French Destroy Homberg Castle Amid Devastation
French airmen bomb Homberg castle in Alsace setting the residence of a German official ablaze. Fire destroyed the castle and surrounding farm buildings, with millions in damages. The site housed the French countess Maupeau’s summer home and famed antiques. Also reports of air raids near Verdun cause casualties and widespread shelling of Dunkirk.
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Berne
Homberg
Alsace
Statf Offic
Maupeau
France
Verdun
Paris
Pont-a-Mousson
Nancy
Remiremont
Metz
Luneville
Dunkirk
Avistors
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as universal relief for stomach troubles. It claims after meal use aids digestion beyond the stomach, reduces belching and indigestion, restores appetite, and offers a free sample by mail. Real and cadmium box priced at druggists.
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Stuart
Earth
Gale
d@ca
F. A. Stuart, Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Rock Island Rail Directors Named in Suit Over Campaign Funds
New York report says Rock Island Railway directors allegedly authorized a 1904 campaign contribution of 25,000 to a Roosevelt fund to shield directors from federal indictments. Ogden Mills named in Hidden suit for excessive payments. other cases include damages against Reid Moore and directors.
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New York
Rock Island Railroad
Robert, Mather
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ogden Mills
Sadie E
N. N. Amster
Daniel G. Reid
William H. Moore
Mr. Mills
Alt
New Jersey Corporation
Iowa
Robert Mather
Mills
R. R. Cable
William B. Leeds
B. L. Winchell
B. F. Yoakum
L. F. Loree
Courts of France Are Disorganized By War
Paris Feb 3 Legal procedure in France has been disrupted by war as lawyers and witnesses in civil suits join the front. Maitre Chenu warns death certificates become essential with many unknown dead, delaying inheritance proceedings and entangling estates while judicial life languishes. Civil courts focus on sequestration of German and Austrian subjects with up to 50 000 cases likely, far above earlier estimates.
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Paris
France
Witesses
Maitre Chenu
Calmette
Caillaux
Big Income Tax From Sears Roebuck Melon
Washington secretaries plan orders to collect income tax on the $20,000,000 Sears Roebuck stock dividend. The treasury weighs possible legal fight by stockholders while the tax department studies the case. Officials expect about $800,000 in additional revenue beyond last year’s stockholder taxes.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Internal Revenue
Smietanka
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Treasury Department
Law Department
Income Tax Division
City Engineer Reby Goes to California for Vacation
City Engineer Reby and his wife plan to depart Sunday night for San Francisco and other California points. He expects to be away from the city until early March as city work slows for the season and he takes a pre spring vacation.
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Reby
San Francisco
California
War Material Mills Ship Thousands of Tons Daily
Waterbury Connecticut reports Ameri can Brass plants in the Naugatuck valley shipping nearly a thousand tons of war material daily to Scotland and allied forces. Mills produce shrapnel filler at two hundred tons daily and brass rods while another hundred tons of topper wire is sent abroad. British inspectors say England will field land forces in two months. Scovill Manufacturing installs over a million dollars in ammunition machinery. Arsenal and firearm capacity is cited at 400,000 rounds in six months, less than Russia used recently. A Clermont County case upholds town limits extension amid a certiorari suit. appeal likely to supreme court.
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Waterbury
Conn
American Brass Company
Naugatuck Valley
Scotland
England
Scovill Manufacturing Comany
United States
Russia
Hobson
West Union
Clermont
Supreme Court
Pickett & Swisher
Temperatures and Historical Readings From 1911 to 1914
The record lists daily temperature readings with maxima and minima for 1911 through 1914. Entries show values such as 38 maximum and 24 minimum in 1911, 1 and 8 in 1912, 20 and 9 in 1913, and 19 and 13 in 1914, indicating a pattern of low temperatures and notable variability across years.
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Buchanan Optical Company
Russians to supervise distribution of relief
Russia informed Washington that the distribution of food money and clothing to German and Austrian prisoners in Siberia would be permitted only by Russian military authorities. Foreign relief expeditions would be declined. An American expedition had started from Peking.
