Cedar Falls News Summary of Registration and Fair Plans
Cedar Falls reports clear registration progress for men aged 28 to 45 with many presenting ready data or facsimiles. County boards expect to finalize class 1 placements and distribute cards tonight. The Cedar Valley Fair association moved to grounds and announced a three day harness race program with a $400 purse per race and numerous entries across events.
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Cedar Valley Fair Association
Iowa
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Rosair Scotch Highlander Band
Kealakai Royal Troup
W. L. Harding
Cageball Captivates Army and Navy Camps Nationwide
Washington reports cageball emerges as a popular training camp sport, blending football, basketball, and roughhouse play for any number of players. Football also expands in the sixth naval district with planned camp teams and games against southern colleges. A Canton Ohio baseball series raises funds for the War Department’s training camp activities program.
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Navy
Washington, D. C
Svar! Department Commission On
Uti
Fmmett Duan Ansell
T. 5
Great Lakes
Avor
Lidut. Angell
Navy Department
South Carolina
Charleston
University of Florida
Georgia Technical
Georgia
Powell
Wisconsin Sundiron
Bietics
Western Reserve University
War Department
Canton
Ohio City
Hoover
North Canton
Tindustrial League
War Department Commission
Activitie
National Baseball Federation
Boston Red Sox Clinch 1918 World Series Over Cubs
Boston defeats Chicago 2 to 1 in game six to win the World Series as Carl Mays holds the Cubs to three hits. A key misplay by Flack and two passes by Tyler produced Boston’s two runs, while Hooper’s sensational catch halted Chicago’s rally. Attendance nears 19,000 in a wary war-time year.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Altho
Red Sox
Chicago
Flack
Cub
Whitman
Tyler
Carl Mays
Cubs
Holllocher
Mann
Schang
Passkert
Merkie
Tre Cubs
Hooper
Pick
Last Laugh Ignites War Roar Across Pages
Fragmented wartime verse and reader letters recount Allied gains at Ham, Kaiser’s mockery, and Yankee resolve. Across the column, readers discuss war reporting, up to date humor, and a hotel cook in Iowa Falls, Miss Potts, noted in a closing joke.
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Attr Uado Sum
Iowa Falls
Miss Potts
Pretty bust for catcher Killifer in Pasadena wager
Chicago news records a joke bet from Pasadena training days in which Bill Killifer won $1000 on the Chicago Nationals catching the pennant. William Wrigley Jr. wagered $1400 the team would not win the title. The loser’s amount will be added to Killifer’s world series share, per Mr. Wrigley.
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Chicago
Pasadena
Cal
Bill” Killifer
William Wrigler
Willifer
Mr. Wrigley
Willfer
No Joke About Gasless Sunday Says Tourist
A Waterloo man recounts his experience as a tourist on a gasless Sunday while traveling toward Michigan. He describes being stopped by police, taunted as a slacker, and having the car taken at South Haven, with a warning that they would not get far. The letter notes the tough reception faced by travelers on the restrictive day. Anson Connor, 20, is reported to have confessed to robberies at Chautauqua park and was moved to Waterloo by deputy sheriff WW Wagner. Lee Maxfield, 16, is exonerated, and Tom Hall is in custody, alleged to have implicated Connor in a winter streetcar holdup on the Highland line.
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Mississippi River
Waterloo
Michigan
Oliver
Chicago
South Haven
Anson Connor
Chautauqua Park
Davenport
WW. T. Wagner
Lee Maxfield
Tom Hall
Connor
Highland Line
World War Era News and Local Corrections
Fin lands manpower pledged to Germany but likely limited in scale. Correction issued. J S Burns traffic case dismissed, mayor and marshal communications hindered. Lenine reported recovering after multiple death claims. DuBuque Times-Journal note on John Jones’s misfortune while cow buying. World Series remark and ad for Thetps Glasses at 518 Jefferson.
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Wetumka
Okla
Chieftan
J. 5. Burns
Burns
Teddy Roosevelt Shonki
Dubuque
Appeal of Kia Hoppe Upheld in Draft Class 1-A
The district board in New York upheld Kia Hoppe's appeal against being placed in Class 1-A under the draft rules. In sports, Woodlawn Girl and Hilga Audubon broke a 24 year old racing record at Syracuse XII with 2:12 1-4 for heat one, while Roy Tiller and Juey Van clocked 2:10 4-4 in heat two. Charley Pick of the Cubs led the batting averages in the World Series, hitting .889 as Chicago won four games to Boston’s one. total attendance reached 328,482 with receipts about 179,000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Kia Hoppe
District Board
New York
Syracuse
Rose Leaf
Lailie Simmons
Woodlawn
Hilga Audubon
Roy Tiller
Juey van
Charley Pick
Cubs
Boston
Chicago
Things Theatrical Here At Home This Week
Vaudeville bill includes The Unfair Sex with Maggie LeClaire Camelia the Irish servant, and a happy ending. Tommy Van and Sara Vernon perform A Peach and a Slew. Kluting's Entertainers feature trained animals. Garry Owen and Betty Moore sing and dance. Aerial Butters perform tight wire and jaw act. The Official War Review from the committee on public information is shown Thu Fri and Sat.
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Maggie LeClaire
Camielia
Camelia
Tommy van
Sara Vernon
Kluting
Famous Speed Kings to Compete at Cedar Valley Fair
Del ute Love Story and a grand auto race event headline Cedar Valley Fair activities. The Plaza will host two weeks of entertainment starting last Sunday with a high profile automobile race meet featuring Carl Cooper Gaston Chevrolet Louis Disbrow and more. A three heat world dirt track championship match race will decide the 1978 title with Earl Cooper Gaston Chevrolet and Louis Disbrow among entrants.
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France
Belgium
Cliff
Plaza
Cedar Valley Fair
Iowa City
Carl Cooper
Gaston Chevrolet
Sunbeam
Louis J Disbrow
Jerry Wonderlich
Earl Cooper
Louis Disbrow
The Crisis Returns to Palace Theatre with Lincoln Role
The Crisis at the Palace Theatre features Abraham Lincoln portrayed as a central figure in a special return engagement. The performance replays key moments from the Civil War era including the Lincoln Douglass debates and the 1860s torchlight campaigns, with Stephen Brice and Virginia Carvel as opposing leads.
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Palace Theatre
Lincoln
Douglas
Stetphen Brice
Virginia Carvel
Coffin of history’s mourned martyr and wartime staffing
The Palace notes lament over a famous martyr while the War Department reports shortages in linguists and army chaplains. Demand for male experts in the engineer corps grows as 6,060 more linguists apply than can be utilized, highlighting recruitment strains.
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Army
Engineer Corps
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