City Council Plans Decision on Park Extension
City park authorities and Mayor R C Thompson clash over buying Enterprise Place land adjoining Gates park for Chautauqua park expansion. Board members Byrnes Hacker and McClinton debate whether to proceed with a 47000 cash or bond deal, while council opposition is noted and legal questions loom about bond legality and council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Thompson
Chautauqua Park
James Byrnes
D. Hacker
C. McClin
A. M. Place
E. W. Miller
Enterprise Place Syndicate
Gates Park
Chattauqua Park
Thompson
Enterprise Place
Barnes
Park Commissioners
French Offensive in Vosges Fails, German War Office Says
Berlin reports the French attack at Hirzstein in the Vosges last night broke down after penetrating Hartmanné Wellerkopf positions. The German war office concedes some French gains but states they were expelled later in the engagement.
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Berlin
London
Vosges
Hirzstein
German War Office
Hartmanné-Wellerkopf
Prisoners Try Mutiny in State Coal Mine
Leavenworth Kansas December 29 prison mine mutiny threat led to four ringleaders being placed in solitary confinement. The mine reopened the next morning with trusties sent down the shaft to replace the prisoners accused of disorder who had demanded better food.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Big Army of Hunters Reported in Black Hawk County
The county auditor's office records 415 licenses issued locally as part of a larger hunter license surge in Black Hawk County Cedar Falls and La Porte City. Four license books are outstanding with fifty blank licenses each and reports pending from Guy W Campbell Co. The deputy auditor notes a total monthly pension outlay of 700.23 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Guy W. Campbell Co
Cedar Falls
la Porte City
Welker
DeWagenaere Fund Acknowledges Credit From Shell Rock Friend
The Fxoning Courier and Reporter notes a recount of 150 dollars to be credited to the Famund DeWagenaere fund from A Friend of shell Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fxoning Courier
Famund DeWagenaere
Shell Rock
City in Brief Your Gyes examined No drops used
Local notes report a flurry of visits and sickness. Residents Hienry Burns and others are confined by grip while several Waterloo figures travel or host relatives from Chicago Cassville and Buffalo Center.
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Buchanan Optical
F. A. Sparle
EB. Hull
Dow Malnes
Hienry FP. Burns
M.C. A
B. Cleverty
Cassville
Whi
Watertown
S. 1
G. H
Army Officials Press Universal Service Toward Conscription
Washington dispatch reports U S officials debate Britain's move to conscription and its implications for universal military service in the United States. Officials say preparedness requires universal service, with volunteers as a starting point but eventual citizen army conscription.
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Washington, D
Great Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Tinjge
Tima
Atlantic
Compulsion
Army
War Department
Breckenridge
Military Committee of Congress
Department
Immorality Charges In Movie Camp Activities
Los Angeles authorities move to investigate repeated accusations of immorality in the motion picture camps and studios. County District Attorney Woolwine announced an official probe and possible grand jury action after Dr. Charles C. Selecman cited letters from actresses and directors alleging widespread exploitation and bribery in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas K. Woolwine
Charles C. Selecman
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South
Selecmian
California
Western Mexico to join the water wagon says union official
San Francisco report quotes Thomas Bord, manager of the United sugar companies, stating western Mexico from Tenec to the banner will be dry. Bord says Sanera is absolutely dry with no bootlegging and drinkers risk punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Muxico
Tenec
Lofdas
Thomas DL Bord
Jer
San Bilas
Mex
Boyd
New Year Reception at Russell Lamson Hotel Sees Rapid Reservations
Plans for the Russell Lamson hotel New Year Eve reception advance quickly with about 355 reservations. Festivities start at 10 o clock and run past midnight. An elaborate dinner will be served and dancing between courses. Vaudeville teams may perform special stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell-Lamson Hotel
Chas J Apcloughry Reappointed Warden At Anamosa
Des Moines dispatch reports Charles C McCloughry will again serve as warden of the state reformatory at Anamosa. The appointment was to be formalized by the state board of control, but a meeting postponed due to the chairman's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles ¢. McCloughry
State Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Control
W. J. Dixon
McCloughry
Death of Mrs Caroline Kolm In Ankeny Street Home
Mrs Caroline Kolm aged 81 died at 10 30 last night at her daughter’s home 219 Ankeny Street after gripe In German born in Posen November 16 1834 she came to the United States in 1865 and settled in Nellws von Wisconsin She married Carl L Kolm in 1866 who died about sixteen years ago Survived by three of seven children Mrs Bllese Miss Mary Kolm and A Kolm of Seattle a brother and two grandchildren Funeral services at the home Friday at 130 PM and at Immanuel Church at 2 PM Interment in Vatrview Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Kolm
Aukubl Biese
Ankony Street
la’ Grippe
Posen
Germany
United States
Nels von
Wis
Carl L. Kolm
Ankeny Street
Vatrview
Former Waterloo Priest Rev Garrett Nagle Dies at Holy Cross
Waterloo priest Rev Garrett Nagle longtime figure in Iowa Catholic circles died Monday evening at his Holy Cross home. He served as assistant at Dubuque cathedral and pastor at McGregor Kit Clear Lake and Waterloo. Ordained 1879 after education in Dubuque parochial schools St Josephs college and Montreal seminary. Funeral plans include high mass in Dubuque cathedral and a requiem service Thursday. Arch bishop Keane to speak. Knights of Columbus to escort.
