Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston
Boston Mass Aug 20 National encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opened with extra delegates arriving daily. Credentials committee busy. auxiliary sponsors opened headquarters while the National Association of Patriotic Instruction met. Veterans brought relics including a 150 pound Custer cannon and a hard tack ration from 1861 for display and parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Grand Army of the Republic
National Council of Administration
National Association of Patriotic Instruction
Joseph Trax
Newcastle
Toops
Cuser
Willam H. Dunlap
New Brighton
Rotarians Tour Dart Motor Plant for Government Trucks
Rotary club members toured the Dart Motor Company plant to view heavy ton trucks destined for the United States Government. The facility runs at full capacity to meet orders, with a carrier of trucks leaving Waterloo soon for the commissary department at cantonments. In luncheon remarks Capt. Harry B. Clark Capt. J.T. Brearton Lieut. Herman C. Miller and Lieut. Leonard Laird spoke briefly, as Fred Worthey announced an informal Chamber reception tonight honoring Lieut. Herman C. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Dart Motor Company
United States
Waterloo
Hotel Russell-Lam
Ison
Harry B. Clark
J.T. Brearton
Herman C. Miller
Leonard Laird
Fred Worthey
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Secre TY
Don’t Let Cabbage Grow Into Refuse Warns Agencies
Officials of the U S Department of Agriculture urge fermenting vegetables to store during surplus cabbage weather. They tout sauerkraut pickle methods as simple labor light and capable of preserving cabbage cucumbers beans and tops for market or home use amid heavy rainfall and price swings. Red Cross sewing at First M E church noted for Tuesday and Friday hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Department
Uncle Sam
RED Cross
M. E
West Side
City in brief reports local notices and events
Dense item list from Waterloo Cedar Rapids and surrounding area. Mentions marriages licenses for George Johnson and Ellar Thomson, travel by families to Minneapolis and Des Moines, visitors from Minneapolis Los Angeles and Omaha, medical and legal notices, a court case for Elsie S. Kirk seeking divorce from George S. Kirk, and various social and civic activities including ambulance corps free admission and a Cedar Rapids review meeting.
Exemption claims denied by district board amid wartime draft
Only 16 of 114 agricultural exemption claims passed, with 9 from Carroll and 6 from Allamakee counties. Denied registrants join the national army. farm essentiality weighs against exemption. The 15 workers deemed most essential to farming are listed from Carroll and Allamakee counties, while 99 names appear in the denial list.
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District Exemption Board
Carroll
Allamakee
New National Army
District Board
Allamakee County Reverett
John Levenick
Casper Stanly Haugen
Tihnan
Rudolph Roloson
John D. Lawson
Joseph William Wagner
Edward Albert Sherman
Paul Henry Stehr
William Oscar Monserud
Alden Leroy Shogren
Bernard A. Houlihan
Willis A. Fuller
Phillip Thomas Gavin
Alfred Clement Bulman
Wiliam Reinke
Jane Berton
Eels
Albert Stuckman
Otto ¥. Sorenson
Carl Arved Johnson
Eemmet Fahey
Michael Lester Garin
Harvey Benjamin Ebner
Carl Herman Kroeger
Lea Daniel
Heffern
Clemens Elias Boe
James Joseph Finnegan
Rudolph ‘Chris Sander
Paul Heitman
William Mnry Reutkemter
Martin Adams
Carl Fruechte
Andrew B. Onsager
James Vincent Corrigan
Otto J. Radditz
Thervald Tichman Thygesen
Walter Henry Fatketter
Arthur Schroeder
Announcements Cedar review and social at Maxwell hall
Cedar Falls community notices list a Tuesday meeting in Maxwell hall for the W B A officers and guards to attend a practice followed by a social. The piece also notes Mrs Law’s letter about Commander Robert Morris’s appointment to command the Kronprinzess in Lucile and Morris’s 21 years in naval service.
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Cedar Review
W! B.A
Maxwell Hall
Worthington
Mion
W. R. Law
Robert Morris
Lucile
Morris
Naval Service
Social notes on multiple weddings and gatherings in Waterloo
Miss Helen Henderson and Mr. Mitchell Seeman Manhard wed at 6:30 p m in Des Moines with Carol Cobb and Ernest Henderson as attendants. Mabel Ettinger married Lieut R J Tompkins in Waterloo amid military pageantry and a reception at home. The issue also notes a Brethren picnic at Hudson, a dinner party for returning newlyweds, and other society events in Waterloo and surrounding communities, including birthdays and guild meetings reflecting local social life.
