Red Cross Conference Plans Held at Ellis Hotel
Civilian relief committee of the Red Cross outlines a home service conference at the Ellis Hotel Feb 18–20 inviting Red Cross chapters from Marshall Grundy Hardin Franklin Worth Aitchall Cerro Gordo Floyd Buver Chickasaw Bremer Buchanan and Black Hawk counties. Attendees will hear from Iowa State and Waterloo officials and discuss family welfare and community services for soldiers families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Relief Committee of the Red Cross
Eliis Hotel
Red Grass
Marshall
Grundy
Hardin
Franklin
Worth
Aitchall
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Buver
Chickasaw
Bremer
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Sfonday
BE. Klingaman
Towe Suite University
Americans Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Home Service
Hessie A. McClenahan
Iowa State University
Ade M. Palmer
Social Welfare League
Waterloo
Miss McClenahan
Miss Palmer
Mills Swamped by Substitutes After Food Order
The Waterloo and Cedar Falls mills face a surge in demand for wheat flour substitutes from Montana to Alabama. Manager W. J. Peddicord says barley, corn meal, corn flour, rye and barley flour are being milled as substitutes while prioritizing regular customers. A food administrator order requires merchants to sell substitutes with wheat flour, creating a pound for pound swap except for potatoes.
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Waterloo & Cedar Talls Union Mill Company
Montana
Alabama
W. J. Peddicord
Mr. Peddicord
Grain Shipments Prioritized by Railways Across Midwest
Railroads entering Waterloo receive orders from W G McAdoo to fast track grain grain products and fuel across the northwest and middlewest. Federal officials fear slow grain movement and push immediate food availability. Priority applies in Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Nebraska Montana Missouri Illinois Oklahoma and Iowa. Tar shortages contribute and rail officials cite natural concentration of other commodities.
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Waterloo
W.G. McAdoo
North West
Middlewest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Missouri
Illinois
Oklahoma
Iowa
Bolo’s Treason Trial Advances With Rapid Pace
Paris reports the treason trial of Bolo Pasha moves quickly as witnesses scatter abroad. Defense counsel anticipate early arguments next week with former premier Joseph Caillaux expected to testify. The defense contends no witness heard Bolo utter unpatriotic sentiments.
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Paris
Bolo
Pasha
France
Joseph Caillaux
Army recruiting in eastern Iowa seeks suitable men
Sergt G I Brown of the Waterloo recruiting station offers enlistment to single men aged 21 to 24 with business college training or clerical ability who have served in the regular army or engineer corps. Recruits at ammunition plants require a written supervisor statement. recent rejections for physical defects have fallen to under three percent in December and January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army
Iowa
Ingrine Corps
Sergt
G. I. Brown
Waterloo
Serger
Chamberlain
Active Junior Red Cross Groups Report Weekly Work
The Young Members Junior Red Cross document details weekly activities across multiple auxiliaries. Items donated include trench candles, gun wipes, convalescent comforts, knitted blankets, baby bonnets, and various scrap books, with donors named from several schools and churches.
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Red Cross
Alcott Auxiliary
Frankie Cooley
Marvin Vinek
Wavelyn McElhinney
Dorothy Schmoait
Lafayette
Lowall
McKinley Auxiliary
Helen Brown
First M. 7 Church
Elste French
Linited Presbyterian Church
Julius Engel Guilty of Contempt in Court
Julius Engel was found guilty of contempt of court in a hearing before Judge C. W. Mullan yesterday afternoon. He was held on $600 bond for the next term, but jailed on default. Marie Engel had obtained an injunction a year prior restraining him from molesting her at work, home, en route, or via messages. Engel traveled from Detroit a week ago and sent messages to his wife.
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Julius Engel
C. W. Mullan
Marie Engel
Engel
Detroit
Mich
Burglary Notice Leads to Arrest in Waterloo Whisky Delivery
Bert and Arthur Kern were arrested for transporting liquor after delivering whisky and beer from East Dubuque Illinois. Neighbors mistook their noisy departure for burglars and alerted police. The pursuit ended on Adams Street between Mancon and Barclay Streets.
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Bert
Arthur Kern
East Dubuque
Waterloo Marth
Adams Street
Mancon
Barclay Streets
Trench Speakers to Visit Waterloo Churches Tomorrow
Three notable speakers Dr. KR Wilbur Everett Colby and Mrs Beecher will present trench reports from Europe in two mass meetings at Grace M E and First M E churches Waterloo. Government funded tours expect large crowds with no collections.
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Grace M
M. E
KR. L. Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Everett Colby
Orange
N. Jd
Mra
Garghill Beecher
Gallagher allowed visit with son after long separation
Seel her young son Kenneth Whistner to be visited today and tomorrow at Matel Russel Lamson court order. The mother, now remarried, has not seen the boy for nearly two years since E F Kistner’s divorce. Kistner held custody at that time. Mrs Gallagher currently resides in Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trlanchis
Gallagher
Kenneth Whistner
Matel Russel-Lamson
E. F. Kistner
Salt Lakes City
Utah
Mr. Kistner
Kenneth
Pape's Cold Compound Claim Promised Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for colds and congestion. It claims two hourly doses, three doses total, and says it clears nasal passages, relieves feverishness and sore throat, and costs only a few cents at any drug store.
