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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1918

Page

10

Food Admin Penalties Set For Butter Price Violations

United States Food Administration penalized several Iowa dealers after a Burlington audit of wholesale butter houses. Swift & Co. branch cases in Des Moines Wa ter ton and Creston found no violations, Cedar Rapids noted a minor error, and Dubuque showed multiple infractions. Fines directed to Red Cross and several firms announced closures and donations, including Parkersburg, Mason City, Des Moines Dye Yaus, Boone Flour & Feed, and Burlington Town Grain Produce.

United States Towa Burlington The Food Administration Ie State R. W. Boyden Washington BD. C M. E. Joffay Swift & Co Des Moines Waterton Creston Cedar Rapids Red Cross Dubuque Community Creamery Parkersburg Mason City Cerro Gordo County Dye Yaus Produce Company Buster Boone Flour & Feed Company Boone United States Food Administration Town Grain Produce Company

Watching the Americans in Battle Go Forward

George T. Bye reports from the British Front on October 8 about American and British forces advancing toward Brancourt and Premont, taking village action, and pushing German defenses. He details road traffic, air reconnaissance, wounded evacuation, prisoner cages, and front-line dressing stations with vivid frontline scenes and names of units and locations.

George T. Bye Reciprocal News Service Brancourt Premoant Beaurevoir Tommy Thers Ber Slemphis Kamerad Chattanooga Co New York Associated Press Wilson Lord George

Sailors Christmas Package Rules Differ From Soldiers

Postmaster M H Kelly notes U S Navy parcels differ from soldiers abroad. Parcels up to 20 pounds need not use regular containers, must open easily for inspection, and bear the recipient’s details and sender’s name and address. Marked "Christmas Box" and sent to supply officer at Bush Terminal Brooklyn. Perishable foods limited to tin containers. Packages should reach Brooklyn by Nor dis.

United States Navy M. H. Kelly Reet 29Th Street Third Avenue Bush Terminal Station Brooklyn N. Y Nordis

Greeks Show Loyalty by Purchasing Bonds

About 350000 Greeks in the United States, many small shopkeepers and fruit dealers, have generously contributed to war funds. They subscribed to the fourth liberty loan with total pledges likely to exceed earlier campaigns, recording 6,835,700 for the third loan and an estimated 16 million across the first three drives. Of 22,505 Greek bond buyers, only 15 put down 10000 or more, with many sacrifices drawn from small savings. Over 60,000 soldiers of Greek birth or parentage serve now, and 40000 more may join when the Greece treaty takes effect, underscoring shared commitment to the United States effort.

United States Altho Greece America United States Army

Blest are they who rest in God through faith

A compact religious verse describes blessed souls who, lost and undone, find rest in Christ and the blood of Jesus, trusting in the Rock of Ages hidden in God, to be set free by truth and eternal care.

Quarantine Orders Issued at Waverly

Waverly Iowa placed under quarantine for two weeks with schools churches theatres and all public assemblies dismissed after about 50 cases. One serious. Pvt Jay Barber died at Camp Dodge base hospital yesterday afternoon of pneumonia following influenza.

Waverly Jay Barber Camp Dodge Base Hospital

Obituary Notices for Three Months Old, Lillian Martin, H A Hile

Obituary brief: Robert Eugene Denson, three months, died after pneumonia. Lillian Martin died after influenza and pneumonia. H A Hile funeral at 2 pm Monday, Elmwood burial. Mrs E G Dougherty, Washington correspondent, died in Washington Indiana after pneumonia following influenza. funeral and interment in Washington. Survived by husband, three sisters and two brothers, and two daughters.

Robert Eugene Denson Robert Eugene A. B. Denson Rath ‘Street Fairview Lillian Martin O'Keefe & Towne Chapel Calvary E. J. Slattery Miss Martin HA. A. Ble H. A. Hile Bluttistreet J. KE. Johnson Elmwood E. G. Pougherty G. Dougherty Washington Evening Courier A.m In. C J. H. Sullivan Waterloo Ottumwa Courier Hel

Abram and Lot Lesson From Genesis Declares Faithful Deliverer

Sunday School lesson notes discuss Abram’s famine escape to Egypt, his later separation from Lot, and Abram’s deliverance of Lot. The narrative stresses faith over riches, conflict arising from wealth, and the virtue of peaceable living, with concluding note on Mrs Annis U Hawver’s 105th birthday in Davenport Iowa.

Abram Egypt God Lot Abrem Plains of J the Jordan Sodom Peter Ifc Davenport Annis U Hawver Aledo

Last Night's News in Brief

A. M. Willard, painter of the Spirit of 76, died of heart failure. The American steamer Ticonderoga was torpedoed by a submarine, wounding ten officers and 111 enlisted men. A collision involving a U S destroyer and two British ships resulted in two officers and four enlisted men lost.

Associated Press Cleveland A. M. Willard Washington, D. C U. S

Poets Near Route 10 Reach Truce Amid War Turmoil

A World War I dispatch describes shifting fronts as German forces in Alsace Lorraine retreat toward the Rhine. Allied troops press to exploit gains while large-scale offensives threaten a decisive close. The piece notes French and Allied resolve, with ongoing battles and strategic maneuvers shaping the autumn campaign.

Kapa Champagne Reiman Alsace- Lorraine Germany Rhine

Churches to Omit Sunday Services Because of Order

Waterloo churches ban public worship in line with city health board influenza order. Protestant Catholic and unorthodox congregations cancel Sunday observances. Pastors express support for measures to fight the disease and will not defy the ban on gatherings.

City Board of Health Waterloo

Municipal Court to Hear Law Cases on Oct 14 1936

The Municipal Court will convene Monday Oct 14 for hearing of law cases with assignments completed yesterday. Through October, police and criminal actions have been tried. future dates include Gibson vs Billwagon and several civil suits. The report mentions a long list of cases and participants before Judge WN Birdsall.

Birdsall Mein Court NM Schilling C. T. Mason J. G Margaret Kirach Peoples Savings Bank Jv.- Henderson Waterloo Savings Bank Lys. Hinson Foley & Co J. M.briegs Et al Independent Harvester Co Heinz Town Commission Cowin & Chamberlin Hampton Horse & Mule Co Va Co

Gas rate fixed for Iowa City for last quarter of 1918

Iowa City, Oct 12 The state board of conciliation at Fort Dodge set a gas rate of 1.42 1 2 per thousand for the last four months of 1918 with January review. Production and consumption were debated with the company arguing winter demand will fall as students are housed at barracks rather than eating houses. The prior rate was 1 5.

Iowa City State Board of Conciliation Fort Dodge Tthe Gas Company Thi

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