War orphans plea draws crowds for Belgian aid
Collections totaling 450 were taken at two meetings in Iowa where Capt J H Canrobert spoke for Belgian and French orphans. He warned against peace propaganda from Germany and praised Belgium, France, and Iowa. Funds will aid Belgian and French orphans under the Woman's Club relief committee.
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J. H. Conrobert
Belgium
France
Grace M. E. Church
First Congregational Church
Kenneth Runkel
Liberty Chorus
Canrobert
Germany
Wilson
Kaiser Bill
Relief Commission
State of
Towa
Iowa
America
Chicago
Woman's Club
J. E. Bragdon
Germans in retreat on wide front in Champagne area
Early morning dispatches report German forces outflanked by French and American troops across the Champagne front between Reims and the Argonne. Retreat accelerates toward the Aisne as French and American actions pressure fronts from Lille to Cambrai and beyond.
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Champagne
Reims
Argonne Forest
Derthelot
Gouraud
Retourne
Aisne
Berthelot
Althe
Bhuyue
Suippe
Yanks Batlle
Gourard
Meuse
Lille
Cambrai
Lens
Armentieres
Lilla
St Quentin
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Arlette
Berry au-Bac
Laon
Macedonia
Berlin
Vranje
U. S
Austria
Germany
Wilson
Washington
Marshal Foch
France
England
Red Cross Allocates About 9 Million for Britain War Work
The American Red Cross reports nearly 9 million dollars is appropriated for war relief in the British Isles for the period from last October to year’s end. The brigading of American troops with the British led to many more troops on British soil, prompting new camps and more hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
British Isles
War Council
Five Iowans Among Graduates At Camp Zachary Taylor
Five Iowa men are listed among those recommended as eligible for commission as second lieutenants in field artillery at Camp Zachary Taylor Kentucky. The graduates belong to field artillery replacement troops unassigned. Names include John Wallace Burcham of Harlan William Joseph Kilpatrick of Randolph Harold Leland Smith of Des Moines Donald Hugo Smith of Primghar Lloyd Ceorge Wilhelm of Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Taylor
Iowa
John Wallace Burcham
Harlan
William Joseph Kilpatrick
Randolph
Harald Leland Smith
Des Moines
Donald Hugo Smith
Primghar
Lloyd
Ceorge Wilhelm
Perry
Socialist candidates sentenced in espionage case in South Dakota
In Deadwood, Orville Anderson, Socialist candidate for governor, was convicted of violating espionage acts, fined 1000 dollars, and sentenced to four years in Leavenworth. Fred Fairchild, Socialist candidate for lieutenant governor, received a 1900 dollar fine and a two year term for seditious utterances.
Iowa Semi Steel Shell Plan Moves Forward
A new Iowa semi steel shell program aims to shift shell production from costly wrought iron methods to cast iron like shells. Iowa foundries will be organized under a state committee formed after a Marshalltown meeting led by George Wrightman to secure war contracts. Charles City Hart Parr works will serve as the parent plant with sub contracts to smaller plants, including Waterloo foundries, under government and state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Iowa
George Wrightman
Jows Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Iowa’ Semi-Steel
Marshalltown
Foundries of
Waterloo
Towa’ Manufacturers’ Association
Lowa
Waterlow
Merger OE Resources
Hart-Parr Steel Works
Charles City
Iowa Foundries
Engineering Department of
Ames
Ninott
War Industries Board
Iowa Manufacturers’ Association
Ordnance
Three U.S. Explosive Plants to Be Built to Cost 4 438 000
The War Department announced the authorization of construction for three additional explosive plants in the United States. The new facilities include a plant to cost about 1 million dollars and are part of wartime production expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Brunswick
Columbia
Pathe Records
Cunning Plotters Stork and Cupid Herald Baby Joy
An old advertising feature extols Mother’s Friend as a trusted preparation for childbirth. The copy claims the external lotion relaxes muscles, eases bearing down, and reduces pain during delivery, urging readers to obtain the product and request the Motherhood Book from the Cradlefield Regulator Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bidg
Atlanta
Gale
More Weight Strength and Nerve-Force Advertising Claim
An advertisement extols bitro-phosphate as the key to overcoming thinness by feeding nerves and supplying phosphoric elements. It promises rapid weight gain, improved health, and brighter eyes, noting nervousness and sleeplessness fade as flesh grows. urges use only for those seeking weight gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Frederick Kolle
New York
Who
Two Sulphuric Acid Plants Planned in Pennsylvania
A total investment of 438,000 is planned with two plants to be built in Pennsylvania. One plant at Emporium will cost 2,000,000 dollars, and another at Mount Union will cost 1,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Ical
Pennsylvania
Emporium
Mount Union
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Arly Morning A. P
Camp Zachary Taylor
Dakota Sociat
Fonck
Paris
Rene Ponck
French Air Service
Altho
Fort Worth
Tex
Department of Justice and Military Intelligence Bureau
Gertrude Wuetig
Camp Bowie
Breslau
Little AM Drug Store
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Stork
Cupid
Orinoka
Brussels
Axminster
Cheero
THE
Brunswick-Mann Music CO
Commercial Street
Waterloo, Lows
McDougall
W. J. Nichols & CO
Hardwick
Bundhar
West Fourth St
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