Draft boards urged to drop technicality in questionnaires
Des Moines reports that local draft boards should view questionnaires as evidence aids, not rigid filings. Gen Crowder warns against perjury charges from strict signatures, urging common sense in classifying registrants while preserving essential affidavits and noting railroad workers move to general industrial classification.
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Des Moines
Adj
Logan
Crawder
Neal
Gen. Crowder
Drastic Measures to Control Venereal Disease at Camp Dodge
Des Moines reports state and federal officials tightening war era controls on venereal infections. Camp Dodge enforces strict morality and discipline, debiting pay for incapacity, while local health boards, led by the Iowa State Board of Health, are ordered to enact regulations to protect soldiers and civilians.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Ling
J. R. Shook
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Blue
United States Public Health Service
United States
Boards of Health
State Board i
Genercal
Fotal Boards of Health
Iowa
Camp Noiee
Elkhorn Man Fatally Burned in Gasoline Torch Explosion
Chris Peterson, 28, hardware merchant of Elkhorn Nebraska, died from severe burns after a gasoline torch leaked and exploded while he assisted Sorren Jensen installing a furnace in the country. Jensen sustained serious burns and was hospitalized. Peterson’s parents are described as wealthy Adams county farmers.
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Elkhorn
Chris Peterson
Peterson
Sorren Jensen
Paterson
Jensen
Adams County
La Porte City News and Notes reports social and civic events
La Porte City lists annual K of P installation led by past chancellor M. Plough and Alfred Arust, new officers named, and a Thursday meeting with hosts Mrs Hattie Smith. It also notes Red Cross dressings classes, church service plans, high school contest, local moves, travel news, and residents visiting or attending events in Des Moines Waterloo and Atlantic.
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la Porte City
J.-Narejesus
Lehenna
Hattie Smith
Mia
Joseph Waterloo
George Ranger
Mina Heleneming
United Evangelical Church
Igh
John Q. Page
Lee
San Viego
Aliee Kerr
Eagle Center
Winagene Anderson
James Murray
Won. Galloway
la Parte City
Q Ritter
West Main Street
Will McQuilkin
Eriony
Atlantic
James Giffen
Mes
McQuilkin
Des Moines
Hubert Brown
Wringhar
Will
Joseph Werr
Waterloo
Darwin Cooper
Lucy Kimball
Barrett
Red Cross
Y Tuture
Eaiile Gingrich
Chicago
Marguerite Wascon
Jose* Fox
Fire damages Tremont block in Marshalltown business district
Fire of undetermined origin caused about 30800 dollars in damage to firms in the Tremont block at the heart of Marshalltown Iowa's business section on January 1.
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Marshalltown. Ja
Tremont Block
Pape's Cold Compound a Quick Fix Claim
Advertisement extols Pape's Cold Compound to cure a cold and gripe misery. It promises fast relief from stuffed head, runny nose, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, and headache after doses every two hours, noting quick acting taste and low cost with no substitutes.
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Pape
Iowa weed law criticized by university botanist
Professor Bohumu Shimek of the state university says the Iowa weed law is misapplied and harms native wildflowers like purple cone flower and goldenrod. He argues drainage schemes and broad destruction of roadside flora hurt farming, water balance, and climate resilience, urging native or Nebraska climate analogs for plant sourcing.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Bohumu Shimek
The
State University
Shimek
Farmer Uses Hatchet on Clerk in Varina
James De Vaul, a nearby farmer, was arrested by Sheriff Winegarten after striking Alfred Witzke, a Varina store clerk, with a hatchet. Witzke suffered scalp wounds and a fractured skull and is not expected to survive. The assault followed an earlier quarrel between the men.
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Varina
James de Vaul
Here
Winegarten
Alfred Witzke
Witzke
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims 100 Dollar Cure
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Medicine can cure catarrh in all its stages and offers 100 dollars if it fails. It is taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces, build constitution, and aid nature. Proponents urge sending for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, claiming wide availability.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Obie
All Druggtat
Ioc
Red Cross Cross Mark Found On White Corn Ear
A farmer in Vinton reports a white ear of corn with a distinct red cross marking near one end. The kernels form a perfect cross, exhibited at the Hed Cross room and shown in Kirk Dry Goods window to many viewers. The item is the day's curiosity and drew attention from locals. Ella Brubaker and Pret Edwards Spruce wed in Waterloo with Rev W Spry officiating. Edwards teaches music here, Brubaker hailed from Vinton. The couple plans to reside on a Dakota cattle ranch after the school year ends. Prof George D Eaton, college for the blind supervisor, offered Army M C A work in San Antonio, Tex. M J Collins elected manager of Farmers Grain Co-Op to replace Beall. Board of Supervisors seated. Maxwell and Rolsto new members, Buch chairs. Lews Gilchrist and Stanley Bolenhaugh enlisted in Navy in Cedar Stumps, passed exams, headed to Des Moines then Great Lakes.
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Vinton
Willam Reisser
Kirk
Ella Grrbaker
Pret
Edwards
Waterloo
Gottliinarried
Hey. W. Spry
Methodist Church
Eh- Lamson Hotel
Jr. A. Brubaker
Alt. Edwards
Dakota
Black Hills
Het Mra
Eston
George D. Eaton
College For the Blind
Army
M.C. A
San Antonio
Tex
Eaton
Worl
M. J. Collins
Farmers Grain & Co-Operative Company
Chester Beall
Red Cross to open junk yard for benefit in Sioux City
The local Red Cross chapter plans a junk yard collecting bones scrap iron paper old license numbers copper wire and wagon bottoms for sale to raise funds. In Stanwood residents raid trains for coal to ease dire need as a car arrived to help the shortage.
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Jenk
Sioux City
Red Cross
Stanwood
Red Cross Drive Near Million Mark in Iowa
Shelby county leads in Red Cross enrollment relative to population as Iowa drive closes Christmas Eve. Director A E Kepford says expected membership near one million, with 700000 reported so far per Des Moines headquarters. Kossuth and Dickinson follow, while Shelby to receive silk flag for top percent. Some chapters cited for violating sweater distribution rules to soldiers.
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Red Cross
Iowa
A. E. Kepford
John P. Wallace
Des Moines
Kepford
Shelby County
Kossuth
Dickinson
W. L. Harding
American Red Cross
Red Cross rules limit chapter aid to materials
Director Kepford states chapters cannot give sweaters or money to individuals. Donations to the Red Cross go to the national body, not to local officials. Chapters may only disburse for raw materials and designated purposes, as the national plan dictates for outfitting soldiers sent to France.
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Kepford
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
Jowan Earns French War Cross for Valor in France
Fort Madison Iowa January 5 Philip Roan of this city a member of the American ambulance service in France has received orders citing him for the French croix de guerre for valorous service Roan drove ambulance under heavy bombardment and aided the wounded He intends to enter the dirigible balloon division next spring Want ad page notes follow up details.
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Fort Madison, Ja
Philip Roan
This City
The
American Ambulance Service
France
Roan
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