East and West Enact Invaders Role This Week
East high and West high football teams defeated Charles City and West Des Moines respectively and prepare for next games if influenza allows. East fears Cedar Rapids clash while West eyes Charles City as Cedar Rapids dominates with experienced players and tricky formations.
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West
High
Charles City
West Des Moines
East
Cedar Rapids
Weet High
Des Moines
Nashua Grid Team Set for New Hampton Clash
Nashua high school's football team after a record 108 to 0 win over Greene last Saturday prepares for the Oct. 18 game at New Hampton. Followed by Waverly at Nashua Oct. 25, Charles City at home Nov. 1, Cresco at Cresco Nov. 8, an open Nov. 15, Greene at Nashua Nov. 22, and Charles City at Charles City on Thanksgiving. Also notes Ed Coburn travels to Ruthven for duck shooting and Lou Cobb travels Wednesday to join LyIan idridge for a hunting trip.
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Nashua
Nashua High School
Greenerest
New Hampton
Npvet
Greene
Ed Coburn
Ruthven
L. van Vieck
Lou Cobb
Ly Ian |Idridge
Waterloo man Ern est E Schenk named first lieutenant
Ernest E. Schenk of Waterloo is commissioned first lieutenant of engineers by the War Department in Washington. He previously led the Cement Products Company as a civil engineer and served in the U S civil service in the Philippines for several years.
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Ernest E. Schenk
Waterloo
Washington
D. C
Japan
Quirky wartime jests and garbled satire from a late paper
A collage of humorous lines and clipped quips lampooning Kaiser Wilhelm, politics, and public life. It mocks cyclone insurance for the Kaiser, nose jokes, beard and whisker comparisons to politicians, and a playful jab at happiness through newsy asides, ending with a cheeky hair-growth ad spoof.
Farewell to Great Athletes in the Sporting Morgue
Sporting editor recalls packing the newspaper morgue to make room for mats while bidding farewell to revered sports photos. He lists Carl Morris, James Jeffries, Fred Fulton, Jess Willard, Earl Caddock, Strangier Lewis, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb and others, noting they are “through” but saved for sentiment or historical record as war and time part them from the field.
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Carl Morris
Morris
Oklahoma
Jack Johnson
Carl
James JT. Jeffries
Jeff
California
Fred Fulton
Minnesota
Fred
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Jess
Earl Caddock
Anita Marvel
Strangier
Lewis
Des Moines
Caddock
Christy Matthewson
Matty
Ty Cobb
de Luxe
Council Passes on Minor Matters
The city council approved Hen S. Naven as clerk of the municipal court replacing J. E. Snively and accepted a $3,000 bond. An ordinance raising street repair and excavation prices was adopted under suspension of rules. A Centre street vestibule was approved for the Chamberlain Machine Company to reduce cold blasts at the foundry. A paving contract for railroad crossings was relieved of further duties due to material and government control limits. The police matron reported September activity: 140 office calls, 43 outside calls, five arrests, eight sick calls, and four public dances.
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Hen S. Naven
J. E. Snively
Chamberlain Machine Company
Center Street
Christian Science camp welfare work grows in US camps
Christian Science camp welfare programs operate in 45 army and navy camps under the War Relief and Camp Welfare Committee. About 70 men and 15 women assist, linking soldiers to relatives by mail and telegraph, aiding morale, and supporting loan needs. Committees in home states coordinate with camp committees, boosting morale and encouraging medical treatment by Christian Science practitioners.
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Oskaloosa Times
United States
Christian Science War Relief and
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Christian Science Camp
Spl |Fiers
Christian Science
Christian Leiener
Vacancy on Board of Supervisors Sparks Candidate Nominations
News from Cedar Falls reports a vacancy on the county board after John D. Thompson's resignation. J. J. Rainbow announces the Republican county central committee will panel two candidates for nomination. Interim appointments likely by county officers. Thompson had begun service January 1 and resigned in spring.
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FO. Jackson
Cedar Falls
John D. Thompson
J. J. Rainbow
Eounty Central Committee
County Dior
County Recorder
Elec
Thompson
Jartson
Fearer
Owar Dager
Fehl
Rons Pone
Cedar Walls
Aukk
Charles H Barnes Killed in Action in France
Word has been received that Private Charles H Barnes was killed in action in France on Sept 22. Born March 26, 1885 in Manchester he came to Independence with his parents at 13. He served in the Iowa national guard and was with Co B Waterloo before transfer to the Rainbow division. He married Myra Wood in 1910 and they had one child Lula now seven. He is survived by several brothers and sisters. services will be held at the Baptist church next Sunday morning.
