Generous People Aid Needy Family With Cook Stoves and Rent
The Golden Rule society reports strong public aid for a poor family facing eviction. Four donors offered cook stoves, two men pledged rent until spring and April 1, while cash gifts covered back rent and current housing costs. The father is injured, the grandfather blind, and a daughter crippled, yet the family resists county aid and seeks independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule Society
Ida A. Burkitt
A. H. Holt
Quaker Remedies Promoted By Waterloo Advertisement
A advertorial piece touts Quaker Herb Extract from Fisher and Quaker Remedies. It recounts Mildred Leach’s dramatic health improvement after using the extract, claiming a 40 foot tapeworm was expelled. The notice urges readers to visit B W Schutteman Co. drugstore or mail orders, detailing prices and call directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
B. W. Schutteman Co
East Side
Waterloo
Mildred Leach
Frank Leach
Price Mercantile Co
Wichita
Kansas
Mildred
Method
B. W. Schuneman Drug Store
Fourth
Lafayette
Pegoud Cheered as Army Corps of the Sky
Famous French aviator Gaston Pegoud, serving in the aviation division of the French army, is praised for feats in the air that an entire army corps could rival. He reportedly dropped bombs from his aeroplane, destroying German supply bases and disrupting advance guard regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bta
Pegoud
County employs new staff to save money
Work without pay to save the county, no calls for aid unless extraordinary. The new policy makes the sollery an economy for taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurney
Law Points Involved In Suit For 81
Judge Werbert B Boies prepares jury instructions in J W King vs Loyal Order of Moose lodge 328. Jury of 12 named. Trial days set as officials plan ouster case in Eldora next week. Annual boys department banquet at Y M C A set for Feb 2 with Cockburn as boys secretary and committee named to discuss plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werbert B. Boies
J. W. King
the Loyal Order of Moose
HH. H. Bezold
J. T. Knapp
E. J. Wenner
C. G
Eldora
Boies
Cockburn
George W. Miller
Wallace
T. McManus
Harry T. Fisher
William Devers
Verne Bartling
B.C. Everall
Boys
Kidney Health Ads and Local Notices Combine
An OCR fragment shows an advertisement urging kidney health and warning of symptoms, plus notes on Dr. Rollins heading to Chicago for meetings, a church supper announcement, and a Foley Kidney Pills ad. It mentions Fairmount College in Kansas, the W R C L chicken supper, and local coal supplier Jimmy Coal Co.
Waterloo Has Over 1 000 Business Girls
Waterloo’s Business Girls’ club finds more than 1,000 local women in business and still more in other work. Miss Finis Cobb notes their surprise at the number and plans to invite all by word of mouth, printing extra invites next time. The piece emphasizes a shift from traditional roles to women in diverse trades.
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Waterloo
Business Girls’ Club
Walker, Jan 12 Rural life notes and obit wrap
Jan McCalley heads to Ames agricultural college while Miss Blanche Kozine returns from New York for her mother's illness. Joseph Isaac, Civil War veteran and longtime Walker mail carrier, dies at 83. Funeral held at Christian church with G A R and lodge members assisting. Pearl Edna Lowry marries Ross N. Fairchild at the Methodist parsonage, groom-son of Henry Fairchild. couple to live east of town on farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Carl McCalley
Ames
Agricultural College
T. W. Moody
Town City
Iva Berger
Wellman
Blanche Kozine
New York City
Kozine
New York
Joseph Isaac
Isaac
Christian Church
G. A. R. Post
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Pearl Edna Lowry
Ross N. Fairchild
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Hey
Maxwell
Henry Fairchild
Linn County
Mr. Fairchild
People and visits in St Ansgar and nearby towns
H A Smith arrived from Chicago to visit his mother and brother. Laura Stevern returned from Colfax Wisconsin after a visit. Robert Brogmus went back to Sumner Iowa after a few days with his parents. County Superintendent Bond Osage and Prof Bond Orchard attended in town. Woodruff rural school inspector spoke at the high school. Emma and Aleka Bartz left for Iowa City for Aleka’s operation. Mrs J R Allen and children returned to Waterloo after a visit. Mrs Mary Fedson left for Los Angeles to stay with her daughter. Maud Felter hosted Prof and Mrs Stubbart and the high school senior class at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ansgar
H. A. Smith
Chicago
Laura Stevern
Colfax
Wis
Robert Brogmus
Sumner
Bond
Osage
Orchard
R. Kirkman
Misa Maud Felter
Stubbart
American Aid to Belgium Food Relief Plans
The Commission For Relief In Belgium explains a parcel post plan to mail 20 to 50 pound nonperishable food packages to Belgium. Donors stamp, tag, and drop at local depots with return of postage if they include name and address and “Rf” letters. Regional collecting agents are listed for Iowa districts.
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Ple
Belgium
Limbourg
United States
Lucey
Holland
Liege
Hamme
Ghent
Rotterdam
America
Commission For Relief In
Commission
Iowa
Local Social Notes: Visits, Lectures, and Travel
Tuesday evening at six, George Hertz, visiting his sister Mia, returned to Iowa City on Wednesday. The third lecture in the course by C. C. Mitchell was at the opera house Friday on the "Job of the World's Ash Heap." Miss Laura Meyer, visiting Ramsay Minnesota, arrived home Friday.
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George Hertz
Mia
G. A. Lott
Iowa City
Opera House
C. C. Mitchell
Laura Meyer
Ramsay, Minn
Local Social Notes From Washburn Area
Mrs. Floya Elsey of Des Moines visited the Golinvaux home last week. George Strifert of Waterloo was a business caller Wednesday. Lizzie and Charlie Dirken attended their uncle’s funeral in North Dakota last week. Mrs. Clarke De Lancey of Waterloo spent Friday here. Nellie and Lillie Lehman of S. D. visited Miss Lula Michel last week. Muthaler Bros. sold hardware and implements to Mrs. Anta Youngblut. Mr. and Mrs. John Koch and children of Fort Dodge visited Mrs. Koch’s mother, Mrs. DeLancey, over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. E. Puterbaugh of Waterloo were visitors at the Bell-Inger home Sunday. Mrs. Louis Golinvaux walking again after several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anta Youngblut
John Koch
Fort Dodge
Local Notes From Frederika Community Calendar
Individuals visit relatives travel and work shifts in Frederika and nearby towns. Mrs Welch visits her parents in French, Kitty Taylor plans rounds through Inez Waterloo and Des Moines before returning to Salvation Army Keokuk. Local families Turner Harker Willardson O Day Whitman and Reynold attend trips, weddings, and farm visits around Waterloo Des Moines and Chicago.
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Frederika
H. A. Parsons
Fredericksburg
Roy Welch
Waeterloo
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M. Pegoud
DR. Rollins
Waner MN. Hotlins
First Congregational Church
Rollins
Fairmount College
Kan
Boston
East
W. R. CL
G. A. KR
Jim Coal Co
Falan-Rootman
East Fourth and Water Streets
By Will Irwin
Termonde
Washburn
Burch’s
Mer Meer
USC
Bonnets
Waverly
Anna Casey
Emma Valenta
Louise Miller
Ida Link
Nora Tucker
Viola Johnston
Pearl Thomas
Geo. Stevens
Charles
Dresden
O'Day
Migs Nottison
Nellie Sullivan
Giles Whitman
Lew
Chas
Whitman
Water l
Fred Reynold
Fred
Will Dilley
Finchford
E. Henry
W. H. Woodring
Ueca
Ack Dna
Pepa Ene
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