Baptist College Funds In Sight
Des Moines IA December 14 A campaign to raise 500000 for Union college by combining Central university of Pella and Des Moines college is near its goal with 325606 already pledged. Des Moines merchants will pay 400000 when the total is reached. Vaughan of Waterloo named business manager and will move to Des Moines January 1. Temporary buildings may be used until permanent structures at Chautauqua Park are ready.
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Baptist Church of Iowa
Union College
John Earl
Des Moines College
Central University of
Central University
Dés Moines College
Waterloo
Baptist Church
Eleanor Childs
Vaughan College
Vaughan
Vaughan Implement Company
New College
New Valley National Bank
School Directors Ordered to Display Flag, Sheriff Says
Clinton Iowa December 14. Jens Bornhoff president of a rural school board is held on 500 bond to appear in district court for failing to display the American flag atop schoolhouses as required by Iowa law. Sheriff Ramsey warns every county school board to obey the flag law and allows five days to comply.
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Clinton
Iowa
Jens Bornhoft
Bornhoff
Ramsey
Mary Wilson Accepts Assistant Superintendent Post in Chicago Hospital
Miss Mary Wilson, niece of the former secretary of agriculture, has taken a role as assistant superintendent at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. Elsewhere in Iowa Traer farmers earned prizes at Cedar Rapids state poultry show with J. H. Hartshorn securing four firsts in White Orpingtons and Nat Owens placing sixth with Barred Rocks.
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Tract
Mary Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
Traer
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Hartshorn
Nat Owens
Chicago Coliseum
Teuton Insurance Companies May Not Solicit Business
Des Moines reports German fire insurance firms must quit US underwriting due to the trading with the enemy act. Treasury licenses allow losses payments only. new policies prohibited. Policyholders are protected by deposits and surplus. Industrial Commissioner Funk weighs workmen's compensation for resident aliens, with Wisconsin and Ohio already ruling aliens may receive coverage.
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Des Moines
Treasury Department
A. B. Funk
Funk
Wisconsin
Ohio
United States
Red Cross Auction in Traer Net $1700
The Traer Red Cross auction last week raised $1,085.95 from sale of donated articles and $696.02 from cafeteria meals, totaling over $1,700 in proceeds. The event extended through Saturday afternoon due to high donations.
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TRARR
RED Cross
Traer
Austria to Leave Germany as Ally as France Believes
Des Moines dispatch reports French leaders and observers in the war zone expect Austria will withdraw its alliance with Germany at the first chance. Hubert D. Bentley, a former Des Moines driver now traveling to California, cites Austrian disillusionment and heavy Austrian casualties from the Italian front. French observers also anticipate Russia rejoining the fight by spring and note high coal prices as France battles shortages and cattle and horse losses reduce meat supplies.
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Des Moines
Austria
Germany
France
Hubert D. Bently
Pasadena
Cal
California
Red Cross
Italy
Nurse Ordered to Report for Duty on Jan 1
Truer Iowa dispatch reports Miss Ethel Jones volunteered for Red Cross service months ago and has been ordered to report by January 1. She expects to be sent first to Camp Dodges.
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Truer
Ethel Jones
Red Cross
Camp Dodges
Certified Iowans Told to Report to Fort Worden
Draft boards in seven Iowa counties and two Des Moines districts ordered 500 men certified for service to report to Fort Worden Washington. Quotas by county include Pottawattamie 100 Shelby 62 Cass 63 Audubon 68 Guthrie 71 Madison 38 and Des Moines districts 36 and 15. Adjutant General Logan issued telegraphic instructions guiding the call to coast artillery service.
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Iowa
Fort Worden
Wash
National Army
Pottawattamie County
Shelby County
Casa
Audubon
Guthrie
Madison
Logan
Washington
Coast Artillery Service
Traer Struggles With Heat and Light Shortages
In zero weather the heat and light company reports a consumption of a ton of coal per hour while patrons complain of insufficient heat and some pipes have frozen. The company has ample coal and a business committee previously assured supply but calls for more reliable machinery remain.
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Traer
Heat and Light Company
Cedar Rapids Company
State Horticultural Society elects leaders at annual meeting
Des Moines, rec. 14. Prof. A Beach of Ames elected president and Wesley Greene of Des Moines re-elected secretary of the State Horticultural Society at the annual meeting held here.
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Des Moines
Rec
A. Beach
Ames
Wesley Greene
State Horticultural Society
Marysville Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Cramps
Marysville Pennsylvania resident Mrs George R Naylor says twelve years of monthly cramps kept her bedridden for days. After reading about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she used it and was cured. She recommends the remedy to other women with similar symptoms and invites letters for free confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Marysville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sjothers
George R. Nayior
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Liver and Bowel Health
Dr F M Edwards treated numerous women for years with a prescription of vegetable ingredients in olive oil, sold as Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. Marketed as a cure for pale complexions and tired feeling, the tablets supposedly normalize bowel action and remove waste, costing 10c or 25c per box and sold by druggists.
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F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
How to Get It Dictionary Offer
A newspaper notice describes a method to obtain a new authentic dictionary by sending three checks and ninety eight cents to cover handling packing and clerk hire costs.
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