Ruth Reed Back From Overseas
Ruth Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert M Reed arrived from New York where she was mustered out after seven months in hospital recreation hut service in France She is the second Waterloo girl to return from overseas and shared details of Red Cross efforts during the war and the morale boosting shows for soldiers in France
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Reed
Herbert M. Reed
New York
Red Cross
France
Waterloo
Kathryn Burns
Miss Reed
Reeds
Sans Souci
Chalon-sur-Loane
Edna Wells
Kenne- Me
Allery
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Rafes
Miss Read
Germany
Verdun
Metz
Cologne
Motor Trucks Deliver Winter Wheat From Glen Lichty Farm
Three motor trucks moved the 12 mile round trip from Glen Lichty farm in Orange township to the Waterloo elevator in one hour. Each trip carried 60 to 95 bushels of grain, matching an implied horse-transport effort of many teams. Wheat quality tested at 39 6 pounds per bushel, 26 bushels per acre. Demonstration by Waterloo motor dealers showed truck efficiency for farm transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lichty
Orange Township
Waterloo
Cramer Motor Car Company
Waterloo Nash Motor Company
Harry Padden Auto Company
Lichty
Waterloo Motor
Miller Factory Expands To Double Size Of New Plant
Miller Manufacturing teams led by B. Miller and Georgeier expand Westfield plant to twice original size. George Scales of Black Hawk Construction drew plans, work advancing, equipment from Vinton and Kansas City to join at new site. Some machinery will move to Waterloo prior to full plant completion amid relocation. Marriage licenses listed include Halford Bailey Onawa Ida M Muthaler Waterloo Amos R Troutman Waterloo Mabel Kortright Waterloo Harry J Brolin Cedar Falls Frances M Paul Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Allorge B. Miller
George Ier
Miller Manufacturing Company
Westfield
George Scales
Black Hawk Construction Company
Millers
Scaies
Vinton
Kansas City
Waterloo
Halford Bailey
Onawa
Ida M. Muthaler
Amos R. Troutman
Mabel Kortright
Harry 2. Brolin
Cedar Falls
Frances M. Paul
Cedar Falls News Highlights Local Shifts and Notices
Cedar Falls daily notices report oat shipments from New Hartford, rye deliveries to the Vulon mill, and varied local visits by residents and former Cedar Falls figures. Wedding of Pierre Bishop and Bertha Bishop noted. Cedar Falls Concert band and other civic events listed amid community updates.
Col Emme Returns Home After War Service
Col W C Emme arrives in Waterloo en route to Jesup after discharge at Camp Dodge. He served with the Fifty fifth Engineers who built the Pershing Stadium in Paris in two months for the Interallied Games June 22 to July 6. The 24 000 seat concrete stadium was praised as a marvel of rapid construction. Emme is well known in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terday
Chase Farm
Cedar Falls
C. BA Noonan
Waterloo
Lincoln School
Peter Miller
Sturgeon Lake
Minn
OW. Raymond
Cotomerteal Club
Clear Lake
Lowa
W. It
Brather
Coon Rapids
J. W. Leavitt
Marius Jensen
Hartford
Pearl G. Cruise
Prin Pal O
Dunkertin
Washington LD. U
War Risk Insurance Department
Cruise
Oriumvh
Han Gist
Leominster
Etta Revington
W. A. Sheerer
Kevington
W.S. Vawsen
Witerloo
Hawkins County
Los Angeles
Cal
A. F Ravinand
Fairmont
L. Montgomery
Grand Parks
N. D
G. R. Peebles
Montgomery
Cleveland
Eugene Allen
First Methodist Church
Minnesota
Michigan
Juhl
Missoula
Mont
Camp Oslethorpe
Tlé
Maynard
Franklin Street
Lewistown
W. C. Emme
Jesup
Camp Dodge
Fifty-fifth
Paris
Fifty-Fifth Engineers
Lease Quarters for City Court in Lafayette Building
The city will establish a second municipal court space in the Lafayette Building after remodeling and a new bridge is built from the city hall. Six rooms on the third floor will be leased, creating one large courtroom and two smaller rooms for judge and jury use. The bridge and runway will be steel with barred windows, and furniture will be ordered for readiness before Sept. 1. The arrangement lasts two years, with hope for a new city hall afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Necesary
City Hall
Lafaylette
City Council
T. E. Leeper
War Risk Insurance Proposed for Cyclops Victims
Senator Harding of Ohio introduces a resolution to pay war risk insurance to the dependents of 232 officers and men lost with the naval collier Cyclops, vanished in the West Indies in March 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harding
Ohio
West Indies
First French Bride Arrives in Cedar Rapids With War Husband
Sergt Harold Pfaff, son of Mr and Mrs WK Pfaff, arrived home with the first French bride in Cedar Rapids Miss Audrienne Bristuiile wife of the Parsis born soldier. They married in Paris May 8 and will make their home in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Bishop
D. Pierce
Bertha Bishop
Cedar Mally
Ele McCollum
Jon Pi R
Universalist Church
Stchester City
Pierce
Cedar Falls
Harold Pfaff
Cedar Rapids
Shio
Sergt
WK. EK. Pfaff
Grande Avenue
Paris
Mr. Pfaff
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George Kd. Twaddle
Waterloo Evening Courier
Omh Sireet
Sewce
Palle of
West Fourth
New Hartford Crain Company
Vulon
Migked Cpan
Nelps
Guthrie
Ukla
Potes
B. Lyerson
Shenandoah
N. J
Albert Nelson
Peter Madsen
Bluff Street
Clarksville
Clarks
WL. Carter
J.M. Morris
Lowa Falls
A. W. Morris Woodland
I. M. Gage
Norman O. Chase
Mickie
Ogg
Montana
Miain Street
Simmer Ray
Olson
Fred “Dechmidt
Mickiel
Tate
Corn Products Refining Company
P.O. Box
New York City
Karo Xorsrat wHire
Audrienne Bristaire
Hed Cross
Berg
Audrieniné¢ Bristuiile
Jand
Alfred Bristuile
England
Spain
Italy
Stalin
Marne
Champagne
Allen
Was
New Mexico
Chicago
Phoenix Oil Corporation
First National Bank
Phoenix OH Corporation
Conroy & Company
C. Gorman Sayre
Elmdale
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