Black Hawk Leads Auto Licenses in Iowa Counties
Statistics from the secretary of state show Black Hawk county leads all except Polk for automobile licenses. Polk has 6,650 licenses, Black Hawk 2,949, Woodbury 2,966, with Woodbury ranking third. Ratios show one car per 15 residents in Black Hawk, one per 19 in Polk, and one per 22 in Woodbury. Other counties listed include Scott, Low, Clinton, Kossuth, Clarke, and Davis with varying counts.
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Ce’ Moines
Black Hawk County
Polk County
Iowa
Black Hawk
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Poll
Scott
Low
Clinton
Kossuth
Clarke County
Ladies' auxiliary meeting changes venue in Highland area
The Ladies auxiliary of Westminster Presbyterian Church will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs E H Knittle home Prospect avenue Highland M B A No 1116 Wimeek in regular session Wednesday evening in Commercial street 1 0 C F ball Members urged to attend as initiation will occur Cedar Review No 47 WoOB AS IM Will meet this evening in Commercial street 1 0 Q Fhatt
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Westaminster Presbyterian Church
E. H. Knittle
Prospect Avenue
Highland
Wimeek
Commercial Street
C. F. Ball
Slere
Cedar Review
Woob
Q. Fhatt
Toreks Commit Fress Outrages on Christians
London reports a new series of Turkish outrages against Christians in the twenty nations ceded to Bulgaria. Bands of Turkish irregulars loot Christian shops and homes, maltreat women, and evacuate four Christian villages outside the ceded zone to clear space for Turks unwilling to live under Bulgarian rule.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Athens
Wanted and For Rent Miscellaneous Ads Fragment
A jumble of want ads and rental notices lists items for sale including a baby care cage, a touring car trade, ladies skirts, cleaning services, a one room cottage to rent, a farm land listing in Minnesota with down payment figures, a pressing machine for sale, furnished rooms for eight hours, various houses for rent, and a notice of proof of will from Black Hawk County Iowa dated 1915.
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American Rife. Co
Almond St
S P.m
Abe
Palace Cleaners
Gand Jay
Washington
St Evons
Hammond Ave
H.W. Hammond
Latasnice St
State of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
St Tay
Mary P. Wise
Fueg
Fred B. Pettit
The Wetmore Drug Deal and a Fortunes Twist
In a tale of love and money, Jack Utford, courting Mabel Ainsworth, fights paternal opposition as the Wetmore Drug Company offers a sales agency. A sudden telegram reveals a 20 cent on the dollar compromise, forcing a race to raise funds. Mabel’s aid and a dramatic NYC meeting avert disaster, ending with a telegram confirming a modest payoff and a hopeful wedding.
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Jack Utuford
Mabel Alnsworth
Alnaworth
Matel
Jack
Ainsworth
Mabel
Jacke
Retford
Wetmore Drug Company of
New York
Indiana
Ilinois
Amissouri
Towal
Atabel
Mr. Ainsworth
Ruford
Armsworth
St. Elsten
Thia Main
Hawter
Roth Mes
Ainaworth
St. Louis
Madelltea
Caae
Tha Wetmore Ding Company
Decatur
Darnius
Pillingsby
Telegram
Milyer
Fife
Jean
Wetmore Mg Company
Huck Buford
Strondway
Wetmore Dig Rompany
Jin
Bay
Jack Thriously
Mabel Ainsworth
Hin
Billy Wetmore
Jnelk
Papa
Hess
Pana
Wetmore
Bac
Tim
Pilingsby National Bank
Leame
Wet Phatos
Jacky
William Ainsworth
Morris
Tie Wet
Pillingsny National Bank
Mary Smith
Berlin optimism amid wartime shortages and English hostility
A Swiss merchant returning from Berlin reports normal daily life quickly giving way to signs of strain. Business stalls, traffic drops, fewer buildings rise, more women work, and public morale stays upbeat with calls to Calais as the German goal while England remains the enemy. Submarine warfare boosts German nationalist pride.
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Herne
London
Berlin
Calais
Gattis
England
Snow Falls Across Black Hills In Early Season
Deadwood South Dakota reports six inches of snow covering the Black Hills on Monday marking the season's first general snowfall. The piece glances at miscellaneous anecdotes and humorous notes about wills, memory feats, and a classroom joke, reflecting light local items alongside the weather.
