New Slogan for American Boys in Wartime Speech
Sept 17 Cedar Rapids Iowa quotes Rev. Joseph Fort Newton praising Britain and America, urging no compromise with Prussian autocracy, calling for a world war victory and a postwar league of nations led by English speaking peoples. He salutes Cedar Rapids volunteers and recounts gas mask valor and frontline faith shifts among soldiers.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany
Rhine
France
the Tiger
America
Hell
Joseph Fort Newton
England
Ambassador Page
City Temple
London
City Auditorium
Britain
Dr. Newton
Usher
League of Nations
Tommy
First Flags
Newton
Iowa
Tuscauia
Christian Church
Kipling
Columbus Green
CALGARES Tonic and Health Builder Promotion
An old advertisement touts CALGARES as a remedy for throat and lung troubles and general weakness. It claims calcium content aids absorption, promises relief from ailments, and offers 50 cents per box through LCRISTAS LABORATORY Philadelphia.
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Lcristas Laboratory
P Delphia
Minkers
Eckman
County Seeks Bonds to Rebuild Bridge Fund
County invites sealed bids at the courthouse by 10 a.m. for a $24,060 bond issue to retire warrants in the bridge fund. Bonds pay 5 percent interest semi annually, denominations 5000 dollars, maturity one bond per year starting November 1, 1925. District valuation is 33,763,376 with a population around 14,400, including Waterloo and Cedar Falls areas.
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Waterlo
Cedar Falls
Wateroo Taxes Higher in 1919
Taxpayers in Waterloo face higher taxes in 1919 with levy totals rising across districts. The report cites a county auditor calculation based on 1918 assessments. school taxes are noted as particularly heavy. Transfer listings show real estate transfers and property movements in Waterloo and surrounding areas.
Bolshevik Dupes Danced for Hung in Russian Papers
Washington reports publish confidential Russian documents showing German paid influence over Bolshevik policy. Notes describe plans to ship subs to the Pacific, use Russian ships under the flag for agitators, and sabotage actions against U S and allies. Also details assaults on the Italian ambassador and spy surveillance. Notes explain originals versus copies with commentary by Edgar Sisson.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Russia
Council of People's Commissaries
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
America
England
France
Scheidemann
Pacific
Counntries
Urope
Vladivostok
High Seas General Staff
Commissaries
Japan
Asia
Petrograd
Ammerican
Edgar Sisson
Committee On Public Information
Speed Kings Arrive for Motor Races
Practically all race entrants for the Cedar Valley fair feature event arrived with cars and mechanics. Drivers praised the course and predicted a possible half mile track record. Thursday’s program includes a three cornered match race for the speed championship featuring Earl Cooper, Louis Disbrow, and Gaston Chevrolet.
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Cedar Valley Fair
Thei
Earl Cooper
Louis Disbrow
America
Gaston Chevrolet
Mystery Letter Prank Revealed at Federal Building
Janitor John Ehrig uncovers a censored letter from his son in France. Postmaster M A Kelly and local worker Fred K Busby uncover the joke. Busby recently left the local post office for overseas military postal service.
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John Ehrig
Federal Building
Waller
France
John
Ehrig
Ile
M. A. Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Fred K. Bust
Busby
Mirrng
Hirshy
Walt
Iowa Editor Will Visit Battle Zone and England
Lafayette Young. general manager of the Des Moines Capital, will join a party of American newspaper men invited by the British information bureau to visit England the battle fronts and the British fleet. The trip starts late September and lasts eight weeks with letters describing experiences published in the Courier and Reporter.
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Lafayette Young
Grneral
Des Moines
British Bureau of Information
England
Young
Courier and Reporter
Delaware County Report Shows 1965 Registration Figures
In Manchester Indiana on September 13, a 1965 Delaware county registration total was 1965 with an advance estimate of 1547. The election board notes the county officers and volunteers furnished labor while no clerical pay was provided, as all copying and class work was done by the board and helpers.
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Manchester
I Atiok
Delaware County
Smption
Emilins
Birth announcements listing multiple new arrivals
Birth notices record several newborns including Wilma Marie Kurth daughter to Joseph Kurth jt 218 Sumner. Aug 2 son to Corliss Shir East Waterloo township. Sept 18 daughter to Raymond Edward Jay 1011 Eleventh west. Sept 15 son to Gus Madjiayanakis 176 Lupton. Sept 15 daughter to Fen Lawson 310 Sunnyside. Sept 24 daughter to Martin W Zubiod 226 Lawson.
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Joseph Kurth
Sumner
Wilma Marie
Corliss J. Shir
Waterloo Towneship
Rasmond Edward Jay
Eleverith West
Gus Madjiayanakis
Lupton
Wilard
Fen A. Lawson
Sunnyside
Martin
Zubiod
Lawson
Tao Air
Nation's Dead and Wounded Casualties Released
Washington reports 342 total casualties from the war department with breakdowns for killed in action missing in action wounded severely and deaths from disease and other causes. Six names in the lists include Pvt. George Stock Pvt. August Nelson and Pvt. James W. Shaffer among the KIA and Pvt. George W. Young listed as wounded severely.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
William G. Schupp
Council
AGTE
Secret of youth lies in kidneys and poisons
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules promising youth through kidney cleansing and toxin removal. It claims kidneys filter blood every three minutes and urges use of capsules imported from Haarlem, Holland, as a guaranteed, non patent medicine remedy.
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Haarlem
Maarlem
Holland
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