Courtesy Rule For Rail Workers Aims To Boost Public Service
Washington Aug 19 Director General Mc Adoo orders railroad employees to treat the public with courtesy and to excuse delays with the plea that Uncle Sam runs the railroads. He condemns the “public be damned” attitude and urges pride in service, tying courtesy to worker self respect amid a $475 million annual wage increase and higher rates.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Sam
United States
Railroads
Madoc
Uncle Sam
Charles Cole Joins Foreign Legion from Waterloo
Charles Cole son of Mr and Mrs WR Cole of Waterloo is listed as a member of the French foreign legion. He previously failed four times to enter U S military service but conveyed strong desire to serve in combat. He joins the legion while his brother Robert A Cole serves as a lieutenant in the aviation service at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Charles Cole
WR. Cole
Waterloo
French Foreign Legion
Legion
Cole
Robert A. Cole
Fort Sill
Okla
Rail wreck victims near Julien Iowa mourned
Illinois Central freight wreck near Julien killed engineer Reisner and fireman Bock. Bodies recovered after mud, water, and wreckage hampered rescue. Two other crewmen, Yarnall and a brakeman, were taken to homes for funeral arrangements. The storm washed out roadbed, flooding fields, delaying repairs for days. Many locals and wrecking crews visited the scene as authorities coordinated recoveries.
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W. ¥. Reisner
Clarence Bock
Illinois Central
Julien
Ftrom Dubuque
Harlan Yarnall
Brakaman
Exeter
Reisner
Yarnall’sody
Bock
Waterloo
Omaha
Chicago
Hawkeye Highway
Rockdale
Privates Frenzel and Green Wounded in France
Private Frenzel and Private Green of Company G are in a base hospital in France, once a hotel at a summer resort, parents informed by letters from the soldiers. Frenzel suffered leg injuries and Green a wounded right arm from shrapnel during the big push as shells fell among their unit. Frenzel recalls waiting for a barrage and Green praises their action against the Dutch forces despite injuries.
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Clarence Frenzel
Gaylen Green
Co. G
Waterloo
France
Frenzel
Green
County Service League Captains to Meet Aug. 24
Captains of the Black Hawk county service league will meet in the office of H. C. Moeller, county superintendent of schools, Aug. 24 at 1 p.m. Preparations will be made to call the board of equalization in each township the following week to determine each taxpayer’s fair share for the fourth Liberty Loan. Land owners who want indebtedness against their property considered should see the Black Hawk county service league sergeant in their districts and file indebtedness cards by Aug. 24. Liberty loan books for the league have been prepared by volunteers led by Miss Ida Surtees, deputy county superintendent.
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Black Hawk County Service League
H. C. Moeller
Board of Equalization
Black Hawk, County Service League
Liberty
Tda Surtees
Miss Bailey Assigned to Work at Wark Hospital
Miss Blanche Bailey, formerly with the Waterloo Medical Society, has been appointed laboratory technician at the base hospital Camp Taylor Louisville Ky, beginning August 21. She is the second Waterloo woman to take up bacteriological work there following Miss Highberger who joined Camp Dodge in May.
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Blanche Bailey
Waterloo Medical Saciety
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Miss Bailey
Waterloo
Base Hospital
Swisher Appointed War Department Draft Inspector
A Waterloo attorney, B F Swisher, is on duty in Washington as one of 11 inspectors named by the War Department to supervise draft boards nationally. He will oversee a district of four to five states and may travel within it after gathering preliminary information on registration and induction figures and needed clerical staff.
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B. F. Swisher
Waterloo Atttorney
War Department
Washington, D.C
Swisher
Waterloo ‘Board
United States
Commercial Club to Recruit for Signal Corps
The signal corps seeks about 29 production experts for war work. Waterloo Commercial club acts as a recruiting station to enlist volunteers for civil service positions paying 2400 to 3600 dollars yearly. Candidates should know production and manufacturing, chart and data recording, with radio telegraph equipment familiarity. Heavy rains on Cedar River raise water by about two feet at the dam.
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Signal Corps
Army
Waterloo Commercial Club
Cedar River
Youths 21 Must Register Aug 24 in Waterloo
Final arrangements were made by the local exemption board for Waterloo registration of all men who have had their 21st birthday since June 5 up to and including August 24. Registration will occur at the Black Building on the seventh floor from 9 am to 3 pm, under board supervision.
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Dubuque
Reisner
Yarnall
Bock
Waterloo
T J
New Deputy on Joe Esher Joins County Office Ranks
New deputy county auditor F E W Esher began duties this morning appointed by J J Rainbow. Esher came from La Porte City a year ago and was with the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. for several months. He succeeds George C Welker, who will become deputy county treasurer after a week’s vacation.
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F E. W. Esher
J. J. Rainbow
la Porte City
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
George C. Welker
Mrsher
Famous Herds to Attend Dairy Cattle Congress
Ed C Lasater Falfurrias Texas Adam Seitz Waukesha Wisconsin D D Tenney Guernseys Crystal Bay Minnesota Longview Farms Jersey Kansas City Missouri Hull Brothers Brown Swiss Painesville Ohio Small breeders also represented Plans include working cheese factory creamery cow testing demonstrations pure bred sire exhibit war equipment and Red Cross dairy herd Government and state dairy exhibits An automobile show with Waterloo dealers displaying assorted cars trucks and accessories
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Dairy Cattle Congress
E. S. Estes
Ed C. Lasater
Falfurrias
Tex
Adam Seitz
Waukesha
Wis
D. D. Tenney Guernseys
Crystal Bay
Minn
Longview Farms
Jerseys
Kansas City
Hull Brothers
Brown Swiss
Painesville
Estes
Hstel
Red Cross
Government
State Dairy Department
Husband Convicted Wife Seeks Divorce in Austin Case
Mrs. Hattie Frisby sues Jack Frisby for divorce alleging felony conviction in Jasper County on October 20, 1916 and a sentence to the reformatory. She claims he stole a harness and stack cover and seeks custody of their two year old child.
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Hattie Frisbey
Jack Frisbey
Austin
Minn
Jasper County
Reformatory
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Big Bill) Haywood
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Jocal Board No. 3
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Ankeny Streat
National Army
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Mulberry Street
Nevada
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Rivera
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