Finland agrees to Russ decree for an election
Helsingfors Aug 4 The senate by seven to six decided to publish the manifesto issued by the provisional government dissolving the landtag and appointing an election on Oct 1 The land tag adjourned after receiving the decision at a joint meeting with the governor general of Finland The resolutions urged Russian citizens to obey the provisional government and blamed Finland’s autonomy move on lack of Russian democracy agreement An mixed commission of Russian and Finnish democrats was proposed to settle the conflict.
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Helsingfors
Senate
Seneral
Landtag
Finland
Democracica
Russia
Pene
Arrest Grows From Big Saskatchewan Land Deal
James Gardiner was arrested in Washington Iowa on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses linked to a $174,600 sale of 20 000 acres in Saskatchewan to a local syndicate. Gardiner and his lawyer claim the charge is unwarranted. $15,000 was paid after inspections. A preliminary hearing is set before a justice of the peace. Gardiner hints at possible damages suit for malicious prosecution.
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James Gardiner
Washington
Gardiner
Mr. Gardiner
J. T. Sullivan
Sullivan
Saskatchewan
Can
Failed to Register Cedar Falls Men Sent to Jail
Three Cedar Falls men Philip Soto Frank Manrigg and Hans Hansen were arrested for failure to register. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner J. 2 Dempster and sent to the federal grand jury after failing to post bond. Soto and Manrigg are Mexican. Hansen is Danish and claimed the draft applies only to natural born citizens.
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Philip
Soto
Frank Manrigg
Hans Hansen
Cedar Falls
J. 2. Dempster
United States
Federal
Grand Jury
Jalil
Sato
Manrigg
Dempster
National Army
Hansen
Soldier Tobacco Drive Aimed At Frontline Troops
In Chicago the Red Cross backs a tobacco relief effort for Samnies in France marking August 18 as Tobacco Day. The fundraiser at a major league park will direct all proceeds to salve soldiers’ nerves and morale, with contributions to the Courier and Reporter office and tobacco packages shipped overseas.
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France
Chicago
Red Cross
Ocean
Waterloo
Courier
Courier and Reporter
Allies Resume Belgian Dane Report Succesd
Allied forces press on the Flanders front with continued ground gains as British troops hold St Julien and recaptured positions east of Monchy le Preux. French advances persist near Kortekeer cabaret while Italian and Austro Hungarian actions face failures in other sectors.
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Monchy-le-Preux
Flanders
St. Julien
Kortekeer
Arras
Infantry Hill
London
Posans
France
British
War Office
Kortekeer Cabaret
Paris
Belgium
Argonne
Small Coins Pile Up in War Chest
Waterloo children boost the Million Peony Fund War Chest by pennies earned in small tasks for parents. At noon today the tally reached 4113, aided by a recent lawn circus and new members Norma Louise Bell Berniece Bluhm and Sue Patterson. Readers may drop coins at the Courier and Reporter counting room or write to the Happy Tribe editor.
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Waterloo
France
Belgium
C. J. Miller
Washington Street
Go-Hawks
Happy Tribe
Norma Louise Bell
Berniece Bluhm
Sue Patterson
Courier and Reporter
Christian Science Services And Sunday School Notice
Christian Science services tomorrow will be at 11 am with Sunday school at 9 45 am The lesson sermon subject will be Love Harris Bickley Insurance Agency 401 West Fourth Street Waterloo Iowa Phone 321.
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Continental Casualty Company
Jarcis-Rickley Insurance Agency
West Fourth Street
Waterloo
Wawa
Harris- Bickley Insurance Agency
Town
Christian Science Services
Harris-Bickley Insurance Agency
Iowa
Warris-Bickley
West Fourth Stree
Harris-Hitkley Insurance Agency
I Waterloo
Pope Near Break With Germany Over Belgian Question
Vatican circles report a shift in the popes stance toward official Germany citing reactions to Belgian deportations. Austria is praised for independence while German bishops face subservience. a break with Germany is not expected yet but Belgian actions strain relations as Catholic opposition grows.
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Rome
Vatican
Germany
von Bathmann-Hollweg
Holy Father
Austria
Empresa
Cam
Young Man Victim of Highway Mishap
A Waterloo area string of traffic incidents includes Fred Emerson of Charles City who was struck by a city electrician Carl Pritchard on Fairview avenue. Emerson sustained painful but non serious injuries and was hospitalized as the fire department vehicle followed by a police report. A separate rear end collision damaged Frank King’s car at Multon and Jefferson, while EB Johnson’s car collided with Mrs Cy Sargent’s at Falls and Mullan.
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Waterloo
Fred Emerson
Charles City
Fairview Avenue
Carl Pritchard
City Electrician
Pritchard
Riehl Street
Emerson
Preabyterian Hospital
Frank King
Multon Avenue
Jefferson Street
King
EB. L. Johnson
Cy Sargent
Falls and Mullan Avenues
Weinhold Missing Since Monday Morning At Waterloo
C A Weinhold, 79, of 309 Columbia Street, left home last Monday at 3 am saying he would not return that day. He has not been seen or heard from since. Waterloo police and relatives have searched with no clue. He wears a derby hat, light shirt, green trousers, walks with a cane with a gold ring, and is deaf. Relatives seek any information on his whereabouts. He had little or no money.
