Roosevelt Jr Cited for Gallantry at Cantigny Fight
Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr is cited by the general for conspicuous gallantry during the Cantigny engagement. He supervised a company under heavy fire despite being gassed in the lungs and eyes, refusing removal and keeping command through the assault and defense.
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Associated Press
France
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Cauligny
Reid
Cantigny
Altho
Maj
Roosevelt
Plumbers Strike Settled At Cedar Falls
The Cedar Falls plumbers strike ends with workers to return at 4.50 dollars for an eight hour day. Three of six strikers have found Waterloo jobs at 5.10 dollars per day, while the rest are employed elsewhere. Despite higher pay locally, workers plan to return to their original positions as a matter of principle.
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Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Red Cross Drive May End Tonight in Waterloo
Waterloo officials report the Red Cross campaign may close tonight as several sergeants still have not reported, with 51 yet to file reports. Illinois Central freight house and Iowa Dairy reached 100 percent participation, while musicians in Waterloo display a 2 service flag with 12 stars and expect three more. Marriage licenses list Waterloo, Marshalltown, Clarksville names. A note on wartime craft workers and wounded soldiers notes efforts in physical reconstruction. British soldiers cheerfully endure the western front and police the war’s toll. See Woods Millinery window for $41.98 bats.
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Waterloo
Red Cross
Service League
Illinois Central Freight House
Iowa
Waterloo businessman to join Y M C A war work
H B Kelly, Waterloo Chamber of Commerce secretary, will leave July 15 for France to enter Y M C A war work. He will train in New York and Princeton before sailing for France in early August. Other Waterloo professionals may join the overseas Y M C A effort as a recruitment drive begins.
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H. B. Kelly
Chamber of Commerce
Long
Waterloo
France
Kelly
New York
Princeton
M._J
Chicago
J.T. Houser
Extra Gardens Numbering 500 at Rotary Club Luncheon
At the noon Rotary Club gathering WW J Perrott reported Black Hawk county among four to employ a garden augent with 100 pig clubs and 00 extra war gardens, funds in hand and movement to expand war work. Myers of Philadelphia spoke on liberty loan ads and war exhibit work, noting $120000 spent on full page newspaper ads. Lachty and Schroeder discussed dairy and cattle topics, while news of Lillian E Hargrove Nauman's Crown Point Ind wedding to Louis H Nauman was shared. the couple will reside in Racine Wisconsin after his Illinois Central engineering stint.
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Rotary Club Today
J. Perrott
Black Hawk
Place. Myers
Philadelphia
Ben Lichty
Waeterlooan
Tobacco Merchants’ Committee
Waterloo
Crown Point
Ind
Lillian E. Hargrove
Jana Louis H. Nauman
Racine
Wis
Communion for Men in Service in Waterloo
Seven Greeks will join a Water loo contingent bound for service starting June 26. They will attend a Greek Orthodox church service at 9 a.m. led by Rev. John Panos before departing. Named participants include Mike Garaufalas John Hanzigeanakis Theodore Lucas Gust Milonias Christ Xistras Nick Kalonides and Mike Mavrodes. Greek officials urge patriotic displays and a parade on July 4 as Greece enters the war.
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Waterloo
Balkans
John Panos
Mike Garaufalas
John Hanzigeanakis
Theodore Lucas
Gust. Milonias
Christ Xistras
Nick Kalonides
Mike Mavrodes
Greece
Aged couple dies after Waterloo auto crash
An elderly Waterloo couple, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Walls, are dying at their home after a head-on collision that also injured their children and Mr Nat Martin. The crash happened following a family reunion at the Harbert Harrison residence in Tama county. Mr Walls suffered serious injuries and Mrs Walls is critically hurt with internal damage and multiple broken ribs.
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Eee
Madeline Art
Madeline Jaffery
Chicago
Red Cross
New York
Miss Jaffrey
Blake
Solomon Walls
American
France
Toledo
W. H. Walls
Lindale Avenue
Waterloo
Taan
Sho Ops
Net Martin
Mrs. Martin
Local notes on war service and community events
Miss Marie Serrill underwent surgery at Presbyterian hospital this morning. A. B. Cook of Postville visits grandsons E. C. and Benjamin Franklin. Sg t Floyd B. Love and James Joyce Waterloo arrived overseas safely. J. O. Miller left for Vossburg Mississippi for two months of treatment. Elmer Mether visited Cedar Falls and Waterloo friends while on furlough from Camp Dodge. Glen B. Smith, recently enlisted, arrived safely in France per relatives. Miss Florence Stines returns from St Francis Hospital after an operation. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Koepke learn their son Sergt. Carl E. Koepke arrived overseas safely. Iver B. Lund’s daughter born yesterday. Mrs. Lund formerly Virginia Van Metre of Waterloo. Mrs. H. W. Grout notified of Col. Howard R. Petry’s arrival in France. Miss Lucille Bentley in Chicago for music study and to oversee next year’s instruction in Oelwein schools. Miss Gail Wilbur to teach music in Wausau Wisconsin. Miss Marie Meek returns from Minneapolis after directing music at Northrup Collegiate School. Myron Arbuckle, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Arbuckle, arrived overseas. member of 108th field size battalion. Standard Oil Co. to build a modern filling station at Fifth and Washington, with Soren Anderson residence moved to clear the site.
