Death Calls J C Hukill
J C Hukill born Morgan County Ohio June 32 1856 died last evening at 9 30 at the home of his son 20 West Fourth street Waterloo He moved frequently and lived in Iowa Mount Pleasant Cedar Rapids Wellman and Waterloo He married Mary Jane Hall October 18 1857 and had five children Anson T Aaron L Edie L Rolla C and Harmon A He was a Methodist preacher and active in church work A brief prayer service will be held Thursday afternoon and the body will lie in state Champion Hill church for Friday funeral Interment Champion Hill cemetery His widow Mary Jane Hukill will remain in Waterloo Local officials note he served as county attorney in Hubbard county Minnesota and as assistant in Black Hawk county Iowa He was grand chancellor of the Minnesota Konghta of Pythians as the youngest ever elected in the United States
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C. Hukill
A. T. Hukill
Waterton West
West Fourth Street
Waterlane
Mr. Aukill
Morgan, County
Belmont County
Iowa
Iowa County
Mount Fleasant
Cedar Rapids
Hakill
Mary Jane Hall
Anson T
Aaron L
Wellman
Edie L
8. C. Berry
Maynard
Rolla C
Denver
Colo
Harmon A
Hukill
Champion Hill Church
Champion Hill
Orange and Black Junior Issue Published
The Orange and Black, the East High School student publication, issued yesterday as the junior issue with 48 pages. It features strong literary, art, jokes, athletic notes, and school news, while promising the senior annual to be issued around June 1.
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Jung 1
Woolley Seeks Republican Nomination for County Attorney
W. Woolley announced his candidacy this morning for the Republican nomination of county attorney. His papers circulated last evening. He will face FE. J. Wenner, a two year prior candidate, in the primaries. Woolley has several years of prior service.
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W. W. Woolley
FE. J. Wenner
Mr. Woolley
Waterloo Population Rises Above 30 000 This Year
Waterloo joins a small group of cities crossing the 30 000 mark as federal statistics project a population near 36 000. Fred J. Mabee Jr of the Commerce and Labor Department handles the data, with Davenport listed as his next stop and Waterloo expected to be visited soon.
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Waterloo
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Everett
Wash
Danville
Columbia
D. C
Fred J. Mabee, Jr
Commerce and Labor Department
Mabee
Iowa
Temperance Advocates Plan Mass Meetings in Iowa
Local temperance leaders and John B Hammond of Des Moines spearhead events amid saloon fights in Council Bluffs Sioux City and Cedar Rapids. Mass meetings are scheduled for Sunday and Saturday with two city speakers to be announced. President Taft of Cedar Rapids will oversee discussions on Cedar Rapids action as new stockholders join the local group.
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Council Bluffs
John B. Hammond
Des Moines
Sioux City
Business Men’s Temperance Association of Iowa
Joseph H W. Taft
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Jameson
Victrola concert entertains high school students
A Victrola concert presented in the manual training auditorium delighted last high school students. Henrietta Sleaton of the Victor company Camden NJ supervised and offered explanations that enhanced the music. A range of artists demonstrated nine voices from lyric soprano to bass. The event was educational and entertaining for the student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manual Training
Last High School
Henrietta Sleaton
Victor Company
Camden
N. J
Civil Service Board Holds Exams for Game Warden and Midshipman
D 5 Bussler conducts civil service tests for game warden and midshipman positions. Gail Wilson of Walker and William A Moore of Germania sit exams for midshipman and game warden respectively. Three days cover the testing period with Friday and Saturday devoted to inspector of safety appliances exams. about six applicants expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bussler
Ofice Employe
Gail
BR. Wilson
Walker
William A. Moore
Germania
Civil Service Board
Grace M B church youth club ends season
The Grace M B church young people's club held its last meeting of the season last evening and suspended gatherings until fall. An elaborate supper preceded a discussion of current events led by Mesxito, concluding that the United States, while justified in its militant stance, risks a long protracted war.
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Young People’s Club
Grace M. B. Church
Mesxito
United States
Exmoy Lodge Degree of Honor Holds Easter Social
Members of the Degree of Honor lodge No. 21 held an Easter party at the Labor Temple after a brief meeting. Purple and yellow decorations, a musical program, and a guessing contest followed. prizes went to Mrs. Jennie Parker, Mrs. Mark Miller, and Miss Erama Rose. Refreshments were served.
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Degree of Honor Lodge
No. 21
Labor Temple
Jennie Parker
Mark Miller
Erama Rose
Weather record for today from Buchanan marking
The data notes today at 12 midnight with temperature readings and past records. Yesterday high was 7 and low 42, while historic highs and lows from 1912 1913 1931 are listed as 65 43 and 80 60 respectively.
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Buchanan
Optical Co
M. Ji
Waterloo Presbytery women report top mission effort
At the annual Waterloo Presbytery Women’s Missionary society session at First Presbyterian, the group announced top ranking in missionary offerings among ten presbyteries for Blaze work, noting substantial raises for the Nanking China chapel project and record bank gifts. Janet Buchanan spoke on Mormonism. reception for delegates drew about 100 women. closing plans include an Engstrom discussion and 5:30 YWCA event ahead of tonight’s program.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Waterloo
First Presbyterian Church
Ihs
Nanking Station
China
Waterloo Presbytery
G. E. Genung
la Porte City
C. T. Rogers
Grandy Center
Perry A. Band
Cedar Falls
Janet Buchanan
James Black
Independence Avenue
The
B. W. Schuneman
J. M. Bruns
Mildred Cane
Marion Cooley
Mings
Helen Gelser
Missionary Box
Elmira Flassett
Jarrie McFarlane
W. A. Godrman
Engstrom
Chicago
Misa Janet Buchanan
Elm Spring
Okla
J. P. Engstrom
Divorce Petition Alleges High Living Costs and Absences
Nina Whitson files for divorce from Kenneth Y. Whitson alleging 32 cents a week support with a young child, a claimed $21.90 total paid since 1912, and frequent absences and attention to other women since their marriage November 6, 1912. The child Dorothy nears one year old.
