West High football opens with rough first scrimmage
West high’s squad battled in the first scrimmage of the season as players collided and several were knocked out briefly. Coach Max Miller halted play after about 10 minutes to regroup the regulars and prepare for the Eldora game. Doc Miller was sidelined with a shoulder injury but expected to return, while Max Miller and Cecil Gorman rotated at quarterback with Miller considered the better passer. Allen showed ability in the backfield before being forced out by a hard tackle from his brother Russell.
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West
Max Miller
Eldora Industrial School
Miller
Somie
Doc Miller
Cecil Gorman
Poth
Eldora
Gorman
Allen
Russell
Vern
Germans Losing Faith in Gott As War Turns
A Chicago woman quotes a wartime letter from her brother in France showing German troops questioning divine support. The French interrogator asks if God is with them. the prisoner replies that God is with Germany but the Yanks stand with the Allies. The piece notes mounting fatigue and a rebuke to Kaiser Wilhelm.
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Gott
Lucile Babbitt
Chicago
France
The
Tribune
Tyou
God
Military Medal Won by Women
British women awarded the military medal for valor during air raids and bombing attacks. Sisters Robinson Galvin Dascombe Day Fresh Mount Batten Campbell led rescue and medical duties under fire, guiding ambulances and tending wounded with coolness under danger.
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Mindy
United Press
London
Sai
Herlin
Twilleht
Toedal
Charlotte Lillian Annie Robinson
Robinson
Nellie Galvin
Sister Galvin
Natherine
Margaret Fresh
Winifred Ereano Sarah Mount Batten
Mars Gwynnedd Campbell
Fine Record for Three Months' Vacation
Miss Robbie Davis returned Saturday for duties in the local high school. She taught five months in the state normal and attended the University of Chicago five months during the summer. Several persons who attended the patriotic demonstration today reported missing pocketbooks to the police. Dam City crooks say patriotism should not interfere with business as usual. Ads note a fast sorrel four year old pacing horse and a small car trade offer. Local notices mention hospital and school events with comunit y updates and social happenings.
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Rom Carrollton
Tfl. Gazette
Robbie Davis
State Normal
University of Chicago
Keokuk Gate City
Dam City
Santreons
Rock Island, WI
Union
Jonn
Hewleman
Dasel
Phillips
Meeks
Dubuaie
Tralph Sr
John Maeil
Werley
John Stotts
Optimistic OWA captain sails to Iowa City for practice
Howard Reed, Waterloo born captain of the 1918 Iowa football squad, left for Iowa City after head coach Jones urged players to report immediately. Coach Teed optimistic about a strong season despite economy driven travel limits. roster includes Slater at tackle and several returnees from the freshman eleven as quarterback vacancy remains. Iowa opens with Great Lakes at Iowa City, then faces Nebraska, Northwestern, Chicago, and more as the 1916 schedule unfolds.
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Howard Reed
Waterloo
University of Iena
Iowa City
Jones
Teed
Capt
Reed
Nelly
Holman
Voege
Slater
Foster
Fieldt
White J
Mockmore
Iowa
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Lincoln
Northwestern
Chicago
Tripoli Notes on Students and Deaths
Edwin Koch left for Elmuirst to continue seminary studies while Walter Iech delivered a sermon in Fr. Maudisom and then studied in St. Louis. Kambers died of tuberculosis at 41. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church with burial in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Mahistead and daughter Alma Gublow visited Hillsdale, Minnesota by auto. Lieut. Herman Rang received furlough, and August Towne is in training at Camp Pike Arkansas.
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Tripoli
Edwin Koch
Elmuirst
Walter Iech
Maudisom
St. Louis
Eden
Kambers
Wm. Kling
Sirs. Kling
Uneral
Futheran
C. G. Hankammer
Chicaro
Itive
Pete Mahtstead
Mahistead
Alma Gublow
Hillsdale
Herman Rang
Tee
Jits Jr
Ranvy
Lae Dilles
Leouls Towne
Nels Dehel
Wrest
Herman Pries
Aged farmer John Aries Sr dies after long illness
Allison area notes the death of John Aries Sr of Allitor district after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his widow and five sons Tom Harm Jake Jean and George.
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Allison
John Aries
Allitor
Tom
Harm
Jake
Jean
George
Buttes County
Altismar
Van
Fuiler
Nichols
Great Lakes Imavai
Joseph Weires
Camp Shesman
Chillicathe
T. Bailey
Theatrical Tour and Local News at Waterloo and Brandon
A Waterloo Vaudeville program features Hawaiian dancers from Haawadi and a lineup led by George Everett with rivals Hickey Boys and others in Variety shows. In Brandon, news arrives of Ilona Crumrine overseas, a Mayo visit, a serious riding accident, and the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lane while Mrs Revel begins an extended visit.
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Majestic
George Everett
Everett
France
Majestic Theatre
Waterloo
United States
Hickey Boys
Housh
LaVelle
Arizona
Jack Cahill
Don Romaine
Billy Newkirk
Homer Girls
Turner and
Grace
Jim
Revel
Taling
Tien
Ward Stainbrook
Tamadge
Hor Fonday
Augusta Drunko
Miss Brunke
Simla
McKay
MekKay
Kipling
Brandon
Towne
Id Lane
Lane
D. H. Revel
Geo. Everett
Housh & LaVelle
Cahill & Romaine
Turner & Grace
Committee On Public Information
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Gen. Lershing
Houkhtun
Mieh
Germany
Kaiserr
Horton
Mattie Lundberge
Jim Greene
Mercatter
Pital
W. Va
Valk Township
Mithe Hall
Niferent Schoris
Denver
OWA
Pheven
Haawadi
Captain Cook
Honolulu
Plaza Theatre
Charles Ray
Mr. Ray
Jane Novak
Garden Theatre
Earle Williams
Elgin
Marley
Devon
Collars Cluett, Peabody 4 Co., Inc
Mit the
Ewelers
Island of Paradise
Crystal
Wm. Fox
Cardinal Gibbons
Mac Sennett
Charlie Murry
Mary Thurman
Wayland Trask
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Patsy Shelly
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the Waiser
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Mary Pickford
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Electric Park
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