Cedar Falls Lawn City Notes Update on Local Moves and Events
Cedar Falls Lawn City notes report residents moving, visits from relatives, teaching assignments, church meetings, and upcoming community activities. Fire response at a local residence, school staffing changes, and ongoing plans for the Canning company season reflect a busy civic calendar with multiple named people and places throughout Cedar Falls and nearby Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Lauretsen
East Tenth Reet
Ratthen
James G. Romme
Leo Lalan
Wisconsin
Carl J. Wild
Minneapolis
Wild
Cedar Falls Canning Company
Ernest M. Wilson
Redlands
Ore
Max Cunning
Max
Cunning
California
Edward Leavitt
Ames
Russell Bennison
State College
Orwell
Virginia
Chicago
Harold Eggleston
Morgan Martinsen
Ben Hieber
C. Christoffersen
Winnifred Brammer
Coon Rapids
Esther Dane
Princeton
N. J
Cedar Falls
Willis Wilson
Twelfth Street
BE. Proverson
Nazareth Church
Elkhorn
Margaret Condit
Ira S.‘Condit
Iowa City
Condit
Atlantic
Harry Stevens
Peoria
Ill
Robert Willard
Presbyterian Church
M. K. Wheicher
New York City
Susan McBain
Plainfield
Isabel Jewell
Muscatine
William Pardee
L. Heep
Einar Nielson
Armour Institute
Otelia Nielsen
Prairie Rose
Holm
Roy Crouch
Baptist Church
Grouch
N. W. Bailey
Rose DuBois
Omaha
Caddock-Cutler Match Set for Thanksgiving in Chicago
Chicago reports heavyweight wrestling champion Earl Caddock of Anita will clash with Chicago's Charles Cutler for the title with a $5,000 side bet. Announcement from Cutler's camp says the bout is expected on Thanksgiving day in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caddock-Cutler
Chicago
Earl Caddock
Anita
Charles Cutler
Cutler
City Heating Plants Condemned At City Hall And Fire Station
Heating plants at the city hall and central fire station are condemned, affecting the library east which is heated by the same system. Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York warned insurance would lapse once boilers fire. City council to arrange repairs. delay due to stalled new city hall plans amid cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Central Fire Station
Fidelity & Casualty Company of
New York
Hoover Predicts Flour Price Drop and Savings
Washington D C September 10 Food Administrator Hoover says flour will fall by $3 a barrel as government wheat reaches markets cutting monthly American costs by about 30 million dollars He also forecasts sugar price reductions saving around 9 million dollars monthly The retail price falls depend on wholesale declines and lower production costs and middlemen profits Sugar control begins October 1 with prices already decreasing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Food Administration
Sound Price Drop Cited as August Market Shift
The report notes a price drop of about $1.60 per hundred pounds, roughly 20 percent below the average mid August level this year. It also states that over 30 000 concerns have been licensed.
Food pledge controversy debunked in Black Hawk County
Mrs L Marquis, chairwoman of the county council of defense women’s committee, rejects rumors that signing food pledge cards will lead to confiscation of canned goods. She calls the claim propaganda, explains the pledge is a patriotic duty to aid the nation, and outlines how cards distribute literature on waste elimination and food substitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
L. Marquis
Women's Committee
Council of Defense
America
New Probation Officer Takes Post In Waterloo
Miss Grace Ament arrives from Chicago to serve as county probation and truant officer for Waterloo's two school districts. She meets city county and school officials and court staff and aims to apply years of delinquency experience to curb local youth issues and reduce juvenile court arraignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ament
Chicago
Waterloo
Miss Ament
One Recruit Joins Navy From Oelwein
Harold B. Cook of Oelwein enlisted at the navy recruiting station as an apprentice seaman. Under the new order he will report directly to the naval training station and leave tonight for Great Lakes, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Harold B. Cook
Oelwein
Navy Recruiting Station
Naval Training Station
Cook
Great Lakes
Negro Troops in New Army to Have Separate Units
Washington sem 10 Negro troops of the national army will be organized in separate units and trained where raised. Drafted men will be postponed to allow camp officers to form these units. White and Negro volunteers may join battalions for non combat support along communications lines. Some Negro fighting regiments will exist in the national army as in the regulars and guard. Of 687000 called, about 70900 are expected to be Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Army
National Guard
Watch Step Order for Mathias Gelb
Mathias Gelb of 430 Wing Street was arrested after tearing down an American flag and refusing to pick it up. He told United States Commissioner J H Dempster that taunts about being German provoked anger and that Germany should win the war. Gelb apologized and promised to watch his step. case dismissed pending future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias Gelb
Wing Street
Gelb
Dutcher
J. H. Dempster
United States
Germany
Dempster
Geib
Women Plead For Places On War Bodies
Chicago September 10 representation will be made to federal authorities that at least one woman should sit on every governmental war committee. The Women’s Trade Union League of Chicago announces a city canvass to assess how many women are needed to replace men in war bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Women’s Trade Union League of
