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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
10
United States department of agriculture specialists advise corn silage should be packed tightly after cutting at the milk to dent stage. They favor a three fourth inch cut, a distributing device to evenly fill and tramp the fodder, adding water at cutting, and heavy top green stalks to minimize spoilage. Continuous feeding begins promptly to reduce losses.
Waterloo and the Woman's club committee report 41 French orphans funded through the Chicago committee on orphan adoption. Local campaign groups and individuals have contributed without solicitation, but urgent action is urged to speed preliminary arrangements and money transfer. Mrs. J. E. Bragdon chairs the women’s elite committee. Mrs. C. E. Ransier is treasurer. Contributions may come from any amount. a general fund covers smaller gifts. An inscription on the envelope directs funds to the Fraternity Franco-American, 4 rue Valney, Paris.
Black Hawk county will enroll over 60 women in the student nurse reserve as the enlistment drive ends tonight. By noon in Waterloo 40 names appeared, with Mrs. J. B. Newman Cedar Falls recruiting officer reporting 17 more. Blanks must be returned promptly to Mrs. K. L. Marquis or Mrs. J. E. Ridenour. The article notes seed saving and dairy emphasis alongside wartime needs including milk products and sugar beet plantings as part of general home front effort.
New York reports A F Dingle a Briton captains the 25 by 40.6 foot Gauntlet from Great Kills Staten Island bound for Bermuda with 48 bottles of beer and provisions for a month. The tiny vessel carries a revolver and is intended to confront German U boats as Dingle and his wife prepare to sail.
Birth notices list multiple new sons born to Eaton Peterson Hock and Wagner couples with dates in August and July, showing addresses in Orange township Paris avenue and Seventh west. A London report quotes Viscount Northcliffe praising American war aid during a reception at the Times office for overseas press guests.
Newark New Jersey August 17 104 flags adorned a birthday cake for Mrs Catherine Yourth 100 years old and in good health. She lives at 40 Duryee Street with daughter Mrs Catherine Ball and is widow of Louis Yourth who died 25 years ago. Her family includes son Robert Yourth 14 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Her grand granddaughter is married to Capt Anthony Wels of a trench mortar unit now serving abroad and she prays daily for his safe return. Born in Switzerland she spent most of her life in Newark.
Washington DC August 17 The army casualty list shows Killed in action Died of wounds Died of accident and other causes Wounded severely degree undetermined and missing in action among other entries Names include Lieutenant Bernard L Rice Sparta WI Sergeant Alfred J Ortman Columbus OH Corporal John W Armstrong Jonesboro TN Private Melvin Burrows Volga IA and many others with towns across the United States list details dozens of fallen and wounded by state and city with one entry noting degree undetermined mechanic Walter Hoffman Park Ridge IL.
The Vacant Lot Farming Club will exhibit garden products at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress this fall. A. T. Hukill said extra exhibit space was secured and displays will be attractively arranged. Premiums will be offered and amateur gardeners in Waterloo are invited to compete for prizes. The exhibit last year drew much interest and helped boost local gardens, with more gardens in Waterloo this year than ever before.
Rev. H. L. Goughnour will conduct the final Sunday evening service for several weeks at First Brethren church tomorrow night. If weather permits it will be on the church lawn. otherwise the meeting will be in the building. He departs next week for a Bible conference at Winona Lake, Ind., then attends the Brethren church general conference.
A Sunday School lesson outlines how Pentecost converts showed genuine faith through steadfast adherence to apostles doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer. It highlights growth, unity, prayer, and charitable church life, plus the Deacon appointment to manage church affairs amid early trials.
A dense church directory lists congregations by denomination, location, and service times across Waterloo. It includes Adventist, Baptist, Catholic, Christadelphian, Christian Science, Congregational, Episcopal, Evangelical, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Brethren groups with specific streets, pastors, sermon and Sunday school schedules.
Services under Churches West will be at First Congregational Church tomorrow evening due to bad weather. Rev. M. L. Tate of the Episcopal church will preach on Christ's Cure For Care.
Rev AI L Tate issues weekly pastoral notice urging corporate communion at Christ Episcopal Church during his vacation month. He plans to conduct a communion service each Sunday despite his absence, emphasizing the sacrament's importance to parishioners.
Alonzo Roberts, veteran U S Coast Guard officer, recounts near death during a 1918 attack off Diamond Shoals when a German submarine torpedoed a Dutch ship. He describes the explosion, the sinking, the crew abandoning ship, and their escape in a lightship rowboat as shells rained around.
Pauls Manchis of San Jose is noted for his drive beyond battlefield bravery as a local column introduces a San Jose briefing on a man who joined more than one effort to serve, highlighting civic and national spirit alongside church and community notices in a fragmented early 20th century page.
On Garden Street 420 resident Mauchle tended a backyard garden before joining Camp Lewis and heading to France. He used a national war garden manual to grow beans and corn, which were later presented to the San Jose Chamber of Commerce as a tribute to his war effort and his mother Mrs Mauchla who continued the cultivation.
Waterloo Canning company will begin operations on its 1918 pack Thursday according to present plans. Quality of the corn is good says S. C. Bell secretary and treasurer. The pack will be one of the largest in company history. An acreage of 3100 was grown this year. Cedar Falls Canning will start receiving corn Monday but canning will not begin until Tuesday.
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