Wartime Peace Goals Highlight County Sunday School Meet
Youth groups from Black Hawk county gathered at Walnut Street Baptist Church for the county Sunday school conference. Speakers urged wartime opportunity, standards of living, and the church as a force for peace. Mrs. McManus spoke on girls’ wartime roles, Dr. Holland urged preparation for peace through faith, and officials noted growing county participation and tonight’s YMCA meeting.
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Black Hawk County
Walnut Street Baptist Church
T. A. McManus
Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association
Aation
Europe
McManus
Ae MacBachron
J. W. Holland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Falls
Stem
Benjamin Boardman
State Teachers’, College
Ter
BE. J. Lang
The
County Association
John Bunyan Smith
Walnut Street Church
Warning on doctors aiding draft dodgers in San Francisco
San Francisco, Sept. 13. Don S. Rathbun, DOJ special agent, warned exemption boards that doctors unfriendly to the United States may administer drugs to draftees seeking physical exemption. Boards were told to examine eyes and nostrils closely for signs of drugging.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Don S. Rathbun
Department of Justice
Cattle Congress Forecasts Record Attendance and Features
The Dairy Cattle Congress seeks a 100000 attendance as favorable weather and a stronger dairy focus drive interest. Delegations from Missouri Arkansas Kansas the Dakotas and Minnesota plan to attend by train or car. Judges for Jerseys Holsteins Guernseys Brown Swiss Ayrshires were announced with officials from Baton Rouge University of Minnesota and Ames providing the panels.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
B. S. Estes
Estell
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Congress
Estes
Jerseys
C. H. Staples
Baton Rogue
W. H. Kildee
University of Minnesota
W. A. McKerrow
Brown Swiss
L. S. Gillette
Ames Ayrshires
J.G. Watson
Brandon
Waterloo Boy Helps Hammond in Wireless Service
Earl P. Nelson, 18, of 1320 Commercial street, serves in the wireless program for the government after training at Harvard and Washington. He works with John Hays Hammond on an electrically controlled torpedo system. A Waterloo boy, he has long pursued science through Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. A brother, LeRoy Nelson, joined the Waterloo ambulance corps but was rejected by federal authorities due to body size.
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Earl P. Nelson
James N. Nelson
Commercial Street
Earl
Harvard University
Washington
France
Harvard
Waterloo
Nelson
John Hays Hammond
West High
Radio Association
LeRoy Nelson
Waterloo Ambulance Company
Exports for 7 Months of 1917 Top $1 Billion
Washington reports that the value of breadstuffs meat dairy products cotton and cottonseed and mineral oils exported in the seven months ending July totaled 1,007,065,190 dollars, up from 783,981,011 the prior year.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Shoe Merchants Conference Emphasizes Organization
North eastern Towa shoe retailers met at Hotel Russell-Lamson with 75 dealers from 14 counties as A F Sloane of the National Shoe Retailers Association urged stronger organization and better business practices. He predicted no price rise next spring, urged patriotism and eradicating leaks, then a banquet at Hotel Russell-Lamson hosted by Goodyear Rubber Company for Waterloo retailers and salesmen.
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Towa
Hotel Russell-Lamson
F. Sloane
National
Shoe Retailers’ Association
Sloane
Mr. Sloane
Freckle Lotion From Lemon Juice and Orchard White
Squeeze juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and improve skin clarity softening the complexion. Harmless according to the advertisement.
Banquet Praise and Advice at Waterloo Event
A speaker complimented local dealers on attractive stores and business conduct while praising Waterloo as a city with national and international reputation. He urged salesmen to seize opportunities, improve themselves, and echoed the saying do not wait for ships to come in without sending one out. An illustrated Goodyear lecture by F. J. Blake capped the educational program.
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Waterloo
F. J. Blake
Goodyear Rubber Company
Banquet Highlights Use of New Rubber Materials
Mr Blake discussed newly discovered materials to counter leather shortages, aiding relief of the supply problem. The gathering closed with a program of patriotic songs.
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Blake
War Bill Conferees Start Reconciliation Effort
Washington September 13 conferees on the 2.4 billion war bill began the task of reconciling differences between the two houses. House members were instructed to disagree to all senate amendments in the conference.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
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Cattle Congress
Hammond
Earl Nelson
Torpedo
Kate
Gail
Sam Katz
Indiang Avenue
Chicago
EFLVE
BIG War
Taderei
Kodak Siniles
Allsteel Agency
East Fourth Street
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First National Bank Building
Paul
Capas
Batiste and Voile
Bsc One
Gossard
Wearwell
Nottingham
Filets
Madras
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