Leslie M Shaw Visits Waterloo in a Town Return
Former Iowa governor and Roosevelt era treasury secretary Leslie M. Shaw talks in Waterloo on business. He predicts a 1920 Republican convention nominee who proves party loyalty, cites tariff as decisive, notes Ohio loss hurt more than California, doubts peace this year, believes war prosperity masks risks, praises Harding win in Iowa, and fondly recalls Iowa as home while visiting Waterloo. He splits time between Washington and New York, staying briefly in town.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
All Treasury
Theodore Roosevelt
Shaw
Waterloo
Hughes
Republican Party
G. Gop
Ohio
California
Wilson
Hardington
Harding
Hit
Neepie
Washington
New York
Prices Break Again On The New York Stock Exchange
New York stock prices declined again as heavy liquidation spread amid international tensions with Mexico. A belated German note forecast spurred selling, though it may have been improvised as an excuse, with many major stocks near last week lows and prices slipping further.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Mexico
Wall Street
Germany
Texas Congressman Weds Wedded Bride For 18 Years
Galveston Texas December 28 Congressman Jeff McLemore author of a measure to bar Americans from armed belligerent vessels married Miss May Clark a British born woman whose story spans an 13 year romance. The congressman recalls a stormy birth on March 18 and says fate has guided his life while he pursued a wedding with a Klngsland Texas schoolteacher met by chance.
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Galveston
Tex
Jeff McLemore
May Clark
MacLenmore
Klngsland, Tex
Des Moines Mayor Holds Fast in Coal Dealer Fight
Des Moines officials and coal dealers moved toward a meeting on an artificial famine in the market but the mayor was barred from the talks. He warned of presenting an ultimatum if immediate steps are not taken. Civil groups report hundreds of families without coal as charities seek relief.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Gsherings
Park Avenue Corner Purchase Syndicate Forms Holding Company
Subscribers to a $75,000 fund organized to buy four Park Avenue and Cedar Street corners from the Nauman company met to complete the incorporation. The Repasa Automobile company will take one corner for a $100,000 assembling plant and service station. Officers elected: J. B. Sedgwick president H. C. Bernbrook vice president J. J. Miller secretary H. W. Althouse treasurer. Capital to be $100,000. Park Avenue Company named. Deeds to be prepared. deal to close quickly. Repasa to build in spring. Remaining corners expected soon.
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Nauman Company
Park Avenue
Cedar Street
Repasa Automobile Company
J. B. Sedgwick
H. C. Bernbrook
J. J. Miller
H. W. Althouse
Park Avenus Company
Repass Company
City in Brief advertisement roundup and local notices
Local brief records a mix of travel, social updates, and notices including R B Jamison in Waterloo on bank business, Des Moines Register rep in town, Good Fellows club thanking Zook Bentz, J C Schneider departing for Los Angeles, a marriage license issued to Oscar York and Anna Gordon, Stewart family returning to San Francisco, Florence Waguire visiting Emmetsburg, Prof Hoar predicting sleet and snow, Anna O Rourke and Marie Black moving to Cedar Rapids, W N Kean of Union Pacific in the city, Michael Montgomery visiting from Sioux City, Mrs J H Leser meeting her uncle for the first time in 22 years, W E Hollenbeck sprained ankle, George Huntington moving to town, J S Bartley taking post in Bartley New Jersey, and a note that 14,009 subscribers and families sustain Courier reach.
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R. B. Jamison
Bank of Oelwein
Waterloo
W. E. Dodge
Charles City
Des Moines Register
Good Fellows Club
Zook & Bentz
J. C. Schneider
Los Angeles
Cal
Oscar EB. York
Anna Gordon
Cedar Falls
Michael Montgomery
Sioux City
J. H. Leser
Commercial Street
Leser
W. E. Hollenbeck
Bluff Street
Fourth Street
Longworth for Speaker in Republican leadership race
Washington dispatch reports Nicholas Longworth emerging as a compromise GOP candidate for speaker after factional over Mann. The note highlights Roosevelt kinship as key linkage amid intra party maneuvering in the House. A separateQA about a minister and boy fishing anecdote appears, though unrelated to the political item.