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Deadwood
S. D
Prisoner Diet Menu at Wandsworth Prison
A hospital ward at Wandsworth Prison offers a surprising diet selection for inmates, including delicacies like Teed champagne, black currant, and soda water, while quipping about the absence of caviar. Interspersed snippets reference politics as a profession, Madrid living costs, Bas Rama Island dialect, and a Croop incident involving two children, with a noted medical remedy for croup.
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Wandsworth
London Globe
City in Brief Ad Requests Glasses for Buchanan
Letters blur era prompts eye care note as Waterloo paper runs a city in brief column. Advertisements, events, and local odds and ends fill a page with millinery news, construction at Mullan and Falls, hospital stays, fairs, and social happenings around town.
Bulgarian King’s private rail car used for Berlin Turkey leg
Berlin dispatch: The Frankfurter Zeitung reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria lent his private railroad car to the German ambassador to Turkey, Baron Hans von Wangenheim, for the Constantinople trip. The royal car also aided Prince Ernest von Hohenlohe-Langenburg on his return through Turkey.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Turkey
Hans von Wangenheim
Constantinople
Ernest von Hohenlohe-Langenbure
Yeomen Fair Opens With Busy Booths and Dance
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen opened a city fair at the K P hall with various booths selling fancy articles and home baked goods. Attendance is rising as weather improves. A lunch counter candy booth and other attractions draw crowds each evening with Myers orchestra. Supreme officer William Gook of Des Moines attends, and a La Porte City delegation plans to join. Funds aim to cover expenses for a 1917 Detroit guard team trip requiring about $500.
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Mullan
Falls Avenue
R. C. Pederson
A. N. Wilson
St. Francis Hospital
Hudson
William Koch
Des Moines
Yeomen
Waterloo
Pythian Temple
Brotherhood of American Yeoman
K. of P. Hall
Yeoman
Ben Hur
Myers
Five Place
William Gook
la Porte City
Detroit
Mich
Mackensen Directs Movement in Serbia
Bucharest reports that two hundred fifty thousand Austro German troops with two thousand guns, largely drawn from the eastern front, have arrived in Serbia to support the campaign theater and direct actions on the ground.
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Mackensen
Serbia
Bucharest
Red Pimples On Day Old Child In Crosse Kansas
Mrs John W Sutcliffe reports a one day old baby Tyson developing red pimples on the face that worsened into water blisters and thick crusts, causing itching and distress. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment at four weeks, the child improved by nine months. Public notice advertises Cuticura samples by mail with skin care booklet.
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En Crosse
Kansas
Tyson Waat
Jong Imago Kame
John W Sutcliffe
Frontier preparations for attack under Von Mackensen
The frontier and preparations for an attack are being hurried forward under the direct supervision of Field Marshal von Mackensen, who has established his headquarters at Ver Secz, according to the Epona correspondent.
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von Mackensen
Ver- Secz
Epona
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Owa
Automobile Owners
Poli
Nest Witt
Toreks
The
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Tyening Courier and Reporter
Calads
Nash
Bath
Withipol
Walthamstow
Jasper Mayne
St James’ Gazette
Stor
Milwaukee
Yarnal Mullin
Pendana
Artors
Mullin
Pittsburgh
Sanny
Eagle House
Chicago Record-Herald
Madrid
Svay & Modest
United States
Bas Rama Islands
Cheapside
Crolp
Nix
Cleveland
Croup
Foley
Burch
Buchanan
Louise Morgan
Black
Western Union
New Orieens
Gulf Cities
Huth Robinson
F. A. Robinson
W. D. Strayer
Cedar Rapids
M. Snyder
Oliva
McPherson
Kan
A. J. Reber
Marshalltown
Plaza Delicatessen
Plaza Tea Shop
Anna M. Cross
Gladys
Jerald
Frank Heiser
Carl Brown
Martha Kettwig
S. F. Heverly
West Fourth St
Thuton
Ferdinand
Alriont, Aalrght
Qshen
Cutiura
Cuttcura
Dean T. Bos
Ooupon Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
Name Street City
Wangler Bros
East Fourth St
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