Homecoming Pageant Showcases War Spirit Parade
A wartime themed homecoming parade drew about thirty thousand spectators along Fourth Street. Gov Harding and Premier Norris reviewed a two mile procession featuring veterans, Red Cross floats, and township exhibits donating all produce to the Red Cross. Notable displays included autocratic symbols, Civil War veterans, a high energy mix of old and new war apparatus, and a waterloo community spirit praised by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Cattle Congress
Ceres
Fourth Street
Washington
Franklin
Red Cross
TASS
Irving Hotel
W. L. Warding
T. C. Norris
Manitoba
N. T. MacMillan
Winnipeg
Tax Commission
W.R. Law
Serio
Dominion
Harding
Waterloo
Sam
West High School
Henry Yross
F. BR. Fisher
C. W. Cotton
D. Caldwell
Cattle Congress Grounds
Fire Department
Buchanan Optical Co
Frank R. Fisher
J. D Caldwell
Pistoon
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Corps
Liberty
Iva Eggieston
Uncle Sam
Otto Zushike
Hileman & Gindt
Ad Cross
Cobb Clock Shop
Good Use for Enemy Barbed Wire at Canadian Meet
Canadian Army headquarters in France reports barbed wire entanglements used as obstacles during an athletic meet. The YMCA organized events under the Amateur Athletic Union with a large crowd watching. A Lacrosse match between artillery and infantry teams, won by the artillery, was the highlight alongside sprints, hurdles, jumps, relays, and boxing bouts featuring Canadian contestants.
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France
Amateur Athletic Union
Artillery
Manitoba Officials Visit Waterloo Guests of Honor at Dinner
Manitoba premier Hen. T. C. Norris and N. T. MacMillan, a tax commissioner member, arrived in Waterloo via Great Western and stayed at Hotel Russell Lamson. Citizens met them at a Chamber of Commerce smok er, Norris praising Manitoba's dairying and cattle raising, noting export gains and local industry in Winnipeg, with optimism for future business.
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Waterloo
TC Norris
Manitoba
N. T. MacMillan
Tax Commission
Winnipeg
H. E. Kiester
St. Paul
Russell-Lamson
Norris
MacMillan
Chamber of Commerce
I. L. Northey
Iowa
Red River Valley
German Ace Vosse Killed in Battle With British Airman
The body of Lieut Vosse, famed German aviator credited with 42 downed aircraft, was found in British territory in France or Belgium. He died fighting a British airman after a fierce combat reported unofficially from Amsterdam last week.
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France
Belgium
Associated Press
Lieut
Vosse
Voese
Amsterdam
Leutenant
200 Pags Gate On First Day Of Cattle Congress
Opening day attendance set a record with 5280 showing up for the Dairy Cattle Congress. Children visited as thousands thronged the grounds amid ideal weather and a full program, including a monster chorus, horse shows, and performances by Belle Beach and the Hawaiian Serenaders. The event drew visitors from nearby towns and featured prominent acts, with the amphitheatre and grounds expected to be crowded. The cattle show, parades, and musical performances under the Oelwein and Waterloo bands highlighted a busy opening day. The Iowa State Dairy Association opened its annual meeting with talks on wartime issues and conservation. The program runs through Thursday with officer elections and routine business.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Congress
Belle Beach
Wizard of the Horse
O. J. Meyers
Columbia
W. H. Hanna
Belle Hanna
Waterlon
Bells Beach
Thomas Bass
Mexico
Oelwein
Oelwein Band
van Doren
Waterloo Military Band
Arthur Webb
Dairy World
Dairy Bony
Iowa State Dairy Association
W. R. Law
E. G. Cole
Lamont
F. W. Stephenson
P. W. Crowley
W. B. Quarton
Algona
Hog Breeders of Iowa States Meet Here for Price Talks
Hog breeders from Iowa Illinois Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and Missouri converge in Waterloo to hear Gifford Pinchot and H Wallace discuss government action to guarantee reasonable prices, with conservation as the keynote and production boosts as the aim. The meeting, free to the public, follows calls by Henry Wallace and Hoover allies to advise on meat price policy.
