Both Division Coming in July Signals Camp News
A member of the Eighty-eighth Division reports no homecoming before July 1. The Overseas Camp Dodger, March 3, notes severe hay shortages in France with only seven days of American hay left. soldiers will use unfit hay or French straw as bedding while the quartermaster increases grain rations by 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioyid EB. Lucas
A. J. Knapp
Ar Hcle
Is-sur-Tille
France
Quartermaster's Department
Tax Blanks Here for Corporations in Courthouse Notice
An additional supply of corporate income tax blanks has arrived at the local income tax office in the courthouse. Due to heavy workload, the office may close before May 1. Corporations are urged to come for assistance in filing returns. Partnership returns and large payment forms are expected soon. May 1 deadline extended to May Dy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Revenue Department
Woodmen Rate Goes Up Half Because of Fiw's Hole in Funds
Chicago March 27 More than a million members of Modern Woodmen of America saw a rate increase to cover abnormal influenza deaths that shrank the beneficiary fund from 12 000 000 to 700 000. The flat 6 percent raise applies to current members while future entrants pay higher rates. The head camp approved the move after three days of heated debate as deaths have run about 1 000 000 per year above assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiw
Chicago
Woodmen of America
Order
Danderine to Combat Dandruff and Hair Loss
A short ad touts Danderine as a quick remedy for dandruff and falling hair. It claims within ten minutes scalp itching ends and after weeks of use new hair will grow all over the scalp. a tiny bottle allegedly doubles hair beauty, making it look thick and lustrous. The pitch urges readers to try a small bottle from ordinary stores.
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Knowlton
Deaths exceed receipts by two million monthly since October
Financial notes show deaths averaging two million dollars monthly more than income since October. Two rate tables were adopted for new and current members, with a 64 percent increase for current members starting at 75 cents per thousand for ages 17 to 18, rising in steps to 1.50. A referendum of policy holders is expected to ratify the rate hike. A patriotic fund collected 20 cents per thousand for soldiers and sailors, with about three million on hand now to be moved to general funds during the emergency. Other items include birth announcements, a court case verdict, a pupil case, a trials update, and social notes about telephone company employees and a Waterloo, Iowa, notice request for 1919 accounting supplies.
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Camp Dodge
Army of Occupation
Whch
Gris
Birthe
Harrison
Hayes
Whitson
Sycamore
Monuets Morten
Wiliam Strayer
Telephone Company
First Street West
Alice Strayer
Miss Strayer
Livery Sluxple
Waterloo
John
Northrup, King & Co
Great Northern Seed Co
Northrup King
Mulberry St
Waterloo, Lowa
AVING
Bing
Tom
Fifth Avenue
Gordon
Bros . West LD
Peverill Motor Sales Co
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