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Vossburg
Miss
Wil
Elmer Mether
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Camp
Dodge
Glen B. Smith
France
Florence ‘Stines
Public Library
St.Francis Hospital
M. J. Koepke
Maple Street
Carl E. Koepke
Co. A
36Th Engineers
Iver B. Lund
Kingsler
Lund
Virginia van Metre
H. W.: Grout
Col
Howard R. Petry
Howard
Ison
West Point
Lucille Bentley
Chicago
Oelwein
Gail Wilbur
Wausau
Wis
Myron Arbuckle
J. W. Arbuckle
Myron
108Th Field Sizval
Hoboken
Fifth and
Washington Streets
Soren Anderson
Model Townships for Munition Workers
New townships have sprung up in England to house munition workers. Raymond Unwin, who planned Letchworth, will oversee model townships for the ministry of munitions. Elizabethville hosts 4600 Belgian soldiers making shells, with most past field service and many wounded. The town reproduces Belgian life, with cottages and gardens supplied by the ministry. The Overland band will give a patriotic concert in Lincoln Park tomorrow at 7:45. Woods Millinery marks a $1.95 sale Monday in window.
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England
Raymond Unwin
Letchworth
Ministry of Munitions
War Pictorial
Elizabethville
Overland Band
Lincoln
May Play for O Neill Benefit at City League Meeting
Danny O Neil, who broke his leg in yesterday's Cedar River park game, rests at St Francis hospital. A benefit game for O Neil will be discussed at tonight's city league offices meeting scheduled for next Sunday.
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O'Neil
Danny O'Neil
Cedar River Park
St. Francis Hospital
City League
Italians Drive Austrians Across Piave in Lively Front
Italian forces press the Piave line after recapturing Monte T, building bridgeheads at Falz and Nervesa. Austrian retreat widens, with heavy German losses and a flood strewn river. Rome reports 45,000 Austrians captured or dead, while Vienna braces for further bad news amid unrest.
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Pinve
Nhar Reims
Piave
Marne-Reims
Bligny
Belma
Anthoull
Oise
France
Italy
Rome
Montetlo
Iddustria
Lombardy
Vienna
Piaye
Diaz
Montello
al Hed
Austria-Hungary
Frances
Flanders
London
Monteiro
Falz
Nervesa
Zensan
Zenson
Conegiliano
Oderzo
Adriatic
War updates from the Western Front June 24
Gen Pershing reports improved American positions northwest of Chateau Thierry amid active artillery and a repulsed Vosges raid. French and Italian fronts see repulses with prisoners taken. British raiders gain 50 prisoners south of Meteren. Front-wide activity noted, rest remains quiet.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Bligoy
War Office
Antheuil
Oise
Marne
Reims
Bugny
Woevre
Vosges
London
Meteren
Lys Salient
Golder Batts
Circus Show Delayed by Fatal Accident in Gary
The report describes a Hammond Indiana and Monroe Wisconsin dates tour with Nellie Jewell the tiger rider missing and a Gary death. Alonzo J Sargent the engineer of the Pullman train involved in the Hagenbeck Wallace circus crash is released from custody after being charged with manslaughter and posting bond.
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Hammond
Ind
Monroe
Wis
Nellie
Jewell
Tiger Rider
Gary
Arthur
Joseph Diercks
Bolmn
Big Red Barnuns
Autoglag
Eddie Davoe
Equestiennes
Serialista
Henry Miller
Enginheil 1
Kalamazoo
Mich
Alonzo J. Sargent
Sargent
Waterloo audit details and officer salaries revealed
The Waterloo audit outlines past misallocations between east and west funds, clerical salary decisions, and the abolition of the assistant purchasing agent role. It notes salary changes for the auditor and police clerk, and explains the 1918 shift of duties to the auditor and clerk under new administrations. Baby welfare canvass coordinators are named, with ward precinct leaders corrected for printing errors.
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Waterloo
W. A. Moore
Moore
A. B E. Johnson
Office of Police
Lew
Thompson
H. L. Cox
Messia, Kyte and Brown
Last Night's News in Brief
German sympathizers are believed responsible for the desecration of Hammett Place Presbyterian church in St Louis Missouri. The pastor has attacked Germany from the pulpit in Washington. Submarine appearances on the Atlantic coast have spurred recruiting, naval reserve lists show 14 406 joined in the first week of the month.
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St. Louis
Hammett Place Presbyterian Church
Germany
Washington
Atlantic
Naval Reserve
Russian distress rises as famine and jobs bite Moscow
Miss Elizabeth Boies of the YWCA reports in Moscow that Russia faces widespread distress with many women facing famine, rising insanity, and suicides. Schools and universities shut. work declines. aid efforts describe hunger among girls and aging committee members as they try to help a nurse left homeless. Boies notes she is Cincinnati-born, Smith College graduate, former Panama Pacific exposé club house head, and World War I border duty.
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Russia
Elizabeth Boles
Moscow
Boies
Cincinnati
Ohio
Smith College
University of Chicago
Columbia University
W.c.-A. Clube
Books for Jews appeal to send reading matter to New York
Jewish welfare board in New York City calls for books for Jewish servicemen. Donations should cover Jewish history life nationalism essays novels stories poetry and economics. The appeal comes from the Council of Jewish Women and seeks patriotic supporters to contribute reading material.
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New York City
Council of Jewish Women
Courier patterns for up-to-date fashion patterns coupon
The Courier Fashion Department advertises pattern design orders via coupon. Send 10 cents per pattern to the Evening Courier, Waterloo, with 1 cent postage, patterns include 2399 2411 A Stylish Gown and 2411 Skirt in six bust/waist sizes, material estimates given, orders ship within ten days.
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Wiaterloo
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