Germany declares war zone around Britain and Ireland
Berlin issues full memorandum condemning Britain for mercantile warfare. Germany says the North Sea area off Britain and Ireland becomes a war zone beginning Feb 18 1915 and will target all enemy merchant ships, warning neutrals to keep crews and cargoes away while noting limited protection for neutral ships north of the Shetland Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
England
Great Britain
London
North Sea
Norway
Great Kritain
Naghud
Scotland
Nor Way
Ireland
Evelah
Shetland Islands
Netherlands
Waterloo Cement Show Spotlight on Waterloo Makers
Chicago hosts the eighth cement show with Waterloo products featured. The Cement Tile Machinery Co Waterloo Cement Machinery Corp and Pioneer Manufacturing Co display machines and tools from small hand tools to large cement mixers. Delegations of officials architects and contractors from across the United States attend as exhibits line Wabash avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waterloo
Calisoum
The
Cement Tile Machinery Co
Waterloo Cement Machinery Corporation
Pioneer Manufacturing Co
United States
Colliseum
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
Wabash Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Twelfth Street
Trom
Extensive System of Records for Clerks
Fred 5. Pettit, clerk of the courts, returned from Des Moines where he worked to devise a uniform set of blanks for clerks throughout the state. He chairs the committee and works with the state auditor's office. F. D. Blake of Mason City aided. The 170 forms, mostly new, are with the state printer and will be sent to Pettit for reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Pettit
Des Moines
State Association
Thea State Auditor
Seffice
F. D. Blake
Masonily
Cradle and Bed for Babies Provided in Live Country Church
Miles Margaret Myers, county superintendent, visited Orange township and attended the Brethren church service where 248 attended Sunday school despite cold weather. The new church provides special baby quarters with cradle and bed for infants, taught by Mrs Harbaugh, noted as an outstanding primary instructor. Dr Mitchell of Rhode Island delivered the sermon and spoke at the town hall Saturday night, staying with the Lichty family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Margaret Myers
Orange Township
W. Eh.yaust
Church For the Brethren
Church of the Brethren
German Baptists
Dunkards
Harbaugh
Mitchell
Rhode Island
W. H. Lichty
Iowa Senate Passes Frisco Fair Exhibit Appropriation
The Iowa General Assembly approves a $75,000 appropriation to support an Iowa exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco 1914. Funds cover furnishings, historical displays, administration, entertainment, advertising, moving pictures, freight, horticulture, publicity, contingencies, and agricultural exhibits. The Iowa commission, appointed by the governor, is empowered to manage the exhibit with audit by the state executive council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Senate of the General Assembly of
San Francisco
California
Atriki
Jowa Commisssion
Iown Commission
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Golden Rule Workers Progress Report Meeting and Charitable Efforts
The Golden Rule society plans a 3 p m Thursday meeting at Fourth and Jefferson rooms. It reports growing membership and ten dollar cash donations. High school girls helped with sewing, while four scarlet fever and one diphtheria cases were recorded in the city clerk’s office. New patients include Orley Lines, Harry Burhem, and Arthur Fasse, with Margaret Hargraves and Robert Will among those affected. one scarlet fever case’s home was released from quarantine. A sale at Wang Miller Shor Co invites further donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rute Society
Fourth
Jefferson Streets
Clerk
Amarantine
Orley Lines
Harry Burhem
C. E. Conrad
Barclay
Arthur Fasse
Fowler
Margaret Hargraves
Commercial
Robert Wil
J. E. Will
Waterloo Commercial Club reorganizes with new committees
The Waterloo Commercial Club plans a reorganization with several new committees including special funds traveling men and new institutions. Old groups such as the wholesale and retailers committees are dropped. monthly meetings and special chair-led sessions are mandated, with each committee assigned specific objectives. A mixed slate of continuing and new panels will operate under the new structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Commercial Club
Pneumonia Fatal for Adam Barnes in Des Moines
Adam Barnes, a Des Moines resident, died from pneumonia at St. Francis hospital. Born November 7, 1864 in Blackford County Indiana, he married Katie Churchill in 1890. Surviving are his widow and four children Mabel Trene Pearl and Daniel, plus a half brother Luke Crago. Funeral services set for Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Barnes
Wes Moines
St. Francis Hospital
Katie Churchill
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Barnes
Mabel
Trene
Pearl
Daniel Barnes
Des Moines
Luke Crago
Indiana
Barnes
O'Keafe & Towne
Durlal
Search for Robert L Johnson Jr in Freeport Alabama
Telegraph reports a nationwide search for Robert L Johnson Jr son of J T Johnson a Freeport farmer. He left home last November for unknown parts and his mother offers a $50 reward for information. He is about 20 years old, medium complexion and 5 feet 9 inches tall. Mrs J T Johnson care R J Criddle Freeport I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Robert L. Johnson, Jr
J. T. Johnson
R. J. Criddle
Robbed during game of poker leads to liquor raid
Police raided W. F. Lake’s residence at 582 Leland Avenue Sunday night seizing beer and whiskey and arresting Lake and housekeeper Ada Dixon. Dice and playing cards were taken. over 100 empty beer bottles and seven whiskey flasks testified to liquor sales and a disorderly house. Also, a basement raid at 619 Commercial Street yielded 36 quarts of beer and seven quarts whiskey with several suspects released on bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Lake
Leland Avenue
Lake
Ada Dixon
W. M. Daggett
la Porte City
Lake Home
Daggett
Haided
F.B
Hargrove
C. G. McMann
Commercial Street
H.E. McManus
The Easiest Way To End Dandruff
A plain liquid argon remedy promises complete dandruff removal by applying four ounces at night to moisten the scalp. Morning results show reduced flaking and itching, with hair described as fluffy and shiny after repeated use, and liquid arvon is sold inexpensively at drug stores.
Overworked mother regains health via Vinci tonic
Mrs. Ann Becker from Collinsville credits Vinci cod liver and iron tonic with curing her nervous breakdown headaches and fatigue after two weeks of use. The ad claims the product strengthens and builds up weak exhausted mothers, with Wangler Bros. Co. and C. J. Miller promoting it in Waterloo and stores nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Vinci
Ann’ Becker
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
Waterloo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kaiser
Irish Sea War
of International Law
Nans
Patrintio
Wits
Iowa Life
F A. Ferguson
E. A. Resor
Chas. Hall Johnston
C. W. Mullan
J. W. Krappel
F. W. Powers
M. D
W. Mullan
EF. W. Powers
O. L. Kingsley
F. A. Ferguson
Galloway
AN. Odenheimer
J. W. Arbuckle
Geo. S. Mornin
Cc. A
WISE
Iowa Life Insurance Company
Golden Rule
Wang & Miller Shor Co
Commercial Club
Calgary
William Roy Dawson
Max Dawson
Fairview Cemetery
Mara
Michael Sulentic
Sumner, Biteet
O’keefe & Towne
St. Joseph’s Church
Fr. Slattery
Calvary Cemetery
Kessler
M. H. Kelly
Statio
Westminster Presbyterian
Church
United Church Committee
the Brotherhood
Woman's Auxiliary
Missionary Society
Westminster Circle
Joessler
China
Lafayette
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Wenner
Ven
Ralph Mason Hex
Fatty Arbuckle
and Mabel Normand
C. RB
Hanson
Lapayette Street
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