Waterloo council divides over street commissioner issue
A petition signed by 591 residents seeks an official to supervise work in Waterloo west. Mayor Thompson notes only one street commissioner may be needed. Council split on receiving the petition and filing it, with a tie and mixed votes. Manning prepared an ordinance but withdrew it, suggesting potential future action depending on finances and legal limits.
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Waterloo
Burton BE. Wilson
Ineha
Waterloo West
A. O. Manning
R. C. Thompson
Thompson
Mansling
Manning
County to Provide Place for Quarantine and Treatment
Mayor R. Thompson and Health Officer D. C. Huntoon were instructed by the city board of health to confer with the county supervisors on a suitable quarantine and treatment site for venereal disease cages. Regulations from the state board of health were adopted. Cases will be reported by physicians, druggists or informants and taken to hospital until declared eradicated.
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R. ©. Thompson
D. C. Huntoon
City Board of Health
Board of County Supervisors
State Board of Health
Thompson
Leon
Flag ceremony at Alcott School observed by students
Students from the Washington building gathered around a newly raised flag pole at 2 45 pm yesterday. After singing America Boy Scouts raised the flag and each grade recited its pledge. A brief patriotic talk by Supt C W Kine and a program of recitations music and a thrift pledge followed before the Star Spangled Banner concluded the event.
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Alcott School
Washington
America
Supt. C. W. Kine
H. A. Boysen
Board of Education
Soldiers in France Like Eggs and Spuds in Frontline Diet
Theodore Carlton, a front-line soldier in France, reportedly ate ten eggs in one sitting. A letter to his father notes high egg prices at 75 cents a dozen and a strong demand for potatoes among American troops. The account mentions widespread war correspondents noting the troops’ fondness for eggs and fried potatoes as the army provides sufficient food.
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Theodore Carlton
France
E. D. Carlton
Caritona
American Board of Trade
Carleton
Carnival Coming as Park Project Opens Parks to Trade
Waterloo city council repealed an ordinance banning entertainments in parks enabling park commissioners to rent sections of Cedar River park and Chautauqua and athletic field to circuses and carnivals for profit. A carnival company may play two weeks hence, with limits to minimize damage to lawns. An ordinance designating which parks may be used will be considered at the next council meeting, protecting other beauty spots.
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Waterloo
Park Commission
Cedar River Park
Athetic Field
Chautauqua
Athletic Field
Chautauqua Park
Chautauqua Assembly
Bible Institute
Byrnes Park
Potato Based Dishes Promoted During Potato Week
The defense council women's committee concludes a Potato Week campaign in Waterloo, promoting extended potato use in meals. Recipes tested by expert cooks include Potato Bread, potato crusts for pies, and potato mash desserts, with guidance on substitutions and baking methods.
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Women’s Committee of the Defense Council
Waterloo
Department of Agriculture
City weighs refuse plans as garbage collection begins
The city announced it will start collecting all garbage by June 1 at no fixed charge, funded by taxation. Ernest Webberking proposed supplying horses wagons and tanks to haul waste to the city dump and feeding pigs there in pens, seeking a five year permit but offering no full collection plan or guaranteed waste volume. The proposal was referred to the public grounds and health committee.
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National Serum Company of
St. Paul
Ernest Webberking
Webberking
Lawyer Helps to Raise Food Crops in Red River Valley
P. H. Paulsen, a Waterloo attorney, has returned from the Red River valley where he spent weeks helping farm on 2,000 acres. He reports crop conditions are excellent with a tremendous amount of seed wheat.
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P. H. Paulsen
Waterloo
Red River Valley
Mr. Paulsen
Local Bar Debates Free Services and Red Cross Gift
Black Hawk County bar members urged charging a small fee for unsatisfied registrants seeking free services, with fees to be donated to Red Cross war relief. The meeting also discussed testing legal points on Waterloo Municipal Court legality, adopting associate memberships for inactive attorneys, and naming standing committees led by J W Arbuckle. Assistant state voter services appointment noted for W S Jacobs of Nashua.
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Ham
Black Hawk County Rbar Association
Red Cross
Afernoon
Waterloo
Black Ilank
Municipal Court
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
J. W. Arbuckle
Appointment of Nashua territory veterinarian Dr Jacobs
Dr Jacobs, about 45, has been named territorial veterinarian for the Nashua area by Gev Harding. He has trained as a graduate veterinarian and has practiced in Nashua for about a year, continuing his local practice. Paintings and fashions from distant eras hint at evolving tastes.
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Inarian
Nashua
Gev. W. L. Harding
Jacobs
Tofora
Investigators Find Undeveloped Coal Fields Nearby
Investigators recently located undeveloped coal fields in the area near Zarb. Officials described the find as significant for potential resource assessment and future development plans.
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Zarb
LeaTHS Best Way to Wash the Halr We find you can bring out the beauty of your hair to its very best advantage by washing it with Can thrax
An advertisement explains Canthrax as a simple inexpensive shampoo that cleanses hair and scalp of dandruff dirt and excess oil. It claims hair dries quickly evenly and appears bright soft and fluffy with abundant look. A teaspoonful dissolved in hot water makes one cup of shampoo to apply to the scalp.
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Os Ag
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League For National Unity
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William S. Bodine
Chicago
National Conference
Prank J. Sessions
Davanport
Chester Cadwalader
Council
Povato Breads
Lernest
Lawn City
Mother Gray
Aetna Life Insurance Co
United States
DED
Pest
Alfred Longley
J. 5. Tuthill
J. CB. Newman
Grinvanuce
Swisher
Walter P. Jengen
LeClaire Martin
E. H. McCoy
J. C. Murtagh
Diames G. Clark
Walter Kr.ranch
Larry M. Reed
Mer. Jacobs
Vstetmn
Arian
Pr. W. &. Jacobs
Mason City
Marshalltown
Charles City
Iowa
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Dakota
Towa
Burch Bros.co
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Cratan
C.ttin
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