Multiple Auto Accidents Leave Several Injured in City Streets
A string of Saturday and Sunday auto mishaps left several people with injuries or minor harm. Anderson sustained bruises after a runaway buggy caused by a leftward, dark car at Cedar River park. George Schmidt’s car rolled after a sharp turn near Fourth and Cottage, injuring Bechmiidt’s shoulder. Harold Shaffer avoided damage when a Great Western Witch engine struck his auto at First Street, Waterloo West, with no injuries. Other incidents included a taxi collision with a bus, a motorcycle hit on a Friday night, and various property damages noted around Prospect Hills and St. Francis hospital areas. A tires theft and car thefts were also reported.
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Other Anderson
Burton Avenue
Cedar River Park
George Schmidt
Fourth
Cottage Streets
Harry Lyons
Bechmiidt
Lyons
Harold Shaffer
Avalon Avenue
Waterloo West
Parker Lichty
O. W. Hemsworth
George DeWald
R. A. Bullard
Des Moines
Prospect Hills
DeWald
R. Jones
St. Francis’ Hospital
A. R. Slade
Co. Y. Lansing
Fifth
Sycamore
Henry Maschmeyer
Fredericksburg
Walker
300 Carmen Strike in the Twin Cities
About 300 union motormen and conductors in St Paul and Minneapolis walked out early Saturday. Service continued on a normal schedule here today. Troops will not be used to prevent rioting unless orders arrive from the war department. The provost guard will limit its duties to soldiers in uniform as the ROTC discharge process continues.
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Minneapolis
Minn
War Department
Guar d
Reserve Officers Training Camp
Negro Troopers Released From Fort Bliss Stockade
Thirteen of 156 Negro soldiers held in the stockade at Fort Bliss Texas were released yesterday and sent to Columbus New York to rejoin their regiment. A board of inquiry found they had no part in the Houston riot.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Houston
Vex
Columbus
Board of
Mortuary notice for William Byron Floyd in Union Iowa origin
William Byron Floyd died at 4 a m after two long illnesses. Born May 1876 in Union Iowa, he moved to Waterloo about ten years ago to work in the drug business. He is survived by his mother Mary C. Floyd and his widow. The body to be viewed this evening and sent to Union for interment. Services Wednesday at his mother's home in Union with burial at Ackey Cemetery. Eugene T Tullar arraigned for desertion. released on bond after promising weekly support for his daughter. Peter Woodring bitten by dog on Riehl Grand View. dog catcher notified and dog scheduled for long journey without permit.
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William Byron Floyd
La’aylette
Union
Waterloo
William H. Floyd
Mary C. Floyd
Anon
Ackey Cemetery
Eugene T Tullar
F. F. Knapp
Ome
Tullar
Fort Marge
Riehl
Grand View
Peter "Oodring
Haseen
Coins Continue to Drop Merrily Into War Chest
Thirty cents from Robert White and Robert Bolender and eight cents from a friend of the pen ny fund are the gifts to the War Chest today. Contributions of pennies have been coming in slowly for several weeks with room for hundreds more before the Million Penny fund is complete. Waterloo students, busy with duties and parades, have almost forgotten the babies of France and Belgium and are urged to send pennies now to feed the children of Europe when cold weather comes.
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Robert Whitehouse
Robert Bolender
War Chest
Waterloo
Prance
Belgium
Europe
60000 at Grounds With No Arrests
Attendance neared sixty thousand at the Cattle Congress last week with no arrests reported. Only one girl, a 15 year old country girl, was held for investigation after lingering in the cattle pavilion. Matron Myrtle Barr, deputized by county authorities via Police Chief J D Caldwell, took charge. Barn attendants noted this was the first time a woman police official showed concern in the barns.
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Myrtle Barr
J. D. Caldwell
Mrs. Barr
Mowing Population in Winter Quarters
Transfer and moving companies in Waterloo report a rare breathing spell after a busy fall. Labor shortages forced workers to 12 to 18 hour shifts to meet rising moves as families relocate to heated quarters, amid concern coal prices may climb further this winter.
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Waterloo
Window Display Week Observed Nationwide
International Newspaper Window Display Week spotlights mercantile windows showing highly regarded goods with broad national recognition. Waterloo stores feature displays drawing attention alongside newspaper advertising linking daily use items to ads. The American Newspaper Publishers Association notes 600 agents backing the campaign across 395 cities in 444 cities and 79 bureau members participating.
