Iowa TG Ready for Big Registration
Des Moines reports Iowa draft boards are preparing for the September 12 general registration of men aged 18 to 45 under a new draft law. Registrants answer extensive questions and fill out forms. precincts will be used for registration where possible. Local boards will appoint registrars who may receive up to four dollars for service, while other personnel aid with the process.
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Des Moines
Provost Marshal General
State Adjutant General
Iowa
State Adjutant General's
Leva
Camp Dodge
Hell
Pro War Debates Spark Lake View Assault on Farmer
Alleged pro German remarks by Lake View farmer William Ellwanger triggered an August 30 assault by three local men. Ellwanger offered no resistance as attackers backed off before serious injuries. His attackers, including Matthew Drilling and Ebert Allen's father, dragged him into a car and ordered him from town after the attack. Ellwanger sought arrest in Sac City but officials provided no action. The incident moves to the council of defense.
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Lake View
William Ellwanger
Ellwanger
Arne
Red Cross
Matthew Drilling
France
Ree Kk
Ebert
Sergt
Eilert Allen
George Aven
Bilwanger
Sac City
Matt Se
Council of Defense
Italian Amuck With Big Knife At Des Moines Gallery
In Des Moines on September 2 a knife-wielding Italian attacked W. C. Remels and Flor d Sherril, gallery owners at 316 Locust Street, after a dispute over pictures. Remels suffered a severed artery bite to the right wrist and a left shoulder stab. Sherril was cut on the right arm and stabbed. The assailant fled. police seek his identity.
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Bes Moines
W. C. Remels
Flord Sherril
Locust Street
Yesterr
Remelis
Sherril
Fire Prevention Day Move Set for November Second
The annual Fire Prevention Day has been rescheduled from November 9 to November 2. The change avoids clashing with the Liberty Loan drive and aligns the event with the current year's calendar.
Many Changes in Teaching Corps Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls here is opening to a wave of teaching changes as new principals and transfers take effect. The article lists shifts at the high school Lincoln Jefferson Miner and other schools, noting appointments, absences and new duties for dozens of teachers and staff as schools begin the year.
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Cedar Falls
Tigh School
Stena Hansen
Anna Funk
Eva B
Hollis
Lilly
Minnie Bengsison
Vashti
Pfrimmer
Edith Schofield
Elizabeth Fullerton
Lincoln
Jefferson
Anna Young
Fort Dodge
Stella Stone
Vern Durst
Lincoln School
Jeferson
Miner School
Mary Murphy
Hazel Bauder
Fannie Traymond
Attent College
Cora Garrent
Edna Klmberg
Bertha Kansen
Wm. TH. Shaw
Athletic
Jr. Shaw
Y. M. C. A. Work
Messrs. Clark
Army
al HH. Speer
Minneapolis Y. M. C
Speer
F. L. Mahannah
Mahannah
Perry
Marion
North English
Istate
Jias
Samuel Brown
Brown
Sam Brown
Ice
Hasamend
la Porte City
Lucile Gingrich
Dedham
Marie Unger
Dysart
Mundus
Helen Bangerler
Grundy Center
Irene van Valkenberg
Ptay
Waterloo West High
Beth Tyou
Mildred $Iartz
Jutilee Consolidated School
Ralph Booth
Lottie’ Booth
Nation seeks nonwar labor to support war effort
Des Moines dispatch reports the federal employment service in Washington states the man shortage is in skilled and unskilled nonwar roles. Men from farms mines railroads and factories must stay for war work while others in nonessential trades should cut back. Assistant director Nathan A. Smith says America must mobilize fully for war and urges patriotic employers to reduce nonwar staff to minimum. Public sentiment against slackers is seen as a powerful motivator beyond laws.
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Federal Employment Service
Washington
Nathan A. Smith
America
John Murphy
Dorothy Condit
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Australia
Barilare
Minneapolis
W. M. Wilson
Edgar O. Ford
Prairie City
L. H. Keep
St. Charles
Minn
J. W. Holland
Cedar Falls
George
JL. Li. Wright
H. C. Harmon
F. L. Vander Veer
Medical Department
Camp ‘Sheridan
T. C
Cookwell
Rand Delmar Trerow
Trerow
Iourt
Orlin C. Bremer
Baltimore
Lieut. Bremer
Camp Mead
Chas. Perrott
Cedar Heights
Paris Island
Fla
J. M. Morris
Oklahoma
Harold Holst
Shirley Wilt
Signe Holst
Traiverse City
Mich
Romeo Short
Camp Taylor
R.A. Santee
Osceola County
Albert A. Hintz
Chamberlain
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Deputy Sheriffs Arrest Eight Soldiers in New Vice Raid
Des Moines reports Sheriff Griffin leading a purge with his purity squad arresting eight soldiers, three officers, and several women on vice charges. The soldiers are handed to military authorities. women face lewdness and prostitution charges. Names include Jimmy Dickerson, Harry Bush, Joe Bertinelli, Joe Lodi, and Joe Williams amid illegal liquor sales cases.
