College at Falls Resumes Classes After Break
Cedar Falls Iowa January 3 after a two week pause the State Teachers college resumed at 8 am and will run until March 12 when the spring term opens. Students and professors contributed to the college war fund while many teachers and staff took farm work to support the drive. Deputy tax official Stanbery left for Dubuque to train for internal revenue duties. Several items note war related shortages and movement of faculty and students to and from duties across Iowa and beyond.
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State Teachers' College
Iowa
College War Fund
Russel T. Glasener
Elizabeth Pearce
State Teachers’ College
Stanbery
Dubuque
Internal Revenue
Towa
Tex
Arsenal
Harold Unger
Citizens Gas Co
Waterloo
Robert Daugherty
Washington
Louisa
Wyman
Thomas Ferguson Hans
Houston
Colleere
Cedar Falls
Ann Arbor
Madison
Chicago
Iowa City
Grinnell
Town Gate Company
J. B. Clay
Burns Cafe
Das. Klodt
New Flartford
New York City
Adam Weener
The
Warner
Frank Lions
Guerth
Weisbard
Franklin Street
Neugh
Nebraska
Draft of British Subjects To Provide Draft of British Subjects
Washington expects a pending treaty with Great Britain to allow American conscription of British and Canadian subjects of military age. Sir Frederick Howie Smith arrives to finalize the agreement. If Congress ratifies, British subjects in the United States aged 18 to 41 may be drafted unless they volunteer for British or Canadian service. Exemption requests go through British recruiting missions or the British ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Great Briain
United States
Frederick Howie Smith
Great Britain
Congress
Sir Frederek
Britain
England
Washington
Brownstone hair tint advertised as safe and easy to use
An advertisement promotes Brownstone hair tint as a simple, lead free solution to hide gray hair. It claims guaranteed results, long lasting color from light golden to deep brown, and availability at Kenton Pharmacy in Kentucky with sample offers and mail order options.
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Evers
Drownatone
Beck
Hein
Kenton Pharmacy
Wovington
Ada Palmer reelected overseer of the poor in Waterloo
County board unanimously reelects Ada M. Palmer for another year as overseer of the poor and superintendent of the Social Welfare league. The two units will work together to aid the sick and unemployed with assistance funded largely by citizen donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Welfare League
Ada M. Palmer
Waterloo
Austin Burt
H. B. Lichty
J. E. Bragdon
League
D. S. Tiffany
Mr. Lichty
Strayer
Miss Palmer
Tiffany
Lichty
Burt
Social Service of
Co-Operative
Social Welffare League
Waverly Store Is Daubed in Yellow
In Waverly Iowa on January 3 a local merchant F H Buelow found his store and windows daubed with yellow crosses. The act is linked to perceived unpatriotic remarks about the Red Cross and opposition to the administration. Buelow is accused of declining to buy Red Cross benefit tickets and questioning how funds were spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
F. H. Buerlow
Buelow
Red Cross
Man Refuses Tickets Over Intoxication and Finances
The man, already in possession of collected funds, denied the charges, saying he did not buy tickets because the supplier was intoxicated, he disapproves of masquerade dances, and his finances would not permit.
Better Be Good To Dumb Animals, Waterloo Cruelty Safeguards
A Waterloos community notices enforcement of humane laws protecting animals. The Black Hawk County Humane Society reports sanctions for cruelty neglect and deprivation of animals, urging residents to provide shelter food and humane care for dogs cats and other pets during harsh winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Prohibition on Cruel Treatment of Animals Penalty
The text states that cruelty to animals by failing to provide proper care or shelter, working an unfit animal, or abandoning it can lead to imprisonment in the county jail for up to thirty days or a fine not exceeding $100. The language reflects historical penalties for animal cruelty.
Fisherman reels crab trapped in bottle grows too large
A maths fisherman claims to have hauled a pint milk bottle with a live crab inside. The crab allegedly crawled in when small and remained as it grew until it could not escape. The bottle bore barnacles, indicating a long time in the sea.
Wake Up Feeling Fresh as a Day
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a mild liver and bowel cleanse that leaves the user waking refreshed. It claims benefits including clear head, fresh breath, clean tongue, and rosy complexion, with a 10 cent box available at drug stores. It also suggests mothers can give Cascarets to children for cross mood or mild ailments.
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Falls
Lawn City
Devers
County
Axminster
Whittall
Anglo-Persian
Hittallglo
Teprac Wilton
Fine Wilton
Wilton
Velvet
Whittall Peerless Brussels
of la
Clearanc
Wild’s
Nairn’s
Blabon's
JMS
Cretonnes
Madras
Nashua
Victor
Luxor
Lich
West Fourth Street
Waterloo, Iowa
Harry R. O’brien
Curtis Pubitcking Company
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Spere Sime
Businesd Taoore
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