New Manager Named at Townsend Merrill Co
H E S Gilkey appointed acting manager to succeed Jens P Jepson. A H Bangert named overseer of the poor for the local district, replacing Dr Lilly Arnett. Barber shops plan earlier closing at 7 pm on weekdays, 10 pm Saturdays, with several notes on local civic matters and bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fies Ss
Gilkey
Townsend-Merrill Co
H. S. Gilkey
Townsend-Merrill Company
HE. S. Gilkey
Jens P. Jepson
A. H. Bangert
Ivor
A. Y. Bangert
Lilly Arnett
Waterloo Cited For Food Conservation Efforts In National Bulletin
Washington dispatch notes Waterloo and Iowa towns praised by the U S food administration for conservation drive. Reports from Waterloo show women meeting to pledge adherence to food rules, while residents in New Hampton and local farmers condemn hoarding and vow support to the bureau. Telegraphed updates from Iowa indicate broad public support for conservation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington News
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Perhert Hoover
America
France
Federal
Hoover
United States Food Administration
Waterloo
Food Administration
New Wampton
Iowa
Washington
Salvation Army helps soldiers send remittances home
Remittances totaling 1183 dollars from American soldiers in France have been received by a Salvation Army cashier and will be sent to the soldiers' relatives. The Army acts as agent to promote thrift among overseas troops. Also notes church services resuming next week and local wedding at Evangelical church in which Alvin Moeller married Hilda Olroggo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
France
Salvation Army
Local notes and moves in Floyd county vicinity
Irwin Mohling Casper Worpie and William Hesse visit relatives while Mrs. William Meyers of Kensett visits. Families relocate to St Lee Missouri and Bilt Town Minnesota for farming. J W Wedemeyer becomes buttermaker at Siege creamery with an auction sale planned. Red Cross meets. English services suspended due to fuel shortage lifted. Sunday school at 2 and church at 3. Birth announced for Richard Fratzke of Littiston. Ray Henragh undergoes tonsil removal in Rochester. Pleura pneumonia illness for Eimear Mutchler. nurse attends. Update on travel and illness across Floyd area with multiple relocations and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Mohling
Casper Worpie
William Hesse
William Meyers
Kensett
R. W. Meyer
Oliver Pitts
St. Lee
Oliver
Herbert Gleason
George
Bilt Town
Minn
J. W. Wedemeyer
A C. Boppenworth
Waverly
Henry Presten
C. Burgee
Waver Ty
Kussatt
Red Cross
F. F. Farnsworth
Richard Fratzke
Littiston
Anns. Lobreck
Floyd
Ray Henragh
Rochester
St. Mary's’ Hospital
Eimear Mutchler
Mirs
Dick Waid
Eric Woppe
Sterling
Colo
Hound
Henry Anderson
Maxina
Crand Island
C. R. Kelley
Flord
Kelley
Paul Davis Dry Gouids
Waterloo
Will Colson
Almon Honnagh
Anna Osgood
Rob Roy quartet to headline Plainfield lecture finale
The fourth and final lecture course number will be Thursday at the M E church. The Rob Roy male quartet, in two parts with evening dress and Scotch kilts, will perform. Also noted is medical travel for Eugene Carnise for diabetes and local smallpox quarantine with 23 cases reported. Three local youths Laverne Annis Adam Mizner Jim Greene were drafted last week. Milas Gertrude Wada visited Osage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
A. HY. Reed
Jefferson Barracks
Colors
Laverne Annis
Adam Mizner
Jim Greene
Milas Gertrude Wada
Osage
Local Notes From Mt Vernon Township
Mt Vernon area reports several farm and residence moves. Mrs Al Henry and Mrs Bert Bartholomew travel to California to visit their pneumonia-stricken mother Mrs George Albright in hospital. Walter Bya relocates to Shores farm. T Ostrander moves from Cedar Falls area. T Ostrander farm taken by Mr Refshauge of Greene. Cris Kyle relocates to Montana. Kyle vacates. Ernest Hamm family visit Lew Brandes home after weekend trip from Fenton. Rose Thomas visits Austin Minnesota on business. Earl Prosser family departs for new home in Canada.
