Welfare League Given Much Aid in Waterloo
Social Welfare league met in the First National building to hear reports on Thanksgiving collections, public health nursing, and relief work. Donations included 75 dollars from church collections, 624 garments, 678 glasses of jelly and jam, 300 cans of fruit and vegetables, 75 bushels potatoes, 20 bushels apples, 10 bushels carrots, and broader food drives aiding those ineligible for county aid. Public health nursing made 251 home visits and noted 47 new disease cases plus 47 carried over. A Red Cross tuberculosis dispensary will open in the Lafayette building, with Dr. William H. Ross in charge, offering free examinations to the needy. Relief reported 162 families aided, 44 given personal service, and 545 interviews and home visits. Noted cases included accident, acute illness, blindness, chronic disability, and epilepsy.
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Social Welfare League
J. E. Bragdon
Public Health Nursing Department
Relief Branch
Health Department
Health Service
Waterloo
Red Cross
Lafayette Building
Waterloo Metical Society
William H. Ross
Relief Department
Welfare League
Fragmented Civic Social Hygiene List
A garbled OCR fragment lists social issue terms such asIntemperance mal temperance disease occupations old age tuberculosis venereal insanity illegitimacy imprisonment nonsupport delinquency unemployment bad housing and care of children, reflecting a historical catalog of social welfare concerns without coherent context or complete phrasing.
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Ceaceteeene
Mother Finds Two Daughters After Searching Years
Toledo Ohio December 7 18 year old Edith Hellman found by her mother in Marshalltown Iowa after 17 years separation. The mother Mrs HW N Rucker of Toledo learned her other daughter is in Kansay. Edith born in Des Moines was taken in typhoid strike to Tama County then given to strangers.
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Toledo
HW. N. Rucker
Marshalltown
Kansay
Edith Hellmann
Miss Hellman
Des Moines
Tama County
War Time Nervousness and Pink Pills Claim
Wartime nervous excitement may lead to neurasthenia with headaches and irritability. Treatment focuses on nourishing nerve cells through blood and a non alcoholic tonic. Dr Williams Pink Pills are claimed to restore energy and correct anemia, with free books offered by the Dr Williams Medicine Co. to readers.
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Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Two Missing Iowa Girls Reunited After Years apart
Edith Hellmann, employed at a soldiers home, and her sister Susie were separated from their mother years ago after beingplaced in private homes and an orphanage in Oskaloosa. Recently Mrs. Nash of Montour recognized Edith as her sister's child and helped arrange an interview, leading to a reunion after long search.
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Oskaloosa
Edith
Rucker
Thomas Nash
Montour
Marshalltown
Grocery Ad Price List and Specials
A dense old-time grocery ad lists lard, cooking oil, soaps, detergents, flour, dried fruits, cereals, canned goods, and fresh produce with bulk case prices. It touts bargains like 6.00 for 5.00 value, family savings up to 80 percent, and a call to bring the whole family to see and save, urging readers to cut out the ad.
Reunion joy marks travel between towns
The correspondence notes Mrs. Rucker in To ledo planning another reunion with her other daughter after a happy gathering in Marshalltown on Tuesday morning. She had previously returned to To ledo and aims to reunite with her remaining daughter.
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Ansas
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West Fourth Street
Strickler’s Pharmacy
Sycamore St
P. P. P. Basket Grocery Co
Ned Ridne
Mazda
Butler Oleo
Path Steel
Yalic
Garden Sun
Pioneer
le Maine
Colorado
Dow
Alaska
Elk Horn
Libby
SANY
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Markey
Eliza
Family Theatre
Margaret Landis
Aml Hay
Tack Gardner and
Bratil King
Gillie West
Florence LA Badif
Olas
Ginger
Jaza
Majestic
Princess
WM. S. Hart
Shorty
Hamilton Comedy
Gladys Brockwell
Theatre Today
Ann Pennington
Ann
Tom Boy
Karo Suri National and Armours
West Fifth Street
Boe
National and Armours
Hamburg
Quak & White
Crystal
Hart
Great West
Janesville
K. C
Rec Coffee & Coc
Good Coffee
Beverly Chr
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