Union Linemen Accept 75 Cent Wage Increase
Union linemen of Citizens Gas & Electric Co and company officials reached a noon agreement granting 75 cents per hour rise on a nine hour day with overtime provisions. The dispute began with a March demand for 90 cents per hour and a 20 cent flat raise, but franchise limits cap income. The 12 workers returned to duty, no service interruption occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melve Inemen
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Electrical Workers’ Union
Austin Burt
Comany
Towa
Des Moines
Otturmwa
Hinemen
Waterloo
Nnemen
Burlington
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
New City Officials Discuss Future Plans At Waterloo Meeting
A banquet at Feely and Cook in Lafayette building brought Waterloo officials and Mayor-elect N. W. Frisbie together to plan cooperative efforts with bankers, manufacturers, and workers. They aim to unite merchants and labor for the town’s progress, with appointments and a sanitation inspector role discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Frisbie
Feely & Cook
Lafayette Build- E
Waterloo
Mayer Frisbie
E. V. Baldwin
C. J. McDermott
Amateur golf champion visits in Waterloo
Miss Be. E. Gage, amateur open golf championship contestant from Los Angeles, stays at the Owenback hotel in Waterloo while competing in the western states series in the women’s division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
BE. E. Gage
Owenback
Miss Gage
Los Angeles
Publicity Letter Planned by Waterloo Association Committee
The Greater Waterloo Association publicity committee met at Hotel Russell to discuss issuing a publicity letter detailing facts about the City of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Waterloo Association
Hotel Russell
Lansom
City of
Waterloo
Tradition Says Plant Potatoes On Good Friday
The article notes Good Friday planting tradition and links to economic strains from March, with farmers facing a higher land payment burden and an average per acre income lower than 1914. It cites mortgage loan activity, reserves, and bank loans as part of the money demand tied to land settlements. Extravagance worsens shortages in raw materials affecting agriculture and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Bank
Ah Lous O
Bulletin
Ithis
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Cornell College Orchestra to Perform at Grace Methodist
The Cornell College Orchestra of 30 pieces, directed by Horace Alden Muller, will give a concert at Grace Methodist Church on Wednesday evening April 7. The group includes two instrumental soloists and one vocalist with a reader. Three Waterloo students Myron C. Arbuckle M Francis Cheever and Arnold J. Luce will assist the college musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Horace Alden Muller
Grace Methodist Church
Waterloo
Myron C. Arbuckle
M. Francis Cheever
Arnold J. Luce
Wilson takes no steps to block Georgia primary ballot
Washington April 1 President Wilson did not move to keep his name off the Georgia presidential primary ballot officials said at the White House today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesen
Gkonar
Wgia
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Georgia
White House
Ruhr Workers Get 48 Hour Time Extension on Ruhr Terms
Paris reports the German government granted Ruhr region workmen leaders a 48 hour extension to decide whether to accept or reject the ultimatum terms. Berlin negotiations continue with government delegates while Essen workers await consultations at a general conference.
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Paris
Havas
Ruhr
Eason
Berlin
Besen
Bielefeld
Essen
Gen. Leitner
Erliners
Copenhagen
Germany
Muenster
Dusseldorf
Father John's Medicine Ad Claims Natural Blood Builder
An advertisement extols a natural, drug free remedy to improve blood health. It promotes Father John's Medicine as a food, tonic, and blood builder that aids healing, soothes coughs, and supports digestion, claiming over sixty years of use and safety for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Bielefeld agreement awaits amnesty clause for Ruhr uprising
The executive committee of the work ingmen here had not been informed this forenoon of the Meunster ac ton. The Muenster report states the Bielefeld agreement will be carried out in full with an amnesty clause for those conceived in the Ruhr uprising if the working men act by noon on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bielefeld
Ruhr
Meunster Acton
Muenster
Electric chair prank shocks courthouse workers in April fool
An electrified chair in Sheriff Henderson's office shocked and frightened jurors and courthouse staff as an April fool joke. A dry battery and coil concealed under the seat caused sudden arousal when contact was made, using various traps to lure victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Henderson
Waelo Remus
Influenza Relief Ends Leg Length Unequalization in Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri Jacob Brondel a farmer living south of Histon contracted influenza weeks ago and recovered but suffered a relapse causing severe pain in his leg from a former coal mine fracture. After several days in bed he stood and found both legs now equal in length restoring normal gait and relief from years of mismatch.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Jacob Brondel
Histon
Wiften
Brondel
Gary May Named Minister to Switzerland by Wilson
Hampson Gary of Texas, former consul general at Cairo, Egypt, was designated by President Wilson to serve as minister to Switzerland. He will replace Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah, who recently resigned.
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Washington, DD. C
Hampson Gary
Texas
Cairo
Egypt
Wilson
Switzerland
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah
Socialists Expelled by New York Assembly Action
The New York Assembly moved to suspend five Socialist members after hearings led by Judiciary Chair Louis M. Martin. Attorney General Charles D. Newton argued the proceedings show a conspiracy to subvert law and property rights, with dissenting opinions urging restoration of the suspended members.
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Adler
Social Party of America
Chicago
Soviet
Russia
Communist Internationale
Moscow
Socialist Party
Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Louis M. Martin
Oneida
Charles D. Newton
Morris Hillquit
Seymour Stedman
Gilbert BE. Roe
John Block
William Karlin
Walter Nelles
Armenia Offered League of Nations Protection Prospect
Paris April 1 The supreme allied council offers Armenia membership in the league of nations. All Armenian territories would join except Cilicia which stays under French protection. An outlet to the Black Sea would be provided by the contemplated arrangement.
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Paris
Armenia
League of Nations
Supreme Allied Council
Cilicia
Black Sea
Payroll Heist on Swift Messengers in Kansas City
Two armed men in a car stopped the Swift & Co. payroll messengers on the Twenty third street viaduct and fled with a handbag containing 45 340 dollars. The unarmed messengers were transporting funds from the Drovers National bank to the packing plant when the robbery occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Swift & Co
Packers
Twentythird Street
Swift
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Cornell College Orchestra
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Kiester-Hatl Seed Company
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Chamber OF Horrors
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Alps
N. Y. Assembly
Ita
Waldman
Claessens
Solomon
Dewitt
Orr
Swift & Company
Great Lakes
Gulf
U.S. A
Swift Ink
United States
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