Old Clothes May Feature Meet of Federated Clubs
Des Moines Iowa June 1 The Wearing of old clothes by delegates to the fifteenth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs opens here June 16 for a week. Mrs Josiah Evans Cowles urges thrift due to reduced labor supply and wartime shortages and asks delegates to make over what they have and bring thrift stories to the convention.
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Des Moines
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Josiah Evans Cowles
Federation
Oldtimers Leave Carrier Service of Local Postoffice
Waterloo post office resignations hit seven in three months as veteran carriers depart. Homer Smith, 14 years’ service and 100 percent rated, resigns to join Fuller Brush as local representative. Officials say keeping help is hard and restric tions loosened. high school boys are being asked to volunteer for mail delivery.
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Homer Smith
Waterloo Post Office
Fuller Brush Company
Smith
Waterloo
Post Office
Sans Souci Paving Bid Seen at $3.95 Per Yard
Moore-Young Construction of Waterloo submitted the lone bid for a one course 7 inch concrete paving on Sans Souci street from the bridge end to Rainbow drive at city limits. The project covers 2,100 square yards with 1,600 feet of curb and about $10,000 total cost. City council delayed action due to holiday. a resolution to accept the bid will be considered at the next adjourned session.
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Sans Souci
Moore- Young Construction Company
Waterloo
Moore-Young Construction Company
Record year 1979 filings and licenses noted
The Cedar Falls report shows in May 335 deeds 251 mortgages and 292 chattels filed. Compared with May of last year totals rose in deeds mortgages and chattels while 60 marriage licenses were issued by the clerk of courts.
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Clerk of Courts
199 Diplomas Presented at Cedar Falls Teachers College
Cedar Falls June 1 199 graduates received diplomas at Iowa State Teachers College commencement. Most were Iowa residents. a few hailed from South Dakota Missouri Montana and Illinois. Leslie M Shaw delivered the address. A violin solo by Leence Condit and two vocal numbers by Anon G Childs enriched the program.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Iowa
South Dakota
Missouri
Montana
Illinois
Lesslie M. Shaw
Washington, D. C
United States
Eence Condit
Anon G. Childs
Pula Lyon
Gladys M. Means
Clara Mildred G. Ives
Merrill M.iy
Harold G. Palmer
Beryl M Creers
Darla Daimer
Irene C. Karr
Martha PB. Short
Ethel Walt Smith
Carol Vayne
Marie Rasmussen
Nelson JL. Hersey
Vesta J. Ruge
Helen D. Vander Veer
Harry Wilson
Turks Sign Armistice with French in Galicia
Constantinople dispatch says Turkish nationalist forces and French troops occupying Galicia in Asia Minor have observed a 20 day armistice that may be renewed at its end. The report notes dire housing conditions in England with discarded buses repurposed for family use.
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Associated Press
London
Galicia
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Exchange Telegraph Company
May Bank Clearings Surpass Prior Year Measures
May bank clearings totalled 8,758,418 according to Black Hawk County Abstract Co. reports, about one million above May 1919 but one million below May 1918. May 1919 filings reached 1,164 instruments with year to date filings at 6,260 through June 1, signaling heavy county recorder activity.
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Black Hawk County Abstract Company
County Recorder
May Violations Lead Waterloo Police to 65 Percent Arrests
Waterloo police booked 123 violators in May with two thirds for traffic and speeding. Most offenders were summoned via red tags on cars rather than formal arrests. Intoxication and national prohibition evaders were notable categories, followed by gambling, vagrancy, indecent behavior, and concealed weapon cases.
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Waterloo Police Department
National Prohibition
Action Corn Cure Action Corn Cure
The readable fragments mention corn cure efforts and a possible product or remedy titled Gole-ke peas. No clear date or organization is visible. Entities include corn, cure, Gole-ke, and peas in a damaged OCR fragment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thrift
Canada
France
Marie Heisler
Freeport
Ill
Foley
Honer
George H. Twaddle
Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter
Ean
Teachers’ College
Joan Harold Hanson
Nilo Hovey
Marion Jacobson
Halph Jewell
Harold Hunger
Prairie Madsen
Joe McConnell
Roger Messer-wolves
Western Canada
Amalty
Bhad H. Miler
Paul Seifert
Eldon Towns
Wee Stevens
Ralph Thompson
Helen Acking
Erman
Rachel Histerfelt
Helen Barber
Eliza Bowen
Elsie and
Murle
Cheristoffarsen
Jeanetta Corsuui
Helena Bois
Fern Eby
W. Lorena Evenson
Kathinks
Esther Hansen
Mathida Diesse
Iw3tta
Sim
Regent Theatre
A. M. Jayne
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln School
Woman's Relief Corps
Navy
Y. M. C. A. Army Department
Evelyn Riedell
Glennys Jenssen
Marie Christoffersen
Mabel Taylor
Milo Hovey
Jeanette Corsaut
Helen du Bois
Katherina Hansen
Mathilda Hesse
Marjorie Jennings
Mayme Lowry
Hilda Juhn
Clara Savage
Helen Slifs‘gard
Erma Turner
Delia Wyneigar
Joe Bailey
Peter Christensen
Claudel Comer
Martin Dayton
Laurence Droh
England
Aio
Cis Rere
Pat
Postima Cereal Co
Mich
Paul Davis Day Goods
Lyko
Sadat
Lyko Mesicine Company
York
Kansas City
Mes
Eb, Lawrence & Co
Chicago
GC. J. Miller
Hansen & Hansen
Henderson Drug
Horns Drug Co
Moore Drug & Co
L. McDermott
Wangler Bros
C O
H. W. Taggart
Robert Drag
Dean
Jefferson Street
R. L. Franklin
Jefferson St
Schuneman
Don
Lane Street
Doan
E. Park Avenue
Bordana
Doan’s
Jas, Dean
Cortlandt Street
W. H. Freeland
Cortlandt St
Walter’s Drug Store
Newell
C. F. Pattison
Newell St. Says
Hansen's Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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