Three Billions This Week War Loan Drive Grows
Washington reports show the fourth liberty loan aimed at at least 3 billion. By Oct 14 the nation has about 2.5 billion subscribed through banks and trust companies, with expected totals reaching 3 billion by Saturday night. Hurley urges victory by pressuring Germany and maintaining momentum. New York district reports the largest weekly subscription gain to date, totaling 645 million with an 86 million rise since Saturday.
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Associated
Washington, D. C
Germany
Treasury Today
Federal Reserve
HMS L Ron
Berlin
New York
Edward N' Hurley
Shipping ‘Board
Fifth Avenue Association
France
Hurley
United States
Thirty two Men Named for Camp
Thirty two registrants are slated to entrain on October 21 for a camp at Lytle Georgia the only camp not under influenza quarantine. The regular contingent and reserves listed include Frank LeRoy Berry Fred G Talley Harry Brown Claude Ju Parker Berry Galvin Patterson Jorgen C Thurstrup Clyde M Saunders Joseph A Thomas Earl Styles Francis Raymond Shaw James R Roof Albert W Kuehl Frank T Billermin Henry Rose George A Green Jesse K Scheppele Earl Alfred Harden Ward Keith Gage Leon Everett Bender Rudolph E enter Glenn Linman William J Mangin Harold H Strayer Louis C Lars Vern Daniel Evans Edmund P Marble Paul Anderson Eugene Ferguson Aslius BE Jungman Louis A Kuittle Peter Murray Lester Cigl Cecil Roy Carr Karl Andrew Render Ralph Frank Chambers Glen Esmone Clark Lloyd Franklin Aver Archie C Stace Silas Entwlatle
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Lytle
Frank LeRoy Berry
Kansas City
Missouri
Fred G. Talley
Columbia
Harry Brown
Lafayette
Claude Ju. Parker
Randall
J Berry Galvin Patterson
Sycamore
Jorgen C. Th
Rudolph E
Glenn Linman
Apie
William J. Mangin
Broadway
Harold H. Strayer
Grant
Louis C. Lars
Thompson Vern Daniel Evans
Mason City
Edmund P. Marble
Paul Anderson
Indiana
Eugene ©. Ferguson
Prospect
Aslius BE. Jungman
Allen
Louis A. Kuittle
Peter Murray
Lester Cigl
Cecil Roy Carr
Karl Andrew Render
Norwood
Ralph Frank Chambers
Thirdwest
Glen Esmoné Clark
Lloyd Franklin Aver
DF Janney
Archie C. Stace
Benjamin Silas Entwlatle
Towa
Marshall Co. Man Dies From Wounds In Battle
Marshalltown Iowa October 14 An other name added to the honor roll of Marshall county is that of Ed Thomas Johnson a farmer living near Green Mountain A telegram received today advises of his death September 26 from wounds He entered service through the draft September 19 1917 and was sent to Camp Dodge where he remained a month before going to Camp Cody He went overseas last June and was assigned to Co A 102d infantry.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
Ed Thomas Johnson
Thomas’ Jhnson
Green Mountain
Camp Dodge
Camp Cody
Co. A
Allied advance reshapes Front from Laon to Chemin des Dames
French forces press the line from the Oise above La Fere to Chemin des Dames eastern end as German retreat accelerates. Italian troops push north of the Ailette while Douai nears fall. British and American units face slowed pursuit and a line along the Hunding system. Kavaya captured by Italians near Durazzo in Albania.
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Laon
St. Gobain
Oise
la Fere
Chemin-des- Dames
Laon-La Ferei
Ailette River
Douai
Antwerp
Ghent
Tournai
Conde
Valenciennes
Solfesmes
Guise
Rethel
Vouzieres
Dun-sur-Meuse
St. Mihiel
Moselle
Lorraine
Vosges
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Solesmes
Champagne
Berthelot
Bethel
Gouraud
Argonne
Kriemhild
Marne
Somme
Noval
la Ferge
Origny
Albania
Kavaya
Durazzo
Waterloo banks extend hours for fourth liberty loan payments
Waterloo banks announced extended hours from 7 30 a m to 3 p m on Wednesday Thursday and Friday to accommodate late subscribers to the fourth liberty loan. Officials urged immediate settlement of subscriptions highlighting urgent needs for motor transport corps manpower including blacksmiths carpenters chauffeurs machinists and welders.
