Statewide census to register all residents for war effort
Governor Harding directs a compulsory census and survey of Iowa to tally men women and children at voting precincts. The process aims to assess manpower and resources including factories and agriculture to prioritize essential war needs and coordinate with the national council of defense. A plans committee will meet to set schedules and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes Moines
Harding
National Council of Defense
Defense
Club Organized to Aid War Moves
Muscatine Iowa forms Liberty Campaign club adopting a constitution and bylaws with a board of directors. The group aims to unite patriotic citizens to support war efforts and fund campaigns and to assess future movements for fundraising. Members must be loyal, reliable, and recommended by a local director. Officers listed include Musser, Nichols, Nicola, Jayne, Browning, Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Liberty Campaign Club
Hauer
Muscatine County
United States
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers Reward
An old advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh with a one hundred dollar reward for any case not cured. It claims thirty five years of use and that the medicine cleanses blood and heals mucous surfaces. Testimonials are solicited and mailed free from F. S. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Hall
Halli
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Jury Awards Record $11,500 in Northwestern Lawsuit
In Woodbury County Iowa a jury verdict for plaintiff Rudolph Holming against Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co awards $11,500 for personal injuries from a collision with a company truck while he rode a motorcycle. Holming, about 19, sustained permanent injuries.
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Stoak City
Woodbury County
Rudolph Holming
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Company
Northwestern
Holovig
Leaking acetylene gas injures Bert Zink near Mount Pleasant
Bert Zink, 16, is in serious condition after a gas leak ignited by a lighted lantern at his home northeast of Mount Pleasant. He escaped himself by shedding burning clothing, but sustained extensive burns from the acetylene explosion at the generating plant nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Bert Zink
Court upholds anti high school fraternity law in Des Moines
Polk county district court sustains Iowa anti fraternities law in case brought by suspended students. Judge Lawrence De Graff rules school authorities acted within rights to suspend fraternity members from local high schools. He states attending public school is not a guaranteed right under the federal privileges and immunities clause and notes possible appeal to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Polk County
Lawrence de Graff
de Graff
Supreme Court
High school expels students over sorority and fraternity ties
Several weeks ago a group of students were expelled for membership as yearbook notes describe a campaign against high school fraternities and sororities.
Woman Kept in Filthy Shack With Seven Fox Terriers
Mrs. Jennie Smith, living in a squalid two room shack in Council Bluffs, was taken into custody with seven emaciated fox terriers as a guardian case is heard. The indigent woman with $480 and a $4,500 mortgage faces a temporary commitment to St Bernard’s hospital while a guardian is sought.
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Council Bluffs
Jennie Smith
George Gilaspy
Ingranty Board
St. Bernard's Hospital
Guardian
Sidney A. Smith
District Court
Piles Cured Fast by PAZO Ointment Ad
Druggists offer PAZO OINTMENT promising cure for itching bleeding protruding piles within six to fourteen days. First application brings relief. money refunded if not cured. Price sixty cents.
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Cc. R. Musser
E. C. Nichols
George Nicola
W. KR. Jayne
Earl S. Browning
W. D. Harris
Sust Nees
Altho Nad
Toy
Dept
Davidsons Toy Department
Uare
Mair
Rockers
the Speedy Racer
Operes
Burrows
Deldree
Jaron Reco
Columbia
Columbia Graphophone Company
New York
Red Cross Drug Co
Cane Eee
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