Serious Famine in Coal Faced by New York City
New York City faces a severe coal famine with half the coal yards empty and unheated homes in the poor districts. Fuel administrators strive to release thousands of tons tied at tidewater and snowbound holdings as the city endures its most serious fuel shortage. Transportation delays blamed. officials reroute shipments to nearby producing centers to relieve local shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tidewater
Eldings
Washington, D. C
Garfield
A. W. Thompson
Operating Committee
Eastern Railroads
No Drainage Work in Next 18 Months
The county board dismissed district No. 6 planned east of town after objections and will continue district No. 7 discussion until June 1919. Welter R. French’s assistant county attorney salary rose to 1500 dollars. George D. Harris resigned to join a law firm. William A. Cook named Waterloo township justice of the peace. F J Schmitt, board chairman, bids farewell as others express regret and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bre Jmer
Welter R. French Ass
BE. J. Wenner
George D. Harris
Howards, Longley, Ransler & Smith
William A. Cook
W. D. Strayer
Schmitt
Woodmen to Have Grand Chop Here
Waterloo camp No 2059 M W A and surrounding camps will hold a large Class adoption at K P hall Tuesday night. Between 76 and 109 candidates are to be initiated into Woodcraft. Represented will be Oelwein Tri Poli Sumner Waverly Janesville Plainfield Aplington Parkersburg Cedar Falls Dunkerton Dever La Porte City Jesup Hudson and Dike. The meeting is expected to be one of the largest in local camp history. conservation will be the keynote of the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
K. P
Pinafore to Be Staged by Waterloo Drama Group
Waterloo Community Drama League will present Pinafore at the Little Theatre on Jefferson and Fifth streets for three performances Tuesday through Thursday. The nautical comic opera, first staged in London in 1878, has enjoyed enduring popularity and large-scale revivals, including a 1914 New York Hippodrome production. GRAVES U. B. church revival ends tomorrow with a special collection for evangelist Rev. F.J. Thomas and sermons on weighing, heaven, and a prophet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Little Theatre
Jefferson
Fifth Streets
W. §. Gibbert
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Opera Comique
London
New York Hippodrome
Recipe Exchange: Conserving Food Through Simple Dishes
Food administration issues household recipes after department experiments to aid sugar and resource conservation. Chocolate Dainties mix dates figs and nuts with orange and unsweetened chocolate rolled in nuts. Old-Fashioned Molasses Candy uses vinegar batter and baking powder boiled to the proper stage. Cornmeal Griddle Cakes and Oatmeal Buns use milk oats and molasses. Wut and Chenase Roast combines cottage cheese nuts crumbs onion and lemon with a savory bake for a seasoned dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Food Administration
Combina
Fire Damages W. F. Baum House Nightfall
A fire in a closet at the W. F. Baum residence caused heavy damage just before midnight, ruining clothing and personal effects. Fire officials also investigated an overheated chimney at 7:30 last evening and responded to a later fall on 232 Conger Street with no further damage. An insurance ad urges securing a policy with Iowa Manufacturers Fire Insurance Co of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Baum
Bose
Sre
Stitz Cigar Stors
Bridge Street
Conger Street
Iowa Manufacturers Fire Insurance Company of
Waterloo
Commercial Street
Christmas Box For Lonely Soldiers At Camp Dodge
Miss Nana Colby and Mrs J E Ridenour coordinate a Christmas box to be shipped to Miss Campbell, a nurse at Camp Dodge, for distribution to soldiers who receive nothing at home. Contributions of jelly jam candy or fruit are welcome and will be sent in a few days with distribution headed by Miss Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nana Colby
J. E. Ridenour
Miss Campbell
Camp Dodge
Temperatures on December 15 Across Years
Weather log shows midnight reading as minus thirteen and 6 am reading as minus one hundred fourteen in a Buchanan Optical Co furnished record. Earlier years list wide swings from negative lows to positive highs, including 27 to 31 in 1911 and 35 to 42 in 1912, with 1914 showing minus seventeen to four and 1916 minus three to four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Optical Co
German Gives Up Waits for Wash
German officers surrender stories unfold after a German officer crawled to British wire and asked to be covered while releasing laundry. He explained he waited for his laundry to return before surrendering, signaling a curious end to a night raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Ress
France
Cront
No Man's Land
Waterloo Trains Not Affected By Great Western Suspension
Indefinite suspension of 16 Chicago Great Western passenger trains announced with changes to No. 34 from Oswien to Dubuque No. 33 Dubuque to Oelwein No. 8 Oelwein to Fort Dodge and other adjusted runs affecting Celwin Rochester Mankato and Randolph service. Local mail impact to be studied. further suspensions possible if fuel shortages worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western
Oslwein
Dubuque
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Celwein
Rochester
Mankato
Randolph
M. A. Kelly
Cireles Itta
City in Brief from a Fractured Page
Inane city notes report visitors, errands, and minor incidents. mentions Mrs Mary McGhan visiting Shervan Minn Miss Pearl Murphy from Glendive Mont guests of Mrs W O N Staley and more light local items including a library service offer and a streetcar accident at Fourth and Sycamore Streets. Also notes church debt fund totals, exams for apprentice seamen, travel for Mr and Mrs G A Tulbury, a missing child case, and updates on local residents health.
