1918 Football Toll Drops. Nine Die In Season
The 1918 football season claimed nine lives, three fewer than 1917, with most victims being freelance players not under college or town medical oversight. Experts cite insufficient training and examination as factors while defenders argue current rules limit danger. Notable victims include Gart Envder Pennsylvanian player and Maurice Thompson of Pontiac, among others.
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Chicago
Dev
America
University of Chicago
Gart
Envder
New
Philadelphia
Maurice Thompson
Pontiac
Dew
Wendel & Watkins
Chauncey
Hin Unive
Tim P. Ryan
Michael Janowsky
Owosso
Mich
McAdoo
Chester Harris
Canal Winchester
Fanc Ution
Los Angeles
Shelby
Preventa tive influenza warning and quirky notes from the editor
A humorous collage notes a influenza prevention pitch, a Peoria banker remark about banks and friends, a critic’s take on operatic pieces, a Des Moines divorce suit claiming failure at making love, a Chicago want ad offering a reward for Sam Bologna, and an editor's office boiler explosion cancelling services. It mixes local satire, ads, and brief notices with several named places and people.
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Rochester
Micth
Globe
Padden
Grandchild Brings New Hope to Traer Reader
Dan Conner rushed to Mechanicsville to meet his new grandchild, declaring the infant more handsome than its grandfather. The note closes with a hopeful nod to becoming a Good Fellow, followed by an advertisement for Phelps Glasses for head ache at 518 Jefferson.
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Traer
Ill
Dan Conner
Mechanicsville
Wrestling Title Bout Ends In Victory For Sailor
Chicago dispatch reports at the Central AAU wrestling preliminaries a 145 pound bout ended with C D Richie of Great Lakes naval training station defeating George Metropoulos of Gary Y M C A. Metropoulos was accused of biting and striking, prompting a crowd to surge toward the dressing room. Officers commanded attention and the sailors froze, preserving order as Metropoulos retreated.
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Associated Press
Chicago
C. D. Richie
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
George Metropoulos
Gary V
Metropoulos
Jackies
Long trip brings Clausen family home for holidays
A. M. and Mrs. J. Clausen of Clear Lake report Samuel Clausen Jr. and his family traveled from San Dimas Durango Mexico. They left November 15 and arrived yesterday after a month long journey via the western coast of Mexico to San Francisco and across half the United States to their old home town.
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Clear Lake
Samuel Clausen, Jr
J. Clausen
M Clausen
San Dimas
Durango
Mexico
San Francisco
United States
Group 8 of Land Bank Meets Here
Cedar Falls set to host Group 8 of the Federal land bank meeting on Dec 19 with about forty men from northeastern Iowa expected. Omaha officers and district headquarters will attend, with events at the Commercial club and Black Hawk hotel.
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Cedar Falls
Federal Land Bank
Iowa
Omaha
D. B. Hogan
Joseph N. Caray
Frank G. O'Dell
EB. D. Marc
Business Woman's Department
The
Woman's Club
Black Hawk Hotel
H. B. Boles
Waterloo
P. Colegrove
Fayette
Rochester
Minn
Waterloo Marksmen Plan Attending Parkersburg Shoot
Waterloo marksmen have copies of the Parkersburg shoot program dated December 20 at 10 a m. There are three events with purses divided 50 30 20 percent plus an old fashioned turkey and goose shoot after the events. A goose prize goes to the man who breaks the yellow bird the kaiser. A hot lunch will be served on the grounds. Several local shooters plan to attend.
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Waterloo Marksmen
Parkersburg
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Geo. McManus
Spoor
Town Daily
Deminds
Muksie
Bazzini
Narding
Des Moines
Sam Bologna
Phelps
Jefferson
PLAZA
W. A. Covell & Son
West Fourth Street
Cedar Falls Daily News
George HW. Pwaddle
Waterleovering Courier
Land Bank
Army Training Corps
Army
Navy
T Nose
William ‘Iblings
Ames
Leslie Santee
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colo, A
Black Hawk
Grundy
Bremer Counties
Cedar Falls National Bank
Garment Company
First
Washington Streets
Congregational Women
Ladies’ Association
First Congregational Church
Lydia Boehmer
H. G. Kleinfelter
H.H. Clay
John W. Leavitt
Frank J L. Vander Veer
Sarah M. Riggs
Tyner
Crumbacher, Osceola, Wis
Adelbert Rice
Camp Dodge
Camp Pike
Bvanaville
Ind
H Elizabeth Burney
J. H. Jeffers
Harry Hoagland
Camp Kearney
Cal
Long Beach
Fred Hoagland
J. W. Jarnagin
Town Farmer
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Horlick
Black’s
Neameneerer
W.a.covell& Sons
This
Brunswick Phonograph
Brunswick
Brunswick-Mann Music Co
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