Homemade Desserts Pour In For Soldiers Feast
Waterloo women respond to a Red Cross appeal by baking pies and cakes for the Rainbow train soldiers. Frank L. King announces ready service at Memorial hall and Pythian temple with 400 meals at the Knights of Pythias venue and others at Memorial hall. The serving plan aims to feed every man, with meals packed for the train if needed.
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Red Cross
Waterloo
Frank L. King
Red Cross Motor Corps
Memorial Hall
Pythian Temple
Chicago Great Western
Oelwein
Mr. King
Memor‘abhall
Grand Army of the Republic
Jegular Knights of Pythias
Carleton Sias
Russell-Lamson
Two Brothers Now Longest Residents of County Among Men
George Philpot. Cedar Falls, a Waterloo visitor today, states that with Judge Charles W. Mullan's passing he and two brothers become the oldest male residents of Black Hawk county. George Philpot Jr. came to Cedar Falls in spring 1850 and brought his family from Ohio that fall. Seven sons were born. four remain, Wm. S. and Shepard and George at the Falls since 1850, with James living at Dike.
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George Philpot
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Courier
Charles W. Mullan
Black Hawk County
George Philpot, Jr
Ohio
Wm. S
Shepard
George
The
Falls
James
Dike
Real Estate Transfers in BlackHawk County Records
Real estate transfers listed include Harry C. Dunlap to Lizzie Ward for a Rainbow's Side Plat in Waterloo. Samuel Smith to Eliz Cole for parcels in Kendall's Fourth Street Add. W H Rum to Vern W Clemens for a lot in Kenwood Park. Investment Corporation to Sumner Real Estate & Loan Co in Rainbow to William Brown in Virden Add Waterloo. with financial amounts noted around 2500 to 3500 dollars.
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BlackHawk County Abstract Co
Harry C. Dunlap
Lizzie Ward
Rainbow
Waterloo
Samuel Smith
Eliz Cole
Kendall
W. H. Rum
Vern W. Clements
Lo 249
Kenwood Park
Eee
Ees Inwa Investment Corporation
Sumner Realstate & Loan Cn
I Rainbow
William Brown
Virden Add
Cedar Falls Greet Four City Soldiers on Train
Cedar Falls plans a civic welcome for four local soldiers from headquarters company visiting Waterloo. Citizens form a committee led by Roger Leavitt W N Hostrep and Leo H Paulger to represent Cedar Falls in county ceremonies. Several hundred residents will travel by car and interurban to participate. The Cedar Falls men on the train include Roger Plummer Max Shaw Tony Jochumsen Jake Gonlsk.
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Cedar Falls
Chicago Great Western Workers Welcome Thirteenth Engineers
About 1,200 Chicago Great Western employees traveled to Chicago to honor Co. C, the Thirteenth engineers, with a royal welcome. Six hundred rode the regular train, others took a special for employees. The trip, funded by the Great Western, recognized over two years of service on the western front. Autoists Pay Fines. Careless drivers facing new administration warnings faced fines in superior court for parking near downtown theatres, $2 each.
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Qelwein
Chicago Great Western
Qcelwein
Chicago
Qelwein Company
Thirteenth Engineers
Windy City
Ihe
Great Western Road
Co. C
The
Road
Atto
Superior Court
Cook
Girl Keeps Promise and Marries Blind Soldier
In Hot Springs Miss Jawell Crawford marries Arki-When Noble L. Queen who was blinded in France. Justice Hardy Hinton officiates as Queen, gassed in service, accepts the wedding vow despite his blindness. The bride expresses deep devotion despite the loss of sight and future implications.
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Hot Springs
Arki
L. Queen
France
Jawell Crawford
Miss Crawford
Eye Vision Refusal Rates Highlight Draft Shortfalls
A wartime note warns that more than eight hundred thousand draftees were rejected for defective vision. It urges parents to seek optometric exams for children, citing early eye care at 604 Sycamore Street with moderate prices.
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J. J. Kurts
Lara
Sycamore Street
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Roger Plummer
Max Shaw
Tony Jochumsen
Jake Gonlsk
the Courier
Rainbow Troops
B. W. Schuneman CO
Rexall
E. Fourth St
W. Fourth St
America
Jep
Hmite
McCarron
Cay of
James McCarron
Earl Moore
North Frederick
Fourth Streets
Moore
Them
L. and J. Bank Building
Waterloo, Iowa
Pershing
Lafayette
Union Mill Co
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