Waterloo Baseball Fans Urge Park Funds and Action
City baseball supporters call for immediate steps to organize the Waterloo association for the coming season. Committees formed to raise funds from business leaders and factory workers, with Cedar Rapids and Muscatine reports cited as success models. Fans urged to attend a possible general meeting within the week to decide on park site, funding, and franchise reestablishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Association
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Local Bowlers Plan Dance to Aid Toledo and Minneapolis Trips
City Bowling League officers and captains met at Jackman alleys to plan a March 28 dance at the Pythian temple. Proceeds will fund six players for Toledo and two teams for Minneapolis, with special cars likely for Waterloo and Des Moines to Toledo and possibly Minneapolis. The race for top city bowler leader continues through March 1, with Jessen, Hansen, Weltzin, Hantsha, and others leading.
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City
Jackman
Pythian Temple
Toledo
Minneapolis
Charles Jackman
Minnerapolis
Waterloo
Des Moines
Leo Forhan
Frank Trost
Frank McSweeney
Jack Koencke
Huntsha
F. J. Tanion
Jessen
Hansen
Weltzin
Hantsha
McFarlane
Weeneke
Miller
Person
Smith
Stoke
Macks
Pattern Makers
Invincibles
Boosters
Engravers
Burlington 1a Well Organized in Central Association Funds
Burlington reports a unified effort across the Central Association as Keokuk stays in the circuit and teams prepare for the season. Burlington keeps last season’s players, conducts early March training in southern Missouri, and aims to fund a full park setup with $15,000 needed in Cedar Rapids. Monmouth and Ottumwa also bolster rosters while Waterlooo and Cedar Rapids build new clubs. The Galesburg treasury shows 41 cents after paying debts, with $2,850 raised from player sales.
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Burlington
Central Association
Keokuk
Hayden
Missouri
Monmouth
Galesburg
Hough
Egan
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Relden Hill
Hannibal
Galesburg Association
Midget basketball date set for Charles City clash
The Y M C A Midgets will play Charles City at the local gym Wednesday night. Local Midgets have a strong season record and expect a tough game against a sturdy Charles City squad. Right forward Hostetler, left forward McDonald, center Lichty, right guard Armstrong, left guard Manat listed in the lineup. Meanwhile both local high schools lost Saturday with West High 25 Fort Dodge 21 and East High 44 Grundy Center 10, a rough showing for East High under new coach Whiteside.
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Charles City
Charles City Association
Hostetler
Mallory
Fort Dodge
West High Boys
West High
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
East High
Whiteside
Grundy Center
van Patten
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Promises Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold within a day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Ef. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price 28c. Also promotes amateur film developing services at Black Hawk Studio next to the local bank offering 10c developments.
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Black Hawk Studio
Black Hawk Bank
Fort Dodge Chosen To Host German Alliance Meeting
Des Moines reports Dr E L Durand of Burlington was elected president for the upcoming year of the German American Liberal Alliance of Iowa. Des Moines officials Krueger and Schneck were named secretary and treasurer respectively. Delegates from multiple districts and two representatives were chosen to attend the national meeting in St Louis in April. The convention moved the group’s home to the Iowa State league of the German American National alliance and set Fort Dodge as the next gathering place. Good roads and German language study were discussed with medals planned for high school German essay winners.
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Des Moines
E. L. Durand
Burlington
Liberal Alliance of
Iowa
Joseph Biboeck
Paul Krueger
John Schneck
Davenport
John Redelstein
Paul Radenhauser
Herman Miller
Waterloo
George
Herman
Marsh
Joseph Nicolay
Postville
Richard Guenther
Christ Otto
Denison
Ed Kowalke
Wall Lake
G. F. Braun
Atlantic
Charles Sass
Dubuque
The
Alliance
St. Louis
Fort Dodge
Iowa State League
German-American National Alliance
Glenwood Baby Nearly Victim Of Cat In Night
In Glenwood Iowa on February 17 a mother awoke to find a cat resting on her sleeping seven year old child in the crib its head partly in the babies mouth. The babys face was purple and the mother believes the child would have died within minutes if not for her awakening.
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Glenwood
George Cross
Waterloo Evening Courier Ad Rates Highlight Benefits
An unusual fragment promotes advertising in the Waterloo Evening Courier, claiming it yields the greatest results and doubles the paid circulation versus other papers in its territory, urging readers to place ads for better exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Evening Courier
Ita
England Faces Peril of Mixed Marriages and Black Men
A London dispatch reports fierce alarm over mixed marriages with Indians and West Africans. An American observer quotes women proposing drastic measures, including destroying female infants at birth, to curb black male influence. The piece notes white prejudice, calls for matrons to discipline immoral behavior, and discusses social rights and colonial ties.
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London
Metropolis
England
Africa
Louis’ Knight
America
United States
British Colonies
Seed corn testers showcased at county teachers meeting
Prof Davis and Prof Berger addressed forty teachers in Cedar Falls on teaching agriculture and seed corn testing. They urged statewide instruction, township graduations, and rural farm camps, detailing two testers the rag doll and a box tester with live demonstrations and field tips for improving Black Hawk county crops and farmer wealth.
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Davis
A. A. Berger
Cedar Falls
Margaret Myers
Iowa
General Assembly
Berger
Black Hawk County
Law Would Compel Each to Dance Alone
Pierze, 8. D., Feb. 17. The senate passed a house bill banning suggestive dances. An adopted amendment requires that at all public dances each individual dancer shall dance separately and alone. Other amendments carve out Irish, jelly wobble, turkey trot, Christmas, St Patrick's Day, and Lent.
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St. Vitus
Waterloo storefront flyer lists hours at 1514 East Fourth St
A local business notice shows office hours from 8 a m to 8 p m at 1514 East Fourth Street over Kohl's Shoe Store in Waterloo Iowa with phone number 1639.
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East Fourth St
Kohl's Shoe
Waterloo
Iowa
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Muscatine
Heidsieck
Indiana
Blackstone
All Waterloo Grocers
Black Hawk
Coffee & Spice Company
J. Busby
Mor
TEL
New York Life
Underworld
Jack Gorman
Zfor
Cluett, Rian 33 i Co
Tesbody & Co
State Loan Co
Paul Davis
Mabel Ettinger
West Fourth Street
Lonsdale
Jefferson St
Milwaukes
Wis
Wilbert Shallenberger
Oshwood Blvd
Chicago
Hotel Ellis
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
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