Mission Labor Appeal Highlights Wa terloo Presbytery Meeting
Wa terloo presbyterial mission conference at Westminster church heard Miss Helen Streeter field secretary for home missions urge expanding duties without cutting mission work. The program featured reminiscences, prayers, solo performances, and a focus on better education for freedmen and foreign mission outreach with reports from secretaries and treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Streeter
Home Missions
Waterloo Presbyterial Mission
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fred S. Pettit
Anna Ellis
Provenson
Cedar Falls
Charles Trunkey
Streeter
Y. P
C. R
Foreign Mission
Clair H. Parker
R. B. Fisher
Albion
Fred's
Pettit
Paul van Metre
Siam
Margaret Monioger
China
Cummins
J. A. Miller
No Humbug Lift Off Corns Secret Miracle Drug
An advertisement touts freezone as a magic corn and callus remover from Cincinnati sources. A small bottle costs a few cents and claims immediate relief without skin irritation. It says hard corns soft corns and calluses fall away painlessly, with easy root removal and no repeated ache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Conference Aimed at Boosting Mission Society Efficiency
A three part conference followed to enhance the general efficiency of the separate societies, focusing on the needs and duties of officers of mission societies.
Women May Enlist in Ambulance Corps
Albany, April 19. Women will be allowed to join the state military force as commissioned officers and members of the ambulance corps of the home defense reserve. The order specifies a unit for women skilled at operating motor vehicles who volunteer, with their vehicles for military service and an olive drab or khaki uniform to be approved by the adjutant general's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Ambulance Corps
Home Defense Reserve
Adjt
Sherrill
Adjutant 'S Office
Chautauqua Set for Coliseum July 7 to 17
Waterloo unveils its annual chautauqua after the park commission and WCVUL women sign the contract for Coliseum use. Organizers expect a highly instructive program with Midland Lyceum bureau bringing patriotic war lectures and government experts under the food administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Park Commission
W.C.V. UL
Chautauqua
Midland Lyceum Bureau
Lyceum Bureau
Red
Pure Sorghum and Beans Item Listing
Market item list showing sorghum, navy beans, lima beans, and pinto beans priced by weight. Includes cut text indicating quantities such as two pounds and related unit pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tland
Navy
Beas
Chautauquas Promote Patriotic War Movement
Midland bureau reports wounded soldiers recuperating in America as chautauquas this season are used to educate the people in patriotism and aid war movements. The effort has strong backing from national and chautauqua leaders to harmonize programs with patriotic aims. In baseball, the Red Sox beat the New York team 9 to 1 in Boston, with Russell and Ruyle pitching for Boston and Bush and Agnew catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
America
Chautauqua
Twins Enlist for Service at Jefferson Barracks
Van Dorn twins Lloyd and Floyd of Waverly and Leland Rouse of Vin ton are leaving the Walerloo army recruiting station for Jefferson Barracks tomorrow morning. All are 20 and headed for the Canet artillery and cavalry respectively, as whites aged 18 to 24 or 31 to 41 are being drafted for various branches including infantry coast artillery engineers and support roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd L. van Dorn
Floyd L. van Dorn
Waverly
Walerloo
Jefferson Barracks
Mon
Canet Artillery
Leland Rouse
Vinton
Cavalry
Army
Infantry
Coast Artillery
Spe
Local Army Recruiting Opens Enlistment For Various Units
Enlistments are open for Waterway, railway and mechanical units with Negroes sought for stevedore regiments in America and France. Young men 21 may face selective service registration and ineligibility to volunteer. Sergt G L Brown and Sergt C I H Whitmore lead the local recruiting station and will review applicants. Acceptance of some railway maintenance and operation regiments was approved. other railway roles are closed. Look today for the Want page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
G. L Brown
Sergt
Whitmore
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Gaisis
Doran
Victor Records
Livery Stable Bines Fox
U.S. Field Artillery
Lucian Mad
Fabio Lakme
Orpheus Quartette
Dixieland Jazz Band
Sousa
Sousa’s
Amelita Galli
Amelite Galli
Victrola
Jaxge
Libby
Cedar Valley Travel
North Waterloo Meat CO
East Fourth Street
Spaghett
Ies. Ng
Alec
Boston
Red Sox
New York
Russell
Ruely
Bush
Agnew
van Dorn Boys of
Savei
Colgate
Babcock
Palmer’s
Manila
Ter
Istic
Henderson
Henderson Drug Company
Davl Davis
Miss
Moe
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