Iowa High School Football Hampered by Flu Epidemic and Man Shortages
Iowa high school football this year faces widespread disruption from the Spanish influenza and wartime manpower shortages. Quarantines and loss of practice have left many teams weak, with cancellations and chaotic schedules. Davenport and Mason City are highlighted as strong, while Cedar Rapids and North Des Moines are noted as dark horses.
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Iowa
Army
Navy
Waterloo
Mason City
Ed Stanton
Brewton
Bilison
Shearer
McConnell
Zima
Belding
Anderson
Funk
Hun
North Des Moines
West Des Moines
Des Moines
Women Train as Shell Shock Experts for War Work
Sixty five young women, graduates of Smith College Training School for Psychiatric Social Work, become shell shock experts and will serve in clinics in New York, Boston and other cities. They will assist in rehabilitation and economic and physical reconstruction of disabled soldiers.
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Smith College
Northampton
Mass
New York
Boston
War Department
Federal of School
Diers
Dbo
Barclay & Sons
Jefferson Street
East
Fourth Street
Alcock
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several County Residents
The notice lists marriage licenses for Arthur R. Peterson of Plainfield Dora B. Livingston of Walford Clarence J. Castie of Waterloo Cerena Goodwin of Waterloo Ole J. Akkerman of Parkersburg and Mary L. Mahanke of Parkersburg among others with stray garbled text surrounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Peterson
Plainfield
Dora B. Livingston
Walford
Clarence J. Castie
Waterloo
Cerena Goodwin
Ole J. Akkerman
Parkersburg
Mary L. Mahanke
Advice To W Hohenzollern War Blues In Print
A collage of wartime snippets and reader letters lampooning leaders and events. Notes mock German leadership and propose safety first, with satirical quips about soldiers returning home, air raids, and public notices from small town papers. Includes jokes about ads and local curiosities.
Boys Box Carts Too Noisy for Sick People
Complaint from residents that boys released from school duties use new box carts loudly on sidewalks near homes during influenza season. The noise from iron wheels on cement annoys sick residents. Parents urged to caution boys to avoid influenza areas.
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Bors
Airplane Builders Publish Newspaper From Dayton Wright
Copies of Plane Talk, a publication issued by the Dayton Wright Airplane company in Dayton Ohio, have been received in Waterloo from Claude Dye, a former Evening Courier employee. The paper targets workers in aircraft manufacture and includes war and current events items.
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Dayton Wright Airplane Company
Dayton, C
Waterloo
Claude Dye
Evening Courier
Waterloo Boy Now in Service Wins Fame as Pugilist
J H Saucer of 802 Grant Avenue, son of Mr and Mrs T F Saucer, Camp Fremont California, with the 62d infantry, emerged as a top welterweight in the army after initial hospital days. Trained by Eddie Hanton, he knocks out rivals and earns praise as a top boxing prospect, with California papers praising his speed and power. Saucer attended West High and is a local favorite.
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Waterloo
Dempsey
Uncle Sam
Waterloo Way
J. H. Saucer
Mr. and i
T. F. Saucer
Grant Avenue
Camp Fremont
Cal
62D Regiment of Infantry
Saucer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Eddie Hanton
California
West High
Viola Wickham
Millard Wickham
C. Dobrusky
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank
Ogaily
Neb
Ag Clarion
F. W. Watson
Cedar Falls
al Watson
Minn
W. E. Ross
Humboldt
Cecil
Earl Mier
Ice
Winn
Rousdale
Dumont
C. W. Trousdale
Estherville
Merle
Fred Noelting
Tampton
Fred
Howard Hopkins
JC. Brown
W. TH. Latimer
Latimears
Mr Hopkins
Henry Abben
Camp Dodge
Henry Brown
Target Tips and Hunting Help From Our Arms Expert
The column answers reader questions on hunting and target shooting. Advice covers duck shooting shot sizes Nos 6 and 7 for 20 gauge at 40 yards, gun maintenance, and cartridge selection. Readers J W S and S T O seek gear and shell choices, with expert guidance on shell sizes for ducks and partridge, and cautions on home fabricated shell modification.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Influenza Abates at State College
Ames Iowa October 17 reports show marked improvement in influenza among the student army training corps at Iowa State College with only three or four new cases yesterday and a daily decline in hospital patients Nurses from many communities totaling about 30 arrived to care for the most seriously ill The death toll is easing with the official tally near 23 and possibly three more deaths since the last report
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Ames
Army Training Corps
Towa State College
F. R. Lincoln
Swas
From Janesville to Dakota and local losses amid influenza
AL Merkn and fd Dubkins returned from a Dakota trip noting usual troubles and pasture tasks. Mrs. Roxy Phelps and Mrs. Wienehart died recently and were buried in the valley cemetery. The town mourns Maude McMurry who died of influenza with five children and an ailing mother.
