Cedar Falls News Notes Show Local Families and Enlistments
Cedar Falls community notices list feeble health of Mrs. Roberts, engagements, and visits. Local residents discuss church events, school Bible class gatherings, a cousin’s death, a Spokane cadet headed to France, and family updates. University students enlistment, fair association delegates, and club meetings populate the page alongside early military leaves for Zechiel and Lockhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceday Falls
Roberts
Beeb
VanDerveer
Walter Metcalf
Hirst
Cedar Falls
Sophia P. Leland
Clark Upton, Jr
Spokane
Wash
France
Stamford University
Aviation Corps
J. F. Hecklinger
Fort Dodge
Hecklinger
William Groesklaus
Wright
Jones
Sartort Memorial Hospital
B. A. Matthews
Iowa Street
S. F. Hersey
Grinnell
J. Pooley
Charles J. Bishop
Savey
Ladies’ Association
Grant Thompson
Clay Street
Eleanor Hovey
Rutledge Harris
Black Hills
Guy Andrews
A. M. Andrews
College Street
Pacific Coast
Gedar Valley District Fair Association
Des Moines
HS. Stanbery
Frank Weisbard
Charles E. Hearst
L. H. Paulger
J. Ervin Evans
B. P.smith
Hanson
Roger Leavitt, Jr
Forestry Department
United States Army
Baker
Leo H. Puulger
Evanston
T. B. Carpenter
Red Cross
Gregg Cross Grocery Co
Glesen
Citizens’ Saving Bank
Charlotte Lorenz
Franklin Street
W. H. Pardee
W. A. Sheerer
Book and Needle Club
Martha Bedford
South Street
Waterloo
F. L. VanDerveer
A. E. Glenny
Ernest Zechiel
College
William O. Lockhart
Natural Science
Army of the United States
Zechiel
Lockhart
Navy
Beautiful Painting Brings Soldier Diary To Life In Art
An elderly man studies a compact leather diary in a framed scene evoking memories of the great war. The painting emphasizes diary keeping to preserve personal experiences and memory, while promoting the Soldiers Sailors Diary and an English French dictionary in a newspaper driven distribution campaign across the United States and Canada with a deadline for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingas
United States
Canada
Big wage increases paid American workingmen
Washington dec 11 Numerous wage increases in October payrolls across principal US industries mark one of the most bountiful periods. Iron and steel shows 49.2 percent payroll rise versus 1916, wool 41.6, hosiery and underwear 22.2, paper making 21.1, cotton finishing 20.6, with smaller rises in boots and shoes and other fields. silk workers alone show a 1.9 percent decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Waterloo units asked for 30000 surgical dressings for war relief
Red Cross headquarters in Chicago calls Waterloo chapter to supply 30000 dressings by Jan 1, plus 5060 cotton pads and other items. Local women rapidly mobilize with 52 workers producing 5865 items on first day, aiming to complete 400 daily to meet quotas by December 25. First M E auxiliary opened as dressings department with 7100 item target. volunteers must wear white head coverings and aprons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
M. E
J. A. Townsley
J. W. Rinker
Ross Surgies
Halifax
Red Cross
Addon
Irving Dinegroen
L. Kingstoy
Ui Il
Mucn
St. Dh. MacCullough
Bightey
Majestic Benefit
F. M. Shores
GC. K. Qentz
Bricklayers Sought for U S Army Deployment
Washington, Dec. 11 Instructions to enlist as many bricklayers as possible have been sent to recruitment offices nationwide. The men will be sent to a southern concentration camp briefly before going to France to build American airfields and fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
France
Marriage Licenses Listed for Cedar Rapids and Kansas City
Marriage licenses show Robert Larimer and Maude Laklue of Cedar Rapids on the 26th, John Bresman of Waterlan with Pauline Miles Benjamin of Kansas City on the 27th, and Miss Nettie O Hamilton giving a talk on “The Larger Democracy” in Kis Sed Lamson room Tuesday at 8 30 p.m. Admission free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Larimer
Cedar Rapids
Maude Laklue
John EL. Bresman
Waterlan
Pauline Miles Benjamin
Kansas City
Nettie O. Hamilton
Amy
Kindergarten Work Under New Plan Proves Big Benefit
An improved classroom approach in kindergartens assigns a defined set of words for reading and sentence construction alongside regular early work. The plan aims to sustain interest, ease transition to primary grades, and provide useful material for later schooling, with teachers noting strong progress and potential half year implementation.
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Conan
Kdederparten
Doctor J Follertor Practice Ad at 21 East Fifth Street
Dr J Follertor, Paseiefsnand Surgeon, announces residence phone 1086 and office at 21 East Fifth Street. Contact details listed for professional services and surgical practice in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Follertor
Paseiefsnand
Frode 4908
East Fifth Street
Coal and Gasoline Prices in Subtle Market Report
A garbled OCR note outlines coal and gasoline pricing concerns. It mentions one cent per unit, a merchant's offer, and various references to gas dings and prices, with unclear dates and locations. The fragment suggests market frictions in fuel costs and pumping processes.
Coal Gas Bag On Trucks And Trailers In Suburban Lines
The text notes coal gas bags mounted on top of cars and extending along the vehicle length, with a five foot height for a bag. It mentions some trucks without tops dragging their coal gas bag and states several suburban bus lines are now driven by the new motor fuel, with no alteration required.
Advertisement fragment mentions cures and pipe connections
Fragmentary ad copy notes a pipe connection to carburetor induction, a penny per ten cubic feet, and bromine quine tablets with E. W. Grove's signature on a box. Indicates medicinal and mechanical product pitches without clear date or place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
E. W. Grove
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