Western Conference coaches plan 1919 athletic schedules
Chicago dispatch reports Western Conference coaches and athletic directors meeting to map 1919 schedules across football basketball baseball track and swimming as demobilization resumes. U of Minnesota predicts record basketball year. Michigan Illinois to clash over title disputes. Minnesota seeks game with Wolverines. indoor track and swimming championships likely in March with outdoor meet on the first Saturday in June.
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Chicago
Army Training Corps
Ate Ten
Aibletics
Pr. L. J. Cooke
University of Minnie-sota
Western Conference Basketball Association
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Wolverines
Gas Pressure To Be Normal Monday Says Burt
Burt Austin of Citizens Gas and Electric Company reports gas generating plants should return to normal operation by Monday after weeks of limited output. He notes demand during noon and evening caused by using only one plant while the second was upgraded for a 25 percent capacity increase. Repairs expected by tomorrow. He adds Waverly water service connected to the transmission lines to provide reserve power if needed.
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Austin Burt
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Comepany
Burt
Waverly
Focal Company
Postmaster Defends Flu Delays At City Mail Depot
Postmaster M H Kelly faced questions about late mail as influenza ravages the local post office shrinking routes. Ray Phinney and Faust carriers were sidelined by illness, compounding already depleted staff. Residents are reminded that delays and misdelivered letters are due to the flu.
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M. H. Kelly
Ray Phinney
Gp J
Faust
Dar
Service league drives Waterloo drive to meet city goal
The Service league pushes Waterloo toward the city quota of 74060 dollars with committees at work and cards being examined. In two days the amount needed has fallen by more than 1090 dollars as the organization accelerates its wartime effort to prevent a failed city campaign.
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The
Service League
Waterloo
United Wetwork
Levene
Returning Soldiers Seek Work at Federal Bureau
Returning soldiers apply for civilian jobs through the state federal employment bureau. Four applied yesterday and today. A Raymond man said he was drafted but then released, losing his job, and could not return to his trade. A young man who had been with a firm that closed faced unemployment until another posting. An ad notes car de-icer and fuel prices.
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State
Federal Employment Bureau
Raymond
Army
WAST the GIST and EST of it
The column mixes humorous clippings from various papers noting odd items. It lampoons editorials, marriage license lists, hog prices, and a bird’s nest of small town gossip from Albion to Waterloo, Iowa, with satirical asides about royal wording and weather forecasts.
Weekly Rituals and Egg Morning Reflections
A fragmented note describes weekly giving of $40 and a focus on a system. The text shifts to breakfast, mentioning an egg that tasted very natural. Names or clear context are absent, leaving the item as a stray, incoherent excerpt with limited discernible facts.
West high basketball eyes strong team with Farr return
Paul Farr, star forward from the 1917 West high five, returns from the navy and plans to enroll this term. He is expected to be eligible for the team and practice next week, boosting hopes of a powerful lineup with Rus liv Allen and Farr forming a potent forward duo. The squad faces Waverly in its first regular game on the T.M.C.A. floor later this month.
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West High
Paul Farr
Navy
Farr
West
Gond
Allen
Fat
Leonard
Inter-Cless Ames
Max Miller
Doc Miller
W. Allen
Waverly
Waterloo West Lodge elects officers for coming year
At the regular meeting Waterloo west lodge No 716 7 0 C F elected J A Sinden noble grand A Thompson vice noble grand P O Mohs recording secretary C D Emig financial secretary E W Coburn treasurer and Moe Tyler trustee for three years Try Phelps Glasses for head wire 618 Jefferson fadvertisemanty
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Waterloo West Lodge
C. F
J. A. Sinden
Noble
A. Thompson
P.O. Mohs
C. D
Emig
E.W. Cobuin
Moe. Tyler
West Grid Men Are Banqueted For 1818 Team
Members of West High's 1818 football squad were honored at a banquet in the Chamber of Commerce dining room hosted by Garleton Sinn and B. F. Swisher of the West Board of Education. Supt. Ha-kill and Principal S. M. Wallace spoke on life, character, and plans for a young men’s club, urging square play in football and life. Capt. Clyde Miller to be honored next week.
