Waterloo Works To Field Scrappy Ball Team
Dr. Jay Andrews, manager of the Mic Waterloo baseball team, oversees a twenty two man squad at Des Moines as he builds a strong Waterloo lineup for the coming season. He plans quick changes if needed and already has offers for a couple players to join before opening day. Directors must hustle to ready the park and secure finances for improvements as weather cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Andrews
Mic Waterloo
Ves Moines
Waterloo
Andrews
Tes Moines
Ball Park
Tenmo Club Tee Formed Committees Appointed
Tennis enthusiasts form a plan for a city tennis club as two committees prepare to call on west and east side players. If organized a club house with lockers showers and courts may be built in Waterloo with invitations to a Toledo event.
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Hownsworth
Paul Bennett
West Side
Aliengod Vern Liehty
East Side
Waterloo Club
Waterloo
Rholedo
Herbal Cure Claim Sparks Insurance Probe
An examination of a prominent life insurance firm reveals concerns about an alleged herbal remedy claimed to cure kidney ailments. Report notes potential patient contact with a druggist and a soon to be released trial, urging readers to avoid unverified products.
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America
Alphabet Teams Form Eight Club League of Strong Letters
A Cedar Rapids dispatch reports a dopester’s plan to form an eight club league using the eight strongest letters in the alphabet. Teams are listed by letter with players named for positions and managers named Bresnahan Chance Doomn Hugging Lajole McGraw Stahl Irviny Wagner. The piece also notes Cedar Rapids favored exhibition games with Waterloo to benefit finances as President Justice weighs the issue amid league rivalry and precedent concerns.
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New York
Nox
Oller
Alpha Bet
al Piabes
Instunes
Hradley
Bush
Harry
Baker
Beseher
Bates
Dirmingham
Hresnaban
Benton
Pender
Redient
Baumgarden
Bryrne
Burns
Lorder
C’s
Chage
Collins
Curshaw
Cree
Clarke
Cobb
Crawford
Cady
Voomba
Cheney
Crandall
Cardwell
D'k
Daubert
L. Doyle
Doolan
Dolan
de Vore
Donlin
Delehanty
Doomn
Dineen
Douglas
Dale
Devin
Derrick
Davts
Nexle
Donohue
Mathewson
Marquard
Moore
McConnell
Miner
Mager
Stahl
Stock
Shafer
Smith
Snodgrass
Speaker
Schulte
Scalk
Suggs
Seaton
Shultz
Steele
Sainrr
Sheckard
W’s
Wiltse
Heinich Wagner
Honus Wagner
Weaver
Williama
Wheat
Walter
Wilson
Walsh
Wood
White
Warhop
Bresnahan
Chance
Hugging
Lajole
McGraw
Irviny Wagner
Cutshaw
Cedar Rapids
Informa- Hon
Justice
Waterloo
Keokuk Constitution-Democrat
Central Association
Jobbers' League Formed Amid Three New Player Applicants
Representatives of five baseball clubs met in the Courier rooms to organize the Jobbers League. Committees were named to process applications as one berth remains open and a report to the board is due Tuesday. Games are planned for Roosevelt and Mes streets despite wet weather.
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Courier
Vup
Board of Managers
Waterloo Lown Daive
Postaffier
Roosevelt
Mes
Arran
Fants
Centralteane
Legene
Anifaveta
Redto
Stremians
White Sox Scout Gained Term Fan
Oakland April 4 Baseball fans form the largest class of individuals and the term fan originated with Ted Sullivan Chicago White Sox scout and lectureer who recounted how a clubhouse intruder prompted the nickname. The piece notes rising meat prices and supply concerns in New York.
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White Sox
Oakland
Cal
Ball Park
Ted Sullivan
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis
Sullivan
Charley Comiskey
Arie Latham
Toxel
Trygzko and Le Marin to Clash for World Title Match
Stanislaus Zabyszko and Constant Le Marin have signed to meet in Chicago in late April for a World Championship finish. Promoter Ed White arranged the deal with George Kennedy and Jack Herman after long talks over gate money and contracts. The match will be held in Chicago within forty days of signing with 65 percent of gross to the winner and a 5 000 seat venue at least, with a $1 000 forfeit posted.
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Chicago
Stanislaus Zabyszko
Constant le Marin
Ed White
The
Globe Athletic Club
George Kennedy
le Marin
Jack Herman
Zbyszko
White
Kennedy
Merton
Willingless
Herman
Ago Money
la Marin
Raymond Cazeau
Frank Goich
Black Hawk County Finances Show 1912 Expenses and Net Worth
The 1912 county report compiled by County Auditor Rainbow details expenditures across offices, district court, jail, bounties, dog tax, asylum care, and bridge and road costs. It notes a total of 275,380 dollars in property value and a debt-free status, with assessed corporate taxes totaling 45,237.41 dollars and 1912 election costs at 5,821.97 dollars.
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Black Hawk County
Rainbow
Knoxville
Independence
C. Eee
Billy Malloy, a Cedar Rapids Fan Defies Waterloo Police
Cedar Rapids April 4 Billy Malloy known as a loyal Cedar Rapids baseball fan avoided work at the Waterloo ball park. He had been sentenced to thirty days hard labor with others but slipped away and boarded a train to flee the city, after an incident with a laborer who refused to work. He was among prisoners ordered to the ball park job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Billy Malloy
Waterloo
Billy
Malloy
Indicted Son Must Try Him In Legal Coincidence
William P. Miles of Lewiston Illinois, member of the grand jury that indicted his son Willis P. Miles for killing Warren Crabtree, was drawn on the petit jury to try the case. The coincidence is described as unparalleled in the state’s legal history.
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Pontiac, Ill
William P. Miles
Lewiston
Ill
Willis P. Miles
Warren Crabtree
Olive Tablets touted as skin and bowel aid in ad
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe gentle substitute for calomel. It claims the tablets cleanse the blood bowels and liver, reduce pimples bad breath and dull feelings, and improve appearance after a week of nightly use. Boxes cost 10 or 25 cents.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
The
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
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Ruel
Tenmo Club
Life Insurance Companies
Peegiee East
Chanery
Dopester
Jodbers' League
League Grounds
ED Sullivan
Ohio
Indiana
Trygzko
Frank Gotek
Hood
C. J. Miller
Fourth Street
Ansgar Waits
J. K. Koch
St. Ansgar
Towa
Miss Hazel Fiddick
Nat'l Bank
Adler’s Collegian
Ini Wats
J. H. Easley
Mabel Ettinger
West Fourth Street
Wilbert Shallenberger
Osdewood Bird
Totel Eliza
J. Busby
Mgr
TEL
Cohan and
Harris
Raymond Hitchcock
Red Widow
Flora Zabelle
By Chas, Rann Kennedy
al. G. Field
Minstrels
Company
Henry W. Savage
Milton and
Dollie
Auto-Suggestion Club
Dyer & Dyer
Gracie Emmett
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
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