American soldier in WWI fed and equipped to high home standard
Washington reports that American soldiers receive luxuries in rations and top quality equipment at costs far higher than cobelligerents. The army’s pay and dependents allowances, plus overseas upkeep, push the annual cost per soldier well above foreign counterparts, reflecting the high living standard of U.S. troops.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Napoleon
Canada
America
Germany to Pardon Political Culprits Amid War
The Associated Press dispatch from Amsterdam reports Germany plans general amnesty to political offenders including Socialist Dr. Liebknecht and William Dittmann. The pardon would cover politicians imprisoned since the war began.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Associated Press
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Liebknecht
William Dittmann
Belgians Torn From Homes for Hun War Labor
The Belgian government issued a statement saying from the coast to Bruges the male population ages 15 to 45 have been torn from their homes and forced to labor on German military work.
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Associated Press
Havre
Oct
Ias
Bruges
Soldiers Die From Influenza At Camp Sherman
Ninety three more Camp Sherman soldiers died from Spanish influenza between 3 pm yesterday and 11 am today raising total camp deaths to 576. Official reports show few new camp cases. Seven more deaths at Fort Benjamin Harrison bring its total to 31 with 1,396 influenza and 220 pneumonia cases.
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Associated Press
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Harrison
Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Fort Hospital
Louisville
Camp Zachary Taylor
New York
St. Paul
Minn
State Board of Health
ST. Louis
Wheat Crop Forecast Smiles on U S Agriculture Estimates
The Agriculture Department issued preliminary 1926 national crop figures. Total wheat production seen at 918.92 million bushels with winter at 555.73 and spring at 263.20 million. Oats 1.535 billion, corn by state projections, and other crops listed with percentages and bushel figures.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
A Corp
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
U.S. to Build Shell Plants in St Louis for 3 8 Million
The War Department announced two shell factories will cost 3.82 million dollars and be built in connection with the La Cleche Gas Light Plants at St. Louis Missouri. Also named are 450 thousand dollars for bungalows barracks and worker accommodations at the Semet Solvay Pieric acid plant in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Associated Press
Washington,d. C
War Department
Shell
la Cleche
St. Louis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Marines Christmas Packages Rules Same as Soldiers
Washington Oct 8 Marines will follow army rules for overseas gifts to personnel with American Expeditionary Force addresses while other marines fall under standard navy regulations. Packages must be mailed by Nov 20 with red cross obtained tags for abroad delivery.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Red Cross
Harding Denounces Peace Proposal as Camouflage
Iowa Governor W L Harding, in Waterloo, condemns the German peace proposal as camouflage and insists the war continues until Germany is defeated. He says peace only after military victory, crush of the Hohenzollerns, and a Sweden-free militarist Germany. He also criticizes hurried demonstrations and notes he is bound for Independence for a patriotic meeting.
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Iowa
Germany
House of Hohanzollern
Sweden
Towa
Independence
Waterloo
Lost Battalion of Americans Found After Surrounding
American forces northwest of Verdun report the rescue of a battalion once surrounded in the Argonne forest. Reports say efforts to contact them failed until word arrived late last night. Parachuted pigeons and airdropped supplies aided the search amid rain and rough terrain.
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Preas
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Tem
C. W. Chapman Nominated for Waterloo Draft Board
C W Chapman president of GC W Chapman Lumber Co and a Waterloo leader is recommended to replace P L Billings on the local draft board. Gov Harding endorses the pick after board members Lore Alford and Dr F W Porterfield urged the appointment. Chapman's three sons serve in the U S forces with Charles killed last May in aerial combat.
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C. W. Chapman
GC. W. Chapman Lumber Company
Waterloo
P. L. Billings
F. W. Porterfield
Lore Alford
Mr. Chapman
Billings
W. L. Harding
Charles Jr
Joseph
James
Charles
France
Air Service
Camp Pike
Ark
Mr. Billings
Gov. Harding
Internal Revenue Department
Owaha
Embezzler Charged In $55,000 Theft Case In Missouri
Springfield Oct 8 P B Hubbard alias Howard Benton arrested here charged with stealing $55,000 from the joint office of the American Railway Express and the Hocking Valley railroad at Block II He confessed theft of $2208 from the office and says half of that sum is on deposit in Springfield banks The case centers on the two month period after the robbery was reported in the Block II area.
