daily and a 22 month timeline. Up to 600 workers will be employed to operate multiple shifts as eastern plants struggle with capacity, while Western and midwestern shops may share the workload.
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Des Moines
Monarch Machine and Stamping Company
Anderson
Sheila
Jean
Josal Banks
Ame
Brayton
Y i
New
Monare Machine & Stamping Company
Globe Machinery & Supply Company
American Iron Works
Bagi Tron Works
Wood Brothers
Standard Welding & Machinery Company
McDonald Iron Works
Enamel Concreta Company
Wilson Machinery Company
Watrous Manufacturing Company
Town Machinery & Supply Company
Monarch
Swarsperth
Morgan Bank of
New York
Chicago
Peoria
Elgin
Middle West
Ivoge Green Plans New Home in Council Bluffs
Judge W R Green congressman from the Ninth district closed a deal for two hilltop lots overlooking Fairmount park on Commercial Street. He will move his family from Audubon to Council Bluffs, occupy part of the Ross house on Willow Avenue temporarily, and begin building as soon as possible, likely after the December session or next year.
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Council Bluffs
Jludge
W. R. Green
Ninth Congressional District
Audubon
Faimount Park
W. S. Cooper
Congress
Council Blugs
Ross
Willow Avenue
Commercial Street
Annual Harvest Picnic Draws Record Crowd at Hagle Center
Hundreds attend the harvest home picnic at Hagle Center with Waterloo participants and visitors from nearby towns. Waterloo post office baseball team beat Eagle Center 4 to 1 as Bank fielded, with Wallace Manahl at the firing line and Metcalf catching. Joe Kerr started on the mound for Eagle Center and was relieved by Rauseur.
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Hagle Center
Amnuals' Army of Women
Waterloo
Waterloo Post Office
Eagle Center
Wallice Manahl
U. Ss
Metcalf
Joe Kerr
Bagte
Rauseur
Compensation Act protects town troopers in Sparta tragedy
Des Moines reports that Iowa Attorney General holds James H. Greene dependents qualify for workmen’s compensation. The guard member, age 28, died after a horse accident during annual encampment drills at Sparta Wisconsin. The state considers Greene an employee. compensation capped at 1500 dollars, with exact amount pending.
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Des Moines
James H. Greene
Sparta
Wis
Welker
Industrial Commission
Henry B. Sampson
Sampson
Wisconsin
Greene
Town Artillery
Clinton
Herved
Rattlesnake Killed by Nathan Northey Near Dunkerton
Nathan Northey of 814 Fourth Street West killed a large rattlesnake yesterday while on his farm two miles north of Dunkerton and one mile east of the Wansie River. He brought the reptile to Waterloo and noted it was the first he had seen in 30 years. The snake reportedly fell into a tile ditch before Northey dispatched it.
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Nathan Northey
Atreat
Waterloo
Northey
North Pod
Dunkerton
Wansie River
Mr. Northey
Lava
Dubuque
Wilsing Knoxville Man Located by Relatives
Knoxville August 26 Clarence Dawson, a Knoxville man missing since August 16 after a night at Tracy and believed swept away in the Des Moines river, has been found alive by his father and relatives nine days after the disappearance. Dawson returned home Monday night. his family and searchers recovered him Monday afternoon.
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Knoxville
Clarence Dawson
Tracy
Des Moines
Dawson
Dawsons
Rex
Foley Kidney Pills Adventures in Health Topics
The ad notes kidney health claims stating goa is alive and well and working on the parth. It warns that aging, overwork, weak kidneys and other symptoms like rheumatism and perspiration signal kidney trouble and promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy sold by druggists. It then lists real estate transfers in Waterloo area with names and property details.
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Goa
Child Recovers from Scalp Skin Trouble After Cuticura Use
Mrs Bay Tegtmoyer of Fort Wayne reports her six year old daughter suffered two years from an itching scalp behind the ear. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the sore healed. She purchased more products and says the child is entirely well. Date given June 5, 1914.
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MeEes St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bay Tegtmoyer
Catarrh A Blood Disease Drive From Your System
An ad claims catarrh is a blood disease and warns against localized treatments. It touts S. S. S. as a universal blood purifier and tonic to nourish blood, relieve headaches, clear nasal passages, and heal throat sores, promising a total cure and advising readers to obtain S. S. S. from druggists or write the S. S. S. Co. in Atlanta.
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