Father Rohiman Assigned To Archdiocese Endowment Work
Pastor Father Rohiman of St. Mary's Waterloo will soon leave to lead diocese wide efforts to endow Dubuque College. Archbishop Keane plans a successor to take over the Waterloo parish, with Rohiman staying until the transition.
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K. P. Rohlman
St. Mary's Catholic Church
J. J. Keane
Dubuque
Father Rohlman
Dubuque College
Rohlman
ATH
Keane
Rohiman
Waterloo
P & BO
Archdiocese of
Minnesota Battery Returns Homeward from Duty
Exhausted but cheerful, Battery T Minnesota National Guard passes Waterloo at 3:20 p m aboard a special train en route to Fort Snelling for muster out. The train, with four tourist sleepers and stock and flat cars, carried field guns and equipment. Commander Cal H B Ames notes a hard but manageable journey with the men in good health. A half mast American flag honors Gen Funston. A second 22-car train with more guardsmen is expected through Waterloo on the Rock Island about 3 p m.
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Battery T
Minnesota National Guard
Waterloo
Rock Island
Fort Snelling
Cal. H. B. Ames
Funston
Minnesota
Traveler extols Iowa counties in national boost article
Judge Franklin C. Platt, wintering in Miami, shares a copy of the Miami Herald containing IL M Clark’s piece praising various states and cities. It notes Waterloo and Black Hawk County pride, Iowa’s wealth per capita, hog and calf production, and a low illiteracy rate compared with Nebraska.
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Franklin C. Platt
Miami, Fla
Miami Herald
IL. M. Clark
Sinter
Imes
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
T Tan
Johnny
Black Hawk
Jouauty
Iowa
Union
Czille
Nebraska
Des Moines Firm Sues Over Checks and Partnerships
Cooper and Gunder of Des Moines file suits against four defendants alleging misused partnership funds by P A Gunder. Claims include checks drawn on Simons-Day Co for 4950 and EF W Wagner Co for 560. Also sue Wataerton Savings Bank for 500 50 and First National Bank for 10.
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Cooper & Gunder
Des Moines
P. A. Gunder
J. H. Cooper
Wataerton Savings Bank
First National Bank
Byford Returns to Face Civil Service Hearing
Fred Byford, ex patrol driver now living in Montana, returned to Waterloo last night to answer a March 1 notice to appear before the civil service commissioners and show cause why he should not return to work. He had been pensioned due to poor health.
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Byford
Fred Byford
Waterloo
Civil Service Commissioners
Mr. Byford
Montana
Verdun Year of Blood Unparalleled in History
Verdun’s year of blood marks a titanic siege beginning Feb 21 1916 with German artillery and French defense. The battle left a mile-wide scar along the Meuse and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives amid unprecedented war material use and a ruined battlefield landscape.
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Verdun
Germany
Canal Zone Notes From Halbou Heights
A dispatch from Halbou Heights in the Panama Canal zone reports good health, growing Pearbrake, and cool weather with blankets needed before dawn. Five men fishing in Pacific Bay brought in 259 pounds of jacks, the smallest over 12 pounds and largest about 130 pounds, in a few hours. The notice closes with an unrelated Colonial Inn advertisement.
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Courier
Nanton
Halbou Heights
Panama Canal Zone
Pearbrake
Pacific Bay
Two Youths Held for Attack on Girl
Des Moines police arrested Sam Morascho and Sam Pricople, both 18, on charges of assaulting Marie Liggins, 18, as she walked home from work on the south side. Liggins is a night telephone operator at a local plant and was found in a serious condition after cries attracted a city fireman.
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Des Moines
Web
Sam Morascho
Sam Pricople
Marie Liggins
Miss Liggins
Greek Workmen Riots Close Piraeus Shops and Customs
An Athens dispatch says food riots by workmen at Piraeus closed all shops and the customs house after a meeting for relief funds. The mob looted grocers and butchers as arrests were made before order was restored.
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London
Athens
Reuters
Pireaus
Turkey to permit American departure from Beirut area
Washington says Turkey has assured Ambassador Elkus it will waive quarantine restrictions and allow immediate departure of about a thousand Americans near Beirut. It also guarantees American relief ships will be protected against Turkish submarine interference.
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Washington, D.C
Turkey
Elkus
Beiriut
Public School Chief Arnce Alderman Dies at 45
Cedar Rapids reports the death of Arnce Alderman a noted authority on public school matters. He died at his home after a long illness of neuritis at age 45 and had served ten years as county schools superintendent.
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Cedar Rapids
Arnce Alderman
Lite County
Britain Tightens Blockade Entries in War Effort
London Feb 22 The Official Gazette publishes an order in council dated Feb 16 to tighten the blockade of entry rails and ports as Britain wages war in response to the German blockade memorandum of January 31 and similar actions by other hostile countries.
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London
Britain
Fate of Iowa law enforcement staff at stake
Des Moines report says Attorney General N M Havner urged the senate appropriation committee to grant 256099 for law enforcement staff. He warned that 25000 for state operatives was essential to enforce blue laws and liquor statutes, as the Naoussa committee cut its recommended funds amid a strenuous meeting.
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Des Moines
State Department of Justice
N. M. Havner
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Naoussa
Swiss Envoy as Intercessor Defended by Paris Editorial
The Paris led editorial defends Dr. Paul Ritter, Swiss minister to Washington, for offering to reopen talks between Germany and the United States. It notes Ritter acted without foreign ministry authorization and may have overstepped, but argues preventing a final breach between Germany and America serves Swiss interests and preserves ideals and material gains.
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Renne
Paris
the Bandits
Paul Ritter
Washington
Germany
United States
Runtus
America
Switzerland
Hundred Girl Strikers Arrested in Chicago
About 100 young women picketed in Chicago’s wholesale garment district and shouted at officers. They were taken to a central police station and placed in the charge of matrons. Bullpens were served on leaders of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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Chicago
Woman finds health with Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs. Kieso of Aurora Illinois suffered seven months with a female ailment and severe pains. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained health and can do housework. The ad invites other women to seek free confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Aurora
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carl A. Kiese
North Ave
Til
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia B. Pinkham
United States
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Garment Workers Union Faces Court Contempt Show Cause
The Garment Workers union must appear in court to show cause why it should not be punished for contempt for violating two court injunctions during Aguinal picketing.
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Garment Workers Union
Aguinal
Free Trial of Pyramid Pile Treatment Promoted
An advertisement touts a free trial of Pyramid Pile Treatment claiming it will feel like meeting a good old friend. The pitch emphasizes comfort and familiarity to attract users seeking relief.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Vinol cod liver peptonate advertised by local druggists
An advertisement touts Vinol as a pleasant form of cod liver oil made from cod liver peptones with added iron and glycerophosphates. It claims improved acceptability for children and the elderly, and promotes Vinol for chronic coughs colds bronchitis and run-down health.
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America
Boston
Wangler Bros. Co
CG. J. Miller
Cure Your Rupture Like Cured Mine
A tale of Captain Collings who, after years at sea, suffers a ruptured condition that leaves him bedridden. Doctors and trusses fail until he invents a self cure and avoids dangerous surgery or death.
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Collings
Andruss
Truss
Sam
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