Hotel Men Debate Privilege Rules At Iowa Convention
Delegates at the Iowa State Hotel Men's session at the Irving hotel discussed a plan to charge regular rates for vacant rooms and to curb churn among travelers. Jacob Levingston, manager of Hotel Ru Sell Lamson, argued hotels should standardize pricing and adopt safeguards to protect properties from bad checks and uncollectible accounts.
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Jacob Levingston
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Hotel Ru Sell
Giles Leversee Ties At Age Of 73
Giles Leversee a resident of Mount Vernon township for more than 60 years died at midnight yesterday from rheumatic heart disease. Born in 1847 in Rensselaer county New York he came from Illinois with his parents to Cedar Falls later moving to Mount Vernon township. He farmed bred black polled cattle and served as township trustee and on the school board. He was married to Emma J石vestone in 186% and left six children Ed Jovlenbeck Maruanis A Roberts Samuel W Amos C Rolla Chenney. Funeral arrangements will be made on the arrival of a son from South Dakota.
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Mount Termin
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Rengselaer County
New York
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Cedar Falls
Mount Vernon
Leversee
Ed Jovlenbeck
Maruanis
A. Roberts County
Samuel W
Mount Vernon Township
Amos C
Washington Township
Rolla Chenney
William
Masonite Fraternity
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
South Dakota
Local obituaries note multiple deaths and survivors
The article lists deaths including Lalan from Cedar Walls and others from Denison Harrison and Petaloumia. It mentions funeral details at First Methodist Cedar Walls and notes survivors such as husband two children and parents. Also references a baby named Hayes and other relatives with limited readable details.
Weather Prevails Across Des Moines Amid Cold Snap
Des Moines reports a cold spell with official 24 hour low near zero degrees. Temperatures ranged 1 to 16 degrees above zero in today’s weather bulletin. In Cedar Rapids a death attributed to suicide was corrected as illness driven, Lyman Hoyland’s husband dying after an attempted call and a delirious condition led to the leap from a bridge.
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Pourteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Sedan sparks town interest with new closed car
A new closed car model named the Franklin Sedan appears in town at the local dealers. The design features a V-front with streamlined lines, a riveted one-piece body, and advanced Rothschild panel construction that eliminates joints for a smooth exterior. The lightweight enclosure promises practical benefits for year-round use and increased passenger comfort.
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Fire Alarms Hit City Five Times in 24 Hours
Firemen were called to five alarms in 24 hours from 6:15 a.m. Tuesday to 6:15 a.m. today with no loss of life or injuries. Three alarms on Tuesday were caused by roof sparks, another by a rear dwelling blaze at 378 Bratnohber street, and today at 8:20 a.m. to Dr. Harry Brown’s home at 720 Fourth Street East where smoke around a furnace stack caused a small fire. Advertisement for Miller McCartney Insurance ages 2033 Syndicate, Phone 2404.
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Harry Brown
Fourth Street
Mine explosion traps fifty at Stone City facility
Fifty or more workers are feared trapped after an explosion at the Ryan and Reedy coal facility near Stone City, 15 miles south. Rescue crews departed Pittsburg for the mine area as fears grew that many employees were killed or injured.
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Belgian Refugees to United States Reach Rotterdam
Father John B. Deville of Chicago has guided Belgian women, children and men from East and West Flanders to Rotterdam on their way to New York aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam. A number missed trains and were left behind. Since November 1914 he has organized four trips, aiding about 2,600 war victims to the United States.
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London
John B. Deville
Chicago
John Deville
United States
Auxiliary elects officers at Memorial Hall
The auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans Diet held an officers election last night selecting Winnie Hunstington as president Mildred Hutchison as vice president Anna M. Kistner as secretary Ethel Snodgrass as treasurer Amanda Crutcher as chaplain Mary Poster as patriotic instructor Gertrude Wright as guide May Tunis as inside guard Margaret Wegner as out guard Jair Baldwin and Celia Carroll as color guards Tana Clark Eva Ropers and Lian Norris as trustees Plans were set for a menu supper and a Christmas tree at Memorial Hall Neeva.
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Winnie Huginston
Mildred Hutchison
Anna M. Kistner
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Seare
Amanda Crutcher
Mary Poster
Gertrude Wright
Orphanunngstant
May Tunis
Margprat
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Jahed Haldwin
Celiza Carroll
Tda Glark
Eva Ropers
Lian Norris
Is. Cp. Vv
Fanzay
Memurial Halt Nee
Sensible ad fragment sparks curious dialogue in Courier
A fragmentary exchange hints at a conversational moment between two friends about a bus and a forthcoming ad in the Evening Courier. The text mixes names and stray phrases, suggesting a playful or ambiguous scene rather than a complete report.
