Courage to Speak Truth Brings Abuse in Reichstag Debate
New York reports on a Berlin dispatch about the third reading of a treaty with Ukraine. Dr. Cohn of the Independent Socialists challenges claims war was Germany’s design. Count Westarp insists the war was instigated by others, provoking uproar and calls of traitor as the chamber ultimately approves the treaty despite opposition from some factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Ukraine
Cohn
Berlin
Cologne
Count Westarp
Puty Cohn
Uiy Colin
Golin
Efficient Scheme to Hasten Shipments of War Comforts
The Christian Scientists in Boston staged a rapid effort to prepare and ship 259 500 war comfort articles to enlisted men. A unit system trained teams to produce garments, with 16 000 knitted items and 5 500 clothing pieces for refugees, aided by local manufacturers. An American ship received 3 500 knitted pieces, and many items were given to relief groups in Britain France Italy and Belgium. The program runs through a network of 500 committees nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eibhout
Baston
Boylston Street
Thirtee
Wiil
Boston
Ces
United States
Birds of Air Fight Underwater Monsters to a Terrible Death
British seaplanes engage multiple German submarines and destroyers off London. One aircraft scored a direct hit on a U boat, causing it to sink in a pool of oil and wreckage after a second bomb exploded near the bow. Seaplanes claim additional submarine kills, including hits near conning towers, with oil and debris surfacing afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birds of Air
London
Aub- Marine
Iowa Readies New Liberty Loan Drive Starts
Des Moines March 30 Iowa prepares to launch the berry loat drive for 71 060 000 on April 6. Campaign director C L McNider of Mason City leads a two week canvass with a full month allotted. Iowa's quota mirrors the previous drive and is accepted by Ashton Clem ens Iowa member of the seventh district execution committee. Polk county leads with 7 041 085 while Clarke county receives 166 576 the smallest. Women workers, led by Mrs W W Marsh, have organized 98 of 99 counties for an educational campaign in churches homes and schools. McNider predicts Iowa will exceed quota urging sacrifice and national unity. He calls for a war time spirit at home equal to courage in France and promises uniform distribution of subscriptions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
McNider
Mason City
Towa
Ashton Clemens
Federal Reserve District
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Polk County
Scott County
Woodbury
Clarke County
W. W. Marsh
Inéen
McNiders
Chicago
Mce Nider
Pershing's Offer to France Praised by French Press
Paris reports that Pershing's offer of full American army resources to General Foch touches the French deeply. Echo de Paris calls it a transfusion of blood between nations, while Petit Journal views it as a solemn warning to central empires. Figaro notes the simple words carry grave meaning and the Somme stakes affect civilization. L Oeuvre highlights rapid intervention and anticipation of American troops marching with allied forces.
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Paris
Geo. Pershing
Foch
Echo de Paris
France
United States
Petit Journal
Gen. Pershing
Ito
Figaro
Somme
England
Germany
Unemployed in City Seek Jobs Through Free Bureau
In three weeks at the state federal free employment bureau more than 260 people applied for aid in finding work. County agents in Spencer, Tripoli, and Oxage sought single men for farm labor while Vermilion South Carolina and Odebolt Iowa requested help. Three men were sent to Osage county agent, and a hotel manager offered $70 a month plus room and board but could not hire a cook.
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Waterloo
Federal Free Employment Bureau
Spencer
Tripoli
Oxage
Vermilion
S. C
Qdebolt
Osage
Iowa
Bureau
Family of Smiths in Army Sparks Name Uniformity
Washington March 30. The army counts over 100000 Smiths along with 1500 William Smiths 1000 John Smiths and 20 John A Smiths There are 35000 Millers 15000 Wilsons and 262 John J O Briens of whom 50 have wives named Mary The bureau of war risk insurance cites these figures to urge applicants for government soldiers insurance or allotment and allowance payments to sign their full name not initials only
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Washington, D. C
Smith
William Smith
John Smith
John A. Smith
Miller
Wilson
John J. O'Brien
Mary
John Brown
John Johnson
George Miller
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Funeral services for Albert Meisch at St Marys Gilbertville
Albert Meisch of Raymond will have funeral services at St Marys Catholic Church Gilbertville Monday at 10 a.m. Rev. Father Z P Neimmers will be in charge. Burial will follow in the churchyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Meisch
Raymond
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Gilbertville
Z. P. Neimmers
City in Brief and Local Notes
Ed Mooney improves somewhat after a serious illness while many locals share routine updates. A Water loo couple, Louis Burk and Edith Harris, obtain a marriage license. Notables travel, return, or write from Camp Grant and Camp Dodge as families attend funerals and sailors send letters. A divorce suit, court reminders, and church schedules adapt to daylight saving. Incorporation papers filed for Waterloo Storage Battery Company. officers named.
