Four robbers kill railroad collector at Randolph Street station
In Chicago on February 2, four gunmen robbed Illinois Central collector Dennis Tierney at Randolph Street station, seizing $1,800. Tierney was shot near the heart as he and Special Agent M. J. Quinney left with the money. The robbers fled in a cab, aided by a quick escape while a crowd in the station waited. Detectives and railway agents scour the city for the quartet.
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Chicago
Ctty
Hlinois Central Railroad
Handolph Street
Dennis Tierney
M. J. Quinney
Randolph
Tierney
Tothers
Cedar Rapids Enforces Tight Fuel Conserving Rules
Cedar Rapids Ia February 4 drastic orders from the local fuel administration to conserve scarce coal. Businesses previously allowed to stay open until 10 pm must close at 6 20 pm including confectionery stores. Movie theatres must close by 9 30 pm. Fuel committee will distribute all coal and will not issue any unless applicants are completely out.
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Cedar Rapids
Local Fuel Administration
Moving Picture Theatres
Red Guards Arrest Finnish Leaders
Stockholm reports that the Finnish legation received a telegram stating Russian soldiers and red guards in Helsingfors arrested several diet members and bank directors. It notes threats by Trotzky and Lenin to send three regiments to Viborg to crush the white guard. Russians are leaving the Aland islands despite red guards promises.
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Stockholm
Helsingfors
Diet
Leon Trotzky
Nikolai Lenine
Viborg
Aland Islands
Grinnell Man in Trouble With Postal Authorities
Des Moines reports Ernest R. Allen Grinnell streets commissioner arraigned on a fraud scheme involving selling rabbits through the mails. Arrest followed a request by Postal Inspector Walter Johnson. Allen waived to the federal grand jury.
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Des Moines
Ernest R. Allen
Strees
Grinnell
United States
Piper
Allen
Hare
Walter Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Federal Grand Jury
Mortuary Notices for Igou and Reese in Waterloo
William Igou died after a long illness in Independence. Born October 10 1871 in Johnson County Iowa he lived in Waterloo 25 years and married May Harris in 1903 at Mt. Auburn Iowa. Surviving two daughters Beviah Ruth, sisters and a brother. Funeral at Petersen brothers chapel Monday 2 pm. burial Fairview. Martha A Reese died at 10 am at 217 Mobile Street. Born March 30 1811 in Brunswick Ohio she moved to Waterloo 12 years ago from Belmond. Surviving three sons James, Marion and Homer. three brothers and two sisters. Funeral at home 3 pm tomorrow. interment Belmond Monday.
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William Igou
Independence
Johnson County
Iowa
T. F. Igou
Waterloo
May Harris
Mt. Auburn
Beviah
Ruth
Waterlon
Petersen Brothers
Fairview
Martha A. Reese
Mobile Street
Brunswick
Belmond
James
Marion
U. S. Natr
Homer
Aberdeen
S.D
Frank Willard Court
Coffin approves war cabinet plan in closed hearing
Washington Feb 2 Howard I Coffin chairman of the aircraft board told the xenata military committee that centralized war control is imperative. He described conditions to the committee as it weighs bills for a war cabinet and a munitions director. The testimony largely closes the aviation inquiry with Secretary Baker to be recalled next week for cross examination.
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Washington, D. C
Xenata
Howard I. Coffin
Aircraft Board
Cofffin
Haker
John L Sullivan’s Legendary Career and Final Years
The article recounts John L Sullivan’s famed boxing career including his battles with Kilrain and Corbett, his bare knuckle era, and the decisive loss to Corbett at New Orleans. It notes his 200 career knockouts, temperance crusade, birth in Boston in 1868, two marriages to Annie Bates and Kate Harkins, and his later life on a Massachusetts farm.
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Paddy Ivan
Gulf of Mexico
Hilly Madden
Sullivan
Jakes Kilrain
New Orleans
United States
Charley Mitchell
John L
James J. Corvett
Olympic Club of
Terre Haute
Boston
West Abington
Mass
Annie Bates
Centerville
R. L
Champion
Kate Harkins
Roxbury
Boston Strong
Dr Lillie A Arnett to Sail for France March 1
Cedar Falls reports Dr. Lillie A. Arnett has received orders to report March 1 at an eastern concentration camp and sail for France for Red Cross duty. She led local Red Cross work, has practiced in Cedar Falls for several years, and volunteered previously.
