Cedar Falls News highlights wartime questionnaires and local concerns
Cedar Falls residents endure long questionnaire sessions on dependency, occupational exemptions, and exemptions for farming and teaching as they prepare for the fourth Liberty Loan. The city faces influenza like illness, farm labor shortages, and meat delivery cuts while residents respond to tax and war service calls.
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Joy Cedar Falls
Roy
Amt Neady
Linn
Cedar Falls War Service Corps
Commercial Club
Lense
Thin People Should Take Nitro-Phosphate Ad
Advertisement touts nitro phosphate as a cure for thinness, claiming it builds flesh, boosts weight, and increases strength and nerve energy. It promises rapid transformation, improved health, and brighter eyes, with a caution that the product should only be used by those seeking flesh gain.
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Mostic
War Implements at Cattle Congress Exhibit
Hand grenades in all sizes will feature at the Dairy Care Congress exhibit alongside war material from the Emden raider. The display includes more than 560 items collected from battlefields in France and Italy. The exhibit aims to show the range of warfare gear used by soldiers.
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Dairy Care Congress
Cattle Congress
Emden
Bhaille
Vrance and
Tialy
Senate Defers Probe of Primary Expenses and La Follette Case
The Senate election committee voted to postpone until after the November election consideration of the resolution provisions for an investigation into expenditures in the Michigan primary campaign. The action involved Traaman dl and Newberry receiving the Republican senatorial nomination.
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Senate
Washington
D. C
Senate Election Committee
Michigan
Traaman
Newberry
Mysterious Ad Harms Wages Rights Amid Sixty Missing Members
A garbled notice cites a feud over wages and royalties tied to a Senator La Polletta speech. It mentions an absentee city committee and urges purchases of military goods at a steep price, implying a dubious scheme. The fragmentary text hints at corruption and fundraising pressure.
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Germany
Hazers
la Polletta
Hon Owink
Unclear fragment hints at mine site search or visit
Fragmentary text mentions a site related to mines and a visit or inspection by someone named SUTIGR. Details are missing, making precise summary impossible.
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