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Helen Henderson
Mitchell Manhard
Des Moines
E. M. Henderson
Mitchell Seeman Manhard
E. E. Manhard
Warry S. Longley
Episcopal Church
Carol Cobb
Ernest Henderson
Co. G
First Iowa Infantry
Manhard
Waterloo
Oelwein
Waterman Hall
Sycamore, I
Lombard College
University of Idaho
Hudson
United Brethren
Gladbrook
Marshalltown
Maplegrove
Hudson City Park
Cronk
J. F. Thomas
Marshallstown
Burton
Thomas
Graves Memorial Church
George Welker
Welker
J. H. Yagey
Harriet Lane- Graves
Annual family picnic planned at Byrnes Park
The Fuxiliary will host its annual family picnic at Byrnes Park tomorrow afternoon and evening. Mrs. J. W. Wattonjohn of Paducah Kentucky, age 46, visits guest cousin Mrs. A. F. Gates. Mr. Katterjohn, then in New York, will join his wife for a weekend visit.
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Fuxiliary
Byrnes Park
P—. Mra
J. W. Wattonjohn
Paducah
A. FP. Gates
Katterjohn
New York
Fire Department Responds to Trio of Smoke Incidents
The fire department was called to 803 High Street at 5 30 a m for smoke from a chimney after remodeling. At 9 40 p m a kerosene stove at 649 Bent Street melted a burner causing thick smoke with no damage. Sunday morning an electric motor fire on South Street near Mullan Avenue caused a call but no damage.
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High Street
Bent Street
Bent Street Melted Off the Burner, Causing A Thick Smoke. No; Warmiage
South Street
Mullan Avenue
Wholesale grocer to confer with Hoover
George E. Lichty traveled to Washington to meet Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover. He represents Iowa canners and wholesalers on a special committee of the council of national defense food commission. The group educates on canning, aids wholesale shipping, and seeks full freight car utilization. Lichty notes the effort may take months each year during the war.
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George E. Lichty
Washington, D. C
Herbert C. Hoover
Lichty
Iowa
Food Commission
Council of National Defense
Mr. Hoover
750000 Metal Workers Face Nationwide Sympathy Strike
New York report says labor leaders plan a sympathy strike for 260000 metal workers if no settlement is reached today. A Tammiung Hall meeting tomorrow aims to extend the action across cities from Settle to the Delaware River with International union officials attending.
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New York
Tammiung Hall
Plang
Settle
Delaware River
Boston
Seattle
Philadelphia
Winnington
Elizabeth
Norfolk
Bathing and Dancing by Victrola Furnish Thursday Diversion
Bethan Mays, Margaret Campbell, Olive Galloway, Jeannette Roemer, Margaret Bilfings, CGene yrave Gardiner and Waterine friends gather for a social hour with Victrola music featuring bathing and dancing as Thursday diversion.
Oelwein Wife Disappears After Visit To Waterloo
Q R Gilbert of Oelwein seeks information on his wife Mrs Chlbart who left Oelwein August 1 to visit relatives in Waterloo. Police traced her to the home of Mrs Calla Kress at 1004 Jefferson street where she stayed August 1. William Pettit a Waterloo painter is identified as her father.
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L. B. Slocumb
Omaha
J. N. Bell
Dow City
W. Balensfiefer
Viola Goldie
W. J. Matthews
Lafayette Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Vera Phippens
Fred Phippens
Bancroft
Nemke
Miss Phippens
C. W. Knoop
Kenneth
Warner
William Nolte
Sheffield
Mr. Nolte
Maude Knoop
F. EB. Voight
Bankers Reserve Life Company
Waterloo
Voight
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nebraska
Wyomleg
North Dakota
South Dakota
Myron H. Bixby
Aledo
Bixby
Wa+terloo
J. E. Bixby
Commercial Street
Dr. Bixby
Tama
Wa‘terleo
William Wilson
Sumner Street
M. Kellerlain
Q. R. Gilbert
Oelwein
Cadillac reflector headlamp lever reduces glare on meeting drivers
Cadillac introduces a headlamp reflector system with a under steering wheel lever to tilt rays, directing light about 30 feet ahead when encountering oncoming motorists. It eliminates glare without dimming or diffusing light and concentrates illumination where needed.
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Cadillac Motor Car
Campers Entourage Selected From Elk Run Study Trip
Mr and Mrs Robert L Ashtey served as hosts for a Waterloo bound party of young ladies from Elk Run after a week of camping. The group includes Miss Myrtle Belangeo and Miss Mildred viewed to join the city outing today.
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Robert L. Ashtey
Chaprons
Waterloo
Elk Run
Myrtle Belangeo
Mildred
Senator Cummins Pays Dollar Fine for Speeding
Clinton Iowa Aug 20 Friends of United States Senator A B Cummins of Iowa who left here yesterday to complete his automobile tour from Washington to Des Moines today revealed the senator was arrested for speeding near Chicago Saturday. A constable fined him one dollar and costs. Cummins with wife daughter and two grandsons expected to remain in Iowa until October.
