Prominent Waterloo Men Offer for Y M C A Service to France
Delegates from eight northeastern Iowa counties met to organize more high class men for overseas work with the Y M C A. Fred S Pettit and W Atkinson join as volunteers for France while discussions also touch Russia and Bolshevik era needs. State chairman E E Walcott urged sending business and professional men to aid soldiers and prevent moral temptations. applications to go soon.
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Waterloo
Fred.s. Pettit
Atkinson
House
France
Iowa
EEC
Walcott
Des Moines
Russia
A.m.c. A
Overstocked Black Velvet sale at 95 Yrankuin Street
An advertisement proclaims a closing out sale on Black Velvet fabric at less than wholesale price. The note specifies the location as 95 Yrankuin Street and markets deep discounts to clear stock.
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Yrankuin Street
Franklin Street
Phore
Red
Brig Gen MacArthur Taken Prisoner by Own Men
In France near Sedan and Autrecourt on Friday American forces, as the 2nd brigade of the 42nd division pressed ahead, Gen. Douglass MacArthur was captured by members of the 1st division who mistook him for an enemy. He was quickly released and resumed leading the advance, with both divisions soon securing their day’s objectives despite the scare.
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France
Douglass MacArthur
Sedan
Autrecourt
MacArthur
Upper Sandusky Blaze Hits Business District
A $260000 blaze destroyed Upper Sandusky’s business heart, wiping out twelve mercantile houses and facilities including the Fet ter three story hotel and opera house. Ten people were trapped by a falling brick wall. Edward Hart and Edward Orians are fatally injured likely, while A L Whitney and Bernard Walter suffer serious injuries but are expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Upper Sandusky
Fetter
Osborn Lodging House
Opera House
Edward Hart
Edward Orians
A. B. Whitney
Ohio Manufacturing Company
Bernard Walter
Cotton used in October shows mixed consumption figures
The census bureau reports October cotton consumption at 440,823 running bales of lint and 97,927 bales of linters. Last year October saw 584,946 lint bales and 100,155 linters. Imports totaled 4,278 bales and exports 383,995 bales.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau Today
Labor Commissioner surveys conditions in city factories
George B. Albert a representative from the state labor commissioner and federal director of labor is in the city on a tour of inspection. He met with local employment bureau officials reviewed records and conferred with major employers about factory needs and future conditions to be considered in Des Moines after data compilation.
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George B. Albert
A. Li. Urick
Des Moines
Habeas Corpus Hearing Concludes In Chicago Case
Telegram reports habeas corpus hearing for Paul Battier known as Dago Frank. Sheriff Henderson and county attorney Werner in Chicago for days resisting the writ. Judge Alvin Leon presiding. if denied, Battier may face preliminary hearing with Deputy Sheriff Wag present.
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Sherif D. B. Henderson
EL J
Alvin Leon
Baitier
Jeney H. J. Wag
Chicago
Births Reported in Fox Township This Fall
Birth announcements from Fox township list several new arrivals. Sept 22 a son Eugene to Mr and Mrs Matt Trewellier. Sept 9 a daughter Agnes Bernice to Mr and Mrs Peter Olinger. Oct 16 a son Marvin to Mr and Mrs Chris TMiensche. Nov 1 a daughter Mildred H Elizabeth to Mr and Mrs Peter Shares.
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Matt. Trewellier
Fox Township
Eugene
Peter Olinger
Agnes Bernice
Chris Tmiensche
Marvin
Peter Shares
Fox
Mildred H Elizabeth
Save Beef to Feed Europe Warns Vet School Dean
Dean W. H. Hoskins of the New York Veterinary College warns that the U S must safeguard animal industry to feed both domestic needs and war-ravaged Europe for the next year or more. He urges countrywide zoning with an animal engineer in charge and zones for inhumane rendering plants to convert unprofitable livestock into food, leather, wool, fats, and fertilizers. He notes a 29 percent population rise over 15 years with a 2 percent drop in beef cattle, driving up beef prices.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Europe
Dean W. H. Hoskins
New York Veterinary College
Hoskins
Roumanian cabinet reshaped by generals
Jassy reports a new Roumanian government formed entirely of generals. Gen Coanda leads as premier and foreign minister, Gen Grigorescu takes war, Gen Valmiano Interior. A Budapest dispatch says the new regime has declared war on Germany.
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Jassy
Alexander Marghiloman
I Coanda
War
Interior
Grigorescu
Valmiano
Budapest
Frankfort
Paris
Germany
Iowa Wants to Demobilize Own Soldiers
Washington Nov. 14 Gov Harding opposes federal demobilization plans and urges return of soldiers to Iowa. He argues local exemption boards should determine demobilization and that rapid curtailment into industry harms agriculture. He plans to rally midwestern governors to resist War Labor Policies Board aims to furlough soldiers into factories.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening
Lourierington
D. C
Iaowa
Iowa
Owa
Gov
Harding
War Industries Board
Labor Department
Perfect Womanhood health and Lydia E Pinkham remedy
The piece argues that true womanliness rests on health and warns that functional derangements cause headaches backache nerves and the blues. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a longtime remedy that has aided American women for three generations.
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Lydia E Pinkham
America
Manufacturing Centers Target Farming Regions for Profit
A report signals the rise of large manufacturing centers that would profit at the expense of farming areas. The article warns of economic shifts disadvantaging agricultural communities and urges scrutiny of regional development plans.
Two Waterloo Boys Wounded by Same Shell in WWI
Donald Hetts and Thewss Hotchkiss, the only Waterloo men in Company M, 166th Infantry, were struck by a shell on October 12 while returning from dinner. Both were treated at a base hospital by October 22. Hotchkiss required seventeen stitches on the head, and for a while after surgery he could not see. He tells of the shell impact six feet ahead of the men as they huddled down. He lost faith in luck, noting a four leaf clover from his mother and an 8 horsehoes found that day amid digging.
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Donald Hetts
Thewss HH
Hotchkiss
Waterloo
Co. M
166Th
Abdications Reported From Berlin For Lippe Prince and Anhalt Duke
Copenhagen reports the abdication of Leonard IV prince of Lippe and Duke Edward of Anhalt. Edward resigns the throne in favor of his son Joachim Ernst born January 11 1907.
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Copenhagen
Leonard IV
Prince of
Lippe
Edward of Anhalt
Berlin
Joachim Ernst
Young men use officers stars to seize contraband booze
A report says youths worn improper deputy sheriff stars helped seize illegal booze for personal use. A phoney deputy forced a man from Waterloo to give $10 blackmail. Sheriff Henderson recovered three unauthorized deputy stars and warned of prosecution for impersonating an officer.
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Waterloo
D. B. Henderson
Depty
Advertisement fragment from Central Winds Lumber Co ad
Fragmentary OCR notice references transport by automobile and a lumber company name Dunkelberg Lumber & Coal Co. with unclear context. Not enough detail to establish event, date, or location.
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Lilluois
Thunkelberg Lumber & Coal Co
Jid Ben Frank Central
Wiiavis Aan
Dunkelberg Lumber & Coal Co
Sheriff Warns Against Illegal Firearm Sales
Sheriff D B Henderson issued a formal warning to Sporting goods houses and hardware stores prohibiting selling revolvers or other arms to boys without parental consent. He recently confiscated a revolver and cartridges from a 14 year old boy who, with a companion, had been stealing magnetos from Waterloo Gasoline Engine company tractors, a loss of 25 to 50 magnetos reported. The sheriff vows strict enforcement of the rule requiring written parental consent before sales to minors.
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D. B. Henderson
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
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