Cedar Falls News Fixes Tax Levy and Local Happenings
Cedar Falls Aug 13 The city council fixed a city funds tax levy at 2 mills matching last year and appointed Dr J S Stevens as city head officer replacing resigned Dr F L Van Derveer. Textbook adoption deferred due to funds with startup estimated at 5000 dollars. Community notes report fewer meat markets barber shops and billiard halls since growth. local horse racing record set at Clario track by George LeValley. Cedar Falls bankers active in Tulsa finance. Red Cross booth to be at Cedar Valley fair. John R B Slacks joins college rural education faculty. Exemption board adds fifth member Dr Stevens. various local travel and military notes. Want ad note ends.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
United States
George LeValley
Mason City
John RB
John RF. Slacks
Teachers College
County Improvement Board
Slacks
Sac
Crop Improvement Association
Iens
T. B. Carpenter
R. H. Pyles
Wm. Crownover
Hudson
Pyles
Cuntirane
F. N. Mead
Crownover
Des
Moines
A. J .H. Brandhurst
Madson
Mead
Rvice
Stevens
An Experiment in Friendliness at Camp Beauregard
Mrs. C A Weis of Alexandria La is the only woman member of the war camp community service at Camp Beauregard Louisiana. Leonard A Parr, brother of Rev Harold E Parr, writes on the service mission and its aim to bring homey touch and hospitality to soldiers away from home while preserving normal life and social ties.
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Thomas W. Whitworth
Yellowstone Park
Walter Metcalf
Clear Lake
Robert Fullerton
Minneapolis
France
Camp Forrest
Iowa
Paul Barrett
Onawa
State
Barrett
Manena
Grinnell College
C. A. Weis
Alexandria
Henry Weis
Camp Beauregard
Weis
Auest
Wels
Waterloo
Leonard A. Parr
Parr
Harold — E. Parr
First Congregational Church
Community Service
Carol Beauregard
Alexander
Department Commission On
Fosdick
Knights of
Columbus
Jewish Welfare’ League
War Camp Community Service
Congress
C.’ Hall
Red Circle
Peace Valley
Destructive Side of War Camp Community Work
A wartime report outlines constructive and destructive aspects of the camp community service. It warns of venereal risk and impropriety near stations, noting police and protection workers collaborate with officials to shield the innocent, while describing dangers posed by “parasites and vampires” on arriving trains and at travel hubs.
The Store That Saves You Money
Local storefront advertises value shopping at 313 East Fourth Street with a phone contact for inquiries and purchases.
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East Fourth St
Cramps in the Stomach Endorsed by Oswego Man
Oswego New York resident Charles Henry recounts four years of stomach and bowel cramps and credits Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best medicine of its kind he has used.
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Charles Henry
Oswego
N.Y
Chamberlain
Army and Navy Prepare a Unit With Noted Sobriety
The piece reflects a government line on reform and discipline, noting efforts to send back those who have erred to redeem themselves. It mentions vigilant surveillance of suspected houses and a war effort driven by secretaries of war and navy and a sober, admired force.
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Cedar Lalls Dain News
Tidsa
Oklo
Tulsa
Okla
O. H. Leonard
Citizen's Savings Bank
Exchange National Bank
Harry W. Johnson
Cedar Falls National
Burt Baehmier
Exchange Wartional
Red Cross
Hare
Exemption Board
J. S. Stev
Cc. Sln
Stinehart
Japan
Royal Society
West Oxfords
Arants
Swift & Company
U.S. A
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