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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
10
London report details how British Q ships used disguise and deception to combat U boats. Stories include a woman and baby decoy and a haystack broadside, with Capt Gordon Campbell decorated for VC and DSO efforts in 1916.
Gail Oakes, an abandoned youth, sought a friend to swear to an age affidavit required for enlistment. After repeated failures, John Axelson agreed to become guardian and sign the affidavit. Oakes was accepted by the recruiting station and will depart for Davenport, then Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, joining several others bound for military service.
Capt. McLaughlin leads a federal drive against social diseases with a free public dispensary at city hall in Waterloo. Examinations and treatment will be offered to all, with isolation for severe cases and certificates of health for food handlers. Reports of cases are required nationwide.
State county and city officials face curtailment of public improvements funded jointly with railway costs under federal control as war efforts constrain spending. A director general of railroads note warns that any project surpassing 3500 in railway charges triggers cautious action, delaying or blocking planned works.
Almon F Butterfield died at 616 Fowler street at 7 30 am after a five month stomach cancer battle. Surviving wife and seven children plus siblings noted. funeral plans pending at Hileman Gindt mortuary. Kittie Beals Dixon died at her daughter Ruth Taylor’s Fuller ton apartments at 420 pm yesterday. two other children and husband listed. services likely in Am boy Illinois. Mrs Robert Simpson, 85, formerly of Cedar Falls, died in Pawnee Ohio. funeral at Janesville Presbyterian church Friday at 2 30 pm. husband died a year ago.
Between December 1, 1917 and July 31, 1918 Waterloo and Black Hawk county residents bought thrift stamps totaling 435,478.26, per postmaster M. H. Kelly. Most purchases occurred through banks after pledges, with campaigns peaking in March.
A kitchen shower for Miss Georgene Teeple featured guests sewing for the bride to be. Miss Teeple was also honored at a dinner party by Miss Bernice Call. A surprise party is planned for Willard hall at 2 30 p m Thursday. Mrs Berry and Miss Douglas Kloss hosted a 13 guest gathering for Ruth Hosteter with an electric toaster and wedding photos.
Paris reports show Crown Prince Rupprecht opposed the northern strike and pressed for a broader assault in 1915. German high command, led by Ludendorff, overruled him and launched the March north offensive, which failed to break French lines near Amiens Hazebrouck.
Central Christian holds annual Women's Missionary Society picnic at Byrnes park with a 4 p.m program in the clubhouse and supper at 7 p.m. Burton Avenue Baptist Gleaners' Class meets tomorrow evening with Mr and Mrs Charles Rose hosting.
The W M A plans a picnic at Byrnes Park at 1 p m tomorrow with a program to follow at 3 p m in the same venue.
Allied reports say German attempts to dislodge French and American forces north of the Vesle failed while French advances reached the Avre north of Montdidier. Gas shells and artillery activity were noted near Villers Bretonneux and Nieppe forest sector. A misread lecture excerpt humorously explains English pronunciation in song.
Miss Tha Surtees began leading seven volunteers to copy tax rolls for Black Hawk County residents in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. The tallying team, including Dorothy Wilson and Zora Wells, worked from the county courthouse basement under H. C. Mueller. Work continues nightly for about weeks to assist Liberty Loan and thrift stamp drives.
Otto Breitkreuts and August Beneke, directors of the horse meat syndicate, face trial in Chicago on fraud charges. The scheme claimed horse meat would win the war, with stock sales, contracts for barrels, and imports aimed at fueling profits, drawing in foreign buyers and a planned East Coast expansion before investigators halted the venture.
William EB Beebe and Myrtle AL Parr both of Waterloo obtain licenses aged 21 and 18 respectively. Charles Beloms of Waterloo and Minnie Shader of Waterloo are listed with ages 36 and 38. Ferrie Robinson of Waterloo age 32 and Cora V Pearson of Waterlno age 26 appear in the record.
War dispatches describe limited Allied moves after German withdrawals along the Avre and La Bassee canal while the Vesle front holds. Crown Prince remains in position north of the Alane as Foch outlines no clear plan. Allied contingents, including Americans, land at Archangel as Bolsheviks falter. More than 120 are listed missing from the torpedoed transport Wrahilda in the Bug River region.
Survivors totaling fifty, including one American soldier and several women nurses, were rescued after the Luz Blanca was torpedoed by a German submarine Saturday. The sinking harmed many sick and wounded servicemen along the North Atlantic coast.
Vienna authorities issue a war bureau decree prohibiting patrons from sitting or standing in overcoats and hats and forbidding baggage checks in coffee houses. The measure targets secret traders who used cafes as storehouses and for evading police during investigations.
A Brooklyn shopkeeper comments on a controversial theatre novel, noting his duties prevent him from recommending it while others query its appeal and potential impact on readers.
In the Good Old Days the article notes two types of girls hard to understand. One group sought to become ministers wives while the other wished to marry and reform the village rake. The statement appears in the St Louis Republic via The Maysvilic Plloc.
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