Four Hundred Attend State WCTU Convention Opener
More than 400 women and some men attended the opening program of the Iowa State convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at Grace M. E. church. National treasurer Margaret Munns and other officials spoke as delegates from civic and religious groups gathered. Interpreting the war’s impact, the event featured music, devotions, and plans to aid soldiers at Camp Dodge with a stereo motor graph machine and home centers in Des Moines.
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of Women's Christian Temperance Union
Grace M. E. Church
Union
Iowa
W. R. Law
FE. W. Court
Charles van Vieck
T. N. Stufflebeam
Charles W. Kline
J. L. Buechele
L. B. Park
Gertrude B. Anthony
Ida B. Wise-Smith
Cedar Rapids, Inn
L. D. Garhart
G. N. Sherman
Lucile W. Shadle
Mary Isabella Smith
George C. Welker
Munna
Emily Porter
Ida B. Wise- Smith
Culla Wayhinger
Indiana
M. E. Patterson
W. TF. Smith
H. B. Kenly
First
M. E. Choir
Wayhinger
Grace Church Double Quartet
Munns
WC. T. U
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
L. M. Carhart
W.C.T. A
Liberty Day High Tension in Second Liberty Loan Drive
Foreigner subscriptions flood the second liberty loan melt pot as nations across the country respond to Liberty Day urging under the banner of freedom for asylum seekers and a guarantee of victory for American troops. Chicago marks a big parade and mobilized selling forces to drive the drive.
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Germany
Washington, D. C
Liberty Loan
Chicago
Federal Reserve District
The Passing of the Cripple by Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt argues for reconstructive medical care and economic reintegration of wounded soldiers. He envisions army led rehabilitation with medical and educational training to restore usefulness, reducing disability and benefiting the nation and individuals. The policy, he says, could spur broader industry adoption and advance a fairer social order.
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Gorgas
Army Medical Service
Smokers Drive to Aid Soldiers Tobacco Fund
Readers are invited to support the Sammies Tobacco Fund to supply U S troops in France with preferred tobacco brands. A volunteer scheme asks for donations of four-pack packages. each dollar purchases four packages with 46 cent retail value, plus a postcard note from the soldier.
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France
Dolar
Liberty Day Celebrations Across the Nation
In New York rain halted the large Fifth Avenue liberty bond parade, with organizers planning a smaller event tomorrow. In Phoenix Vice President Marshall led Liberty Day addresses detailing war aims and progress. Boston's Liberty Day drive filled meetings citywide as War Secretary Baker and others prepared to speak at Tremont Temple.
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Frank O. Lowden
Army
Navy
New York
Fifth Avenue
Marshall Phoenix
Ariz
Marshall
Boston
Mass
Tremont Temple
Baker
War Ration on Sugar in Effect in New York
The first U S war ration for sugar limits sales to two to five pounds per customer at 10 to 11 cents a pound in New York stores. Famine conditions expected to persist until Jan 1 when the new crop arrives. Rules require housewives to shop every 10 days or two weeks for small bags. large buyers purchase directly from wholesalers as 14,000 grocers participate. A Stockholm note adds Sweden’s foreign minister Helmer meeting with Ira Nelson Morris.
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New York
United States
Petain Achieved Gains On Aisne Front Front Page
French General Petain directed a bold assault on the Aisne front near Soissons driving back German defenses and taking Malmaison fort. About 1,400 prisoners, many young, were reported at Allemant as American intelligence observers noted the decisive advance. Berlin acknowledged French gains were tempered by German reserves.
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Petain
Forest of
St. Gobain
Chavignon
St. Quentin
France
Associated Press
Soissons
Malmaison
Allemant
Canadian Wheat to Relieve Shortage
The milling division of the federal food administration announced relief for the hard wheat shortage. A sizable amount of Canadian wheat owned by the Wheat Export company, a British government agency, now moving down the lakes for export, will be made available for grinding in United States mills.
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New York
Federal Food Administration
Wheat Export Company
United States
New Franchise For Street Car Nyotem Ready
The proposed city street car franchise details arbitration steps, profit sharing with the city, and limits on freight use. It mandates audits, quarterly city payments, and a high standard for car operation and signaling. Apathy is avoided by explicit concessions and a call for public endorsement.
