Arctic Explorer Promotes Pole Life In Chicago Ad
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, marketed a polar utopia in Chicago, claiming one suit of clothes and meat for life, while dismissing wireless and world news. He spoke at a Geographic Society luncheon about his May 1918 to October 1919 Arctic trip and discussed submarines as a potential aid to polar exploration.
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Chicago
North Pole
Vilhjammur Stefansson
Couse
Pole
Utopia
Geographic Society
Ute Society
Union
Ins Deutschland
Marine Unions in New York Threaten Fresh Strike
New York reports threats by marine workers to renew a strike against the railroad administration over alleged breaches of a recent settlement. Large liners including Cunard Caronia and Mauritania, White Star, and French line vessels remain in port awaiting coal and passage. Independent boat owners reject terms, while a longshoremen strike in support of harbor workers continues to affect trans Atlantic shipping.
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Associated Tress
New York
Hines
Mde
Marine Workers
Railroad Administration
Europe
Cunard
Caronia
Mauretania
White Star
Widowers Lose by Tax Ruling But Benedicts Win
In Chicago district the income tax exemption for wife and children covers all of 1918 even if a wife marries or a child is born on December 31. Commissioner Roper’s ruling saves married men earning $2000 yearly but harms widowers who lose a spouse during the year.
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Associated Press
Ghicaro
Commissioner Roper
Juling Smielanke
Internal Revenue
Chicago
Army Gas Mask Not Fit for Mine Use Warns Bureau
The Capital Bureau reports the War Army gas mask is nearly useless in civil work. Director Van H. Manning warns masks are dangerous in confined gas, ineffective against carbon monoxide, and only suitable in certain chemical industries such as around smelters and roasters and in bleaching powder operations.
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Associade Tress
Washington, B
Mareh l
Bureau of Mines
van H. Manining
Menning
Railway Clerks Strike Shuts Down System Nationwide
Twelve hundred clerks employed by the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway began a strike in Nashville on March 11 alleging unfair treatment by federal auditor A. P. Orterson. The entire system is affected as the stoppage halts normal operations.
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Strime
Nashville
Tenn
Nashvile, Chattanooga &St. Jouis Railway
A. P. Orterson
Federal
Railroad Administration
Enlira
Teut troops lay low strongholds of Spartacans
German government troops in Berlin pressed advances against Spartacan strongholds in the north and east using artillery and mines to minimize losses. Rebels, though, shifted their resistance toward the eastern suburbs as railway service resumed amid wage strikes and widespread opposition to government actions.
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TEUT
Associated Press
London
Berlin
1.C
Op. O
Siletsian
Armis
Hamshorn-Essen
Local Obituaries: Pierce, Thompson and Nikoloff Rites
Death notices from Hudson Iowa report M Pierce age 92 at 5730 today after illness from a stroke. Survived by widow Sarah Hater two sisters and a brother. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at home with Rev Lockwood, burial Fairview. Petersen Bros funeral home handling remains. Also Mrs Thompson 86 pioneer resident died at home after senility. Survived by husband three children. services pending son from Seattle. Christ Nikoloff 31 Bulgarian native died at Presbyterian hospital from brain abscess. Survived by widow mother two brothers in Bulgaria. funeral at O Keefe Towne chapel burial Fairview.
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M. Pierce
Irving? Street
Defiance
Jos _eph Pierce
Manhattan
Kan
Sarah Hater
Jewell City
Waterloo
Colorado
Louisville
Kansas City
Wrowing
EB. J. Lockwood
Fairview
Petersen Bros
Hudson
Mres. Mmpson
Christ Nikolofe
Christ Nikoloff
Presbyterian Hospital
Bulgaria
Turkey
Nikoloff
John Panos
Greek Orthodox Church
O'Keefe& Towne
Pershing to Visit Rainbow Division on Inspection Trip
Coblenz dispatch reports General Pershing will travel from Coblenz to Luxem burg then Coblenz to inspect the American occupation forces in the area of the third army. He will review six divisions including the Rainbow 42nd, which is to entrain for Antwerp and home by April 1.
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Pershing
Rainbows
Associated Press
Coblenz
iGen
Goblenz
Luxamsburg
T Third Army
Army l of Occupation
Antwerp
Home
Big lawsuit means much to Mr. Brown
Gus E Brown of Galena Illinois is among plaintiffs in a 600000 dollar suit against M B Gear Co DeOil Michigan and others. The case has moved through courts for five years with verdicts in favor of plaintiffs and the supreme court affirming. The current issue seeks to value Mr Brown holdings and potential distributions could reach 304806 dollars plus five years accrued interest if a settlement is ordered.
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Gus E. Brown
Galena
Hotel Martin
M. & 8. Gear Co
De'oil
Mich
C. Walt
Parkersburg
Louis N. Scarlock
Chicago
William F. Muehl
Kansas City
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Mr. Brown
Wriday
Brown
Edwards, Longley, Ranslar & Tlarrig
Brawn
City in Brief: Local notes from Waterloo district
John Andrews of Columbus visits for several days as president of Fred L. Kimball Co. A marriage license issued to George W. Gurnea and Alnora P. Middleton from Chisago. Thomas Carlin of Oskaloosa in town visiting friends. Walter P. Jensen to assist farmers with income tax returns in Dike. 144 instruments filed for record with county recorder Jennie Bird, near-record March total. Waterloo public schools accredited. certificate received. Waterloo Commercial club to vote on minimum member age. directors to meet. A Waterloo area job-seeker writes from Pennsylvania. Woman’s club to form business department. meeting at Mrs. G. C. M. Young’s home. Banks in Black Hawk County subscribe $2,849,500 in treasury certificates for Victory bond issue. Sergt. Fred Herfurth ordered to embark home from France Feb 23. Dr. Carl Bickley alerted: wife Cecil Bickley ill with pneumonia at Oberlin. Municipal court jury sworn. case Merrick vs Hageman transferred to district court denied. Chamber of Commerce campaigns for 150 new members by March 20. Slogan Every Member Get a Member. Warranty deeds to Fowler Brothers Realty filed. $379,000. Des Moines informs soldiers filing discharge papers will be charged 50 cents until May 1. Money goes to county treasurer. Los Angeles firm seeks night protection for guarding assets.
