Wood urges US army to five million men in WWI plan
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood told the Senate military committee that confidential recommendations call for a US fighting force of four to five million, with half in France, as Allied leaders expect the German offensive to fail. Wood’s briefing followed a visit to the western front, noting French disappointment with American troop numbers to date.
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Washington, D. C
America
France
Senate Military Committee
Leonard Wood
Europe
Dr Karl Muck Quizzed by Federal Officials in Boston
Boston March 26 After a night in the back bay police station Dr Karl Muck conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was taken to United States District Attorney Thomas J Boynton and others to be questioned regarding alleged pro German activities. He was arrested last night by Justice Department agents as an enemy alien. Born 1859 in Bavaria he claimed Swiss citizenship. His father naturalized in Switzerland when Muck was about eight. Charges of pro German conduct circulated after a Providence concert boycott and cancellations of his orchestra engagements in several cities.
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Boston
Back Bay
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
United States
Thomas J. Boynton
Muck
Department of Justice
Alsho
Bavaria
Switzerland
Imperial Opera House
Berlin
William
Providence
Yale Professor Now Prisoner at Dantzig Germany
Yale professor Major Henry C Emery, held after the Aland Islands escape attempt, has been transported to the Dantzig German camp. American Minister Mors in Sweden reports Sweden’s foreign office confirmed his location. This is the first official confirmation he is in a German prison camp.
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Washington, D.C
Henry C. Emery
Yale
Aland Islands
Dantzig
Germany
Mor‘tis
Sweden
State Department
Foreign Office
Altho
Spritish
Emery
Mar ‘Vied
Russia
Waterloo Boy Wins Passing for Canadian Army Enlistment
Walter Crittenden, once a Waterloo boy, has passed final exams for admittance to the Canadian army and is en route to a battlefront in France. He thanks a local physician for aiding him over physical defects and says he will do his bit, large or small, in the war.
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Walter Crittenden
Waterloo
France
Crittenden
Germans Spreading Alarming Reports
London reports German agents are circulating alarmist items among civilians near northern France battles. The British dispatch notes swift action against those caught, praises Allied spirit and determination, and says the fighting has taken on a war movement character since the Marne with many places remaining confused.
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London
France
Reuter
Marne
German General Compliment Sparks Flag Ceremony
An employee at Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company said von Hindenburg was the greatest military leader, prompting Service League members to escort him to a flag where he kissed it and declared loyalty, presenting liberty bonds and thrift stamps. Commissioner J. Dempster found no real disloyalty and workers voted to keep him on, with a vow of future 160 percent patriotism.
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Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
von Hindenburg
Service League
Eleven Men Rak for Induction at Waterloo
Eleven Waterloo registrants have applied for voluntary induction into the mechanical section of the army with a Waterloo quota of four. Exemption board officials expect all places to be filled by patriotic volunteers in this city, with voluntary induction open until March 29. Names may be withheld until physical examination, which will be conducted for 200 tomorrow and 200 Thursday at the Waterloo Medical Society facilities atop the Black Building. All registrants must first check in at the local board on the seventh floor to receive papers and numbers, and should arrive about a half hour early.
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Waterloo
Maurice Flaherty
Knights of Columbus
F. W. Porterfield
H. W. Sigworth
J. R. Shannon
J. R. Thompson
Waterloo Medical Society
Things Theatrical Here At Home Shows At Majestic
A 1918 version of The Sunnyside of Broadway headlines Max Bloom’s vaudeville act at the Majestic Theatre drawing large crowds. Palace Theatre presents The Naulahkat a Kipling themed drama with action and American ideas amid western intrigue. Family Theatre screens The Telltale Step featuring Giovanni Pallazai and Lucia with a plot mixing crime and hardship. Family Skeleton closes the page with a tale of wealth and intrigue at the Family Theatre.
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Max Bloom
Majestic Theatre
Max
Broadway
Imarrow
United States
Rudyard Kipling
Land of
India
Campaign to Build Strength and Health for All
An feature on improving health through blood nutrition, highlighting Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for weak children and nervous debility. Anecdotes from patients Mrs Jennie Cruikshank and Mrs Fred A Hampson illustrate how pink pills restored weight, vitality and mood. Emphasizes avoiding alcohol and opiates and using orange juice as a morning aid.