Marriage Licenses Issued to Waterloo Couples and Cedar Walls Pair
Jesse J. Roberts and Irene Morris of Waterloo obtain a marriage license. Raymond Stevick of Waterloo and Cena Enmnd of Cedar Walls also receive licenses. The records indicate two marriages approved in this filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse J. Roberts
Waterloo
Irene Morris
Raymond Stevick
Waterloo - Cena Enmnd
Cedar Walls
Food Conservation Campaign Urged By National Defense Council
The state conservation and thrift committee urges immediate steps to realize the world food crisis. Town women are urged to save foods by substituting plentiful options and using agricultural bulletins. Canning preserving and storing foods and central community storage may be developed. Avoid elaborate service at social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of National Defense
State Conservation and Thrift
Frank L. Marquis
Diack Tank
C. G. MacKay
Agricultural Department
Food Conservation Body
Firemen Wanted at Great Lakes Station
Navy recruitment seeks firemen machinists and water tenders for naval training station Great Lakes Illinois to heat new buildings housing about 2500 recruits. Applicants over 21 must pass seamen exam and show boiler pump and engine experience with related duties. Wages range 41 to 52 dollars per month. Cooks and bakers addressed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Naval Training Station
Great , Laken
Ill
War Service Eligibility for Immigrants and Work Rules
Aliens who have taken out first papers may enlist in the reserve corps for the war period. After one year of service applicants will be granted full citizenship. All workers must be 18, and bakers 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bakers
Maine Votes on Woman Suffrage
Portland Maine September 10 voters went to the polls in a special election to decide on ratifying the constitutional amendment for woman suffrage submitted by the last legislature. Both factions anticipated a tight vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Pope Peace Move Aided, Gasparri Says
Rome Sept 10 Cardinal Gasparri papal secretary of state returned from a fortnights vacation and, with Pope Benedict, began organizing documents on the papal peace initiative. To visitors he said the prenotion by Pope Benedict in favor of peace will greatly clear the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cardinal Gasparri
Storo
Pope Benedict
Gasparri
Boon to Auto Owners Invention by Waterloo Resident
William Nelson of Waterloo has patented a device that saves gasoline and is claimed to render engines carbon proof. Endorsements from local and outside users support the invention, manufactured by Cement Tile Machinery Co. Nelson, long a Waterloo resident since 1872, previously worked 23 years for the Alnon Central railroad and lost his leg in a railroad accident six years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson
Waterloo
Nelson
Fifth
Lafayette Streets
Cement Tile Machinery Company
Alnon Central Railroad
Syrian Couple Killed Resisting Draft Arrest in Hawkineville
In Hawkineville Georgia a Syrian man Thomas Simon and his wife were killed Saturday night during an armed resistance to arrest for assaulting a draft exemption board member. A brother fled through a back door as officers returned fire wounding three posse members including one seriously with a lung wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkineville
Thomas Simon
Simon
Siman
Give The Stomach A Chance To Work
An ad copy explains that constipation strains the stomach causing bloat belching and discomfort. It promotes Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective remedy sold in drug stores with a trial bottle offered by mail. The message targets families and promises gentle relief suitable for children and the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldvrall
Caldwell
W. E. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Lesson in Scientific Complexion Renewing
An early 20th century skin care note claims beauty lies beneath the surface. It describes shedding skin particles and aging effects, touting mercorised wax as an absorber of worn-out particles to restore a fresh underlayer within a week or two with nightly application like cold cream.
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. N.hurd
Waterloo Evening Courier
Lawn City Notes
Bois
Ralph Ebersold
Ebersold
Eleanor Kenyon
Algona
Doris Mullarky
T. C
Ladies’ Association
First Congregational Church
H. R. Brown
Iowa Street
Memorial Hospital
Mesdames Packard
Mahoney
Webster
Conger
George Wyth
Levers
Radell
Scolls
Arnett
John Maroney
William Callighan
St. Patrick’s Church
J. C. Wieneke
Calvary Cemetery
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Clara Sawyer
West Twelfth Street
Walter Taylor
Mesdames Brigden
Vinall
Palmer
Maynard
Bangs
Meyers
Waugh
White
J. J. Byers
Clausing
Eulow
George Bancroft
J. H. Robinson
O. J. Imlay
Misses Fay
Gladys
Doris Palmer
L. A
Canada
Gladys Palmer
Garrison
First Methodist Church
J. W. Bangs
Mary MacDonald
Tokio
Japan
H. N. Silliman
O. H. Leonard
Tulsa
Okla
Myrtle Andrews
Twin Falls
Ida
Black Hawk Co
THE
Falan-Fleming Co
Falan Bouman Co
Great Lakes Station
Bell-Ans
Drape
Hall-Ekfelt Co
East Park Avenue
Lafayette Street
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