Garden Plot Offered by Cedar Heights Mayor in 1914
Mayor William Gallo of Cedar Heights proposed a free use community garden on 10 to 12 acres for local boys and girls. The condition is weed-free plots. A five-member committee will oversee the plan through the Cedar Heights Community Center club. The meeting featured patriotic talks, Red Cross demonstrations, and a $300 balance after producing over 10,000 items for the national war effort.
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William Galloway
Cedar Heights
Galloway
H. C. Moeller
Cedar Heights Red Cross
National
George Hall
W., F. Parrott
Macy Camphell
Big crowd skates at Y W C A gymnasium
About 150 young people enjoyed roller skating at the Y W C A last night. The rooms are open to city youth each Wednesday and Saturday evening with games music and skating. Saturday skating starts at 9 30 to avoid noise in the storage below and rooms stay open until 11 on Saturdays and 7 to 10 on Wednesdays. Those with fiber skates urged as steel skates cut fiber.
Russian Atrocities On Aland Islands Move Reported
Stockholm February 14 Russian soldiers are reported to be committing shocking acts of terrorism in the Aland islands. Swedish residents have fled to outlying islands and a Swedish icebreaker will start immediately for the islands, followed by rescue expeditions. The Aland islands lie in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden and belong to Russia. Most inhabitants are of Swedish nationality or descent.
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Stockholm
Aland Islands
Gulf
Bothnia
Finland
Sweden
Russia
King George offers three palaces for war use
London defecting items report King George offers Balmoral Castle for wounded soldiers and Buckingham and Kensington Palaces for nobility officers but no government action yet. HW. B. Lizer resigns.
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George
London
Nking George
The
Daily News
Balmoral Castle
Buckingham Palace
Kensington Palace
iSmileage Book Campaign Nears Waterloo Close
P E Ritz heads the iSmileage book drive in Waterloo with the final consignment in hand. Committees aim to dispose of all books by Saturday noon and report to Ritz. Total Waterloo sales exceed 1500 dollars, above the quota, with buyers urged to sign blanks and mail books to cantonments where Waterloo soldiers are stationed.
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P. E. Ritz
Waterloo
Ritz
Evening Courier
Roosevelt Improves After Operation Recovery
New York February 14 physicians at Roosevelt hospital said Theodore Roosevelt’s condition continued to improve after operations last week. He passed another comfortable night as he convalesces.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Free VapoRub Packages Promised To Waterloo Mothers
An old coupon offer promotes VapoRub as a home remedy for croup and cold troubles. The ad claims a vapor treatment using a salve that releases vapors through body heat and suggests external application for chest and throat. Druggists dispense 60 free packages with coupon. note misprints and regional Waterloo context.
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North Carolina
South
Waterloo
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Tencres
Y. W. C. A. Gymnasium
Beloit
Wis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Illinois Athletic Club Five
Chicago
Stoughton
Ripon College
Dubuque College
HW. B. Lizer
H. B. Lizer
la Porte City
Dean
Wm. Starr
Fowler St
Wangler Bros. Drug Co
Doan
Home Outfitters
Leath
Fourth Street
iSmileage
Chas. H. Fletchers
LeeAeer
Yvick
VapoRub
New Kayser and Fownes Cham
Hoover
Elsie Dinsmore
Little Sister
Aunt Mary
Mina ‘Taylor
Betes
Mina Taylor
Abersays
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