Local golfers plan Red Cross benefit finals
Local golf club will host a city championship and two flights on a war basis with proceeds donated to the Red Cross. Forty-three entrants will pay $1 entry and a 10 cent per hole penalty if not making par or better. 48 holes must be played with rounds totaling 18 18 36 36 to determine winners.
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Neat
Red Cross
Orly In the Sea
Waterloo
Wateroo
Jed Cross
Bosey
Golf Club
Byrnes Park
Paul Talbot
Laundry May Be Built on Site of Pioneers' Home
Workmen under Geo. Scales supervise excavating a 75 by 140 foot lot at Park avenue and Jefferson Street owned by H. O. Bernbrook. Digging will reach 10 feet for a future laundry building. Dirt from the site will fill Waterloo Gasoline Engine plant. The Ordway home, once a Waterloo showsite built 1867 or 1868, and its barn were moved after purchase by Mrs. A. F. Stolt. Cara Ordway died in California after the family left Waterloo.
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Geo. Scales
Park Avenue
Jefferson Street
H. O. Bernbrook
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
A. F. Stolt
George Ordway
Waterloo
Ordway
Kansas
California
Litchfield Plant Welcomes Women to Workforce
Litchfield Manufacturing plant will begin employing women Monday with 100 expected soon. They will work in lighter duties across departments except the foundry. Dress rooms and showers are installed. a club room and lunch area may be added for welfare. Separately, Painters and Paper Hangers Union No. 494 elected officers W S Wilson president Harry Tiernon vice president Lou Z Althouse financial secretary W S Hardy recording secretary J L McMillan treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Althe
Painters and Paper Hangers Union
No. 494
W. S. Wilson
Harry Tierron
Lou Z. Althouse
W. 5. Hardy
J. L. McMillan
Beevangelical and Danish Baptist conventions in Cedar Falls
Final programs at the beetlevangelical association convention and the Danish Baptist state conferences are set in River View park with prayer meetings and a Sunday concert. Bishop Seager speaks on Our Boys in Service at 3 pm. Rev. N Bandahl and Rev. P. Y Thysrup lead songs and sermons. The eleventh anniversary of an Aug 25 1907 fire is recalled with temporary business suspensions and notes on local firms. wedding news: Pern Lilan and Lieut C J Ancker wed at Camp Hancock Georgia. Nearby residents visit Cedar Falls for temporary housing while attending at the State Teachers College. lists residents traveling and returning from several states.
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Cedar Falls
Beetlevangelical Association
River View Park
Ehorns
J. D. Winding
Newell
Own
Effies
Bar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Harry N. Israel
Chicago
Aurora
Ill
C. W. Wester
Piphs Ity
H. P. Kier
Yellow Medicine County
Minn
J. P. Larson
Clarks Grove
R. C. McLaughlin
Leon
Ja. Thomas D. Ferguson
Dallas
Galveston
Texas
Wage Demands Rise in Shipbuilding and Coal Sectors
Skilled shipyard workers urge the war labor board to raise wages to $1 an hour and add overtime protections plus a 10 percent night shift bonus, while coal miners face a wage decision as Fuel Administrator Garfield resists boosts and clamps down on bonuses. Frank Walsh heads to Bridgeport to urge workers to stay at work pending board action amid 50,000 affected across plants. Ohio field officials note bonuses fuel worker dissatisfaction and recall a Washington wage agreement. Also reported is a caution against dangerous light play by youths at Independence Avenue and Highland Boulevard, with potential street department action.
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Washington, D. C
Labor Adjustment Board of the Shipping Board
Frank P. Walsh
War Labor Board
Bridgeport
Conn
Jen
Philadelphia
Washington
Inahor Adjustment Board
Delaware
Garfield
United Mine Workers
Thriay Whitemther
Cambridge
Hockingfeild
Ohio
Thas
Barber Shops Lengthen Hours For Workmen Return To Old Schedule
At a meeting of master barbers last night the former operating hours were restored with shops closing at 7:30 p m on all days except Saturday when 10 p m. The shortened hours of 6:30 p m and 9 p m were previously set but factory workers complained they had no time for barber visits. Prices remain at 20 cents for a shave and 50 cents for a haircut in union shops, while nonunion shops charge 15 and 35 respectively. Some barbers initially protested the shorter hours, but restoration has achieved agreement. Hours stand until the fuel board acts again.