War Congressman Hartin Auto Smash
Italian Headquarters In Northern Italy. Dec. 14. An army automobile carrying Congressman George H. Tinkham of Boston skidded on the Monte Grappa front. It spun over the mountainside, a 20 foot drop, then turned twice and wrecked. The congressman and other occupants escaped with bruises. The chauffeur was seriously but not dangerously injured. The car was abandoned. Tinkham, who fired the first American shot against Austria, received minor injuries and was treated by a military surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
George H. Tinkham
Boston
Monte Grappa
Tinkham
Austria
German Peace Tale Branded as False
London reports Lord Robert Cecil denies a German peace inquiry. The Daily Chronicles prints Cecil stating the supposed inquiry, received via a neutral government last September and under British sanction, is untrue and invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily
Chronicls
Robert Cecil
Relief Ship Criticized Over Halifax Collision Signals
Jean Baptiste Glockin first officer of the Mont Blanc testified at the government inquiry into the Halifax disaster. He said signals given by the relief ship Imo before the collision violated navigation rules, while the Mont Blanc followed the rules throughout the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. 5
Jean Baptiste Glockin
Mont Blanc
Regian
Imo
Hoover Men Barred From Sugar Hearing
Washington December 14 The sugar investigation resumes as the Senate committee refuses to permit counsel for the food administration to cross examine any witnesses Chairman Reed says the panel will inquire into any phases suggested by food administration or other officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
Administration
Reed
Food Administration
Iowa Receives 825 820 For Vocational Schools
Washington D C Dec 3 An allotment of 35829 39 was authorized for Iowa under the vocational education act The state must match federal funds with public money raised locally The payment is routed through state boards for vocational education The Moose carnival in Hoover hall drew larger crowds last night dedicated to Knights of Columbus and M B A members Uncle Josh Hopkins ran the old fashioned country store Other attractions drew attendance Tonight Ben Hur members are invited to attend.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Hoover Hall
Knights of Columbus
M. B.A
Josh Hopkins
Ben Hur
Services Listed for Waterloo Church Directory
Waterloo church directory lists numerous congregations with Sunday services starting around 11 am and 10 am Sunday School, multiple denominations including Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Church of the Brethren, Episcopalian, and others. It notes pastors, worship times, locations in city streets and avenues, and midweek prayer meetings.
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Oiristadolphiar
Anaiat i del Nin
Boccesta
Fifth
Adolph Streets
Orwece
Chribt
Cherob
Dientist
Knights of Pythias
Bsundey School
God
Preserver of
Man
Fourth
Harold &. Parr
Plymouth
Huld
Welnul Street
J. Frank Moore
Union
Thirteenth
Jeferson
W. A. Peterson
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Peterson pleads not guilty in cheating by false pretenses case
Peter Peterson was arraigned yesterday before Judge H. B. Bates on a cheating by false pretenses charge and pleaded not guilty with the case continued. Sol Thompson also pleaded not guilty to operating a gambling house and was released on own recognizance with a $200 personal bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter /. Peterson
H. B. Bates
Sol Thompson
Royal Arch convections and lodge notices for December events
Announcement of Tabernacle chapter 63 R A MS convocation December 17 at 7 30 p m with dinner at 6 39 p m and Royal Arch work. Called communication of Watercoln lodge 105 A F and A M tonight at Mason temple for third degree work. Omar temple 188 officers election Monday evening at BP K temple. Rev J F Moore to preach at Union Congregational tomorrow morning as part of centenary program with evening sermon Probation After Death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle Chapter
R. A. MS
Royal Arch
Royal Arch Magons
Watecon Lodge
Masonie Temple
Omar Temple
BP. K. Temple
J. F. Moore
Union Congregational Church
Vote on constitutional amendment next Monday
Washington, Dec 18. A vote on the formationwide prohibition amendment set for 6 o'clock next Monday afternoon was agreed to today in the Senate. Sponsors claim a safe margin over the required two thirds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chicago Man Named To Direct Meat Purchases
