Barberry Bushes Lurking Foe of the Wheat
Ames Iowa May reports warn of rust threatening wheat crops this summer mirroring a 1935 loss. Barberry plants host infection. spread requires damp and hot weather. Dr J E Methus urges statewide eradication of tall common barberry varieties to prevent epidemic across wheat, oats, barley and rye.
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Ames
Buriington
Jesup
Humeston
Shenandoah
Fort Madison
Charles City
J. E. Methus
Pan Agricultural Experiment Station
Methus
Elgin
Olinvis
Madison
Wisconsin
Vermilion
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Sam
Best News Stories Now Never Appear in Public Prints
Council Bluffs Ia May 22 A wartime censorship notice notes railroad dispatches and moving scenes at yards rarely written about. The piece describes eight transcontinental lines crossing the Missouri and soldiers moved by Union Pacific to Chicago Great Western within an hour. It highlights large flatcar shipments, lumber from the Pacific coast, and federal control of rail traffic revealing war department tasks.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Council Briffs
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad
War Department
Des Moines Residents Rally Amid Flour Survey
Des Moines households show patriotic response as Polk County canvass on flour returns surpasses expectations. Dean W F Berr notes Polk County filings arrive faster than many Iowa counties, with a private family quota of six pounds per person per month. Also an opportunity to learn metal trades at Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. factory, apply at Door 238 Main Patan.
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Des Moines
Desaters
Food Administration
Dean W. F. Berr
Iown
Polk County
Iowa
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co
Main Patan
Employers urged to finance coal for workers
Des Moines May 22 Fuel Commissioner Charles Webster urges employers to help employees buy their winter coal. Many cannot front 75 to 100 dollars now, but if employers advance the money it would ease storage and keep mines busy. He says in abnormal times it is the duty of employers to assist workers in obtaining coal. Each ton financed reduces next winter’s motive power strain and helps meet orders.
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Des Moines
Charles Webster
Iowa
Webster
Iowa Teachers Win War Honor for Occupational Cards
Nes Moines May 22 Iowa school teachers are credited with leading Iowa in preparing occupational index cards from registration papers. The town cards reached Provost Marshal General Crowder before any other state. General Logan commended Iowa for fast, accurate work aiding west front mobilization. Waterloo volunteers from Waterloo Business College aided locally and Waterloo was first Iowa city to finish.
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Nes Moines
Iowa
Crowfer
Oen
West
Gen
Logan
Union
District of Columbia
National Capitol
Waterloo
Waterloo Business College
Waterco
Iowa City
Cornell College Celebrates 63 Years Of Service
Mt. Vernon May 22 Cornell College records in its latest bulletin show 15,000 Iowa youths educated here and more than 2.75 million dollars in free education donations. Graduates and students have given over 4,190 years of ministry service, with 38 men leaving the college to enlist in the armed forces and the college contributing to its wartime service flag.
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Mt. Vernon, Jr
Cornell College
Iowa
Cornell
German Kultur Report on French Girl Eyes
A Decorah editor relays a friend’s letter about German officers in France in 1914 seizing a French girl’s home town. A German doctor allegedly spat germ-laden fluid into the girl’s eyes, risking ocular harm, but the outcome was a change of German advance and eventual retreat, followed by French care for the girl.
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Bailey
Decorah Peper
Charles BE
Mehan
France
Decorah
Elium Harry E- Coyte
St. Louis
Arbitration board urged to settle city utility rate fights
Judge Wade in federal court yesterday proposed forming a three to five member rate board to investigate and report on gas electric and heat service costs for Iowa cities. He said temporary utility rate relief could come from such a board, avoiding lengthy court cases in ongoing disputes involving Ottumwa Oskaloosa Perry Marshalltown and Fairfield.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Martin J. Wade
Judes Wade
Ottumway
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Perry
Marshalltown
Fairfield
Wade
Board of Arbitration
Utilities Board
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Field Officers to Be Examined for Overseas Duty
Des Moines May 22 W steps at Camp Dodge determine physical fitness for overseas service of division command officers. Nearly 40 field officers including colonels lieutenant colonels and some majors will face a medical board led by division surgeon Lieut Col J R Shook Maj Joseph L Miller and Maj Frank E Burch. The order aims to weed out officers not up to standard and does not indicate imminent movement. The war-time effort continues with examinations to ready capable officers for future front command and eventual overseas service.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
J. R. Shook
Joseph L. Miller
Frank E. Burch
Benton Co Early Resident Laid to Rest Near Vinton
Obituary and community notices from Vinton Iowa recount the funeral of Hiram J. Epperson a Benton County pioneer born Greensburg Indiana in 1831 who spent years near Urbana and Vinton. Also reported are a Red Cross meeting in Shellsburg and a Merle Brown and Bernie Simms marriage in Vinton, plus local church activities and a note from a Vinton soldier about corn from the Vinton Canning Co. and the Eckles family welcoming a son Thomas Wooton Eckles.
