Dubuque Battles Infantile Paralysis Amid Outbreak
Dubuque faces a growing infantile paralysis outbreak with 32 cases and eight deaths. City measures include restricted travel, a revamped health board, metal garbage cans, and closures of parks and beaches for children under 12. Two new cases appear in Bellevue as spread from Dubuque is suspected.
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Dubuque
Board of Health
Health Board
Elf
Union Park
Eagle Point Park
Fifth Thruout City
City of
Bellervno
Bellavue
Theodore Martin
Bellevue
Ruth Graaf
Henry Graaf
Mystery Hog Cholera Outbreak Sparks Quarantine in Adair County
Four townships in northwest Adair County Iowa are under quarantine as hog cholera appears in nine farms. Affected swine include a strange six week old pig found diseased in each herd, suggesting deliberate introduction. Federal officials Dr. G A Kay and assistants Cobb and Thompson lead an investigation to halt spread and uncover the culprit.
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Atlantic
Adair County
Federal District
G. A. Kay
Summit
Walnut
Prussia
Eureka
Adair
Anita
Kay
Federal
Walnut Township
Cedar Falls News Briefs and Local Notices
Charles Burroughs, grandson of Mrs. Carrie Burroughs, lies abroad in France with the American expeditionary forces in the telephone department. Black Hawk County exempts 218 men for a new draft contingent to entrain the week of July 22. Local items include a moved exemption office, a selected recruit for Austin training school, a Cedar Falls home purchase by Dr. J. G. Corsaut, and a missing car case. Female aliens registering in Cedar Falls receive official ID cards.
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Cedar Falls
Charles ‘Burroughs
Carrie Burroughs
France
Burroughs
Frank E. Ward
Percy Burroughs
Waterloo
Seattle
County Exemption Board
Black Hawks County Exemption Board
Carpenter Block
Spring Lake Ice Company
Main Street
Rock Island
Hughes Dry Goods Company
W. A. Bryant
County Board
Edward Hansen
Richland
John Rohrsen
Tanesville
Coury Boardi
Black Hawk County
Government
Austin
Tex
G. Rude
Rolfe
Paul Rude
Cedar Walls
J. G. Corsaut
Chas. B. Rhoades
West Sixth Street
Corsaul
Enlow
Franklin Street
Dubuque
U. S. Gypsum Company
Chicago
Claude W. Tack Buried in Greene with Largest Ceremony
Funeral services for Claude Wayne Tack, youngest soldier in the first American expedition to France, were held in Greene at 3 p.m. in a public park with extensive military honors. Corporal K. Stevens led the ceremonies from Fort Snelling, and a furloughed escort of several soldiers attended. Local clergy conducted prayers and readings as townspeople gathered, with burial in Rosehill cemetery and taps by W. H. Strearyer. Pallbearers were Tack’s former schoolmates and Sunday school friends.
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Greene
Claude Wayne Tack
France
K. Stevens
Fort Snelling
L. F. Kelly
Walter Kyle
James B. Hardy
Lloyd Waite
E. H.hartwig
Shell Rock
J. H. Sinkey
Clarksville
J. W. Chase
Presbyterian Church
Tack
W. R. Britain
Church of the Brethren
Harle A. Baker
Methodist Church
Co. G. Burling
Country Council of Defense
M. J.hogan
Catholic Church
John Tack
Rosehill Cemetery
Taps
W. H. Strearyer
Lester Earnhardt
Robert Kerr
Darrel Kahndare
Donald Kingsery
Floyd Bier
Darrel Kingery
Foster parents retain custody of child in habeas case
A habeas corpus case involving Cleon Marles resulted in Judge Mullan denying the writ and keeping custody with foster parents Charles R. and Alma B. Belpere who plan to drive to Lincoln with the child. The court found the natural parents unable to care for her.
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Cleon Marles
Clark
W. H. Clark
Co. W. Mullan
Charles R
Alma B. Belpere
Lincoln
Neb
Tudge Mullan
Men Who Enlist for War Duty
Names of seamen and support ratings enlisting for war service at Great Lakes include Frank L. Kittinger Hudson George C. D. Shimer Hudson Roy W. Swenson Postville John O. Anderson Clermont Harry W. Palmer Osage and Irving M. Dodge Osage with ranks such as second class seamen third class firemen and electrician and aviation mechanic.
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Great Lakes
Frank L. Kittinger
Hudson
George C. D. Shimer
Roy W. Swenson
Postville
John O. Anderson
Clermont
Harry W. Palmer
Osage
Irving M. Dodge
Paper-Stuck Glass at Bomb Proof Windows Questioned
Paris officials and a government scientist report that using paper stuck to glass to prevent shattering from nearby bombs is ineffective. The tests show paper does not protect windows, despite widespread belief that papered panes deterred damage.
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Paris
Fake Blakelock Paintings Stir Philadelphia Art Circles
A rambling discussion on Blakelock forgeries notes a mass manufacture of bogus Blakelocks flooding the market. It warns that the spurious works expose buyers to risk while highlighting the broader pattern of artistic fraud in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Blaketock
Blakelock
Pielsing
Ranger
Inness
Wsant
Republicans 10 Meet Tomorrow in Des Moines Convention
Des Moines readers learn the Republican state convention opens at 11 a m tomorrow in the Coliseum with 1661 delegates, the largest in history. Barr is favored to win the superintendent post, platform focuses on ratifying national prohibition and wartime policies, caucuses set for Wednesday at 10 am. Indicted rat man Bruce Cameron posts bond in St Louis after burglary and larceny charges linked to stolen referendum petitions.
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Des Moines
Coliseum
Harding
Astate
Democratic Party
Wilson
Louis
Briuce Cameron
United Railways Company
Cameron
United Railways
The Mating of Marcella at Plaza Theatre
W Miss Dalton stars in The Mating of Marcella a domestic photoplay at Plaza Theatre Wednesday and Thursday. The plot centers on an American girl caught in a selfish divorce plot with alimony and features strong emotional acting and unusual dramatic situations. William Farnum in True Blue is also listed at Plaza.
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Marcella
Miss Dalton
the Plaza
Bill Farnum Fights Again In Fox Picture
In the latest Fox release Bill Farnum is again shown in action packed scenes of combat and danger. The talk around theatres today centers on his on screen bravado and the crowd’s reaction mirrors childhood rumors of his fighting days.
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Bill Farnum
True Blue at the Crystal Theatre Tonight
The Crystal Theatre presents True Blue highlighting a struggle against caste restrictions and privilege, calling for freedom and independence just as ancestors did. The venue advertises the screening as a bold, socially charged program for today.
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Crystal Theatre
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True Blue
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