First Waterloo boy Elmer Jeppesen returns from Siberia
A Waterloo youth Elmer Jeppesen, 18 when he enlisted in 1918, arrives home from Siberia where he served with the Twenty-seventh Infantry. He praises government care, describes warm barracks, clothing and hardships, and recounts life near Vladivostok with fellow Americans and German prisoners. He recalls meeting a Russian teacher educated in America and teaching English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Jeppesen
Waterloo
Siberia
Elmer
Mr. Jeppesen
Jeppesen
Jefferson Barracks
Orient
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Vladivostok
O Sly
William Cavers
Carey
Pacific Ocean
Secion
Russia
Jeppeseo
Siberian
America
Waterloo Welcomes Real Airplane Arrived by Freight
Waterloo gains its first plane owned by local men, the Curtis type, for Miller-Scales company exhibition and advertising flights this summer. Two more airships are expected, hangar at Byrnes park to be built, boat passengers and ads planned. Lieut. A J Nielsen arrives with a ship, touring Redpath Chautauqua circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Miller-Scaies Company
Curtis
Byrnes Park
Miller- Scales Company
Redpatch Chautauqua
A. J. Nielson
Cornell, Biuffs
Aviation Corps
United States Army
Miller-Scales Company
Hel
Sioux City
Methodist Centenary Fund Surpasses $32 Million in Chicago Areas
The Methodist Centenary drive has raised over 32 million pounds of an 105 million goal. Chicago area reports strong contributions with the northern district totaling 652,997 from 28 churches, the southern district 242,000 from 16 churches, and the western district 499,275 from 231 churches, per national headquarters in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Germany’s Postwar Losses and Territorial Redraft Explained
A National Geographic bulletin outlined the vast postwar territorial changes Germany faces. It compares lost lands to U S regions, notes plebiscites in East Prussia Schleswig and the Saar, lists imperial colonies transfer, and estimates population shifts and industrial losses including coal, zinc, iron and potash, with historical context on Danzig Silesia Alsace Lorraine and Schleswig Holstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Geographic
Society
Germany
United States
Texas
Michigan
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Paso
Alsace-Lorraine
Silesia
Posen
West Prussia
Dansig
Hupen and
Malmedy
Maine
New Hampshire
East Prussia
Schleswig
Saar Valley
Saar
France
Denmark
East Prussian
Poland
Kamerun
Togoland
German Southwest
German East
Africa
Tsingtau
German New Guinea
Jerolines
Marshall Islands
Samoa
Pleasant Island
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Milous
Connecticut
United States of America
New York State
Massachusetts
New
Boston
Alsace
Lorraine
Rhode Island
Europe
Pittsburgh
Saarbrucken
Reas
Italy
Switzerland
Danzig
Hanseatic League
Marienburg
Teutonic Order of Knights
Silesian
Baltic
Bel- Last
Alsace and Lorraine
Burium
Saar Basin
League of Nations
Iles
Baptist Mission War Reconstruction Funds Sought
The American Baptist Foreign Missions society requests 2,475,575 for next year at the Northern Baptist convention opening in Denver. The sum would fund postwar reconstruction in France and Belgium and expand activities curtailed by the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
American Baptist Foreign Missions Society
Northern Baptist Convention
France
Belgium
Gideon Bible fund drive highlighted by Westminster service
Westminster Presbyterian church fundraiser in Iowa raised 117.50 for Gideon Bible distribution. James Gardiner presided, W. S. Bowen moderated, F Willis Jenks opened with prayer, and other Gideons spoke. Donations will fund 214 Bibles for Iowa hotels. Gideons to repeat at Waterloo August convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Gideon Bible Fund
Iowa
Waterloo
James Gardiner
W. 5. Bowen
Cedar Falls
F. Willis Jenks
W. S. Bowen
A. O. Tabor
Bob” Watterson
Leon A. Piggott
Gideon
Raymord Sheplee
Bible Distribution Committee
Virgil Blackledge
Fremont Austin
J. R. Macartney
First Presbyterian Church
Gideons
Gideon Society
Labor Statement From Illinois Central Employees on Open Shop Issue
Federated employees at Illinois Central shops tell the Courier and Reporter they oppose open shop policies. They argue organized labor defended freedom and democracy during the war, oppose city commercial interests undermining labor rights, warn about identifying backers of open shop, and affirm labor's central role in the city’s growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Illinois Central
Courier and Reporter
Waterloo
Employers Union
Laborips
Germany
Whitney Road Paving Project Moves Toward Contracts
Ames Town Highway Commission announced federal aid Whitney road project from Waterloo to Cedar Falls has approval. Specifications will be in Waterloo tomorrow. board meets May 27 to advertise bids and proceed with the $120,000 to $180,000 improvement estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Highway Commission
Ames
J. A. Francis
Whitney Road
Waterloo
Cedar, Falls
Counts Board
Fort
Commercial Club Hosts Soldiers in Manchester Meeting
The Commercial Club of Manchester held its semi monthly meeting as a reception for returning soldiers. Attendance set a record as veterans from the Rainbow division and Yankee division shared experiences. The club voted to support the budget system in government and planned Memorial Day closures and cemetery transportation for veterans.
