Call for Gervige Urges Home Duty and Fund Support
Waterloo citizens are urged to stay at home at 6 30 p m today while a service league commander asks everyone to sign a card and give to the fund for recreation Meanwhile the drive seeks oversubscription to support wartime and postwar leisure facilities as soldiers are released and need for recreation grows The appeal emphasizes three duties memory of the recreation fund first then the largest subscription and delivering it to the sergeant when called
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Waterloo
Urgeig
Mull, Bowman
Waterloo Service League
Recreation Fund
Red Cross Faces Vast Task in War Relief Effort
In Iowa, Red Cross officials M. B. McMullen and Albertus Perry travel to reorganize relief work. They stress that famine, disease, and poverty threaten millions in war torn nations and allied states, requiring centralized county chapters to expand operations. State Director A. E. Ripford calls it a Herculean yet opportunity filled task to win loyalty and goodwill abroad.
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Red Cross
M. 8. McMullen
Albertus Perry
Central Division
Chicago
Germany
Ers
A. E. Ripford
Vich
America
Iowa
McMullen
Perry
Fussing or Art for Students at Iowa City Campus
Iowa City, Iowa November 11 Fussing, once courting, sparking, or dating, is fading as war tightens campus life. S.A.T.C. men face 7:25 muster, two hours of study with library silence, leaving little time for socializing or dates. Those hours are filled with K P and M P duties, professors watchful, grades rising as discipline grows, yet fussing is missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Kaiser
French prefer chewing gum to baseball in France
Ford M. Jack and Johnny Byers recounted their visit to France where American troops observed a strong gum demand. He noted soldiers faced water shortages and gum was scarce, with Adams' gum stocked in M C A huts and eagerly shared with French children and soldiers alike.
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Ford M. Jack
Johnny Byers
America
France
Adams
Sweetsack
Ica
Los ‘Angeles
Black Hawk County Honors 50 Fallen Soldiers in War Memorial
Black Hawk County lists fifty men from Waterloo Cedar Falls and surrounding towns who died of wounds or disease while serving in the army or navy during World War I. The roster names rank, hometown, and service branch for each fallen hero.
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Blac Hawk County
United States
Black Hawk County
Clifford Dye
Waterloo
David Fox
Leslie J. Bruce
Weterlan
Carl W. Chapman
Wesley 0
Wagonst
Harold Minkxel
Ceder Palle
Navy
Harry Stanopolus
Cedar Friis
Ira Harker
Cedar Polls
Leo Nugent
Washburn
Clarence Behee
Fred Becker
John W. J. Parris
Adolph Fortsch
Corp
Cat J. Lechner
Cedar Falls
C. Riller
Barry Marson
Warold Faveril
Eben Smith
Gordon Vaughan
Earl G. King
Cedar Meights
Howard Graham
Elis Z. Weffman
Senakt Maneen
Cedar Pals
Hak B. Tones
Andrew Hansen
Cedar Palls
Tommy Larsen
Charles H. Barnes
Eugene H. Clark
Lions BH. Heinz
Reuben Jensen
Peter Wress
Dunkerton
Lynn F. Miller
WicNulty
Kenneth L. Mueller
Philp Muuelier
Hudson
Walter Newell
Union Township
Waldemar Rasmussen
Smith
Alvin Stenbel
Peter Vossna
A. B. Weitnauer
Kay Bebee
Nicholas Rieder
Gilbarty Hile
Samuel Falmers
Life
Leckington
Waterlo
William Coulstock
Christian L. Nissen
George J. Wieben
Leo BP
Kamp
Weshburn Prank Hawke
Waterlos
War Service Corps to Raise Cedar Falls War Fund Tonight
Cedar Falls reports War Service corps will lead a drive for the city share of the United War Work Fund with a five percent levy on the fourth Liberty Loan. Local sergeants note residents are surprised yet willing to sign for quotas.
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Cedar Falls
War Service Corps
United War Work Fund
Robert Kuehne
Howard Kuehne
Emelia Jochumsen
Washington, D. C
Bazaar Offers Beautiful Gifts for Christmas Season
Turquoise baubles and toys will be offered at a bazar during the second week of December. Proceeds aid local needs while many items may travel to American trenches in France to cheer lonely doughboys and bring joy to service members.
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France
Dunkelberg Lumber & Coal Co Advertisement
Local lumber and coal firm Dunkelberg Lumber & Coal Co promotes its services in Central Clinois and Northern Clinois areas with contact telephone listings for orders.
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Old Ben Franklin
Dunkelberg Lumber & Coal Co
Franklin
Wiineis
Northern
Ilinois
Why Hair Falls Out Dandruff Solution Adverts
A vintage ad explains dandruff irritates the scalp and causes hair loss. It promotes Danderine available in two small bottles for a few cents and instructs to rub into the scalp, claiming dandruff disappears after several applications and hair stops shedding.
California Syrup of Figs advertisement claims cure for children
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to cleanse a child’s stomach liver and bowels. It describes symptoms of distress and promises quick relief, claiming the laxative is harmless flavorful and effective for babies and kids. It urges purchase of a genuine 50 cent bottle from California Fig Syrup Company dressists.
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California
Oinen Lock
California Fic Syrup Company
Waterloo Names J P Eves Milk Inspector
I P Eves, previously assistant to E Estes, secretary of the Iowa State Dairy Association and Poweshiek county agent, is named milk inspector for Waterloo. He will relocate soon to assume duties, bringing wide dairy experience from the state college at Ames and the Dairy Cattle Congress. The city and state bodies will fund his salary.
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I. P. Eves
E. §. Estes
Iowa State Dairy Association
Poweshiek County
Weaterioo
Eves
State College At
Ames
Estes
State Dairy Association
State Food Commission
Ives
War House Plan and Milk Inspection Stated
Mr. Eves to devote his time to milk inspection in Waterloo with the sanitary department under a separate official. Washington predicts about 75 vacant homes to be requisitioned for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eves
Waterloo
Sanitary Department
Washington
Universal registration plan faces cultural clash in Russia
The passage discusses a plan of universal registration among Russians and contrasts it with tea drinking habits of natives and young women at Vassar. It mentions warfare over tea ware and assigns recuperative work to influenza, praising Bee Malted Milk as digestible. It notes only 73 of 3,000 letters in the UK come from abroad.
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Russia
United Kingdom
Famo Promises Cure for Seborrhea Hair Loss
Advertisement touts FAMO as a remedy for seborrhea, claiming it stops dandruff, itching, and seborrheic secretion. It pledges hair regrowth if roots remain alive, notes two bottle sizes, and credits Detroit laboratories with development.
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America
Pharmaceuticzl Laboratories
Detroit
Yanae
Aebo
Mid
Faroco Detroit
Mick
Wenderson Drug Co
Hansen & Hansen
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Paul Revere Neps
Wang & Miller's
Wm. Farnum
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Riders OF the
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Camp Kearney
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