Easter at Liberal Christian Church Highlights Liberty Theme
The Liberal Christian Church marks Easter with a morning service and a pantomime titled The Resurrection of Liberty by Rev. Harry LeRoy Haywood. The production, set as a fusion of religious, patriotic, and democratic ideals, features a pantomime told story rather than dialogue, with several pupils in costume and a few speaking lines. The event begins at 11 a.m. and blends the Sunday school devotional part with the worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Christian Church
Harry LeRoy Haywood
Liberty
OWA Boys Retire After Frontline Clash in France
Contested frontline actions persist in France and Italy as heavy artillery pummels the American lines northwest of Toul. German activity behind their lines continues, with no large scale infantry action seen. Meanwhile a new terror weapon strikes Paris region, killing 75 in a Good Friday church attack as rebels in Finland suffer a major setback with 10,000 prisoners and 21 guns lost. A civil suit in Monticello, Pennsylvania seeks 5000 dollars from Hawkeye Oil of Waterloo over an embezzlement arrest that was dismissed for lack of evidence. An odd wartime aside notes U.S. presidential powers and cabinet removal rules, and historic rail and telegraph figures in India and Celegrank.
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France
Italy
Toul
Germany
Paris
Finland
Lue
Tammerfors
Children Die to Save Food as Floods Ravage China
Article reports famine and flood hardship in Chihli with families starving and resorting to drastic acts. It details a child killed by a father to feed the others, extensive flooding around the P’u-tao-lo river, houses submerged under ice and water, and widespread distress in Anp’ing district. Over 100,000 people affected across about 180 villages, with crops and livestock dying and spring sowing at risk.
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Peking Daily News
Aup’ing
Paotingfu
Chihli
Tunis
Anp’Ing
Thia
Iva
Spies Worked in Curtiss Aeroplane Plant Hempstead
Newark dispatch reports police admit a German spy ring operated at the Curtiss engineering plant in Hempstead New York. Mrs Lydia White arrested with airplane blueprints in her possession supplied the breakthrough. The disclosure ties German espionage to long island plant activity.
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Newark
N. J
Curtiss Dungineering Corporation
Hempstead
Long Island
Lydia White
Soldier Glenn Darey Dies of Pneumonia at Camp Dodge
Private Glenn Darey of Manchester, member of Company B, 300th Infantry, Camp Dodge, Ia, died of pneumonia at the base hospital last night.
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Camp Dodge
Glenn Darey
Manchester
300Th Infantry
Shakespeare and the Bible survive beyond current literature
The Los Angeles Times notes Shakespeare will endure despite faults, with Dr. George W. Carey praising Shakespeare as probing human possibilities and illuminating the mind. Carey asserts Shakespeare left life’s records naked and ashamed, and predicts Shakespeare and the Bible will endure after modern writing is forgotten.
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Shakespeare
George W. Carey
Sharke Speare
Los Angeles Times
Teach Feet to Point Straight and Handy Use for Adhesive Tape
Teach Feet to Point Straight explains training the foot for proper alignment in walking and ballet while noting the foot’s anatomy and constraints. Handy Use for Adhesive Tape highlights practical shop and home uses for tape to mend handles, secure tools, prevent slips, and protect fingers.
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Popular Mechanics Magnazine
The Humanities and Modern Education
The humanities are described as elegant branches of learning including languages philosophy and poetry intended to humanize and cultivate the faculties that distinguish humans socially and morally. A modern remark hints at incentives for literary reading and a French scheme to transform Brest into a commercial port.
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Brest
Thrift Stamps Drive Gains Momentum in Waterloo
Maximum War Savings Club announces new members as Service League boosts third Liberty Loan push. Commander M L Bowman cites reduced Waterloo quota, urging every resident to buy thrift stamps. volunteers cover territory and seek more sergeants for field work.
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Watterloo
Service League
Jengua
M. L. Bowman
Waterloo
Bowman
Maximum
Otto Borchert
James ‘Black
D. W. Bovee
H. B. Bates
F. L. Benedict
M. EL. Bowtoan
IL C. Dernbrock
John Gorton
Thos. W. Conry
S. Cass
L. 8. Cass
Chasios H. Davis
F.C. Drew
Panl Devis Dry Goods Co
C. A. Clark
Moses Frank
W. Friedl
W. OO
Fairbairn
EL A
Edwards
Foote
Wm. Galloway
James Holmes
Richard Holmes
Hoxte
B. J. Howrey
Annie I. Billman
Johny Wanton
Ollye Humphrey
Albert Holzer
Ida
Wartman
W. Yr. Johnson
DG. Johnson
Eleaner Johnson
Carolyn Johnson
Emmone Johnson
John Kalinteh
L. Ichingaman
Frederick Kraft
Glen Kendall
Miss Lung
Leavitt
H. B. Lichty
G. 0. Lamson
E. Wy. Miller
Willis Jenks
W. M. Stewart
C. 0. Lamson
A. E. Glenny
W.C. Logan
E. I. Wilson
Stanley Moore
Condition Of The Ship Building At Present Is Fair
The Shipping Board reports March launches exceed targets by 12 000 tons but progress on completing ships slowed due to steel plate shortages and coke supply. Years at Hog Island and other yards face transport disruption from last winter, making April the critical month. Seventeen ships delivered in February, nine in January, with 36 launched in total for the period.