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Manchester
Commercial Club
Clarence Heyler
Manchester Company of National Guards, Co. 4
168Th Regiment
Camp Dodge
James Wright
Belefourche, & D
Lee Champion
Co. H
Tonru
Rainbow
St. Mihiel
Cyrus Vaintes
GALR
W.bg
Mortuary notices for Lieber Pashby and Bradley
Funeral services are listed for Eliza J. Lieber at 2 p.m. Thursday at home with Dr. Frank Willard Court in charge. Interment in Galva Illinois. Also noted are details of Jane Pashby death at St Francis hospital and Smith Bradley death at 11 a.m. today with services 2 50 p.m. Friday at Westminster Church.
Mrs. Mary Sennett Dies At 83 In Waterloo
Mrs. Mary Sennett died at 4 a.m. today at the home of her daughter Mrs. T. E. McCoy 142 Madison Street Waterloo where she had lived the last two years. Born December 25, 1841 she lived 40 years in Waverly before moving. Surviving M. J. Sennett of Waverly and Mrs. McCoy of Waterloo. Husband Martin Sennett died twenty years ago. Also surviving sister Miss Ellen Casey of Lockport New York. Funeral services will be at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Waterloo at 10:30 Friday morning with burial in St Mary’s Cemetery.
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Jane Pasmpy
St.Francis Hospital
Decedent
England
Iowa
Canada
Thomas Pasty
Waterloo
Pashbys
Mount Vernon
Pashby
Smith Bradley
GC. G. Sweitzer
Third Street West
Sweitzer
William
Bradley Kirmball
Neb
G. A. Bradley
Santa Anna
Cal
A. W. Bradley
Mary Sennett
T. E. McCoy
Madison Street
Waverly
M. J. Sennett
Ellen Casey
Lockport
N.Y
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. . Mary's Cemetery
Miller dies after long illness at Cedar Fells home
L Miller aged 45 died at his mother Mrs Eric Peterson’s home after a long illness. Burial will be at Fredsville beside his wife who passed away two years ago. Time of service not yet determined.
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Cedar Fells
L. H. Miller
Eric Peterson
BP. m
Fredsville
Record Breeding Sows Reach 39 970 000 in United States
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports April 1 figures show 39 970 000 breeding sows on U.S. farms, a new record, with national gains 0.3 percent from last year though states vary. California up to 8 percent, while Iowa Missouri Nebraska Louisiana and Oklahoma show declines. The 1918 rise over 1917 at 9.5 percent, driven by war needs, underscores swine numbers growth in farming history.
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United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
California
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Flowers in Prison to Freedom at Moundsville
J W Beatty aged 65 who spent 19 years in the West Virginia state penitentiary at Moundsville was granted a pardon but chose to remain to tend his flowers at the house, then left when ready. He had been sentenced for murder. Rev A W Harned of Des Moines, president of the Iowa Public Welfare League, visited to discuss opening a home for working girls and met interested locals at Hotel Ellis.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Altho
J. W. Beatty
Beatty
A. W. Harned
Des Moines
Iowa Public Welfare League
Hotel Ellis
Darius Green Vindicated and Aerial Flight Leap
Bronx Site Tribune reviews early aviation milestones from 1829 steam era to modern air travel. It contrasts Stephenson’s Rocket with today’s cross Atlantic concept flights, noting Wright brothers era experiments along Atlantic coast and Newfoundland, canvas bird pilots, and potential profitable air mail routes. The piece honors American pioneers and predicts future intercontinental air service.
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Darius Green
Bronx
George Stephenson
Liverpool
Atlantic
Wright
Newfoundland
New York
Joaz
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Emer Jeppeson
Mother
Methodist
Fila
Metz
Cologne
Mainz
Tablenz
Frankfort
Rbruck
Ilamburg
Stuttgart
Trassburg
Zurich
eBern
Munich
Sweden
Krotese
Czecho
Slovakia
Plabiectes
National Geographic Sociefy
Washingtof
D.C
Krupas
Basen
Rethienem Steel Works
I. C. Employes In Labor
Norkers
Eliza J. Lieber
Elisa J. Lieber
Eleventh Street East
Frank Willard Court
Flist M. E. Church
Galva, IL
Eliza Jane Moorehead
York Springs
Galesburg
William J. Lieber
Galva
Ill
Jane Pashby
Preston
Fairview
L. Miller
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