Cedar Falls War Service Board Adjourns Sessions
The Cedar Falls vigilance committee held sessions at city hall on war service board appeals regarding Red Cross support. Most summoned signed pledge cards. the committee aims to finish work at today’s session. City club hears about local activities including Red Cross, war gardens, and war savings stamps. Canning clubs begin meetings under county leader Jno Slacks with Pauline Newcomer assisting. demonstrations planned for Cedar Valley and state fairs. Invitations issued for Winifred Brammer and John Leavitt marriage in Des Moines. Mrs S S Turner returns home from visit. Dr F H Cutler attends a Chicago funeral. John Fearer travels to Toronto.
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Cedar Falls
City War Services Board
City Hall
Court of Appeals
The
War Service Board
Red Cross
Commercial Club
Geo. W. Hughes
Jno. R. Slacks
Pauline Newcomer
Leach Club
Srammeer-Leavitt
W. H. Brammer
Coon Rapids
Winifred Brammer
Cedar Falls High School
John W. Leavitt
Geday Falls Trust Company
Des Moines
S. Turner
John Fearer
Polo
F. H. Cutler
Chicago
Frank A. Sheets
Toronto
Local volunteers sought for Armour Institute training drive
Registrants urged to join as auto mechanics and tradesmen at Armour Institute of Technology Chicago with Iowa asked to furnish 104 men. Local boards must report volunteering numbers by 4 p m Friday. Three Waterloo youths signed up yesterday with more to follow despite delays from other boards. New York order requires blanks to report idlers or non-productive registered men. productive status determines class and possible service. blanks list name address order and serial number and may note reasons for idler or nonproductive status.
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Courier
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Iowa
Adjutant General
Waterloo
New York
War Department
Births Reported From Several Families
Birth notices list new sons and daughters for multiple couples. Details include parents names, street addresses or cities, and birth dates in June, naming infants such as Willis Dero, Howard Kenneth, Roy Wi ard, William Aken, and others.
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John Hah. Poock
Bennington
Milred
Bert Malloy
Franklin Street
Guxton
Thomas Miller
Ee East
Roy Wiard
Jesse J. Payne
Blu
Howard Kenneth
William C. Schwabte
Cedar Falls
William Aken
Last Night's News in Brief
New York reports three men and a woman arrested for alleged theft of munitions plans. Waco Texas notes thirty two soldiers injured in a wreck near Shelby with one death. Natchez Mississippi records George Clayton hanged by a mob near Mangham after being accused of murdering his employer.
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New York
Waco
Texas
Shelby
Natchez
Miss
George Clayton
Mangham
Food Price Board in Meeting Today Waterloo group fixes prices
A nine member price interpreting board met at 2 pm at the Waterloo club rooms to fix retail and wholesale prices of needed foods. The board may name Fred Hartong acting chairman. actions affect over 80 food items. Parallel talks with ministers and fraternal groups led to pledges of support for food administration efforts.
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Waterloo Club
Fred Hartong
W. ®. Parrott
First National Bank
Waterloo
Parratt
Cedar Falls
Food Administration
Baby Canvass to Begin in City and County
A Thursday morning start for a house to house baby canvass aims to register and arrange physical exams for every child under five in the city. Mrs J L Buechele leads the effort with ward chairs and a county council, assigning visitors to blocks and distributing cards for mother and physician coordination.
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Waterloo
J. Ll. Buechele
Defense Council
Chamber of
Buechete
Louis Frank
W. F. Schrag
F. W. Powers
J. H. Easley
M Rlooa
Sporle
F. M. Shores
J. C. Hemsworth
Cuticura Heals Painful Pimples
Miss Pearl Anderson of Medford Minnesota describes severe skin eruptions that covered her body turning painful and itchy. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment she reports healing following use of a little over a box of Ointment and two cakes of Soap. The ad urges regular cleansing to prevent skin troubles.
Land sale nets $300 per acre after $75 buy in
A Benton county real estate deal featured W W Barkdoll selling 164 acres to Robert Ravenscroft for 300 dollars an acre. Barkdoll had paid 75 dollars per acre twelve years earlier, citing soil quality and proximity to town. The item opens with other local notices on residents, deaths, resignations, and wartime speakers, rounding a snapshot of community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Conestate
W. W. Barkdoll
Robert Ravenscroft
Barkdoll
Will
Ruth Burns
Buckingham
Diugh Mossman
Mossman
Frank Weichman
Fremont Township
Newhall Savings Bank
Kinn County
Benton County
Newhall
Paulina Gehlotterbeck
Clarence
Hur
Atkins
Victor
Irene
Madeine
D. McMasters
The
Baptist Church
Bradgate
Mee Masters
McMasters
R.S. Milner
Belle Plaine
William W. Batchelder
Trivia
Wis
J. Batchelder
Minneapolis
Bernica-Maud Bailey
Olgas’aulsen
Cedar Rapids
W. TH. Paulsen
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Cedar Falls Daily News
Vigilance Board
Ilub
Armour Institute
Food Price Board
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
John W. Whitlock
Gretti M. Cathey
C. EL Mullarky
Haugland
William J. Murray
Buckingham Place
E. M. Storm
J. R. Johnson
Gates Park Place
Dee L. Payne
Glen Payne
Dee's Add
Fred A. Hawler
Hawk County
Twenty-second Street
City of Cedar Falls
Dave O'Donnell
Joe Gentle
George Gentle
Inmuni
A. E. Johnson
Counciliman
F. A. Sporle
H.wessel
P.m
Hudson Bayer
Bayer Cross
Cape of Is
Palm Beach
Klingmade
Rive Klinjmade
Kungiibros!&:co, Inc
Dotson
Kerwin
Hart Schaffner & M
Commercial St
Frank Bros
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