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Janesville
AL Merkrn
Fd Dubkins
Dakota
Roxy Phelps
Wienehart
Maude McMurry
Teavins
Rangitian
Gene
Bert Renter
Moore
Mragpott
Tyane
Vink Mere
Keeler Paresty
Niesen
PS Dave
Walter
Vikus
Fee
Amiy Deeiers Tarmilys
Flight speeds of wild birds and slow crow in early tables
An 19th century article outlines average flight speeds with crows at 35 to 60 feet per second and hawks reaching 200 feet per second. It includes a speed table for quail grouse snipe mallard and other species and notes how speed varies with hunting situations and decoy setups.
Subscriptions Boost Fourth Liberty Loan Efforts in Waterloo
Waterloo workers in the Rock Island railroad and the freight house report a 100 percent effort in the fourth liberty loan and Red Cross drives. An additional $1,000 in bonds was pledged, surpassing eastern states in urgency. The piece notes influenza cases and local civic activity amid wartime campaigns.
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Rock Island Railroad
Waterloo
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Uncle Sam
Iowa
Woman dies after horse liniment dose in illness crisis
Town City Ta October 17 Mrs Urian St Albright of Stewart died early yesterday from ingesting horse liniment during a week long influenza illness. Coroner Murphy leans to the theory she acted in a frenzy or by mistake after groans woke the family and a physician failed to save her.
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Lon Harrison
Minneapolis
Hough
Minamipolis
Sprashnig
Kenneth Corey
Wamsley
Isabelle Simmons Cale
Charles City
Waterloo
Phil Miller
W. F. Jacobs
Corner
Jr. Miller
Lois Tegler
Geo
Town City
Urian St. Albright
Stewart
Murphy
Nashua News Highlights of Travel and Illness
Oct news from Nashua reports Scott traveling from Nashua to Des Moines and Ames for military training, messages from Capt Strike Lowell Ransom and others in England. A letter from Frank Smith notes his mother in Freeport is critically ill from cancer. Families in Nashua report illness in Myra Deistler and pneumonia and influenza in the southern camp. Mrs Dever travels to Detroit for a visit. The Nashua public library receives a substantial gift from a local donor.
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Nashua
Scott
Ames
C. L. Strike
Lowell Ransom
Eutohne
England
Frank Smith
Freeport
Deistler
Seul
Myra
Sterlet
B. M. Dever
Detroit
Mich
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North Bes Moines
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Satonfay
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Old Fritz
Crest
Bil
Ogg
Fredericksburg
Sumner
Herschel Ogg
Courier
Gee
Bill Jimse
McArthur
Bill Maples
Turkey
Allenby
J. M.S
Wily Fox
Elkader
Wily
Intelligence Department
Orval Becutoldt
Norton
Oberlin
Kanu
Herald
Waverly
Clarksville
Dr. Scripture
Bert Crosby
Germany
ALL. C
Yy Phelps
Hearache
Acferson
Greer
Aziz
Roanoke
Waterbury
Conn
S. G
Oakville
Ont
M. T
Lexington
Atlantic
State College
Leonard Os
Maabeshier
Chadtre
Board of Wealth
Frano Panpen
George Trey
Washington, D. C
Trey
Guy Dring
Tim August van Hanen
Washington
Land
van Hanen
Trvin Card
Anes
Watkins
Sioux City
Polderhoer
Dundee
Tyeffer
Town
Phelps
Grassee
Ead
Eho
Jefferson
Dadveity Cineuly
Van
Friend
Linsnan
Si Tielle Caldwell
Porter Arles
Laws
Tor
Joseph Sons Co
Hirst
Nat'l Bante Bldg
Ul BK Smme
First National Bank Building
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