Americans Rescued After Argonne Thicket Stand
North of Verdun on Oct. 8 a battalion under Maj Charles Whittlesey broke through German lines after five days cut off in the Argonne thickets. With ammunition nearly gone and men exhausted, they defended with pistols and rifles aided by a few machine guns. Rescuers pierced the siege overnight, and now the troops, though wounded and starving, are recovering with beef stew and coffee.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Argonne
Charles Whittlesey
Funeral of Brother in Manila Tragedy Recalled
Miss Ada M. Palmer of the Social Welfare league returned from Cedar Rapids where on Monday she attended the funeral of her brother Sergeant George H. Palmer who died of a quarantinable disease in Manila. He was 19 the youngest sergeant in army service in this country having enlisted in 1917. Palmer cared for a sick shipmate on the voyage from China to Manila and contracted the illness. The body lay in a sealed cypress casket with a metallic cover. the G A R conducted a private service. Another brother Lieutenant Ira E. Palmer serves in the coast artillery and was recently transferred to Manila.
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Ada M. Palmer
Social Welfare League
Cedar Rapids
Sersgt
George H. Palmer
Manila
P. I
China
Palmer
Althe
Gas Hound Corps Seeks 20,000 Men for Army Transport
New York Oct 19 War department urges twenty thousand men for the army motor transport corps. Applicants from all classifications in both drafts are eligible and qualified mechanics receive extra pay. The corps members are nicknamed gas hounds.
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GAS
New York
Army Motor Transport Corps
War Department
Waterloo Fights Spanish Flu With Citywide Closures
Waterloo Iowa acts to curb an epidemic with a board of health order closing all schools theatres churches dance billiard halls and public meetings. Officials report 211 influenza patients under care and 500 quarantine signs to post while libraries stay open for borrowing and returns.
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Waterloo
Board of Health
City Board of Health
R. C. Thompson
D. cl Huntoon
Red Cross
Huntoon
Health Board
St. Elizabeth Circle
Sacred Heart Church
Catholic Red Cross
St. Mark's Auxiary
Laura Webb
Temple Rebekah Thimble Bee
la Lomita Club
First Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Soctable
Christ Church Guild
History Club
H. l. Haywood
Library East
Iowa
Free French lessons offered to draft age men in city
J. T. Houser, secretary of the YMCA announced free French lessons for men of draft age likely to be called Oct 22. Two lessons weekly on Tuesday and Friday evenings, led by Miss Mary E. Henry of Chicago, for about two months. Non-draft participants may join at 25 cents per lesson. Also notes a board meeting at Hotel Russell-Lamson planning a city-wide membership drive starting Oct 15 with emphasis on boys' memberships and lists several standing committees for the 1918-1919 fiscal year.
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J. T. Houser
M. GC. A
Mary E. Henry
Chicago
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
AL Kiarris
F. T. Northey
W. J. Rechtfertig
C. Asking
M. Munn
T. T. McManus
M. Ts
Tate
W.G. Logan
Clark
J. Lang
Frank King
House
G. Trumb
John Hanson
C, Stewart and
ReydRttee
Tin Burt
Fred Pettit
WV. Simmons
Olivers Trumhauer
G. W. Edward Johnson
E. F. Stevens
Ty. Gaughnonr
Dison
Shell Rock Mercantile Transfer Ends 29 Year Run
In Shell Rock Iowa Oct MOA FP Yardho trades his merchandise stock and store buildings for 225 acres near Independence to H T Ayneh and A M Record of Rock Island. Record and family will move to Shell Rock to run the store. Yardho has been active in business nearly 29 years. His two sons are in service.
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Shell Ork
Yardho
Independence
H. T. Ayneh
A. M. Record
Rock Island
Shell Rock
Yarcho
Yargho
U S Takes Lead in Global Gold Stock Amid Decline
Chicago report notes world gold output falling while the United States gains rapidly. US share climbs from one fifth to one third of all reserves in five years, with total monetary stock near 3.79 billion dollars. Federal reserve holdings total over 2.026 billion, banks hold hundreds of millions, and a large treasury stake persists. If world production stays low, the US could hold more than half the global supply.