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Garrett Nagle
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Waterloo
Holy Cross
Lathar Nagle
Iowa
Dubuque Cathedral
Grand Seminary
Montreal
St. Joseph’s Church
Dubuque
Italy
Gross
Keane
Calumbius
Father Nagle
Central Brakeman Loses Both Legs
A. T. Stark a Illinois Central brakeman living in Waterloo suffered the loss of both legs in an accident near Dyersville this morning. Stark had recently joined the Wabash Chicago and Western Indiana lines and worked as a brakeman in freight service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Stark
Illinois Central
Waterloo
Dyersville
Stark
F.& WN
Tr. A
Villa Reports Raising New Army Near Madera
General Francisco Villa reportedly at the Babricora ranch near Madera seeking to recruit a force. Authorities say disloyal troops surrendering to the de facto government would leave Villa stronger. Three thousand government troops from Sonora were expected to retrain at Pelaya New Mexico, while railway officials say they have not entrained at Narco. Mexican consul Andreas Garcia says 12,000 former Villa troops were mustered out with 1,200 reaching Chihuahua City and 800 of them discharged.
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Tl Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Babricora Ranch
Hearst
Madera
Sonora
Pelaya
N. M
Boxing and wrestling classes planned at YXMC
Boxing and wrestling groups at the YXMC will start after the new year. Boxing meets are set for Tuesday evenings 7 30 to 9 20 and Friday evenings 7 to 9, led by Elmier Feely and W Cadwell. A wrestling class for Wi Holmes will meet Wednesdays 7 30 to 9 30, with Holmes a former Pennsylvania state team member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmier Feely
W. Cadwell
Wi Holmes
Pennsylvania
Husband Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide Near Given
Oskaloosa reports T. J. Martyn 28 shot and killed his wife 23 at J. C. Gescoe home in Given near town, then killed himself. The couple had separated and the wife had sought a divorce. two small children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
T. J. Martyn
Marshalltown
J.C. Gescoe
Given
Here
Condition Critical After Head Blows in Austrian Assault
Reports say Mike O'Donald is in a serious state at Presbyterian hospital after blows to the head by Austrian Mike Evegch. The incident occurred on New Year's Eve at Myers' Harp Orchestra event. K P Dance noted.
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KPL Dance
St. Myers
Warp Orchestra
Tadvertinemants
Mike O’donald
Mike Evegch
Presbyterian Hospital
K. P
Myers’ Harp Orchestra
Russia Moves in the Balkans and Persia Fronts
Fierce fighting on the Galician Bessarabian front signals Russia aims to divert Entente pressure from Bulgaria while pressuring Romania and Greece. Russians capture Hashan in Persia and advance toward Ispahar, potentially affecting Egypt operations. Reports from Athens and Saloniki vary on central powers moves near the Macedonian border amid ongoing western offensives.
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London
Bec
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Asia Minor
Roumania
Greece
Hashan
Persia
Ispahar
Townshend
Tigris
Egypt
Athens
Saloniki
Vos- Bes
New York City Tops World Population In Census Figures
New York City is declared the largest city in the world, surpassing London by about 250 000. London’s 1921 county figures show 4 521 358 residents, with broader estimates pushing totals toward New York and Paris among the world’s biggest cities.
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London
New York
Greater London
Greater
County of
London County Council
New York City
New-York
Westchester
New Jersey
New World
Neck and
Peck
Paris
Chicago
Tokio
Berlin
Loyal Gleaners Class Elects Officers at Union Church
The Loyal Gleaners class of Union Congregational church met at Dorothy Barron's home on Jefferson Street. Officers elected: President Bernice Thompson, vice president Blanche Johnson, secretary treasurer Dorothy Barron, correspondent and flower chair Evangeline Anabel. Gifts were exchanged and a luncheon served. The next meeting is January 25 with Nora Moody at 1926 Black Hawk Street.
