Lawn City Feels Effects Of Losing Men For Service
Cedar Falls, Sept 4 Special. Six men Walter Wallace Brown Kirk S Oleson James W Collar Orlin R Bremer Roger Bremer and Henry F Waldman left for Des Moines to report for duty at Camp Dodge this afternoon. The community already feels the impact as many are married and others are teachers or in business.
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Cedar Falls
Walter Wallace Brown
Kirk S. Oleson
James W. Collar
Orlin R. Bremer
Roger Bremer
Henry F. Waldman
Des’ Moines
Camp Dodge
Dodge
Kirk
Oleson
Oleson Clothing Company
N.C. Oleson
William
James Collar
Collar
Brownsville
W W Members Sentenced in Australia in Sydney
In Sydney authorities press on to curb the Industrial Workers of the World. Three more members here and 34 at Broken Hill receive six months imprisonment for belonging to an unlawful association.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Industrial Workers of the World
Broken Hill
Rev Clyde J Askins to Remain in Waterloo
Rev Clyde J. Askins pastor of First Baptist church has postponed any decision to go to Russia with the Y M G A as a religious worker with American forces. He will remain in Waterloo for the present due to church duties and family obligations. He said he would reconsider only if the need were urgent.
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Clyde J. Askins
First Baptist Church
National Y. M. G. A
Hussia
Waterloo
Resolutions of the W C T U Convention at La Porte City Ta
The report thanks La Porte City churches and the Incal union for hosting and welcomes press support. It praises county efforts and calls for total abstinence and state and national prohibition, endorses equal wages and female political rights, opposes tobacco to soldiers, and condemns suffragist tactics. It notes victories in prohibition and urges continued zeal toward constitutional prohibition.
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la Porte City
United Evangelical
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Incal Union
Parks
Cotity
United States
Prohibition
Teachers and Pupils Getting Acquainted
Waterloo schools mobilized today with streets full of students at 8 a m and classes starting an hour later. Early reports indicate increased enrollment across buildings and a substantial gain expected, with Whittier school anticipated to top 450 students enrolled early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Whittier School
Bremen Bourse Indignant Over Wilson's Note
Amsterdam reports a Bremen bourse demonstration after President Wilson's note to Pope Benedict. Merchants pledged allegiance to the emperor, condemning Wilson as hypocritical and stressing unity in defense. Hamburg Course held a similar meeting with German resolutions. Also notes Zanzibar's cloves and vast tree numbers.
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Bremen
Wilson
Amsterdam
Benedict
Herr-Fabrius
Chamber of Commerce
Germany
Fabrius
Hamburg
Great Hopes For Russia Future by Bakhmetieff in Saratoga
Boris A. Bakhmetieff, Russian ambassador to the United States, told an American Bar Association audience in Saratoga Springs that Russia’s post revolutionary reconstruction will determine future world relations. He said a new constitutional framework and a remodeled state life will embody liberty and democracy, with old serfdom institutions abolished. He urged faith that centrifugal unrest will fade as liberty grows. In a separate note, 29 men at Camp MacArthur were found guilty of violating war articles. five received five years hard labor, one got 10 years, all dishonorably discharged and forfeit pay. Findings sent to Washington.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Russia
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
United States
American Dar) Association
Camp Macarthur
Waco
United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kaw
War Department
Washington
Intruder enters home fires shots before apology
A stranger broke into Victor Carr's San Francisco residence, firing five shots before startling Carr who leapt from bed and the intruder claimed he was in the wrong house. The incident ends with the intruder leaving, leaving Carr unharmed.
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San Francisco
Cat
Victor Carr
Carr
Speeches Too Long and Bored Audiences
A reader complains that speakers ramble and fail to hold attention beyond an hour. The writer notes that older lecturers stretched talks to two or three hours, while modern lyceum and chautauqua events should be concise to maintain interest.
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Lyceum
Chautauqua
Negro Regiment to Go to Philippines from Texas
The Twenty-fourth infantry battalion with 160 members that left Camp Logan for Houston after mutiny and a deadly clash will be sent to the Philippines. They will face a court martial at Fort Bliss, with the men held in a stockade at El Paso and under tight guard. Six members clashed with police and troops at Waco on July 1.
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San Antonio
Tex
Twenty-fourth Negro Infantry
Houston
Philippines
Twenty-fourth
Camp Logan
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Waco
Four Minute Men urged to sharpen public speaking skills
Professor Glenn N. Morry of the University head of public speaking training in Iowa argues speeches should be brief and well prepared. He cites three neglected lecturing flaws insufficient prep, audience analysis, and strict time discipline. He urges speakers to study their proposition and tailor talks to listeners needs. A new compact telephone receiver is described as small enough to fit in a bar.
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Glenn N. Morry
Xtity Wniversitty
Iowa
Merry
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Lawn City
Bix
W. W
Austra
MR. Askins
Y. M.G. A. Post
B. Parr
Flora Carter
Zanzibar
Bakhmetieff
Bar Association
Negro Regiment
Scharfenberg’s
Lafayette Street
Burch
Mapper
Irench Serge
SILK
Jersey
Hall-Ekfelt Company
Brussels
Hall-Erfelt Company
Corner Park Ave
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