Shawnee County KS Archives News.....Cootie-Proof "Unders" October 31, 1918
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The Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, October 31, 1918 October 31, 1918
Cootie-Proof "Unders"
Invention of Iowa Professor May Give Yank More Time To Shoot.
Washington., Oct. 30--A trench undergarment, chemically treated as a preventive
against vermin, has been approved by the war department and shipments in
quantity overseas ordered expediated.
The garments are treated in the laboratories at the University of Iowa, at Iowa
City, and were brought to the attention of the war department officials by Mrs.
Charles W. Eastman, widow of Professor Eastman, of the university.

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