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Washington, D. C
Russia Today
United States
Siberia
Peking
Obituary of Mrs. F L Koons of Beaver Dams and Vinton
The remains of Mrs. F L Koons were taken to Vinton from Kistner mortuary for services at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Simms. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery. Born Aurelia Cole in Beaver Dams N Y in 1839, she married Francis L Koons in 1860, lived in Benton county and Vinton, later moving to Clinton and Waterloo to live with daughters. Survived by two daughters, brothers, a sister, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
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F. L. Loons
Vinton
Kistner
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Simms
Evergreen Cemetery
Koons
Gertrude Lyon
Ashland Avenue
Aurelia Cole
Beaver Dams
Francis L. Koons
Benton County
11. T. Cole
Caroline Obert
New York State
Greene Defends Rockefeller Foundation Charter
Jerome D. Greene, secretary of the Rockefeller Foundation, testifies before a federal board on the foundation’s charter and activities. He says the charter is broad but denies any plan for propaganda or anti worker campaigns, cites $1.834 million in gifts by the foundation and $3.116 million contributed by Rockefeller himself.
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New York
Jerome D., Greene
Rockefeller Foundation
J. D. Kackt
Feller
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Foundation
Greene
Colorado
Rockefeller
Four Dardanelles Forts Destroyed Report
London reports from Copenhagen state the Anglo French fleet destroyed four Dardanelles forts and caused Turkish panic as defeats in the Caucasus and Azerbaijan become known. Also a Russian submarine reportedly sank a German gunboat off the German coast and damaged a Gazelle type cruiser.
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London
Copen Hagen
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
Petrograd
Morning Post
Haa
Dumont Notes On Local Visits And Events In February
Miss Lucile Gerri hart of Aplington stayed with Flora Pecht from Wednesday to Sunday. Earnest Ferris and Mrs. Saley of Hampton visited their brother John Ferris and family. Fred Pfaltzgraff and wife traveled to Mankato Minnesota as Mr Har nest Schinita was very ill. J F P Pfaltzgraff return from Chicago after attending an automobile show. Prof H Meyerholz of ISTC lectured at the school house and taught at the teachers study center. Prof Davis led afternoon class. County Superintendent Boardman met and plans another teachers’ meeting two weeks hence. Miss Hall and Opal Pfaltzgraff with Kenneth Ferris attended the Greene spelling contest. Kenneth earned a silver medal. H B Akin has pneumonia and a nurse tends him with improving signs. Mrs. Hattie Schuler, in town since A O Chambers’ death, left for Williston North Dakota. Viva Gideon accompanied her. John Peters opened a moving picture theatre at Aredale. Abbie Scarrow of Aredale visited Miss Carrie Watson. Watson then took Scarrow home briefly.
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Chicago
H. Meyerholz
I. 5
T. C
Opal Pfaltzgraff
Kenneth Ferris
Greene
Kenneth
H. B. Akin
Hattie Schuler
A. O. Chambers
Williston
N. D
Gideon
John Peters
Dumont
Aredale
Abbie Scarrow
Carrie Watson
Miss Watson
Locomotive Order Highlights Railway Prosperity
Chicago on February 3 reported a $1,396,000 locomotives contract for the Illinois Central from Lima locomotive corporation. The order covers fifty mikado type engines to be delivered as fast as built, with further January purchases indicating rising railroad spend and loan financing easing cash tension.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Lima Locomotive Corporation
Minors Central
For Sale Furniture Removal Sale Everything Must Go
Furniture removal sale listing solid oak dressers rockers brass beds library tables extension tables chairs and rugs with assorted kitchen cabinets buffets and sewing notions. items priced and described with repair accessories and cleaning supplies included. sold by Joe Raymond at 225 B 6th St contact phone 2402.
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Western Ave
Wellington St
B. Mackamnan
Mulberry St
P.Q
J.T. Cannon
Amelia Hostetler
Jefferson
Erina Specialty Co
Toronto
Nichols & CO
Ingrain
Joe Raymond
Des Moines Car Line Must Get Franchise
Des Moines court grants the Des Moines city railway a three month extension to obtain a city franchise by June 22, after seeking a one year delay from March 22. Street work continues as sidewalk snow is cleared and city employees gain spending money.
