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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
9
The article discusses transportation as a core factor in delivering food to cities. It outlines how stock raisers and farmers faced delays before rail and ships, the need to reach railroad points or stockyards, and how bad roads and weather cause shortages of cars. It stresses speed to prevent shrinkage and describes hauling meat in refrigerated cars with ice tanks.
The text discusses keeping meat at low temperatures during transport, the impact of delays on quality, and the role of transportation and inspection in ensuring safe shipments for soldiers and civilians. It references federal inspectors, army and navy meat supply supervision, and the monthly Food Surveys issued by the Department of Agriculture. It also briefly mentions a Sheffield Daily Telegraph ad offering language lessons and calculus tutoring.
An army of 5,651 extension workers supports the Department of Agriculture food production and conservation push, up 3,405 from last July 1. Of these, 3,049 serve as county agents across 2,450 counties, 1,650 are in home demonstration work across 1,675 counties, and 912 work with boys and girls clubs. In the 16 southern states, 2,624 workers are busy carrying out the efforts.
A dated grocery advertisement from 313 East Fourth Street lists numerous canned beans rice coffee and breakfast items with prices per unit or small bundles. The midlisted items include Libbys beans Glazed corn flakes oats oats and various canned milks and oils. The ad emphasizes low prices and urges customers to call phone number 4025 for orders.
A Black Hawk county Republican committee honors the memory of H B Lizer chairman of the Black Hawk county Republican central committee La Porte city with resolutions praising his public service loyalty and sympathy to Mrs Lizer and family. The panel notes his devoted leadership and calls for his contributions to be remembered in county records.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a request that a notice from the Republican central committee of Machawk county be published in the Cedar ah Daily Record and the Waterloo Swuier and a copy sent to Mrs Lizer at La Porte Bitw.
A wartime note from a United States Department of Agriculture markets expert discusses the critical challenge of delivering timely feed to city residents. It frames this logistic issue as part of national participation in Weeding the Nation and introduces the broader problem in wartime terms.
Dewey H Colton, son of Mrs Edith J Knapp, has been accepted for service in the coast artillery and sent to Jefferson Barracks for further assignment after multiple earlier rejections due to physical disability. He enlisted about six weeks ago.
A historical snippet recounts a navy veteran’s repeated rejections in Des Moines and Omaha, then successful enlistment in the coast artillery, followed by government work in West Virginia. It mentions relations to Mary Illanna and Consul General Hanna, plus mining-ward officials, with a later ad about Vinci tonic for a sick child and a local testimonial from Mrs. Wright.
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