Yanks Help British Tribe In Major Front Advance
Allied forces report strong progress in France with British south west of Douai resisting, while American contingents join the push toward the Oise. Lille area actions bring Lys crossing south of Wulverghem and Selle river captured at St Benin. Allies advance with German resistance fading as positions shift eastward.
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France
Douai
Lille
Roney
Lys
Wulverghem
le Curtesu
Oise
Selle
Wet-Day Issue Voted On In Chicago April 1919
Philip Yarrow files mandamus suit in Illinois Supreme Court to force Chicago election board to submit the wet and dry question to voters on April 1, 1919. He contends the prior petition was valid and the board acted illegally in rejecting it.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Philip Yarrovw
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago Board of Election
Coneii Oners
Yarrow
Governor Harding Reported Suffering Influenza Illness
Despatch says Gov W L Harding of Iowa is confined to his home with Spanish influenza. Doctors report pneumonia unlikely, noting no complications by today. The illness developed last night and was announced from his office. End.
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Associated Press
Dea
FP. GC. Hill
Minneapolis
Tethill
Nina Sproul
Mason City
Freddie Sproul
No Vax On Wilsons Pay Reform Move
The Senate Finance Committee revised the war revenue bill restoring strikes from the House that taxed salaries of the president and high officials. It also rejected House provisions taxing state and municipal deeds, deeming such imposts unconstitutional.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Coffee futures halted as Brazil market price tops limit
New York October 18 Advances in Brazilian coffee pushed the federal food administration to fix the maximum price, prompting the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange to suspend trading in coffee futures. Exchange officers and the food administration began negotiations for an adjustment.
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New York
Brazil
Federal Food Administration
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Food Administration
Cartridge output rises in world war drive
Washington reports production of cartridges exceeding three billion, with 2 510 629 510 for machine guns and rifles and 275 524 200 for pistols and 368 007 400 for miscellaneous uses. In Des Moines a warehouse fire at the Advance-Rumely Thresher plant caused losses estimated between 500 000 and 750 000, with cause undetermined. company headquarters are in La Porte Indiana.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Des Moines
Hungary Declares Independence at Parliament Meeting
London Oct 17 a Hungarian parliament proclamation declared Hungary an independent state. Berlin dispatch received via Copenhagen and transmitted to Central News Agency reports the breakthrough in Hungarian sovereignty.
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Hunary
Associated Press
London
Hungary
Berlin
Copenhagen
Petition 446 Feet Long For Women Car Conductors
Women streetcar conductors in Cleveland sent a petition 446 feet long with 35 060 signatures to Secretary of Labor Wilson asking the case be reopened. Federal mediators ruled the women should be relieved on the cars after May 1.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Railway Company
Sec Tetary of Labor
Wilson
Hungarians Seek Peace Conference Representation
Basel reports indicate Hungary aims for national life independent of Austria, insists on territorial integrity, a seaport, and control over internal affairs. They seek a special delegate at the peace conference and favor Count Albert Apponyi, who reportedly endorsed central empire proposals. He reportedly said the dual monarchy collapsed on its own.
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Basel
Hungary
Austria
Hubgary
Count Albert Apponyi
Count Apponyi
Waterloo in Brief: War News and Local Notes
City brief covers life in Waterloo with overseas service notices for Sergt. John R. Callahan and Pvt. George H. Huggins, engagements and marriages in the area, a liberty bond purchase by a local sailor, and community updates including Red Cross influenza notes, schooling changes, and local travel issues. The item references Miss Alpha RIDON, Waterloo, and residents in Mason City, Des Moines, and Camp Pike.
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Grover Goswilier
Leland Avenue
Camp Pike
John R. Callahan
George H. Huggins
U. S. Engineers
Waterloo
Wilsons peace note draws German diplomatic debate
German sources report Wilsons reply to the German note has sparked diplomatic friction. Reichstag meetings discuss objections to the tone with no policy line set yet. Field Marshal von Hindenburg in Berlin signals possible drafting of a German reply as press call the note a trap and evasive in tone.
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Associated Press
Berne
Wilson
Reichsteg
Marshal von Slindenburg
Berlin
Reichstag
Mortuary notices from Waterloo area obituaries and arrivals
Multiple brief obituary notices note deaths and funeral plans. Arthur J Elgin aged 21 died of pneumonia after influenza at a detention hospital and left a widow and daughter with several siblings. services and burial arrangements referenced. Additional items mention A Bussey dying in St Louis en route home from Stuttgart and burial plans in Shell Rock area. Robert A Bennett, born 1916, pneumonia death at home Lafayette street with a prayer service and burial at Fairview. John Jungen of Raymond area dies. no funeral plans yet. First US medal for meritorious service presented to Lieut Fleury for Stony Point battle 1779.
