Snow halts enemy on Italian front amid heavy winter
Snow blankets Monte Grappa and surrounding peaks three to five feet deep hampering Austro German offensives. Italian lines hold as supply routes via Stelvio Pass are blocked by snow and avalanches. Western front activity near Arras Ypres Verdun continues with artillery and patrols. Britain reports 21 ships lost weekly.
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Whale Mountain
Scarpe
Arras
Ypres
Verdun
Woerre
Britain
Associated Press
Italy
Monte Grappa
Piave
Brenta
Lell
Austria
Stelvio
Trent
Primolane
Stelvio Pass
Europe
Friuli
London
Gonnelieu
Cambrai
Nationwide effort to clear freight cars nationwide
Washington steps to advance the wide campaign for clearing terminals during the next period were noted by Dr Director General Mc Adoo. Boards of trade shippers' organizations and state and local officials were urged to prompt loading for prompt unloading of cars as freight conditions across the east improved slightly today.
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Washington, D
Tofay Dr
McAdoo
Boards of Trade
East
Arguments in patent case before Judge Reed to finish
In federal court Judge Henry T. Reed expects final arguments in the patent infringement case today. Six men were needed to bring a single machine exhibit into the courtroom for the hearing.
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Henry T. Reed
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co elects directors in Ja. Jan. 10
At the stockholders meeting for Farmers Mutual Telephone Co serving Black Hawk and Buchanan counties, directors William Burcell William Brown and C C Reucht were re elected. The board organized with A Oliver as president and GM C C Reuchie as vice president C L Bright as secretary treasurer. The annual report for year ending Dec 31 1917 shows cash balances receipts and expenses including line taxes insurance mileage and maintenance items with total cash on hand and outstanding checks. Births and a birth list from Black Hawk county physicians follows.
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Jesup
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Co
Huesno Black Hawk
Buc
L. Thomas
Ciecessine Reeseese
WL Chapman Lumber Co
Western Electric Co
iMonarch Celephone Co
M. EB
Hull
Leich Electric Oilng Street
Yotal
Danderine Promise for Dandruff Free Hair Growth
An advertisement touts Knowiton's Dandeline claiming quick removal of dandruff and itch while promising new hair growth over weeks. It emphasizes immediate shine and fullness, easy application with a cloth, and urges readers to buy a small bottle at drug stores or counters to restore beauty and softness to neglected hair.
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Knowiton
State solicits bids for bridge and road materials
Nathan W. B. Wharber county highway engineer announced bids are sought from all cement, reinforcing steel, lumber and piling dealers for 1918 road projects. Two bid dates, Jan 18 and Feb 4, allow statewide or county submissions, with requirements listing cement at 76,000 barrels, lumber 14,000,000 feet, piling 450,000 feet, and 4,200,000 pounds reinforcing steel.
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Nathan WB. Wharber
State Supervisors’ Association
W. Bb. Strayer
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Burger Finds Little Good Seed Corn in Testing
County Agent Burger reports over 30 000 corn samples tested from Ohio Illinois Minnesota the Dakotas and many counties. He estimates only about 25 percent of seed corn is suitable with a further 48 percent dead. Testing continues as mail brings new samples with a search for a viable substitute, barley seen as a strong candidate.
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Uectar Fangy
Burger
Ohio
Ilinois
Minnesota
Dakotas
Seditious Tongues Cease as Patriotism Grows in Iowa
United States marshal H. R. Moore, visiting Waterloo for the federal rearm of court, reports that pro German activities in Iowa have largely subsided. He credits state newspapers for publicizing arrests and convictions, notes that a single federal or county officer visit tends to deter disorder, and plans to tour northwest Iowa to warn against slackerism while promoting patriotism. Moore travels by auto, visiting three to five towns daily, with no disorders reported in the Sioux City district.
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Iowa
H. R. Moore
United States
Waterloo
Moore
Florida
Miami
Mr. Moora
Courier
Hteporter
Sam
Sioux City
Wheat Substitutes in Heavy Demand
The Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill reports increasing demand for corn meal and rye flour as the public follows wheatless day rules. Mill manager W. J. Peddicord says this shows patriotic adherence to food administration directives. Local mills now source milling corn from Oklahoma and southern Missouri due to scarce northern corn.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls Union Mill Company
Food Administration
W. J. Peddicord
Towa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
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Germany
Madrid
Enrique Granados
Emrims
Black Hawk County
Edward Walter
Finchford
Danoruee
Seoane
Scane’s
Clothes
East Fourth Street
John E. Pickett
The
Curtis Publishing Company
Independence Square
Hart Schaffner
Q. Marx
Frank Bros
Black Hawk Bank
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