Plan to Fill Coal Bins Now Amid Shortage
A Waterloo coal dealer and a local bank pilot a plan allowing residents to stockpile winter coal with weekly installments. Purchasers sign notes, bank offers lower interest, and other dealers are urged to adopt the system to aid small earners. The zoning program limits Indiana and Kentucky grades, directing supply from Iowa and southern Illinois and local mines to reduce long transport times.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Southern Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Knit Two in Oakland Plant at Pontiac Michigan
Oakland Motor Car Company workers in Pontiac form the Oakland Motor Car Company Knitting club knitting weekly after hours. Women from office and factory stitch khaki wool and contribute to a fund over $1,000 monthly for Red Cross and other wartime projects through the Oakland County Patriotic League.
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Oakland Motor Car Company
Pontiac
Mich
B. E. Farrand
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co
Oakland
Oakland County Patriotic League
Red Cross
Camp Recreation
Knights of Columbus
Wider Use of Motor Trucks Now Practical
Four wheel drive trucks transform hauling for many businesses as horses wane. Duplex Truck Co president Lars H. M. Lee notes modern four wheel drive vehicles move heavy loads like hogs cement brick coal oil minerals over rough roads more economically than rail. Automobile Engineers president George W. Dunham cites army ammo handling plans and Buffalo address praising trucks’ foothold on difficult terrain. Industries including lumber and mining now motorize for first time using these trucks.
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Lars H. M. Lee
Duplex Truck Company
Lansing
Mich
George W. Dunham
Society of Automobile Engineers
Buffalo
War staff defy peril as zeppelin strikes and Halifax scene
Halifax correspondent reports a zeppelin bomb in London and a Halifax blast that left reporters injured yet unbowed. AP board praises staff for courage, world war coverage, and steadfast accuracy amid censor ships and overloaded cables.
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A. P
New York
Associated Press
Foreign Service
Frank M. America
London
Robert T. Small
Somme
Peronne
Charles T. Thompson
Gorizia
Europe
United States
Walter Whiffen
Charles S. Smith
Harbin
James Hickey
Halifax
West Indies
Bermuda
Havana
Mexico
Paris
United
Four-Wheel Drive Trucks Aid Industry Markets
The text notes railroads as main carriers and horse, mule, and ox teams as traditional means of transportation to market centers. It highlights the four-wheel drive truck as delivering a great service across multiple industries, possibly more significant than light delivery trucks used by retailers.
Dr J G Bickley Announces Patient Visits
Dr J G Bickley will make calls and see patients at 606 Walnut Street from 8 a m to 12 a m. Phone number 652 provided for appointments or inquiries.
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J. G. Bickley
Walnut Street
Patriot ic Meeting at Waterloo Club Sparks National Pride
A Liberty Day gathering at the Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo club featured Old G A R veterans, fife and drum, and singing of patriotic tunes led by Paul Davis with C D Boomhower on piano. Judge C W Mullan gave a forceful speech urging youth to defend liberty and fund war efforts while Dr O Y P Thompson urged fuel stockpiling.
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Chamber of Commerce and
Waterloo Club
Robert Anderson
Fife and
W. FF. Spry
Sherman
Datle
Feot
Vrance
Hecht
Mullan
Europe
Red Cross
Monsey
O. Y P. Thompson
Lieut. Miller
Maxwell
H. 3. McCowan
Henry Ibtings
Harry Pnadden
Chamber celebrates filmmaker’s photo gift to local leader
A lab received a framed photograph of Lieut. Merman C. Miller, former chamber secretary now stationed at Crump Phike Ark, with inscription praising the Chamber of Commerce. The meeting closed as WH. 1. Tulhin, chairman, proposed a rising vote of thanks to Judge Mulkin for his address.
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Chamber of Commerce
Merman C. Miller
Crump Phke
Ark
Ingertbad
Tulhin
Mulkin
Chamber of Commerce cheers for judge rally shakes roof
Old soldiers outpace others with three cheers for the judge in a spirited chamber gathering, lifting voices and rattling the room as they show support and pride.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Michigan
Morse
Water- Joo - Evening Courier
Waterloo Evening Courier
Altho
Y.W. GC. A
E. T. Jaynes
East Fourth Street
Chamber OF Commeroe
W. Mullan
Judge Mullan
C. W. Mullan
America
England
France
Cal J. Miller
Liberty Shoe Shining Parlor
Commercial Street
The
Canfield Lumber Field
U.P
Canfield Lumber Company
D. B. Phelps
Jefferson
Woaterico, Iowa
J.C. Hutzell
Druccist
Fort Wayne
Maewenes
J. C. Hutzell
West Main St
Ind
ARS
William Galloway
Hereford
Waterloo, In
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Prince Perfection
Towa
Watterloo
Hotel Redisson
Minneapolis
Tol
F. C. B. Pontiac
B. E. Ferrand
Chandler
F. E. B. Cleveland
Waterloco Auto & Supply CO
Chandler Motor Car Company
Cleveland
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