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West High
A.T. Hakill
S. M. Wallace
Chamber of Commerce
Garleton Sinn
B. F. Swisher
West Board of Education
Thwest High
I Sins
Wallace
Ito
Swisher
Hukill
Mr. Hakill
Iowa Falls Boy Aboard Ship With President Overseas
Archie Miller of Iowa Falls serves as warrant officer aboard the George Washington carrying President Wilson and peace envoys to France. A Town State College Ames engineering graduate, he commanded 72 men on his second voyage to France, after earlier government work in Norfolk Virginia.
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Falls
Willson
France
Archie Miller
A. B. Miller
Eagle Grove
Golifield
Town State College
Ames
Navy
Sant
Norfolk
George Washington
Miller
Jefficer and
Las
Jorden
Free Tuberculosis Clinic Reminder In Waterloo
Miss Frances Day calls public attention to the free tuberculosis clinic held each Saturday and Monday in the Lafayette building under Dr. W H Ross. Conducted by the Red Cross, it offers free examinations to those suspected in incipient form and urges early treatment to save sufferers in Waterloo.
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Frances Day
Lafayette
W. H. Ross
Red Cross Society
Miss Day
Waterloo
Caledonian Society Observes British Day in Cedar Falls
The Black Hawk Caledonian Society held British Day last night at the home of Mr and Mrs EB Wilson in Cedar Falls with about 200 attendees. A patriotic program featured songs, recitations, and an address by Dr J R Macartney. The event noted the German fleet’s removal and celebrated victory and world peace. Plans were made for Robert Burns anniversary on January 26 at First Christian church Cedar Falls as a patriotic program.
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Black Hawk Caledonian Society
EB. Wilson
Cedar Falls
J. R. Macartrey
Marth
America
Robert Burns
First Christian Church
Vacations Weighed as Influenza Quarantine Looms
Uncertainty surrounds a two week holiday break for West High students after the influenza quarantine closed public schools. Officials may abandon the usual Christmas recess to preserve a normal year end.
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West High
Waterloo to host international Belgian horse show with Dairy Cattle congress
B S Hatel reports after Chicago meeting of the Belgian Breeders the Waterloo event will become a world renowned show. Breeders favor Waterloo as venue and back a premium fund rising to 1500 dollars, totaling 5000 dollars. The gathering expects attendance to rise 50 percent, with plans for a new modern barn at the congress grounds to house horses.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Ind
Winterloo
B. S. Hatel
Eugry
Chicago
Belgian Breeders’ Association
Cattle Congress
Estes
Este
Congress
Strenuous Week for Rural School Supervisor
Mrs. F. J. Galinvaux oversees seven rural schools in East Waterloo township. She travels by automobile but faced heavy travelling on cross roads and once had to abandon her car and walk three miles. This township currently has the only supervisor in the area.
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F. J. Galinvaux
Waterloo
Galinvaux
Early History of the 168th Iowa Infantry Regimental Lineage
Data from the State Historical Society traces the unit from its 1598 origin as the Third Regiment, Iowa National Guard, through service as the Fifty-first Iowa Infantry in the Spanish American War, reorganization as the Fifty-fifth Iowa and then the Third Infantry, National Guard, on the Mexican border in 1916, mobilization as the 168th Infantry in 1917, joining the Rainbow Division at Camp Mills, and deployment to France with the Forty-second Division.
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State Historical Society For
Iowa
168Th United States Infantry
Lows National Guard
Fifty-first
Towa Infantry
Philippines
Iowa Infantry
Third Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Third Iowa
Camp Dodge
United States Service
168Th Infantry
State Fair Grounds
Les Moines
Camp Mills
Forty-second
France
Paris Women Pile on Pastels as Powder Prices Rise
Paris society notes a vogue for pastel face powders with yellow, copper and nile green tints. The piece jokes about camouflaged faces, hennaed hair, magenta lips, and the effect on courtship and soldiers, ending with a medical claim about redheaded women guarding sanity.
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Paris
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