Milk Famine Hits Waterloo Milk Dealers
About 130 members of the Waterloo branch of the Iowa State Dairy Marketing Association will withhold milk from Waterloo distributors starting tomorrow. They demand payment at a price based on production costs, offering delivery to Cedar Valley or Orange township creameries instead. The action follows distributors refusing to sign contracts at the association’s price, prompting fears producers may quit if profits vanish.
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Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Marketing Association
W. H. Maust
Cedar Valley
Orange Township
Maust
Council of Defense
Must Give 75 Per Cent of Wages to His Family
Judge C W Mullan sternly orders Fred Brown to support his wife and three children and directs him to secure work immediately. The carpenter is required to hand over 75 percent of earnings or face the severest penalty allowed by law. Brownson agrees to parole terms.
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C. W. Mullan
Fred Brownson
Brownson
Hotel Rates Next to Be Advanced in Waterloo
Rates of Waterloo hotels are likely to rise soon to cover growing overheads. Local hotel men say current prices are among the state’s lowest, with traveling salesmen often choosing the city to avoid higher charges. If approved, the small increase will be about 25 cents per room and will affect all city hotels.
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Waterloo
Government carpenters sought for Nashville work
An eleventh hour call for carpenters went out Saturday to fill government jobs in Nashville Tenn The federal state employment bureau ordered a wire report to Des Moines tonight listing the number of carpenters from the district who can ride the train Wednesday to Nashville Pay is 55 cents an hour for carpenters 40 cents for helpers open shop eight hours with time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays Mr Barnes bureau manager could not locate workers until this morning An uptick in inquiries suggests a link to the work or fight order for registered men starting today
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Federal-State Employment Bureau
Nashville
Tenn
Des Moines
Barnes
Son Wins Train Where His Father Paraded
Harry Brown son of Sergt and Mrs Brown in charge of the army recruiting station has enlisted in the medical department and expects to leave soon for Fort Riley Kan. He will train on the same parade grounds where his father drilled years ago in the regular army. This is the second contribution the Sergt and Mrs Brown have made to the army, an older son is in France with the signal corps.
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Harry Brown
Sergt
Things Theatrical Here At Home Lest We Forget
Immersive production dramatizes World War I entry with military aid. General Lester at Yonkers supplied 300 troops to build trench scenes near a recreated French village, aiding realism in the battle portrayals.
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United States
Lester
National Army
Yonkers
New York
Amer
Trench Expert Jean Shapes Allied Defenses at Village
Jean, an army officer skilled in French trench construction, helped design an elaborate system used by allied forces to defend a village against German invasion. The Palace Theatre presents the dramatic air play Dost a Woman, adapted for the screen by Julian Steger and starring Charlotte Walker, showing at the Crystal Theatre for the first time in the city.
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Jean
France
Palace Theatre
Julian Steger
Eugene Walter
Charlotte Walker
Crystal Theatre
Permanent Rheumatism Relief via Blood Cure Ad
An advertisement states rheumatism is a blood disease and promotes S. S. S. as a permanent remedy. It claims external treatments only give temporary relief and promises a free rheumatism book and expert advice after sending details to the Swift Specific Co. Atlanta.
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S. S
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Courtroom Drama and Animal Antics Share Page Anew
The report mixes a Waco courtroom scene where Charlotte Walker faces perjured infidelity charges with a Crystal Theatre photoplay starring Mary Pickford. Two “supporting” animals, a cow Henrietta and a goat William, steal scenes as the goat disrupts Mary Pickford, nearly interrupting the film.
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Mary Pickford
Jean
Henrietta
William
Plaza Theatre shows Henrietty as perfect lady amid onions
The fragment notes a comedy scene featuring Henrietty as a poised character who eats onions triggering a denunciation. The Plaza Theatre presents the film today with further showings planned for Tuesday and Wednesday, per the notice. The clipping also mentions a July 1 report from Washington about six short line railroads, including Chicago Ottawa and Peoria, applying for something.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago, Ottawa
Peoria
Interstate Commerce Commission Approves 25 Percent Freight Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission today seeks permission to raise freight rates by 25 percent to align with increases allowed for other railroads. The move aims to cover rising costs and maintain competitive standing with neighboring lines.
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Interstate Commerce Commision
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Kor
H. Krensky
Waco
Douglas Fairbanks
Billy West
Hearst-Pathe News
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Charles Frohman
Fitzgerald
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