Rish Club to Sponsor Speaker Morphe in Iowa Visit
Rev. Maurice Morphe D.D. a Methodist minister formerly of Dublin now in Toledo will speak at a mass meeting in this city Sunday April 75 under the auspices of the Irish Fellowship club. The venue and other speakers will be announced later. Morphe serves on the national advisory committee of the Protestant Friends of Irish Freedom which aims to portray Protestants as not opposing Irish liberty and to present Irish independence in a broader light. The group plans to tour the country including Waterloo to discuss the Protestant viewpoint. Prominent members of the organization are listed, and a public invitation has been extended.
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Maurice Morphe
Dublin
Toledo
Irish Fellowship Club
Morphe
Protestant Friends of Irish Freedom
Ireland
Friends of
Trish
Dom
Mr. Morphe
Iowa
Waterloo
Morpheara
Lindsay Crawford
the Statesman
Toronto
Can
William H. Black
Jonathan Do. Day
New York
Norman Thomas
Phyllis Ackerman
Charles Newton Wheeler
Chicago
Owen Lovejoy
James Grattan Mythen
Upham Pope
Benjamin Spafford
Northland Travels by Veteran Alaskan Explorer
Traveler Eigarlaine speaks at First Merc Church about 26 years in Alaska and travels through Siberia and other far northern regions. He recalls stamping toward Chilkoot Pass in 1897 during the Klondike gold rush and promises colored slides of glaciers, wildlife, Eskimo life, Siberian homes, totems, and native dress.
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Alaska
Siberia
Far North
Wirst Merchurch
Eigarlaine
U.S. Treasury Department
Aska
Wie
Famoung Chilcoot Pass
Kiendike
Mkhureh
Northland
Banquet Planned for New Waterloo Military Company
Business leaders invite Co GB and prospective members to a Monday banquet at K of P hall to boost the new National Guard unit. Veterans of World War I lead the slate, with Waterloo’s One Hundred Sixty-eighth Division veterans among current recruits. Enlistments include Earl Maus A M Rasmussen Roland McGuire Millard Jacoby Harry Allard Jake Miller and Marshall T Wilson. Speakers will address mobilizing support and outlining the guards’ historic ties to the town and its World War II era service.
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P Hall
Co. GB
Co. B
Waterloo
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Regiment
Rainbow Division
Earl B. Maus
A. M. Rasmussen
Roland McGuire
Millard Jacoby
Harry Allard
Jake Miller
Marshall T. Wilson
Faris
Germany
Londante
Teut Food Stores Burned in Wareburg Warehouse Fire
Dispatches report April 15 fires at several large foodstuffs warehouses in Wareburg six miles south of Tramhur. Crossed contents were estimated at 25,000,000 marks. Fire damage and cause are under investigation as authorities assess losses.
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Teut Phood
Associated Dress
Copenhagen
Darge
Wareburg
Tramhur
Sey
Power Off Causes Citywide Switchboard Chaos
An afternoon power outage by Citizens Gas and Electric hit the city, delaying the Courier and Reporter and overloading the Iowa Telephone Company's switchboard. The surge swamped operators as 10 to 12 lines ran ahead, forcing supervisors to redirect staff. Manager Osselman warned of possible future emergencies and urged careful call handling and patience.
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Citizena
Courier
J Kogsselman
Iowa Telephone Company
Osselman
Runaway Boys Found at Gladbrook
James Snyder age 4 and Karl Burke age 13 vanished from Waterloo Wednesday. Publicity of their departure led to discovery in Gladbrook, Iowa. Their father retrieved them. the boys, reticent, said most of the trip was on foot.
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James Snyder
Linn Street
Karl Burke
Gable Street
Waterloo
Gladbrook
Red Cross Officers Busy During March
March report from Mrs. George B. Worthen shows Red Cross work in the local home service section expanding beyond capacity. Thirty two families received service plus 56 new files. open files rose to 631 on April 1 with 390 soldiers or families making calls and 42 others calling for soldiers.
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Red Cross
George B. Worthen
Ted Cross
Dry weather keeps roads in good condition across Iowa
A week with little rain has left highways in the region passable and smooth. The Grant Highway to Dubuque is reported as in good condition by the highway weather service. A silent but effective salesman. A For Sale Act appears in the Courier.
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Iowa
Grant Highway
Dubuque
the Courier
Lectures on Hygiene Cancelled for Waterloo Week
Dr. Jeanette F. Trockmorton state lecturer for women U S public health service will not fill her lecture engagements in Waterloo next week and all meetings are cancelled. She was invited to a medical congress in Brussels Belgium and must sail a week earlier due to plan changes.
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Jeanette F. Trockmorton
U. S. Public Health Service
Waterloo
Trockmorton
Brussels
Belgium
Aging Waverly Woman Seriously Injured in Fall
Waverly Iowa April 17 Mrs J Groening 74 was seriously hurt in a fall at her Second ward home doctors suspect a fractured hip though final confirmation pending. Also Mrs Anna Stampher over 95 in critical condition after a paralysis stroke. Davis dry goods moves to new location. Miss Kila Miller and Fred Schoolpin wed at St Pauls Lutheran church. Excavation work begins for the Seupaver building. Dressmaking awards go to Marguerite Bredner Alice Brick and Hattie Babrock. Orphans home school building under construction set for fall occupancy. Louise Laubert and Werner Heyer married at St Pauls. B Gilen to start remodeling store building. Interchurch meetings led by Trex Mr Stook held in Clarksville Hampton Clarion. For Sale Act noted in the Courier.
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Henry Pfeffer
Davis Dry Goods
Kila Miller
Fred School Pin
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Rauscha
Women’s Relief Corps
Marguerite Bredner
Alice Brick
Hattie» Babrock
Louise Laubert
Werner ‘Heyer
St. Paul's Church
Rausch
B. Gilen
Trex
Stook
Bremer
Butler
Clarksville
Hampton
Clarion Jane Charles
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Rish Club
Maso
Independent Meat Company
Brunswick
Chine
Victor
Columbia
Brunswick Records
Brunswick Music Co
Commercll
SEEL
Michelin
East 5Th Street Hardware Co
Glenwood and
Barclay Streets
Assorted
Peverill Motor Sales Co
Franklin Sts
W. A. Cowell & Son & West Fourth
Paint Department
Jine
Studebaker
Union Motor Car CQ
West Fifth St
America
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