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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
3
Waterloo residents are urged to stay at home at 6:30 p m as a service call. Mr L I Bowman commander of the Waterloo service league asks all to sign a card and hand it to the black sergeant when he calls. The seven fold recreation fund needs larger support now with peace in sight and fewer fighting demands.
Red Cross leaders M. McMullen and Albertus Perry report in Iowa that relief work must expand to aid millions in war ravaged nations and allies. They stress a centralized approach merging Iowa counties into one chapter to improve efficiency and broaden support for relief programs.
University of Iowa students, now under strict wartime study schedules, have reduced social fussing and campus dating. Soldiers in A T C shift to two hours of study nightly with little social time, leaving scarce opportunities to meet girls. Despite higher grades and better prep, the campus misses casual courtship and dating.
Black Hawk County lists 59 fallen service members from Waterloo Cedar Falls and surrounding towns who died of wounds or disease while serving in the army or navy during the United States participation in the war. The roll includes Pvt Clifford Dye Sergt David Fox Pvt Leslie J Bruce Xient Carl W Chapman and many others with homes listed in Waterloo Cedar Falls Watertown Washburn and surrounding communities.
Cedar Falls War Service corps launches a drive to raise the city share of the United War Work Fund with a general levy of five percent of the fourth Liberty Loan. Sergeants report residents surprised by the levy yet willing to sign quotas. Local deaths include Morgan Baumgardner 78, paralyzed at 424 West Fourth Street. he was Civil War veteran. St Luke's Episcopal church rededication set for November 17. Emelia Jochumsen leaves for Washington for a government post.
Local lumber dealer listing services and telephone contact for Franklin Central Illinois and Northern Illinois areas. Includes company name Dunkelberg Lumber Conk Co and general advertisement wording.
A vintage advertisement explains dandruff inflames the scalp and loosens hair, causing shedding. It promotes Danderine as a cheap cure to stop hair loss and rid the scalp of dandruff after several applications.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser for children. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful to relieve constipation, notes that a well and playful child follows, and highlights the product’s safety and easy directions.
Ford M. Jack and Tolmoy Evers toured 600 French quartering sites and found soldiers craving chewing gum over water. They noted Y M C A cartons of Adams’ gum emptied quickly and French children’s demand for play spaces and sweets, while Jock wore a YMCA uniform and claimed to have been a school principal in Los Angeles.
A Christmas bazar will be held in the second week of December to offer beautiful items for sale. Proceeds benefit soldiers in American trenches in France and will bring joy to many lonely doughboys.
J P Eves former assistant to EH Estes and now Poweshiek county agent has been appointed Waterloo milk inspector. He brings wide dairying experience from Iowa State College Ames and the Dairy Cattle Congress. Salary will be paid by the city State Dairy Association and state food commission.
The plan outlines how a high class man could be secured with Mr Eves inspecting milk in Waterloo and the sanitary department under another official. Washington expects 75 vacant homes to be taken over for war purpose.
An advertisement touts FAMO as a remedy for seborrhea and dandruff claiming it stops itching, nourishes the scalp, and stimulates new hair growth. It notes two bottle sizes, a money back guarantee, and lists Detroit makers and local distributors.
Fragmentary note mentions Russia natives drinking in tea customs and a reference to Vassar impersonally. It references universal registration and foreign college influence, with an odd remark about warfare and individual student choices.
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