Cedar Valley District Fair Sets Attendance Record
Pioneer day drew vast crowds as Cedar Valley district fair posted the largest turnout in history with 5,560 at the main gate for afternoon programs and 1,510 paid at the Brandstand. Exhibits in the exposition hall drew steady visitors from Black Hawk and neighboring counties, while over 2,560 automobiles created traffic challenges for officers.
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Cedar Valley
Exposition Hall
Pioneers
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Men to train at Iowa University for Naval Service
The naval recruiting station reports the Students Army Training Corps at the University of Iowa will allow about 170 students to volunteer for naval training. Entrance requirements remain unclear, but likely same as other branches. Waterloo awaits about 60 on a waiting list for future openings. Principal Fred J. Miller notes increasing requests for college entrance credits through the training corps, with interest from Iowa colleges including Ames Cornell and Grinnell.
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Naval
Army Training Corps
University of Iowa
Pwa City
Waerloo
Fred J. Miller
East Hgh School
Army “Training Corps
Ames
Cornell
Grinnell
Mr. Miller
Women Enter Husbands Roles in Business and Press
As men join military service, women in Waterloo and Des Moines assume skilled roles in shops and newspapers. Mrs. Lyne Miller runs a motorcycle shop office and oversees repairs, while Mrs. Grace Schultz, wife of editor Victor Schultz, proves capable at the Des Moines Register desk after four months in the job.
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Jpen Hines
Waterloo
Lyne Milter
Lane
Mrs. Miller
Ves Morges
Grace D. Schultz
Des Moines
Charles City
Schultz
Drake University
Victor Hh.sucs
Schniz
Schulte
Women Speakers to Six Rallies Tonight in County Drive
The fourth liberty loan’s Women’s Committee, with the men’s group, will send speakers to Schoolhouse rallies this evening. Speakers include Mrs Chester Cadwallader, Mrs E E Magee, Mrs J E Bartlett, Mrs T A Me Nus, Miss Horner and Miss Baker.
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Mmes
Chester Cadwallader
E. E.magee
J. E. Bartlett
T. A. MeNus
Horner
Baker
M. J. Butterfield
St. Francis Hospital
W. N. Birdsall
Helen Gould
Women's Committee
Page presents gifts to Ambassador Page and wife
London observers report W. W. Page, retiring American ambassador to Great Britain, was presented with a Georgian gold vase and Mrs Page with a silver ink stand by the Anglo American society. The piece notes other unrelated lines about education rallies and industrial employment.
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London
W. W. Page
Great Britain
Hindenburg Becomes Symbol of Army Duty to Fight On
Amsterdam dispatch reports Marshal von Hindenburg urging German forces to continue the war despite Austrian peace talk. He stresses the army will not halt fighting until the enemy shows sincerity and readiness for negotiations, aiming to break the coalition’s strength and protect the homeland.
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eBy
Devos
Amsterdam
Marshil von Hyndenburg
Berlin
Germany
Don’t Experiment With Catarrh It Leads to Consumption
A handwritten ad-style warning warns against local sprays for catarrh noting catarrh is a blood condition not cured locally. It claims only a blood-targeting remedy, Swift Specific, works and invites readers to contact the Medical Department at 480 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga, for advice.
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Byu Lee
Eixperiente
Medical Department
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Avkenta, Ga
Initial Frost Reported Outside Frost Damage Impact
The report notes an early frost with 34 degrees recorded and frost expected in September. Vegetables show varying damage with corn largely spared. tomatoes and other crops face stress. Dairy Cattle Congress features a large vegetable exhibit with 64 prizes, George Hall of Gallowsy Seeds company managing inquiries.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Giorge of Gaorge
Giallowsy Spros
Keleer
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Iowa University
R. Geo. Myerett
France
Tre
Hickey Boys
Housh
Lavelle
Arizona
Quack
Tony Gahill
Romaine
Billy Newkirk
Homer
Turner & Grace Vulovist
Jugelines Novelty
Committee On Public Information
Nakey
Myelf
Women’s Committee
Ings
Jay
Chile
Joseph Sons CO
Jewelers & Diamond Merchants
First National Bank Building
Hindenburg
Mrs. Vernon
Ed Woman In
America
Hillcrest
Billie Rhodes
Vivian Martin
Viviette
Island of Paradise
Honolulu
Ers
Cedar Valley Fair
Cooper
Chevrolet
Disbrow
Gaston
Jt Cooper
Louis Kisbrow
Gaston Chevrolet
Oril
SIA
Roy BD. Smith
RIS
Scotch Highland Band
Royal Hawaiian
Exposition Building
Ing Army
Roveroe
Gaudon
Thos. H. Ince
Pat Sullivan
Charlie
Kaiser
Uncle Sam
Pathe News
Horst von der Goltz
the Kaiser
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