Armies at home must fight off famine says Vrooman
Atlantic City Sept 38 Carl Vrooman assistant secretary of agriculture urged the nation to mobilize food producers consumers and volunteers to support the war effort. He called for a food producer army a woman’s army of food conservers and a patriotic civilian army to curb unpatriotic greed and economic treason. He warned famine looms among allied nations and urged ten million volunteers to join in business and politics to keep the war moral and effective.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Carl Vrooman
American Bankers* Association Today
United States
Republic
France
Flanders
Vrooman
Paris Makers Decree Sets 444 Meter Wool Limit for 1917-18
Paris reports the Cress akers syndicate informed the government that wool cloth for dresses in the 1917-18 winter season will not exceed 444 meters. A leading designer notes the ruling signals continued short skirts and a shift to tailored costumes while urging mixes of wool with silk or velvet to cope with supply limits amid war demands.
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Paris
Paris Cressakers' Syndicate
Association of the Chief Houses
London
America
France
Mud on West Front Impresses British Officer
Major General Frederick Maurice, reflecting after a front tour, praises the remarkable Flanders mud. He notes its persistence and deadliness, recounting two rescued soldiers stuck waist-deep for hours in a shell hole, eventually pulled out with mules causing hip and knee injuries.
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London
Flanders
No Man‘s Lands
Red Cross Parade to Honor Nurses in New York
New York on September 25 reports a Red Cross parade next Thursday with about 25,000 workers and nurses to honor 1,500 Red Cross nurses serving in war hospitals and send off roughly 600 more bound for Europe. In Chicago, catcher Thomas D Daly of the Buffalo club was purchased by the Chicago Nationals to finish the season with the locals after stints with the Chicago Americans and Cleveland.
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New York
Red Cross
Europe
CUBS
Chicago
Thomas D. Daly
Buffalo Club
Chicago Nationals
Daly
Chicago Americans
Cleveand
Jackson
Tobacco Fund aids soldiers in France via mail orders
The Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund reports $35,272.80 collected by newspapers and $2,846.83 at headquarters totaling $38,219.62 as of Sept 24. The Burlington Hawk Eye leads with $183.50 and the Courier and Reporter is next at $161. The scheme letters tobacco to fighting men in France with each dollar buying four 48 cent cartons, each containing a postcard.
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Our Boys In
France
United States
Sinn Fein campaign grows with local clubs and varied aims
Sinn Fein in Ireland expands activities and forms local clubs while remaining a diffuse movement. Some speakers push for armed rebellion, others seek practical political reform. Many supporters favor self government under the crown, resembling Canadian home rule. Authorities treat extremists as bluff, warning against a new rebellion after Easter week.
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Dublin
Sinn Bein
Ireland
Associated Press
Canada
Sinn Wein
Vaughan to leave city for Des Moines college post
J. R. Vaughan departs Oct 15 for Des Moines to take on the role of business manager at a new million-dollar Baptist college. He will be joined by his family. Vaughan previously ran the Waterloo implement business and built a broad clientele. He has led the State Implement Dealers' association for two terms and now heads the Waterloo Automobile Dealers' Association. He helped organize Waterloo State Bank and served as its vice president before its merger into Black Hawk National Bank. He was also an incorporator of the bank.
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J. R. Vaughan
Des Moines
Baptist College
Vaughan
Waterloo
State Implement Dealers’ Association
Waterloo Automobile Dealers’ Association
Waterloo State Bank
Black Hawk National Bank
Leavitt Johnson National Bank Leader and YMCA Director
Reorganized Leavitt & Johnson National Bank and served as vice president. For more than 25 years he has served on the YMCA board and was superintendent of the First Baptist Church Sunday school for 17 years.
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Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
First Baptist Church
Former Cedar Falls Man Killed in North Dakota
Cedar Falls, Sept 28 Paul Fenner 26 formerly of Cedar Falls was killed at Williston North Dakota last night a message to his brother A W Fenner a city mail carrier said this morning Fenner was a railroad brakeman and his death is believed to be an accident at work Astor Asquith of Edgehill Utah has appealed to the postmaster to prove his Liberty loan subscription Asquiths two year old son swallowed his liberty bond button and a pig ate a ceribate dropped from his pocket while he tended cattle
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Cedar Falls
Paul Fenner
Williston
N. D
A. W. Fenner
Astor Asquith
Edgehill
Utah
Liberty Loan
Asquith
Joan Button
War Time Nervousness and Dr Williams Pink Pills
Nervous exhaustion rises in war times leading to neurasthenia with worry irritability and headaches. Treatment focuses on nourishing nerve cells and building blood. Dr Williams Pink Pills act on blood and help with anemia, with free books offered by the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York through local pharmacists.
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Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. J
Griggist
Dr. Williams
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Imud
N. Y
Friar
Daniel F.cohalan
New York Supreme Court
Jeremiah O'Leary
American Truth Society
Bull
Wolf von Igel
England
Leath’s
Simmons Feds
Leath
Leath's
Lesmen
Liberal Charge
Waterlooker
Trowas
J. McBvide O
Meride
the War and Navy
American Red Cross
Families’ Tobacco Fond
Sinn
City
Williston, N. D
Xmas Savings Club
Finas
Xmas Club
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