Good Roads Auto Club Banquet Date Conflict
A conference of date conflicts delays the Feb 21 banquet at Grace Methodist church by the Business Men's Temperance association. Meanwhile Black Hawk County Good Roads Automobile club hosts a banquet and Groupe 7 Iowa Bankers have a smoker the same evening. Committee members named for feast planning include James Graham and J B E Draydon among others.
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Grace Methodist Church
Business Men’s Temperance Association
Black Hawk County
James Graham
J. BE. Draydon
C. W. Bown
F. M. Wilson
Mr. Walters
T. W. Bovee
John Bunyan Smith
Charles Allen
S. C. Schermerhorn
T. J. Fuller
W. B. Howell
W. B. Sandford
Business Men's Temperance Association
Syndicate Building
H. E. Gale
Readiness Ships and Forces Staged for Mexico Crisis
Troops and transports are on standby from New York to Georgia as the United States braces for potential intervention in Mexico. Officials insist actions are precautionary with no immediate plan to move beyond readiness. The 2,000 strong 1st Division brigade is readied for expeditionary duty, while diplomats seek a truce or decisive victory to avoid evacuation of foreigners.
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Barry
Washington
Mexico
Cullom
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
New York
Georgia
South
Newport News
Fort Monroe
Baltimore
Fort Myer
Taft
Mexico City
Irmy
Madero
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Senor de la Barra
Atlantic Fleet
Guantanamo Naval Station
Madison Barracks
Oswego
Plattsburg
Twenty
Fort Niagara
Galloway Company Hosts Fourth Wedding At Club
A Galloway Agricultural Club ceremony drew nearly 300 guests including 150 farmers. Miss Bertha Handorf and Mr. John Handorf of Marshalltown wed under palms with Rev. W B Sanford officiating. William Galloway presented $25 cash and furniture value to the couple.
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Galloway
Galloway Agricultural Club
William Galloway Company
Anna Lenz
Carolyn Mether
Mendelssoin
Bertha Podelska
John Handort
Marshalltown
Constance Robinson
Lawrence Scott
Maude Young
Na Prosser
Laura Cowlishaw
Ella Nielsen
Maye Trefs
Jennie Grempel
Edward Henderson
T. E. Swan
George W. Watson
Galloway Company
Lesle Cowlishaw
Fred Roblin
Tama
Lion Counties
Iowa
Davis County
Dodge
Dakota Counties
Minn
Green County
Wis
Freeborn
Rock Island
Buena Vista
Jackson
Hamilton
Keokuk
Dubuque
William Galloway
I. W. Innes
Ames
R. C. Hughes
Philadelphia
Willis Clark
Rochester
E.W. Hatch
Nichols-Finn Advertising Company
Chicago
F. W. Powers
Emmons Johnson
Penalty of death may be abolished in North Dakota
In Bismarck on February 12, Warriner introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty for first degree murder and to limit the pardon board to cases where innocence is established. Representative Leu proposed removing petition requirements for elective officers seeking to appear on the primary ballot after their first term.
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Bismarck
N. D
Warriner
Leu
Taft and Cabinet Attend Union League Dinner
President Taft travels with almost all cabinet members to Philadelphia for the Union League club fiftieth anniversary dinner. Excluded are Secretaries Knox Stimson and Fisher. The party departed Washington at 3 p.m. via the Pennsylvania Railroad amid formalities and celebrations.
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Washington
Taft
Knox, Stimson
Fisher
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Union League Club
East Side High School Plans Accepted for New Building
The East High School domestic class hosted the school board to discuss architect plans for a spring building on Parker and Burton avenues. The board accepted the plans and will advertise for bids, due by February 5, with an estimated cost of 25 000 to 27 000 dollars.
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East High School
Parker and
Burton Avenues
City Under Shell Fire Rises from 50 Cents to 2 a Sack
Rebels and government forces clash around an arsenal as artillery rakes the business district. Diaz vows unconditional surrender while rebels bolster their position with field guns and men atop MLC and nearby buildings amid sustained shelling.
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Diaz
Governumment
Funeral services for Lu cinda Sommers tomorrow
The funeral for Lu cinda Sommers who died yesterday morning at her parents home on Fourth street east will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 30 o clock at the residence. Rev Henry Mueller of First Lutheran church will conduct the services.
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Lucinda Sommers
R. Sommers
Fourth Street
Henry Mueller
First Lutheran Church
Direct Vote Ratified in State Senate Vote
Springfield Tl February 12 The state senate today unanimously ratified the proposed amendment to the national constitution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people.
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Springfield
United States
Rockford Briefs From Feb 12 Rockford
Will McNally had surgery at Waterloo hospital last week. Lenora Riley visited West Liberty to meet her mother returning from Kimball Nebraska. Tom Nash returned from Fair Hope Alabama with a tract of land. Mrs. Thomas Scissions from Canton Illinois visiting her parents. Ayres summoned to Huron Missouri for his mother's illness. Johnson of Brick and Tile spent a few days in Waterloo. Madaline Smith of Cedar Falls visited Nada Bump. Briggs and Echmier shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago. Mayor Purdy under doctor care. A dust storm recorded. Grandma Mitchell, Rockford’s oldest resident, seriously ill. Julius West joined his wife in Shamrock Texas. Dumbleton named Rockford’s new night watchman. G W Kuck bought Talbot Countryman implement business. Sickness keeps doctors busy. Rep J F Bruce visited home over Sunday. William Dayton awarded $1500 damages after fall from car. Narien Knapp, reading clerk of the Iowa House, spent Sunday at home.