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Toyal Gleaners
Gleaners
Union Congregational Church
Missa
Dorothy Barron
Jefferson Street
Bernice Thompson
Blanche Johnson
Flower Committee
Evangeline Anabel
F. Barron
Nora Moody
Blackhawk Street
Man Charged With Tapping Electric Light Wire
Ed Sanders, a pool hall employee, faces trial in Justice MacMurray's court for tapping an electric light wire at 226 Fourth Street West. The charge, sworn by H B Maynard of Citizens Gas and Electric Co, alleges Sanders sidetracked current by feeding an extra wire around the meter to defraud the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sanders
Sam Sdrales
Fourth Street West
Justice MacMurray
Sdrales
H. B. Maynard
Citizens Gas ‘and Electric Co
Sanders
Evangelistic School Opens at Moody Institute in Chicago
Chicago reports the opening of the School of Civic Evangelism at Moody Institute. Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington, D. C., delivered an address on That Boy and Gift of Yours, stressing home influence in weaning men from selfishness and expanding love from family to city and world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
School of Civic Evangelium
Wilbur F. Crafts
Washington, D.C
Moody Institute
Lamartine
Belgians Forced to Aid German War Loan
Paris dispatch says directors of a Belgian coal mine company in the Far East were compelled to subscribe surplus profits to the German war loan by General von Bissing. The German governor general has since sequestrated the assets of all Belgian stock companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Far-East
General von Bissing
Belgium
Havre
Matin
von. Bissing
Italians Advance Deep Into Albania Reports Say
Paris dispatch reports Italian troops disembarked at Avlona and reached near the northern frontier of Epirus at Tepeleni and nearby areas. The Athena correspondent of Havas cites voyagers arriving from Santa Quarante describing the movements.
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Paris
Avlona
Albania
Eperus
Santi Quarante
Athena
Havas
Tepelin
Wanted Woman Cook at College Inn Cedar Falls
Classified notices show multiple help wanted, sales offers and rentals from Cedar Falls area. Includes positions for a cook, general house work, lunch help, and a traveling agent, plus sales on farm produce and secondhand goods with contact details and nearby addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Inn
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Jefferson
C. R. Hallowell
4Th St
W. Coburn & Son
East Fourth
Red
West Side
Meg
Black
Puishel Lois
Minnesota
Netherlands Farm
Dart
Miz
Waterloo
Care’ Courier
Verea Street
B. H
Logan Ave
Franklin
Indiana
BE. E. Hanoe
East Side
D- 28
Care Courier
Plaza Theatre
Lafayette St
H. C
McDougall
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W. W. Woolley
Galesburg
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Woolley Wil
Supreme Court of Titbois
DeWagenaere Fund
G. E. Howard
George L. Sinale
Wif and Son
Agnes Kingsbury
Baevoycente
Ioin Alyea
W. B. Small
J. J. WO
Town City
J. 8
Tuthill
High Street
Wiliam Conner
Charles W. Ash
Western Avenue
W. J
Bismarck
N. D
Lahr Motor Sales Co
Bratnober
Minneapolis
Clark Fairbanks
Buffalo
S. C
R. BL. Fairbanks
Hise Doll
Margarerite
Sylvia Seybert
Howe
Ind
J. A. Seybert
Commercial Street
M. L. Bowman
Corning
West High
Aberdeen
S. D
Ashley
A. EL Stull
Union Mill Vo
Rockford
Henry Payne
Union Mill Co
R. Parker
S. B. Jerald
John Sisco
Benton
van Buren County
Mr. Sisco
J. W. Krapfel
Robert Anderson Post
National Order of the Grand Army of the Republic
FL Green
St. Louis
C. F. Green
Mr.Green
Rudolph Moeller
Sen
Carl
Everly, Jr
H. C. Moeller
Cedar
Colonial Inn
West Fourth
Wellington
Colonial Ton
Iowa Life Insurance Company
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
M. Lenis. Frank
Eaves
Chas. J. Apcloughry
Jones
Boston Transcript
Villa
YX. M.C
Wit
Aus
Bessarabia
Saluniki
New York World Metropolis
Oak Library
Scane’s
Scane’s Clothes Shop
East Fourth Street
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