Ringling Brothers Circus brings vivid menagerie to town
The Ringling Brothers Circus announces a Washington sweep of wild animal acts led by Trixie Congo a noted leading lady. The expanded menagerie includes 108 cages with 41 elephants 32 camels five giraffes 10 zebras and many big cats and horses. A new Solomon and the Queen of Sheba spectacle costs 1 000 000 and employs 1 250 cast members and 300 dancers. The production is directed by Ottokar Bartik with music by Fabis Effendi.
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Trixie
Ringling Brothers
Trixie Congo
Ottokar Bartik
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Fabis Effendi
Egypt
Waverly Boarding House Sold to Louis Schroeder
In Waverly Iowa on West Bremer avenue G Penkinson’s boarding house has been bought by Louis Schroeder. Possession will be taken September 1 and Mr Schroeder plans improvements before continuing the business. Also noted: Mr and Mrs Jesse Rover and daughter of Janesville visited Mrs Fred King and the Waverly band accompanied by other items. Local news round up includes Ernest Schultsmeyer returning from Chicago and illness of G W Smith.
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Autoes
Independence
Sumner
Herbert
Viola Lane
Manton
C. E. Lane
Mesers
Sailor
Bull
Schoot
Pockets
Ladd
Hastings
Wamneaday
Cedar Rapids
Mies Harriet Bye
Des Moines
Louise Cals
Clara Barber
Canada
Denver
Waverly
W. P. Barber
Ethel Burnham
LaCrosse
Wis
Barber
Joe Murphy
F. L. McAlpine
Belmond
John Sager
Emma
Barbara Sager
G. Deindoerfer
A. Engel‘brecht
J. Jorgensen
Minneapolis
Eleanor Beyers
D. R. Ernst
L. D. Wheeler
Tripoli
G. Penkinson
West Bremer Avenue
Louis Schroeder
Schroeder
Jesse Rover
Janesville
Fred King
G. W. Smith
Ernest Schultsmeyer
Chicago
Waverly Band
Less Meat Advice of Family Physician
A New York man reports years of dyspepsia and nervousness improved after eating less meat and using Grape Nuts cereal. He credits Grape Nuts with greater health benefits than prior medicines and cites his wife and children as healthier as well. The letter ends with a promotional plug from the Postum Co and references The Book to Wellville.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvie
Two Doctors Survive War Turmoil On Six-Pence Meals
West Liberty and Emmetsburg doctors trapped by war crossed Europe from Vienna to Berlin then London. With sixpence and a note in hand they rationed food for three days after banks closed. They traded currencies, took steerage to Quebec, and funded homeward travel with borrowed money.
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West Liberty
E. P. Welch
J. Joynt
Emmetsburg
London
Austria
Germany
Vienna
Koenigsburg
German Empire
Berlin
England
Weih
Real estate transfers recorded in Blackhawk County
Real estate transfers show Leavitt Johnson Trust transferring Lot 7 Block 31 Hagerman Place Waterloo to Alice A Jennings for 225. A Lavina Eccleston and others transfer Lot 25 and Rainbow’s west side plat Waterloo to Frank D Jenkins for 4000. M Storm transfers part of Lot 6 Block 5 Summit Waterloo to J R Johnson for 1400. Waterloo and Cedar Falls Unions Mill transfers part Lot 24 Hill Square Cedar Falls to G B Clark for 3000.
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Blackhawk County Abstract Co
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Alice A. Jennings
Hagerman Place
Waterloo
A. Lavina Eccleston
Telephone mixup spurs a comical hotel switchboard tale
Bronx City Aug 21 Gertrude Tucker a Jackson hotel operator becomes the center of a misdirected call. A bystander answering for a doctor ends up instructing a mechanic on motor repairs as a teething infant’s needs go unanswered. The hotel manager intervenes to spare her chastisement.
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Bronx City
Gertruder Tucker
Jackson Hotel
Gertrude
Bogey
Approve Articles of Iowa Bankers Des Moines
The National Currency Association of Iowa had its articles of incorporation and bylaws approved by Secretary McAdoo with one requested amendment to allow contiguous territory. The bylaw change, debated at the organization meeting, would grant power to include territory. bankers oppose extending beyond Iowa. Local bankers caution that amending bylaws requires a full meeting and a week’s notice, risking delays in emergency currency for Iowa banks.
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Des Moines
National Currency Association of Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Homer A. Miller
Miller
Laws Association
Ite
New York
Chicago
South Dakota
Aldrich- Vreeland
National Banka
Rock Island
Moline
Iowa
Iowa Banke
County Auditors Censure Hinshaw
Iowa county auditors at Cedar Rapids nearly adopted a resolution censuring State Game Warden E. C. Hinshaw for alleged duty failures. It urged Governor Clarke not to reappoint him, but was tabled and filed as convention records amid heated debate.
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E. C. Hinshaw
Hej
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Big Trail
Clarke
Hinshaw
U S corn crop forecast at 2.7 billion bushels this year
Washington Aug 21 forecast from the chamber of commerce statistics committee cites a 2.7 billion bushel national corn crop based on data through Aug 12. The outlook is for roughly normal yields with strong regional variation including drought in Texas Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama and better prospects in Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Nebraska and Illinois. Terrestrial notes include regional changes and the ad promotes The Erring Tubin masterpiece at the Crystal.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Committee On Statistics and Standards
The
Chamber of Commerce of the
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Misatassippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Tlinois
Georgia
Indiana
Ohio
The Devil's Eye at the Palace Theatre Tonight
The Palace Theatre screens The Devil's Eye in four parts today and tomorrow with death defying stunts and surprising comic relief. A hero escapes danger, is pursued by soldiers, and salvages a diamond named The Devil's Eye amid high rope work and dramatic chases.
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Palace Theatre
The Etring At Crystal In Three Acts Adverts
A fragment describes a dramatic scene with a character left in a tower pulling a fatal switch as the structure collapses. It mentions seeing The Lubin masterpiece at the Crystal today and references a three act production called The Etring along with an advertisement.
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Crystal
Chance a Factor in This Romance
One year after arriving as Waterloo physical director Jacob Bintz met Alma Gobin then YWCA physical directress, a fellow newcomer. They became engaged and plan a simple September wedding at Alma’s home, with a brief honeymoon before settling at 212 Randolph Street in Waterloo. The notice ends with an ad line for Wang and Miller Shoe Co.
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Jacob Bint2
Tha ¥. M. CG. AL
Waterloo
Alma Gobin
Tme
Goasipa
Bintz
Greencastle
Ind
Hoosier City
Hintz
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Tingting Bros
Trixie Congolg
Mies
Ringling Brothers’ Zoo
Ringling Bros
Sivk
Fate
Hove
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
M. T. Finley
Dallas County
Tom Darnell
Warren County
Mel Cully
Green County
J. J. Harrihan
Webster County
U. S
Spe
Dayl Davis Dry Goods
LISLE
Whelkiyv
Nainsook Athletic Union
Bowen
And
Tabor
Physicians & Surgeons
Jergen
Newhro
Gladstone
First National Gank Building
First National Bank Building
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