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MT. Vernon Township
Mt. Vernon
al Henry
Bert Bartholomew
California
George Albright
Walter Bya
Shores Farm
Roy Akersom
Will Ostrander
Cedar Falls
T. S. Ostrander
Cris Kyle
Montana
Mr. Refshauge
Greene
Kyle
Ernest Hamm
Fent
Lew Brandes
Rose Thomas
Austin
Minn
Earl Prosser
Canada
Russell Addresses Set for Waterloo Tomorrow
Charles Edward Russell, author and lecturer, speaks three times in Waterloo tomorrow. At 12 30 noon he talks 15 minutes to business men at the Commercial club, then 3 pm at First Methodist church and 7 pm at Grace Methodist church. Free admission, no seats for under 15, union man with Washington newspaper work background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ‘Edward Russell
Iree Times
Waterloo
Commercial Club
First Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Church
Russell
Typographical Union
New York City
Local Firms Get School Contracts
Contracts for equipment and furnishings for the new east high school were awarded at last night’s board meeting. Several bids were let to Waterloo firms, with deliveries aimed for the fall term. a separate bid for additional furniture was deferred for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East High School
Board of Education
M. B. Cleveland
E. W. A. Bowles
Chicago
Hall-Ekfelt Company
Waterloo
Omaha School Supply Company
Omaha
Neb
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Kewaunee
Hall- Ekfelt Company
James Black Dry Goods Company
Alien G. Lichty Company
Matt Parratt & Sons Company
Crown Tron Works
Minneapolis
Minn
Victim of Crash Dies of Injuries
John H. Huntington died at St. Francis hospital at 5 45 am Tuesday from injuries after a street car collision near Chautauqua park Monday morning. He operated the loop car in the crash with a Cedar Falls interurban during the blizzard. Born July 27 1869 at Strawberry Point he is survived by a widow and several relatives. Bodies prepared at O Keefe and Towne mortuary. The body will be shipped to Strawberry Point for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Huntington
St. Francis Hospital
Chautauqua Park
Huntington
Cedar Falls
Strawberry Point
O'Keefe & Towne
Papes Diapepsin Advertisement Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless remedy for indigestion and fermentation. It claims the product neutralizes acidity within five minutes, stops stomach distress, and lets people enjoy meals again for about fifty cents a large case.
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Pape
Social notes and a double wedding at Commercial Street
Mrs. E. S. Culis and guests hosted a luncheon for Book and Needle club members. Numerous clubs met, knits for Red Cross circulated, and Mrs. Leask and Glen Hollopeter wed at Gospel Hall with reception for 80. guests traveled from Ont and Illinois. Out-of-town attendees included Miss McLeod and Mr. Dunkerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmes. E
Ate’ Mitchell
K. A. Sargeant
KL. B
Ald»rich
Marti
Georges Huntley
Red Cross
Whllopeter-Leask
Mary D. Leask
Glen A. Hollopeter
Itraet Gospel Hall
Nap
Justice of the Peace
HE. G. Mathews
John Dahlgard
Miss Mcleod
Aurelia
Ont
FP. A. Bryant
Helen
Julius ‘Thompson
Mason City
T. R. Dunkerton
James Dunkerton
Robert Wnesbil
Dunkerton
John DeMuth
Cecelia Bahl
Jesup
O. C. Hunt
Mae Schaffner
Joe Russell
Dubuque
F. H. Borley
Danial Prouty
Chicago
Courier patterns ordering coupon notice
Obtain the up to date pattern of accompanying design by mailing the coupon to the Fashion Department of the Evening Courier in Waterloo. Enclose 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns include seam allowances and orders are filled promptly with delivery expected ten days after sending in the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Among the Churches and Local Offenses
Christ Episcopal Daughters of the King planned a lent fundraising drive to reduce church debt. St Mark's holds an all day lent session Thursday. Leko John faced arraignment for illegal liquor transportation after 27 pints found aboard an Illinois Central train. he pleaded guilty, fined, and had prior police court payment for disorderly conduct. Weather data and a large cigarmakers strike in New York conclude the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
