Philadelphia man bequeaths brain to science over alcohol question
Julius Rosendale of Philadelphia died at Samaritan Hospital aged seven? The will directs his brain to the Wistar Institute of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania to study why alcohol never affected him. Rosendale, a noted writer and translator, headed Republican campaign literature and was famed for drinking fifteen drinks daily without visible change.
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Fhfietelphia
Foe
Julius Ressadale
Samaritan Houpital
Wister Institute of Anatomy
University of Pennsylvania
Rosendale
Dale
Beggar Hurls Brick Through Window at Helen Gould Residence
A nameless tramp, angered by refused alms, hurled a brick through a Fifth Avenue library window at Miss Helen Gould’s home. Mrs Edward Scholes was struck in the head but escaped serious injury. police search for the unkempt suspect.
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New York
Helen Gould
Fifth Avenue
Miss Gould
Supreme Court to Rule on Gompers Mitchell and Morrison Jail
The U S Supreme Court may soon hear an appeal over whether labor leaders Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison should serve two year jail terms for contempt of court in the Bucks Store and Range boycott case Their long legal battle has drawn worldwide attention and spanned multiple courts. Meanwhile social notices from Waterloo detail local entertainments and gatherings as residents plan dinners dances and plays. A local ad touts Chamberlains cough remedy promising pneumonia prevention from colds.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Bucks Store and Range Company
St. Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Messrs
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Buyers Present At Horse Sale At Waterloo Barn
The bi weekly sale drew a large crowd with about 250 head of select Iowa horses. Out of town buyers included J W Fawcett Chicago Tom Bloom Minneapolis A Kellar Duluth J My Trotter Brandon Manitoba William Hicks Holyoke Mags William Breham Burlington and Walt Son Shell Rock. Large consignor turnout featured Jess Baughman Marshalltown Julius Capple Fairbank and others from Waterloo Reinbeck Cedar Falls and nearby towns.
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Mullan Avenas
Whiliam Holland
Waterloo Livestock Commission Company
Iowa
Farma Pricea
J. W. Fawcett
Chicago
Tom Bloom
Minneapolis
A. Kellar
Duluth
J. My. Trotter
Brandon
Manitoba
William Hicks
Holyoke
Mags
Wiliam Breham
Burlington
Wis
Walt & Son
Shell Rock
Jess Baughman
Marshalltown
Julius Capple
Fairbank
B. King
Bert Martin
Gladbrook
Jay Hoover
J. J. McGarvey
Waterloo
George Saul
Reinbeck
R. C. Webister
Cedar Falls
Phil Lahner
Hazleton
Tom Armstrong
Oneida
M. K. Styles
Charles Thompson
Cambridge
Jerome Benison
H. W. Ostrogge
Nick Marsh
Readlyn
Grundy Center Defeats Marshalltown in Gridiron Clash
Grundy Center defeated Marshalltown 32 to 15 on their home floor in a fast guarded game. Sept Ferrier starred in the Grundy win while Marshalltown showed moments of good form but could not overcome Grundy Center’s superior passing and ball control. Referee J. W. Gossard of Waterloo and umpire Karl Raynier officiated the contest.
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Marshalltown
J. W. Gossard
Waterloo
Karl Raynier Wer
Funeral Services for Mrs. A. L. James
Funeral services for the late Mrs. A L James, who died yesterday morning, will be conducted Monday morning at 8 oclock at the home 1015 Randolph street, the Rev Frank Cole in charge. The funeral party will leave at 50 over the Rock Island for Shell Rock, where services will be conducted in the Methodist church. Interment will be in the Shell Rock cemetery. Rev Mr Cole will accompany the party.
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A. L. James
Randolph Street
Frank Cole
Rock Island
Shell Rock
Methodist Church
Mr. Cole
Meat Market Changes Hands In Westfield Switch
W F Wittick has disputed or hig Westfield meat market to Armstrong and Co. The new firm will open Tuesday morning and be known as the People's Independent Market. The firm will have a complete new stock and guarantee satisfaction to the trade in general.
