Complete report on registration Cedar Falls
Serial numbers were assigned to 3,242 registrants Thursday as preparations for order-number drawing proceeded. Reports include names and were sent to the provost marshal general. Noted are 116 naturalized natives, 76 declarants, 50 non-declarants, with 224 whites and four negroes. A 24 year old illiterate and a man planning to travel home from Hind detailed unusual outcomes. Dr Knickerbocker dies suddenly in Chicago. funeral in West Union. Various local notes on residents and service members follow.
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Marashal
America
Hind
Knickerbocker
C. W. Knickerbocker
Cedar
Chicago
Harry McGuire
Burlington
West Union
Smith Knickerbocker
All-American Army and Wartime Oddities
A mixed wartime column notes quirks from home front to fronts abroad. Mentions dog licenses rising in St Louis, a new so called meanest man in Peoria, and a notorious bride Mae Kluk who married three soldiers for insurance, with perilous comic asides about press and fiction. Local bits touch Otumwa, Barneys baby Aloife and Kaiser Wilhelm’s snow white hair amid electioneered chatter.
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Theda Bara
Mae Kluk
Arthur Brisbane
Department of Justice
Mrs. Kluk
John Bevan
France
Hubby No. 2
High Seas
Dick Dezillo
Hubby No. 3
Railway Employes Urged to Purchase Fourth Loan Bonds
Central officials in Waterloo receive circulars from the director general urging railroad workers to subscribe to the liberty loan, with W G McAdoo calling for maximum participation as a patriotic sacrifice. Blanks will be distributed on the 28th and signed up without trouble. removal notice states Dr Carl Bickley and Dr Cacit Rickler move to Leavitt Johnson bank building on Sept 1.
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Wraterloo
W.G. McAdoo
United States
Carl
Bickley
Cacit Rickler
West 4Th
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Carl C. Bickley
Cecil Bickley
Leavitt & Johnsey Bank
Vaudeville bill shines at Majestic Theatre opener
The Majestic opens a fall feature vaudeville bill with acts by the Harvey Holt trio on bicycles, Guerra and Carmen violin and hurdy gurdy, Bobby Henshaw’s clever imitations, Cliff Dane players in a playful skit, and two musical farces with many dressed performers plus George Everett leading community singing and wartime memories from soldiers. The Palace presents To Hell With the Kaiser as a stark critique of Prussian tyranny. The Crystal screens The Reason Why with Clara Kimball Young.
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Majestic Theatre
Harvey Holt
Henshaw
Cliff Daan
George Everett
France
Kaiser Wilhelm
Palace
Satan
Hohenzollerns
Clara Kimball Young
Crystal Theatre
the Crystal
Grid Material Not Encouraging in Big Schools
Chicago reports official football practice opens across Big 1y colleges with limited veteran players. Coaches fear small nuclei and uncertain rosters while aiming to sustain interest and sportsmanship. Stage of Chicago’s Maroons emphasizes football for the sport, not wins, urging duty and unity in a war effort.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ity
University of Chicago
A. A. Stage
Maroons
Appointment of Genevieve Gardiner as assistant food administrator
W P Parrott county food administrator appointed Genevieve Gardiner daughter of James and Mrs Gardiner as assistant administrator due to office matters. She began duties this morning starting with 2 cant Vass of sugar certificates issued by grocers in August.
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W. PF. Parrott
Genevieve Gardiner
James Gardiner
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