Daughters of the King
W. J. Wenner
M. B. Cleveland
Hooza Carrie
Leko John
I. F. Kanapp
Fohn
Illinois Central
Bis
John
New York
Things Theatrical Here At Home At Waterloo
The Waterloo theatre hosts Burlesque The French Stroken and a vaudeville bill with Lona Daley Marty Fields and a large chorus. Majestic presents Tarzan chimpanzee and comic acts while Palace features Douglas Fairbanks adventure from Arizona desert to Truckee mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Theatre
Lona Daley
Comedienna
Marty Fields
Uut
Douglas Fairbanks
Arizona
Truckee
Cal
Picture Week at Plaza and Crystal Theatres Amid War News
Douglas Mairbanks stars in Iteadin South at Plaza for four days starting today with dramatic Mexican border desert vistas. Also at Crystal Theatre a Manx-Man adaptation from Caine features Caryraine and naval themes, filmed on Isle of Man. British collaboration aided by home office and admiralty. Later, London reports a German raid near St Quentin repulsed in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tincoln
Barbara Casatlatan
Romaine Wielding
Miss Castleton
Harvey
Douglas Mairbanks
Plaza
America
Plaza Theatre
Caine
Manz-Man
the Crystal
Isle of Man
Hall
Urey
Home Office
British Board of Admiralty
Crystal Theatre
London
Peh
St. Quentin
War report notes artillery activity near Vermelles area
A fragment from the war office report describes artillery fire on both sides early today northeast and east of Vermelles, near the Bullecourt neighborhood, indicating continued combat in the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullecourt
Vermelles
War Office
Vinci cures chronic cold advertised in Dunn ad
A reader from Dunn, North Carolina recounts suffering a four month chronic cold with day and night coughing. He says Vinci, a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy, cured the cold quickly. The ad promises digestion aid and blood enrichment with a money back guarantee through Wangler Bros. Co. and Miller in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
N. C
Vinci
Bagley
Dana
Xni
Wangler Bros. Co
C. 4d
Miller, Waterloo
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Harvey Loolinghill
Herman Nielsen
Fort MacArthur
Waco
Tex
Homer Eatch
Black Hawk County
Campage Safe and Sound
Black Hawk
L. i. Xeep
Ralph Emmons
Jack Lentz
Twelfth Street
Satur
Jay
Des Moines
Wwealth
Frank Dunn
West Fourth Street
Thomas Q Clark
William C. Nuho
Sumner
B. Humbert
Ezra Provensen
Audubon
J. P. Jepson
Nazareth Church
Central Christian
First Ward
Fremont Austin
Denver Street
F. L. Tanner
Vin Washington
Bia Stines
Donger Street
R. W. Whitehouse
Lafayette Street
Denver
Evangelical Church
Alvin Moeller
Hilda Olroggo
Ab. Blanfuss
George Moeller
Alma Aruns
William Oltrogge
Henry Trestion
Lugo Finger
Mr. Finger
Missouri
Louie Kurtt
Wurie Sam
Fmmed
Plainfield
Russia
O. W. Auxiliary
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Gertie Wright
Planas
John Walker
Mmes
W. S. Crutch
Lillie Norris
William Barber
Leo Billings
George Carroll
Amelia Wyeth
Ultraclase
Church of the Brethren
John Hersch
Montrose, Minn
N. B. Hersch
Eleventh Street West
Khonor
Elmer Hersch
Doreas Society of First Baptist Church
Presbyterian Hospital
James Black
Marie Troutman
A. W. Lee
Charles Ishing
el Cameron
Afla
J. J. Ferguson
St. Mary'’s
Lua Loraita Club
Ray M. Lewis
Conda Wagner
Panny Waener
Joseph M. Cerda
Creckett
O. M. Yar
Calvary Evangelical Church
Cerda
Philippines
Grand Army of the Republic
Menorint Hall
Ylang
D. Caldwall
NX Club
St. Mark’s
Ty Buchanan Optical Co
Lena Daley
Hoseadi — Fxura
SRE Sans Bacae
Ore Pheum Theatre
Majestic Theatre
Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum
Tarmay
Tarzan
Gare Bon
Willard
S-people
The
Omata
Tarzen
Carson
Darrell
Paul Kuiestax
Spectacular Comic
Novelty
Pathe News
Mr. Bagley
Edwin Bower Hesser
Crystal
George Loane Tucker
Hall Caine
Elizabeth Risdon
Fred Groves
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