Red Cross Seal Campaign Aims Big Sale Drive
The Red Cross plans a mid November Christmas seal drive to fund tuberculosis work. Iowa leaders urge double or triple previous year sales with a per capita goal of seven, plus a junior school child campaign. Proceeds fund prevention and care as war conditions raise need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross Conference
Des Moines
Waterloo
H. M. Reed
Allen Beck
Marian Chapman
Germany
France
America
Main waterworks extension pushes 1000 feet more today
The waterworks department under superintendent John P. Berry plans about 1000 additional feet of mains before ground freezes. The Sans Souci Gates Street extension is underway with roughly 900 feet to be laid this season, and the program is expected to be fully completed despite snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Berry
Gates Street
Sans Souci
Happy Tribe Pennies Campaign and Local Exhibit
Fifty-five pennies were added to the Million Penny fund today as Harold Risley joined the Go Hawks Happy Tribe. The fund now holds 10,801 pennies while a Wells Fargo banker reports scarce wampum as the campaign intensifies. Historical pictures by Mrs. Ciara Merril Burbank of Detroit will be shown Friday through Sunday at the XY. W. CG. A. with talks in the afternoon and evening, after being exhibited at Ames and Drake University and other venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Risley
Go Hawks
Happy Tribe
Viechest
France
Belgium
XY. W. CG. A
Ciara Merril Burbank
Netroit
Ames
Drake University
Highland Park College
Cedar Falls
Hallowe'en Parties Highlight Local Social Scene
Mrs M J Tritt presided over a Cot erle club meeting with daughters Della and Rita assisting. Over 200 attended a Halloween party hosted by Women of Three Link circle for Odd Fellows and friends at Commercial street hall with games, refreshments, and Halloween decorations. Various clubs held dinners, sewing nights, and masquerades, featuring submarine trip roleplay, piano numbers, and dance displays. Numerous hosts and guests across church and social groups marked the Halloween season with parties, stunts, and charitable fund drives for Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Tritt
Coterle Club
Meecing
Della
Rita
Three Link Circle
Hallowe’en
Commercial Street Hall
Hallowe'en
A. A. Lohner
Young
Go Lightly Club
Sammie Club
H. St. Hunt
Kumchat
Lena Huffman
Young Women's Christian Association
Mmes
J. BE. Brinkman
H. A. van Pelt
Don Cox
Warren Gilbert
T. Hustill
Florence McElhinney
Mary Norther
J. G. Gilley
Germany
J. B. Frank
L. F. Reid
L. E. Dietel
P. H. Townsend
Reid
Mary . Mathews
Misa Ella Gunstead
Paul McGeehee
East High School
Austin Lucas
Eugene Mellireen
June Whitney
Russell James
Richard Diels
Des Moines
R. H. James
Don Frater
Joseph Snively
Hallowey
Graves Memorial Tuckabatchee Officers Elected
Among the churches Graves Memorial Tuckabatchee class met with Mrs. 4 T Whittle and elected Mrs Claude Jenkins president Mrs BD WW Bowea vice president Mrs P N Schreiner secretary treasurer Mrs Mowbray teacher Liberal Christian Ladies Social union was entertained by Mrs BH B Walker and Mrs K Housden in the home of the former Closing Out Sale I Will sell all trimmed hats shapes velvet and trimmings at half price 97 Franklin street fixed for 10 days morning shopping urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian—Ladies’ Social Union
BH. B. Walker
K. Housden
Franklin Street
Wheatless day observed by Waterloo hotels and restaurants
Waterloo hotels and restaurants observed a wheatless day for the first time, with most menus showing no wheat products. Two foreign owned establishments claimed late notice and promised to comply next Wednesday while local leaders threaten publicity and possible government inspectors if noncompliance continues. Levingston plans further inspections of all Waterloo hosts to enforce beefless and wheatless days and report to the state association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Jacob Leyingston
Iowan Hotel & Restaurant Men‘s Xesociation
Lavingston
Levingston
State Association
Police Matron Busy Reports October Work Totals
Matron Myrtle Barr’s October activity includes 38 office calls and 21 out of notice calls, 5 arrests without bonds, 1 juvenile court referral, 2 house investigations, 6 searches for stolen goods, 5 dance hall inspections, and supervision of passenger stations. License listings show Clifford W W Carry and Igerna J Wilhelm of Waterloo, Carl Veith Knapp of Waterloo, and Mabel Isabel Walter of Cedar Falls with small fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Barr
Clifford WW. Carry
Waterloo
Igerna J. Wilhelm
Carl Veith Knapp
Mabel Isabel Walter
Cedar Falls
Grand Jury Indicts and Dismissals Reported
Indictments returned yesterday afternoon by the grand jury include J T McGing with two counts of altering forged instruments John Murray for larceny from a person and Sun Goettel for forgery. Several cases were dismissed with no indictments returned including Curley Shields J McManus Greu Marquis Allen Crawford Souis Hieber Guy Mullin Charles O Stackhouse Milo Brundige Fred Brundize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Herb. Boies
J.T. McGing
John Murray
Sun Goettel
Curley Shields
J. McManus
Greu Marquis
Allen Crawford
Souis Hieber
Guy Mullin
Charles O. Stackhouse
Milo Brundige
Fred Brundize
Penny inflation omen and tax on checks emerge
The article argues pennies gain importance under new government tax rules and highlights a December 1 start for tax on checks and drafts. It explains that checks dated for future payment incur two cents per 100 or fraction thereof, while checks payable on demand remain exempt. Bank notes for circulation stay exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mara
Wise
Wedding Bells Rang Different Times for Couple
Ethel Brown says she married Clive Smith on August 16 1915 in La Hadta Mississippi paying 4 for a license and 4 for the ceremony. Cleve Smith claims a 4 year prior marriage with a 2 fee for the license. their certificate burned in a fire. They were arrested at 2 AM at 607 Villa Street on a complaint that they are not married to each other. The ceremony observer cried in police court and they face trial tonight at 7:30.
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Ethel Brown
Clive Simith
la Hadta
Miss
Justice of the Peace
Missinaippi
Cleve Smith
Cleve
Ethel
Vilea Street
Kate Mol
Jate
Mtchel
Reds and Blues Lead YMCA Membership Campaign Teams
Russell DeGon and L L Landers will captain two divisions of a YMCA membership drive. Seventy high school volunteers form the squads named the Reds and Blues to cover city districts. A banquet at Hotel Russell Lamson marks the start and workers are assigned to districts for a campaign that ends on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
DeGon
L. L. Landers
DeGon and Landers
Blues
Plang
Lamson
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D. B. Phelps Optometrist and Optician
Jefferson ST
Waterloo, Towa
el Newins
Literary Department
Woman's Club
Russell Lamson
F. Robe
Galloway Social Union
Orvil Entee
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Mr. Suively
Edith Neal
Margaret Snively
Marie Whiteman
Ruth Owinga
Sons of Veterans and the Auxiliary
Supiter
First Presbyterian Church
A. C. Ryan
J. B. Shanewise
Inez Uristal
James Bleck
Arthur Macartney
Helen Macartney
Kathryn Graham
Castle Hill
Awald Meiers
Grand
Nest ZY McA
Reds and Blues
Y. M
Daul Davis
Paul Davis Dry Goods
E. Ee Ae
Lux
Wallace L. Wilkie
Cumberland Hill
R. i
Little Sister
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Mass
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