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Lillie A. Arnett
Cedar Falls
France
Dr. Arnett
Red Cross
Daniels declines new naval stations request
Washington, Feb 2 Secretary Daniels announced he would not ask Congress during the present session for appropriations for new naval stations on the South Atlantic Gulf of Mexico or the Pacific coast as recommended by the Helm board. Onward, Banget soldiers. YWCA budget canvass teams in motion seeking results and ward leaders to compile reports this evening. Mrs Perris 90 Tom Esther Peek at her son’s home 319 Independence Ave winters with Dr. E. E. Peek. Active at 90, she knit six pairs for soldiers and made banners for Belgians.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Congress
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
Helm
Young Women's Christian Association
Perris
Esther Peek
E. E. Peek
Independence Avenue
Italians Repel Invaders With Heavy Artillery Fire
Italian forces beat back a major enemy push west of the Brenta river near Monte di Val Bella. Allied batteries coordinated for 41 hours of crossfire, inflicting heavy Austrian losses including 70 percent in the Twenty-fifth rifle division and severe casualties across highland units. Captured officers describe a desperate retreat as Italian, French, and British guns achieved unity of command.
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Associated Press
Italan
Italy
Brenta River
Monte di Val Bella
Ob Barver
Aghting
Friuli
Des Moines captures accomplice of soldier bandit
Police report arrest of a civilian accomplice of the so called soldier bandit in Des Moines. The youth Jim O Connell age 14 from Peoria assisted in the robbery of at least ten stores and the Cottage Grove bank. Police say money from the bank hold up went to a girl back home. Charles Singleton, the former Camp Hodge soldier, is believed to be the band leader and his arrest is expected soon.
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Des Moines
Mysterpious
Jim O'Connell
Peoria
Jackson
Cottage Grove
Charles Singleton
Camp Hodge
Mud and Slush and Shells Shape Day Along Front Line
War diary describes harsh mud and snow as American troops endure bombardment. Soldiers report shells bursting, ice coating trees and landscape, and constant readiness with gas masks and helmets. Food remains steady with two to three meals daily as regimental HQ sits in dugouts near ruined houses.
How Dukhonin Was Slain by Sailors
Petrograd correspondent of Matin describes the murder of General Dukhonin by Bolshevik sailors and Red Guards after the Bolsheviks trapped him at headquarters and he refused to surrender to German officials. Epaulettes torn, mob attacked, bayonets, blows, and a brutal end aboard a railway carriage near Sobilov. Krylenko and other officials witness the mob’s ferocity as the general bleeds and dies.
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Gea
Dukhonin
Petrograd
Matin
Ensigo Krytenko
Kirsienko
Dukhanin Refusher
Dence
Gen. Odintzeff
Erie
Kerensky
Korniloff
Aner
Krylenko
Aurazr
Dirkhonin
Earer
Berlin Riots Prompt Army Seizure of Factory
Berlin reports describe small riots in the city followed by army action seizing a factory. Amsterdam and London dispatches note Socialist deputies detained as tensions flare over protests against wartime policies. International comment condemns civil strife and urges end to bloodshed.
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Berlin
Socialast
Amsterdam
Wolr
Thay
Withoto Dittman
Sechalfa
Uyredettay
Scrat
DutGiana
Lake
Vorthorr
Muchos
Caerniain
Fleet
Versterts
Ilere Magee
Soyioghat
Han White
Grealetelle
Stumburg
Flerr Titman
Sitthe
Kaiser Sonlot
Pranant
Repubic
Vorwaerts
PHAON
Vorwherts
Striday
Germany
Cologne
Volkeveftung
Two Soldiers Sentenced for Mutating Tants
Greenville S C February seven years imposed by a court martial on Private E J Causey of Dove Tennessee for cutting off three fingers of his right hand to evade service and four years to Private JT Triplett of Granite Falls North Carolina for similarly mutilating his left hand.
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Greenville
S. C
E. J. Causey
Dove
Tenn
JT. J. Triplett
Granite Falls
N. C
Gasoline Torch Blamed for Camp Dodge Fire
An explosion of a gasoline torch at Camp Dodge caused a fire that partially destroyed the automobile repair shop at the camp quartermaster’s area. The blaze, estimated to cost $20,000, threatened several soldiers and occurred late yesterday.
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Camp Dodge
Cyril Hackett Home Visit From Boston Sailor on Furlough
Cyril Hackett arrived from Boston to visit relatives and stay at his father C. H. Hackett’s Castle Hill home. He serves as a sailor on the Rochester and has begun his second enlistment instantly, taking a 14 day furlough.
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Cyril Hackett
Boston
C. H. Hackett
Castle Hill
Rochester
Marriage Licenses Issued In Cedar Hills Area
Harold S. Unger Cedar Walls Helene E. Hildebrand Waterloo James O Gilchrist Parkersburg Ethel V. McGhan Parkersburg Herbert D. Loomer Deming N M Ciata B. Massey Mason City.
