East Eleven Idle Saturday in Cedar Falls
East High may be idle again Saturday as an influenza epidemic eases. Waverly canceled a visit, leaving East High uncertain about opponents. West High will play Cedar Falls, with expectations of a strong lineup and a big score if conditions allow a game.
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Waterloo
East High
Waverly
Cedar River Park
FE. J. Miller
East
West
West High
J. B. Newman
Cedar Falls
Tigers
Clyde Miller
Ald Rosa
Max Miller
Ev ers Bravely Safeguards K of C Supplies Under Fire
Chicago on October 29 Johnny Evers famed baseball figure serving in France as a Knights of Columbus secretary endured shellfire near the front while directing K of C supply trucks to American troops. He described being near the fighting lines distributing cigars and goods, and quipped about a dugout base as shells burst around.
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Chicago
Johnny Evers
France
Knights of Columbus
Evers
K. of C
Chateau-Thierry
Knights ‘of Columbus
Eyers
Reveaid
Helne
Heine
Big game hunting in the United States trimmed by war
New York reports from several states that hunting of big game will be halved as many hunters join the army or work in war industries. Guides are missing, farmers leave for city jobs, and prior season scarcity is blamed on wartime mobilization. After the war, experts predict more abundant big game.
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New York
United States
Battefields
Europe
Adironadacks
Christmas Package Information For Soldiers And Sailors
H B Cropper chairs the Red Cross Christmas package drive with details on sending boxes to soldiers in Europe through the post office and sailors via the post office, while the Red Cross handles only boxes for American expeditionary force boys abroad. A daily committee member is on duty 9 to 5 until mid November at the Red Cross shop.
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H. B. Cropper
Red Cross
Post Office Department
Europe
Postoffice
Asia
Cropper
Hhis
Births Reported In Local Gazette
Birth notices list several newborns with parents Glenn Mathan Ricker Richard Maffitt Hudson Leonard Orland Reel Hudson Everett Tee and Charles Clyerci Gibson. Advertisements for footwear and medical services appear alongside the notices. Dates include October and September, with locations such as Hudson and Hotel Russell-Lameon referenced.
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Glenn Xmathan
Ricker
Richard. Maffitt Hudson
Everett Tee
Leonard Orlands
Reel
Hudson
T Fyshil Trene
Charles Clyrerci Gibson
Vwadsern
Claranes
Reminiscences of Dr Jasper Jenkins in Kaiser’s Hospital
A humorous wartime vignette where Dr Jasper Jenkins, famed podiatrist, recounts treating the Kaiser after bayonet wounds and gas exposure. The Kaiser, with a cloven hoof, asks for help and hints at visiting America after the war, showing a fascination with Broadway. (To Be Continued).
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Jasper Jenkins
Bor- Nin
Ian J Wa
Kaiser
Jenkins
Bill
Germany
Harroom
America
Broadway
Hifth Avenue
Wrestling to Aid War Effort Modernizes Combat Training
The article discusses adapting wrestling to wartime needs, led by Sandow’s system taught to officers at Camp Sill. It argues wrestling, with strangle holds and rough tactics, could replace boxing in the army bayonet school and become core hand-to-hand training for soldiers headed overseas.
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Hohenzollern
Seymour
Spears
Detroit
Billy Sandow
Camp Grant
Strangler
Lewis
Rockford
Sandow
Camp Sill
Okla
United States Army
France
Eighty-seventh
Nissen Dies in Action First Cedar Falls Soldier Killed Overseas
Private Nissen, son of Mr and Mrs Jorgen Nissen near Cedar Falls, died in action October 5 after enlisting February 22, 1918 with the Black Hawk county delegation. He trained at Camp Dodge and departed for France May 10 1918. Survived by parents and two sisters Clara and Esther. Also notes about questionnaires for September registrants, advisory board at city hall, dental students deferred classification, and various local civic items.
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Sen
Jorgen Nissen
Nissen
Black Hawk County
Camp Dodge
France
Clara
Esther
County Exemption Board
Jegal
Soldiers Letters From France Speak Of Travel And War
Sergeant Lee Roy Clemons writes from France about a furlough in southern France visiting Monte Carlo and the Mediterranean coast. He describes trains, chateaus, cathedrals, and coastal towns, the Promenade, and a return to duty with promotion to sergeant first class and higher pay. The letter also includes a second note from a comrade in the 166th Infantry detailing frontline combat, prisoner captures, and a major American advance with 13,000 Germans captured across the drive amid rain and shellfire.
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Sergt
Lee Roy Clemons
Mary T. Clemons
Boise
Idaho
Waterloo
Eng
France
Jon
Monte Carlos
Mediterranean
Europe
Her
Nice
Daniel
Atlantic
R. O
Burt
Local Notes from La Porte City October 23
Mr Paul Kline visits Camp Forrest and returns home. Linda Blillmer operated on for appendicitis at Waterloo Saint Francis Hospital. reporting satisfactory. Mr and Mrs Jerry Wittry plus Mrs John Kerstettar travel to Daytona Florida Tuesday morning. Mrs W G Goodwin joins them at a surprise party night at Aff Knight’s home decorated with the…
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la Porte
Clarksville News Roundup From October 29
Clarksville notes a brief local update with Edward Biden’s improved condition after illness, and the community mourns three deaths linked to influenza. Families travel, reunite, and plan visits as local residents assist aviators in France and engage in wartime support work.
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Thelps
Statenberger
Wang &Weterson
Russell-Lameon
Miller Footwear
jSaturday
Nev
GEO
Memanus
International News Ser
MR. Wood
Twkce
Tka
Rce
Cedar Sales
George WH. Twaddle
Waterton Evening Courier
West Fourth Street
Pvt
Irving H. Hart
George
Nebraska Normal School
Kearney
Harold Frisby
Frisby
Kelly Field
Maude Messier
Nanale Hott
Marble Rock
Will Wasson
Kirksville
Reed
Reed Horr
Suene
Floydly
J. S. Lilley
Shellsburg
G. Ramsay
Watertog
Miss Maurine
Se ¥ Francis Hospital
Marsh-Place
Hing
Nitro
West Virginia
Iowa
Government
U. S. Employment Service Office
Fifth and Lafayette Streets
Gupta
la Porte City
Hone Knight
Des Moines
Wineline B.C. Ags
Clarksville
W. EB. Biden
Howard
S. D
Menudus
Red
Fone Eaildren
Fred Hiden
Charles Reitz
AL. J. Reitz
J. GL
Camp Ogiether
Wang & Miter
Ry Thelps
Jefferson
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