New Year Watch Parties Mark 1915 Welcome
Waterlog ushers in 1915 at midnight with whistles bells and cheers as hundreds attend watch parties but wartime shadows reduce revelry. At the Y M C A more than 200 youths enjoy games and music as a 86 star service flag is unfurled and remarks are given by J T Houser. Rev Lang leads scripture and prayer before the stroke of midnight. Waterloo joins in with meatless day observances and rest for business houses while theaters plan special programs for patrons.
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J. T. Houser
J. Lang
Waterloo
Red Cross General Chairman Welcomes Comworkers
Mrs Louis HE Frank, general chairman of the Red Cross membership drive, thanks volunteers and announces New Year greetings. The campaign continues with factory and business canvassing. 400 assistants and new members joined. Waterlooo factory efforts target 100 percent enrollment as desks reopen after a休 day.
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Louis HE. Frank
Red Cross Society
Waterlon
Frank
C. J. Rudolph
Fourth Ward
Lulu Cushman
J. H. Easley
Q. N. Cousins
Edmund Miller
Highland
Harry E. Tuller
Prospect
Tressa McEl- Ninney-Trumbauer
Tailoring Shop Changes Hands at 526 Lafayette Street
Mr. I. K. Nesler’s tailoring shop at 526 Lafayette street changed hands yesterday to Kudlitz & Miller. The new firm plans a first class custom tailoring shop and will add a cleaning and pressing department. The store will be remodeled to fit the new owners’ plans.
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I. K. Nesler
Lafayette Street
Kudlitz & Miller
Kudlitz
Purse Recovered From Man In I W W Case
Authorities probe a man linked to the I W W movement as incriminating evidence surfaces. A purse containing money and meal tickets stolen a year ago from a woman was found intact among his belongings, marking a second suspicious arrest in two days.
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Iman
Firemen Have New Year Party At Central Station
Waterloo firemen held a New Year era party at central station last night featuring an oyster supper. Major Law addressed the five boys on municipal working principles while Police officers attended. Jack Sirfield and Harry Jinks entertained with harp and violin selections.
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Waterloo
Central Station
W. R. Law
Fires in 24 Hours Reported by Fire Chief Dunham
Chief A A Dunham reports 73 fires for December. In the last 24 hours the department was called to multiple addresses including 827 Franklin Street 1619 Fourth Street West 862 Fowler Street Hummel Hotel and 412 Sunnyside Avenue. The losses were small in all cases.
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A. A. Dunham
Franklin Street
Fourth Street
Fowler Street
Hummel Hotel
Sunnyside Avesnue
Insurance ad urges Polk to get policy from Iowa Manufacturers
An advertisement urges readers to insure with the Iowa Manufacturers Fire Insurance Company of Waterloo. It cites the home office at 622 Commercial Street and a telephone number 415, emphasizing the value of being insured rather than risking loss.
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Iowa Manufacturers Fire Insurance Company of
Waterloo
Commercial Street
Waterloo machinist dies at plant after heart trouble
Studebaker E F dropped dead at 8 15 PM at Waterloo Gas Engine plant where he worked as a machinist. Death attributed to heart trouble after a period of poor health. Born June 7 1886 Pearle City IL came from Freeport IL two years ago. Survived by wife Fannie Wagener and daughter Maury Anna 8 months, two sisters Mrs A L Wagner and Ailis Goble Studebaker Chicago, two brothers Charles Waterloo and A L Chicago. Funeral arrangements pending word from relatives in Illinois.
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E. Studebaker
Waterloo Gas Engines Company
Mr. Studebaker
Pearle City
Freeport
Fannie Wagener
Maury Anna Studebaker
A. L. Wagner
Ailis Goble Studebaker
Chicago
Charles
Waterloo
A. L
Finois
City in Brief Save Your Eyes in 1918
Fred Kallenbach first sergeant visiting Grinnell College parents Mr and Mrs John Kallenbach. Charles Van Vleck secretary Waterloo Commercial club to speak at Waverly Community club annual meeting and banquet in Waverly city hall Friday Jan 11. Credentials offered for National Security League congress in Chicago Feb 21 22 or 24. delegates allotted to Commercial club attendees.
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Fred Kallenbach
Grinnell College
John Kallenbach
Charles van Vleck
Waterloo Commercial Club
Waverly Community Club
Waverly
Chicago
National Security League
Commercial Club
Major Rust Leaves for Service From Waterloo Hometown
T E Rust longtime chief engineer for the W C F N Railway departs for Petersburg Va to enter a government training camp after receiving a temporary commission as a major in the engineers branch last September. He is Waterloo's first to attain this rank. Rust has over 20 years in railroad construction and will train in the corps handling construction work while his family remains in Waterloo.
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T. E. Rust
W., C.F. & N. Railway Company
Petersburg
Rust
Engineers
Secretary of War
Tie
Waterloo
Corps
Flis
Watertoo
Iowa Association of Master Plumbers Convention at Irving Hotel
More than 300 delegates are expected for the Iowa Association of Master Plumbers annual convention in Irving, January 16 to 18. The event features educational talks by prominent plumbers, round table discussions, a Tuesday smoker, and a Wednesday banquet at the P Hall. Final plans will be set by the local executive committee. General Pershing seeks a $10,000 maker dinum in war insurance, raising total insured by the army in France to 2,200,000.
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Lowa
Association of Master Plunbers
Irving Hotel
P. Hall
Pershing
France
Weatherill Foregoes Honors For Front Service
Orrin Weatherill gave up a corporal and a coast artillery clerk position at Fort Adams to join the front line. He and close friend Edward Bodboldt transferred to the auto truck brigade of the American expeditionary forces. Orrin’s parents report his status as private while in Waterloo they were lifelong companions.
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Edward Bodboldt
Orrin Weatherill
Coast Artillery
Fort Adams
R. C
Auto
American Expeditionary Forces
Orrin
J. W. Weatherill
Independence Avenue
Waterloo
Edward
Courthouse Notes on Hog Cholera Reports and Registrants
Courthouse notes describe Dr. T. M. Baylor and assistants compiling hog cholera outbreak data for the government. The legal advisory board processed 236 questionnaires with 85 attorneys assisting to fill affidavits for registrants as many infants and wives gathered daily. Judge Mullan was absent at noon, prompting inquiries, and jurors were told not to report for three weeks to free space for questionnaires.
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T. M. Baylor
United States
Iowa
Animal Industry Department
Legal Advisory Board
KB 4H
McCoy
Mullan
Unfailing Supply and broken promises noted
A Washington Star poem excerpt laments unreliable promises and the ease of breaking them. The speaker notes that many promises are made freely but quickly shattered, contrasted with others that are merely spoken or tossed aside.
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Washington Star
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