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Harold S. Unger
Cedar Walls
Helene E. Hildebrand
Waterloo
James OQ. Gilchrist
Parkersburg
Ethel V. McGhan
Herbert D. Loomer
Deming
M. Ciata B. Massey
Mason City
Benefit draws $50 from Spirit of 1917 show at Plaza
The benefit performance of The Spirit of 1917 at the Plaza theatre Thursday for the war work fund of the GC A realized about $50, reports submitted to Mrs JH W Sigworth, chairman of the committee in charge.
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Plaza Theatre
War Work Fund
Tha
W. GC. A
Mra
JH. W. Sigworth
Fire in Church Causes Wall Blaze at First M. E.
Firefighters were called to the First M. E. Church at 10 a.m. when a kerosene stove stored in a closet to prevent freezing ignited the wall. Damage was slight.
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M. E
Petroleum embargo sparks railcar rerouting call
The Petroleum War Service Committee authorizes swift public relief by embargoing oil shipments and pressing railroads to give tank cars priority similar to coal. As fuel supplies tighten, plants halt production for lack of petroleum products. The Pennsylvania Railroad warned shippers it would not accept certain loaded layers of fuel products in January.
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Washington, D. C
Petroleum War Service
Op Railway
Rblle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fabors
Ohanuary
Ceveland
Fei
Dionamt Steel
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Gre
Pennsylvania Steel Cott Pubes
Seaboard
Raihis
Ohio
York State
Beards Return Fashion After War Says London Press
London newspapers predict full beards will revive in Europe and America as soldiers home from war bring back the trend seen after Crimea and earlier eras. British trenches halted shaving, leading to bearded returnees and a fashion wave likely to spread. American troops may follow suit once home.
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London
Europe
America
England
Aiarioa
Knights of Pythias Meeting Notice
Knights of Pythias will meet in the elibrooms at 7:39 p.m. on Monday.
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Knights of Pythias
Menilay
City in Brief: Local Notes and Social Updates
A jumble of community notices records visits and health status. Herbert O. Martin remains confined at home after a week ill, while Mrs. Gard Stringham and family visit Mercedus Marqul Chitenea. Delton Mettlald divorces are finalized, and John Willis and Moyrill Mather depart for army duty. Born Carlyle William Rees to Mr and Mrs Perla O. Rees. W. S. Williams reports snow and ice cleanup along the Illinois Central.
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Walters
Gactonberg
Dailarsats
Herbert O. Martin
Wallangton Street
Gard Stringham
Mercedus
Marqul Chitenea
Do AL Caavll
Delton M. Mettlald
Jolin
Maxfield
Kent Johnston
Franke Johnston
Ralph Schroeder
Corn
Ames
Dhialig
Perla OC
Mt. Morris
Carlyle William Rees
Rees
Courier
George W. Bunn
J. J. Webster
Lilttlaftesk
Ark
Little Rock
Mia
J. W. Cana
Mildred
Alice
San Bernardino
Gal
Mr. Cana
Whisky stocks to vanish in 18 months under Prohibition plans
Washington February 2 Whisky stocks are depleting rapidly and officials estimate the entire U S supply of whisky will be gone within 18 months ending in 1919. About 127 million gallons remain in warehouses with normal consumption around 100 million gallons annually. Experts foresee most whisky entering private hands by August 1 1919 and a surplus of denatured alcohol growth in other uses with over 14 million gallons denatured in November alone.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Aines
American origin of the tank traced by London correspondence
A Philadelphia report asserts the tank is an American invention, citing early 1906 experiments by British officers aided by Churchill era officials, and noting a California orchardist tractor with caterpillar treads inspired the design. The piece argues the British merely adopted and armed the American crawler, not inventing it.
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Philadelthia
Dutta
London
Swinton
Winston Church
Churchill
California
UBOATS FALL AFTER YEAR OF RUTHLESS WAR
A wartime dispatch notes German U boats failed to crush Britain after a year of unrestricted warfare. Sir Eric Geddes argues for more ships from the US and Britain to end the threat. Western front reports claim limited German successes and cautious Allied gains near Passchendaele.
Card of Appreciation from the McDaniels family
Mr and Mrs Orn McDaniels thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and kind gestures during their bereavement. They acknowledge floral tributes and words of comfort in this time of loss.
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Orn McDaniels
Card of Appreciation for Bereavement Support
Card of appreciation thanks friends for sympathy during bereavement and for floral tributes. Adam Hitser and Jel Maren express gratitude for enduring kindness and condolences.
