Cedar Falls Council Delays Sunday Theatre Rule Action
City council meeting stretches long with routine budget readings and department reports. Officials approve the annual appropriation ordinance for the year ending 1919 and set hearings on property assessments and Sunday theatre protests.
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Cedar Falls
Huntley
J. W. Ford
Huap Gibson
N.C. Oleson
Fr Perry
FE. W. Schieber
Hee L Scoggin
William Schmable
Elmer
Lemon Lotion for Better Skin From Two Lemons and Orchard White
A vintage beauty ad promotes a lemon skin softener made from the juice of two lemons and three ounces of orchard white. Strain to remove pulp and mix to a quarter pint. use daily on face neck arms and hands to soften and brighten, reducing sallowness freckles and tan. The ad notes the lotion keeps for months and is a fragrant, inexpensive cosmetic.
New Sugar Limit Five Pounds Per Family In Town
The government under Herbert Hoover as food administrator issued a sugar limit with a one cent per pound profit cap for grocers. J. F. Deems, state administrator, allows five pounds per customer in the city and ten pounds in the country. Announcement follows receipt of official instructions.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Thas
J. F. Deems
Tis
Y M C A Leader to Sail for France to Promote Education
Prof John W Barnes of the Teachers' college faculty, after recent service at Camp Funston, spent yesterday in the city with his family. He leaves this afternoon for New York City with orders to sail for France next Saturday to undertake educational work for the Y M C A at a newly assigned post.
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J. A. Haehblen
A. L. Mauser
L. W. Bock
Ernest Nolte
George Knoche
Wm. C. Nubn
Story City
The
Evangelical Association
Huehien
Zion Evangelical Church
A. A. Burger
Cedar Falls
Slacks
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Iowa
Marion
Wapello
John W. Barnes
Teachers’ College
Camp Funston
New York City
France
Sugar pricing under new ruling shrinks merchant margins
Deems to W. Parrott county administrator states card sales will continue for sugar and four. Merchants will start on the appropriate date to buy two pounds of sugar in town and 10 pounds in the country. The profit margin for merchants is now extremely tight under the new rule, with sugar a staple and normal margins already slender. Selling a single pound may not cover costs.
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Parrott
Peary Recovers From Blood Transfusion Operation
Washington April 9 Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary is recovering at home from a blood transfusion operation for what surgeons describe as pernicious anemia. Storm curtains have been destined for protecting occupants of motor cycle site cars.
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Washington, D.C
Robert BR. Peary
Drastic Orders Urge Flour Conservation Nationwide
Citizens are urged through the county food administrator to conserve wheat flour as 600n Wil ba announced soon. The call emphasizes patriotic duty to aid soldiers and allies, noting many have already relied on substitutes with improved health and productivity, while Russia is mentioned with 10,000 lepers.
Chamber official attends national convention in Chicago
J B Welly secretary of the Chamber of Columercs travels to Chicago to join the sixth annual National Chamber of Commerce convention set for April. He also represents the National Association of Sheet Metal Products Manufacturers as councilor of that organization. The program includes speeches by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
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J. B. Welly
Chamber of Columercs
Chicago
National Chamber of Commerce
Algo
National Association of Sheet Metal Products Manufacturers
Navy
Daniels
National figures cited in early 20th century briefing
Secretary of the Interior Lane Edward N Hurley and other national figures are mentioned as chairing or shaping policy discussions and shipping board activities during the period. The excerpt underscores the involvement of prominent officials in strategic government roles.
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Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
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Cedar Falls Daily News
Bounty Exemption Board
Camo Dodge
Towa
State Teachers’ College
LeMars
Af Spirit Lake
Commercial Club
Joseph Cowan
Benjamin Heiber
Ww. D. Lowe
Harry N. Israel
Harry B. Turnipseed
Allen
Plattsburg Camp
Cora
Sloan
Kegan
Lincoln
Douglas
Fort Sumter
Bessie Eyton
Tom Santschi
Matt B. Snyder
Geo. W. Fawcett
Eugene Besserer
Hearst-Pathe
Majestic
Willy Zimmerman
Bertie Fowler
Walker & Texas
Blairs
Pathe News
Luke Comedy
Borman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Winston Churchill
Norte Pole
Les
POLI
Russia
Robert Edison
Naomy Childers
Antonio Moreno
Mary Anderson
Plaza Theatre
Mae Marsh
Cinderella Man
Sessue Hayakawa
Telegram
Drew
Crystal
Bessie Barriscale
Mary Pickford
Stella Maris
War Department
Durham
American Tobacco Company
New York
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