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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
3
A column gives Mrs Webster’s apple preserving method with peeling and slicing, packing in a barrel over live coals, and careful smoking control to avoid smoke. Three apples sealed in jars can be kept. process stresses cleanliness and exact timing, plus a final cooling plate cover.
The article urges quick morning routines to gain vigor and outlines exercises and breathing. It also lists teachers and staff for West Side public schools, detailing assignments from superintendent to specialized instructors across multiple towns and subjects.
Three Waterloo businessmen Edmund W. Miller C J and H B Plumb spent a month in England and France studying business conditions and expect to arrive in Waterloo August 27 or 28. They left Liverpool aboard the Catmania August 18 and will touch Halifax before landing in New York.
An upcoming Saturday concert features a challenging program including marches such as Julian Haqq and selections like My Cairo Love Offer ture and a vocal aria Miserere from Verdi. The band will perform at 30 per at Four and Commercial streets with additional west business district showings.
An injunction was issued to stop violence against Sadie Harris and her two children Iriset age 30 or Charlotte age 8. Mrs Harris filed a substituted petition for divorce and child custody after the original complaint filed in 1917. The couple wed April 15 1908 and separated August 4 1919 amid alleged cruel treatment. The note to the court mentions ongoing matrimonial conflict.
A speaker questions popular beliefs about living abroad and the ease of adopting new customs. He argues most people travel rarely, and few have the means to hire help, citing Meakin’s 1915 data: only 15 percent earn over $30 a week, 6 percent under $15, 73 percent under $20, and 8 percent under $39. The note adds observations on Satin Skin products and lists teachers’ addresses, reflecting varied scanned content.
The Waterloo Red Cross home service and Social Welfare League seek veterans discharged or rejected from military service due to tuberculosis. The government covers nurses visits and pay while they recover and learn a trade. In Black Hawk county contact Mrs. George B. Worthen at the Waterlo Savings Bank building. Rejected men should visit the Social Welfare League office at the courthouse. Public health nurses will provide home instruction to every discharged or rejected man with suspected tuberculosis.
A fragmented list recalls soldiers and families connected to the First World War era in Nebraska. Names like Mrs. Love and Mrs. Love’s husband appear among mourners and mourned losses, with references to graves at Fairview cemetery and a mausoleum bearing the dead wife’s memory. Marriage licenses recorded include Ralph Witt and Edna Smith, and Harold Anderegeg with Mary Williams in West Bend.
Maj J C Ward of the Davenport recruiting office says men may be assigned to the Mexican border and could see action before the issue is settled. He notes over 70 percent of new enlistments are former World War soldiers and that industrial unrest makes some prefer the steadier army life over civilian jobs.
Sacred Heart school announces all departments will begin work on September 2. The fully accredited institution offers grade and high school studies plus a music department with voice and all instruments. This year the high school adds French taught by a new competent teacher.
The last chapter of a world war tragedy was written today with the burial of Mrs. Myrtle Love at Ainsworth. Nearly a year passed between her death and burial while her husband F. BE Love served as a soldier elsewhere.
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