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Associated Press
Springfield
P. BR. Hubbard
Howard Benton
Norwegian Millionaires Wiped Out by War Stock Break
Stockholm reports Bulgaria's withdrawal from the war and peace moves have wrecked Scandinavian shipping stocks. Norwegian papers estimate about 100 war millionaires wiped out as Norwegian shipping shares plummet in one day by roughly 100,000,000 kroner, about 33 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Bulgaria
Plot Seen in Morgantown Munitions Plant Disaster
Government operatives report evidence suggesting the Morgantown shell loading plant explosion may have been caused by enemy agents. A letter predicting the Friday night blast, signed Heine and addressed to an individual in Sonora Mexico, was found in a New Jersey railroad station. Investigators question the letter's authenticity while pursuing the case.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
T. A. Gillespie
Morg
N. J
Heine
Sonora
Mex
Department
New Jersey
Attack by Yank Near St Quentin Races Across Front
Anglo American forces with the fourth British army attack near St Quentin on the St Quentin Cambrai front. Early reports say progress amid stiff machine gun opposition as two armies mount converging thrusts northeastward. A massive bombardment accompanies the assault.
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Associated Press
St. Quentin
St. Quentin-Cambrai
Cambrai
Masnieres-Beaurevoir
Falls Physician Stricken by Illness at Home
Cedar Falls reports Dr J H Van Dyke gravely ill with influenza at his Washington street residence. He has been sick six days with recent fevers up to 104 degrees, and the illness endangers his health. In other news, Lawrence Lafferty is killed in an auto crash near Correctionville, while Jerry Calvin dies and Arthur Richardson is injured after a car plunges into a ditch to avoid a collision with another vehicle.
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Cedar Falls
J. H. van Dyke
Washington
van Dyke
Lily
U. S
Lawrence Lafferty
Jerry Calvin
Robert M. George
Kingsley
Correctionville
Arthur Richardson
Naval Conferences on Winter Program Held in Capital
Washington Oct 8 Conferences between American naval officials and the British admiralty board headed by Sir Eric Geddes began today in Secretary Daniels office. Admiral Benson and Vice Admiral Duff joined in discussions with city heads of both navies on winter program questions likely to be decided.
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Washington, D. C
British Admiralty Board
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Daniels
Admiral Benson
Duff
Admiralty Naval Staff
Americans Captives Of Foe Report Of 12 Officers Held
The War Department announced 12 American officers and enlisted men held prisoners in Germany. Among the officers named are Lieuts. Robert H. Elis of Endeavor Wisconsin and John A. King of Chicago at Karlsruhe. Other officers include Lieut. Raymond Parker of Champaign Illinois and Otto Mowry of Graham Missouri listed at unknown camps.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Karlsruhe
Robert H. Elis
Endeavor
Wis
John A. King
Astor Street
Chicago
Raysmond Parker
Champaign
Ill
Graham, Mo
Grain stacks burned near hospital in afternoon blaze
Fire destroyed several stacks of grain in a field near St Francis hospital after noon. The grain caught from a nearby bonfire. Loss not yet estimated but expected to be heavy. Advertisement notes insurance with Bronson Insurance Agency.
