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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1917
Page
3
Jay Burns of Omaha explains that bread sales at ten cents per pound reflect a flour cost near 9.50 per barrel, with values ranging 9.25 to 10 as flour supply holds. Bakers faced higher costs but kept prices steady while awaiting relief and stabilizing flour near 10 per barrel evidence.
The ambulance company No. 2 in Cedar Falls welcomes paymaster Bernard Kelly’s arrival and reports $175 from a lecture by Sergeant Hanley of the Princess Pats. Funds go to the company fund as crews supervise construction of the army canteen at the Cedar Valley fairgrounds.
Paris awoke to an air raid alarm at 3 AM as defense aircraft patrolled the clear sky. Within about a quarter hour the all clear bugles sounded at 4 05 AM, ending the alert.
Dr Edward T Devine of New York, brother of Mrs B A Boggs and a Columbia University faculty member, plans to sail for France today if passage is secured. He will study the rehabilitation and placement of crippled soldiers at the request of the War Council of the Red Cross and the secretary of the treasury after a recent Canada study.
New York Aug 18 The actual work for floating the next liberty bond offering in the second federal reserve district will be done by a small committee of five or six. The decision to centralize responsibility for the loan’s success in a few men was made today, with officials saying it would streamline the process.
The first loan campaign suffered from a large number of subcommittees which led to duplication of effort and organizational confusion. Key organizers sought streamlining to restore coordination and clarity.
Paris, Aug. 18. Laibre Parole declares it will not raise its price to two cents, calling the ministerial order illegal and denouncing state encroachment on press liberty. The report also notes farmers repairing barns as crops look promising with oats showing strong yields and corn outlook bright. A child was slightly Bruised when struck by a Sherwood truck on Lafayette Street between Fourth and Fifth. driver blamed.
The notice promotes Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam as a safe quick remedy for summer diarrhea, claiming a 71 year history and millions of uses with no reported cures if directions are followed. It also notes the return from a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Z J Duke after visiting relatives.
Oberlin Ohio August 18 Mrs Thomas Edwards age 84 is believed the oldest woman in Ohio and perhaps the nation to manage a food war garden entirely by herself She began with a garden primer from the national emergency food garden commission and now studies the commission canning manual She has raised her garden with help from a single daughter and her rule is to stay busy Her family came to this country from Wales during the Civil War with many relatives serving or training in the British army.
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