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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1917
Page
6
Dr B A Steiner of Des Moines H E Blackmar of Ottumwa and A Fuller of Cedar Falls appear in a fragmented name list from a regional notice. The item lacks context on roles or actions and reads as partial identifiers.
Washington D C December 198 Completion of designs to standardize motor trucks for police and war work announced by the quartermaster corps Three classes provided class AA capacity three quarters of a ton class B three tons class A one and one half tons Three trailer types include two wheel and four wheel configurations for different uses Detailed features emphasize interchangeable parts and radiator mounted headlights Orders will run into tens of thousands and shipments will move to the seaboard relieving rail freight demands
Amended and substituted articles of incorporation for the Davidson company were filed yesterday for the well known furniture house at 170 180 Bridge street. Authorized capital stock is 100000. Officers listed include President L Davidson Vice President J Davidson Secretary and Treasurer L E Cohen. Barber shop 7th floor Black's Hair cutting my specialty. Children included. S M Hackney.
A. T. Hukill, superintendent of the west public schools, was named to a state committee representing Town in a national contest on moral instruction. The National Institution for Moral Instruction, with HQ in Washington, D. C., offers prizes totaling 20 000 dollars. Four hundred thirty two educators, nine per state, will study a year for better character education in public schools.
A $20,000 prize contest to boost character molding in public schools was announced by an eastern benefactor. The commission for Iowa includes W. A. Jessup, president of Iowa University, John Stammill of Britt, Dr. C. P. Colegrove of Payette, Rev. D. M. Gorman of Dubuque, E. D. Brarbuck of Iowa City, and Rabbi Emanuel Sternheim of Sioux City.
Several hundred girls will replace men on farms next summer if plans announced to assist wartime labor. The program in Chicago aims to train young women in agricultural tasks and place them with farmers across the region.
The Woman's National Farm and Garden Association plans to form a girls reserve to replace men drafted for war. After weeks of training in farm work, about io members will work on two experimental farms donated in Illinois, including one owned by Miss Paula Carus. Training focuses on truck gardening and poultry rraising with cottages, salaries, and board provided. If successful, the program will rent additional 40 acre farms for camps.
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