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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1917
Page
4
Cedar Falls residents are asked to report any failure in newspaper delivery to the Waterloo Evening Courier at phone 3380, Waterloo, as noted by MRS. DN. HURD, correspondent for the Evening Courier and Reporter.
A Cedar Falls notes column lists holiday visits and social events from December 25 1917. Adel aida Currier of Marshalltown and Miss Charlotte Bockenbein visit Cedar Falls. Lieut. Vivian Johnson returns from Houston for furlough. Meg Hawk and Dr Aris Legan wed privately at the Presbyterian church. various relatives and locals travel to Waterloo Parkersburg Marathon Des Moines and Des Moines for Christmas gatherings and family dinners. The item also notes church services and community notices including a burial and death.
In a police court session Judge J C Beem lectures a man for drunkenness and orders two days for lying while Jessa Winterhayes and Ed Hunter see the scales tilt. Hunter admits prior drunkenness and receives three days suspended for telling the truth as the court adjourns.
Collector Louis Murphy announced 46 officers will begin Jan 2 in the county, stationed at the courthouse until March 1. Unmarried residents with net income over 21000 or married ones with income over 2000 in 1917 must file returns. Officers will assist with forms and gather data on income and deductions, urging taxpayers to act now to avoid penalties.
Joseph EB McCarthy, tied to Citizens Gas and Electric Company, resigns Waterloo role to accept a new business manager position with the gas company in Boston Massachusetts starting January 1. He leaves behind many friends in Waterloo who celebrate his advancement.
County Treasurer W. J. Burbank laments losing two key aides Harry Swinbank and Hulda Lusenhop to higher-paying private posts. He notes the county board’s modest salary limits hinder retaining competent office help, saying a $5 monthly increase could have kept them.
William Fleming, once a stereotyping room employee at the Courier and Reporter, is now with the American forces in England. Card dated December 7 from Somewhere in England conveys Christmas wishes and identifies him as a member of Company C, 108th Infantry.
More than 900 people volunteered at Red Cross headquarters for the Christmas drive. About $951 was collected with most enrollments in dollar memberships, pushing Waterloo chapter totals to 6,653. The campaign continues as organizers aim for 10,000 local members, urging early enrollment through headquarters or workers to boost the city’s national report.
Message from Hon Phil C Hanna American consul general to Monterey Mexico filed at San Antonio Texas with best wishes to the Rotary club and Waterloo in general as Mexico situation unsettles troops stationed there.
A letter and photo from E. F. Berry, Somewhere in France with the Rainbow division, arrived at Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Berry of 519 Johnson Street. The censored note says the voyage was fine, meals were good, and morale is high as Berry mentions arriving at a European port and three years of service, including duty in the Mexican trouble.
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