Black Hawk Fruit to Erect New Brick Plant in Waterloo
Waterloo will see a three story brick building on Water Street between Fifth and Sixth to house Black Hawk Fruit company. The $40,000 structure will cover 70 by 120 feet and be fully dedicated to the firm with modern refrigeration and planned for possible additional stories. Excavation to start soon with occupancy hoped by November 1.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk Fruit Company
Water Street
Sixth
William Pedford
C. C. Flodin
Black Hawk Unit Company
Iowa
Electric Division Wins Two Events at Company Picnic
The Citi zens Gas & Electric electric division triumphed in tug-of-war and baseball at Cedar River Park. The baseball game ended 7 to 4 with McSweeney and Kenneally defeating Shutsmin and Thomas. Marion Kenneally led the century dash, Jim Baisi took second and won the three legged race with Rock Trojan. Jim Gaffney won the potato race and Mrs Thomas earned first in the women’s baseball throwing contest. Nearly 300 attendees from Hampton, Charles City, and Nashua attended.
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Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Cedar River Park
McSweeney and Kenneally
Shutsmin
Thomas
Marion Kenneally
Jim Baisii
Ames
Rock” Trojan
Jim Gaffney
Hampton
Charles City
Nashua
Turkish Gunboat Sunk by Allied Submarines
London reports British submarines have torpedoed Turkish vessels including the gunboat Berk-i-Satvet and an empty transport in the Dardanelles, with the battleship Kheyr-ud-Din Barbarossa also torpedoed at the Dardanelles entrance to the Sea of Marmara. The former German cruiser Breslau and battlecruiser Goeben are also listed as torpedoed in the Black Sea or near the Bosporus in Athene dispatches.
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London
Berk-i- Satvet
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Black Sea
Berk-i-Satvet
Kheyr
Jitney Ordinance Likely Deferred Pending City Action
City council will probably take no action on the jitney ordinance until the Des Moines case status is clarified. City Attorney Julian drafted a bonding provision based on Des Moines, with $2,000 to $5,000 bonds tied to car seating capacity, while Des Moines faces a temporary injunction.
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Des Moines
Julian
Flood victims fed as city condemns damaged rows
Erie authorities report many residents displaced by the Mill Creek flood remain fed by city relief. Fifty buildings were condemned today and a city ordinance was planned to bar new frame structures in the creek basin.
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Erie
Ave
Air Lt Sutton Not Fatally Hurt In Oklahoma Airplane Crash
Washington Aug 13. R B Sutton who fell yesterday in the army xenoplane at Fort Slit Okla in the accident which killed Captain George H Knox received no fatal injuries per war department dispatches and suffered only from shock. No explanation of the cause has reached the war department.
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Washington, D. C
R. B. Sutton
Army
Fort Slit
Okla
George H. Knox
War Department
County motor tax receipts aid road, bridge work
Black Hawk county received 12 456 in motor vehicle license tax with second installment of 4 860 yesterday. First installment 7 596. Tax earmarked for road and culvert improvements with 1 percent to counties, 5 percent to state highway commission and remainder to state auditor. Chairman Strayer to report data at Des Moines convention. Weather boosted road work, though high summer water impacted bridges on Miller's Creek and Black Hawk Creek.
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Iowa
Black Hawk
W. D. Strayer
Miller's Creek
Black Wawk Creek
Warden Osborne to Stay on at Sing Sing
Osbornes’s retention confirmed by Governor Whitman in a crisis with Sing Sing officials. Thomas Mott Osborne will not be removed as warden despite tensions with Superintendent Rikey amid the prison dispute.
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Ossining
Whitman
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Barnes Attacks Roosevelt Reforms As Socialistic
Albany Aug. 13 William Barnes warned the constitutional convention now in session that if steps toward socialistic legislation are not halted there will be an autocratic state akin to Germany denying American equality. He likened Theodore Roosevelt to Bismarck and accused the progressive party of pushing policies that led Germanys Socialist party to a large share of power. He urged adoption of an amendment prohibiting minimum wage, old age pensions, and similar measures.
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Albany
William Barnes
Constitutional Convention
Ger
Theodore Roosevelt
Bismarck
Owal
Socialist Party
Germany
Barnes
Progressives
Allies Landings at Dardanelles Fail in Fresh Effort
Dispatch from Constantinople reported by Overseas News states French and British landing attempts near the Dardanelles were repelled. Warichali forces suffered casualties while Amaforta Bay saw 1,500 British troops land and push toward Turkish positions at Arutmuu but were also repulsed.
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Dardanelles
Berlin
Sayville
Today
Constantinople
AL Warichali
AL Amaforta Bay
Ariturmu
Pulitzer Takes Air Trip to Front
Paris August 13 Ralph Pulitzer of New York flew from a Paris suburb to the fighting front in a double motor biplane operated by a military aviator. The pair covered about ninety three miles and in sight of German lines could see the trenches and shell bursts. The plane then returned to Paris landing safely making Pulitzer the first newspaperman to make such a trip.
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Paris
Ralph Pulitzer
New York
Pulitzer
Khells
Committee Named to Inspect Steamboats for Safe Passenger Traffic
A committee of supervising inspectors from the steamboat inspection service, named by Inspector General Uhler and ordered by Secretary Redfield, will inspect Great Lakes operations. Members include J. K. Ruler of San Francisco, Eugene B H O'Donnell of Boston, C. H. Westcott of Detroit, N. BR Nelson of Cleveland, and Joly A. Potter of New Orleans. meeting in Cleveland on September 10.
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Washington, D. C
Steamboat Inspection Service
Uhler
Great Lakes
Redfield
J. K. Ruler
San Francisco
Eugene B H. O'Donnell
Boston
C. H. Westcott
Detroit
N. BR. Nelson
Cleveland
Joly A. Potter
New Grieans
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el Paso
Osborne
Roomas
Roosevelt
TUGAK
Bayer
Phis Handseanine Sonbtary
Taney Art Mel
Alan
Bulfet
Wes Oak
Gerals Martin
Tiger
Lhdé
Tiger Springs
Pries
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Body Brussels
Aterloo Furnitur Company
East Fourth Street
Waterloo, Iowa
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