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Fuel Board
Hoffman Family Enlists Fourth Member Joins Medical Dept
Dr A A Hoffman, fourth in his family to enlist and third to become a lieutenant, leaves for Dubuque to visit his father and then reports to Fort Riley for medical service on Sept 1. Two brothers are lieutenants. Lieut M Hoffman chaplain in France. Lieut Herbert Hoffman with the South division departing Camp Dodge. another brother in officers training at Fort Sheridan.
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A. A. Hoffman
Dubuque
Fort Riley
Medical Department
Lieut. M. Hoffman
France
Herbert Hoffman
South Division
Camp Doge
Fort Sheridan
Few Colored Men of Waterloo Go to Camp Sept 1
An order directs the exemption board to induct 106 colored men who registered June 5 1918 into general military service at Camp Dodge on September 1. Waterloo will thus have about 70 negroes in general service. A limited service list for Camp Funston Kansas shows 12 entrants to be entrained September 3 to 6. Names in order include Salsbury Foaney Waselaski Brooks Hodges Rubitz Miller Bouck Berend Howard Leese Brown Lundberg with carder numbers ranging 426 to 281.
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Exemption Board
Camp Dodge
Waterloo
Camp Funston
Kan
Herbert B. Salsbury
Charles Chris Foaney
Felix Waselaski
Orren
Brooks
Lem Hodges
Tonis Rubitz
Andrew P. Miller
Bouck
Tony W. Berend
Francis W. Howard
James A. Leese
Wayne E. Brown
Gien W. Lundberg
Carder
Salsburg
Lundberg
Dressing Rooms and Tents for Ringling Stars
Behind the scenes at Ringling Brothers next Thursday a variety of dressing spaces cater to performers. May Wirth as the show’s top equestrienne enjoys a luxurious canvas home, while others share specialized tents for the ballet girls, male acts, clowns, and wild west performers. Wirth, 20, begins makeup in the open air with a maid aiding her final touches.
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Ringling Brothers’ Circus
May Wirth
Miss Wirth
Henningsen Gassed Soldier Recovering in France Base Hospital
Private Roy Henningsen, son of Mrs. I G Niemeyer of 214 Eighth street east, is in a base hospital in France after severe injuries from a gas attack. He enlisted in March 1917 at Cedar Rapids and served with Rainbow division in Company C, 168th Infantry. He is 19, with brothers Harl in Cedar Rapids and Harley in Waterloo.
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Roy Henningsen
I. G. Niemeyer
Eighth Street
France
Niemeyer
Cedar Rapids
Rainbow Division
Cn. C, 168Th Infantry
Henningsen
Harl
Harley
Sumner Street
Waterloo
Nurse Reserve Candidates Urge Return of Blanks
The women's council of defense appeals to student nurse reserve applicants to return blanks at once. Blanks should be handed to Mrs J B Ridenour, with committee members Mrs P F Marquis and Mrs J L Buechele away from the city. Returns are best in person to ensure complete information and avoid returns for corrections.
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Women’s Council of Defense
Army
J. B. Ridenour
J. L. Buechele
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Main
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Willard & Alexander Clothing
George PF
Shearer Hardware Store
F. L. VanDerveer
C. B. Miller
C. M. Wyth
Peter Peterson
Walter McNally
Mary Christin
Carpenter Bros
Shearer Hardware Company
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Highland Boulevard
Istreet Department
Jmaye
Meg Wirth
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the Crystal
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KODAK
Hamilton
Bridge Street
Mliss
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Wayland Trask
Mary Thurman
Harry Booker
Laurala Varine
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