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Epperson
George Alvord
Suc
Person
Boxe
Eljah Fi
Sebeka
Sinn
John
Ana
Emily Nistreat
Urbana
Pnerson
Vinton
Methodist Church
Bear Creek
Shellsburg
Cairns Brothers
Hugh Moss
Man of
Joose
Air J. F. Brown
Merle Brown
Bernie Slams
Simms
EL OF. Brown
Kearney
Neb
Northwestern University
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Fall
Red Cross
Arthur L. ‘Thomas
France
Vinton Canning Company
H. Clyde Eckles
Thomas Wooton Eckles
Eckles
Bankers Hear Front Line Talk At Group Four Meet
About 200 Iowa bankers attend Group Four session in Manchester Delaware County with welcomes, addresses by J N Ingwerson and George Messenger, and remarks by Gov. Harding after a banquet at the Knights of Pythias lodge. The governor then toured several towns, urging support for the government, war bonds, and Red Cross donations.
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Manchester
Iowa Bankers’ Association
LeRoy
A. M. Cloud
Jos. W. Mayer
Dubuque National Bank
J. N. Ingwerson
Clinton
Company Li
Ayperjon Lodge
Knights of Pythias
E. 1S
Hoyt
Leach
State Association
Parley Sheldon
Harold 5. Quarton
Algona
Germany
Berlin
Gov
Harding
Opera House
Red Cross
Tours Gouzity
Delaware County
Earlville
Earlville State Bank
Barlville
Petersburg
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Blood Remedy Victory
An old advertisement urges readers that catarrh must be cured, condemns symptom focus, and promotes S. S. S. as a blood remedy. It cites C. F. Venatta of New Kensington, Pa., who says he was cured after using the product. The appeal stresses treating the disease in blood, not local sprays, with an offer for free information from Swift Laboratory, Atlanta.
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C. F. Venatta
New Kensington
Nature
Swift
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
Butler County Men to Entrain for Camp Dodge
List of Butler County young men set to entrain for Camp Dodge on May 25 in Allison Iowa. Names include Ed Bosnia Edward Romel fanger Earl Ibling John Ka dens George Conger David Voy Folkert Burma Fred Neymeyer and many others. Unusual opportunity for men to victory. Apply at Door 29 Main Plant.
Iowa Mob Members Indicted by Jury in New Hampton
The Chickasaw county grand jury indicted George Smith Bud Smith Arthur Healey Charles Walleser Charles Kleineck John Doyle and Albert Torn. They were arrested and out on bail awaiting district court trial after May 1 disturbances at banker A H Shaffers home. Judge Springer urged impartial investigation and legal process, noting punishments must follow law. Indictment carries up to five years in prison.
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New Hampton
Chickasaw County
George Smith
Bud’ Smith
Arthur, Healey
Charles Walleser
Charles Kleineck
John Doyle
Albert Torn
A. H. Shaffer
Springer
Cross-Country Transfer Company Formed in Council Bluffs
Iowa's first cross country transportation company has been incorporated in Council Bluffs. The Crosscountry Transfer Company is capitalized at 26000 dollars. T. A. Minardi serves as president with Mary Minardi as secretary-treasurer. Des Moines date cited May 22.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Crosscountry Transfer Company
T. A. Minardi
Mary Minardi
Lawyer C P Abbey Dead in Chicago Home
Chicago mourns Charles P Abbey a leading lawyer and master in chancery who died after four months illness. Born in Chicago in 1865 he held prominent positions in the legal community. The item also notes a distant aside about women in Japan facing low paying teaching work.
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C. P. Abbey
Chicago
Charles.p. Abbey
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Edgewood
Group Four
C.F. Venatta
Anderson Ave
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Patddiver
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Butler Co
Japan
Almeta Eckes
20Th Ave
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Cuticore
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Milwaukee
Black Hawk Fruit Co
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