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Longworth
Washington, D. C
Nicholas Longworth
House
Mann
Roosevelt
Germans advance toward Braila in Danube push
German and allied troops drive toward Braila on the Danube as Rimnik Sarai and Rimnikx Sarat fall under their advance. Russian and Roumanian defenses retreat with thousands of prisoners and multiple machine guns seized. Front-line actions include mining on the Somme and air losses for Germany.
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von Mackensen
Wallachia
Lino
Sereth
Moldavia
Rimnik-Sarai
Buzeu
Rimnik-Sarat
Rush V
Hravka
Somme
Berlin
Western Front
Entente
London
Ninth
Buzen-Braila
Sevveral
Braila
Ninth Army
Russia
Ramuaticu
Petrograd
Rammiicu-Sarat
Bammer
Danube
Matchin
Bratla
Ga- Tatz
Polnots
Sereth and Lower Danube
Mackensen
Bessarabia
Carpathians
Uzul
Christmas Scenes and Bird Mystery in Hudson
Christmas in Hudson features family visits from Davenport Wyoming and Waterloo, a White Gift service at the Brethren church, a community Christmas party for 76 children, and school vacation announcements. A note on chimney swifts discusses migration patterns and vague myths about their disappearance and return.
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Hudson Hudson
Lyle Slusher
Grinnell
H. WV. McCluskey
Davenport
Charles Fessier
Wyoming
I. W
Don Aton
Lawn State University
Tract
Sam Watters
C. A. Beldt
Waterloo
Brethren Church
B. M. Sweitzer
Wilhalm
Cedar Falls
J. W. arcCluskey
Sadie Washburn
Gladys
J. P. BicCluskey
Brathren
WW. G. Strayer
daugh+ter
Helen of
Nation of economic illiterates spurred by sound business
New York December 28 The United States is labeled a nation of economic illiterates and the spread of sound business principles is praised. Frank A Vandertorp president of National City Bank urged a NYU supervised finance school to adopt real economic science. He warns against reliance on rule of thumb methods and calls for measurable, systematic business understanding to meet the era’s challenges.
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New York
United States
Frank A. Vandertp
New York University
National Banks Show Huge Gain Across Regions
National banks in the United States increased resources by more than 4.006 billion in two years, reaching 15.62 billion. Western states posted the highest growth at 50 percent, with New England and eastern states rising 32.0 billion combined. Deposits rose to 12.438 billion, loans and discounts up 1.126 billion, reserves up 237 million to a record 2.472 billion.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Williams
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Russia
German Reichsbank
Bank of Italy
Bank of Spain
Bank of the Netherlands
Bank of Denmark
Swiss National Bank
Imperial Bank of Japan
Comptroller
Eoveland
Middle Western
Western States
Pacific
Englshd
South
Far West
National Banks of
New England
Eastern States
West
Pacific States
Local Notices From Brandon Christmas Gatherings and Deaths
Christmas week brought family visits with Mrs. M J Hyde staying in Charles City while Mrs Stratford remains with her daughter Mrs Robert Runner. Miss Marie Simpson left Davenport for vacation. John Bear of Indianapolis visited friends. Ed McKinley became a father to a Christmas baby. J E Halves died suddenly Christmas night after a normal day. Haines, longtime hardware man, died. funeral held at Methodist church. Surviving family includes L N Haines in Oregon and daughter Mrs Oldfather in Longmont, with two sons and three daughters listed. G A R Post member.
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Marie Simpson
Davenport
John Bear
Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ed McKinley
J. E. Halves
I Love You on the Prairie Fire
Rachel Whiton and Dan Southard fight a prairie blaze to save the Winton cabin and claim their future. After the danger, Rachel accepts Dan, losing homes and seizing a new life together. A note on Claude Lorraine and Atlanta Boy Scouts closes the clipping.
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Kansay
sFaman
Rachel
Wyoming
Wang
Oime
Dan Southard
Rachel Whiton
Slice
Woyoming
Dan
Mother
Miles
Denver
Southard
Rachel Winton
Dani
Mr. Niles
Pratria
Stuport
Mir
Winton
Pather
Yun
Wintons
Sir
Day
Mrs. Winton
Tneir
Westfield
Pan
Knight of
Barbers’ State Board Plan Spurs Regulation Move
Waterloo barbers rally for a proposed law to license and regulate barbers with a state examining board. The bill would require certifcates renewed yearly, examine apprentices, and limit barber schools under board supervision. Examiners would be paid 1200 a year, deputies three dollars daily, with license and exam fees funding the board. Local reaction sees cleaner, safer shops, though opposition exists where unions lack Iowa Barbers’ backing.
