Waterloo teachers seek 70 dollar monthly bonus to square expenses
A petition from 26 of 120 Waterloo public school teachers asks the board of education for a monthly bonus of 70 dollars to offset rising costs. The petition includes an $979 annual personal expense list covering clothing, laundry, bonds, and wartime relief items, noting most teachers are in debt with little for vacations or savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Arpuckle
Board of Education
Public Schools East
Waterloo
Aonus
Seaplane Scouts May Guide Gloucester Fishermen
Gloucester proposes seaplanes to spot mackerel schools for the fishing fleet. An experienced seiner would ride a plane to identify fish and guide net casting. The idea, backed by Hugh M. Smith and endorsed by the Gloucester board, could see one or two planes used as scouts before the fleet heads south next month.
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Associated Press
Gloucester
Mass
Maren
Old
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Gloucester Board of Trade
Hugh M. Smith
Cape Hatteras
584 Yanks on Ship From Brest Include Casuals and Nurses
The Mount Vernon arrived in New York from Brest with 85 officers and 2,674 troops of the 27th division, plus 5,784 total aboard including casuals and nine nurses. Casual companies listed by state include West Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, South Dakota, and Maryland. Brig. Gen. survey served as casual aboard to assess nurse locations for potential future government needs in calamities or epidemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prona
New York
New York State National
Three Green Boys Return From Army Duty
The three Green brothers of 20 Randolph Street have returned from service. Lieut. C. P. Green, formerly a Citizens Gas & Electric salesman, came home from Camp Meade and plans to resume his job after recovering from a cold. Gaylen Green, overseas and severely wounded, was discharged at Fort Des Moines and must travel to LaCrosse for further treatment. Arlo Green was mustered out at Long Island but remained in the United States due to the armistice.
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Green
J.B. Green
Randolph Street
C. P. Green
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Camp Meade
Jacksonville
Fla
Gaylen Green
Fort Des Moines
LaCrosse
Wis
Arlo
Long Island
Red Cross nurse files discharge papers first in county record
Miss Dora L. Burr, Terre Haute nurse and first Red Cross officer to file discharge papers, enlisted in war service at Algonac Michigan and served in Camps Beauregard Louisiana from December 1917 to December 30 1918. Her home is in Terre Haute where her mother lives. The papers detail her service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora L. Burr
New County
Red Cross
Tha County Recorder
Burr
Algonac
Mich
Camps Beauregard
Terre Haute
Ind
Oasis in Minnesota Reopens as Dry Zone Order Is Lifted
Duluth Minnesota March 1 open Oasis liquor house across from New Duluth reopened after dry zone order was rescinded. Eighteen visitors to the village were arrested when they entered Minnesota last night.
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Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
New Duluth
Minnesotal
Best Cough Remedy Endorsement by Kentucky Druggist
A Cubrun Kentucky druggist, J. B. Jones, praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after seven years of use in his family and notes that customers speak highly of it, concluding it is the best cough medicine he has ever known.
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J. B. Jones
Cubrun
Steamship Adriatic Arrives with 209 Passengers from Liverpool
The Adriatic docked today bringing 209 steerage passengers from Liverpool. Most are Americans discharged from the Canadian expeditionary forces. A significant number are Black sailors who had enlisted in the Canadian army before the U S entered the war.
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Liverpool
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
United States
Go Get Em Applies To Nurses Who Complete Questionnaires
Washington Red Cross says nursing survey must close by March 15. Miss Minnie Harrison will aid nurses at her office tomorrow from 9 to 11 30 a m and 1 30 to 5 p m to help fill out questionnaires. Those unable to attend should telephone to arrange evening help. others may have staff visit. By March 7 twenty one thousand nurses had sent in forms. central division likely has at least twenty five thousand nurses.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
Harrison
Central Division
Chicago
Salinos laxative promise from drugstore pitch
A drugstore sales pitch extols Salinos as a thorough laxative combining Glaubers, Epsom and Rochelle salts. It claims rapid bowel emptying, pleasant taste, and safety backed by 25 000 doctors nationwide, urging readers to buy for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaubers
Epsom
Rochelle
Woman Says Food Shortage Won't Worry Her
A woman notes six months of toast and water and a year of poor eating, claiming Mayr's Wonderful Remedy restored her after stomach trouble and bloating. The ad touts a simple prep that clears catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis, with a one dose money back guarantee. Wangler Bros., Hansen & Hansen and druggists promote it.
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Mayr
Wangler Bros
Hansen & Hansen
Births Reported In Various Townships And Town
Birth notices list several first births across Barclay Shell Rock Waterloo Hawk Lester and Lester townships from March 2 to March 7. Families named Stover Wilson Nielson Sudmeier Meindera Close Canfield report sons and a daughter Betty Gene is noted as a firstborn in most cases. The statement adds that all but one child is reported as first born.
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Newell D. Stover
Barclay Township
Junior Malvin
Harry Eugene Wilson
Shell Rock
Eugene Lawrence
Jens Henry Nielson
Waterloo
Gladys Olly
Leo William Sud
Meier
Wast
Leo William
Albert Meindera
Iat Hawk Township
Willan Frederick Close
Walls Avenue
Willam Frederick
den Cile Canfield
Lester Township
Betty Gene
Soldiers urged to maintain government insurance
Miss Marion Chapman of the Red Cross Home Service says all soldiers sailors and marines should keep up government life insurance as new forms and conversion details are prepared and will be sent. They are advised to review policies and rates carefully and convert only after evaluating definite facts.
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Marion Chapman
Home Service Department of the Red Cross
Old Man's Heart Failure Amid Band's Expressed Grief
Police found an elderly man suffering heart failure as band members mourned in their native rite. The man survived the attack and his family’s distress eased afterward.
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Eypay
Father John's Medicine Promises Safe Cold Relief
An advertisement for Father John’s Medicine claims relief from dangerous colds and throat troubles without alcohol or nerve-destroying drugs. It warns neglecting colds can lead to pneumonia and emphasizes prompt relief and safety for the body.
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Father John
Sulpheric Tablets Promise Blood Purification and Health
An advertisement touts sulfur cream of tartar and calcium sulfide tablets as a monthly cleanse to purge poisons from the blood. It claims relief from headaches catarrh neuralgia rheumatic pain and skin blemishes with rapid elimination via eliminative organs. Adults and children urged to buy at 60 cents per sealed tube.
Gypsy Family Grief Sparks Police Call on Fourth Street
Police were summoned to the quarters of a traveling family on Fourth Street West last evening after cries and wailings from the rooms led passersby to fear someone was being harmed. An advertisement for Phelps' Glasses at 518 Jefferson appeared in the listing.
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Fourth Street West
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