Kerensky assails army failure in passionate talk
In an emotional address to the provisional parliament Petrograd today Premier Kerensky deplored army demoralization and urged rekindling July esprit de corps to win a peace by Christmas He defended the government against monarchical plots and said Korniloff and Bolshevik revolts were attempts at dictatorship while peace is postponed by army disintegration.
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Petrograd
Kerensky
Russia
Althout
Oasel Island
Dago Island
M. Kerensky
M. Markoff
Korniloff
Iowa Miners to Seek Higher Wages in Iowa Conference
Des Moines Oct 24 Iowa coal miners plan to press for wage increases at a conference with the Iowa Coal Operators association. A 15 man delegation was chosen to attend and outline demands, believed to seek a raise matching the higher Eastern scale.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
Tommorrow
Canada forms two war committees in new ministry
Ottawa Ont Oct 24 two war committees for Canada’s wartime cabinet were announced with Premier Borden to chair both bodies. N W W Rowell Liberal leader in Ontario named vice president of the war committee and A K MacLean vice president of the reconstruction and development panel. Each panel has ten members and will operate during the war and until demobilization per an order in council.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Union Cabinet
Cabinet Council
Borden
N. W W. Rowell
Liberal Party
Ontario
A. K. MacLean
German Posters Promote Liberty Bond Use
Third German class at East High School produced posters urging Liberty Bond purchases for a German-speaking community. Under instructor Viola Knoche, the posters read Do it now Buy a Liberty Bond in German and stress national duty to support a free land.
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United States
East High School
Lberty
Viola Knoche
Local announcements and marriage notice in Marshalltown
Auxiliary will meet all day in Knights of Columbus hall to sew for Red Cross with Mrs. W C Welch and Mrs J A Eller in charge. Tabernacle chapter 52 R A M to hold special convocation at 730 P M with members and visiting companions welcome. Doreas society of First Baptist church to meet in church parlor at 239 P M tomorrow. Miss Bessie R Pepper and F B Culley wed last evening by Rev W G Crowder and will reside in Nevada where he will run a variety store.
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Knights of Columbus Hall
Red Cross
W.C. Welch
J. A. Eller
Tabernacle Chapter
Doreas Society of First Baptist
Culley Pepper
Marshalltown
Bessie R. Pepper
F. B. Culley
Waterloo
W. G. Crowder
Methodist Church
Nevada
Culley
Germans Use Water Barrier to Stop British
German forces dam the canal two miles above Nieuport aiming to flood much of the country before Passchendaele ridge. A diagram shows how water would back up, creating a defensive barrier to impede the British advance.
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Nieuport
Passchendaele Ridge
Flanders
Uncle Sam's Boys Ready for U Boat Chases in Winter Sea
American destroyers and crews have been outfitted for winter. New gadgets include gun shields and windproof gear, with extra life rafts and non breakable bridge windows. Women at home knit sweat ers socks and heavy garments to keep crews warm.
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Ilka
Ught
PACE
$25 000 Damage Suit Follows Gate Tragedy
A $25,000 damages suit claims negligence by the Dairy Cattle Congress caused the death of 10 year old Donald J Ames when a large entrance gate sign fell on him at the grounds Sept 20 He did not contribute to the accident and was described as healthy bright and with promise of useful manhood. The suit was filed by W W Woolley for Donalds father John Ames. Also filed today was an action for divorce by John W Koch against Mary C Koch, with three children aged 6 3 and 1.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Donald J. Ames
W. W. Woolley
John Ames
Donald
John W. Koch
Mary C. Koch
Washburn
Chidren
Pershing Reaches Second German Line in French Drive
General Pershing and a French general accompanied troops to the second German line on the Aisne front as the French attack advanced. American training camps in France noted the progress and timing of the operation.
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Pershing
France
Gen. Pershing
Aisne
Man Entitled to Place of Honor as Bond Purchaser
A bakery owner Nick Nielsen at 1111 Fourth Street East and his wife and six children were featured as exemplary contributors to the liberty bond drive. He purchased a $100 bond for himself, $100 for his wife, and six $50 certificates for his children, then added another $160 for himself and $50 for Mrs Nielsen, showcasing family pride and patriotic support.
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Roosevelt
Nick Nielsen
Nick
Fourth Street
Liberty Bond
Nielsen
Jacob Billman Funeral at Cedar Falls Thursday
Cedar Falls Oct 24 The funeral of Jacob Billman who died at his Sauk Center Minnesota home Sunday will be held at his mother Mrs George Billman home at 3 p.m. Thursday He was well known in this vicinity where he resided for many years
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Cedar Falls
Jacob Billman
Sauk Center
Minn
George Billman
Billman
Rail Brotherhoods to Confer on Nov 1 Meeting
Chicago Oct 24 Railroad officials said little about the planned November 1 gathering of railroad trainmen. Executive committees of the Order of Railroad Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen are to attend and chairs of the Switchmen's Union of North America are expected to be present.