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DES Moines Car Line
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Des Moines City Railway
A Sure Way to End Dandruff
A marketing notice advertises four ounces of plain squid arvon to treat dandruff. It claims to dissolve all dandruff with nightly applications, stopping itching and leaving hair fluffy, lustrous, and soft after morning use. The夀 text promotes repeated use for complete destruction of dandruff.
Tax distribution by county area proposed in new bill
A Senate proposal from Guthrie Center would change auto tax distribution. Instead of townships receiving funds, taxes would be allocated according to county square miles, shaping state funding for local child welfare efforts.
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National Society
Folketlop Guthrie Center
Advertising club meeting at Mussell-Lamson today
A luncheon gathering of advertising writers, space buyers and sellers met at Mussell-Lamson to discuss forming a live advertising study club. Prominent local businessmen attended, signaling strong interest, with A. E. B. Haswell delivering a notable talk and several brief remarks from others.
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A. E B. Haswell
Kildhall
Harmer
Sargol Flesh Builder Advertisement Promises Quick Weight Gain
An ad touts Sargol as a scientific discovery to help digestion absorb nutrients and convert food into fat laden blood, claiming 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh. It promotes easy gains, refundable guarantees, and lists Waterlog area pharmacists as distributors, while noting cautions for those not seeking weight gain.
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Joder
Citution
Died at 86 Wilram Bowles dies in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls February 3 Special Wilram Bowles age 86 died last night at the home of his nieces the Misses Sowles 2218 Walnut street He had gradually failed in strength Funeral services will be held Friday morning at the home and the body will be removed at noon to Lamont by the Chicago Great Western for burial in the afternoon The Young People's alliance of the Calvary Evangelical church met last evening at the home of Rev Haehlen after the business session the group enjoyed a social hour a farewell to Ben Weiss president who leaves for California, with refreshments served by Mrs Clarence Wallace and Miss Mabel Ludwig
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Cedar Falls
Wilram Bowles
Sowles
Walnut Street
Chicago Great Western
Lamont
Young People's Alliance
Calvary Evangelical Church
Haehlen
Ben Weiss
California
Weiss
Massie
Clarence Wallace
Mabel Ludwig
Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets Promise Fast Digestion Relief
An ad touts Mi-o-na stomach tablets as a safe inexpensive remedy for indigestion heartburn and upset stomach. It claims the pocket tablets boost gastric juices strengthen stomach walls and provide prompt lasting relief when taken as directed from Wangler Bros Co or other druggists with a money back guarantee if distress returns.
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Jivery Stomaach
Wangler Bros. Co
Waterloo Guests To Des Moines For Big Spread
Lore Alford, J. E. Armstrong, A. L. Alexander, G. E. Funston, J. S. Parrott, Walter Dotson and others traveled to Des Moines as guests of Representative Clayton He Bron son. He will host a large reception this evening.
Cure for Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises At Home
Sufferers can often cure catarrhal deafness and head noises at home using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar. Take one tablespoonful four times daily to reduce Eustachian inflammation balance air pressure and clear middle ear secretions. Many report hearing improvement and even watch ticks audible seven to eight inches away.
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Homberg Chotle
Unkirk
Olson
Marcella Mary Olson
Carl A. Olson
Seventh Street
H. P. Rohiman
Calvary Cemetery
Gwood
Oman
Cis
Slate
CK Land
Sears-Roebuck “Melon
Roby
Jerome Greene
Ciasais Vader
Merwaer Mecainger
Ustaien
Penleeer
Logan
Elty Mureb
Mulberss St
Leavy
Lafayette
Cil
Losifion
West Ist St
Algo House
Req
Waterloo
Bentley Bros
Commercial Bank Bidg
T. Ben Oship
Ford
Carer Saurfer
Will
Allen
Senate
Rome
Nussell-Lamson
Hiram Sowles
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