Traction worker dies after fork between drawbars accident
Wilson 23 brakeman on La Wood. FL & NL work train died at St Francis hospital two hours after being crushed between train drawbars near Elk Run. He lived at 214 Columbia street and was to wed Mary Bradley December 20. Funeral at St Joseph's church tomorrow at 1 am with Rev Slattery. burial Calvary cemetery.
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FL & NL
St. Francis Hospital
Kik Run
Charles BP
Drilling
Fr. Rowe
Elk Run
Columbia Street
Mary Bradley
Waterloo
St. Joseph's Church
Father Slattery
Calvary Cemetery
Chinatown Bomb Plot Witness Testifies in San Francisco
In St Marys church near Chinatown Louis J Smith testified in the government case against Franz Bopp German consul general and others on dynamiting conspiracy charges. Smith a defendant claimed he was hired by the consulate to dynamite munitions ships and plants and described his travels across the midwest and east as a would be bomb planter in the northwest.
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Chinatown
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Franz Bopp
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Northwest
City in Brief
City in brief notes from a St Pauls Methodist church Fellowship meeting last night. Officers for the year elected include Mrs Hattie Magness who departs tonight for Chicago to visit her sister then onward to the south for the winter. Harvey Ingham editor of the Des Moines Register attended a luncheon at the Commercial club with about nine business and professional men. Mrs Peter Wagner of the Wagner hotel hosted Mrs Fred Jamison and Ralph Jamison of Maryville Mo. Mrs Jamison was returning from Rochester Minn. Mr and Mrs E B Roebuck are in the city a few days en route to spend the winter in San Diego Cal. Mrs Roebuck's mother Mrs Daniel will join them in Omaha. Mr Walters Mars of Hotel Kupper Kansas City Mo attends the hotel men’s convention and visits friends. he once worked at Matt Parrott & Sons book bindery. Word received that F W Taylor formerly master mechanic in charge of shows here resigned in 1915 to become superintendent of motive power for the International Great Northern railway.
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Limesstreet
Chicago
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Des Moines Register
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Peter Wagner
Wagner Hotel
Fred Jamison
Ralph
Maryville
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Rochester
Minn
Roebuck
San Diego
Cal
F. W. Taylor
International Great Northern Railway
Railroad hires align with Kansas City line shift
A note confirms an individual has accepted a similar position with the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway, signaling continued movement within the regional rail industry and potential changes in staffing at related depots.
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Court of Honor and chapters hold regular meetings this week
Court of Honor No 231 holds its regular meeting Thursday evening. Waterloo chapter No 128 O EB S meets at Masonite hall this evening for regular business and officer elections. Tabernacle chapter No 62 RB A MM convenes Thursday at 7 20 p m for business and elections. Cedar review No 37 W B A M postpones a scheduled meeting with Mrs P B Shirley.
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Cedar Review
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Otterville Want Page item on Anna Wenzel visit and illness
OTTERVILLE Ottervills Dec 12 Mrs Anna Wenzel Strawberry Point spent the past week with her sister Mrs Jake Smith Henry Sander who is very sick is a little better at this Writing 4 A 12 pound boy arrived in the ome of
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Anna Wenzel
Strawberry Point
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Henry Sander
Freeman Couple’s Saturday Departure Notes Local Ties
Mr and Mrs Roy Freeman left Saturday. Mrs Freeman formerly Miss Emma Middler of this community. Mrs Stokes, mother of Wallace Stokes, fell last week and fractured her leg, casting required. Mrs F J Bentz learned Wednesday of her niece Leia Cramer’s death at age 17. In St Paul, Ed was the daughter of the late Charles Cramer, killed in a railroad accident four years ago last October.
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Freeman Formarly
Emma Middler
Stokes
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F. J. Bentz
Leia Cramer
St. Paul
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Bargain Furniture Sale At Joe Raymonds
Used five months and in fine shape furniture offered at deep discounts. Items include a birdseye maple dresser $12.50, quarter sawn extension table and six leather chairs $26.76, a 344 inch library table $10, leather rocker $4.75, gas stove $8, gold bronze bed $6.75, a Davenport $22.75, plus 25 carpet sweepers and vacuums with high full prices. Go cart $8. First come, first served at 218-221 B. Wiech.
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B. Wiech
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