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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1918

Page

5

Waterloo Sends Off Registrants to Camp Dodge

Waterloo citizens plan a early Friday send off at East Depot for Black Hawk county's first quota of the second national army. The event, led by the Commercial club and Chamber of Commerce, urges flags on autos and a gala Watertoo liberty day, while some registrants are transferred for induction and others head to Jefferson Barracks for service.

Waterloo Great Western Black Hawk County Second National Army Commercial Club Chamber of Commerce Camp Dodge Henry G. Swiggett No. 3 Highpoint N. C Joseph J. Logston Reclamation Quartermaster’s Department Grover M. Kirsch Sixty-sixth Engineers Columbus Barracks Columbus

Private Peat To Lecture At Grace M E Church

Private Harold R. Peat, a Canadian war hero, will lecture at Grace M. E. church tomorrow night as part of a Social Welfare benefit. Tickets are sold at the Commercial Club, Chamber of Commerce, and various stores. The event, arranged by the Commercial club, directs proceeds to the Social Welfare league.

Harold R. Peat Waterloo Grace M. E. Church Commercial Club Chamber of Commerce Peat Third Battalion Pres Social Welfare League

Cheap Booze Taken by Police

Mike Sulentic returned from East Dubuqua with 27 quarts of whisky and four pints of beer. He paid $24 for the lot, scarcely $1 a quart, with beer included. Officials seized the contraband alcohol amid questions of quality and bootlegging profit.

Mike Sulentic Mike East Dubuqua Waterloo

Secret Entre Nous club hosts and thrift talks noted

El News of the Secret Entre Nous club was entertained by Mrs. J. O'Keafe yesterday. Daughters and other social groups met at homes of Mrs. Busby and Mrs. Stearns. Thrift lectures on wartime economics were held in Lincoln and Edison schools with coordinators named for Lincoln and Edison units. Tomorrow's schedules include Alcott and East High meetings and several club events at Hotel Russell-Lamgon and local schools.

M. J. O'Keafe U. S Fred K. Busby Charles Stearns F. C. Sage Mmes C. W. Mullan A. S. Welshaar C. O. Lamson Mook and Needle Club Eleanor Childs Moses Frank Es Thrift Churses Lincoln Edison Word C. N. Shane F. McElhinney Robert Knox Toy Sinnard T. L. Tollefson Hawthorne School East High Miss Sutter Miss Calion Woman's Club Hotel Russell-Lamgon Liberty Bells Chorus H. W. Sigworth

Among the Churches Weekly Church Socials and Services

Within the Kensington event by King's Daughters about 180 women attended a French orphan fund benefit with music readings and refreshments. Daughters of the King at Christ Episcopal and Westminster guilds hosted gatherings with Bible study papers and foreign mission notes, plus St Marys Sewing Circle for Hed Cross sewing and St Mark’s feast day communion.

M. E Kensington King’s Daughters Mmes. Wise Cox Suit Powell Brinkman Garman McCormick Peddicord First Presbyterian Westminster Guild Ada Young F. €. Liffring Oliver Trumbauer Nan Black St. Mark's St. Mark

Recipe Exchange Features Cereal Bread and Dishes

Mrs J L Renney shares two thirds cereal bread with mixed flours and oats, yielding 14 1/2 pounds, cost 6 cents per pound, from Mrs A T Bunn. The column lists Escalloped Rice, Flannel Cakes, Rice Tamale, Chicken Rice, Tamale, Barley Bread, Comm Flour, Peanut Leaf, Rice Fritters, Sour Milk Griddle Cakes, Mannaet Cake and notes readers to read the news in the advertising columns.

J. L. Renney Seventh Street West A. T. Bunn Denver Street W. F. Parrott Cedar Heights F. I. IfcElhinney Franklin Street H. D. Bachtell Wellington Street Ess

Waterloo Rotary Team Ranks Twenty Fifth in National Bowling

National Bowling competition tabulation shows Waterloo Rotary club finishing 25th on April 18 amid teams from Cincinnati and Piqua placing 36th and 37th. The Waterloo five named are George B. Shoemaker J Langtfeldt S C Bell A E Haswell and J C Hartman with high scores led by Cleveland and Sacramento performances.

