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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1918
Page
7
Notices from the local exemption board summon 100 registrants in class one to Friday physical examinations at Dr. F. Wit Porterfield. Fifty report at 9 a.m. and fifty at 1 p.m. The list includes Clifford R. Slaven, Walter A. Sitts, and others. some with pending appeals may be reexamined.
Yesterday marked the campaign launch in Waterloo for selling smileage books to soldiers and sailors. Chairman P. Ritz appointed a local entertainment council and committees to canvass the city, with a 1,500 book Waterloo quota and two denominations of 1 dollar for 20 coupons and 5 dollars for 100 coupons.
Preparations are complete at East High for the second semester starting February 4. Enrollment is expected to rise to about 500 with 80 to 90 new students from grade schools. Because no one registered for beginning German, the language will be eliminated and French and Spanish added to the curriculum.
An educational institute for Black Hawk county teachers will be held Thursday and Friday at East High School. Noted speakers include William F. Russell of Iowa State and Ernest Horn of the College of Education. The program features general assemblies, round tables on rural and grade topics, and a triangular declamatory contest in the evening. H. C. Moeller, county superintendent, will direct the institute. Also listed are marriage licenses for Joseph Griffith and Oneita Crouse of Waterloo and B. T. Potter of Oelwein with Katherine Mueller of Waverly.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a mild remedy for biliousness constipation and bad breath. It claims clearer heads, sweeter stomachs, bright eyes, and more energy, asserting the product is safer than salts or calomel and suitable for children without harming tender bowels.
The dispersion sale of the Gallo Way-Messer Holstein herd opened at 11 a m in the pavilion on the company farm two and one half miles northeast of the city. 105 head of cattle scheduled to pass through the sale ring. King Segis Johanna Ormsby high interest with a record of major show wins. Famous cows Jewel Walker Gerben Nellie Segis Pontiac and Fay Jewell Beauty also to be sold. A record crowd was expected. inquiries came from 37 states with 700 catalogs distributed. Expected buyers include J B Irwin M inneapolis J M Hackney St Paul and others. auctioneers R B Haeger and B V Kelley with T Wood as sales director.
The fourth annual milk record contest for farm boys and girls in Iowa begins February 1 under the Iowa State Dairy association. Over 300 entries have been received. entrants must start records by February 15 and finish by May 20. Prizes include pure bred bull calves for top four and cash prizes for those placing sixteenth or higher. Previous winners include Julius Schoentag of Strawberry Point and Thrya Ostergaard of Camanche.
Vernon J. Danielsen, a former Mormon high priest, will address a men and women meeting at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Waterloo Thursday at 7 pm. Arrangements are by Rev. AL Preston. He will speak on dangers of Mormonism to women and claim secret rites are disloyal and polygamous. No admission charge. The talk is under the National Reform association, ahead of a world reconstruction conference in Pittsburgh on July 29.
Waterloo notes rep at Peet bag of tartar manufacturers meeting in Columbus. Gov Cox proposed state backing to finance farm tractor purchases and to place 2000 tractors on order before April 1. A $2,500,000 note package to aid farmers who buy tractors was discussed, with a $2,600,000 fund to back notes. The move aims to set a nationwide example amid bank and farmer credit strains.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless treatment for all corn types. A Cincinnati chemist developed the ether compound, sold in a smell bottle. A few drops relieve soreness, shrivel the corn, and allow lifting with fingers. Women are advised to keep it on a dresser for preventing aching corns.
A damaged ad-like item explains using coconut oil instead of soap to wash hair. It argues common soaps contain alkali that roughens hair, recommending plain refined coconut oil found at drugstores. Instructions: mix with water, rub in, rinse to leave soft, bright, manageable hair and remove dirt and dust.
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