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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1917

Page

7

Alleged Slackers Taken In Custody

Unpatriotic statement charged against Montana boy leads to arrest of Oral H. Nance of Montana on a train in Illinois. Nance cannot produce a registration card, says he lost it, case referred to U S commissioner J B Dempster for investigation. Nance denies charges.

Illinois Central Oral H. Nance Montana Nance J. B. Dempster United States Louis Burk Sherif George Stokes Shirley Stokes

Will Probe Iowa Coal Situation

Des Moines on November 3 a committee of 15 mayors urged Gov. W L Harding to hold a public hearing in Des Moines at month’s end. Clifford Thorne of Chicago to seek a solution to Iowa coal troubles, with Gov. Harding agreeing to the hearing and a three member special committee named John MacVicar chair N S Snyder and R McNutt to gather information.

Des Moines Iowa W. L. Harding Statehouse League of Municipalities of Iowa League Clifford Thorne Chicago Harding John MacVicar B. Snyder

Fixes Fair Price on Graham Flour

Chicago November 2 Food Administration Wheeler added hominy and graham flour to the fair price list. Wheeler aims to set values for 20 licensed products to guide prices in large cities. He cut ges by half a cent per dozen and raised cornmeal a quarter of a cent per pound. Hominy priced at ten cents per pound, cash customers get the lower rate. Graham flour in five pound bags listed at 30 to 35 cents.

Chicago Food Administration Wheeler Graham

Bavarian Arms Factories Bombed

British airmen bombed German munition factories in Bavaria including Kaiserlauten near Mannheim, with two groups of six aircraft. Several thousand machine gun rounds fired at troops near Loos and eight tons of bombs dropped around Roulers Courtrai Gontrode and Thourout amid cloudy weather.

London Bavaria Flanders Germany Kaiserlauten Mannheim Loos Roulers Courtral Gontrode Thourout

German divisions facing the Russian army

Washington reports that 147 enemy divisions including German Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian forces still confront the Russian army on the Russian front. The breakdown shows 86 German infantry and 10 German cavalry divisions, 3 Austrian infantry and 11 Austrian cavalry divisions, plus seven Turkish and Bulgarian infantry divisions.

Washington, D. C

Pershing's Portrait Wins Girl His Compliments

Paris on November 2 a full length portrait of General Pershing by Michel ine Resco is shown at a contemporary artists exhibition opened today. Albert Dali mier under secretary of the ministry of fine arts toured the gallery with General Pershing and several American artists. Pershing complimented Resco saying the only criticism was that the picture was too flattering.

Paris General Pershing Micheline Resco Albert Dalimier Ministry of Fine Arts Resco

City in Brief Items From Waterloo and Nearby

Local notes report visits and departures among Waterloo residents and visitors to Independence Winner Des Moines Cedar Falls and Dubuque. Items include marriages licenses, military service notes, hospital updates, travel plans to Los Angeles and Colorado, and a liberty loan subscription figure.

J. EB. Sedgwick EB. L. Johnson Dubuque B. F. Blocklinger M. Ray Farnklin Street St. Francis Hospital Helen Whitmore Lews State Teachers’ College Cedar Falls Minnie Pratt Vera Los Angeles Cal Colorado Springs Colo Adam P. Leighton Portland Waterloo B. Leighton Hig

Temperatures Through the Years in Nov One Entry

A compact note presents historical temperature ranges for November across multiple years from 1811 to 1916. It lists readings such as 28 to 34, 18 to 36, 24 to 50, and climbs to 37 to 66 degrees, with a Midnight 32 and Noon reading, mentioning sources like Buchanan Gotfcat Ca.

Buchanan Gotfcat

Liquor Returned in Local Justice Court Verdict

A jury in the court of F. F. Knapp, justice of the peace, returned a verdict at noon today restoring to Hansen & Hansen, druggists, a quantity of liquor taken from their place of business by state agents recently.

F. F. Knapp

Remarkable Lemon Lotion For Skin Beauty

A home recipe blends juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield about a quarter pint of a lemon skin lotion. Strain through fine cloth to remove pulp and store for months. Use daily on face neck arms and hands to whiten soften and improve skin tone, with druggist selling orchard white and grocers supplying lemons.

September Report of Iowa Cow Testing Associations

The September report shows 6959 cows tested, 115 sold, 63 purchased, and seven pureblood sires bought. Production notes include 75 cows yielding 40 pounds fat and seven cows at 60 pounds. The meal prices and feed trends are discussed, with dairy cattle market sentiment cautious and a proposed fall sale depending on surplus stock.

Iowa Pionser A. Christiansen Davenport Arnold H. Bee Mitchell County Elner Anderson Grinnell Oliver Girkin Klemme J. F. Huebsch Cerro Gordo Progressive L. L Lundell Brooklyn Ernest Linn ATA Wallingford Frank Martzahn Cedar Valley F. N. George West Branch Wiley Whitehert Springville Bruce Graham Cedar Rapids N. W. Overly Upper Iawa Alfred Jensen Fredericksburg William Lary Edgar i Cnodle Benson Niels Nielsen Wredigville John Jensen Oyne Marshall County Harry Hyde Kossuth County F. M. Mortensen Centar Junction M. L. Taber Independence Homer Wright Clay County Russell Hampton RTA Ringsted George A. Speer Charles City Lea Heinecke Marion Alfred Coppock Clinton County M. J Agricultural Department of the College At Ames Towa Extension Department The State College

Republicans Seek Successor to Congressman Sweet

Republicans of the Third congressional district meet in Independence seeking a candidate to oppose Burton E. Sweet if he runs in the primaries next spring. Several Waterloo attendees discuss Mayor W. R. Lawsy as a possible candidate and he has been invited.

Burton E. Sweet Independence Waterloo W. R. Lawsy

Temple Hebakan Meeting and Waterloo Masonic Work

Temple Hebakan meeting announced for 7 30 p m at C O F hall today. A called communication of Waterloo lodge No 105 A F and A M at Masonic temple Saturday evening for third degree work. All old soldiers urged to meet at Memo

Funeral notice for Comrade Decker scheduled Sunday

A funeral service will be held Sunday beginning at 12:30 p.m. with attendees gathering in a body. Services follow at Kistner's chapel at 1:30 p.m. and at First M. E. Church at 2 p.m., announced by post adjutant B. Leighton.

Orial Decker Kistner's M. E B. Leighton

Mage A Loyal Prussian Says Walter Damrosch

Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, called it unjust to expect Dr. Searl Muck to lead the Boston Symphony in playing The Star Spangled Banner. He praised Muck as a loyal citizen of Prussia.

New York Walter Damrosch New York Symphony Orchestra Searl Muck Boston Symphony Muck Prussia

von Hertling accepts German chancellorship

Amsterdam reports Count von Hertling telegraphed King Ludwig of Bavaria that he has accepted the German chancellorship, signaling a transition in Berlin.

Amsterdam Berlin Count von Hertling Ludwig of Bavaria

150 New Officers Furloughs Go to Florida Camp Dodge

Camp Dodge reports one hundred fifty second lieutenants of the quartermaster corps at the cantonment have been furloughed to Florida. The wartime movement indicates a reassignment driven by training and supply duties as military needs shift across theaters.

GO LO Florida Camp Dodge Quartermaster Corps

Training Camp Graduates Report to Black Point Station

Furloughs conclude with soldiers to report to the government training station at Black Point Ma for continuance of training. Virtually all officers are graduates of the officers' training camp at Fort Snelling Minn.

Black Point Fort Suelllog Minn

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