Washington DC December 15 Ervin L Roy of Chicago was put in charge today of the food administrations division of meat purchases He will have offices in Chicago under 3 P Cotton federal meat administrator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Ervin L. Roy
The
Food Administration
P. Cotton
Danish Brotherhood and related orders elect officers
Last evening in Carpenters hall Danish Brotherhood No. 212 elected L. P. Larsen ex president Peter Fergemann president Hans Jonnsen vice president C Lanidahl corresponding secretary Carl Jensen financial secretary And Simonsen treasurer Christ Tetersen W W F Christensen W T Andersen trustees N P Jespersen escort William Nielsen inside watchman Nels Krogh outside watchman Ascalon Commandery officers elected include WN Huntington commander Arthur I Bunn generalissimo George C Welker captain-general George E Pike senior warden R A Burch junior warden Charles D Becker prelate W X Burbank treasurer Russell DeGon recorder J G Ralston trustee Masonic Building Association officers for 1918 include Julia Crone president Clark vice president G M secretary-treasurer Margueri Kirseh chaplain Ida Higgs conductor Sallie Crone watchman A E Bennet sentry Dr R A Dunkelberg examiner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ Hall
L. P. Larsen
Peter Fergemann
Hans Jonnsen
C. Lanidahl
Carl Jensen
and Simonsen
Christ Tetersen
W.W. F
Christensen
W. T. Andersen
Truss
Tees
N. P. Jespersen
William Nielsen
Nels Krogh
Ascalon
Huntington
Arthur I. Bunn
George C. Welker
George E. Pike
R. A. Burch
Charles D. Becker
W. x Burbank
Russell DeGon
J. G. Ralston
Masonic Building Association
Julia Crone
Clark
G. M
Margueri Kirseh
Ida Higgs
Sallie Crone
A. E. Bennet
R. A. Dunkelberg
Waverly Bride and Groom Unite at Home of Father
H Bang and J Clara Mundfrem wed Thursday at Mundfrem home with a night supper for guests. The couple will live on a farm near Tripoli. Otto Miller has enlisted in the meat and verteps and left for Jefferson Barracks. Bremer county engineer left for Kennariven for a better position. Waverly PTA elected officers. Af Labrum club also chose officers. Verly Steam bakery changes hands with Philip Vheal and Layman purchasing from Lee Rogers. County books audited by Takes and pHinnter. Union church services planned this winter. city installs new fire alarm whistle.
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Bremer County
Kennariven
W. Th. T
Te Velen
Donahue
Chas
Tabor
Af Labtrum Club
John Wherler
Weinmacher
W. Westphal
Lrcksuree
Philip Vheal
Layman
Waterton
Lee Rogers
Friedl
Waloo
Nown
Waverly
Tate Checker
AL J
pHinnter
Cara
Mortuary Notices and Religious Service Plans
Mrs. Lotte Harris died at 11 15 last night at her sister’s home 3608 Fremont Street The funeral is private and flowers declined The Rev H L Goughnour will speak on The Development and Work of the Red Cross at First Brethren tonight The morning sermon is The Concern of Jenna for the Faith The evening service starts at 7 40 p m The British say they advanced in Palestine northeast of Jerusalem Marriage licenses listed for Maymond Yeakle Bertha C Cavanaugh Charles Grady Mary Miller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotte Blarris
G. T. Watson
Fremont Street
O'Keefe & ‘Towne
Harris
First Brethren
H. L. Goughnour
Ftret Brethren Church
Red Cross
Goughnour
Behsst
University of Wisconsin
Weterloy
Jenna
Wanted Portable purse found near bank building
A full brick leather purse containing two one dollar bills and small change was found between the bank building and Bonderwan's book store. Call Red 2346 to claim. Also notice of job ads, sales, rentals, and a 1918 Iowa court notice appears in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. & 3. Bank
Bonderwan’s
Red
Wormer
Chicago
Nuraes
American Hospital
Irving Park Blvi
Illinoia
Balcreel Hes O
Hereford Hall
Improver Allawell
Silky
Geo. J. Siler
Waterloo
Tsaple
Jerecy Dorce
Lusteprini
Cedar Falls
Duryea St
Duryea
Burton Ave
Home Canal Co
West Second
Baltimore and Fifth Strice
Tows Dakota Land Co
EL Fay
al Chautenqua Park
Storm & Co
C. M. Alten Land Co
Koticn
District Court of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
G. W H. Brown
Totm
Cedar River
Brack Hawk County
Jows
Jane BF. Howard
William
Power Willson and Wilson
Wiliam Power Willson
Alice Fipar
James Piper
Sophie N. Pitts
Lay Revisnos
Margaret M. Hayes
District Court
Black
Ilowk
Flackbank County
Courtright & Arbuckle
Waterloo Evening Courier
Laws
Fred S. Pettit
Pimples on Face and Neck Healed by Cuticura
Woman from Boone Grove Indiana describes two months of red itchy pimples on her face and neck. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she recovered within a month. She praises Cuticura’s gentleness and convenience and requests a free Skin Book via Cuticura Dept A Boston.
