Pneumonia Conditions At Camp Cody Draw Gov. Harding Fire
Gov W L Harding reports pneumonia concerns at Camp Cody in Deming New Mexico. He urges relocation of patients to lower altitude and other precautions. Secretary Baker replies that issues will be addressed and cites plans to move pneumonia cases quickly if needed. Col Ashburn notes pneumonia mortality at the camp has been lower than most camps and praises camp sterilization through sunlight.
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Des Moines
Camp Cody
W. L. Harding
Deming
William Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Col
P. M. Ashburn
United States Surgeon General
Big Southwest
Gov
Harding
War
Baker
N. M
Newton Baker
Wear
Col. Ashburn
Some Draft Boards Lax in Forwarding Men to Fill Quota
Des Moines January 1 Some draft boards in Iowa are not sending men to camps promptly to cover deficiencies in calls already made General Logan reports in an order to draft boards He instructs boards to forward men selected under old regulations until class one is filled and to replace discharged men at Camp Dodge He says local boards can determine from their records the number of men needed to meet the deficiency and outlines further details on new classification rules.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Logan
Camp Dodge
Dodge
Commercial Club of Manchester Gets Cold Feet
Manchester Io Jan 1 The Manchester Commercial club canceled its lease of the Central opera house due to heating troubles in cold weather It shifted remaining acts to the steam heated City opera house where the Triplett Sandham company would perform starting New Years day A farewell meeting honored Dr M D Wilson former club secretary and gifts were presented.
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Manchester
Manchester Commercial Club
Central Opera House
City Opera House
Triplett-Sandham Company
Commercial Club
Parewell
M. D. Wilson
Palace
XN. D. Wilson
Jackson
Wilson
J. L. Rann
Legal Advisory Board
Special Session to Be Decided by Wednesday Night
Des Moines June 1 Gov Harding may decide on calling a special session before Wednesday night departure. He and state defense council members will tour Columbus and Indianapolis to study census and resources surveys. They return Monday. New laws proposed include ratification of federal prohibition amendment and a venereal disease internment statute. A money draft tax plan and expanded auth for the state defense council accompany other measures.
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Des Moines
Harding
State Defense Council
Columbus
Indianapolis
Ohio
Indiana
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Board of Control
Thought Himself Free Convicted of Bigamy
Clinton Iowa January report details Roe S Cherry a 25 year old man convicted of bigamy after not verifying court records. He was sentenced under the indeterminate sentence law to the state reformatory at Anamosa. Cherry claimed separation from his first wife, but it emerged his second marriage occurred after a possible divorce. His second wife remains supportive as he serves his sentence in the county jail.
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Clinton, Ja
Roe S. Cherry
Clinton County
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Clinton
Galesburg
Ill
Cherry
Hamilton Co Farm Bureau Fixes Seed Corn Price
Webster City Iowa January 1 The Hamilton county farm bureau fixed seed corn price at 10 per bushel with a general average near 7 At local sales seed corn sold up to 1650 per bushel County Agent Chris Christensen will test seed corn free and plans a station in Webster City to aid farmers a seed shortage is anticipated next spring Soldiers lose an arm George Owens of Muscatine Iowa dies in an artillery regiment accident near Carrizozo New Mexico remains in Fort Bliss hospital awaiting discharge after recovery from injury.
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Webster City
Hamilton County Farm Bureau
Chris Christensen
Camp Cody
N. M
George Owens
Muscatine
France
Carrizozo
Fort Bliss
Owens
Army
Swamp Root Kidney Ailments Ad Claims Medicine Lead
Advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the top remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It touts gentle immediate effects and broad testing via a sample bottle offer. The copy urges readers to send ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton for a sample and to mention Waterloo Evening Courier.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Waterloo Evening Courier
Labor conditions praised in Iowa amid war order shifts
Des Moines reports Iowa cites unusually strong labor conditions for the year with wages rising nationwide. Amrose Urick state labor commissioner notes a single major strike, in Great Western shops at Osbwi n. Farm wages in Des Moines area cap at $36 monthly as manufacturers pivot to war orders, including a Charles City firm returning to gas engines and farm machinery.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ambrose Urick
United States
Urick
Great Western
Oslwein
Des’ Moines
Labor Bureau
Charles City
Aircraft Seen Over Tama County In January Light Flare
In Tama Ia on Sunday around 5 40 PM residents reported seeing a fast moving aircraft sailing in a northern direction. The sighting occurred during darkness with the light clearly visible though the craft outline could not be discerned. Local details are limited and no further information is available.
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Tama
Mis Lawther Declares Suffrage A War Measure
Miss Anna B. Lawther Iowa Equal Suffrage Association president urges four women’s committees on conservation Americanization child welfare and women in industry. She says federal suffrage must be a war measure, not a reward to men, and backs registering Iowa women for war work.
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Dubuque
Anna B. Lawther
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Lawther
East
Washington
D. C
Trs Lawther
Dubuque County
Carolyn Dysart
Women's Committee
National Commnserl of Defense
Mother of Murder Victim Dies in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa on January 1 the mother of a murder victim died. The report notes the family tragedy and local response as authorities investigate the case.
Theodore Roosevelt to Speak in Des Moines Boldly
Theodore Roosevelt wires Des Moines editor Lafayette Young to announce a February 11 speech in Des Moines at the Iowa Press association annual meeting. He will travel from St. Louis on February 10 and proceed to Milwaukee February 12, inviting members of the National Security League and American Defense Society to attend.
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Des Moines
le Roosevelt
Lafayette Young
Chase Discontinues Herald Newspaper in Webster City
Senator D C Chase of Webster City Iowa has discontinued publication of the Herald a weekly he owned for years. The paper was said to be a losing proposition with talk he may seek the congressional nomination next spring against Frank P Woods and his friends believe he is winding down various business interests accordingly. Major Mauricn Connolly visiting Dubuque from Chanute aviation field is awaiting orders to report elsewhere and is optimistic about colleagues sailing for France soon.
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Chase
Webster City
D. C. Chase
The
Herald
Frank P. Woods
Staron Connolly
Dubuque
Mauricn Connolly
Chanute
Rantoul
Connolly
France
Banks Unite Resources In Marshalltown Consolidation
Marshalltown Iowa January 1 The federal reserve bank law allows national banks to ban on real estate up to one third of their combined time and savings deposits. The First National bank announced yesterday the consolidation of the First Trust and Savings Bank, a subsidiary corporation, with the bank.
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Marshalltown
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank
Bank Consolidation Boosts Deposits to Two Million
The First National absorbs its subsidiary, forming a combined entity with First National and First Trust and Savings. Deposits total $2,053,325 and surplus and undivided profits amount to $74,000, while capital stays at $200,000.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Law National Banks
First National
First Trust and Savings
Food Campaign Under Way in Britain
London January 1 Sir Arthur Yapp secretary to the British food controller announces a Save or Starve campaign. It will start with pulpit appeals five minute theatre speeches and showings then mass meetings in Trafalgar Square and Albert Hall. If it fails the nation faces compulsory rationing.
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London
Arthur Yapp
Talfal- Bar Square
Albert Hall
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure piles. Treats itching bleeding and protracted cases. First application offers relief. Price 60 cents.
Prisoners share poracco with soldiers in France vote
Prisoners at San Quentins Calif vote to send one half of their tobacco allowance to American expeditionary force in France. Warden Johnston approves the plan and two 60 gallon barrels of tobacco are prepared for shipment. Christmas gifts including mufflers and gloves are also sent. Washington Star reports a humorous exchange about a woman voting.
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San Quéntin
Cal
Tan
Bere
Johnston
France
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