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Washington, D. C
The
Shipping Board
Itis
Hog Island
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Limestone Demand Keeps Growing Says USGS Report
Pulverized limestone remains favored as a soil sweetener or fertilizer. Since 1910 the industry has expanded steadily, with 1916 output at 1,066,376 short tons valued at $1,146,582, marking about 512 percent more in quantity and 460 percent higher in value over six years.
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United States Geological Survey
IOIL
First Waving Flags in Spain and Finnish Lab Plan
The piece notes that the waving flags originated in Spain with Saracens, while today’s red and yellow colors trace to Castile and Aragon. It also reports a Helsinki laboratory to study technical industrial problems will be government aided but mainly funded by private interests.
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Spain
Castile
Aragon
Helsingfors
Finland
Nation's Dead and Wounded in Casualty List
Washington March 20 Thirty two names in yesterday's casualty list issued by the War Department. Killed in action 1 died of wounds 2 died of diseases 5 died from other causes 2 wounded severely 1 wounded slightly 20. Private Dell Alderman Corporal A. W. Williams Major A Rasmussen Captain Alvert Florin First Lieutenant Crouse Sergeant Harvey Crowe Sergeant Albert Sorenson Corporal Roy Taylor Privates Logan Brouse Garrison Higby Kephart Perry Potts Stanton Stewart Uffelman Walker among listed. Names include Louis W. Lathrop J. J. Connolly Perry Dodd Hecht Solomon plus others.
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Waebington
D.C
Joulein Aulion
Dell Alderman
Oig
Ira GQ
Peaberthy
Prior
Louis WW. Lathrop
J. J. Connolly
Perry Dodd
P_ It
Hecht
F. Solomon
A. W. Wiliams
TP. Minogue Diop
Henry Ellert
Debate responsibility for German labor strikes in February
New York reports a sharp, embittered debate among Socialist and anti Socialist papers over who caused February labor disturbances in Germany. Articles claim the Social Democratic leaders encouraged the strike while the government faced blame for food, censorship, and siege measures.
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New York
Germany
Socialist Party
Noblic
Drews
Social Democratic
Verllt Vorwierts
von Dandle
Bavaria
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Philip Scheidemann
Russia
Reichstag
Vorwaerts
Germans Renewed Attacks On Western Front Reach Day Ten
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph report renewed German pressure on the western front as British and French forces hold line near Amiens and Montdidier. French reserves arrive, while American authorities coordinate support. British resistance, rapid French counteractions, and Baker’s mission are noted as crucial to sustaining the allied effort.
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Ambiens
Gaul
Montdidier
Amiens
Daily Telegraph
de Sptrathgiould
London
France
Tim
Dons
Tacrean
Avery
Artment
Mr. Baker
Europe
United States Army
Two Holdups Rob Cedar Rapids Hotel
Cedar Rapids hotel described masked highwaymen entering the Pullman lobby during the night. One man held the night clerk at gunpoint while another rifled the cash drawer and fled through an alley. Guests in a nearby cafe were unaware until the alarm. Police believe the bandits are local.
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Cedar Rapids
Pullman
Army to issue free shaving set to all enlisted men
Washington March 80. The War Department announced that every enlisted man ordered to Europe will receive a steel mirror and shaving brush at no cost. Regulations require close shaving though mustaches are not prohibited, promising millions in annual costs to the military establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Army
Military Establishment
War Department
Europe
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertises Cure
An old newspaper notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for catarrhal deafness. It claims the only cure is a constitutional remedy and promises one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure, with circulars and free samples offered. The ad lists J. Chen of Toledo as the seller.
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Hall
J. Chen
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ad Note Sparks Curiosity
A vintage ad copy invites readers to write a line on a Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertisement. The prompt encourages informal praise such as It is good or It would be excellent, hinting at reader participation for testimonials.
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Chamberlain
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Ed Mooney
E. Pardera
Ira Hagenstein
P. J. Martin
Louis H. Burk
Edith M. Harris
J.T. Muldoon
Dubuque
Allen Lea Parmalee
William Margadant
Betty
Elizabeth Margadant
California
James G. Bennett
Gerrit J. Bennett
Grant Avenue
Camp Grant
Rock Island
Til
Joe Schiel
Lloyd A. Smith
Navy
Atlantic
Agatha Wyatt
James G. Wyatt
H. B. Boies
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
R. B. Christopher
Waterloo Storage Battery Company
Be.g. Munn
D. BE. DePuy
L and
Earl S. Linns
Silas Lewis
Detroit
Mich
OWA
Waterloo Company
Monticello, Ta
F. D. Ewing
Hawkeye Ofl Company of
Hawkeye Company
Weve
Congress
India
China
Gtr
Ghamiberton
Amiel
Thussia
Poland
Olson
Black Bayk Senta
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