Labor unions plan events during looming show
Union leaders met with Congress officials to discuss a major Labor Day program at the show. The Central Labor union executive committee plans a Dr. E Kepford lecture, aiming to energize patriotic and union themes before the fourth local liberty loan drive starting Sept 28. Local Illinois Central crafts unions expand, and war savings societies for Marines are explored with government backing. X Stufflebeam to attend Des Moines housing conference Friday.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Soldiers Letters From Camp Forrest Describe Engineers and Family News
A Waterloo man, I M Barker, records Army life at Camp Forrest Ga in a letter to Leon Link noting engineer tests and upcoming transfer after six months training He mentions good and bad experiences cool nights hot days and dodging obstacles on the site He hopes to see France and mentions many men at Camp Forrest plus his reaction to shots and a possible transfer Burton E Sweet reports to Milton Jacoby about seeing Millard Jacoby in France and family updates Rufus Millard and Joseph Jacoby are wounded or in hospital with Rainbow division service in Company G 168th infantry Mexican border service referenced
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Local Refactory Staff Treated Royally at Hanson Drug
Soldiers and sailors home from Cur roughs are pampered at Hanson Drug with free ice cream and drinks for uniformed women. Checks are collected weekly, split between firm and workers, totaling about 35 dollars. The notice also lists marriage licenses and community updates from Janesville and nearby towns.
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Hanson Drug Company
Urge Farmers to Select Obed Now for Seed Corn
Agricultural department urges farmers to choose seed corn now before frost arrives. Early maturity this year favors ample seed ears while last year’s crop nearly failed. Store well and double seed quantities to ensure germinating power and avoid future shortages despite remaining favorable reports.
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Agricultural Department
Cattle Congress Hosts Lunch For Press At Dairy Grounds
Editors of newspapers and agricultural pubs in Town will be guests of honor at a luncheon on the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds Sept. 30. A basket luncheon with dairy products as main items will highlight the event. Gov. W. J. Harding will deliver an address after the meal.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
W. J. Harding
Langford to Teach Negro Soldiers in Boxing
Sam Langford, veteran negro heavyweight, plans to become a boxing instructor for negro soldiers after his current bouts. Two offers have come from Dr. J. H. Raycroft, chairman of the training camp committee. Langford, beyond draft age, married, and a farm owner, wants to share his ring experience with the troops.
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Sam Langford
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J. H. Raycroft
West High Grid Team Opens Season With 500 Plus Practitioners
West High conducted its first football workout of the season under ideal weather at Fifth and Locust. The squad exceeds 500 youths, with seven regulars from last year missing. Captain Clyde Miller and G Miller lead a group that includes R and W Allen and three Miller brothers. New crimson and black uniforms replace old rose, and several second-string players from last year are expected to rise.
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Liehty
W. Allen
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Black
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Max Miller
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Gardiner
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Farewell Ty Cobb Heads For Army Service
Detroit News notes Ty Cobb leaves baseball after a disastrous season to enter U S army duty. The article praises Cobb’s speed and dash, says he is chosen by the government for front lines, and predicts fans will miss him while acknowledging war as the overriding reality.
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Removal of Dr. Carl Bickley and Dr. Cecil Bickley Offices
Dr. Carl C. Bickley and Dr. Cecil Bickley announce office removal from 2211-2 West 4th to the second floor of the Leavitt Johnson bank building on September 1.
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Cecil Bickley
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Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Reno R. Reeve
Black Hawk Bank
Waterloo Savings Bank
Broad Bizarre Clippings From Jail to Weddings
A collage of odd notices and social jests ranges from jail escape chatter and a sheriff’s appeal to a sensational wedding report omission. Included are quirky classifieds, a humorous pie price observation, and a Missouri obituary quip. The stitched items mix sensational crime lore with lighthearted local humor and political asides.
Football Now in Spotlight Amid War Time Pressure
Chicago writes that with baseball done, football gains attention as schools plan fall practice and regular schedules. Minnesota coach Dr. Henry L Williams praises football as training for officers, noting many 1916 players serve in France and urging 1918 participants to fill veterans’ places.
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Hearts of the World at Plaza with child star Benny Alexander
The Plaza opens Hearts of the World next Sunday featuring five year old Benny Alexander alongside Lillian Gish and Robert Harron. The engaging run lasts 11 days with daily matinees after opening. Other theaters feature Beatrice Morelle sextette at Majestic and Nazimova in Toys of Fate at the Palace.
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B. Wy. Griffith
Benny “Alexander
Lillian Gish
Robert Harron
Puccini Operas Planned For New Met Season
Giulio Gatti-Casazza announces three Puccini world premieres for December at the Metropolitan Opera. The operas Tabarro Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi will be staged in one evening, with Puccini possibly not in New York for the premieres.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
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Lodolet
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Benton County Boys Set for Camp Dodge Entraining Friday
Benton county will send 151 men to Camp Dodge Friday morning. All will assemble this evening with Newhall sisters band providing music. After a program, watermelons and a good dinner boxed for each boy will be served at the Commercial Club rooms. Watermelons donated by nearby farmers. County Superintendent Miss Della Lutes takes office, succeeding Miss Linnie Schloeman after seven years eight months. An automobile wreck near Newhall involved John Glock and family. steering failure caused a slide down an embankment, with Miss Glock’s braking likely preventing serious injuries.
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George Wedder
Lola Glock
Raymond Local News Roundup and Farm Transactions
Raymond notes report Mrs Mabel Beardsley leaves for Coffeeville to serve as stenographer and May Peverill rents a 160 acre Nesbit farm near Hawkins highway. Others visit, recoveries, a draft list from Raymond, rental of Kirby farm at 30 per acre, and a planned 57 000 horsepower Icelandic power project backed by Norwegian capital.
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County Draft Board
Cedar Falls
Dan Lindner
Afathea Jungen
Frank Schmitz
Claude O'Connell
Thomas Kelly
Carl Hemsath
Nickolaz Kraus
C. Smith
Ed Marble
Edmonds
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Harold Trimble
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Raymond Methodist Church
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William Welden
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Randalia
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Consolidated Schools
Fred Washburn
Arn Washburn
Secret Service
Cedar Rapids
Wale
Icelyn
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