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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1918
Page
5
Cedar Falls reports a busy Saturday as renters settle with tendiords, with several thousand dollars changing hands. Hog, seed oats, and farm sales totals are noted, while local officers and privates depart for Camp Dodge on furlough. A school election fight ahead and community notices mark a busy week.
Price of wheat flour substitutes advanced by half a cent. A 2 pound unit in local markets. A 10 pound sack of corn meal up from 65 to 70 cents. A 10 pound sack of barley and rye flour now 75 cents after a 5 cent increase. War dinner decree for Budapest requires a soup to meat to dessert menu at set prices. Restaurants may not exceed 60 cents for a main course with vegetables.
The sixth draft from Black Hawk and nearby counties arrived at Camp Dodge after a Waterloo departure. Arrivals faced a two week quarantine to guard against disease before uniforms and assignments to supply, depot, and other duties. The group received letters, games, and writing paper on the train, and began active drilling after assembly outside the Y M C A building.
Lizzie Monday rails at wartime fashion outside a crowd, jailed after an 1am disturbance. A negress in jungle garb endangers herself by leaping from a hotel window as Booze fines for Iva Tinker. Dave Bourne assaults kin and ends in jail or fine, while Oneida Grocery is burgled with food and pennies stolen. Bloodhounds fail to recover goods.
Three members of the west board of education plan re election at the spring election on March 11. B F Swisher O T Wilson and A G Reid seek new terms, with Swisher and Wilson aiming for three year terms and Reid for a two year term.
County Superintendent M Deyoe convened a Des Moines meeting to hear reports from H C Moeller and Prof Macy Campbell on war savings stamps campaigns. Moeller and Campbell outlined plans to enlist 18 townships, with strong school and pupil participation. Reports show 50 schools visited, 70 community meetings held, pledges ranging from 500 to 1500 dollars per event, and widespread enthusiasm with minimal yellow slip refusals.
Mrs. Ern est Beebe of Watertown N Y recounts poor health before childbirth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength and aiding a smoother delivery as advised by doctors. The notice promotes the liver root and herb remedy and invites special suggestions from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
Mrs. Eliza Crenton is hospitalized in Dubuque Iowa after leaping from a second story window to flee a man who forced his way into her home on a late Saturday night. Police arrested Charles A. Bush after Mrs Crenton identified him during the struggle upstairs. Crenton suffered a fractured thigh bone and additional injuries.
Washington February 25 Good weather and eased car congestion helped bituminous coal production recover to near normal levels in the week ending February 16. The Geological Survey announced the total output at 11,084,006 tons, about a million tons higher than the prior week.
Waterloo youths ages 18 to 20 may join the United States boys working reserve to aid farm and industrial efforts during wartime. Enlistment runs through March 2 at Y M C A offices or public school superintendents. Enrollment requires parental consent and physical fitness, with oath to defend the constitution.
An elderly Pitman New Jersey resident, age 73, describes improvement after using Vinci tonic. She credits better appetite, sleep, strength, and overall health after two bottles. The ad promises a money back guarantee if benefits aren’t seen and lists Wangler Bros. Co. and Druggists C. J. Miller as distributors.
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