Insignia Button Shortage Drives Red Cross Campaign
Downtown booths report heavy signups as membership aims outpace supply. Celluloid ingredients for insignia buttons are diverted to munitions, prompting Waterloo chapter to replace buttons with membership cards. Mrs Rudolph leads Fourth Ward effort as Pettit and Powers assist at Plaz a theater and Leavitt Johnson Bank booths. The Red Cross shop closes for Christmas week to rest volunteers.
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Red Cross
Waterloo
National Committee
G. J. Rudolph
Mrrs. C. FP
Altstadt
Leaky Gas Stove Traps Two Men in Glendale Home
Leonard Perry age 20 and Hans Gushard age 40 were overcome by gas from a stove leak in their Glendale street home. Found unconscious by Hervey Owen, they were rushed to Presbyterian hospital in serious but hopeful condition. Gushard works at the gas plant and Perry at Cole's rendering works.
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Leonard Perry
Hans Gushard
Glendale Street
Hervey Owen
Perry
Presbyterian Hospital
Owen
Gashard
Cole’s Rendering Works
Waterloo Eastern Star chapter to host large meeting
A special called meeting of Waterloo chapter No. 128 Order of the Eastern Star is planned for tomorrow evening with a 6 p.m. picnic supper prepared by past matrons. Waterloo chapter will host Cedar Falls New Hartford Clarksville and Waverly chapters in what is described as one of the year's largest and most important gatherings.
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Waterloo
Order of the Eastern Star
Cedar Falls
New Hartford
Clarksville
Waverly
Social notices of church society events and meetings
Community society pages report Christmas programs and parties hosted by the Teachers League and others. Activities include all day women s society meetings at First M E Calvary Evangelical and First Evangelical churches, Red Cross work, luncheons, and officer elections.
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Cecelian Society
Cecelian Society of
St. Mary's Church
Marie Bartelt
Louisa Lein
Bertha Hogan
Frances Heiferman
M. E
Women’s Societies
Foreign Missionary Society
Home Missionary Society
Home Missionary Program
Calvary Evangelical
The
Ladies’ Aid Society
Red Cross
Lang Heads Waterloo Ministerial Union for Next Term
Rev E J Lang was elected president and Rev G D Serrill secretary of the Waterloo Ministerial Union for the next term at a meeting yesterday in the Black Building. Reports showed gratifying collections for Armenian and Syrian relief from various churches. A committee was appointed to confer with trustees of the African M B H church property and two permanent committees on church federation were chosen to meet tonight with the committee on church unity.
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E. J. Lang
G. D. Serrill
Waterloo Ministerial Union
M. BH
Citywide devotional council to convene January 7 1918
A devotional council will meet January 7 1918 extending its scope from city pastors to countywide leadership, observed for the past eight years by local ministers. The council will be known by its new countywide designation.
Fire at 4 barns damages Paul Jensen property
Fire department was called to 317 Glenwood Street at 10 26 last night. The barn root burned off four barns belonging to Paul Jensen. Origin of the fire unknown. Advertisement urges obtaining a policy with Town Manufacturers Fire Insurance Company of Waterloo Rome office 622 Commercial Street YeLephany 415.
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Glenwood Street
Paul Jensen
Bisnrioce
Waterloo
Rome
Commercial Street
Yelephany
Also Mentioned on This Page
BEW Red Cross
Lorgnette
Enewmns of
Pond Laly Crochet Club
J. C. Knudson
Missionary Societies of
St. Luke's Church
Henry Waubert
Majer Club
R. L. Stetzel
Gaul
Russia
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Bristol
Brown
Vincent
C. Frehse
Walnut Street
Baptist—Crescent
Stinehart New Navy
Ib Graham
Barge National
Quakake
Japan
Mazda
Hunt
Alaska
Rth
E.J. Lang
Lavallieres
Waldemar
Fessler & Demmel
East Fourth Street
Dayl Davis Tia
LNAS
Geez
Senora A. P. Colsa
Senora
A. P. Colsa
Mexico
Brownsville
Matamoros
Tennessee
Notion Department
Poole
Boston
Beree
Eye Oasis
Bos
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