Invest in a Business College Education for Life
A promotional piece extols quick earnings boosts from business training. It cites Ray Smith who invested 244 dollars and nine months to gain an 840 dollar yearly rise, and May Valentine who put 162 dollars and six months to gain 630 dollars yearly. The Waterloo Business College touts placement help and practical training for a lasting career in business.
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Ray Smith
May Valentine
Waterloo Business College
License Issued in Chicago for Dawson and Schorf Pair
A marriage license was issued today in Chicago to Thomas E. Dawson 36 of Freeport Illinois and Ada F. Schorf 22 of Waterloo. Schorf’s name does not appear in the city directory.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dawson
Freeport, Ill
Ada F. Schorf
Waterloo
Illinois Central timetable east and west bound notes
Railroad time table notes show east bound trains from Dubuque and Chicago at 4:16 am and 7:00 am local, 9:40 am Chicago express, 2:20 pm Dubuque and Chicago, with 12:40 am and other Dubuque Chicago connections. West bound listings appear as Anata Chicago express and other express.
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Illinois Central
Dubuque
Chicago
Chicago (Express
Twin Cities
Limited
Albert Lea
Davenport
Burlington
St. Louis
Kansas City
la Porte
Washburo North Bound
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Twig Cities
Rockford
Shell Rock
East Side
Union Depot
Des M. & K. Cc
Des. M. &K
North Bound
C. & Twin Co
W. . F. & N. Interurban
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
East Fourth
Lafayette Streets
Galloway
West Side
Mulberry
Eest
Whitertoo
Albertville
Teare la Porte
Waterloo and
Waverly
Salvation Army Christmas Dinner Feeds Waterloo Poor
Hundreds of needy families in Waterloo will receive baskets and a Christmas dinner from the Salvation Army. About 130 baskets prepared for distribution tomorrow morning plus additional deliveries to homes. Baskets include chicken, potatoes, sugar, coffee, butter, canned goods, bread, fruit, vegetables, and a War Cry. Local merchants’ donations support a substantial meal for five people per basket.
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Salvation Army
Dubuque
Othrers
Army
Waterloo
Fowler Building
Lafayette Street
First Methodist
Latter Methodist
Council Bluffs
Lake Bluff
Daughters of Isabella
Central Church of Christ
Bible School
Baraca
Mt Auburn Social Roundup in Vinton and Cedar Rapids
Mt Auburn notes Santas and shoppers with visits by Mrs Ad Lupton Alma and others to Cedar Rapids Vinton Waterloo La Porte City and Garrison. Visitors include Mrs G Weise Mrs H Han over Gladys J Roster Oliver and Miss Nellie King among many. Knox college student Laura Smalley returns for Christmas. Local church planning continues as M E church business committee tours Garrison for brick church ideas.
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Mt. Auburn
Ad. Lupton
Alma
Cedar Rapids
G. Weise
H. Hanover
Gladys
Vinton
Geo. Mossman
J. Roster
Brandon
Renner
Waterloo
Fisher- Shipp Company
Geo. Lormor
Marie Rice
Rice
Elver Craft
Hite
Schlarbaum
Laura Smalley
Knox College
Lupton
H. Cowley
Chas. Dorsey
la Porte
Clad Struve
Amy Lee
Nellie King
Ella Frink
Rack Rapids
H. St. Clair
E. Farmer
M. Redington
Herman Gulick
Plinfield
Chas. Hains
la Porte City
Toothbrush gift for schoolchildren in Danielson
In Danielson Connecticut on December 24, Warden W L Bullard gave each of 162 primary grade pupils at School Street School and St James parochial school a toothbrush toothpaste and tooth powder as a Christmas gift. Mr and Mrs B A Asquith depart New Year’s Day for California to visit relatives for two to three months.
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8. A. Asquith
California
Learn The Stenotype To Be A Faster Stenographer
An advertisement promoting Stenotype training promises faster, more accurate shorthand. It claims you can reach 593 words per minute blindfolded, earn higher salaries, and master the method through a course offering comprehensive instruction and practice.
Keep Off Ice Timely Warning About River Danger
A city warning urges keeping children off the river above the dam as warm weather weakens the ice. One man has already fallen through and officials fear more incidents if skating continues. The message stresses delaying skating until authorities declare the river safely frozen and warns of possible funeral costs.
Georgia Train Derailment injures a few near Americus
Savannah dispatch reports the Seminole Limited traveling from Jacksonville to Chicago derailed near Americus. Bad track alignment blamed for the wreck. Three sleepers left the rails but did not overturn. eight or ten persons sustained slight injuries.
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Savannah
Waneger
Central of Georgia
Seminole Limited
Jacksonville
Chicago
Americus
Litchfield Manufacturing Pays Workers Holiday Checks
The Litchfield Manufacturing company sent each employee a Christmas letter with a check. Amounts equal years of service, plus office heads and foremen receive an extra five dollars per year. This year about $1,000 will be spent. the oldest employee received $76.
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Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Barber shop fight ends with severe cuts to Joe Myers
In Cedar Falls a confrontation with a Black man left Joe My era severely cut by a knife. The blow shattered Myers glasses and lenses. the knife strike to the bow is cited as keeping him alive. The assailant fled, but a warrant was issued for his arrest.
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Cedar Falls
Joe My‘era
Myers
First Wireless Operator Killed at His Post
New York reports quote wireless operators stating a German Norddeich station casualty on Sunday may be the first record of a wireless operator killed at his post. Berlin dispatches say the man, Muller, touched live wires creating electric waves and died instantly.
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New York
Norddeich
North Sea
Berlin
Mueller
JOLTING AMBULANCE SETS BONES AND LIFE 18 SAVED
An unidentified man aboard the steamer Sinia at San Francisco dislocated his neck while leaping from a yard arm with a rope. A jolting ambulance ride realigned the vertebrae and, after surgery, the bones were back in place. Dr. Alfred Roncovieri called the case remarkable and credited the ambulance with setting the bones.
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San Francisco
Sinia
Alfred Roncovieri
Woody Tells of First Time He Hid Smoking
Trenton New Jersey December 24 Governor Wilson’s friend recounts a memory from childhood about smoking. He describes his mother using his father’s cigar smoke on rose bushes to deter pests and a disastrous reaction after five minutes. He says he never learned to smoke.
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Trenton
N. J
State House
Wilson
Pringston
Vicksburg
Misea
Paris Jury Acquits Slayer of Husband
In Paris on December 24 Mme. Gaston Bloch, novelist, was acquitted after twenty minutes, finding she killed Mrs. James E. Bridgman whom she said betrayed her and ruined her home and husband. She must pay one franc in civil damages tied to the shooting.
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Paris
Mme
Gaston Bloch
James E. Bridgman
Milwaukee
Wis
Mme. Bloch
Deaf Woman in Chamber Wears Black and Uses Ear Trumpet
Mme Bloch, a 38 year old woman, attended the chamber in deep black. She is so deaf she could hardly hear the judge, yet she used an ear trumpet throughout the proceedings.
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Sive
Mme. Bloch
Child's Theatre Opens First of Its Kind in World
New York December 24 The Chil dren's theatre said to be the first of its kind opened on the roof of the Century Theatre. Rackety Packety House by Mrs F H Burnett was staged before an audience including child welfare workers. Performances scheduled to avoid school hours with matinees after school.
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New York
Children's Theatre
Century Theatre
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