Picnic Gatherings Highlight Fourth of July Events
Former Black Hawk county residents living in Drinkwater Saskatchewan and nearby towns joined seventh annual reunion at the Strayer brothers home near Drinkwater on July 4. Attendees included Mil ler family from Grenfell Watters and Tutt households Rouleau and Keddleston, with crops described as favorable though a wind and hail storm July 1 damaged R. G. Watters’s farm and a barn. Additional items include county farm picnic by W C T U and church group picnics at Byrnes Park and Rescue Mission hall with speakers and meals, plus Sacred Heart Court July meeting at the school auditorium.
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Joway
Black Awk
Way
Drinkwater
Sask
Can
Strayer Brothers
Howard Miller
Grenfell
J. 5. Watters
R. G. Watters
Black Hawk County
Arm shaping and skin care for beauty and fitness
Practical advice on shaping arms, reducing fat, and skin care. Emphasizes balanced exercise such as swimming and dumbbell moves, plus scrubbing, massage, and oils. Recommends routines like punching bag work, broom handle swings, and tightening routine for smooth elbows.
No More U S Troops Sent to France In WW I Era
The local army recruiting station refuses to accept recruits for A E F service at midnight Saturday. Recruits may enlist for one year in the medical corps or quartermaster branch regardless of prior service. Walter H. Moore and Ronald Short, from Charles City and Nashua respectively, reported for preliminary training as flyers in Waterloo, taking air service tests. Navy recruiters say men lacking coal-shoveling strength may enlist as oil burning firemen.
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France
Jocal Army
War Department
Medical Corps
Quartermaster Branch
Walter H. Moore
Charles City
Ronald Short
Nashua
J. H. Imig
Jacal
Waterloo
Air Service
Navy
J. H. Wood
Jersey Calf Club Formed for Girls and Boys in Iowa
The first purebred Jersey calf club in Iowa is at Jesup, started by the Iowa State Dairy Association. Thirty six local youths will raise prize heifers supplied by the association at a guaranteed price, after which care and ownership pass to members. The association has also formed Holstein clubs in Fayette and Buchanan counties, plus ten grade clubs involving about 400 cattle, aiming to expand dairy education statewide.
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Jersey Calf Club
Iowa
Jesup
Ilowa State Dairy Association
Jr. P Byes
Missouri
Iowa State Dairy Association
Fayette County
Buchanan County
Jersey
Rusdell Lamson
H. BR. Chand
Witeh
Lichty
Aix
Llehty
Cedar i Rapids
Paeveras
Hiunnytown
Burr Luichty
Cedar
Itle
Fred McClain
Alfred Long
Clarence Cropper
Woman Collects Pensions From Three Husbands
A Washington woman, Amanda Jones Smith, draws three monthly checks totaling 172.50 for the loss of three husbands in the war. The sequence began with her first husband dying after enlisting and taking a 10,000 policy. She later married and lost a second husband who held a similar policy, then a third husband died in action, supporting her continued pension claims for twenty years.
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Washington, D. C
Amanda Jones
Jones
Smith
Amanda Jones-Smith
Self-Respect and Humility in a Christian View
A reflection on self love and humility citing a dying man who underplayed himself in a law firm. It argues undervaluing oneself limits worth and suggests sturdy self respect leads to greater usefulness. Quoting Paul to Titus and Philippians, it praises humility and exhorts leaders to exude authority with gentleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2A Law Firm
Song
Carlfriend
St. Paul
Titus
Paul
On Undervaluing Oneself and Self Esteem
An essay urges resisting self depreciation and seeking proper esteem from others through character. It notes snobbery can arise from both looking down on or up to others and quotes Let no man despise thee as a caution. Cedar Falls tax levy update shows school fund at 64000 rising 8000, textbook millage about 1100, and 6000 for buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persson
Cedar Falls
License A Card To Price Kiting
The report explains the U S food administration rules under the Lever Act with focus on wheat flour and sugar controls. Lichty notes licenses released, then restored due to wheat price rises from speculation. Wheat and flour under U S Grain and sugar under sugar committee until dates in 1919 1920. A peace proclamation would end the food administration though some controls may remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Food Administration
George E. Lichty
Reall
Mr. Lichty
United States
National Food Administration
United States Grain Corporation
Sugar Committee
Repairing Fire Damage at Citron Gas & Electric Plant
Fire damaged the roof of the a3 and condenser house at Citron Gas and Electric Co. A company official said repairs will be completed in about two weeks and service remained uninterrupted after the July 4 blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citron’ Gas & Electric Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Copley
Our Lady of Victory Court
Byrnes Park
First Baptist Church
Rescue Mission Hall
Fred Daniels
Royal Neighbors
Cedar River Park
Wach
Sacred Heart Court
T. W
Helen
U.S
Nadindla
Itedis
Mel
Qa Sass
Mationol Touat CO
Rania Taan
Optometrists
Burr Lichty
Corn Products Refining CO
New York
ARGO
Mie
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
City and
Jilly Jell
Waukesha
Wis
Jiffy-Jell, Waukesha, Wis
Wyte
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