Connolly slated for special post in war effort
Former congressman Maurice Connolly of Dubuque features in a Waterloo Evening Courier report on American war intelligence. The piece notes Connolly, promoted to major in the signal corps, may head espionage work in France as American forces grow, alongside Horace Towner and Lieut Col Morton Mumma in military roles. Adj Gen Guy Logan also seeks a foreign assignment.
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Washington News
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
America
United States
France
Maurice Connolly
Dubuque
Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps
Rantoul
Horace Towner
H. M. Towner
Connolly
Heidelberg University
Germany
Towner
District of Columbia Coast Artillery Unit
New York
Pershing
Intelligence Department
Signal Corps
War Department
Morton Mumma
Iowa University
Mumma
American War College
Adj
Guy Logan
National Guard
Iowa
Chinese blame floods on want of a monarch
Floods in China followed droughts in northern provinces. Superstitious locals claim heaven’s displeasure without an emperor to intercede. Sun Yat Sen loyalists in Canton seize political gain, weakening Peking control. Military leaders in Henan declare independence. Sze Chuen also shows rising autonomy.
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Peking
China
Chin
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
North China
Lu ¥ Yeng Ting
Henan Province
Sze Chuen
Public Kitchens In Germany Operate Across Empire
Amsterdam reports from Oct 15 that 2200 public kitchens across the German empire could feed about a quarter of the population. The war office notes 2.58 million quarts produced in a month with Berlin hosting 16 kitchens and about 176000 people using them daily.
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Amsterdam
German War Office
German Empire
Berlin
Bluejackets Move to New Great Lakes Barracks
Chicago November 5 Bluejackets at the Great Lakes naval training station are quartered in the new 16 million dollar barracks. The last of the tents has been put away for the winter today.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
National Army
Advertising clubs in war council discuss war ads impact
Indianapolis, Nov. 5. A national conference in Indianapolis will address how advertising aided war financing and relief efforts and how further spending can aid liberty loan bonds and Red Cross campaigns. Leaders from 200 organizations will attend, with government and industry speakers praising paid space and urging federal advertising appropriations.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Canada
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Associated Advertising Clubs
McAdoo
Red Cross
American Bible Society
Avery
National Advertising Advisory Board
Dominion of Canada
Congress
Herbert S. Houston
National Advertising Board
England
Bonar Law
Houston
Great Britain
Coldest October in 22 Years Sets New Record
A 22 year temperature comparison shows October setting a record low average. October 1895 held the prior low of 46.2 until 1917 when 41 was recorded. October 1916 averaged 48.74 and 1915 58.1. Data from observer R B Sippy lists daily highs and lows with trace precipitation and snow.
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Followine
R. B. Sippy
Oar
Social Welfare league seeks furniture and space
Ada Palmer new superintendent appeals for furnishings at courthouse welfare office. She cites lack of cot and mattress for exhausted visitors, two kitchen cupboards for nurse supplies, a desk for a worker, and open shelves for books to improve efficiency and public help. No funds provided by Teague or county board. donations needed.
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Ada Palmer
Social Welfare League
Isrand
County Board
Iowa teachers convert association to business basis
Des Moines Nov 4 after 63 annual sessions the Iowa State Teachers association adopts a purely business structure with a paid secretary at $2000 and a budget system. M G Clark of Sioux City elected president for 1917 18, Miss Eva Fleming retires. O E Smith continues as interim secretary until December selection by a nine member board. Budget includes secretary pay, office expenses, and committee appropriations totaling about 5000 for the year.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers' Association
M. G. Clark
Sioux City
Eva M. Fleming
Decorah Group
O. EE
Association
Ff National Educational Association
Individual Preparedness and Williams Pink Pills
A wartime guidance piece urges individuals to stay strong and calm for national effort. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a safe blood-building tonic and claims they boost vitality, with a booklet Building Up the Blood and a pamphlet The Home Treatment of Nervous Disorders offered free by Williams Medicine Co.
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Wr. Wiliams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Williams
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Lawure
Victor Quality
Victor
Riley
Alma Gluck
Alma Gluck Victrola
James Whitcomb Riley
Gluck
Saenger
Victor Tallang Machine Co
Camden, N. J
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