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Waterloo
A. W. Mullan
Military Training Camps Association
Motor Transport Corps
British Press War Update Near Denai and Les Mes
Official British war report says gains north and south of Denai with heavy bombardment and five successful infantry counterattacks near Solesmes. Tanks supported assaults failed against Haspres. Patrols advanced around Douai and prisoners were captured. Paris notes continued contact with retreating Germans along the Aisne Canal south of Ghatean Por cien. Serbian forces after Nish seized positions north of the town with Bela Palanka occupied by French cavalry. Carload of potatoes advertised at Barclay & Son.
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DOUAL
Has‘pres
Valenciennes
Douai iWe
Prisooners
Paris
French War Office
Aisne Canal
Ghatean Porcien
London
Nish
Bela Palanka
Judge Ransier Banishes Settlement of Big Case
Judge Charles E. Ransier of Edwards Longley Ransier Smith returned from Mason City where he had spent nearly three months arranging a settlement of the Brett case. The settlement divided mortgages and farms valued at nearly two million dollars among plaintiffs and defendants on a mutually satisfactory basis. W. C. T. U. notes mention a silk flag awarded for membership gains at the state convention. Miss Erma L Shaw, daughter of Leslie L Shaw, died in Los Angeles of pneumonia while en route to France as a Red Cross nurse.
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Charles E. Ransier
Edwards
Longley, Ransier & Smith
Mason City
Brett
Iowa
California
Ransier
Black Hawk County
George Philpois
L. E. Park
Waterloo Union
L. D. Gar‘heart
Malion
Bouiquet
Erma L. Shaw
Los Angeles
Misa Erma Tavira Shaw
Leslie L. Shaw
Births and Marriages Notices From Waterloo
Report lists births and marriages with names from Waterloo. Included are Sarah Eckert, Howzer, Bertha Collins, Donald Jones, Clinton Heichel and others, with brief notes on names and dates. The legaleze and ads accompany the notices as in small town newspaper format.
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iLoyal
Waterloo
Poar
Laon Liberated as French Take Key Front Posts
Paris dispatch reports Laon civilians freed as French troops enter Laon and push beyond the Oise and Ailette front. Official war office bulletin notes advance through damaged roads, capture of Samoussy, Marchais, and La Montagne, with heavy machine gun fire and German rear guards. About 6,500 civilians welcomed the advance. Italian brigade sighted near Montaigu.
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Associated Press
Taris
Laon
War Office
Oise
Ailette
Laan-La Fere
Besny-et- Loisy
la Montagne
St. Gobain
Samoussy
Marchais
Montaigue
Vivaise
Couvron-et-Aumencourt
Bulgars Oppressed Jews and Greeks in Macedonia
A Saloniki dispatch reports that during Bulgarian rule in Macedonia Jews in Seres were deported and many died of hunger, while Mohammedans endured harsher treatment after a Turkish garrison left. Allies entered Seres amid public enthusiasm and a relief fund was subscribed for residents. The great rabbi of Saloniki visited Seres to assess conditions.
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Saloniki
Macedonia
Seres
Asia
Baby Elephants Stay in City at Dairy Congress
Two trick elephants named Victor and Helen remain in Waterloo after a planned move to York, Pa. Their engagement was delayed due to the influenza outbreak in the east. They remain under trainer supervision and still perform for visitors near Electric Park and the congress grounds.
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Victor
Helen
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
York
Electric Park
Congress Grounds
Little Brown Church at Nashua Draws Tourists on Sunday
Dozens visited The Little Brown Church near Nashua as influenza kept regular services off. Rev. Frank W. Court of Waterloo spoke on Dr. W. S. Pitts, author of The Little Brown Church in the Vale, highlighting the pioneer physician’s life and teachings. Waterloo attendees included Rev. Court’s family and several local residents.
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Nashua
Iowa
Frank W. Court
Waterloo
W. 8. Pitts
South Collects Benefits of War
Washington D C Oct 14 The national Republican congressional committee argues that a Republican majority in both houses is needed to end what it terms unfair distribution of war revenue and policy favoring the South. It claims northern midwestern and western states subsidize southern dominance through Congress and administration. It urges voters to elect Republican candidates in November.