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Gifford Pinchot
Hd. C. Lasuter
H. ©. Wallace
Herbert C. Hoover
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Waterloo
Henry C. Wallace
Wallace
Farmer
Des Moines
National Conservation Commission
Mr. Hoover
Food Administration
Pinchot
Des
Hoover
Kendricks
Wyoming
W. R. Stubbs
Committee of Five
Wilson
Turkestan Revolts Shake District as General Is Attacked
A revolutionary movement spreads in Turkestan with General Cherkess attacked and beaten. A temporary revolutionary committee seizes power while parts of two regiments join a counter move. The interior minister says there is no alarm and disturbances should be quelled soon.
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Petrograd
Turkestan
Cherkess
Liberty Loan Drive Surges Across Nation and Chicago
Washington reports show a strong three billion dollar second liberty loan drive with rapid subscriptions. Chicago mobilizes 500 salesmen led by Charles W. Folds as W G McAdoo plans a patri ot rally to boost funds. New York sees estimates of 25 to 50 million invested as the district aims to place half of the total in the federal reserve bank.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Alsho
Otciars
Mwadoo
Chicago
Secon Liberty
Charles W. Folds
W. G. McAdoo
Patriothc
Swift & Co
New York
dJust
America
Federal Reserve Bank
Chief of Seamen Denounces Talk of German Peace
London Oct 2 Joseph Havelock Wilson national seamen union secretary spoke at Middlesborough saying all want peace but reject a German peace. He warned Britain must win the war without German terms and vowed seamen will punish German crimes and keep the flag high. He denounced pacifists they are foolish men and urged victory on satisfactory lines.
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London
Joseph Havelock
Wilson
National Seamen's Union
Middlesborough
Sted
Great Britain
28 Officials of New York Election Face Indictment
New York Oct 2 Twenty indictments of the election at the Republican primaries Sept 19 where William M Bennett defeated Mayor Mitchel after a recount are expected to be handed today by the grand jury from evidence gathered through tally sheets subpoenaed from the board of elections. District Attorney Swann announced sufficient evidence of fraud in discrepancies in these sheets to warrant indictments without calling witnesses.
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New York
William M. Bennett
Mitchel
Grand Jury
Board of Elections
Swann
Two Hospitals Bombed and German Towns Raided
The piece criticizes wartime leadership eight months into World War I, noting Germany severed relations and the United States drifted toward war. It accuses the administration of grand pronouncements without concrete results, cites shortages in Allied support, and urges action before bragging.
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Bytheopore Roosevelt
United States
Kansas
Germany
Indicted IWW leaders hunted in cantons Rome Illinois
In Chicago and Minnesota the hunt for 166 indicted IWW leaders continues as federal authorities check registered men in army cantonments. Two defendants, Clyde Hough and James Cully, remain under pursuit for conspiracy to prevent draft registration amid a broader inquiry into antiwar activities.
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Chicago
Robert T. Neil
United States District Attorney
James R. Gags
Freeport
Ill
Clyde Hough
James Cully
Emil Strum
L Wi. W
Federal Grand Jury
Haywood
William D. Haywood
Duluth
Minn
James Rowan
Seattle
Wash
United States District
Ask High Court for Early Decision on Conscription Law
The Supreme Court was urged to fast track the constitutionality of the draft act in a motion by Solicitor General Davis. Appeals by those convicted under the act were included, with Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman among the defendants. The motion was taken under advisement.
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Washington, D. C
Ori
Buuppterme Court
Davis
Solicitor General
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Plan to Mobilize All Minor Parties
Delegates from Progressives Social Democrats Prohibitionists and Independents arrived in Chicago to form a cooperative union opposed to dominant parties. W G Hinshaw National Prohibition chair leads talks with speakers including Samuel Gompers Eugene Foss Clarence Darrow and John Spargo. Equal suffrage national prohibition and public utilities ownership are the focus.
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Chicago
W. G. Hinshaw
National Prohibition Party
Victor Murdock
Samuel Gompers
Mathew Hale
Boston
Bombing of London and Hospitals Shocks War-Torn City
London reports a fierce air raid with casualties including three British nurses and wounded soldiers killed at two base hospitals. French and German aerial exchanges followed as cities such as Frankfort on the Main, Coblenz and Stuttgart were bombarded in retaliation. The London raid disrupted daily life yet left the populace calm and orderly amid the two and a half hour barrage.
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France
Belgium
Paris
Frankfort- On -the - Main
Stuttgart
Treves
Coblenz
Dunkirk
Siale
Bar-Le-Duc
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Thiroville
Chambley
Spincourt
Tilly
Longeau Farm
London London
London
Guild Hall
St. Paul’s
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Bhy
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Feld
OPFER
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Fuel Administration
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