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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
3
Muskogee Oklahoma reports that about 445000 acres of coal lands owned by Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians are set for sale in December as government supervision over the Five Civilized Tribes winds down. Cherokee and Creek affairs are nearly completed with lands all allotted and funds paid out.
The YMCA membership drive will be conducted in Waterloo on November 6 and 7 after delays due to the Spanish influenza quarantine and the fourth liberty loan. The plan is a two day city wide canvass led by W. P. Jensen as campaign chairman with A. D. Knapp and C. O. Lamson directing Waterloo east and west respectively, supported by a corps of lieutenants.
The text notes a large society’s low membership, promises special inducements and reduced fees, and cites dealers expecting the new 8 billion dollar revenue bill to raise whisky tax rates to at least double, possibly triple the current 3.20 per gallon tax.
Louisville reports that after 18 months of market upheaval bonded whisky in Kentucky now trades from 96 cents to $1.15 a gallon. Industry expectations diverge on prohibition and tax changes likely to keep prices low or push them higher as demand shifts.
War department authorizes voluntary induction into the heavy coast artillery due to draft cancellations. Men may apply by sending name age registration number classification address and local board to The Adjutant Fort Crockett Tex. Inductees will be sent to nearest coast defense points to help the 4,000,000 force in France by July 1 1919.
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