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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
3
A long list enumerates three companies on border duty with officers and soldiers named. It includes Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, corporals, musicians, cooks, mechanics, and privates, with scattered surnames and initials. The roster shows unit composition and personnel roles across multiple ranks.
A lengthy roster lists Captain Carleton Silas and officers with first and second lieutenants, sergeants, cooks, and numerous privates and specialists including Mess Sergeant Merton L. Stuart, Supply Sergeant Henry J. Crowell, and others such as Corporals Henry Allard and Warl Maus, spanning many surnames and initials. The names reflect a complete company roll with ranks from captain to private.
A block of names appears in the clipping including Jerome M. Crook James W Collar McKinley Gertie Hans P Hansen Arthur D Jennings James Knudsen James J Lawrence John L Lewis Olen Mahoney Henry McGreevy Harold W Minkla Walter E Mommer Narold P Mortensen Benjamin F Michaels Harry M Mathews Wiliam J H Miller Roger Plummer Fred Peterson Douglas M Rogers Leland J Simpson John Kh Secor Nels Skaarup Carl C Wise Robert L Wise David H W Wallace Edward H H Wallace James Webster.
Waterloo leads as the center of the largest dairy ling region in the United States and makes the most cream separators globally. Iowa Dairy Separator company and William Galloway company are cited as leading manufacturers of separators.
The Litchfield Efficiency club, formed three years ago, gathers once a month to critique factory products. Members from all departments use Robert’s Rules of Order to openly discuss faults and improvements, improving machine quality and employer pride. The group, led by H. L. Litchfield, emphasizes democratic participation and ongoing staff education, including winter drawing and shop math schools.
Canfield Manufacturing company, incorporated for $10,000, may begin business when $6,000 is paid. The plant will be a single story building 320 by 100 feet on Falls avenue, within 13 acres of Canfield Lumber yards. Machinery installed for milling, ripsawing lumber, and making sash and doors. Operations to run with lumber sales for quick service. Four or five men to be employed initially.
Newport Oregon December 30 Miss Dorothy Lowe a school girl teacher at Agate Beach began a walk to Otter Creek to visit friends. In dim light she mistook a moving shape for a woman and quickened her pace. She caught up to the stroller and found she had overtaken a black bear. She allowed the bear to continue without revealing her presence.
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