Woman Brings Fast Tongue Before Linn County Loyalty Court
Cedar Rapids, Dec 17 Mrs Mary Davis owner of a rooming house faced the Linn county loyalty court for not meeting her liberty bond quota. Her quick tongue so impressed the court that she paid a $5 fine to the Red Cross while her husband avoided talk by ceding the fine. The court heard about 20 cases and raised about $1500 for Red Cross and liberty bonds.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Davis
Loyalty Court
Davis
Western Front
George
Red Cross
Samuel Embree
God
Embree
Linn County
Des Moines Lifts Influenza Restrictions As Cases Ease
Des Moines officials announced all public assembly restrictions tied to Spanish influenza expired after the quarantine was not extended. The public may judge precautions. theaters and dance halls reopen. social events resume this week. schools stay closed through December 20. Church services resume next Sunday.
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Des Moines
Influenza Committee
Nashua Family Sorely Stricken Four Deaths From Flu
Nashua Iowa reports four deaths in one week at the Frank Liddle home as illness spreads through the family. A daughter was laid to rest Sunday, the father and head of the household died, a son fell to pneumonia on December 7, the wife died next, and another daughter perished Friday. Two more children remain critically ill and are not expected to live.
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Nashua
Frank Liddle
Richard Grant
Stork
W.D. Borce
Carstens Brothers
Grinnell
Boyer
Louis Riebkes
Charles Roth
Roth Drug Company
J. C. Beach
Cal Wmn
Saucer
Anoka
Minn
J. Doepke
Parents Die Within Hours in Greene Home
Mrs. Della Wood died of influenza on Sunday at 1 30 p m in Greene Ta. Her husband died Friday at 7 p m from the same illness. The two children recovered. Mrs Wood worked at Ed Thompson grocery store.
Demobilization of Iowa City Student Army Training School
Iowa City on December 17 reports the demobilization of the vocational section of the Student Army Training School. 180 men of Company N are released, with Company O already released. Most Company O members hail from Michigan and Wisconsin, others from Indiana and Iowa.
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Iowa City
Army Training School
Co. O
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Towa
Vocational Training School
Co. A. B
Patient leaps to death at Red Grass hospital
Clar ence Simmons, 30, pneumonia patient, died yesterday after leaping from a fourth story window of the emergency Red Grass hospital in the Y M C A building in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Marshalltown
Clarence Simmons
Red Grass Hospital
Salt Water Now Gushes From Big Tampico Oil Well
Reports from Tampico indicate Portrero del Llano, once the world’s top oil producer, has stopped flowing oil and now releases large volumes of salt water. Experts are studying the field as other wells in the pool may be affected, but the effort to resume petroleum output continues despite potential temporary marine shipments through Tuxpam.
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City of Mexico
Tampico
Portrero del Llano
Vera Cruz
Lord Cowdray
Aquilat Qil Company
Cerro Azul
Juan Casano
Mexican Petroleum Company
Tuxpam
Ackley Counts Influenza Toll Amid Holiday Preparations
Ackley residents battle Spanish influenza as Mrs. C. H. Coler dies and several local workers at F. J. Martin, Goettel & Son, and George Centel Stores are off duty. Dozens ill, town adapts with stores extending hours for Christmas shopping while families cope.
Prominent Marble Rock Businessman Dies of Influenza
Marble Rock December 17 Funeral for Floyd Rosenkrans held at home north of town. Rev S T Weaver of M E church preached. Rosenkrans recently bought furniture and undertaking business from B J Oakes. Survived by widow and daughter Catherine. He led Marble Rock band and belonged to Masonic order Modern Woodmen and Yeomen. Parents Lester Rosenkrans and his wife mourn loss.
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Marble Rock
Floyd. Rosenkrams
S. T. Weaver
M. E.] Church
Rosenkran
Younh
B. J. Oakes
Rosenkraus
Masonic Order
Modern Woodmen
Yeoman
Marble Rock Band
Lester Rosenkrans
Catherine
Nature's Remedy CNL Tablets Aids Digestion
An advertisement extols Nature's Remedy CNL Tablets for poor digestion and vitality. It claims elimination helps. promises relief after the first dose and full benefit after several days, advising a nightly tablet and noting sales and endorsements.
Pine cough remedy from pine extract and syrup mix
An old home remedy describes mixing Pinex pine extract with sugar syrup or substitutes to ease coughs and throat irritation. Claims include relief within 24 hours and usefulness for bronchial asthma and hoarseness. Warns to use Pinex and avoid substitutes, promising satisfaction or money back.
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The
Pinow Co
Wayne, Ind
Courier Seeks Best Recruits
The Courier signals a push to attract top recruits. Officials aim to boost talent by showcasing opportunities, facilities, and potential career paths to lure standout prospects.
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Greene, JA
I.j
Phelps
Jefferson
Robert B. Murray
Ackley
C. H. Coler
F. J. Martin
H. E. Johnson
Lizzle Keller
Charles Dykstra
Ed Amman
Martin
Goettel & Son's
Yokum and Hamledt
R. Specht
George Centel
Wankesha
Oma
Cb Masters
Waterloo
Victor
Cedar Falls
Watters Drug Co
Main St
Parkersburg
Treland Music Co
Gretty & Slight
la Porte
Showers Music House
Reinbeck
R. A. Lonergan Drug Co
Traer
Oelwein
H. Boettcher & Son
Waverly
H. Broadie
E. Bremer Ave
Victrola
Victor Records
Enly
Victrola VII
Joseph
U. G. Kramer
West Fourth Street
Farmilley
Wangler Bros
Seta
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