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W. F. Wittick
Westfield
Armstrong & Co
People’s Independent Market
Waterloo Man Possessor of Rare Indian Peace Medal
Edward M. Grady of 327 Sixth Street West is the possessor of a rare Indian peace medal. The article outlines the medal’s history, its possible Osage connection, and the chain of tribal interactions across Osage, Sioux, Sacs and Fox territory affecting how the medal came into Grady’s hands.
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Edward M. Grady
Sixth Street
West
Grady
O'Neill
Holt County
Ned
Indian Peace Medal tied to Madison era found in Holt County
A farmer found a silver medal resembling an Indian Peace Medal dating to 1809 while ploughing in Holt County Nebraska. The item bears Madison era imagery and was traced with photographs to the Smithsonian. Records note the Osage and other tribes, Black Hawk battles, and a mint produced series of such medals given to chiefs as peace tokens.
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Black Hawk
Nebraska Prairie
Grady
Courier
President Madison
Holt County
Nebraska
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
U. S. National Museum
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
A. Howard Clark
Division of History
Philadelphia
W. de C. Ravene
Rse
Congress
Madison
Indiana
Ohio River
Ohio
Troops intercept band of 55 mounted Mexicana bound for border
Brownsville Texas reports scouting parties of United States troops dispatched to Mercedes to intercept a band of 55 mounted Mexicana said to have passed through last night en route to the border. Guadalajara's Yaqui river line train service halted due to revolutionary activity with Toniche in Insurrectos hands.
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Texas
Mercedes
Guadalajara
Mex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Yaqui
Sonora
Toniche
Rains Change to a Soaking Snow in Midwest
Kansas City dispatch reports a weather shift from rain to soaking snow across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. Temperatures span 64 at Fort Worth to 20 in northern Iowa with Abi line recording the heaviest 24 hour rainfall at one and three quarters inches.
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Kansas City
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Abilene
Plague Toll in Manchuria and China Rising
Plague fatalities in Manchuria are estimated at 65,000 with a further 1,000 deaths inside the great wall. Officials expect actual deaths to be higher, while famine in Anhui adds to the crisis. Washington reports that recoveries are nil among plague victims as the Red Cross dispatches 2,000 for flour to famine-stricken China via the Buford.
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Manchuria
Foreign Office
Great Wall
Shanghai
Anhui
Washington, D. C
China
American National Red Cross Society
Wilder
Red Crows
Commercial Club
Seattle
Wash
Buford
Judge Olive Olander Heads East Waterloo Declamatory Contest
Miss Olive Olander head of the East Waterloo public speaking department judged the declamatory contest at East Waterloo last evening. A dramatic class member who recited The Death Desk will represent the school at New Hampton on March 17 in the preliminary to the district contest, with Superintendent Inman of Manchester and Superintendent Foster of Independence among the judges.
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Olive Olander
East Waterloo
Steelwein
New Hampton
Inman
Manchester
Foster
Independence
Miss Olander
Plea Filed to Dismiss Bathtub Trust Criminal Case
Detroit February 18. Attorneys claim the defendants in the government’s bathtub trust case have immunity from civil suits in Maryland. They filed a plea in federal court requesting dismissal of the criminal proceedings.
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Mich
Bathtub”Trust
Maryland
Stevenson
Carpenter
Butzel
Zaneta News In Brief Feb 17 Social and Local Updates
Lou Rathman transacted business on Waterloo Tuesday. Shadbolt couple from Shell Rock visited Richards home. Frank Steventas’s little daughter improves from pneumonia. Richards celebrate fifth wedding anniversary with Hud son band. Gifts include library table book case center table and more. Mrs. McCurdy improving at Saltan home. Sick list includes Jarl Popp with pneumonia Tracy Glasener nurse cares for Tracy and East’s baby. Widespread colds. Northwestern time table updated with northbound coach added to freight run. northbound arrivals at 12 29 pm and 6 30 pm. other trains unchanged.
