Bankers Meet Here Seven Group to Hear Talks
Cedar Falls hosts the Iowa State Bankers association group seven meeting with about 200 expected attendees from multiple counties. The program features Invocations, welcomes, speeches by Dr. John Wesley Holland and Dr. W. A. Pratt, college band performances, and a noon luncheon with toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Iowa
Johnson, Linn
Genton
Tania
J. B. Newman
Frank B. Miller
Banks of Cedar
Elow. Powers
Waterloo
A. B. Allen
John Wesley Holland
W. A. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Madeline Nisbet
Jeona Short
Police Doings Highlight Oddity and Mayhem in Local Notices
Police are asked to locate an old red cow from a local butcher’s bologna factory. Ray C Wills will check a grip at lunch after leaving a satchel at the Great Western depot. A woman fled a beating in night attire, seeking refuge with relatives. Henry Christenson was arrested for a landlady complaint amid disturbances. A man wanted by the meal exemption board for failure to report was taken into custody. A dog bit W H Pedicord last Tuesday and police were asked to take care of the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray C. Wills
Sumner
Great Western
Henry Christenson
W. H. Pedicord
Italy Day celebration urged by Wilson in war unity
President Wilson issued a White House statement calling for a nation wide Italian Day on May 24 to commemorate Italy's third anniversary of entering the war against Germany. The public is urged to display Italian flags and hold meetings and demonstrations to show gratitude for Italy's services in the cause of universal democracy.
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Washington,d. C
Italy
Germany
Wilson
White House
Educated Women Ready to Work in Any Department
Black Hawk county residents especially women seek wartime jobs via the state federal employment bureau at the courthouse. Many applicants include school teachers and soon-to-graduate business and high school students seeking summer positions. One teacher reportedly spent last summer as a restaurant cook and dishwasher.
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Lillian Baxter
Agricultural Extension Department
Black Hawk County
Clara M. Sutter
Irene Dunn
Washington, D. C
John R. Slacks
Dunkerton
Jubilee Consolidated
West High
Waterloo
Cedar Heights
Gilbertville
Eagle Center
Mary Karly
Iowa State College
State
Federal Employment Bureau
Letter From Russia On Road After Three Years
A letter addressed to M. Josephson, a local merchant, finally reached a Waukon post office after three years. Sent from Lithuania near the German border, it marks Josephson's boyhood home. His father was alive when written. Consular reports note Manchurian barbers adopting modern American barber supplies.
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Waukon. In
M. Josephson
Lithuania
Josephson
Your Victrola Care with Tobey Polish Ad
Your Victrola will stay like new and free from damage with Tobey Polish. The old Tobey secret formula polishes wood and furniture, making dusting easier and homes tidier. Available in 25¢ 30¢ 109? 17? and $5.00 bottles at dealers.
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Tobey_ furniture
Women Conference on Baby Saving Plan in Iowa
The third district town hosts a women’s defense council conference led by Miss Anna B. Lawther to discuss the national baby saving plan, arrange for weighing and measuring of children under five, with Prof. Ellsworth Farris overseeing the Iowa campaign and addresses planned. Local chairs urge wide participation from county and township leaders and thrift units.
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Women's Committee
The
Defense Council
Anna B. Lawther
Dubuque
Ellsworth Farris
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Company G Boys Send Greetings to Waterloo Mothers
Waterloo mothers receive Mothers Day greetings from Company G boys in service with 168th Infantry in France. The cablegram from field headquarters was delayed, intended for last Sunday. The message reads Company G sends greetings to Waterloo mothers, signed by the lieutenant for all members.
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Waterloo
France
Breetings
Mother's Friend Promises Pain Free Childbirth
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy to ease labor pains and reduce nervous distress for expectant mothers. It claims regular use softens abdominal muscles and ligaments, helping prevent strain at delivery. The ad urges readers to obtain the product from druggists and request the Parenthood Book from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Ga.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Pein
Letter From Carl Chapman Before His Missing In Action
A wartime letter dated April 30, three days before Lieut. Carl Chapman was reported missing in action describes aviators patrolling over France. The note recalls dangers, camaraderie with Campbell and Davis, lost comrades Dinsmore Ely and Herman Whitemore, and the peril of 20th century air warfare.
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Carl Chapman
Cc. W. Chapman
Cc. W. Chapman, Jr
Knights of
Dad
Bowie
Davis
Campbell
Cunningham
Lost
Vinol Blood Remedy Ad Stirs Claims and Ingredients
An advertisement attacks unknown patent medicines for anaemia and promotes Vinol claiming it contains cod liver, iron, manganese, glycerephosphates and cascarin. It asserts blood enrichment improves health, offers money-back if no improvement, and lists Wangler Bros Drug Co and C J Miller Waterloo as outlets.
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Wangler Bros, Co
Williams Treatment Promises Kidney and Uric Acid Relief
Free trial offer for The Williams Treatment claims to cure excessive uric acid related rheumatism kidney and bladder disorders and chronic ailments. Readers are asked to mail name and address with 10 cents to receive a 32 dose bottle by parcel post. One bottle per address.
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D. A. Williams Co
Dept
K-70
P. O. Block
East Hampton
Conn
Missing members from old crowd amid war notices
Fragmentary dispatch reports a member described as “the best fellow I never knew” not returned, joining two others missing from a seven man unit that traveled through Pau Cozaux and Plessis Belleville. Stanley Buffum Corsi still with the French. Davis and another speaker remain present. The squadron allegedly secured another beeche last night as Capt Hall and Sgt Reckenbacher located a contact ten kilometers away.
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Teast
Stanley
Pau
Cozaux
Plessis- Belleville
Buffum
Corsi
Davis
Hall
Reckenbacher
Iowa Casualties and Lost War Report Mention Marines
War department casualty list reports Iowa men among the wounded missing and killed. Private Jake Levering Maurice Ta and Mechanic Albert L. Gregory Keokuk are noted, while Lieut Chapman is listed among those killed in action per a Gen Pershing statement. Readers urged to check the Want page for details.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Jake ~ Levering
Maurice
Elbert L. Gregory
Keokuk
War Department
Associated Press
John. J. Pershing
Chapman
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Brown
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Noble & Kingman Garage
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Victor Records
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the “Jameson
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