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St. Francis Hospital
City in Brief Key Local Movements and Events
Local notes report Boss Maude Huff visiting relatives in Chicago and H B Cropper on a Des Moines business trip. Mrs J A Clark recovering from illness and J E Selzer moving to Cedar Heights with family. Red Cross nurse Jeanette Hoskins has her appointment card and badge. Mrs E L Sturdevant takes a job at Home Building and Loan. Mrs E E Walsh visiting Waterloo natives in San Jacinto, California. Mr and Mrs M Gilley back from eight weeks in Portland and west coast cities. Mrs Robert E Lichty visits Waterloo while husband serves at Camp Pike. Roland Thobe critically ill with pneumonia. C G Davis elected director of Peoples Mutual Building & Loan, succeeding F B Ballou. Frank Hisse ill near Dunkerton. Mrs Risse improving. Mrs M F Dilger returns from Women’s Missionary convention in Van Horn. Waterloo Military band performs at Dairy Cattle Congress closing program. Sam Robiner and Harry Robiner return from Fort Dodge after Louis Robiner’s wedding by motor. District exemption board meets with new advisory committee from Waterloo, Sioux City, and Dubuque. Gov W L Marding visits district board. Annual fall supper at St Mark’s church on Friday after 5:20, 40 cents. All welcome.
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Maude Huff
Chicago
H. B. Cropper
Des Moines
J. A. Clark
J. E. Selzer
Allenstreet
Cedar Heights
Jeanette Hoskins
Red Cross
E. L. Sturdevant
The
Home Building & Loan Association
E. E. Walsh
San Jacinto
Cal
Waterloo
FE. T. Drew
M. Gilley
Portland
West Coast
Robert E. Lichty
Camp Pike
Ark
Sam Robiner
Harry Robiner
Fort Dodee
Louis Robiner
Sioux City
Dubuque
W. L. Marding
District Board
McCreary Dies Former Kentucky Governor Senator
Richmond Kentucky October James B McCreary twice governor of Kentucky and long time congressman dies at his home after a brief illness Anez May Leary 28 dies at 1414 Grant avenue husband C A Leary ill with pneumonia burial at New Hartford pending arrangements
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M'Creary
Associated Press
Richmond
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
United States
Senate
Congress
Inez May Leary
Grant. Avenue
La.m
C. A. Leary
New, Hartford
Italian Army Chief Warns to Crush Old-Gestured Germans
General Diaz, commander in chief of the Italian forces, preserves a general order urging readiness to crush the foe if peace terms prove to be a fresh form of the old quiet. The message reminds troops the enemy remains on Italian, French and Belgian soil and calls for vigilance.
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Washington, D. C
Diaz
Father finds Ruth Langhan after years apart
Cedar Falls man F A Langhan returns from Des Moines where he had gone to locate and visit Ruth Langhan his daughter. Ruth now 17 had been adopted by a Des Moines family after the parents separated four years ago and the children were placed in an orphan's home. He had kept track of three of the children and recently learned Ruth’s whereabouts.
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Cedar Falls
F. A. Langhan
Des Moines
Ruth
Ireland Estate Left to St Paul Archdiocese
Archbishop John Ireland died recently and left his entire estate to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Paul. The will filed in probate court values the estate at no more than $81,000, with personal property listed at $21,000.
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Reland
Cchurch
Associated Press
St. Paul
John Ireland
Archdiocese of
St Paul
Senate cuts spirits tax to 6.40 per gallon in revise
The senate finance committee trimmed the proposed eight dollar per gallon tax on distilled spirits for beverage use to six dollars and forty cents as it resumed work on the war revenue bill. Doubled rates on beer and wine were approved.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Temperatures October 3 and daily range details
Readable fragments show temperature readings for October 3 from midnight to noon with lines indicating cold and warm points. The text lists numeric values such as 56 to 69 and 34 to 26, but clarity is limited by OCR corruption from Reekanan Optical Co.
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Reekanan Optical Co
Gratitude for Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
Mrs. William Belt of Logansport Indiana writes that she owes gratitude for Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy which relieved a severe diarrhoea attack three years ago, calling it the only medicine that helped.
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William Belt
Logansport
Ind
Chamberlain
Morcotized wax facial treatment gains popularity
An advertisement extols a mercorized wax facial treatment that allegedly removes the outer skin to reveal a healthier complexion. It claims the process, applied like cold cream at night and washed off in the morning, quickly reduces wrinkles at minimal cost using sax ofite powder in a hazel rinse.
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