Roosevelt Highway Named After Nation Leader
Cedar Falls brief notes report on naming the Washington to Cedar Falls highway Roosevelt Highway. The project aims to form a corporation, register trademarks, and promote farmer benefits under the banner Building a Community Not a Town. War savings sales totals show Cedar Falls post office near quota and local efforts to boost publicity. The community discusses postwar cooperation and facility plans as farmers and townsmen gain familiarity from wartime cooperation.
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Cedar Falla
Jan. S
Ross Continent
Washington State
Washington, D. C
Cedar Falls
Roosevelt
Cer Falls
Register Trademarks
Cedar Balls
Back to Work in Town War Factories Since 1914
A. Ta Urick directs a state wide effort with the employment service Red Cross and community boards to place returning soldiers in peacetime work. Black Hawk bureau central at Lafayette and Fifth streets Waterloo office coordinates grants and job data across Iowa towns amid a weak winter job market. An earlier Boston release notes a 64 to 71 percent rise in living costs from 1914 to 1918 with food and sundries driving the surge, while other items like shelter and fuel also climb.
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A. Ta Urick
Department of Labor
State Free Employment Bureau
The
Red Cross
Community Labor Boards
U. S. Service Reserve M
Black Hawk
Lafayette
Fifth
Waterloo
Urick
Boston
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Theatrical reveal at Paisce and Cristel theatres
The Paisce theatre staged Jane Goes a Wooing featuring Vivian Marlin in a striking Irish stenographer role to strong audience enthusiasm. The Bell Boy reel and Pathe News accompanied the program while Theda Bara headlined When a Woman Sins at the Cristel theatre, with Fox's The Woman Who Gave drawing crowds as the program's other feature.
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Jane
Vivian Marlin
Fane
Paisce Theatre
Janeines A. Wooing
Pathe
Theda Tara
Cristel Theatre
Pvt Rorf rt Trott 18 Back in U S Wounded July 20
Word from a local area confirms Pvt. Rorf rt Trott 18 has returned to the United States after being wounded on July 20. No details on his condition are available beyond reports that he feels fine and is nearing home. Officials expect his arrival by carrier soon, with a brief homecoming anticipated after a hospital stay.
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Pvt
Rorfrt Trott
U.S
A. A. Bontr
Howe
Cann
Dodero
Shipping Board Sees Adequate Cargo for War Needs
Edward Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, predicts ample cargo tonnage in early 1919 to supply wartime needs and repatriate troops. American tonnage growth aims to move over half of returning forces in American ships, with British disruption guiding some ship allocations and German vessels eyed for troop transport.
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London
Wee
Edward M. Fiurley
United States Shipsping Board
Jill Knogland
France
Belgium
Hucley
Islance
England
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Mesopotamia
Palestine
United States
Soldiers Letters from Bologna Area Describe War Life
Sent letters from overseas describe daily life in the Bologna region during WWI. Anecdotes include prices in francs, small comforts like a ring of bologna, and local observations aboutLuxembourg and German occupation. Hugh N Walden reports shipboard guard duties from St Nazaire France, with notes on quarters and anticipated homeward sailings after two months of duty.
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Walden
South Street
Hugh N. Walden
St. Nasaire
France
Hugh
War’s End Joy Felt By French Town In Lori
Mrs. F H Wildes of Washburn received a letter from Private Harry Wildes at evacuation hospital No 2 in France. He says natives and soldiers are overjoyed that the great War is over and notes a small Loriraine front town once held by Germans for 21 days in 1914 was partially destroyed then. He is well and happy but awaits orders to return to America.
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FH. Wildes
Washburn
Harry Wildes
No. 2
France
Loriraine
America
Nathan Barber to Step Down as Black Hawk County Engineer
At an adjourned county board meeting the auditor was asked to advertise for a county highway engineer. Nathan Barber, in office since 1913, announced he would not seek reappointment. Barber, a former railroad construction worker and longtime surveyor, has overseen road work, bridges, culverts, and grades including the Whitney road project between Waterloo and Cedar Falls. He will stay with the board until Pedto and issue his annual report, with future work uncertain.
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Ite Wrancis
Nathan
Barber
Hess
Aimevor
J. P. Kieffer
Town Highway Commission
Town
State Highway Commission
Youny Board
Pedto
Waterloo
Miss Marian Chapman Heads Waterloo Council of Social Agencies
Miss Marian Chapman was elected president of the Waterloo Council of Social Agencies with Rev. G. D. Serrill as vice president, Miss Mildred Hoffman secretary treasurer, and Ada Palmer and Godfrey Messer as delegates at large. The council plans two committees to explore funding and use of school buildings to expand social centers and community projects. The reorganization occurred at a Waterloo municipal courtroom meeting.
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Council of Social Agencies
Waterloo
Marian Chapman
G. D. Serrill
Mildred Hoffman
Ada Ms. Palmer
Godfrey Messer
Public School as Recreation Center Address Noted
Godfrey Messer of Washington School spoke to 30 city social agency reps about using schools as recreation centers. A Sherrill's Orchestra Dance at K Wood Hall was advertised for tonight with 30 cents admission for gentlemen and 10 cents for ladies. Mrs. Anna Miller recalls butter 16 cents a pound and eggs 12 dozen in the 1840s while her husband earned 37 cents a day cutting wheat, and she spins flax and wool for soldiers in past wars.
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Godfrey Messer
Bringipal
Washington School
Messer
Anna Miller
Lance
News in Brief from Last Nights Washington Dispatch
Washington reports Aman expeditionary forces in northern Russia totaled six officers and 126 men in a War Department cablegram. Evidence suggests Francisco Villa, called the Mexican bandit reader, received 1000000 in munitions paid for by a German agent, tied to a Senate arms meeting inquiry. Only ten days remain before the armistice terms lapse, with many details still not fully complied. Cleveland notes a possible new world airplane speed record and reports total deaths.
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Washington
Russia
War Department
Washington, D. C
Francisco Villa
Senote
Mitter
Aris
Germany
Cleveland
Outbreak of Grip Grows More Serious Across Regions
Health authorities warn the influenza epidemic is raging in many areas with deaths surpassing wartime losses. Doctors urge calm, but caution is essential as fatigue lowers immunity. Father John’s Medicine is advertised as a strengthening tonic to rebuild resistance and guard against colds developing into grip or pneumonia.
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Germany
Father Johns
Father John
John
Thue
Ido
Recon Set After Plane Covers 215 Miles to Cleveland
A recon was set when a plane covered the 215 miles from Dayton to Cleveland in one hour and 15 minutes, marking a swift flight segment and prompting follow up actions by authorities.
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Dayton
Cleveland
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Waterloo Council OF Social Agencies
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