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Hills Margaret Frecke
Boone Grove
Ind
Cuticura
Dept. A
Boston
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New York City
Drama League
Black Hawk County Anstract Co
Attken
B.C. Stevens
R. R
Lane & Fowler
Add
G. Brinkerham
Dixy
F. Cedar Heigh
Laura D
Penny
Recipe Exchange
G. W. Ankulg
Berwich
Mary McGhan
Shervan, Minn
W. Tucker
Robert J. Pierce
Fourth and Sycamore
Ames Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Asa R. Deemley
Fred N. McDonald
Alcester
S. D
Des Moines
G. A. Tulbury
Randolph Street
Points
Michigan
Jennie Williamson
Tillie Beyer
Dubaqua
Hootel Ellis
C. W. Badders
Baddere
Portland
Newark
BR. BH. Schuler
Lafayette
F. F. Keapp
W. G. Glenney
Saskatchewan
Cenafa
Canada
C. B. Howard
Waterloo Heal Estate Board
Helen Reed
Lincoln Street
Irene van Dusen
Grant Avenues
Hughes
Linden Avenas
Eld
Melchoff Court
Tribe of
Hartin
OWA
Church Directory
Witerloo Charchea
Omlundazr
Do Pom
Washington
Preughing & P
Burton Avenue
Hlehlatesot
Joseph
Ifriday
Masson
D. J. Lenihan
Anton Lorena
A. Om
Oiristian
G. D. Serill
Christian Endeavor Societies
Atreet East
Fev
Tate
Earth
Daughters of the King
St. Mary's
Denver
Thomas Horton
D. D
Holy Communion
Congress
D. C
House
Senate
Jivad
Wirth Street
N Clarins
Aboal
Spain
Epworth Iraage
Shyeorgan von Cert
Linden
Sib
Archer Avenue
W. T. Smith
Poater
Heginners
Menta
M& m
Epworth
At. Paul's
M. W
Mica Pestor Mealdence
Broadway
Epworth League
Churaday
Mobile
Douglas
Watekar Mayfield
Hervices
Bunday School
Albany
Mobils Atroeam
TH. C. Boyd
Bunday
Dhane
Fresetterian
Fliat
Westminster
Wellington
Tey
Archibelt Campbell Preston
Hiv Bon
Kern
Culler
Cuty
Atreet
Firet United
Becond
BM. G. Moon
Worthminster
Bilivus
Avalon
R. H. MacCullough
Rev
Brethfessel
A. m
HL Groover
United Bee Thele
Graves
Allen
Jiacob Yauer
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Banute
Tta
Church of God
Tourng Peraple’s Legion
Salvation
Woods
Fourth Street
Dotha V Er
Helen Lerklin
Anne Miriam Johnson
Bridgee Street
Houser
Jean Early
Boya
Jacob Bint
Big Brother Minslow
T. J. Ful“ler
Commercial
Collows
Pat
DHY
Calvary
Newell
M. Ywagey
Mayer
H. G Brannemeier
Sumner
Bark
E J. Lang
Logan Avenue United
Lorenana Danse
Emrich
Pester
Renker
Hebrew Congregation Sonus of Jacob
Fifth West
J. Dector
Pearth and Mulberry
Harry Lestey Iaywend
Sumlay Geht
John
Thor Aremplis
H. Prekel
Sorth
Pirat—Otanie
Mueller
Wa Strand
Luke's
Campbell Avenue
William Heetman
Tellen
Pirst
Frank W. Court
Li A. Onr
Epworth Lewne
Holy Land
Palestine
Jerusalem
War Office
Marrige
Maymond Yeakle
Vinton
Bertha C. Cavanaugh
Charles Grady
Mary Miller
Somerset
Allen Autoschw
J. Etolp
Forest Are
Moines
O. J. Fullerton
Pryschan
Matt Bergeon
Waterles
Awa
Phese An Specialiat
Fast Fifth Street
Kondon
Herve
Fortunal
Konqor Mfg. CO
Kondons
Sloan
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