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Chicago
United States
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
California Syrup of Figs Ad Offers Pediatric Laxative
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to treat common child ailments. It claims a coated tongue signals congestion and promises gentle relief by moving waste from the bowels within hours. The copy warns about counterfeit syrups and instructs to ask for the 5 A-unit bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
New York Port Tops Exports For August To War Effort
New York is described as the nation’s greatest supply depot for shipments to American expeditionary forces. August exports of domestic merchandise reached 205,686,073 dollars, up from 177,403,507 a year earlier. Foodstuffs for French and American military use included 22,424,925 pounds of refined sugar and large beef, bacon, cereals, and tobacco orders, plus 297,000,000 cigarets. Exports to South America and Oceania rose, while those to North America, Asia, and Africa declined.
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Associated Press
New York
Isl
Burron Ft. Newton
France
South America
Oceania
North America
Asia
Africa
Second Lieutenants Commission Won by R Miller Waterloo
Washington D C Oct 1 Special Commissions issued today by the war department include Ralph Edwin Miller Waterloo second lieutenant quartermaster and Edson Lee Finley War second lieutenant veterinary corps Lieut Miller was employed as teller at the Leavitt Johnson National bank until his enlistment a few months ago He is a son of Mr and Mrs Grant Miller Orange township
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Ralph Edwin Miller
Waterloo
Secon
Edson Lee Finley
War Second Heutenant
Veterinary Corps
Lieut. Miller
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Grant Miller
Orange Township
Maura forms new Spanish cabinet as public instruction head
In San Sebastian on Tuesday Associated Press reports Antonio Maura has formed a new Spanish government. He takes the post of public instruction vacated by Santiago Alba, the only minister superseded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Sebastian
Spain
Antonio Maura
Santiago Alba
War board warns suspensions over fare disputes in labor clashes
Washington reports that the war labor board warned that unions opposing the board’s recommended advanced street car fares in wage controversies would trigger a full suspension of the award. New York notes federal agents searching for Lieut Col Charles G Collins who disappeared from a hospital while sheriffs served summons in a theft inquiry. Also in New York evidence suggested enemy alien W F Lochmer used intoxicants to obtain information from a navy petty officer leading to a submarine test on the steamship George Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
New York
Chas. G. Collins
W. F. Lochmer
Navy
George Washington
Archbishop Ireland wills church 81 thousand to St Paul
Archbishop John Ireland leaves his entire estate to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Paul in a will filed yesterday. The estate is valued at over 981 thousand with 21 thousand in personal property, and the archdiocese receives the main bequest in this late 19th century record.
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St. Paul
John Ireland
Archdiocese of
Pape's Diapepsin Relief for Indigestion Pain
Advertising copy describes Pape's Diapepsin offering instant relief from indigestion pain gas acidity heartburn and dyspepsia. It claims immediate stops to indigestion after eating and notes the tablets are inexpensive at drug stores.
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Ape
Pape
Private Service for Mrs Dunham Dies of Influenza
Cedar Falls reports the death of Mrs C J Dunham age 30 from influenza at her home six miles northwest of Cedar Falls. Private services will be held Thursday at the residence. Husband and four children are also ill with influenza, two in serious condition.
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Cedar Falls
C. J. Dunham
U P. m
Commissioner defers action on farmer with pro-German sympathies
The judge advocate court of the Service League referred the case of W. H. Rohrson of Mt Vernon township farmer to Commissioner who said he has discussed it with District Attorney B A A Connor and no action will be taken until he hears from Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Advocate Court of the
Service League
W. H. Rohrson
Mt Vernon Township
B.A. A.connor
Courier patterns and coupon for courier patterns
To obtain the Courier up-to-date pattern of accompanying design fill out the following coupon and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo enclosing 10 cents for each pattern These patterns allow for seams All orders filled as soon as possible but should reach you in ten days after sending in your order
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