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H. P. Brown
Waterloo
Davenport
Silas Gonrad Kimm
The
Commercial Bank
Blairstown
Ronald G. Reed
Des Moines
Gray Hagle
Minn
A. E. Ham
Waverly
Harry
Mercy Hospital
Roger I. Crowell
Hart C. Glasson
Clara Glasson
Dubuque
Glasson
Clear Lake
D. E. Cates
Marble Rock
Clinton
United States
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Washington
Chicago
Cummins
Itawa
Drown in Mississippi Wall Find Boy's Body
Clinton Ia Aug 20 All efforts to locate the body of 8 year old Gerald Thompson who with his brother Millard C Thompson 21 and brother in law Ray Batchelder 20 drowned in the Mississippi river at Comanche Sunday have proved fruitless. The bodies of the two older victims were recovered within 20 minutes of going down. Batchelder formerly a resident of Danville. The Thompson brothers are sons of H P Thompson agent of the Milwaukee railway at Lyons station.
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Clinton
Gerald Thompson
Millard C. Thompson
Ray Batchelder
Mississippi River
Comanche
Batchéider
Danville
Thompson Brothers
H. P. Thompson
Milwaukee Railway
Lyons Station
Heat at Bathing Beach Draws Crowds in Hot Spell
A three day heat wave brings hundreds to bathing beaches with Saturday and Sunday crowds. Maximum yesterday reached 93 degrees and the overnight low was 62 as residents endure oppressive heat while the corn hopes for warm weather.
Man Dies After Sunday Dinner in Davenport Bath
Ray Boomershine, after a hearty Sunday noon meal in Davenport Iowa, entered the bathroom for a bath. Hours later he was found dead in the tub, having succumbed to heart failure, heretofore undetected.
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Davenport. Ia
Ray Boomershine
Summer Disorders From Impurities in Blood Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts S. S. S. as a purifier and tonic for tiredness and poor health. It claims blood impurities cause daily fatigue and promotes the drink as restoring vitality, appetite, and general well being. The Swift Specific Co advertises literature and medical advice from Atlanta, Georgia.
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U. S
Knapp Music Studios Opening Notice
The Knapp Music Studios directed by J D Knapp announces Pall Opening on Sept. sr d 1017. A piano school offering violin mandolin guitar banjo mandolin mandola mandocello mandolin banjo steel guitar and ukulele with free practice classes and recitals. Twenty seven years of experience and instruction from top artists. Instruments furnished if desired. enrollment anytime. Studios over Schunoman Png Co West Side.
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Knapp Music
J. DP. Knapp
PALL
Schunoman Png Co
West Side
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Prussia
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Herr Bamberger
Charles I
Cavalier
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Quixote
J. E. Pennypacker
Office of Public Roads
MW. C. A
A. T. Hakill
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Review
A. Oo
W. Hall
F. M. Frost
Minneapolis
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G. Halcon Turner
Kansas City
LeRoy Irwin
J. B. Litchfield
Coalesburg
W. H. Bush
George Johnson
Ellar Thomson
J. S. Tuthill and
White Bear, Lake, Minn
C. M. Wood
Charline
McNeil
Los Angeles
Gal
A. B. Lovejoy
Helen Swinbank
Waterloo Insurance Agency
Thelma Lawless
Miss Swinbank
Ambulance Corps
J. B. Ridenour
Lake Geneva
Ridenour
Geneva
Lewis Institute
Bartiett
W.B. Clemence
Iowa City
Elsie S. Kirk
George S. Kirk
van Horn
Bernard Condon
Frank Fox
Catherine Fritz
Anna Fox
C. Welter
Elizabeth Fox
Garrell County
John Henry Wiederein
John Teter Toth
Jacob Wittry
Frank Sporrer
Louis A. Baird
Julius Hagge
William Kennebeck
Albert Charles Suhbert
Frank Anton Kruse
Joseph Danger
John Jacob Schlorholtz
Joseph Soppe
Frank Ferneding
Peter J. Wolterman
Anton J. Klocke
August J. Berger
Edward John Glass
Avery H. Bell
Schn Pudenz
Otto Kasperbauer
Carroll County
Chauncey
Anna Shanewise
John B. Shanewise
Shanewise
East
Lenore
Manitou
Colo
Cedar
Wome
Mabel Ettinger
A. L. Ettinger
Fourth Street
R. J. Tompkins
Frank Willard Court
First Methodist Biscopal Church
Evelyn Weigand
Tompkins
Mr. Tompkins
England
America
Smith Motor Car Company
University of Iowa
Fort Snelling
Quartermaster’s Corns National Army
Mrs
Roy Dinzy
Edwin Kamisky
Edward Steege
Miss Gemmil
Jeanette Gemmil
William N. Gemmil
Municipal Court
Darley Bligh Grasett
Glencoe
Alfred Langler
Grasett
Estes Park
First Brethren
Loyal Hervers
Willink
Loyal Helpers
First M. E
Deborah
Cedar River Park
Lend A Hand Guild
St. Mark's
Altar Guild
Dexter Phalps
O. V. Picnic
Sons of Veterans
Netter
Herman
Miller
Miller-McCartney Insurance
Lunding
Wholesale Groger
Hoover
Senator Cummins
Chilik's
Mississippi
American Chicle Company
CIA
Waterloo Electrical Supply Co
Bridge Street
Leath
Rocker
East Fourth Street
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