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Independence
Charles H. Barnes
France
Barnes
Manchester
Iowa National Guard
Waterloo
Rainbow Division
Tie
Myra Wood
Lula
Baptist
Preliminary Federal Paved Road Details Set
Plans for federal aid pavement of Whitney road from Waterloo to Cedar Falls have been arranged. The latest progress is an increased postal mileage for the project. No start date is known and the work depends on the federal government. it may not begin until after the war.
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Whitney
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Wound leaves cross mark on man's back
Private Jean Fournan of New York City bears a cross shaped wound on his back from shrapnel in France. He is treated at American Military Hospital No 1 and nicknamed the Real Cross Man. He survived heavy fighting around Fismes with two shrapnel pieces recorded as lucky keepsakes.
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Paris
Jean Fournan
New York City
American Military Hospital No. 1
Fournan
Fismes
France
Red Cross
Gompers Daughter Dies of Influenza in Washington
Miss Sadie Gompers aged 23, daughter of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, died yesterday of influenza in Washington. Solon Menos, Haiti's minister, also died here yesterday of influenza. In Baltimore, Miss Bessie Edwards, daughter of Maj. Gen. Clarence Edwards, died at Camp Meade of influenza while her father serves in France.
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Washington
D. C
Sadie Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Solon Menos
Haiti
Pies
Baltimore
Bessie Edwards
Clarence Edwards
Camp Meade
France
Sells Sees Women Suffrage Transform Texas Politics
Austin reports Cato Sells says Texas women will be a lasting political force. He cites 400000 women voting in the recent Democratic primary, Annie Webb Blanton's victory for state superintendent, and Hobby’s win over Ferguson. He notes shifting public opinion, county conventions endorsing amendments, and a strengthened allyship of women in public life.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Cato Sells
Indian’ Affairs
Oklahoma
United States
Congress
Annie Webb Blanton
James E. Ferguson
William P. Hobby
Mr. Seils
Waco
Selig
Fairbank Telegram Reports Wendell Ward’s Pneumonia Battle
Fairbank and surrounding towns report a serious pneumonia case of Wendell Ward at Camp Miley. Attending doctors Dell Ward and Lorain from Oelwein and this place rushed to the bedside as telegrams arrive every few hours. The illness worsened to involve the right lung as of Saturday, prompting immediate travel by his father Dr. G. E. Ward to Camp Miley.
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Fairbank
G. B. Ward
Camp Yuley
Wendell
Camp Miley
Fairbank Township
Buchanan County
Lester Wilson
Austin
Minn
Minneapolis
de Paul
Ed Dewald
Dunkerton
Williams
J. W. Artman
Methodist
Torsto
Winzleton
The
Red Cross
Ida Wolgamot
Ruth Knight
Ida Wotkamoty
Lucy Wiltsie
Mrs. Lacy
Lena Kraft
Woman's Relief Corps
Hazleton
Fairbank Corps
Wilson
E. E. Prescott
Methodist Church
Delhi
Hayes King
C. W W. Elliott
Oran
Anna Fruitt and Son
Mark
Enid
Okla
Rh. D. Truitt
Rechkemmer
Henry Welick
Will
Clarksville News Briefs on Illnesses and Visits
Clarksville reports Bert Green and family returning from Philadelphia after his son Merle falls ill but shows improvement while on guard duty. Doris German arrive to help care for her sister Maris, and Miss Gerhman from Tripoli nurses Mr Marcele Christensen and later M. West Roberts who died Thursday. Burr Wamsley returns from Brindley Field on furlough with relatives. General Beebe and family visit from Peoria, planning Nebraska travel. Local residents battle grippe as several cases and potato supplies noted.
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Clarksville
Bert Green
Philadelphia
Oiay
Merle
Government Arsehal
Doris Gerhman
Clinton
Si. Maris
Driss Gerhma
Tripoli
Marcele Christensen
M. West Roberts
Thursda
Gerhman
Burr Wamsley
Brindley Field
L. J
Wamsley
Gen. Beebe
Peoria
Uate
Henry Beebe
Ante
Nebraska
Elizabeth Waugh
Plainfield Public Gatherings Halted by Spanish Influenza
Plainfield reports show many residents stricken by Spanish influenza with closures continuing. The board of health bans gatherings until further notice while funeral attendance for Miss Gladys Farnsworth drew Mrs. Allie Thompson from Hartford. Madaline Wait visited from Nashua to see her grandmother Mrs. C. A. Haviland.
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Plainfield
Scnook
Board of Health
Allie ‘Thompson
Hartford
Gladys -Farnsworth
Madaline Wait
Nashua
C. A. Haviland
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