Daniel Haffa Civil War Veteran Dies at 81 in Waterloo
Daniel Haffa aged 81 died at 5:45 AM at his residence 120 Lafayette Street Waterloo of complications. He came to Waterloo in 1865 after Army discharge and served four years as a sergeant in the Civil War Fiftieth Pennsylvania volunteers. He was married to Sarah Frey in 1870 and survived by widow, one son Oliver, three sisters, two brothers, and several in laws. Funeral services will be at First Evangelical Church Friday at 2:30 PM with Rev Clinton F. Smith officiating. burial in Fairview.
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Daniel Haffa
Lafayette Street
Mr. Haffa
Waterloo
Schuylkill County
Harry Hafta
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Robert Anderson
Grand
Army of the Republic
Woman's, Relief Corps
Lincoln Circle
Sons of Veterans
First Evangelical Church
Haffa
Sarah Frey
Oliver
Jacob _Schmeltz
Red. Cross
R. Fartgh
Dowen ‘City
George A. Arends
A. W. Haffa
J. W. Haffa
Abilene
Kan
Clinton F. Smith
Fairview
Bolshevik Assault Sours Waterloo Visitors in Ukraine Tale
Mr and Mrs Samuel Isenberg visiting relatives in Waterloo recount brutal Bolshevik raid at their Ukrainian home three months ago. Soldiers looted, beat them with swords, and threatened execution before fleeing. Isenberg, a former Kerensky army soldier, says no famine seen and plans to stay in America. He seeks naturalization while continuing English studies. Another note mentions Polish troops earlier abuse. End of source fragment references an advertisement about famous singer midgets coming to Waterloo.
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Samuel Isenberg
Waterloo
Jacob Cohn
Harry Cohn
J. D. Cohn
Ukraine
Russia
America
Mr. Isenberg
Isenbergs
Isenberg
Altho
Spirif
Kerensky
Crystal Will Open Sunday With Music and Dance
Crystal theatre, closed for remodeling since June 15, will reopen Sunday under manager J. P. Lannon. A new policy of combining pictures with high class entertainment includes vocal and instrumental music and esthetic dancing. Interior transformed with apron stage, floral lobby decorations, new carpets, refinished seats. Opening feature Skirts a comedy with Clyde Cook Shester Conklin and the Singer's midgets, Brown's saxophone sextet provides music.
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Crystal Theatre
Clyde Cook
Shester Conklin
Singer
Brown
Court refuses custody change in Hearst case
Judge G W Wood denied modification of a divorce decree granting custody of Francis M Hearst to Mrs Jennie C Hearst against Dr W L Hearst. She sought to move Francis and a brother and sister to Greens Castle Indiana after hearing and affidavits, including Francis's oral testimony.
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Jennie C. Hearst
W. L. Hearst
Cedar Falls
Francis M. Hearst
G. W. Wood
Hearst
Francis
Greencastle
Ind
Quest and Smith buy Fifth Street block property
Quest and Smith, plumbers via F J and J L Marquis agency, purchase 117 and 114 Fifth Street West from J W Wray, owner since last November. The 48 by 96 foot, two story brick building will be held as an investment.
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Quest & Smith
F. J
J. L. Marquis
Fifth Street
J. W. Wray
Downtown property transfer discussed with private valuation
The potential transfer may be used to expand the firm’s business, though details are not public. The price reportedly sustains recent downtown property value estimates. No. 112 houses Smith furniture store and No. 114 hosts Union cafe.
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Smith Furniture Store
Union Cafe
Too Much Speed at Palace and Other Shows
A film list notes Too Much Speed with Wallace Reid at the Palace, Agnes Ayres and Theodore Roberts in supporting roles. The Love Expert with Constance Tabhidge features Babs Hardcastle and a Boston to Florida experiment arc, shown at Plaza. The Scuttlers with William Farnum opens at Frank's Garden theatre as a sensational sea adventure about ship insurance and piracy.
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Wallace Reid
the Palace
Reid
Agnes Ayres
Theodore Roberts
Babs Hardcastle
Constance Tabnidge
Emerson-Loos
Boston
Florida
William Farnum
Frank's Garden Theatre
Farnum
Jim Landers
Strand Theatre Sails Into Adventure and Comedy Shows
A bustling Strand program features a sea tale with shipwrecks and desert island peril plus a new comedy Simple Life and a Hop Indian tenor act. Also on the bill are Snowblind a Reginald Barker production at the Strand today and a Patterson Garden News segment.
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Ansane
Iey
Dove
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Electric Park
Hugh Aierh
Simpsean
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Ugh
Pysetreer
Pathe
Strand Tea Tile
Constance Talmadge
Ghe
TON News Fleee
Katherine Newlin Burt
Canaan Northwest
the Ghelnhorn
Minguts
Harold ‘S Jenkins
Billy Striegel
Eddie Parent
Cecil Kendrick
Clifford Knode
Joe Knipp
Agnes. Ayres
Newsews
Cadillac
Victoria
Morris Motor Car Company
Waterloo—Dubuque
Ca Dilla
U.S. Nobby
U. S
U.S
United States
Usco Tread
U.S. Nobby Tread
RED & Grey Tyres
Auto Tire Service Co
Cramer Motor Car Co
Hileman Motor Co
Larry
Lemon the Inimitable
Silvertongue
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