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Adam Hitser
Jel Maren
Orange Township News and Local Meetings
Orange Township reports social visits and moves as Mrs Carl Powell of Polo IL visited the Harbnough home. Mr and Mrs Orville West plan to move to Illinois in three weeks. Red Cross in meeting dressings taught by Mrs Chas Gaynor and Mrs W O Tannreuther. attendance limited by bad roads. Grange school vacation due to Waterloo Teachers Institute. Mr Nettor headed to Mt Morris for summer work. Spin Miller hosted Orange school family gathering with a surprise for Mr Nehor. Music and refreshments followed.
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Orange
Feo
Carl Powell
Polo
Harbnough
Orville West
Ankeny
Vaual
Waterloo
Grange
W. Nettor
Mt. Morris
Armes
Sling Miller
Orange School
Miller
Nehor
Sven
News and Notes of La Porte City
La Porte City February notes from the United Evangelical church report a junior and senior division meeting at the pastor's home with a short program and games. Out of town attendees, brisk bidding at a sale, and family news including a death in Troy and the birth of a son Simon weigh 3% pounds.
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la Porte City
Peb
EL. C. E
United Evangelical Church
3. O
Thorabred Awine
Kerstetter Garaht
Theodore Kielat
Troy
Brelman Kerntetter
Simon
Ir Ray
Thcater
Clermont
Bannister
Cedar Rapid
Chicago
O. A. Bown
Millersburg
Hazel
Miss Own
Smillarsburg Consolidated School
Reinbeck News Briefs From Feb 2 With Local Enlistments And Fire
Ralph Milligan is in France. a Jan 9 letter confirms arrival. ALB. Watson joins coast artillery service. to Waterloo then Jefferson Barracks. Doc becomes army musician. will play in coast artillery band. John Backens heads to Los Angeles. Celia Hartman and Cressy Whartee, Reinbeck natives, return on 18 day furlough. Tuesday night fire at J. N. Weise house gutted interior. insurance estimated at 2,600 to 3,000. house structure survives. Red Cross fair planned in Wha ylen hall for three nights, big regional effort. Twelfth Reinbeck home oratorical contest held Feb 1 with school orchestra. Grundy County to survey all aged corn, census takers appointed. effort to plan Spring needs. Black Yunks census team listed: David Saul, Casper Stirler, Otto Alberts, Aug Flatterick, Raron Sleasor, E. H Schmoldt, James Sell, Geo. J. Sehilrettes, HL W. Onrt.
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Leinbeck
Ralph Milligan
France
Alb. Watson
Coast Artillery Servide
Waterloo
Jefferson Barracks
Doc
Will Acon
Coast Artillery Band
John Backens
Lou Angeles
Celiseslia Hartman
Cressy Whartee
Kelnbeck
Navy
J. N. Weise
Fre
Howe
Weise
Grundy Center
Mire Weise
Berlin
Red Cross
Te Eld
Whaylen Hall
Reinbeck
Reinbeck Opera House
Grundy County
Grundy
Illness and local notes from Shell Rock and area
Feb 2 notes report Obba Miller critically ill with pneumonia in Jefferson Bar racks, Olive Rice returning from Keokuk for a month, Chas Benning recovering from appendicitis in Mercy Hospital Waverly, and Prof J B Henderson injured playing basketball. Mrs L F Bristol ill, Mrs WW Bristol visiting to help, G A McIntyre back from California, fuel restrictions easing, churches idle since Christmas, local schooling adjustments with Phylis McRoberts teaching nearby during Winslow absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Henderson
West Liberty
L. F. Bristol
Press
WW. J. Bristol
Cairo
G. A. McIntyre
California
Phylis McRoberts
Winslow
Aredale
Linden News Roundup and Local Notes
Linden residents share family visits at homes on Linden Avenue and Fourth Street East. Mrs J E Miner recovers at home from chicken pox. Linden Ladies Aid visited Red Cross rooms, with 12 members participating. Volunteer S S days held a 30 percentible?able at the Hunt home, deciding to keep meetings but drop refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden
James Masteilar
Independence
Earl Fleming
Linden Avenue
Ernest
Fourth Street
William
Mitchel
Anra
John McGee
Rockwell
James McGee
J. E. Miner
Linden Ladies’ Aid Society
Red Cross
S. S
Mra A. Hunt
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J .T. Farrell
Mark G. Rethtfertig
T. J. McCanstand
Ed. Burk
Tom Malcolm
A. Morningstar
Gasoline Torch
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Aradala
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J. C. Boots
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Uist
Chieta
Huo
Waterloo Tie Board
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Jimer Boto
Chinnbouge
W. 8. Williams
Western Ines
Tlnels Central
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Vuteh
Hina
Bip Erle
Sir Irie
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