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H. Weinhold
Columbia Street
Waterloo
Smith
Wetarud
Sottoi
Oats Stored in Silo on Shoemaker Farm
On the Waterloo Jersey Farm management used an en silage cutter to lift oats 45 feet to a silo top after a bumper crop, blowing oats and chaff into the silo then running them through grinding gear for ground feed. Resulting oat yield was about 80 bushels per acre.
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Waterloo Jersey
Regular Army Near Full War Strength
Washington D C Aug 4 Under the stimulus of the draft enlistments of the regular army within the last week have increased so that the full quota of 183 898 men has almost been obtained. The shortage now is less than 6 000. Yesterday s enlistments were 1 063.
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Washington, D. C
Canadian Highlanders Honor Roosevelt Flag at San Juan Hill
The Forty-eighth Highlanders saluted the banner carried by the Seventy-first New York during a welcome home celebration for a US recruiting detachment in Toronto. The Stars and Stripes were carried into action at San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, and the flag will be returned next week. Charles A. and G. M. Novatny announce Grayson Elim and Supply company, a moving picture allied business, opening soon to stock parts and accessories. Robert Lansing, secretary of state, resumes duties in Washington after a month’s vacation at Henderson Harbor, citing improved health and time spent fishing.
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Ont
Col. Roosevelt
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Seventy-first
New York Regiment
Forty-eighth Highlanders
United States
Charles A
G. M. Novatny
Moving Picture
Grayson Elim & Supply Company
Waterloo Picture Houses
Des Moines
Lansing
Watertown
N. Y
Robert Lansing
Washington
Henderson Harbor
Negroes mutilate to evade draft in Leon County
In Lloyd Florida on August 4 Nathan Mosely and Willie Green two Black farmhands drafted in Leon County harmed themselves to avoid service. Green lost four fingers on his right hand while Mosely had his right arm shot off below the elbow after going to the woods with a borrowed shotgun.
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Lloyd, Fla
Nathan Mosely
Willie Green
Leon County
Green
Mosely
New Chief Arrives to Plan Waterloo Office Quarters
W S Williams new northern division superintendent of Illinois Central arrives in Waterloo from Chicago to map plans for headquarters and office space. He will base expansion in Waterloo, with initial operations small and preference later for Waterloo staff as positions grow. Also, chief clerk H Taylor returns to Iowa for duties and both plan to move families to Waterloo.
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Anion Central Railroad
Waterloo
Chicago
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L. B. McCabe
Dubuqué
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Dubuque
HH. S. Taylor
Taylor
Willams
Williams
Mr. Williams
Wile
Hawkeyes
Mr. Taylor
Billiams
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam Promoted for Summer Complaint
Untitled remedy claims to cure summer diarrhea in babies and adults. It touts 71 years of use by Dr Wakefield and asserts quick relief with the first dose, priced at 36 cents. Emphasizes authenticity and lab validation of the product.
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Dr. Wakefield
Wakefield
War Tax Bill 16 Ready for Senate House 10 Oppose
Washington Aug 4 a re print of the new War tax bill revised by the senate finance committee to raise about 2 billion dollars was off the presses and sent to the printer. Chairman Simmons will present the measure to the senate Monday with debate likely Wednesday. The revision shifts taxes onto small incomes and away from big business, prompting senate opposition in conference.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Cor Mikes
Simmons
Senate
Kitchin
Senate Committee
House
Gore
Agriculture Committee
Iowa Plans to Draft War Money
A draft bill from a state senate and house meeting in Cedar Rapids outlines funding Iowa war efforts by selling liberty bonds to the government. The state would allocate bonds to property owners, issue warrants with bond interest, and add repayment to property tax bills. The measure targets swift legislative action and explains the proposed method for financing the bonds.
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Cedar Rounds
Iowa
Potatoes Fall as War Garden Boom Lets City Dig Own
Minneapolis residents harvest spuds from war gardens reducing market price. Potatoes sold to grocers at 85 to 90 cents a bushel, down from 2.65 dollars ten days earlier, due to large plantings in nearby territory and increased home digging.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Two Hundred Entombed After Kentucky Mine Explosion
At Clay Kentucky West Kentucky Coal No 7 mine exploded at 7 20 am trapping about 200 miners including many negro workers. Thirty one rescued and four bodies recovered. efforts by company workers and Kentucky National Guard to reach those still trapped. Fire and deadly gas hinder rescue as a mine rescue car from Evansville awaited.
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West Kentucky
Debrie
Madisonville
West Kentucky Coal Company
Co. C. First Regiment
Kentucky National Guards
Jenkins
West Kentucky. Coal Company
Resiua
Uump
St Face
Charles Wallac
Frese
Sali
Ings
Evansville
Alleged Slacker Is Picked Up at Falls Cedar
Cedar Falls police arrested an 18 or 22 year old man named Price at the city jail on a charge of failure to register and for submitting no papers. An additional information accuses him of obtaining seeds under false pretenses. He claimed to work for a local ice company and be paid Saturdays, though locals say he has not been employed. The hearing was set before J. E. Dempster, United Star commissioner, in Waterloo.
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America
No Man’s Land
William Hohenzollern
Cedar Falls
Himer
Onawa
Nathan ‘Exlow
J. E. Dempster
United
Waterloo
Price
Extra men called to Polk County draft Exemptions
Des Moines Aug 4 Polk County draft exemption board outside Des Moines city accepted 107 men of 260 examined. More men called for examination as the county quota is 179.
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Des Moines
Polk
Les Moines
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