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Thomas Carlin
Oskaloosa
Mr. Carlin
France
Walter P. Jensen
Jennie
Bird
Waterloo Public Schools
A. M. Deyoe
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Waterloo Commercial
Board of Directors
Pennsylvania
Waterloo
Government Employment Bureau
Woman's Club
M. Youttg
Alta Vista Avenue
Black Hawk County
Treasury
Merrick
B. F. Hageman
Chamber of Commerce
Fowler Brothers Realty Company
F. Fowler
G. V. Fowler
Girl peeping incident ends in brutal assault at apartments
Dallas report recounts 20 year old Thomas Jones peering through a keyhole and transom at four young women. after being discovered, he was attacked by the dormitory group, losing hair and suffering threats as punishment for the intrusion.
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Dallas
Thomas Jones
Tom
War Worker Harry Evans to Lecture Here Wednesday
Des Moines war correspondent Harry Evans, long associated with the YMCA, will address Commercial club members at 1 pm Wednesday. He will then speak on The World War at Walnut Street Baptist church, free to the public, drawing on a year as a battlefront correspondent and later leading YMCA forces with the American army in Italy.
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Harry Evans
Des Moines
Italy
Commercial Club
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Evans
Waterloo ¥. M. C. A
VY. M. C. A. Board
U Boats Demanded by German Public Bernstorff Says
Berlin heard Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States speak to a Democratic club. He said public opinion in Germany would have dictated submarine warfare but must be enlightened and democratic. He noted Germany’s downfall came from ruth less submarine warfare and discussed the German public’s role.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Democratic Club
Mondell Named Floor Leader After Mann Declines
In Washington on March 11 Representative Frank Mondell of Wyoming was chosen Republican floor leader in the new House after Representative Mann of Illinois, the prior leader, declined to accept the post following a first ballot vote by the Republican conference.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Frank Mondell
Wyoming
Mann
Illinois
Teader
Preparing the Victory Garden Hotbed and Seedling Care
Americans prepare victory gardens using compost and fresh manure, with ground heated for peppers tomatoes and eggplants. The hotbed requires south facing shelter, 18 inch soil replacement, and four inches of compost, with careful ventilation and morning watering to prevent damping off.
Three Iowans Among Congressmen Invited to Europe by Baker
Washington March 11 Several members of the house military committee will join Secretary Baker to Europe to inspect the American army of occupation and camps. They plan to sail from New York on the George Washington soon after April 1. Iowa's Hull is among the invitees along with Dent Alabama Fields Kentucky Olney Massachusetts Nichols South Carolina Harrison Virginia Anthony Kansas Quin Mississippi Caldwell New York Wise Georgia Greene Vermont Otago Pennsylvania Kahn California who is en route abroad.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
House Military Committee
Baker
Europe
New York
George Washington
Dent
Alabama
Fields
Kentucky
Olney
Massachusetts
Nichols
South Carolina
Harrison
Virginia
Anthony
Kansas
Hull
Iowa
Quin
Mississippi
Caldwell
Wise
Georgia
Greene
Vermont
Irojin
Otago
Pennsylvania
Kahn
California
Directors Re elected in Orange Township School Contest
The Orange township consolidated school board election was close. H. W. Miller and S. B. Miller, former members, were re elected after a spirited contest.
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Orange Township Consolidated School
H. W. Miller
S. B. Miller
Liberty Bond Swap Proponents Ordered to Account
Washington reports the federal trade commission issued demand for information from numerous concerns on promotion stock and invested sums to protect liberty bonds and war savings stamps from frauds. Penalties range from 1000 to 5000 dollars or imprisonment for failure to answer, or longer terms for false responses. influenza outbreak resurfaces in the city with fourteen cases under one physician care across six homes, with multiple family members affected.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Exchange
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Allied leaders push rapid progress at Versailles talks
At Versailles Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clemenceau meet with Col. E. M. House as President Wilson’s ally Premier Orlando plans to join. The aim is to shift from talks of great powers to premier conferences to speed peace drafting within three weeks from next Thursday.
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Versailles
Liord George
Paris
Clemenceau
Liosd George
Col
EB. M. House
Wilson
Orlando
Italy
Council of the Great Powers
Hmnit
Wile Brothers Buy Grisman Grocery in Waterloo
Wile Brothers of Waverly Indiana have purchased the store known as the Grisman Grocery at 501 Fourth Street West in Waterloo. Firm members are D. W. Wile and J. L. Wile.
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Waterloo
Wile Brothers
Waverly
Grisman Grocery
Fourth Street West
D. W. Wile
J. L. Wile
Lemon Skin Beaufier Lotion Ad Promote Beauty Cream
An advertisement touts a lemon based bleaching and beautifying cream. Mix juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint lotion. Strain to remove pulp and store for months. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to soften smooth and brighten skin.
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