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t+ i XXIV No. 33 DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918. Price Five Cents yf *>'t

,-f A WORD TO COLORED WOMEN r| AND CLUBS. ?'| I have been appointed by the state president of the Iowa Federation of

,|;Colored Women's Clubs to make a sta­tistical report of the part taken by ithe colored people of the state in ^helping carry on the war. In order "ijthat the report be as accurate as pos­sible and that no contributor to the war fund be overlooked, notices are being published in city and town

"newspapers throughout the state; also * notiqe3 will be read from the pulpits of ail colored churches in the state on January 27, 1918.

; • We want the names of all colored people who have:

1. Purchased Liberty bonds. Num-ber purchased.

^ 2. Names of Red Cross members who have paid $1.00 membership fee.

~3. Names of families 100 per cent efficient.

;, 4. Red Cross stamps sold; money or material given for Red Cross work; knitting done, number and name of

' articles. No amount too small for this re­

port. If you are a club member, re­port with your club. So many*are not affiliated with any club and we hope in this, way to reach every colored person in the state. If you have not Contributed, do s onow. Let us be loyal to our own boys at the front. This report will be sent to the na­tional council and also published

^ through the press. Please respond at • once. Yours for service,

Martha F. White, 2nd Vice President Iowa State Feder-

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TO THE CHURCHES OF THE IOWA-NEBRASKA BAPTIST AS-

I SOCI ATION: £'-': Having been elected missionary for this association, it is our desire to go whete we are most needed, land where we can accomplish the most good. Any church needing .the services of the missionary before we visit you will

"please write to me at 432 Elm street, * Clinton, Iowa, and we shall endeavor ; to get to you as soog as it is possible

to do so. F. J. Nott, ;

S St PauFA. M. E. Church Weekluzfiuilding Fund

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.Mary McDonald Ella Cottoms Hattie Baker Laura Mason Douglas Miller and wife ............ High School Girls Mary Atkinson Floyd Dixon Fred Johnson L. A. Spencer Thanksgiving Dinner Masonic Lodge .! ....... Jones Emanual and wife ..: Henry Clay '...» Price Alexander , Rev. H. A. Perry . Charles Tebeau G. w: Mason N. Newcomb .. C. W. Holmes Virgil Williams Mr. Fqwler Mr. Hooks?!;:. Wm. .Buckner Lieut. .Bt-ooks. •»*-Busy Bee Sewing Circle.. Church Aid J.;..................:. .:.. Christian Endeavor Callahan Club Altar Guild : : Deaconess Board J. M. ^helton W/ H: Mash W. H. Humbard .........i...... Booster Girls Spencer Carey —— Lydia Krys -Marshall Howard . . . . . . . . .v. . . . .

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Rev. J. H. Ferribee W. K. Perry Lieut. Gorman Anna Simmons Atty. J. B. Rush—.: Roy Powell ...: -C. H. Wilson Hattie Wilson Addison Brooks -Mr3. F. F. Fowler Edward Weeks and wife Maria Nesbit A. C. Fredericks, Sr Mrs. J. L. Edwards Ruperta Hogsette Sunday School Class No. 14 R. J. Anderson S. L. Ewing — —- •• J. H. Hall :• E. K. KnOx Violet Thurman AnnabeJle Barnard -Susie Hodges Mary Strawthers Stella Hill Mrs. S. L. Birt Kate Wilson Albert Gaiter and wife. Viola Beasley Rubena Harper $ Robert Bruce and wife Mattie H$prli liyda Hyde? Sam Lewis and wife New St. Paul club.. Mrs. Harry Shaw ..: Gertrude Reeves ^.. .. Belle Morris Lieut. Mann St. Paul Choir Margaret Roberts Dr. Lowry-Ji^—,-v - -Rachel Jefferson Anna Allen. ^ •, .Mrs. M. Hogsette John Bl&gbdrn Dr. E. A. Lee -L7 H. Hunter -Robt. Bruce, Jr. , »

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MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. • ^y (Special to Bystander.) ; Mr. W. M- Young and Miss Mamie

Evans were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Thursday, January 24, by Dr. B. F. Abner. The bride had jus treturned from an extended, trip to Atlanta, Ga., where she TiadHSefcn visiting relatives. Both "bride and groom seemed very hpppy. - -Mrs.* <|race Humphrey and heiv Ki»-ter, Miss Ruth Brown, are in Grinnell on business.

Mrs. B. F. Abner leaves this week for Ottumwa, her old home, to mingle with relatives and friends. „ ,

Mr. John Spencer, one of. our sol­dier boys from this town, who is sta­tioned at Camp Dodge, was here last week to see his parents.

We are indeed proud to state that Mr Edward Roberson has been re­stored to health, after'quite an attack of illness He is again at his post of duty and he and his wife are kept quite busy, in their well chosen pro­fession.

