Charity Work in Waterloo Shows Salvation Army Efforts
The Salvation Army report covers September to September detailing moneys received including collections and donations, garments, furniture, and programs. It notes the Waterloo Visiting Nurses service with 2,684 home visits and 811 families visited, plus Associated Charity activity and county welfare facilities including detention hospital and new county home plans.
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Salvation Army
Waterloo
Ensign
A. Moyer
Industrial Department
Alend
Health Quarantine Rates in Waterloo 1913 14
Only one per cent of Waterloo's population was quarantined for contagious diseases in twelve months ending December 1 1914, totaling 320 cases of smallpox diphtheria and scarlet fever. Five of the quarantined victims died. The article notes strong recoveries and compares outcomes to earlier years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Waterloo
Federal tires drive Waterloo auto market boom
The Waterloo Vulcanizing Co reports a 300 percent sales jump as Federal tires gain popularity. Tire construction features double cable base and wrapped tread for durability, reducing rim blows and blowouts. The article also notes local school health oversight shifts and widows pensions totaling 4080.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Waterloo Vulcanizing Co
Federal
Waterloo Vuleahiang Co
Waterloo
Seventh and
Sycamore
Humane Society and Belgians Aid Noted in Local Paper
The Waterloo region shows charity to animals and Belgians with the Black Hawk County Humane Society led by secretary Ida A. Burkitt. Prosecutions for cruelty arise from the work, warnings flush out violators, and funds exceed 300 from readers for Belgians relief and an Edmund De Wagenaere prosthetic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Belvin
Edmund de Wagenaere
Hospitals and welfare services in the county and City
The text notes support for work by the county Associated Charities and school district, with constant inspections and aid in student and home sanitary care. It highlights the St Francis and Presbyterian hospitals, their wide patient reach, and Palmotor Waterloo with a pulmotor device used in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
St. Francis
Presbyterian
Waterloo project designed by local architects funds raised locally
Waterloo residents funded an $80,000 building with plaster exterior and decorative interiors. Mortimer B. Cleveland and Clinton P. Shockley designed the structure which measures 62 by 147 feet. The lower floor houses lounges and a theater while the second floor holds exhibition spaces and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felty
Waterloo
Mortimer B. Cleveland
Clinton P. Shockley
Waterloo’s stand at Panama-Pacific exposition rises
Waterloo gains a prominent Iowa building at the Panama-Pacific exposition, supported by local business leaders. The structure will remain on display through all daily editions of the fair, with fiis final issue mark.
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Waterloo
Fiis
Iowa
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Baiso
Hisho Jane
Franklin
J. F. Kiingaman
Foverseer
Lag Dent
Klingaman
A. T. Hakill
A. Waterbury
W. B. Sanford
East Side
H Reed
Eile McCollum Jones
Henry Austin
G. Hardy Clark
H. B. Cropper
B. W. Porterfield
A. J. Edwards
CW. Eline
Misa Francis Grout
Association
Holiday
Francis Grout
Efile McCollun Jones
Kear
Noor
Black Hawk County
Glen Morgig
Frank W. Chapman
Good Fellows
Courier and Reporter
Good Fellows Club
Santa Claus
Waterloo West
J. K. Bond
Waterloo East
Palmotor
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Company
East Fire Station
United Iowa Vulcanizing Co
Peter the Great
Libau
China
C. E. Benedict
Proprietor
West Sixth ST
Waterloo, Iowa
John G. Wrightright
TIN Shop
West Fourth ST
East 8Th Street
Cohn Bros
Fur Co
Fides
Commercial St
Iowa Gasoline Engine Company, Inc
Center Street
Telephone
J. E. Briden
Waterloo Ice Cream CO
East Sixth Street
Klein & Dunnwald
Distributors of
Federal Tires
Vas
Sycamore Street
Adams Paper Company
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