Labor endorses school merger in Waterloo resolution
Waterloo Central Labor union endorses unification of two school districts to reduce division and improve efficiency. A five member committee is to study legal steps and cooperate with city groups, with plans to publish results and brief newspapers. The meeting drew 100 delegates, and Mooney related anti governessStruck section noted non support for sympathetic strike.
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Waterloo
Central Auabor Union
Mooney
Labor Jeader
California
Central Organization
Waterloo Central Labor Union
Legislative Committee
Waterloo Central Labor Unio
Tng
Watering Central Labor Union
Waterloo Central Tabor Union
Grom
Waterloo Centr Labor Union
Leon Link
International Workers’ Defense League
Central Labor Union expands with regional locals
Delegates report approval of measures to pursue new legislation in California for retrials of similar cases. The Central Labor Union welcomes 20 locals including Maintenance of Way workers and Amalgamated Most Cutters and Butcher Workmen, boosting membership with nine reorganized locals since 1916. A benefit fair in the Armory supports the building fund, with ticket sales to delegates and public. George W. Wood urged community spirit through the Drama Beazuar initiative.
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California
Washington, D. C
Magney
Fair
Temple Pouidh
Central Labor Union
Fta
Building Fund
Central Organization
Most Cutters and
Central Union
George W. Wood
Waterloo YWCA Workers to Attend Cedar Rapids Conference
Waterloo YWCA staff volunteers board and committee members will travel to Cedar Rapids for a three day north central field conference. Lena Phillips and Harry B Ward are the star speakers with three lectures on reconstruction. A special meeting on industrial workers and a session for secretaries and workers follow the main event. Anne Miriam Johnson will speak on recreational and physical education work.
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Waterloo Y. W. G. A
Cedar Rapids
North Central
Lena Phillips
National Board
Harry 8. Ward
Union Theologics School
Minnie Smith
Waterino Association
Anne Miriam Johnson
New Bath Mats Arrive for Third Floor Displays
New bath mats have arrived in an assortment of colors and sizes. Dainty colorings offered to match a variety of rooms. Shoppers can find them on the store's third floor.
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Waterloo
Luxemburga: a tiny duchy trapped between armies
A 1919 feature outlines Luxembourg under German invasion, the abdication pressure on Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide, and the duchy’s stand for neutrality. It notes a largely Teutonic populace, French court language, wartime occupation, a planned royal marriage cancellation, and Luxembourg’s postwar indemnity hopes.
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Belgium
Germany
France
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Marie Adelaide
Wilhem
Netherlands
Burgundy
London
William Id of
Holland
Adolf of Masson
Emburgers
Chamber of Deputies
Charlotte
Altho
Luxemburg
Lieut Becker Calm in Face of Death at Chateau Thierry
Lieut Fred Becker of Waterloo was killed by a shell fragment on the Chateau Thierry Soissons road while leading his platoon. Captain W M Mathews reports the death and posthumous D S C award. His mother Mrs J B Becker was informed in a letter delayed by unit movement. The captain says Becker died bravely and may rest in Vierzy or Verte Fieulle cemetery. He died in the liberation battle that began at 4 35 a m on July date not specified.
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Fred Becker
Waterloo
Chateau’ Thierry-Soissons
Birs
J. B. Becker
W. M. Mathews
Becker
Vierzy
Verte Fieulle
Beth
Mathews Fella
Battle of Liberation
Births Reported for Phillips Webber and Jarsen Families
Birth notices record a daughter Magdalen Catherine to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Phillips of Yoyrer township on March 4. A daughter Alice May to Mr. and Mrs. Edward John Webber of Cedar Falls on March 1. A son Harold K to Mr. and Mrs. Marinus Jarsen of Tincely township on February 27.
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John F. Phillips
Yoyrer Township
Magdalen Catherine
Edward John Webber
Cedar Falls
Alice May
Marinus Jarsen
Tincely Township
Harold K
Timely warning against traveling photo agents
Do not hand over old pictures to traveling agents even if they claim a Waterloo studio. Old photos fade, but renewal services offer copies, color restoration, and modern finishes on carbon paper. They provide enlargements, watercolors, oils, or van Dyke sepia, with guaranteed satisfaction and a mail catalogue on request.
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Waterloo
Iowa
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Temple Fate
S. B. Horsley
Bexder
Phelps
Jefferson
Imany Y. W. G. A
Leple
Cerlerl
the International Syndicate
Ducchess
Port Adolf
Lux
East Fourth Street
America
Lieut. Becker
Spurr
E. Willard Spurr
Federation
American Eee
Washington, D.C
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