Railway Head Favors Boys For Ames Short Course
W C Brown president of New York Central Mnes renews offer to pay expenses for three Black Hawk county boys to attend the Ames short course beginning Dec 30. The same committee selects boys Ralph Barron Oliver Smith Jud Roszell. Barron already accepts, others to be contacted. Brown supports agricultural welfare in Iowa and Waterloo area. Is Thief Optimism or Insanity follows.
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W. C. Brown
New York Central Mnes
Black Hawk County
Ames
John C. Hartman
Evening Courie
Mr. Brown
Mr. Hartman
William Galloway
George B. Miller
Brown
Ralph Barron
East Waterloo Township
Oliver Smith
Dunkerton
Jud Roszell
la Porte City
Barron
Towa
Waterloo
Plans Found Framed Mint Robbery Scheme in Denver
A Denver mint robbery plot involving dynamite and tunneling to reach vaults was thwarted when planners abandoned the plan after leaving instructions in a public comfort station. About 500 million dollars were said to be in the vaults. Secret Service Agent Goddard declined to comment.
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Denver
Colo
Der
Denver Mint
Mint
Washington
Vian
Public Comfort Station
Frank Downer
Unnt
Gibraltar
Neaver
Secret Service
Rowland K. Goddard
One Advertisement Claims Fast Cold and Grip Relief
An old ad touts Bromo Quin ine as a laxative and cold cure with claims it cures a cold in one day and grip in two days for 25 cents, signed by Br. W. Grove.
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BR. W. Grove
Salvation Army Christmas baskets planned for Lafayette street
The Salvation Army will distribute 100 baskets for a struggling family on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Baskets, packed to feed five, will be available from the rear room of the Fowler building on Lafayette street with a public viewing slot from 12 to 1. A Christmas tree event for poor children is set for December 26 at 2 pm in the gymnasium of the M C A building, with toys and clothing items distributed. The article notes the Army’s growing success in its Christmas work.
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Salvation Army
Fowler Building
Lafayette Street
Army
Crane Presents The Senator Keep House At Waterloo
William H. Crane brings The Senator Keep House to Waterloo theatre MondayDevra, a wholesome entertainment praised in New York for four months at Garrick theatre. Hagenbeck Wallace pictures show tonight at Waterloo, with clear, impressive footage of circus life. Brewster's Millions at Waterloo features Monty Brewster Peggy Gray and Trixie Clayton in a stage adaptation by Winchell Smith and Kyron Ongley. A dog tale ends with Topsy reacting to a sleeping quarryman, adding a festive note to the program.
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New York City
Garrick Theatre
Brewster
Georgy Barr McCutcheon
Monty” Brewster
Peggy'’ Gray
Tray
Trixie Clayton
Winchell Smith
Kyron Ongley
Bloodhounds Track Robbers From Reales Mound
Homer Bundy and the Waterloo bloodhounds Topsy and Roger chased robbers through Reales Mound yesterday morning. A Cedar Falls city directory by W A Ceperley and T Earl Wild lists about 4500 names, showing Cedar Falls has grown rapidly. The directory aids Waterloo business houses and contains valuable city information.
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Homer Bundy
Topsy and
Roger
Waterloo Bloodhounds
Reales Mound
Cedar Falls
W. A. Ceperley
Waterloo
T. Earl Wild
Former Iowa girl first to kill moose in Alberta
Ferra B Plymate, 19, from Central Iowa, claims the distinction of the first girl to kill a moose in Alberta. She shot at 94 yards with a 28-56 rifle in brush a75 miles north of Edmonton, injuring the elk and ending the hunt after a week.
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Edmonton
Alta
Old Chief Slings King’s English at Taft
In Washington a delegation of Indians visited President Taft at the White House. An elder chief spoke through an interpreter whose confusion left the president waiting as the chief shifted to English and quipped that the interpreter did not understand him. The tale ends with humorous streetwise line about moccasins and a joke about Easter.
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Taft
White House
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W. Co. Brown
Joder
High Standard Pharmacy
Iowa
Bergen
Joe Pompeian
Polar
Colgate
Lightner
Jergen
Maubert
Frank C. Krueger
Comfort Station
Chamberlain
Hagenbeck
Illinois
Win Ionsin
Crowhall
Frank Bros
Commercial
Old Chief
A Delega
Houston Post
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