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Waterloo
Spectator
Bureau of Advertisers
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Local club and church society notices for Tuesday events
Entre Nous club meets tomorrow afternoon with Mrs Ed Molloy. Young married people's class at First Baptist holds box sociable tomorrow evening at Mr and Mrs Walter Shanks home 212 Baltimore street. Red Cross activities resume at First M E Church with meetings Tuesday and Friday led by Mmes A F Gates, Thomas, and Koiber. Waterloo review No 22 W B A M meets 7 30 p m Tuesday at Maxwell hall. initiation planned with guards in uniform. Royal Neighbors meet Tuesday in T O O F Commercial street hall. officers must attend early for practice. Waterloo lodge No 06 A F & A M meets Friday evening at Masonic temple for regular business and balloting. all Master Masons invited. Local Red Cross chapter board of directors meets this evening at Red Cross headquarters.
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Nous Club
Ed Molloy
First Baptist Church
Walter Shanks
Baltimore Street
Red Cross
First M. BE
Mmas
A. F. Gates
Thomas and
Koiber
Waterloo Review
W. B
Maxwell Hall
Royal Neighbors
Commercial Street Hall
Waterloo Lodge
Masonic Temple
The
American Red Cross O
Temperatures Reported For October Third
Readings supplied by Huchasita Optical Se indicate regional temperatures with numbers such as 55 and 44 to 45, showing variability across locations. The entry notes a dated record from 1916 and includes miscellaneous codes RO 7912 and T814.
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Huchasita, Optical Se
Vacant lots grow good garden through Rotary drive
A. T. Hukill reported 127 vacant lots rented at one dollar each for a garden project, with $69.54 spent and $67.44 left, plus a share from Rotary and two businesses to fund prizes at the Cattle Congress. A man using two lots yielded crops valued at $160.06 and two sons won prizes for onions and tomatoes. The Rotary plan to repeat the campaign next year was approved, with a committee named to oversee it.
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Rectary Club Today
A. T. Hukill
Rotary Club
Hukill
Cattle Congress
W. F. Parrott
A. T. Hakill
C. J. Langfeldt
Ria EB. Parr
W. U H. Bru
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
Henry Wels
Hetis
May Go to War but Not to Fight Meeting Highlights Union Debate
A Waterloo Typographical Union meeting discussed entering the printing branch of service and listed apparent enlistees including Robinson Lingelbach and Dickinson. The union also reports printers nationwide have purchased Liberty bonds of the first issue totaling one million dollars.
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Waterloo Typographical Union
War Department
Washington, D.C
Waterloo Union
Dick 'Robinson
Erve
Jake Lingelbach
Quartermaster’s Department
Charles Dickinson
Fort
Des Moines
M Is Uion
Dime Heist Suspect Released From Jail
D Henry jailed Saturday with a dime, released today with 85 cents. He bought tobacco and luxuries for inmates while police reportedly miscounted inventory. Chief Caldwell suspects other motives and links to city jail, where vulnerable men are housed.
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D. Henry
Henry
Waterloo Men Attend Vicksburg Veterans Reunion
County veterans from Waterloo plan to travel to the Vicksburg battlefield for a reunion of Vicksburg battle veterans. Attendees include John Allen William Makin ster I W Shoemaker John Weilein Michael Gilley W M Snodgrass Jacob Shannon H C Campbell Andrew Southerland Henry Kahler W Wr Whitenack John Averill H B Bighmey and Hudson. They will depart Waterloo Sunday evening.
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GA. R
Waterloo
Vicksburg
Vicksburg Battlefield
John Allen
William Makinster
I. W.shoemaker
John Weilein
Michael Gilley
W. M. Snodgrass
Jacob Shannon
H. C. Campbell
Andrew Southerland
Henry Kahler
W. Wr. Whitenack
John Averill
H. B. Bighmey
Hudson
Egg Club Swindle to Be Probed by Grand Jury
Chicago October 8 The case of Edward Bates of Waterloo Iowa charged with using an egg club to swindle farmers and shippers will have an early hearing before the federal grand jury. Bates is said to have operated extensively in Illinois and neighboring states soliciting egg shipments to the egg club but failing to pay for consignments.