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Des Moines
Griffin
Lasher Named Adjutant General in Iowa
Des Moines reports Acting Adj. Gen. Lasher was made full adjutant general after Logan’s resignation effective September 1. Logan moves to Camp Zachary Taylor to work with the adjutant general’s department in the federal government setup.
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Des Moines
Adj
Lasher
Logan
Zachary Taylor
Adjutant General's Department
Government
Lemon Juice For Freckles
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a freckle and tan lotion. A quarter pint costs little. grocers sell lemons and drug stores offer three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this fragrant lotion on the face neck arms and hands daily to fade freckles and blemishes and brighten skin.
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Harmess
Visits Highlight Weekend in Midwestern Town
The report lists residents and visitors gathering across households. Mr and Mrs Robert Glass with daughter Dorothy in Minneapolis hosted Sunda yr visitors. Center Point’s Mr and Mrs Brond Smiley with daughter Edus joined Charles Hughes. Paul McGaherun of Waterloo spent Sunday and Monday with his mother. Melia Hughes visited Mr and Mrs Geo Simms in Brandon for the weekend.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Robert Glass
Dorothy
Will Rogers
Jrond Smiley
Edus
Center Point
Charles Hughes
Paul McGaherun
Waterloo
Ele McGaheran
Melia Hughes
and Airs
Geo. Simms
Brandon
Obituary Notice for John Wesley Juce at Mt Auburn
John Wesley Juce, born near La Porte City Iowa January 18 1562 died August 31 1918 at his Mt Auburn home. Son of Sylvester Tice a Civil War veteran he lived in Marble Rock and then Mt Auburn where he spent his life. At 28 he married Nellie Pratt and they had eight children two daughters predeceased him. He leaves a widow one son Elmer and five daughters Mrs Alma...
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MT. Auburn
Sem
John Wesley Juce
la Porte City
Sylvester Tice
Marble Rock
Nellie Pratt
Elmer
Auburn
Alma
Calcerds Calcerbs Promoted For Rheumatism And Cough
An advertisement for Calcerds and Calcerbs claims relief from rheumatism and persistent coughs. It touts a calcium based tonic marketed by EAN Laboratory Philadelphia, 50 cents a box, available at all druggists or from the manufacturer postpaid.
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EAN Laboratory
Philadelphia
U-boats torpedo to be shown at Cedar Falls fair
A Whitehead torpedo used by U-Boats will be featured at the Cedar Valley fair in Cedar Falls from September 14 to 22 along with a floating mine and anchor. The exhibit, loaned by the government, requires ten handlers and will be delivered by truck from Des Moines to avoid damage. The fair also plans a large Modern Warfare pyrotechnic display and a canvas city with about 300 workers.
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Cedar Falls
Commercial Club
The
Fair Association
Des’ Moines
Wight
Obituary Notice for Mr. Ktice in Mt Auburn Cemetery
Westcott Brandon Mrs Marie Stohle North Liberty Mrs Faye Lampe Art Auburn Dorothea and Martha at home two brothers William Independence Bylvester Glanville Minn three half brothers four half sisters seven grandchildren Fifteen years in Christian church death from cancer Funeral Sunday at Christian church Rev J W Schondelmayer officiating Interment in Mt Auburn Cemetery
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Brandon
Marie Stohle
North Liberty
Faye Lampe
Art
Auburn
Dorothea
Martha
William
Independence
Bylvester
Glanville
Minn
Ktice
Christian Church
Tev
J. W. Schondelmayer
Mt Auburn
Why Women Dread Old Age Advertisement
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming they prevent senile ailments by keeping kidneys and bladder clean. It asserts the product restores youth and health, warns of fake imitations, and urges purchase from first-class druggists.
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Haarlem
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