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Chicago
Order of Railroad Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Sons of Veterans Buy Liberty Bond
Sons of Veterans Camp No 33 met last evening and empowered treasurer E F Kistner to buy a cash Liberty bond. The camp already purchased a bond last June and stands ready to loan funds to support the government. A. A. Wagner presented Kistner a gold lapel button on behalf of the camp. Kistner was named staff aide to the national commander.
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Sons of Veterans
Camp No. 33
E. F. Kistner
Wberty
A. A. Wagner
Kistner
Aids
Death of Raymond Antin Hughes at age six
Raymond Antin Hughes, son of Mr and Mrs R A Hughes of 1842 Hogle Street, died in bed this morning after a night illness. Pneumonia is listed as the cause. Born December 15 1914. Funeral at the family home Thursday at 2 pm with Rev F W Court officiating. Burial at Fairview.
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Raymond Antin Hughes
R. A. Hughes
Hogle Street
Raymond
F. W. Court
Fairview
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
A Cincinnati authority touts a drug called freezone as a painless corn remedy. He claims a few drops applied to tender corns stop soreness, dry the corn, and lift it out without irritation. A quarter-ounce costs little and treats hard or soft corns or calluses, benefiting women wearing high heels.
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Cincinnati
Pennies for War Relief Grow to 10497 in Iowa Drive
Ten thousand four hundred ninety seven pennies sit ready to go to France and Belgium for relief work among European children. Contributions come from Black Hawk county children and others across the state, led by the Winsome Girls class of First Baptist church with two hundred pennies. Young Erwin Pratzke of Jesup, seven years old, saved twenty five pennies to help. Other donors include Marlys Kessey with forty, Jack Rawling with twenty five, and Margaret Vogel with thirty eight. Go Hawk Happy Tribe neighbors plan a Thanksgiving penny shower to support the fund.
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France
Belgium
Black Hawk County
Mary
First Baptist Church
Erwin Pratzke
Jesup
Erwin
Marlys Kessey
Jack Rawling
Margaret Vogel
Go Hawk Happy Tribe
Towa
Waterloo
Black Hawk
New York Hit by Violent Rain Storm
New York faced its most violent rain and wind storm with over two inches of rain by noon. In Flushing Bay small vessels were wrecked or sunk while the Camp Merritt YMCA tent was blown down exposing 100 men but causing no injuries. Despite the weather, bond buying continued and subscriptions rose for the New York federal reserve district, totaling 865 million dollars at 11 o'clock, up 50 million from the previous day.
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New York
Sesson
Queensborough
Flushing Bay
Young Men’s Christian Association
Camp Merritt
Tenafly
N. J
Federal Reserve District
Waterloo contingent members subscribe for 10200 dollars
Members of Company B part of the Waterloo contingent at Deming New Mexico contributed a total of 10200 dollars to the war fund or relief effort, reflecting strong local support and collective action during the deployment.
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Waterloo
Deming
N. M
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Preserve Complexion
An advert claims good digestion preserves beauty and clear skin. It praises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for sour bile and digestion woes, urging women to try the after meals tablet to maintain a flawless complexion, with a 50 cent box available at any drugstore.
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Stuart
Local youths praised for patriotism amid Liberty Bond drive
Sergeant John Farrell of the police department receives an informative report from his son Ross Farrell about the small group of 75 to 80 boys in the company who have shown notable patriotism by supporting Liberty Bonds. The piece contrasts their efforts with peers at home lingering on their daily one dollar allowance.
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Liberty Bonds
John Farrell
Police Department
Ross Farrell
Nature Still Best of Healers Says Surgeons
Chicago October session of the eighth annual clinical congress of surgeons reports nature and cleanliness as the greatest healers. More than 2,500 physicians and surgeons from the United States, England, and France attend the meeting where the world’s perfect antiseptic is sought.
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Chicago
England
France
Swiss to issue bronze coins amid metal shortage
Horne Oct. 24 The Swiss federal council will issue 2,000,000 ten centime bronze coins and 3,000,000 five centime bronze coins due to nickel and copper shortages. The coins will be withdrawn once the metal shortage is relieved and animal money is back to normal.
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Horne
Vinci blood remedy ad critiques patent medicines
An advertisement argues for honesty in medicine by listing Vincl ingredients and claiming they enrich blood, banish anemia, and build strength. It offers a money back guarantee if Vincl fails to improve health and cites Wangler Bros. Co. and J. Miller Waterloo as distributors nationwide.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Druggista
J. Miller
Waterloo
For the Boys at the Front Gifts of pens, pencils and locket
A Waterman fountain pen and an Eversharp pencil accompany an identification locket among many other useful articles prepared for the boys at the front. The items are showcased as thoughtful military aid offerings.
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Cenfer
Waterman
Steve
East Fifth ST
East Fifth Street
Efor
Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
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Hearsts
Good Housekeeping
Metro Politan
Everybody's
McClure’s
America
Tiffany
Zleé
WAT BS Biss Aos
BLACK
Jiggs
Maggie
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