City in Brief: Local Notices and Visits
A city brief itemizes various society notes including Mrs Dorothy Martin’s return from Nashua, Mrs T W Place visiting in Chicago, Miss Anna Hunteman’s arrival for a J A Clark home visit, Miss Mamie Hayes and Miss Vera’s ten day visit with Mrs Virgil Blackledge, and Miss Edith Korinke learning of her brother’s death in St Louis. It also notes Webb C Ball Watch Co suing Theodore Behrena for 35 50 and a Waterloo association meeting at Farmers Trust Co. plus other neighborhood updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Place
Fred
Chicago
Webb C. Ball Watch Co
Theodore Behrena
Anna Hunteman
Moberly
J. A. Clark
Western Avenue
Mamie Hayes
Vera
Reasner
Virgil Blackledge
Elmwood Avenue
Edith Korinke
Hawthorne
St. Louis
Korinka
Charles City
What Became of Jennie Brice Mock Trial Planned
The Brotherhood of the First Congregational church hosts a December 16 mock trial to decide the outcome of the moagazine story What Became of Jennie Brice. City’s leading lawyers participate to deduce the mystery of the missing young woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of the
First Congregational Church
Jennie Brice
Education notes survey shows rising four year schooling in US
Education notes report two thirds of American high schools offer complete four year curricula, while Alaska eyes compulsory attendance urged by Dr. P P Claxton. Medical inspectors find most city school children carry defects. UK board recommends elementary mining instruction within regular subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
P.P. Claxton
Territory
British Board of Education
Norris
Missouri
Library of
Clark University
United States i Bureau of Education
Boy Scouts
Binet
Banquet Planned After Annual Meeting at Pythian Temple
A year end gathering is slated for December 30 with a banquet at the Pythian temple. Nationally known speakers will be secured and the event is expected to draw a large, enthusiastic crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nual
Works Charges on Campaign Funds and Patents
Senator Works denounced the Harriman contribution to the 1904 campaign funds as buying immunity from prosecution. He argued money helped elect the president and led to dismissed suits against Harriman’s roads. He urged a single presidential term to curb patronage and condemned the 1904 campaign as shameful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Works
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Senator Works
Enticed Girl Away From Home Charged in Waterloo Case
Six Waterloo residents Sylvia le Roy Edgar Le Roy Hazel Hopper Mary Burd Violet Burd and Ira Fisher face Justice Knapp's court at 2 pm Tuesday on charges of enticing a child under sixteen from home in the Gladys Brown disappearance case. The girl, last seen October 24, had been with lawful custody holders Mr and Mrs Jacob Teeter and was later located in Terre Haute Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Brown
Waterloo
Justice Knapp
Sylvia le Roy
Edgar le Roy
Hazel Hopper
Mary Burd
Violet Burd
Ira Fisher
Brown
Jacob Teeter
Anna Winchell
Brown Gint
Terra Haute
Ind
Britain's Naval Aid Backed by Canadian Gift
In LondonDec a day of clear resolve over Britain’s naval program Churchill in the House of Commons affirmed Canada’s gift of three battleships worth 36000000 should supplement the existing program and strengthen imperial security. He urged awaiting Canadian parliamentary approval and discouraged further questions on the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dec
Great Britain
Canada
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Churchill
Borden
Personal Workers Fight Saloon Position In Waterloo
The Business Men's Association gathered about 300 men at Walnut Street Baptist church. At noon 214 delegates were sent to urge residents to oppose saloon advocacy and to seek public support for keeping Waterloo dry for at least two more years. Also notes: in North Yakima, 772 pupils earned 16459 during summer, with 6183 saved under school reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's Association
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Waterloo
Spokane
Wash
Mee
North Yakima
W. D. Sterling
Chris
Leopard skin furs dominate fashion on the market
The piece notes leopard skin furs are the rage among women with affordable coats gaining popularity. It describes a luxurious leopard skin model finished with geal and hints at high cost and social status associated with wearing such skins.
Beginning Tariff Hearings Set for January
Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee at a conference agreed to start hearings the first week in January on the proposed tariff revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Committee On Ways and Means
Illinois Central East and West Bound Time Tables Rail Schedule
Railroad time tables list East Bound departures from Dubuque and Chicago with 12:40 am 4:15 am and 7:00 am, plus Local and Express services. West Bound shows 12:33 am to Ft Dodge and Omaha 8:10 am, 9:25 am Express, 5:25 pm Fast Mail, and locals from Albert Lea and Minneapolis connections. Daily except Sunday.
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Illinois Central
Dubuque
Chicago
Expreag
Hzpress
Ft. Dodge
Omaha
Twin Cities
Albert Leswe
Albert Lea
Minneepolig
Fox
Davenport
Burlington
St. Louis
Kansas City
la Porte
Washburn
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Twin Citie
Rockford
Shell Rock
W.C. F. & N. Interurban
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Steed Lituaom
Galloway
West Side
Mulberry
East Side
Cedar
Glasgow
Denver
Waverly
East Fourth
Lafayette Streets
Interurban and Rail Timetables for Waterloo Cedar Falls Area
timetable extracts trains and city routes including South Bound and North Bound lines. lists departure times from Fox Davenport Burlington St. Louis Chicago and Des Moines routes, plus Cedar Falls Waterloo connections and varying daily frequencies with noted exceptions.
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Paul Davis
Wal Davis
Meginning
Amall
Percy
Toyland
W. C. Morris
The
Spokane Spokesman Review
Buchanan
Majestic Theatre
Boyce, Optometry
Dorothy Martin
Nashua
B. E. Guyer
Genevieve Cortright
Mr. Guyer
Mrs. T. S. Guyer
Dunkerton
Waterloo Traveling and Business Men's Association
Farmers’ Trust Co
Education Notes
Edwin G. Cooley
Deutsches Haus
Columbia University
l'Tomlé
Hibiary
Nus
Milady
Becessica
Alfives
P. Br.r. South Bound
Gnd W. Bark
Des
Union Depot
M. &Kk
Act
North Bound
C. & Twin Cy
GC. & Twin Q
Oelwein
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