Joe Rigbert Given a Ring at Typographical Union Ceremony
Officers of Typographical Union No. 349 were installed yesterday with M. L. Penrose as president and John J. Fressle as recording secretary treasurer. Retiring president Joe Rickert received a gold ring inscribed with the union insignia and a personal farewell poem praising his two years of service and urging continued fraternity.
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Typographical Union No
M. L. Penrose
V. Willey
T. C. Keene
John J. Fressle
Joe Rickert
A. X W. Dale
Union
Narrow Escape From Injuries In Town Yard
Burton Atwater, a well known resident, narrowly escaped being killed by a switch engine in Rock Island road north yards. The engine hit a horse, killing one and injuring the other, while Atwater rode the buggy untouched.
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Town Falls
Burton
Atwater
Rock Island Road
Grape Nuts praised by New York merchant in health letter
A New York merchant writes that Grape Nuts restored his health after indigestion and fatigue from improper eating. He credits the cereal with restoring stamina, improving appetite, and boosting family well being, noting his 2 year old son improved digestion and weight. The letter ends with a tag line and a brief generic frame.
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New York
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Fiaman
Centenarian Issac Spoors Shares Health Rules
Waterloo's oldest resident Mrs. Issac Spoors, age 102, outlined three health rules in a morning interview. She advised living openly, moderate car use, and regular exercise as essentials for youth and mature age.
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Issac Spoors
Waterloo
Remarkable 102-Year-Old Woman Keeps Pace for Sale Run
Mrs Spoors, aged 102, and her youthful husband briskly walk from their Douglas Street home to a department store for a special sale. She remains hale, active and independent, doing her own housework, avoiding cosmetics, tobacco and fancy foods, and claims longevity stems from self-reliance and plain living.
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Mrs. Spoors
OLED CORN TALK TO THE TEACHERS
Professor A A Berger of Cedar Falls will speak on seed corn and germination tests for teachers and others at the courthouse in Fort Dodge at 2 pm next Saturday. Demonstrations and methods to improve local corn will be shown. attendance extended to traders and the public.
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Postoffice
UL. Brooks
Connolly
I. Rutledge
Peter McCallum
Andrew J. Morgan
Richard 4. Flrst
A. A. Berger
Cedar Falls
Saliday
Berger
Myers
Fifty Two Iowa Parishes Need Outside Aid For Services
In Davenport’s cathedral and Des Moines churches Bishop Morrison urged support for a state wide mission fund. Iowa has 52 parishes needing help to maintain services with a proposed annual need of 6800 dollars. Wealthier parishes were asked to give amounts from 600 dollars down to 42 dollars, to sustain religious work through Lent.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Waterloo
Lennen
Morrison
Toledo
Iowa
Agnes Haugan
Balkans War Dampens Local Charity Rummage Sale
The Associated Charities rummage sale on Lafayette Street failed to meet goals as overcoats dominated stock while underwear ran short. Superintendent J F Riingaman blamed the Balkans conflict drawing Balkan customers away to fight the Turks, depleting local funds and patrons.
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Balkans
Associated Charities
J. F. Riingaman
Lafayette Street
Incidental Blow at Jury Bribery in Iowa Legislature
Des Moines reports a subtle reform in the Whitney bill to hear civil trial evidence with thirteen jurors. An amendment by Rep Craig requires all thirteen to listen, with the thirteenth drawn secretly if no illness or death occurs, preventing a single juror bribery per trial and forcing potential bribes to target two jurors. Included is a list of license to wed entries for Waterloo residents and news of Nellie Mercurio of Waterloo visiting millinery houses in Chicago and St Louis for spring stock.
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Des Moines
Iown
Whitney
Craig
Jiury
W. J). Ives
Vetter and Waters Dry Gooda Company
Chicago
St. Louis
How I Made My Hair Grow
A reader details a long struggle with dandruff and hair loss and warns against wood alcohol products. The writer describes a self made remedy using Bay Rum Menthol Crystals and Lavena de Composee to boost growth and restore color, claiming it stops shedding, adds life, and makes hair easier to comb.
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Lavena de Composte
Lavena de Comporce
Millionaire dentist sues Guggenheim estate for 7500
New York dispatch notes a high profile case as Dr Asher F Bushbaum sues the executors of Marguerite Guggenheim for 7500 dollars claiming services rendered after her 1911 saddle accident in Central Park. The action seeks repayment of a bill for dental work at his Madison Avenue office and at the St Regis suite.
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New York
Browm
Newport
Adirondacks
Palm Beach
Europe
Marguerite Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim
Guggenheim Brothers
Miss Guggenheim
Central Park
Asher F. F. Bushbaum
Supreme Court
Guggenheim
Bushbaum
Madison Avenue
St. Regis
Local notes from Waterloo and surrounding towns
Greene reports C H Williams doing business in Waterloo while Miss Madora Knox heads to Minneapolis for millinery work. Harris Greene and family visit Fort Dodge. John Blake attends the Chicago automobile show. Misses Marcilla Feyereizen Nina Kahuda take a college study break. Lela Marlow visits Dan Murphy home. Frank Knight becomes bookkeeper at Gates Lumber as Mr and Mrs John Gates return.
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Des Moines
Gates
P. J. Haggarty
Maquoketa
J. H. J. Lockwood
P. H. Bestor
Allison
A. M. Morford
Bristow
Carrie Loesbe
Catholic Society
R. L. Wilson
Traer Street
Frank Philips
Clarkesville
Wilbur Shaffer
J. D. Butler
Amy Mass
Cedar Rapida
Greene
W. Heaalroag
Lorenzo Stevens
Rev. L. L. Lockard
Lela Marlow
Waterloo
Dan Murphy
Frank Knight
Gates Lumber Company
John Gates
Murderer Seeks Death by Bullet in Nevada
Reno February 10 J Frank Tramner convicted of the January 1911 murder of Mrs Mary Quilicit at Im lay was sentenced to die and chose shooting as the method of execution. Known as The Tron Man for his calm during trial he remained composed as sentence was handed down.
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Reno
Nev
J. Frank Tramner
Mary Quilicit
Imlay
Tramner
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Origins
The study of roots and herbs led Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts to create for women's illnesses the famous Vegetable Compound. Though she has passed away, trained assistants continue her work and the product remains widely manufactured and used.
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Lydia £. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Pinkham
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Carmichael
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Elma P. Pugh
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Joseph Gentle
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M. Starbell
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Jefferson Street
Christ Bolte
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William Grabning
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