Waterloo Rotary Club Waterloo Cincinnati Piqua W. I. Reitzell Indianapolis Ind Cleveland Sacramento Cal Buffalo N.Y Elmira Fort Wayne Spokane Chicago Ti - Akron Winnipeg Man Oakland South Bend Portland Ore Davenport Dubuque Ia - Sheboyean Brooklyn Kansas City Peoria Niagara Falls Detroit Mich Toronto Onio Port Arthur Motine Rock Tslang Richmond Williamsport New Haven Connockton Kansas Cailton Paul N. Y O. E. Yeager C. G. Tanquary George B. Shoemaker J. Langtfeldt S. C. Bell A. E. Haswell J. C. Hartman

War discloses lost relative George Marek found in army

L B Marek city inspector learns his brother George E Marek missing for four years is now serving in the depot brigade at Camp Dodge He left Owatonna Minnesota for Faribault on a business trip four years ago never reached destination his family believed him dead until word of military service surfaced The Waterloo brother plans a trip to Des Moines to visit the soldier

Waterloo Jefferson Barracks Medical Department LaRue H. Cole Porte City John Moore Commercial Street Emmet D. Hasty Charles G. Qverton Sumner Signal Corps Charles A. Baker Independence Ross A. Noble Riceville August Bonnie Baker Clarksville Army Uncle Sam L. B. Marek Camp Dodge George E. Marek Owa~tonna Minn Des Moines

Hough Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Pen

John W. Hough of Waterloo was sentenced by Federal Judge Henry T. Reed to 18 months in a U S penitentiary. Indicted in December 1916 on nine counts of using the mails for fraudulent purposes, he attempted to bilk a local Kingston firm by demanding deposit in Cadur Falls National Bank after threatening to return a memorandum book. He was arrested when he appeared at a rural post office to claim reliefs. The case had been pending about 18 months.

Dubuque John W. Nough Waterloo Henry T. Reed Hough Mada John W.lough Cammgston Caduralls National Bank Water- Inc Bank Offica

Announcements and Real Estate Transfers Listed for Cedar Falls Area

Auxiliary announces all day meeting on gauze at Knights of Columbus Hall. Real estate transfers record numerous parcel trades in Black Hawk County including Warner to Warner, Kober to Kober, Mattingly to Mattingly, Tay to Thierman, Moyer to Potter, Demuth to Schommer, Weberking to Moore, Weatherill to Cadwell, Witter to Rhea, Seidler to Seidler, Bedford to Bedford, and others in Cedar Falls and Waterloo with multiple lot and block descriptions and values noted.

Knights of Columbus Hall Black Hawk County Abstract Co Frank H. Warner Hattle A. Warner Tondro Bras & Boone's Plat Christian G Kober Frank W. Kober SEM Nate Ate Chris Kkober Christian G. Kober George C. K Kober Anna Mattingly BR. Mattingly P.M. Tay Sara R. Thierman Cameron’s Cedar Falls George Moyer Anna M. Potter Sely Orig Waterloo Eightey’s Outlet Weatherill Taura Cadwell Prospect Hills Subdivision

U S Orders 22 Preighters For Fleet Build

Washington April 24 Contracts for 22 steel freighters totaling 204600 tons were let today by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The ships will be built at San Francisco and Wilmington New Jersey.

U.S Whington D. C Emergency Fleet Corporation San Francisco Wilmington N. B

Waterloo exceeds war savings quota in swift drive

Waterloo reports indicate it will exceed its $150,000 target for the Liberty Joan campaign by about $200,000 as letters and solicitations continue. Banks sell war bonds in large numbers while M. I. Rowan crowds inquiries on Waterloo’s rapid disposal of war savings certificates. The Service League, praised for whole household cooperation and strong organization, may be adopted across Iowa.

Althoa Waterloo Addius Tenge Altho M. I. Rowan Services League Uail Service League Ag Waterloo Bowman Homer A. Miler Des Moines Iowa

Mortuary Services For John Adams Held At Methodist Church

Mrs Minerva Diamond dies at St Francie hospital at 8 06 p m age 76 resident of Canton Mississippi came to Iowa to visit daughter Maille Putnam Oelwein and granddaughter Linnig Warr 102 North Barclay street body taken to Q Keste Towne mortuary to be shipped to Cayton Mississippi for burial

Minerva Diamond St. Franely Hospital

Propaganda Balloons Visited by German Flyers

Allied front reports gas shells along the American sector northwest of Toul with lighter artillery than typical. Rifle and machine gun fire increased near Selch eprey as a German prisoner died of wounds east of the Meuse. Three German propaganda balloons landed, carrying issues of Gazette des Ardennes.

Associated Press France Toul Selcheprey Meuse Gazette Des

Thief Returns Auto After Week With Heart

A thief stole Dr J H Al l ion's car, used it a week, then left it near Rath packing plant last night in good condition. The vehicle’s gasolining tank and oil chamber were set. the thief reportedly fled as the doctor approached.

Dr. J. HR. Allion Doc

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