Exemption Board Works On Draft Data In Waterloo
Local exemption board examined ten registrants including Harry Nissen Elliman Beem Arthur Brown Horace Elis Louis Zubak Jack Bassarear John Binder William Co Leonard Burton Ewing and Henry Trainor bringing total to 214. Goal to create margin for safety for 165 per cent calls within weeks as Edith Harris clerk and Vera Rock Salome McElhinney Alice Brown assist. district board in northern Iowa met to clear backlogs and address hanging cage issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nissen
Elliman H. Beem
Arthur Brown
Horace B. Eliis
Louis Zubak
Jack N. Bassarear
John Binder
William Co. Leonard
Burton Ewing
Henry Lee Trainor
Waterloo
Edith Harris
Vera Rock
Salome McElhinney
Alice Brown
United States
War Department
Congress
Iowa
Patriotic Thrill Opens Met Opera With Flag and Anthem
New York November 13 Met Opera opened with a surprise patriotic moment. Caruso led five star soloists Pasquale Amato Claudia Muzio Margarita Matzenauer Basil Ruysdael as Ruysdael unfurled an American flag. The orchestra under Roberto Moranzoni played the Star Spangled Banner in English for the first time on stage. The audience erupted in thunderous, prolonged applause and cheers throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Opera
Enrico Caruso
Pasquale Amato
Claudia Muzio
Margareta Matzenauer
Metropolitan
Hoover Appeals to Railway Employes
Hoover calls railway workers to act as a patriotic duty to protect food freight in transit. He urges station, yard, and train staff to ensure refrigeration, ventilation, weather protection, and careful loading and handling to reduce losses. The appeal ends with a slogan, efficient maximum service, and a warning that the nation counts on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Finland Near Civil War After Diet Repeal Vote
Helsingfors reports a Nov 13 diet vote 100 to 81 to null the recent selection of three state directors for Finland. The repeal, urged by telegrams and provincial resolutions from industrial centers, declares the country on the verge of civil war and blocks push for an oligarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfors
Finland
Physician Praises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
Waterloo readers hear a physician report his wife recovered from chronic stomach trouble after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy last Saturday. He claims twenty years in practice and endorsements to others, describing it as a safe preparation removing catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation. Local merchants Wangler Bros Sievers Drug Co Hansen and Hansen are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Mayr
H Ave
Wangler Bros
Sievers Rug Co
Hansen & Hansen
A Visit to Your Boy at Camp Let Me Paint Cantonment Life
A reporter recalls Cantonment town during a wartime buildup revealing 40 000 soldiers and a vast Y M C A network. He notes the bustle of barracks and new streets, the mission of keeping homesick troops connected, and the resilience of officers and volunteers in providing comfort, letters, phones, and spiritual counsel through huts auditoriums and concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clites
Lesa Jo
Jin
Soldiers’ Club
Jevellla
Y. M. GC
Then. M. C. AL
France
Vernon Stiles
The Y M C A and the Army Soldier’s Faithful Aid
Grim facts among 40 000 soldiers reveal that the Y M C A acts as the moral and spiritual lifeline. Tragic episodes of war brides and deserting husbands show the organization counsels, unites, and steadies, with the man in barracks open to doubt. It is a costly, essential service kept free by public gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A
Yo M. C. A
Jarbagh Saving at Army Cantonment
Practical demonstration by the war department shows how garbage from 13 cantonments can be used in gar sage at army training camps. The notice highlights management of waste and its potential value in cantonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarbagh
War Department
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted As Internal Remedy
An advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to mucous surfaces, with tonics and blood purifiers from a Toledo company. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and testimonials offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
BP. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
K. Halls
Gets It Corn Remedy Promoted for Picnics and Shoes
An advertising blurb touts Gets It as a cure for corns and calluses. It claims universal use, safety, and high success, urging buyers to skip substitutes and purchase for 25 cents. BH Lawrence & Co. of Chicago ships direct, with Waterloo and various drug firms endorsing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Waterloo
Wangler Bros
H. W. Taggart
C. J. Miller
Hansen & Hansen
B. W. Schuneman & Co
Horns Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Sievers Drug Co
Garbage-fed pork plan to supply swine feed
Government aims to sell to two contractors for feeding swine, yielding 446,394 dollars annually. Garbage waste from 10 to 16 soldiers would feed one hog, adding about one pound of weight daily. From 13 cantonments, 18,300,000 pounds of pork yearly are projected, with grease extraction and manure revenue offsetting costs.
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Hoover
Laad
National Army
Lttle Junction
Lttle
England
Egypt
Oliva-Drab
America
Europe
D. A Tiffany
Free
AW. Burch
Vler Provident
Dinecroms
Manor Tuos
M. Bocuaxan
Dave Alj. Owaape
WM. Gartoway Raat W
Ranteretan
J. Howant
Wor
Wee
Joonasank Lapomis
Lele
WaterRtop Morris Plan Company Syndicate
Bridge Street
Capital
Nme
Corte
THE
WI Too Morris Plan CO. al
Morris
Waterloo Morris Plan Company
Waterloo, Iowa
Bickenbach
H. H. Bickenbach & CO
East Fourth Street
Waterloo, TA
Rogers Bros
Rocks Bros
International Silver Company Meriden, Conn
Woare Ewelers
Opticians
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