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Rockford
Will McNally
Waterloo Hospital
Lenora Riley
West Liberty
Kimball
Neb
Tom Nash
Fairhope
Ala
Thomas Scissions
Canton
C. E. Mitchell
C. BE. Ayres
Huron
Julius West
Shamrock
Tex
C. J. Dumbleton
G. W. Kuck
Talbot & Countryman
Wm. Dayton
Narien Knapp
House of Representatives
Nes Moines
Prominent Democrats Present Gold Loving Cup to McCombs
New York February 10 William F McCombs chairman of the Democratic national committees receives a gold loving cup from the committee and associates during the recent campaign He says the cup symbolizes not only his part in the party triumph but the work of the national committee campaign committee and thousands who labored for a common cause Present at the presentation were ex governor W D Jelks J F Costello Frederick C Penfield J W Coughlin Martin J Wade T H Brown Henry Morgathau E O Wood and G W Green with McCombs and Norman Mack overseeing the handing of the cup
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New York
William F. McCombs
Norman
Mack
Democratic Party
National Committee
Campaign Committee
W. D. Jelks
Alabama
J F. Costello
Washington, D. C
Frederick C. Penfield
J. W Coughlin
Massachusetts
Mr. Mack
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Mr. McCombs
T. H. Brown
Vermont
Henry Morganthau
E. O. Wood
Michigan
G. W. Green
Rhode Island
Foreigners To Witness Murders Trial In Dewar Case
Gust Bekiares, captured in Kansas City after a federal court fight, faces first degree murder charges in the killing of Turk Selem Mehmet at a C G W construction site near Dewar. Expected to draw many foreign witnesses and an interpreter, the trial may span about two weeks. Mehmet was killed by a blunt blow during dinner. bread found in his mouth suggests he was surprised. About $900 in cash belt money vanished with the body, indicating robbery as a motive.
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Gust Bekiares
Rekiares
Kansas City
Selem Mehmet
Tobbery
Mehmet
Rioting Under New Government In Japan
Tokyo reports Count Gambei Yamamoto assuming premiership duties as Mount Walsara shifts to organize a new party. In Osaka violent street riots persist after police break up mass meetings, injuring about a hundred as crowds mark the anniversary of the Japanese constitution with sabre charges and clashes.
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Tokio
Gambei Yamamoto Taok
Mount Walsara
Osaka
Japan
Rioters Attack Bureaucratic Offices and Residences
Rioters demolished the offices of the bureaucratic newspapers and attacked the homes of diet members. Police reserves were summoned as crowds resisted fiercely. The riot continued until daybreak with persistent clashes across the streets.
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Ceeded
Diet
Town Talk items from Waterloo area notes
Mr and Mrs Smucker welcome a baby girl at 710 Baltimore Street. Mrs F D Lothrop returns from a four week East trip visiting millinery houses. Dr Anna Longshore moves office from Russell-Lamson Building to Jefferson Street. The bloodhounds trail for turkey thieves near Allison ends with turkeys returning home. W Newsum, former Waterloo resident now in New Orleans, visits on business and plans to bring fifty carpenters to Louisiana for building work. he notes mild winter and roses in bloom.
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Anna Longshore
Russell-Lamson Building
Waterloo
Jefferson Street
Allison
Butler County
W. C. Newsum
New Orleans
Louisiana
Amundsen Lectures in Davenport After Rock Island Address
Capt Roald Amundsen explorer of the south pole arrives in Davenport to deliver a lecture on his polar voyage tonight. Earlier he spoke to students at Augusta College in Rock Island this morning.
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Davenport
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Augustana College
Rock Island
Date Fixed for General Strike in Belgium
Brussels reports February 12 to April 14 chosen as the starting window for a nationwide general strike across Belgium by the national council of working men's organizations.
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Belgium
Brussels
National Council of Working Men's Organizations
Militants Burn Large Building in Regents Park New Card
A large refreshment hall at Regents Park in London was burned by militant suffragists. No crew remained to identify the attackers, but nearby gravel bore the inscription Vote for women. Petroleum odors and baskets were found in the surrounding shrubbery.
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London
Regents Park
Bridal Couple Suffer Mishap On Wedding Day
Promoter Harry E Kester tried to drive Bertha Podelska and John Handort to the courthouse for a noon ceremony at the Galloway club. He crashed into a telephone pole, repaired, then rushed to fix license papers after learning Lincoln’s birthday anniversary. Despite the mishap, the wedding proceeded before 500 guests as Kiester hurried back and forth to officials.
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Harry E. Kester
Harry
Bertha Podelska
John Handort
Galloway Club
Court House
Kiester
Frank Strayer Married Today at Moosejaw First Baptist Church
Waterloo friends and relatives learn of the marriage of Frank G. Strayer, formerly of Hudson, to Miss Ethel Vernon of Drinkwater, Canada. The ceremony occurred this morning at Moosejaw First Baptist Church. The couple departed for a month long wedding trip to Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland to visit relatives.
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Waterloo
Frank G. Strayer
Hudson
Ethel Vernon
Drinkwater
Canada
First Baptist Church
Moosejaw
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Register of the Land Office
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Chas. Pickett
Leland Ave
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Miles and McKinley Sts
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