Fires Controlled Despite Handicap At Two City Dwellings
Firefighters answered two alarms Sunday as flames were checked with small property damage. A.Franklin and Seventh Street saw a rear porch fire fed by kindling and coal near a chimney, while 1619 Fourth Street West reported a fireplace start damaging partitions floors and furniture. Cold endured by crew, no injuries.
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Jacob Fnoss
Seventh and
Franklin Streets
A A. McCormack
Fourth Street West
Aly
Wremon
The Blue Paradise Opens at Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo theatregoers praise The Blue Paradise a two night engagement with Lehar tunes and a Viennese book. Gypsy Dale stars in dual roles with Angie Norton as Hazel Jones and Paul Vicholson as Rudolph Storger. The chorus is large and attractive and the production features elaborate costumes and staging. May Robson’s The Making Over of Mrs Matt follows tomorrow night.
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Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo
Tundfal
Blue Paradise
Lehar
Jong
Thruout
Gypsy Dale Lars
Tiler
Angie Norton
Hazel Jones
Chicago
Paul Vicholson
Rudolph Storger
May Robson
Matt
Close Guard Kent Over German Ships New York
Federal and municipal authorities tightened surveillance in New York Harbor as doubts rose over potential German merchant ships’ scuttling. Secret service agents and police guard 27 vessels including the Vaterland and four Austrian ships valued at about $40.45 million, with the Vaterland alone worth $20 million, amid wartime tensions and escalating ship values.
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New York
Adairatcy
Flanders
Secret Service
Vaterland
The Chorus Lady and Lie's In Again at Majestic and Plaza
Pen notes James Forbes and Clever Hines shaping The Chorus Lady as a Rose Stahl vehicle while Lie's In Again at the Majestic stars Knute Erickson in a musical farce with Wil Williams and Watkins. The Plaza shows The Trivant Soul with Henry B. Walthall’s company rising at 3 a.m. for sunrise stones in Wisconsin hills causing a dawn mishap.
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James Forbes
Rose Stahl
THE
Majestic
Knute Erickson
Lie
Majestic Theatre
Erickson
Wil Hams
Watkins
Daffy Dan
Wisconsin
Henry B. Walthall
Walthall
Harry Beaumont
Mr. Walthall
Run-Down Health Described and a Tonic Offered
A physician explains run-down health as a non-medical term reflecting enfeebled bodily functions. Symptoms include poor appetite digestion fatigue and low mood. The remedy promoted is Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People described as blood builders, costing twenty cents a box at druggists.
Supreme Court Recesses Without Adamson Case Decision
Washington February 5 The Supreme Court recessed today until March without deciding the Adamson law test case or the habeas corpus proceedings of United States District Attorney Marshall of New York.
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Washington, D
Supreme Court
United States District
Tl. Snowden Marshall
New York
BUTTON INDUSTRY CAPTURED BY JAPS
Washington News Bureau reports Senator Kenyon investigating imported Japanese buttons flooding the U S market. November imports from Japan surpassed Iowa output for several fiscal years, prompting focus on duties to shield American producers. Burlington Fort Madison Muscatine and Washington hosts button factories.
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Kenyon
United States
Burlington
Fortson
Muscatine
Washington
Sunday coal thieves target rail yards across town
Coal thieves were busy Sunday with several thefts from local rail yard coal piles and gravel yard losses. Hoy Hoffman of 227 Eighth Street West was detained on charges of stealing coal from Gravelay Sons yards at 227 Sixth Street West. A wagon load was moved from the yards, wheel tracks pointed to the Hoffman home, and he reportedly confessed after initial denial. He was released on a $25 bond and his hearing will be set. An elderly man was also taken into custody for stealing coal from the same source.
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Fite
Altho
Hoy Hoffman
Eighth Street West
Gravelay & Sons
Sixth Street West
Rds
Hoffman
Yard Release Ordered on Barclay Recommendation
A detainee was released from custody on the recommendation of Mr. Barclay, following negotiations and review of the case. The decision cites compliance factors and the desire to proceed with supervision rather than further detention.
Gompers Appeals to German Labor Men
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor urged the German federation to influence Berlin to avoid breaking with the United States. A cablegram to Secretary Legion at Berlin was made public with credit for preventing conflict with Mexico last June. Gompers planned to press Wilson to restrain actions in the German situation.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
German Federation
United States
Mir
Gompers
Legion
Berlin
American Federation
Mexico
Wilson
Cedar Falls Contractor to Build Dry Run Bridge
Cedar Falls contractor Michaelsen was awarded the contract to build a reinforced concrete bridge across Dry Run on the terrac road for $9.19. The two span structure will have a 10 foot roadway and two 4 foot sidewalks. Work starts April 1 with completion by June 4, and a temporary bridge will be constructed.
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Michaelsen
Cedar Falls
Dry Run
Ambassador at London No Longer Acts for Germany
London Feb 5 The American embassy received formal notification from Washington to discontinue representing German interests in Great Britain. The British government learned that the United States had ceased to represent British interests in Germany. The State Department said it had not yet chosen a neutral to handle German interests in London and would inform the embassy later.
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London
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Germany
State Department
Russia buys DV 5 shoes high prices in Moscow
St Louis reports American made shoes in strong demand in Russia with nearly 40 000 pairs shipped monthly. Shoes travel via Kobe and Vladivostok in fibre boxes to Moscow where prices double due to shipping. Chavez notes 4 to 7 dollar domestic shoes fetch 8 to 12 dollars in Moscow.
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St. Louis
Russia
Archangel
Pacific
Kobe
Japan
Japan Sea
Vladivostok
Pareel
C. M. Chavez
Foreign Department
Moscow
A Friend's Advice Helps Louisville Woman Avoid Surgery
Mrs Nellie Fishback of Louisville credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female troubles headaches and nervousness. She regained strength to work and raised an eight pound baby girl, urging others to seek expert advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lyon Mass for non surgical relief.
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Louisville
Andi
Lydia E. Ab
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Fishback
Christy Ave
Ydin E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyon
Mass
Tres
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