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Arthur J. Elglx
Rthur
J. Elgin
Mr. Elgin
Waterloo Gas Engine Company
Forest Avenue
E. J. Elgin
Center Point
A. F. Bussey
Grant Avenue
Sted
St. Louis
Stuttgart
Ark
Shell Rock
Waterloo
Waverly
Dora Young
Robert A. Bennett
Robert Alva Bennett
E. H. Bennett
Lafayette Street
Fairview
Far- Fiener
United States
Congress
Lieut
Fleury
Stony-Point
Uncle Harry Explains Kaiser's Plans and Bulgaria
Uncle Harry in a map filled dialogue explains Kaiser Wilhelm’s shift in strategy during World War I. He notes Bulgaria’s exit from the war blocks the Berlin-to-Bagdad railway and Pan-German dreams, while emphasizing Allied rail and geographic control and the widening war fronts across Belgium, Switzerland, Albania, and Mesopotamia.
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Harry
Bulgaria
Berlin-to- Bagdad
Joe
Uncle Harry
Kaiser
Austria
Germany
Serbia
Turkey
North Sea
Black Sea
Roumania
Helen
Jimmy
Uncle Hartz
Dardanelles
Berlin
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Asia
Masapotamia
Timmy
Tong
Berlin-to-Bagdad
India
Europe
Constance GE Finople
Harland
Beriin-to
Marshal Foch
Belgium
Italy
Albania
Palestine
Patriotism Recorp 15 Set by Mining Town
Gebo Wyoming coal camp rapidly answered Uncle Sam's war aid appeal with 30 percent of residents enlisted or volunteering and bond purchases. The note claims large U S bond and savings stamp totals were possible if the nation matched Gebo's pace, cites scarce feedstock and rising hay prices, and mentions farm conditions and war effort.
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Gero
Wyo
Sam
Gebo
United States
Gedo
Orchard Notices Mention Death, Illness and Local News
Merl Waters dies aboard en route to France and burial plans are set. Camp Dodge reports Willie Love recovering from pneumonia. Myrtle Eldridge to a convalescent camp in Phoenix as nurse. Morse family notes injuries from bridge accident. Merl Morse siblings arrive. Influenza spreads, Middletown camp houses 400 cases. Myrtle Wetter resigns as post office clerk. local church fair canceled due to Spanish flu. Blandin family mourns Frances Green, born June 9, 1912, in Washington.
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Mer
Narlie Elvin Waters
France
Nere
Willie Love
Camp Dodge
Myrtle Eldridge
Flinoix
James Morse
Leon
Merl
Sens
Marerette Morse
Mulroud
Blardin
Middletown
Misa Myrtle Wetter
Alrie
M. M. Blandin
Fittter
Franc Trene Greet
Wenatchee
Wash
Frances
Frank M. Green
Washington
Federal Austria Plan Announced by Emperor Charles
Emperor Charles declared steps to organize Austria on a federalized basis and denied uniting Austrian Poland with an independent Polish state. He proposed autonomy for nations, with Trieste treated separately, and called for peaceful development through cooperation with his peoples on a confederate model.
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Austria
Charles
Associated Press
Vienna
Basel
Switzerland
Poland
Trieste
Welfare workers aid Des Moines camp dodge flu quarantine
Des Moines based War Camp Community Service and Y M C A volunteers assist Camp Dodge soldiers during the influenza quarantine. They distribute magazines and books, stamps, stationery, and run letters and telegrams. Jewish Welfare Board, K of C, and American Library Association cooperate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Tuares
War Welfare Agendta
Jes Molten
Worbliden
K. C
Jantah Welfare Board
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
A. K. of C
Jewish Welfare Board
AIL Association
Fred M. Hanson
Red Cross
Jewish Board
Soldiers’ Club
Isadore Sondheim
Wali Lamp
W.C. C.S
W. CC. S
Dying American Boy Calls for Father from Kansas
A Red Cross officer travels through rain to a northern hospital in a poignant scene. A dying Kansas boy in a American ward asks for his father, whispering Call Dad as the commander arrives to convey the farewell. The tale centers on loss, duty, and the reach between distant homes and a battlefield hospital.
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John E. Wagner
AR. C
Priostly
Red Cross
Karnas
Topeka
Kansas
Karsak
Emtrance
Sam
Miles
Do American Women Understand War
Picture from France shows a Northern village with a waiting French woman, two Tommies stacking firewood, and children in a modest yard. The caption notes she awaits news of her husband with stoic patience as strangers live in her home during wartime, prompting the question Do American Women Understand War.
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George T. Bye
France
St. Joseph
Tommy
Besa
Willi Boys Learn Value of Body Sanitation at Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville reporter describes Camp Zachary Taylor recruits from Kentucky Indiana and southern Illinois receiving a health and sanitation lesson. The article notes daily health checks strict isolation for illness and the shift to open windows to prevent disease while warriors learn the value of hygiene and preventive care.
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Willi
Louisville
Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Jim
Medical Department
United States Army
Army
Courier patterns for fashion depart patterns orders
To obtain up-to-date Courier patterns send coupon and 10 cents per pattern to Fashion Department Evening Courier Was TERLOO. Patterns are low for seams and orders are filled as soon as possible but should reach you ten days after sending in your order.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Was
Terloo
Unhealthy camp conditions and bond issue notes
Fragmentary text reports influenza spread among soldiers in barracks and tents with tents-favored contagion, plus notes on liberty loan bond maturities and a Zurich labor union forming over boardinghouse charges and boarder evasion.
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Baracks
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