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Washington, D. C
National Republican Congressional Committee
United States
House
Senate
Congress
South
Democratic Congress
Masons
Dixon Hne
Ways and Means
North
Middlewest
West
Midwest
English nurse joins American Red Cross service
Miss Trottie Horton recently accepted as a Red Cross nurse reports for duty at Camp Dodge and leaves this evening. A Fealis sect member has taken the oath to the stars and stripes. Home is burned in Cedar Falls. The fire destroyed a law library and personal effects. family safe with narrow escapes. Robert S. Johnston, US civil engineer loaned to Canada for naval air station duties, dies of Spanish influenza in Ottawa.
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Trottie Horton
Red Cross
Camp Dodge
3Ton
The
Stars and Stripes
Cedar Falls
Ort
Pre _ Ottawa
Robert S. Johnston
United States
Admiral Kingsmill
Upton
Fall of Cambrai Celebrated by Allied Forces
The Oct. 10 report recalls Cambrai’s fall, with evacuees gone except a lingering priest. Tommies and correspondents mark the city’s recovery, as British engineers remove mines and seal buildings, while bands play and Canadians first enter the city amid rubble and celebratory gunfire.
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Cambrai
Paris
France
Tommies
Grand Place
Hotel de Ville
How To Fight Off The Grip And Stay Well
Pamphlet advises staying warm and rested to ward off influenza symptoms. It promotes Father John’s Medicine for colds and flu prevention, noting 60 years of use and claim of safety being free from narcotics and alcohol. It warns against attending houses with illness and against overexertion.
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Father John
Princeton Professor Wounded in Battle
Capt. L. W. Miles, once a Princeton English literature professor, is listed as severely wounded. A cable from Ambassador Sharpe says he is recovering in a Paris hospital after he was wounded leading his company on September 4. Both arms were broken and his left leg below the knee was amputated.
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Associated Tress
Princeton
X. J
L. W. Miles
Princeton Areihe
Garreians
Ambassador Sharpe
Capt
Miles
Paris
Ile
Vinci Made Her Strong From Weakness in Wisconsin
Mrs. Jay Parker credits Vinci with lifting her from constant fatigue and asthma to strength. The ad claims Vinai provides appetite, digestion, pure blood and vitality through beef and cod liver peptones iron glycerophosphates. Wanegler Bros. Co. and C. J. Miller distributed salve also advertised for itching.
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Cis
Vinci
Kaukauna
Wis
Jay Parker
Vinai
Mrs. Parker
Wanegler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
P.S
Telephone rate order clarifies waterloo install fee
Telephone subscribers in Water loo pay five dollars for installing a line without labor as a uniform charge. The Postmaster General Burieson issued the order guiding the rate, and the companies have no power to alter it.
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Waterloo
Burieson
Waterloo horseshoe found on Fourth street bridge
W. Peddicord, secretary of the W. & C. F. Mill company, picked up a large horseshoe on the Fourth street bridge at 8 15 this morning. The note hints that something good or big is to happen as Waterloo East and West share in “good luck.”
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Waterloo
W. 5. Peddicord
W. & C. F. Mill Company
Fourth Street
Fragmentary Quote on Water Infrastructure Plans
The text references a wall in every hole and a comment by Mr. Peddicore about luck, with mentions of Waterio j and a bridge centered by a shoe, while noting the United States is responsible for more than 70 percent of the supply of carn- fragments.
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Mr. Peddicore
Waterio
United States
Danderine Ad Claims Dandruff Cure
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a remedy to stop hair loss and rid the scalp of dandruff. It urges readers to purchase the product, apply it to the scalp, and rub it in, claiming dandruff disappears after several uses.
California Syrup of Fig advertisement targets worried mothers
An old fashioned ad promises a gentle laxative for sick children and upset stomachs. It urges mothers to use California Syrup of Fig and warns against counterfeits, claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels without griping. It also notes full directions on bottles for all ages and adults.
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California
Cfornia Fig Syrup Company
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Motor Corps
Sands
Sergica League
Service League
Mullan
Mir. Mullan
Commercial Street
Official War News
Barclay & Son
Lon 5
Poilus
City
Fla
Little Brown
Nashua Mecca
RED Cross Service
Cambray
George T. Byk
Noors
Co. BR. E
Canal del Recant
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Leonand
W. J. Nichols & CO
West Fourth Street
Tong
Harry
Wigs J
Browns
Sycamore Street
Secon
Marsh-Piice Building
Arants
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