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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
5
Behind the British Lines in France the kitchen department is essential for soldier efficiency. Regulations require daily kitchen inspections and mess-tent checks to prevent complaints. In garrisons a sergeant-chef oversees regimental meals, while field kitchens grow as multi-layered improvised setups with kettles, trenches, and field ovens to sustain troops.
Discussion of a proposed federal license tax on automobiles, its tentative schedule based on 1918 price lists, and doubts about passage and timing. Includes example taxes for several makes, anticipated Iowa revenue, and notes on marriage licenses in Waterloo and La Porte City with guardianship details for Mary Eleanor Whetzell.
The Illinois Central Waterloo shops function as a base hospital for locomotives and cars serving the war effort. Six hundred seventy-five workers repair engines and overhauled 30 locomotives and 10,056 cars in July, with equipment from various roads and even Burnside shops near Chicago. The semi military operation emphasizes skilled surgery on engines, turning wheels, reboilering, and grafting parts to keep trains in fighting trim as the nation mobilizes for war.
Iowa Dairy Association and Dairy Cattle congress organizers announce a Waterloo convention during the Dairy Cattle congress week. E S Estel says hundreds of breeders and producers from across the state and nation will attend. The agreement opens the butter milk and cheese exhibit to all states for the first time, with thrift stamps as prizes and education on dairy industry links to World War I.
Dr James Francis Sullivan, former Bellevue Hospital physician, reports that Nuxated Iron builds strength and blood, improves endurance, and is a high quality iron peptonate product. He urges wide public disclosure of its formula and endorses its use for nervous, run-down patients.
Waterloo business leaders declare conditions better than a year ago with demand for high quality goods at peak. Labor shifts to women due to enlistments, wages rise, and sales exceed prewar figures as stores face stock shortages but move merchandise quickly. A shoe retailer reports July 1918 sales surpassing July 1917 by over $500, and men’s retailers stay optimistic despite wartime strains.
Members of Fred Willier camp Spanish War Veterans celebrate official news that widows will receive 12 dollars per month and children under 16 will get 2 dollars monthly. The announcement, relayed to A. J. Artus, notes the belated recognition of these claims and contrasts with prior pay limits.
The city will consider approving about 1.14 miles of cement sidewalks next Monday evening under a retrenchment plan. Eight contractors have inspected the plat to bid, with the expected addition of small strips before the resolution. The measure responds to property owners’ requests for improved pathways.
In the Boston Transcript dialogue, a speaker notes preparations for a future era of peace and disarmament. He asks if a symbolic figure has been chosen, to symbolize the new unified nations, and the reply names the Venus de Milo as that emblem.
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