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Zaneta
Lou Rathman
Waterloo
John Andors
Hudson Band
Robert McCurdy
Henry Saltan
Jarl Popp
Tracy Glasener
Cedar Rapids
Tracy
Wireless from trains planned for entire Union Pacific system
New York Feb 18 The Union Pacific railway plans to equip its entire system with wireless apparatus for sending messages from moving trains. Dr Frederick Millner, an electrical expert with the railroad, is in New York to announce the plan. Gymnastics extraordinary will be held at the Y M C A Monday at 8 pm featuring a contest between the Iowa State Teachers College and the Waterloo M C A with routines on horse, bars, tumbling, rings and exhibitions by Waterloo business men.
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New York
Union Pacific Railway
Frederick Millner
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Waterloo ¥. M. Cc
Waterloo
Iun
President Seerley Discusses Teaching Practical English
President Homer H. Seerley of the State Teachers' college lectured in the west high assembly room on methods of teaching practical English. He spoke on simplified spelling and the evolution since Shakespeare, predicting further simplifications within a decade. He will attend the National Superintendents' association meeting in Mobile, Alabama.
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Homer H. Seerley
State Teachers’ College
West High
Seerley
Mobile
Ala
National Superintendents’ Association
William Fierobed Dies Prominent Cattle Raiser Passes
William Fierobed aged 70 from Monmouth Illinois died today of cancer. He was a leading cattle raiser and shipper and served as president of a shippers association among local agricultural leaders.
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Wm, Fierobed
Monmouth
William Fierobed
Shippers’ Association
Porto Ricans to Play Ball in American Series
New York February 18 Port of Rico public high schools will send a baseball team from Ponce to America this summer to compete in a series of championship games with school boy teams from American city schools.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
America
Rev Sage at Christ Church in Waterloo Visit
Rev John C Sage rector of St John s Episcopal Dubuque arrived to remain in Waterloo over Sunday. He will lead three Christ Episcopal church services tomorrow at 10 30 and discuss diocesan missions. He stays as guest at the rectory while Rev G W Hinkle leaves for Dubuque to preach and returns in the afternoon.
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John C. Sage
St. John's Episcopal Church
Dubuque
Waterloo
Sage
Christ Episcopal Church
G. W. Hinkle
Dubagne
St. John's
Commander Gates Dear
Washington DC February seventeenth. Commander Herbert G Gates N B N died today while serving as executive officer aboard the battleship Minnesota during practice at Guantanamo Cuba.
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Gates Dear
Washington, D. C
Herbert G. Gates
Minnesota
Guantanamo
Cuba
Governor Appointments Stir Polk County Judicial Race
Des Moines February 18. Governor Carroll faces a scramble as Iowa lawmakers plan to create an extra district court judge in Polk, Lea, and the Ninth District. Names mentioned include Dunshee, attorney for the Anti-Saloon league, and Earl Mills of Des Moines, with Democratic pressure for a minority appointee in the Ninth District and potential Republican support in Polk.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Iowa
General Assembly
Polk County
Lea County
Ninth
Scott, Clinton
Jackson
Muscatine
Carrell
Dunshes
Anti-Saloon League
Earl Mills
Mills
Interesting News From The Gulf Coast Country
W J French of French and Frazee reports from Rock Island Texas that Gulf Coast settlers enjoy unusually healthy conditions and prosperity. Roses bloom figs and oranges flourish as new settlers plant thousands of fig trees. A Waterloo party previously ill shows marked improvement since relocating. French plans another party from Waterloo soon.
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W. J. French
French & Frazee
Texas
Rock Island
Gulf Coast
Iowa
Gulfy Coast
Waterloo
French
Can't Cut Express 4 Rates in Illinois
Chicago officials report a U S circuit court decision that Illinois has no jurisdiction over express company rates or practices within the state. Judge Kohlsaat overruled the state commission's demurrer to an injunction seeking rate cuts. Shippers say relief must come from the legislature as bills granting express regulation are before lawmakers.
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Chicago
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Iinois
C. C. Koblanat
United States Circuit Court
State Commission
Kohlsaat
Illinois
Why No Visit Europex Miss Woodruff Tour 1911
Miss Woodruff of Bast Waterloo High School invites travelers to join a European tour in summer 1911. Several tours offered including a seventy one day option for 4195. Party limited to eight. guided by an experienced cabtle under the American Travel Club of Wilmington. Call at 86 Walnut Street or telephone 475 Green to register early for best state.
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