June primaries in Iowa focus on wet or dry issue
Des Moines reports explain that wartime concerns dominate public interest and no strong state issues emerge. Wet versus dry politics heightens as a central question for the forthcoming Iowa legislature while scrutiny of incumbents and potential candidates increases.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
W W. C. Ramsay
Belmond
House of Representatives
C. C. Pugh
Adel
Trench Life Paints Charon and River Styx Up to Date
Grinnell college French instructor John M. Smith, serving with an ambulance corps in France, describes trench life in a translated letter. He reports sleeping on a ceiling stretcher above marching trains and shells, a canal post nicknamed Styx with boatman Charon, and daily routines including coffee and soup thanks to supporters at home.
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River Styx
Grinnall, Ta
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Caroline Shaldon
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Styx
Campbell
Shelby County Wins State Red Cross Flag
Des Moines Iowa January 21 Shelby county likely wins the Red Cross membership flag offered by Mrs W L Harding wife of the Iowa governor for the largest percent of population enrolled as members Shelby county leads all counties with 85 percent The state total Red Cross membership now exceeds 700000 far above the national target for Iowa
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Des Moines
Shelby County
Red Cross
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Swallowed Dollar Kills Youth After Game Incident
Pater A. Lingbeck of Doon, 21, attended a party in Sioux City Iowa. During a game titled hide the dollar he swallowed a coin and later died after an X ray located the dollar and an operation to remove it.
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Sioux City
Pater A. Lingbeck
Doon
Loyalty Doubted Club Head Quits Muscatine Leader
J Adam Reinemund resigned as president of the Muscatine Advertising Club amid loyalty accusations after a dramatic monthly meeting at Hotel Muscatine. Henry Detthof, vice president, will fill the role. Reinemund, president two years, cited business reasons for declining patriotic campaigns and offered future service if needed.
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Red Cross
Board of Governors
Retnomund
Fontanelle Lutherans to Use English in Schools and Church
Fontanelle Jan 1 The board of trustees of the German Lutheran church resolves to use only the English language in all school and church activities. Citizens of Fontanelle express great pleasure at this patriotic decision.
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Fontanelli
State Credits in Next Army Draft
Iowa cities that supplied volunteers to the regular army national guard and national army may earn credit toward next draft quotas. The War Department weighs extending credit for voluntary enlistments beyond the first draft, with action possible to amend law or interpret it to reward states that kept recruiting after June 30. Iowa has supplied about 10,814 men since April 1, with an estimated maximum credit around 8,860 reducing its next draft quota.
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Wife Not Willing Alien Not Citizen in Iowa Case
Nevada Ia Jan 21 Judge McGill ruled a Norwegian immigrant Jacob A Jacobson must secure his wife’s consent to move to the United States or obtain a divorce before he can be naturalized. The tribunal said unwilling spouses cannot be made citizens for the applicant's sake and noted his wife and child remain in Norway.
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Iowa Falls Drops German From School Curriculum
Iowa Falls and neighboring district boards decide to end German as a study starting next school year. Current classes will finish the year, with future curriculum uncertain.
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Iowa Falls
Towa Falls
Independence Bay Promoted in Army
In January 21, Roland EB Netcott was promoted to first lieutenant of the Twelfth Field Artillery, Prairie Division, at Camp Logan Texas. Darrell Potter, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Potter, is on duty aboard the battleship Georgia. Private Arthur 5S Plane of Co H 139th US Infantry at Camp Cody is recovering from pneumonia. George Iekel has a brief home leave from Camp Dodge. Guy Atchinson, stationed at Camp Devens near Boston, is on leave. Rev C W Fletcher reports his son passed his aviation branch army exam.
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Tex
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Harry Potter
Great Dekes Naval Training School
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Arthur
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AP Seeks Early Hearing in News Piracy Case
Washington Jan 19 The EU frame court was asked to expedite the suit by the Associated Press to stop the International News Service from pirating AP news. Lower courts granted injunctions and an appeal was taken. The court was asked to set April 16 for arguments. The Associated Press supported the motion.
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Associated Press
International
Hearst! Service
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Iowa Troops Parade at Camp Cody Two Hawkeye Boys Die
Camp Cody New Mexico January 21 The 34th division passed in review before Gov Burnquist Maj Gen Blockson and Minnesota staff Brig Gen Hubert Allen Iowa troops showed fit ready for service amid a cantonment criticism by Gen Breseman Knutson Two Iowa soldiers died of pneumonia Albert L Davis Danville Wendell Williams Fontanelli Iowa Church bans German language in schools and church
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Hubert A. Allen
Iowa
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Wagoner
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128Th Machine Gun Battalion
Wendell Williams
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Danville
Olive Tablets Offer Pure Vegetable Health Aid
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a calomel substitute, are a purely vegetable mix with olive oil. They are marketed to improve skin tone, appetite, and energy by stimulating the liver and bowels without dangerous after effects. Millions of boxes are sold annually at 10c and 25c, with guidance to take one or two nightly.
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