Waterloo War Work Notes At Black Hawk County
Report on World War activities includes W C T U hospital work at Fort Des Moines, resolutions urging sugar coal grain for war efforts, liquor and tobacco policy support, and new officers for Waterloo and Cedar Falls unions. Also covers labor quotas, local social events, marriages, and civic notices in Des Moines and surrounding towns.
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Fort Des Moines
Newton Methfessel
Cedar, Heights Presbyterian Church
Black Hawk County
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Methfessel
Park
Waterloo
Mmes
Flora, Carter
Mary Riley
Anna Eyehaner
Talso
Among the Churches Christ Episcopal Picnic Plan
The Lailies guild will hold a picnic tomorrow afternoon at Cedar River park if weather permits. If not, the event moves to Lloyd hall. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches and one additional article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
Lailies’ Guild
Cedar River Park
Lloyd Hall
Harvey Law Enlists in Officers Training at Camp Pike
Harvey Law, Mason City attorney and W. M. Law’s son, enrolled as a volunteer in the officers training school at Camp Pike Arkansas this week. He is not of the draft age, married with two children, and his wife signed a waiver for his military service. A petition was filed in the estate of Lieut. Fred H. Becker who died in France on July 21, naming Hilda Poet of Philadelphia as administratrix with $1,000 personal property listed. St. Mark's Red Cross auxiliary held a farewell party with sewing sessions planned. 78 high school girls camped at Rickerts for two weeks to complete cottage work. The narrative includes wartime scenes of prisoners and patrols with officers and guides assisting prisoners and staff movements.
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Bloeser-Norman
Harold Bloeser
H. G. Bloeger
Waterloo
Sioux City
Atha Norman
John Hostetter
Bloeser
R Bloeser
Martin’s
Harvey Law
Mason City
Camp Pike
Ark
Mr. Law
W. M. Law
Fred H. Becker
France
Hilda Poet
Singer
Philadelphia
St. Mark's Red Cross
Rickerts
Lanert
Tos Caine
Regment
Lenert
Colonels and titles cast by postwar curiosity
Paris reports on Coloneliferous life and the spread of military style nicknames after the war. William Allen White notes Col William Rockhill Nelson’s title arose from peculiarity, and predicts many civilians will adopt ranks and sobriquets as they return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stars and Stripes
William Allen White
William Rockhill Nelson
Kansas City
Home Guards
Cap'n
Lone Marine from Chicago Captures Eighty-Two Germans
Paris dispatch recounts Private Frank Lenert of Chicago, a 19 year old Marine, who after wandering into a German machine gun company in Belleau Wood forced surrender by displaying a captured captain’s pistol. Lenert walked the prisoners to brigade HQ as stunned German guards watched.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald Antiner
Paris
The
Stars and Stripes
Frank Lenert
Belleau Woods
Lenert
Germany
Tle
Marriage by Mail Becomes Valid Way to Wed in Minnesota
Mrs. Belle Smith arranged a mail contract marriage with Felix Muetze of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra after a failed long distance telephone wedding plan. Bates, the county commissioner, ruled mail contracts valid, preserving a precedent for future contract marriages while long distance ceremonies proved nonbinding. Muetze, 39, and Smith, 48, were to finalize the agreement with witnesses before Muetze could join the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Belle Smith
William E. Haates
Hennepin County
Felix Muetze
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Manitou
Col
United States Army
Muetze
Smith
Wits
Wee
Powers Rites Held At Home In St Louis For L. B. Powers
Funeral services for L. B. Powers were at the home on Wellington Avenue at 3 p.m. today with Rev. J. E. Johnson in charge. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. The report notes Mr Powers’ obsequies in St Louis, outlining the local home service and funeral arrangement.
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L. BE. Powers
Lsfe
Powers
Wellington
J. E. Johnson
Elmwood
Frederica Patriot Heroine in Wartime Sacrifice
Frederica, a patriotic village girl in 1918, hosts two American officers. She forms a bond with a visiting lieutenant and dreams of aiding the war effort. After a farewell, she runs to the tracks and sacrifices herself, blocking a tethered rail spike and risking death as a troop train approaches.
Scarlet soldier’s life vow amid battle tragedy
A distraught woman sacrifices herself for comrades as a train approaches battle, a dramatic scene unfolds with soldiers rushing to safety. A relieved officer carries her away, the memory of her vow to save the country enduring beyond the chaos.
Official Award Made of D.S. A. to Lieut. CW. Chapman
From Washington last night comes news that Lieut. CW Chapman received the Distinguished Service Award. The report cites Pershing's Monday communique as the basis for the award, noting the officer’s service and leadership in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.S. A
Lieut
CW. Chapman
Washington
Tien
Pershing
Distinguished Service Cross Awarded to 25 Officers and Men
Twenty five service members receive the Distinguished Service Cross. Four heroes fell in the battle, including Lieut. Charles W. Chapman of Waterloo who on May 6 near Autre sierre attacked a formation of four monoplanes and one biplane, bringing one down before he was himself shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Chapman
Waterloo
Autresierre
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Hawk County
Elite Circle
J. A. Gregory
la Porte
Des Moines
H. J. Metcalf
United States Public Service Reserve
State House
Iowa
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Jefferson
Adair
Jones Alamakee
Johnso Appanoose
Keokuk Audubon
Kossuth Buchanan
See - Benton
Linn Black Hawk
Louis
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Stifsgaard
Henanie Wayne
Eychaner
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Webster
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W. F. Par
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Zola Mosteter
J. IF. Voorhees
O. J. Fullerston
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Harold N. Golinvaux
Dubuque
Theresa Bhim
Commercial Street
Evelyn M. Staufenbeil
Brooklyn
Golinvaux
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Navy Yards
Link
Emmet C. Link
Newport News
W. E. Link
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Lincoln
BK. M. Storm
Tripoli
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Martning
Soldier's Estate
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St. Louis
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