American ship Wilmore sunk by a submarine
London report says the American steamship Wilmore, 5699 tons, was sunk by a German submarine on Sept 12. All crew were saved. Wilmore sailed from Philadelphia Aug 26 with coal locomotives and crude oil for a French port, armed and under Berwind White company ownership.
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London
Wilmore
Admiralty
New York
Quincey Mass
Atlantic
James’ Brewer
Philadelphia
Berwind “White Woal Company
Growers and market agree to 50-50 profit split plan
City auditor R L DeGon spoke on the public market urging fair pricing. Producers and hucksters reach a 60-50 basis of profit sharing while pledging to keep prices near store asks. Market officials demand reform or closure to curb greedy practices, with gardeners defending fair profits and noting submarket prices paid by stores. Potatoes scarce as farmers delay digging, with one bushel at $1.40 in stores.
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R. L. DeGon
C. Ei. Shook
Mr. Shook
E. C. Wildhagen
M. Tournier
City Go Hawks Inspire War Chest Drive
A buoyant city outreach urges Waterloo and Cedar Rapids youngsters to boost the national war chest for Belgian and French children. Alabama leads with 100,000 pennies donated while Waterloo pupils lag, prompting calls for a renewed fundraising push through family and community support.
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Waterloo
Alabama
Union
Cedar Rapids
France
Othr
War Chest
Waterloo India
Movement India School
Business Girls Club Opens With Noted Speakers
The Business Girls' club schedules its first open meeting for October 9 with talks by Carl Glick Charles Van Vieck Miss Georgiella Lay and Mrs Fred S Pettit The plan focuses on practical study for club members and features a full annual program including Christmas and spring events plus guest speakers from the drama and music fields.
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Business Girls’ Club
Carl Glick
Charles ‘Vani Vleck
Georgiella Lay
Fred
Pettit
Mary Miller
Flora Behrens
Young Women's Christian Association
Legal Drama League
Iona Casey
Vincent J. Reechtfertig
Bertha Lund
Nina Wilcox
Bible Women
Bible Department
Alice Krieger
Tina Martin
Charles van Vieck
Alice Miller
Harriet Nelson
Georgielia Lay
Mary Schmidt
Pearl King
Fred S. Pettit
Jeanette Gushman
Jessie Sweeney
Verna Cole
Eda Behrens
Blien_ Richardson
Ethel Rusk
Alice Yoxall
H. B. Bales
PA. McManus
Ethel Rush
Isabelle Gareissen
Anne Miriam Johnson
Chaiman
Hospital Auxiliary at Work Again Plans Attendance Contest
The Liberty attendance contest, to be led by three generals appointed by the president, will be hosted by Mrs Grace W Friend. The Presbyterian Hospital auxiliary resumed meetings yesterday after a summer adjournment and will continue sessions through the coming season.
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Friend
W. H. Bickley
C. O. Balliett
J. F. Cass
Colorado Springs
Frank Highmey
W. C. Lang
A. MacEachron
John Limbert
Grace W Friend
Presbyterian Hospital Auxiliary
Busy Waterloo Social Notes Describe Clubs and Weddings
Waterloo society sections detail gatherings of the B B club and others, with piano numbers by Inez Childs and Beatrice Swallum. Announcements include engagement news for Miss Mathilda Steege and Roy Hartong, a YWCA camp outing for teachers, and a Kensington gathering with Maccabees attendees.
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John Carroll
B. B
Cedar Falls
E. 4. Hansen
Arla Club
F. W. Childs
Inez Childs
Beatrice Swallum
D. S. Ramage
McCorkle
McCauley
A. N. Miller
Etariro Club
Alice Dunham
Inez Hanlon
Mathilda Steege
J. CG. Steege
Ninth Street East
Roy Hartong
Nate Hartong
Fowler Street
Miss Steegel
Clifford
Hartman
G. J. Bishop
Dora Wagner
Miss Steege
Steege
Waterloo
J. C. Steego
J. A. Jorger
Hartong
A. J. Wittick Company
Lemon Lotion Promises Cheaper Skin Whitening
A vintage advertisement touts a lemon skin lotion recipe using juice from two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint of cream. It claims to brighten freckles tan and blemishes, soften and beautify skin, and suit face neck arms and hands with daily massage.
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British Admiralty
City Go Hawks
lNews
Business Girls
United Presbyterian Church
Socialitie
Lorene Standish
Woolworth
Young Women’s Christian Association
Gherwood Park
Anns Miriam Johnson
Nellie Truak
WW. Lytle
Physical Department
Constance Robinson
Dotha Walker
Business
Glo Club
Page Collins
Physical Education
Johnson
Harriett Nelson
W.R. A.M. Kensington
Kensington
PF. F. Wiegert
Waterloo Review
Women's Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Bila Mark Lee
Supreme Command
Alice Wiegert
Ll. Hunt
Y. W.O. AL
Sherwood Park
Misses Dillon
Lina Moore
Mary Little
Mabel Trua
Anna Roan
Helen Freer
Sarah Farrott
Mary Green
Allen Yokum
Emiily Porter
Susan [Caswell
Margaret Sullivan
Mildred Zimmerman
Nanven Davis
Georgiana Bunton
S. M. Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Suunday
PD. J. Rankin
Paul Davin Dry Goods Company
Graves Memorial—Missionary Society of Graves Memorial United Brethren Church
Dubuque
May Wood
John C. Puffer
Christ Mipiscopal
Thangement
Sisters of St. Francis Hospital
Charles Gibeaut
Rose Reichard Marshall
Yucatan
Beorness Sitver
Joseph Sons Company
First National Bank
Remier
Waterloo Auto and Supply CO
West Fifth and Commercial Streets
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