Grand Jury Reports Indictments From Waterloo Vice Probe
A Waterloo grand jury issued two score and eight true bills after a special investigation into vice conditions. Indictments cover illicit sales of liquor, gambling, and prostitution, plus other state-law offenses. Over 400 witnesses were examined by E H McCoy and Walter R French as prosecutors.
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Roy E. Ashley
la Porte City
Lyner
E. H. McCoy
Attorney General’s Office
Walter R. French
Itte
McCoy
Vnenet
Thea
Xettoy
French
Che Hakit Ano
G. W. Wood
Mr Coy
Druses of Hauran Described In New Geography Bulletin
Washington bulletin portrays the Druses of Hauran as a people bound by a life for a life creed, counting 343 million years of time, and maintaining independence in a Syrian region ripe for grain and garden status. It covers geography, secret rites, the intelligent and ignorant, and parallels to early church practices amid 19th century regional conflict.
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Washington, D. C
Dec. S
Syria
Hauran
National Geographic Society
Prairie
Damascus
Sea of Galilee
Rome
El-Leja
Moses
Jesus
Druses
Darazi
Hakim
European Commission
Joseph Karan
Mt. Hermon
Jebel ed-Nruz
Travelingmen of Waterloo Plan Annual Banquet
Travelingmen of Waterloo will hold their annual banquet at Black's tea room and a program on December 29 with George W. Huntley C. H. Bingham and John T. Rock on the arrangements committee. Members of the association are invited and tickets for the turkey dinner are priced at one dollar.
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Travelingmen of
Waterloo
Tearooma
T P. Mn
George W. Huntley
C. H. Bingham
John T. Rock
Waterloo Travelingmen's Association
Cedar Falls Fires Cause $525 in Damages on Tremont and Main
Cedar Falls reports two fires within five minutes causing about $525 in damage to residences on Tremont Street and Main Street. The first blaze at the W. H. Pillsbury house at First and Tremont began at 10 a.m. with losses around $560. At the Kadesh place, 109 Main Street, damage is estimated near $26.
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Cedar Falls
Tremont Street
Main Streets
W. H. Pillsbury
First
Tremont
Kadesh Place
Main Street
Christmas Excursion Rates For Chicago Railroads Show Up
Railroads Great Western Illinois Central and Rock Island announce holiday excursion fares with sale dates from December 21 to 24 and return by January 4. Great Western offers fare and a half with a $2.50 minimum, Illinois Central a fare and a half with $2 minimum and $25 max. Rock Island rate details pending. General timetable changes on Great Western take effect tomorrow with multiple schedule shifts for Common No. 5 65 3 1 51 2 4 and local trains. Waterloo Des Moines Kansas City routes adjusted for arrival and departure times. No changes to No. 54 and No. 6 remain as scheduled.
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Chicago Great Western
Illinois Central
Rock Island Railroad
Musb
Illinois Central Railroad
G. W
Great Western
Chicago
Waterloo
Des Moines
Kansas City
Waterloo East
Watering East
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Oelwein
Train schedule snippet from Iowa route times
The timetable notes two arrivals and departures: No 52 leaves Waterloo at 9 53 p m and arrives Oelwein at 10 46 a m while another service arrives in Chicago at 7 30 a m, reflecting a regional rail schedule snapshot.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Oelwein
Telegraph Briefs From Across the Nation and World
The Associated Press reports delegates reach agreement on return of all public properties in the Kiao Chow leasehold to China pending Tokio confirmation. Griffth’s likely ratification support for Anglo Irish treaty noted. U S mediators seek to resolve packinghouse strike differences as Chicago reports orderly conditions. An arms conference plenary session is announced. A severe quake hits Fokto with no fatalities. Dr John E B Teeple claims Germany controls American potash market. Women’s Christian Temperance Union will not push tobacco abolition. Government reorganization plans near budget implementation. Henry Landru is gravely ill in Gambals cell. F W Atkins is jailed on embezzlement charges. Secretary Wallace to westward farming meetings, Mitchell to Europe for aviation study. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond lowers discount rate to 5 percent. About 10 000 counterfeit revenue stamps seized in a raid. Dr Adolf Lorenz may visit Michigan if health allows. Montgomery Ward board approves dividend actions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
China
Kiao Chow
Tokio
Dublin
Arthur J Griffth
Chicago
United States
Washington,d.c
New York
John EB. Teeple
Germany
Philadelphia
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Washington
D. C
Versailles
Henry Landru
Bluebeard of
F. W. Atkins
Goblin
Ku Klux Klan
Wallace
West
William Mitchell
Europe
War Department
Joe Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Adolf Lorenz
Groesbeck
Michigan
Montgomery Ward & Co
Engagement and notable notices across cities
In Chicago William Coula Rohrer and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon announce their engagement. In Washington Government expenses for vocational training of soldiers rise by two million dollars per Forbes. In New Orleans a fire in the French Quarter damages property estimated at 200000 dollars. The Methodist Episcopal church quotes President Harding predicting prohibition’s lingering absence in another generation.
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Committee On Conservation and Advance of
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harding
Washington, D. C
Forbes
Chicago
William Coula Rohrer
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
New Orleans
Smiles and Kinks on Today's Wires
United Press items report a Chicago holdup where Paul Tosci lost most items but socks and hat, a New York florist Ferdinand Fleshman cited in a divorce suit, and Independence, Kansas noting Frank Rehberg placing fifth at the International Livestock Show in Chicago with a carload of steers, then purchasing Black cattle.
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United Press
Chicago
Paul Tosci
Independence
Frank Rehberg
Littleton
Ted
Cascade
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Seasion
Brand
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AML
Wood
Stiles
HL McCoy
Gibson
Torasys
Police Commission
Grand Jury
Cyune
Faith OF
Orwats
Capital Society
Red Cross
Misa Virginia Ee
Richmond
Waterloo Laundry Co
Park
Jefferson
Ferdinand Flesh- Wiann
Excel
Walnut Buffet
Lloyd Carriages
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Repass Automobile Co
Maine
Oregon
California
New England
Pacific
Detroit
Florida Sands
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