True and Thrilling Tale of a Wounded Canadian Officer in Murren
Lieutenant J Harvey Douglas recalls experiences of a wounded Canadian officer who fell into the Murren camp. The article details dental relief by Mr Woods, hospital tents, and social life at Lausanne, with moving stories of prisoners, interned, and reuniting families.
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J. Harvey Douglas
Fourth
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Public Ledger
Murren
Lobbs
Woods
Gotght
Switzerland
Palace Hotel
Europe
Mr. Wood
Tim
Wengen
Chateau d'Oex
Lausanne
London
Piccaailly
Strand
Y. M. C, Aker
Tommies Thoroly
Charlie Chaplin
England
Mons
Letters From Waterloo Boys in the Service at Camp Cody
A Waterloo letters page recounts camp life and officer talks at Camp Cody. Private anecdotes describe misting conditions, troop transfers, and a British captain’s lecture on gas, trench warfare, and gas masks. The writer notes light rains, cooties remedies, and plans for postwar service while praising America’s wartime efficiency and resilience.
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Capt. Moore
Fred
Tie
Ufe
Neming
Moore
America
The Wise Father and the Dinner Table
A reflection on modern fathers valuing time. a man’s efficiency should not crowd out raising high quality children. The author urges more shared meals to foster family focus and instill vital priorities during youth.
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Minneapolis Journal
Lincoln
Minneapolis
Mi. C. A
Tender line on children as jewels in wartime psychiatry
London Chronicle recalls a line praising children as jewels and argues the nation should prize population growth over material wealth. It notes Duchess of Marlborogh funding maternity centers to rehabilitate a weakened nation and cites Lord Kitchener’s Sudan campaign as a backdrop to wartime losses.
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London Chronicle
Mit
Lord Kitchener
Morles
Bolshevik blik on debt repudiation clashed with Jefferson
The Kansas City Star satirically contrasts Bolshevik ideas of founding a republic with Thomas Jefferson. The article questions debt repudiation as a political principle and notes the differing views of Bolshevik concepts versus Jeffersonian ideals.
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Kansas City
Iowa farmers hear prize corn sale aids Red Cross
Practical Farm and Garden Suggestions records a prize corn show at the Iowa State College gym during Read Cross fundraiser week. Winners include Brizer of Mahaska county and entrants from Odegillville and Hore HIM, with proceeds supporting Red Cross in Mahaska county and Women Earn Moringers. officers and district vice presidents of the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ association are listed amid calls for tob re eradication of bovine tuberculosis and a Sloan plan with funding.
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Riad
Champton
Brizer
Mahaska County
le Mardiug
Iowa State College
Krigor
eUdgville
Mahuska County
Federal
Fond Administration
Flown Women Farm Managers'’ Association
Nellie M. H Richardson
Des
Currie C. Rutledge
Fort Dodge
Fannie Khinek
Chirkaville
First View
Fannie Wilson
South English
Margaret Fugitt
Thurman
Mia
Harriet Wallace Ashby
Dex Maines
Amd
W. W. Gingles
Castana
J. J. Vetty
Elliott
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa
Association
Fran
McCullough
Wartwisk
W. E. Krizer
Eddyville
Presi- Ti
Richting
Ames
Secre Taul
A. Taff
D.W. Zentmire
Ylanson
Inwond
Floyd Laughtin
Osage
George Gronna
Waterville
Plw
Peterson
Cherokee
W. J. Irving
Webster City
A. McQaffre
Janesville
P.M. Trullinger
Coon Rapids
Tawa
Aberdeen-Angus Preeders’ Association
Milt Tudor
Jona Ity
W. R. Blake
Low Moor
Carl Rosenfeld
Kelley
Kitchen Backbone of Farm Brings Focus on Farm Home Needs
An editorial argues the farm kitchen lags behind farm tools and science, calling the kitchen the critical link in agricultural progress. It contends government and industry have improved farming alike, but the farmhouse, especially the kitchen, remains underdeveloped and burdens the farmer's wife with endless toil.
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Irving
These Hens Lay Nickel Eggs Far Above Gold
J C Rainbow a farm north of town on Logan avenue reports 150 hens and pullets producing nickel eggs this January. Every egg in the past three weeks brought five cents, totaling 37.80 from 67 dozen eggs sold to local drug stores. Cold weather boosted production with pullets laying six eggs before February 1, then routine records detail daily outputs for January.
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Logan Avenue
Tre
Rainbow
Soda Famatulma
Potatoes and Wheat Flour Use Promoted for Food Supply
The agricultural department urges Americans to eat more potatoes to utilize a large crop and save grain. The piece lists 100 cooking methods from boiled to soup stock, includes a scalloped potatoes recipe, and notes how hens are fed and kept healthy with warm water and exercise. It highlights storage, feeding practices, and poultry care by Mr. Stainbow and an amateur Waterloo gardener testing sweet corn ears.
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Agricultural Department
Gna
December Cow Testing Records Report
December testing by the dairy association shows 4532 cows tested with 6 percent butterfat from 281 producers. Four cows yielded 4 pounds and 289 cows produced 40 pounds. 52 cows were sold amid purchases by association members during the month. The report notes tester shortages and winter milking declines as causes. It mentions experiments indicating a balanced ration can be profitable despite high feed prices.
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Lown Ow
Association
Howe
Livestock Numbers and Prices by U S and Iowa 1914 1918
The agricultural reporting board of the Bureau of Crop Estimates releases figures on numbers and average prices of livestock for the United States and Iowa. Estimates are based on reports from correspondents and field agents funneled through Council Bluffs office.
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U.S
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Awval Reporting Board
United States
Department of Agriculture
Towa
Bureau
Council, Bluffs
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