May Hold Winter Circus in City
HL Miller, a leading carnival operator, visits Waterloo while negotiating to purchase the Vic Hugo circus. If the deal closes, Waterloo becomes winter headquarters for the show, with plans for an indoor circus and expansion from nine to fifteen cars. Wintering would also employ many workers for repairs, animal care, and prep for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL Miller
Waterloo
Miller
Vic Hugo
Cedar Rapids
Clrews
South Bend
Ind
Good Year for Black Hawk Sales Force
The Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co salesmen meet year end to review a satisfactory year and optimistic prospects. Attending are reps from Waterloo Lincoln Kearney Preston Sioux Falls and other cities with a luncheon at Hotel Russell Lamson after a Waterloo theatre outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk, Coffee &Spice, Co
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
North Dakota
A. J. Ettinger
E. L. Jones
N. Draper
I. H. Burrows
C.F. Zimmerman
Waterloo
Els
Lincoln
Neb
H.L. Black
Kearney
W. H.walker
Preston
W. H. Weber
Scanton
N. D
George S. Lynd
Diankato
Minn
Dick Quion
Vinton
N. H. Murphy
Sioux Falls
Waterloo Theatre
Russell-Lamson
Marburg’s son wounded in French hospital
Mrs Theodore Marburg received a cable from her husband former minister to Belgium stating their son Theodore Marburg Jr an aviator in the British army is dangerously wounded in a hospital in France. Oxford graduate joined the aviation corps at outbreak of war and trained then went active in northern France two weeks after his wound was reported his father sailed for France to join him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Marburg
Belgium
Baltimore
France
Oxford
British Aviation Corps
Congestion hits eastern railroads and car shortages
Freight movement faces congestion from lake ports to seaboard with 50,000 loaded cars. Chesapeake and Ohio lifts embargo on export cars at Newport News, while Pennsylvania reopens 1,000 cars daily at Philadelphia. Grain and flour shipments decline, last week’s Chicago towaterline activity noted. Officials report varied rail labor and safety discussions across Illinois Central and Chicago Great Western networks.
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Seaboard
East
Lake Ports
Chesapeake& Ohio
Newport News
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Chicago
Colorado Saloon Closings Mark New Year Eve Rush
Denver reports many Colorado saloons closed as prohibition looms and liquor purchases surge with December receipts exceeding 32 900 000. Dispensaries see daily shipments by express to meet home storage demand as doors close across the state. Meanwhile religious and civic notices detail Westminster Presbyterian communion services and a traveling men’s meeting in Waterloo for the funeral of Mrs. C H Bingham at Grace Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Express
Waterloo
Ellis Hotel
C. H. Bingham
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Railway System Defense Plan Urged for Preparedness
Mr. Markham urges a government railway conference to define central organization and who should wield control in war. He calls for examining unified measures to improve physical facilities and a cohesive national defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Markham
Canada Unaffected by Conscription Act
Winnipeg says conscription in Britain would not affect Canada’s voluntary militia system under the militia act. Canada’s recruitment remains provincial and under federal law. overseas service is not compulsory. In Cardiff, miners oppose conscription and urge a national conference to protest any form of conscription in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Great Britain
Canada
Militia Act of Canada
British War Office
England
Dominion
Cardiff
Wales
Miners’ Federation of South Wales
Miners Federation of Great Britain
Holiday Babies of Rev Keeler Family Highlighted in Tribune
Minneapolis Tribune reproduces a photo of five siblings of Rev A B Keeler and Mrs Keeler, the “holiday babies” born on national holidays. Names include Mary Alma Keeler born Christmas Day, Kya Darling Thanksgiving, Nellie Waneke Independence Day, Vera Leona Memorial Day, and Helen Marie St Patrick’s Day. They live in Shell Rock, Watertown, Worthington and elsewhere. Keeler former Un ion Chapel pastor now Minnesota Presbyterian evangelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Eldridge
Fourteenth Street West
Minneapolis Tribune
A. B. Keeler
Keeler
Union Chapel
Jeferson Street
Prospyterian Church
Minnesota
Mary Alma Keeler
Kya Darling
Nellis Waneke
Vera Leona
Helen Marie
Mary Alma
Shell Rock
Envy
Nellie Blanche
Elva Darling
Watertown
Felon Marie
Worthington, Minn
Rath Packing Company Holds Annual Banquet
Rath Packing company held its annual banquet at the Russell Lamson hotel with the office force traveling representatives and department heads as guests. Reports from all departments praised 1915 as a banner year and predicted 1916 would surpass it. Traveling reps met at the office to review work and plan for the new year. CARD OF THANKS St Francis hospital Dec 31. The Sisters of St Francis Hospital express gratitude for doctors and friends whose sympathy and cooperation made 1915 the most successful year in the hospital’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rath Packing Company
Russell- Lamson Hotel
John W. Rath
St. Francis Hospital
Sisters OF ST. Francis T Hospital
Marriages In Cameron Texas Tie Harold Gough To Martha Philpe
News reached Larksville of the marriage of Harold Gough son of Mr and Mrs T W Gough to Miss Martha Philpe in Cameron Texas. The ceremony was held December 28 and the couple are on their honeymoon in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larksville
Harold Gough
T. W. Gough
Martha Philpe
Cameron
Texas
New Orleans
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Ilinois Central
Morris
General Safety Committee
G. N. Harding
C. F. Dart
S. 5
Shopland
Illinois Central
Tort Dodge
Dubuque
F. &. Munson
J. C. Landgraff
Preman
William Ickes
I’report
Mercy Hospital
A. H. Stark
I. C
Lees
Win
Mdyersville
Chicago Great Western
John J. Sullivan
Freeport
Stingis Central
Madison
Sullivan
C.G. W
E. E. Stoup
Des Moines
Great Western
Railway Age Gazelle
C. E H. Markham
I Ilinois Central
Patriotic Group of
Five Sisters
Mineeapolis
Keeley
Presbyterian Church
Rath Company
GLASS
Glass 2
Get. Forts
CASS
National Bank
Horlick
Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
Mark
TRAD
John F. Jelke Company
Wholesate Distributor
Black Hawk Fruit Company
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