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Williams
Jennie Cruikshank
North Barclay Street
Waterloo
Iowa
Dr. Williams
Fred A. Hampson
Pleasantville
Ohio
B. G. Goodwin
Elm Street
Gardner
Mass
Wiliams
Pink
The Family Skeleton Premiere Next Wednesday
A Paramount picture portrays a strong willed father figure in a grim mockery of temperance, with Charles Ray delivering a parable about curing drinkers in a melodramatic setup. The film debuts at Plaza Theatre with a staged drama showing a flawed family and a vain pursuit of salvation.
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Charles Ray Sub
Paramount
Plaza Vectre
Nin
Wiesell
Father and Son Banquet Held at Cedar Falls Methodist Church
About 140 persons attended the father and son banquet in the Cedar Falls Methodist church held this evening. The addresses were given by Rev A W Holland RL OF Arey and Boardigan. Frank Rogers and War Minituoa charged with larceny announced their intention to plead not guilty when placed on trial.
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Cedar Falls
Ev. A. W. Holland
Arey
iBeidaenttie Boardigan
Bade Sons Darewelis Visit Ends in Return
Mrs. Dorothea Ordway and Mrs. Walter Matthews return from a trip to Rockford to visit their sons John Ordway and Herbert Matthews, Waterloo boys who left Camp Grant for an eastern port. The group plans to sail for France with other West High boys, aiming to join Coe trading. Ordway was a college junior when he enlisted.
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Bade
Darewelis
Dorothea Ordway
Walter Matthews
Rockford
Priday
John
Prinen
Mr. Ordway
Jualor Oy College
Diy
Weather notes and names in 1918 Waterloo column
A fragmented weather and local notes item mentions temperatures around 18 to 26 degrees and references specialists in chronic diseases, plus Waterloo names including Shallenberger and the Russell-Larsson hotel. The snippet suggests a shuffled telegraphic or ad style page with ad blurbs and dates in an April timeframe.
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Shallenberger
Speciatlat
Waterloo
Hoteb Russell-Larsson
Neday
April
Freezone promises quick corn relief for women
An old time advertisement touts Freezone as a magic fluid to remove corns and calluses. It claims drops on the corn dissolve soreness and shrink the corn until it can be lifted off, with small bottles sold at drug stores for a few cents.
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Cincinnati
Political Race Results Quiet in La Porte County Election
In La Porte County, the Republican ticket secured a safe majority with Guy Leetion and John McQuilkin defeating the Citizens ticket candidates. W W Smith was unseated in the county race as moderate turnout yielded a calm election day.
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LA Porte
Guy
Tickel
Mo Oc
Garman
W. W. Smith
Coune Joln
MrQuilkin
Thas Besius
Local election results show defeated ticket headed by Clark Hart
The article notes a civil term as mayor backed by George Hunger, with assessor Jeape and listed treasurer and councilmen candidates including WR Gingrich Joe Husman Frank Kober Ar you and M C Garman. Clark A Hart led the defeated ticket.
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George Hunger
Jeape
Councchmen
WR. Gingrich
Joe Husman
Frank Kober
Ar [You
M. C. Garman
Clark A. Hart
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Dantzig, Germany
Alcott School
Black Hawk County
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John R. Stewart
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Rert
Anditar
West Side
ALY
Butterfield
Teressa Butterfield
Zoltingers Add
Gray
Clark A. Oman
Seash Park
Witterloo
Windenburg
Flag
MEX
Marta
Tex
Glen Neville
Neville South Ranch
van Horn
Palace Theatre
Giovanni Pallazai
Lucia
Jic
Giovanni
Luigi
Family Theatre
Kenedy
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenee- Hady
N.Y
Mather
Son Fanqol
Wue
Tuba
Ae Dade
LAS Vpmies
Pauline Frederick
Charles Ray
Lionard
Wang Beos
Drageists
Storey
Antanto Moreno
Molly
Mason Live Commedy
Ser Y Mason Theass
Harry Morey and
Doregthy
Geb Ley
Viola Dana
Naulahka
Antonio Moreno and
Doraldina
Toto
Crystal
Bessie
Barriscale
Mme. Petrova
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