Cattle Congress to Feature Pony Show and Milking Contests
The Dairy Cattle Congress announces a pony show with Welsh Hockney and Shetland ponies including Mrs. Adam Sterling from Des Moines and George J. Hert from Washington slated to attend. Local youths will join pony riding events, prize winners receive war savings stamps, and milking contests for men and women are planned. Improvements at the grounds include a 50 foot steel water tower and fourteen ventilators for the castle pavilion.
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Esiel
Adam Sterling
Des Moines
Congress
Washington
Tih
George J. Hert
Estes
Waterloo
Vicinity
England
P. L. Billings Named Federal Internal Revenue Agent
P L Billings longtime Waterloo accountant and secretary of the local exemption board was named internal revenue agent with Treasury approval. He must report to Washington on Sept 4 for a conference with agents and officials and will likely return to his home district. He will keep his exemption board post and run his firm Billings Prouty and Thompson with C A Pierce in charge locally. Billings has served as exemption board secretary since its founding and has been an accountant since 1908, including Red Cross audit work.
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P. L. Billings
Exemption Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Billings
Billings, Prouty and Thompson
C. A. Pierce
Waterloo
Red Cross
Chief appoints Ed Stapelo traffic officer in city force
Ed Stapelo is named traffic policeman by F. A. Sporle, chief of police. He previously patrolled in horse wagon days and bunked at the fire station with firemen. Sergt Ed Burke takes 15 day vacation. Tom Malcom will fill his duties during absence. Police distribute health examination cards to hotels restaurants grocers and meat markets with canvass ongoing.
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Et Stapelo
F. A. Sporle
Stapelo
Sergt
Ed Burke
Illinois
Tom Malcom
Police Department
Woman Barber on Duty in Waterloo for First Time
Miss Nora Taylor of Davenport Iowa started work as a barber at the Martin shop in Waterloo joining a wartime effort to employ women in trades. Owner Charles Kurth expects more women to take over chairs soon and outlines adjusted hours to accommodate new workers.
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Waterloo
Nora Taylor
Davenport
Martin Shop
Charles Kurth
Kurth
Mornig
iConserve Wool by Cleaning Often Urged in Iowa
Waterloo cleaners and dyers plan a meeting to discuss conserving gasoline and lubricating oils. J W Egbert, P of the Iowa Cleaners and Dyers Association, cites a national push to systematize deliveries and prolong garment life through dry cleaning. He notes wool is government controlled for soldiers and urges public conservation.
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Waterloo Cleaners and Dyers
J. W. Egbert
Iowa Cleaners’ and Dyers’ Association
National Association
Bureau of Oil Conservation
Egbert
Orange Pioneers Visit to Early Day Home in Oelwein
Mr and Mrs White Lewis of Goshen Indiana toured Oelwein while visiting relatives and traced the 200 acre Orange township land bought in 1864 from R Mussel for 12 dollars an acre later resold 1882 to Ephraim feover at 50 dollars an acre. Lewis, now in Goshen, was once in seed business. Johan Hawks of Waterford Goshen, a flour maker for three quarters of a century, drove Lewis' car on the trip.
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Whi. Lewis
Goshen
Ind
Oelwein
Waterloo
Orange Township
R. Mussel
Ephraim Feover
Lewis
Ifeover
Johan Hawks
Waterford
Mr. Lewis
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Hamburg
Eastlake Oleo
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