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Chicago
Edward Bates
Waterloo
Federal
Grand Jury
Bates
Illinois
Card of Thanks for Morison and Alexander families
Neighbors and friends offered aid and sympathy during illness and death of husband and father. Mrs J A Morrison and children extend thanks. Also Mrs N W Alexander and children express gratitude for kindness shown during illness and death of their husband and father.
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J. A. Morrison
NW. Alexander
AN. Alexander
Corn Crop Forecast and Conditions by State
Washington reports October 1 forecasts for major crops including corn. United States figures show spring wheat all wheat oats hay barley and other crops with state by state corn conditions and overall crop health. Iowa Indiana Illinois Ohio Missouri Nebraska Kansas and more listed with condition percentages and forecasted production figures.
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Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Ohio
Indiana
Illnois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Eastern Montana Suffering Drought and Hard Times
Amos Burhans reports severe drought across eastern Montana with no rain from June 1 to August 27. He rode 66 miles recently and found only one irrigated garden. Potatoes at 3 60 a bushel, onions 12 cents a pound, and round steak 25 cents a pound. Burhans, a shooting enthusiast, also bagged a few groves and dispatched two coyotes. Louis Hanser in New York fears for his 14 year old daughter arriving from Florida and hired bell boys to meet her at Pennsylvania Station.
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Amos Burhans
Montana
Altho
Burhans
Louis Hanser
New York
Florida
Pennsylvania Station
Bell Boys
Liberty Motor Truck Completes for U S Army War Effort
Lima Ohio October reports the first Liberty motor truck for the United States army, a product of 12 plants and 62 factories, completed at a local plant. The standardized machine aims to produce 36,000 units in the first half of 1918, powered by the new Liberty motor and representing automobile rack development perfection.
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Lima, O
Liberty
United States Army
Liberty Motor
Courier Patterns Order Form for Courier Fashion
To obtain the up-to-date Courier pattern and accompanying design, fill the coupon and send it to the Fashion Department of the Evening Courier in Waterloo. Enclose 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns include seam allowances. Orders filled promptly and should reach you ten days after sending.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Fire Prevention Day Observed In Waterloo
Fire Chief A A Dunham urges a thorough inspection of premises ahead of Fire Prevention Day to prevent conflagrations. Last night the department responded to 297 Ash Street where draperies of a colored family ignited, and a false alarm from box 27 was reported. Buy insurance from Herman C Miller at 2034 Syndicate Building, phone 2404.
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Waterloo
A. A. Dunham
Ash Street
Herman C. Miller
Miller-McCartney Insurance Agency
Syndicate Building
Supreme Court to Hear Antitrust Suit Against United Shoe
Washington Oct 8 The Supreme Court moved to expedite the government antitrust case against United Shoe Machinery Company and set January 7 for re hearing argument. The lower court had dismissed the suit, finding the company blameless. The government appealed after arguments last March and another order for reargument at the current term. The article notes a related credit to Britain of 15,040,200 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
United Shoe Machinery Company
Britain
Washington, D
Get
Great Britain
Enemy Trading Act Proclaimed By White House Action
Washington October 8 The government will issue a presidential proclamation detailing how the trading with the enemy act will be administered. It will outline the license process for businesses to operate within the act and indicate that the foreign language newspaper provision will be handled by the post office department. The proclamation will confirm this point.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Post Office Department
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Fliat Street
Walter A. Kirk
Grant Avenue
A. Justin Edwards
Minnesota State University
Drs
Ceril
Robert Bickley
Minnesota
Laura Wihelmeon
C. B. Wakeley
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J.P. Eves
Russell JL. Miller
Duke
W. H. Miller
Camp Dodge
Alma Rose Clark
Presbyterian Hospital
E. HE. Hill
Rochester
Edna Hill
Edd. Deerfler
Sioux City
Dear Fer
Bertha, van Ingen
Mankato
Madison Lake
Blanche ‘Edwards
Lydia Escher
Social Welfare League
Robert S. Bickley
New York City
John P. Berry
Council Bluffs
American Waterworks Association
Navy
A. C. Cole
Randolph Street
G. J. Bennett
Peoria
Arthur Morrison
Ruth Cross
Ogilvie
Joseph Morrison
Charles Scanlon
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Greene
Slacker
Fort Snelling
Emil Hammond
Glencoe
Willimgly
Liberty Motor Truck
Harry
Uncle Harry
Jim
Waterles
Scane’s
Kuppenheimer
Stein Bloch
Scane’s Clothes Shop
East
Fourth’ Street
First National Bank Building
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