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Pape
Patriotic Sermons Planned at First Presbyterian
Dr. John Robertson Macartnay, pastor, will deliver a series of patriotic sermons at morning worship. The first sermon is tomorrow titled Fresh Fuel for Patriotic Fires from the Great Heart of Lincoln. The Church and the Republic will be preached February 17 and March 2 with American Morenathers as the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robertson Macartnay
First Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
YMCA Campaign Aims to Raise 2000 for Overseas Relief
J. T. Houser, general secretary, reports Black Hawk County shares in a national YMCA drive to raise 2000 for overseas relief. He returned from Des Moines after a conference of state secretaries. the campaign will start next month under the national YMCA council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TACAL
Black Hawk County
J. T. Houser
Des Moines
National Council of the Y. M. CG. A
Wedding of Miss Alene Eighmey and Captain Puffer
The wedding of Miss Margaret Alene Eighmey to Captain R. Puffer of Camp Grant IL is set for this evening at 8 30 in the bride’s parents home at 204 Alta Vista Avenue. Guests include Mrs L K Puffer Joliet mother of the groom and several Camp Grant officers and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Allené Eighmey
J. J. Eighmey
R. Puffer
Camp Grant
Alta Vista Avenue
L. K. Puffer
Joliet, Jr
W. ©. Bell
Biugh Grasett
J. M. Rogers
R. C Moore
T. A. Warner
J. A. Voxelsang
Pat Hurna
Groom
Local clubs plan dances and circle events this week
Elite Dancing club set a Monday dance at Knights of Columbus hall. Women’s Working association posts officers for the aid and missionary departments. St Ann’s Circle hosts a card party with twenty-five tables of bridge and 500, prizes to several members. Miss Grace McCarty to wed William J. McNulty. shower given by Misestelle Racey. Women’s Relief corps to hold a supper Feb 28. farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Hollis. Pansy Embroidery Club hosts a misc shower for Miss Hinma Brunnell. Minerva club entertains spouses with a late evening card party.
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J. Ann's Circle
St. Ann's Circle
Mmes
T. C. Menges
T. J. Cleary
J. L. Eby
W. FL. Mitchel
T. L. Forhun
Miss Mate Mitchell
C. EB. McCarty
Walter Dotson
Oscar,Brown
Dougherty
Lawson
Takin
Miss McCarty
Grace McCarty
Williaams J. McNulty
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Misestelle Racey
Miss Racey
Women's Shelier Corps
Women’s Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
Mary [Shirley
Eva Stokes
Pansy Embroidery Club
Hinma Brunnell
William Elliott
Among the Churches First Baptist W W class elects officers
The First Baptist W W class held a meeting last evening with Miss Eva Steinmayer presiding. New officers were elected including president Miss Eva Steinmayer, vice president Miss Gladys Aken, secretary Miss Goldie Hartlelp, treasurer Miss Katherine Trissel, and social committee members Miss Lucile Stull Miss Estela Holman and Miss Helen Drew.
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First Baptist
W. WW
Eva Steinmayer
Fuel Famine Yet Waits on Weather and Other Things
Weather hopes for a moderating trend next week after fears of a blizzard eased by clear skies. Fuel delivery remains unreliable with congested midwest traffic and uncertain rail normalcy, but coal shipments are expected to improve. Sunday operations follow weekday rules.
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Middle West
Substitutes Credit Issued For Wheat Flour Purchases
County food administrator sends substitution certificates to retailers for housewives with wheat flour substitutes. Certificates permit one pound flour per pound substitute, list quantities, and require same amount of substitutes used. Potatoes and beans excluded from claim. four pounds of potatoes per substitute. Twenty five certificates per merchant. event noted as Skeel's dance tonight at K of P hall.
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Parrott
Old Folks Need Cascarets for Liver and Bowels
An advertisement urges senior readers to take Cascarets, describing constipation as natural with age. It emphasizes gentle, daily use, claims Cascarets work while you sleep, and promotes a 10 cent box available at drug stores.
Courier Patterns Order Form Instructs On 10 Cent Pattern Seams
To obtain the Courier up to date pattern of accompanying design, fill out the coupon and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo enclosing 10 cents for each pattern. All orders filled as soon as possible but should reach you in ten days after sending in your order.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
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RED Cross Chapter
Els Hotel
B. T. Baldwin
Loa City
Miss McClenatan
Paul St. Peirce
Towa State
Paul 8. Peirce
ARMY
P. Ball
Skeel
Essages
Watertow
Seel
First Presbyterian
Emems of Socted In
Miss . Eighmey
Captain Puffer
Knights of Columbus Hall
Women's Societies
A. J. Waltburn
Aid and Missionary Departments
Women’s Working Association
Clair H. Parker
F. C. Liffring
Gid
George Wheeler
P. R. Grifefin
D. R. Gould
F. W. Porterfield
J. W. Weatherill
Missionary Department
Ed. Hickle
W. W. Miller
Tda Cooley
D. A. Woot
Willan Goodman
J. R. Macartney
W. E. Schollian
A. J. Pattburn
R. C. Hollis
Northfield
Minn
Minerva Club
Wilbur Condon
R. L. Penne
P. J. Mulray
L. . Glaza
Edward Gindt
Tee
Florence’Smith
Fern Moon
Bee
Nan Black
Lydia Society
Evelyn McQuilkin
Haddock
Anna Mary
Helen Macartney
A. A. Dunham
Knudson
Walnut Street Baptist
Chester Jones
Bailey Barnes
Missay Collins
James McMullin
Ira Deal
Daughters of the King
D. C. Huntoon
Vestry
F. F. McElhinney
Ladies’ Guild
J. W. Krapfels
East Side
Asquth
P.halk
Headquarters For Fine Picture Framing
Palace Theatre
Sycamore Street
H. K. McCall
West Fourth Street
G. C. Kennedy
Marsh-Pinco Building
Waterloo Business College
Western Union
A. F. Gates
Majestic Theatre
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