At, a regular monthly rally the members and friends of the Second Baptist church responded quite nicely.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

Mrs. Narcilla Jackson expects to go t oCamp Dodge next week to visit her broiher, Private Ivan D. Crowder, Co. A, 366th infantry.

Mr. Nathan Caulder, brother of Stanley and Daniel Caulder, will sail from New York for France soon.

Mir. W. L. Warren spe-nt Sunday in Ottumwa with his mother, who is ill.

Mr. Rush is in Des Moines attend­ing, the funeral .-of his mother.

Miss Gertrude, Allriut of Rock Isl­and, 111., is. in the city, the guest of her father. . Mrs. Ingleman died Sunday after­noon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Williams.

Mrs. Elizabeth Carter returned Sat­urday from Keokuk.

Mr. Ocie Howard will leave Thurs­day for Keosauqua.

Mrs. J. Emma Milligan left Tues­day afternoon for Burlington, called by the serious ijlne&s of he? son, Clyde Washington.

Aleha Household, No. 2646, G. U. O. O. F., will give a mask entertain­ment February 14th at K of P. hall. Music by Jackson's orchestra.

Mrs. Mattie Perkins of Rock -Island, III., arrived in the city Monday even­ing.- •* • \

r. ... "Alma Mater." flit phrase "alma mater," as applied

to colleges and universities; Is said to have originated In the University of Bonn, Germany. A statue of the Moth­er of Christ—the uima -mater, or be-loved mother, stands over the doorway of tlint famous sent of Io«rn!nsr- ^ rom It the phmse rec^lvwl its or,8,n^|^

A Hint to the Aged. ' If people past sixty years. of age

could be . persuaded to go to bed as soon as they,take .cold and .remain in bed for one or two days,; they would recover much more quickly,. especial­ly if they take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There would also be less danger of the cold being followed by any of the more serious diseases

in Other Daye. ' .v-:

Until a New Jersey man tried to ctmer the potato crop of his neighbor* hood the mosquito was considered, the most undesirable predatory Insect pro-dtioed In thnt. section, of the coontfry.?-Washington Star. ' -> • ..

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DES MOINES' NEW MINISTER.

The above picture is that of Rev. H. E. King of Jersey City, N. J., who has recently come to our city to ac­cept the call at Union Congregational church. Reverend Sir. King was born in Nashville, Tenn., where he received his common school education. Later he attended the far-famed Fisk university, from which he graduated. He then went to Hartford seminary at Hartford, Conn., where he gradu­ated from the theological department in 1902. He then entered the minis­try, going to North Carolina, where he remained for ten years. He then went to Memphis, Tenn., where he pastored four years, and last to Jer­sey City, N. J., until he was called here. He is a fine, highly cultured Christian gentleman, with ripe ex­perience and broad conception of hu­manity. His wife, will soon joinTiim in his field of activity here. v

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m Is Now in Progress Sale Tags Are At tached! Affording our customers who look forward to this event and need no detailed notice, their rightful oppor­tunity of. visiting here these previous days and choosing their new home requirements.

A Sale That Includes Every Dept. of the Largest Home-Furnishing Store in Iowa and the Middle West.

Anticipate Your Needs— Easy Terms Arranged Buy Now for Spring We Pay Iowa Freight

Merchandise arid-Prices Will Be Advertised JDaily in the Newspapers.

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Keep the Wires Working

Farmer Bell Telephone employees ere helping operate the telephone aysteme along the American (fries on the European battle

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These former Bell employees in the army r signal corps era getting the same pay that

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• amount the government pays them is being t.' made up by the Bell System. , , r.

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^firing line In Europe occupied by eaeb l' '4- , 000,000 men, enough telephone , wire te .

'stretch from New York to the Mie|elsslp|»l > river and- back again is'destroyed.'"'-^'. •

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For evenr >ialf.miHlei> soldlers the United 8tatee hae in Europe, it expects to furAiah 4,000 miles ef new telephone wire every 30 days, te replace that destroyed In the con­stant dash of armed forces. These figures are baaed en the Brltieh and French esti­mates.

' All the telephone material for our armies In Europe must be .furnished from this coun­try. * It-will have to come out of the supply normally weed at home. ..

.In addition to the telephone equipment eent to Europe, enormoua quantities of tele. phone material aro necessary to provide' • communication for the cantonments, the mobilisation camps, naval stations fand for ; * ether military needa In this country.

u* V.A -.i. In spite of the war and x^hat it hae lneant to this oompany In the

,te>;ha^ler >tha. enlistment .^f .e .ehot-tage of equipment, the scarcity

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increased, member of telephone vfne^spgee abpiany of eur trained m^p,;tho:eho!-tat .... ef labor and the high cost of 'Telephone niM^rlafe^

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