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Waterloo
Sumpines
Lowa
Board of Examiners
DIU
Cies
Iowa State Barbers’ Association
Bank Clearings by Black and County Abstract Co
Bank clearings for the week ending December 25 1915 show totals of 1,061,984.18 with prior week 2,604,556.04 and 1914 week at 686,178.72. Instruments recorded include deeds, mortgages, and chattel mortgages with weekly totals and previous week comparisons.
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Black and County Abstract Co
Wrterloo Bank Cliaring
Vrevigua Weath
Grain Letter Highlights Wheat Market Pressure
December report from Lamson Bros Chicago notes ongoing pressure in wheat as cash buyers, especially exporters, steady the market on setbacks. Cash wheat demand remains good with premiums widening. foreigners calmer about transport risks while speculators stay cautious. The market remains nervous with a tendency to buy on breaks, supported by ample global supply relative to demand. Freight relief from embargo removals appears underway on eastern railways, with corn and oats driving most trading activity in futures, vitals, and spreads.
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Lamson Bros. & Co
Chicago
Com Com
Seaboard
Wanted Female Help and Found Dog Reward Notice
Short, clear want ad seeks a girl for general housework in Omaha and a white yellow spotted Fox Terrier with phone contact and reward. The legal notice follows a complex real estate case in Black Hawk County Iowa with numerous named defendants and heirs, describing property in section 17 township 89 north range 13 west of the fifth principal meridian and a forthcoming petition in equity to confirm ownership and bar competing claims. The notice warns defendants to appear by January 1917 term or be defaulted.
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South Street
District Court of Iowa
Black Hawk County
Galloway Investment Company
Plaintif
Noutheast
CNW
Vanné
P. M. Mat Iles
Joshua Barney
Georgiana F. Barney
Shepard Wilson
Olivia Wilson
A. H. Moore
M. H. Moore
Sheppard Wilson
J. EB. Sedgwick
Roger Leavitt
C. H. Rodenbach
John K. Leavitt
F. Lusch
Harry B. Lusch
Fendants
B., C. R. & N. Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Johnson Wells
Shepherd
Shep’.ard Wilson
Rhapard Wilson
J. DB
Tooger Leavitt
John.h. Leavitt
H. F. Lusch
Court of
District Court of
Iowa
Waterloo
James J. Kenyon
Williams & Clark
Pinviti
T. Fred S. Pettit
Black Hawks County
Seid
Shell
Switchyards Struggle With Packed Freight Car Delays
Chicago officials report eastbound rail freight controlled by embargoes despite increases in overall traffic. Burtington notes a 12 percent rise in freight vs last year, with coal up 20 percent and livestock up eight. Grain roadings up 3 percent, autos up 54 percent. Rock Island up 1 percent, lumber up 11. Weather slowed returns and overall movement amid dense yards and congestion. A memo urges use of want ads in the paper.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Burtington
Addiiton
Cor
Rock Island
Coxtrom Nogo
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N. ¥. Stock Exchange
Texas
Holding Company
Nauman Property
Incor
Buchanan
C. A. Stewart
George B. Lichty
San Francisco
Florence Waguire
Ninth Street
Emmetsburg
NW. N. Kean
Union Pacific Railroad
George Huntington
Mr. Huntington
Waterloo Township
J. S. Bartley
Clay Street
Bartley
N. J
William Bartley Sons’ Foundry and Machine Works
Princeton
Owosso
Mich
Richmond
Omagh
Maclens
Proatier
Beaila
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
U. S
Nation of Economic Motorates, Kanker Sigs
Brandon Brandon
M. J. Hyde
Stratford
Claude Lorraine
Atlanta
Bargers
State Board
York Stocks
American Heet
American Car and Foundry
American
St. Paul
Chicago RI
Colorado
Crumble Steel
Timets Central
Areata Petroleum
Missouri
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Carfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel 2
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union Eeees
Cle A
Fred
Pettit
The
District Court of Law
Black Hawk
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