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Street Can
Nyotem
Cedar River
Board of Arbitration
Pabrcot Cur Company
Hermann Miller
Miller
City in Brief and Community Notes
A compact city in brief column lists social visits births moves and local happenings. It notes Independence business, Oskaloosa visitors, births at Presbyterian hospital, Liberty bond purchase, illness recovery, travel to Chicago and California, and Eastern Star meetings. It also mentions a Waterloo native becoming a ship dentist aboard the North Dakota and ongoing recruitment responses from workers.
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H. A. Gee
F. A. Sparle
F. B. Dietrick
J. L. Rose
Howard B. Burr
R. L. DeGon
Blanche Bayless
Iowa City
Order of Eastern Star
Charles Becker
North Dakota
Beckey
Waterloo
Washington
Woman Invents Self Lighting Cigar Solution
A Waterloo woman Mrs Oscar C Morten formerly Emma Vorce applied for a US patent for a self lighting cigar with a match attachment at the end. The device lets smokers strike the cigar itself. The inventor’s idea arose after seeing two men struggle to light their cigars. if marketed it could alter the habit of lighting without matches.
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William Rolfe
Jamestown
Waterloo
Oscar C. Morten
Milas Emma Vorce
Western Union Telegraph Company
Morten
United States
Patent Office
Minnesota
Mor‘tien
Epworth League Opens Winter Club Meetings
Members of Union and related groups subscribed to Uberty and bonds at the first Epworth League meeting at Grace Methodist Church Cedar Falls. John Brown of Town State College public speaking dept gave readings. A 7 PM dinner in the church basement preceded the entertainment. This marks the first in a winter series of club gatherings.
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John Brown
Town State College
Cedar Falls
Epworth League of Grace M. EL
Senator Husting Funeral Held in Mayville Cemetery
Mayville Wisconsin October 24 the funeral of United States Senator Paul C Husting who was accidentally shot and killed by his brother Gustave on a hunting trip on Sunday was held this forenoon the body laid to rest in the family lot at Graceland cemetery
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Mayville
Wis
United States
Paul C. Husting
Gustave White
Graceland Cemetery
California Syrup of Figs Ad Warns Mothers About Laxative Use
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipated children and mild illness. It promises quick relief by cleansing the stomach, liver, and bowels without griping, touts its pleasant taste, and warns against counterfeit syrups while instructing to buy from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Easy Way to Stop Waste of Food Advertisement
An advertising pitch notes rats destroy and spoil over a hundred million dollars of food yearly. It touts Stearns' Paste as an easy, effective extermination method used by the U S government in campaigns against rats. A small box costs only a few cents and promises to rid homes stores and warehouses of rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs.
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Stearns
U. S
Constipation Linked to Headaches and a Listed Remedy
Historical ad asserts headaches stem from inactive bowels and offers Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, non habit forming laxative sold by druggists for fifty cents. Claims quick relief without griping, suitable for children, with a free trial bottle via Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Illinois
Labor Picket Right Upheld by Court in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska Judge Charles Leslin upheld the right of labor unions to combine and use peaceful picketing to oppose open shop. The decision follows a suit by Attorney General Need of Nebraska to enjoin unions and opposing employers from disrupting orderly business under the Junkin act. The suit charged conspiracy to restrain trade against multiple defendants in Douglas County district court.
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Omaha, Neb
Charles Leslin
Douglas County
Need
Nebrastka
Omaha
Unfavorable Weather Suppresses Minnesota Potato Crop
Duluth Minnesota reports unusual and unfavorable weather likely to cut the potato crop this season. Snow is the only salvage in the ground, with estimates showing only about half the crop harvested. In Chicago, public tributes honored heavyweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons, who died early Monday, with services at the Moody Tabernacle.
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Dbuluth
Minn
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Stockholm
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Ira Nelson Momris
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BE. A. Fleming
Orange Township
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George Jenks
Willard Avenue
Harry Howell
Presbyterian Hospital
Alma Hanson
J. E. Johnson
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Lela Powers
Irving Street
Miss Powers
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Montrose
Colo
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Leland Avenue
Charles Johnson
Oskaloosa, Ja
Fred Wray
John Hillard
Sarah
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Joel Gragg
Somerset
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Ida Cable
H.C. Moeller
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Traer
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Tivo
MR. Flanagan
Waterloo Hardware Company
Bond
Pepe Rertz
Liberty Loan Committee
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