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Nina Whitson
Kenneth Y. Whitson
Dorothy
Insurance firms agree to pay war death claims nationwide
New York April 22 every major American life insurer will pay in full all death claims arising from military service in the United States forces in Mexico. W An English for the National Association of Life Underwriters said the old exclusion rule is dropped. The group plans its Cincinnati convention to promote life insurance education for women.
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New York
America
United States
Mexico
National Association of Life Underwriters
English
Cincinnati
City in Brief Ads and Appointments Dot Waterloo Day
Multiple short notes from Waterloo cover business travel and visits in Chicago and Cedar Rapids, legal actions, marriages, and a few local events. Entries mention Ives millinery, Fowler company sales, Bankers meeting in Humboldt, and a Tabernacle chapter convocation. Citizens include Moore, Witt, McNamara Far rington, Towne, Moon, Shader, Stebbins, Mulvehill, Knapp, Sells, Busby, Jackson, Woodruff, Trumbauer, War ner, Bradley, Daniels, and Sheridan.
Simple Home Method Promises Quick Dandruff Elimination
A vintage ad-like claim promotes dissolving dandruff with four ounces of plain liquid from a drugstore. Applied nightly, it allegedly removes flakes by morning, with several follow up uses needed for complete destruction. It also asserts immediate relief of itching and healthier hair appearance.
Towns in Arizona ask guard from Mexicans
Pearce and Gleason residents in Arizona telegraphed Sheriff Wheeler to send men to watch Mexicans amid fears they are arming. Willcox townsfolk seek permission to form a militia, as Mexican populations dominate locally. In Douglas, Col. Pelias Calles pledged protection to Americans if Huerta-US hostilities erupt as many Americans flee Cananea.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Pearce
Pelias Calles
Huerta
United States
Cananea
Opera Schoolboys Force Mexicans to Salute Flag
A Topeka report says 500 students from a high and grade school marched in the city streets after an afternoon bell. The procession led by a boy at the front pressed for a salute to the flag amid wartime patriotism.
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OPERA
Topeka
Kan
Parade Demonstrates Mexican War Tensions and Patriotism
A city parade shows wartime fervor as boys with a flag chant “War” and “On to Mexico” while a group of Mexican railway workers are jeered by youths. Mexicans salute the flag under pressure, followed by a long line of schoolgirls in a separate parade.
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United States
Huerta
Mexico
New Directory Project Hire In Waterloo
The McCoy Directory Co of Rockford Illinois has a force in Waterloo ready to start a new city directory. Offices will be in the Lafayette building during the canvass. It will take several weeks to complete and about three months before delivery.
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McCoy Directory Co
Rockford
Waterloo
Th Lafayette
Men and Teams At Work On Prospect Improvement
One hundred fifty men and thirty teams labor on Prospect, Plate, and nearby sites. They level and pave areas while three houses rise in the immediate vicinity.
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Prospect
Plate
German Army Increases Ammunition Load With Steel Rifle Cartridges
The German army has replaced brass linifle cartridges with steel to boost carried rounds from 120 to 160 per soldier. This shift aims to enhance firepower and reduce weight burden in the field.
Arabian Skin Exports Rally Between One And Five Million
Trade figures show Arabia ships between one and a half million goat skins and sheep skins annually. Last year exports to all destinations were officially valued at 2,838,027 dollars, though figures remain subject to revision.
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Arabia
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J.C. Hukill
Athill
Hubbard County
Minnesota
Black Hawk County
Konghta of Pythiae
W. Woolley
Sealy
Exmoy Lodge
Presbytery
National Association of [Are
Buchanan Fur Glasses
Wiliam Galloway
John Ellis Moore
Fred Witt
Shell Rock
F. Schaher
Fairfield
W. D. Ives
Ives
W. P. Spash
Humboldt
George Bristow
Great Western
J. W. Arbuckle
Manchester
Virginia McNamara Farringston
Miss McNamara
Oelwein
Robert Mullan
M. EB. Hutson
Second Street West
Robert Jones
Fowler Company
F. O. Newcomb
Dr. Thompson
E. M. Towne
O'Keefe & Towne
B.T. Moon
Mt. Vernon Township
Minnie Shader
Dorothy Garment Co
C. E. Stebbins
First National Bank
J.J. Mulvehill
Minneapolis
Independence
F. F. Knapp
United Miss
May Sells
T. A. Mupin
Linn Street
F. W. Mosher
Omaha
A. J. Busby
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Busby Theatrical Company
A. R. Jackson
Bound Brook
B. F. Swisher
Prospect Hills
Louise Woodruff
Glenwood
J. O. Trumbauer
Frank Warner
Group No
Iowa Bankers’ Association
J. B. Bradley
Tabernacle Chapter
Adaline Mishler
G. A. Sheridan
J. B. Ridenour
Third
Sheridan
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Mts Frank Bros
Arizona
Fitzgerald Bros
West Side
Rogers Bros
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