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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
5
Liberty Loan expert William H Rankin discusses the rising value of newspaper advertising. He notes many advertisers miss the full impact, citing full page ads by department stores and national brands as especially effective. He shares government and industry data showing full pages deliver broad reach at low per household costs.
Mrs Franklin K Lane and other Interior Department wives plan to establish homes to care for returning soldiers who are not severely injured but need weeks of nursing and help before resuming civilian life. The item notes the effort is in Washington with Associated Press dispatches and includes a dated timestamp and miscellaneous weather figures.
The article reports Niccarazua and Tronduris agreeing to withdraw troops and submit the dispute to the United States for settlement at the request of the U S. Central American presidents accepted an invitation to arbitrate. Spain’s king had sought arbitration but recent cables discuss renewed tensions over border control and a gold discovery along a border river.
Unanimous May 1 1918 church vote led to renaming the parish at High and Maple to First Evangeli cal Lutheran Church. The change followed suppression of the non English name and reflected wartime sentiment with English used since early in the year. Pastor Rev Henry Mueller supported American war efforts and stated the congregation is American thru and thru.
Cedar Rapids August 29 The grand temple of Pythian Sisters elected officers at Tuesday's meeting in session here this week Post chief Anna Morrison grand chief Gertrude Snyder Des Moines grand senior Maude Cooper Newton grand junior Daisy Breck erbaumer Sioux City grand manager Mae Hickman Chariton grand mistress of records and correspondence Martha Craver Spencer grand mistress of finance Lavina Forsythe Cedar Rapids grand protector Laura Hauser Eldora grand guard Mary Knoblaugh Simmetsburg press correspondent Carrie Stun ter Newton trustee Elizabeth Nelson Boone treasurer education fund Belle Wood stock W R Law Waterloo responded to welcome address by past chancellor Luther Brewer at a joint Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters meeting.
Washington August 29 The Associated Press reports Prohibition as a war measure. senate debates delaying the effective date of the liquor ban from January. A tentative agreement to push it to July 1 appears assured though wet and dry factions may still clash. Majority expects no vote before tomorrow or Saturday.
Italian young women and girls petition military authorities to establish aviation schools with separate airfield facilities for women. They contend women have shown sufficient stamina to become pilots and push for equal training opportunities.
S L Austin will speak this evening at the annual conference near Chautauqua Park. Sermon tomorrow at 2 p.m. by C J Allard and the evening service at 7 p.m. by S J Lindsay.
Moore & Moore, Inc. lists a stock of Franklin CQ lump coat woven wire fence, barrel and block salt, barb wire and fence posts at Canfield Yardy 630 Falls Avenue.
About 14 Dubuque NCOs stationed at Deming New Mexico who had come to Dubuque from Kansas City without leave have been arrested. Five men are confined in the county jail or city jail, with others to be rounded up. Some wore civilian clothes. several surrendered voluntarily, others were summoned by sheriff and police. The group had planned a voyage to France and missed their Train at Kansas City.
Mrs Cornish and her husband celebrated their wedding anniversary with an informal party hosted by a group of friends. Light refreshments were served. Cecelian Society picnic at Byrnes Park for St Marys church with 26 young women and Nasket supper followed by park games. Open House by the Womens Christian Temperance Union at Wilford Hall invites all to visit and rest, with hostesses and a special welcome for mothers with small children or elderly people.
The Sisterhood met at Mrs. K. and Kistner’s home with many present. Afternoon cross work followed by supper. Deborah chapter held its annual picnic at Byrnes Park drawing about 50 attendees with husbands as guests at the supper.
The women’s committee of the county council of defense offers tested recipes for home use including Apple Butter Without Sugar. These home economics notes promote simple, sugar free preserves and other basic kitchen tips for housewives to implement during the defense era.
A string of recipe fragments lists ingredients and steps for spiced fruit dishes and a wheatless sugarless cake. Items include cooked apples with sorghum and cider, apricot raisin marinades, pumpkin and carrot preserves, and citrus notes. Instructions mention soaking dried fruit, simmering until tender, and thickening syrups, with scattered measurements and spice notes.
Henry Arnold, a Granville Center veteran and blacksmith, recently died at age 6. He forged the shackles used on Jefferson Day prisoners of the Confederacy at Fortress Monroe, highlighting his wartime craft and controversial past.
A vintage advertisement touts Brownstone hair tinting with no waiting or harm. It promises a simple, safe process to color gray or faded hair from light golden brown to brick, available in 350 size and 1.15, with samples and a booklet offered for 10 cents. Manufactured by The Kenton Pharmacal Co. Covington, Ky.
New York authorities had planned to add facilities for 300000 pupils by building 17 new public schools and 14 additions at a cost around 9 million dollars. The War Industries Board decision to bar new school construction during wartime halted the program, postponing all spending until peace returns.
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