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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1915

Page

5

Prof Gates Aro Longs For Peace In Waterloo Controversy

Prof A F Gates of the Waterloo Business College urges peace over the saloon controversy. He condemns personal attacks on Mr Galloway and favors immediate reconciliation after repeal. Gates proposes a luncheon with leaders from both sides to unite Waterloo for a bigger, better city.

A. F. Gates Waterloo Business College Gates Galloway Temperance Association Waterloo Iris Courier

Welsh and White in Title Clash

Milwaukee boxing fans look to a 10 round no-decision bout between Fred die Welsh world lightweight champion and Charney White of Chicago tonight. Wisconsin law bans decisions. a knockout by White would shift the title to Chicago. Earlier meeting favored Welsh who outweighed White, as writers noted him ahead.

Milwaukee Wis Freddie Welsh Charney White Chicago Ias Wisconsin White Klock Welsh White

Travel Talk Enjoyed By Fifty At YWCA Evening

K M Reed and Miss Ruth Reed led a travel evening that drew fifty or more at the YWCA rooming last evening. They shared highlights from an extensive Europe tour with projectoscope photos of cathedrals streets and scenes. Reed described wartime hardships and homeward struggles making the talk engaging as part of a travel and educational series.

K. M. Reed Ruth Reed Europe Mr. Reed

Burglars Slug Church Watchman at Walnut Street

Burglars slugged James A. Parrish, watchman at Walnut Street Baptist Church, last night as he objected to giving up clothing and property. He was awakened during a church lockup after an orchestra rehearsal and pursued a fleeing figure before being struck by a slingshot. Parrish had been sleeping in the church to guard against boys and tramps using the premises contrary to church code.

James A. Parrish Walnut Street Baptist Church Parrish Viclin

Dough Mixing Machine At Vienna Bakery

Altstadt and Langlas, owners of the Viental bakery, install a heavy dough mixing unit weighing four and a half tons powered by a 25 horsepower motor. It can produce 1,000 one pound loaves of dough every 16 minutes, making three mixers in the Vienna setup.

Altstadt & Langlas Viental Bakery Vienna

British and Austrians clash as Bukovina front rises

London reports reinvasion of Bukowina with Badagore reoccupied and Czernowitz rail northward under dispute dispatch from Bourmenia. Austrian forces pushing toward Czernowitz amid Russian attack. Birthday note recalls William Bangelt’s sixteenth party at 1107 Grant Ave. Street conditions worsen with thaw rain and snow causing impassable crossings near rail lines.

London Bukowna Badagore Czernowitz Mamornite Bourmenia Cozernowl Calevilate Siversary William Bangelt G. J. Bennett Grant Avenue Erymen

Masonic Convocation At Tabernacle Chapter No 3

Tabernacle chapter No 3 R A M holds a Friday convening on February 26 at 7 30 PM for work on the P M and M Ex M degrees. All members and visiting brothers urged to attend.

Tabernacle Chapter

New federal law bans snow drugs and imposes tax

A new law effective March 1 imposes a one dollar special tax on anyone involved with opium or coca leaves and derivatives. It requires registration with internal revenue and detailed record keeping by physicians and traders. Exemptions cover government officers and certain military and public health uses. Violations carry fines up to 2000 dollars or five years imprisonment, with possible combined penalties.

United States J. J. Dempeter Internal Revenue Army and Navy Public Health Service Commissioner of Internal Revenue Secretary of the Treasury Collectors of Internal Revenue Gow

Waterloo lodge votes farewell to retiring dictator Petersen

Members of Waterloo lodge No. a78 IL O M will meet tonight at K P hall for a regular session at o o clock. Full attendance requested as the gathering serves as a farewell for retiring dictator P C Petersen.

Waterloo Lodge K. P. Hall P. C. Petersen

Waterloo City in Brief Highlights and Notices

Local notes report visits, a bankruptcy by Jeweler G. Sibert turning over his store, and various social events. arrivals include Mrs. I W Kendall of Chicago. a quarantine for scarlet fever with 24 cases. Fred Cropper buys 520 acres in North Dakota. Miss Lillie Martin at Emerson school ill with grippe. Tressa McElhinney improving from pneumonia in Tampa. Agatha Watts informed of Mrs Burr W Hughes’s death. Weather temps listed for February 25 with prior years.

Grace M. E. Church W. Jd. Small I. W. Kendall Chicago Waterloo Loren Risk G. 5 Sibert Jeweler F. S. Morriall James Darling D. Houtelle Lake Geneva Wis A. W. Adams Addams Home Fred Cropper North Dakota M. Payne Lillie Martin Emerson la Grippe Agatha Watts Burr W. Hughes Medical Lake Wash Hughes Clarice Maxson Miss Watts Rs. Anson Wager Grand Pras Alberta W. J. Walker Hawthorne Avenue Hawthorne Avenue Yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Wager Mexico Peace River District

Membership meeting at Y M C A luncheon noon

The regular monthly meeting of the membership committee of the Y M C A will be held at noon tomorrow in the parlors of the Y W C A where the members will meet for luncheon and conference. The regular meeting of the Y M C A board will be held next Tuesday March 2.

Reguar Y. M. C. A. Board

Five Farmers Stuck Plumbers in Des Moines Trial

R A Ellis of Elis and Foster Plumbing reports that a Des Moines jury ruled against 36 plumbers amid mail order, hog tight fences, and rabbit tracks references by U S Attorney Claude R Porter. Ellis says a new trial is likely in federal appeals court.

United States Claude R. Porter Des Moines R. A. Ellis Elis & Foster Plumbing Company Master Plumbers’ Association Porter Ellis Mr. Ellis Plumbers' Trade Journal

Man Drops From Train Into Creek Near Cedar Rapids

A man believed to be H Landher, a farmer near Sterling NL, fell from an eastbound Northwestern passenger train into flooded Prairie creek at Beverly five miles west of Cedar Rapids. Conductor Abbott heard a splash, but a half hour search on the creek banks yielded no clue as recovery efforts continued after dawn.

Cedar Rapids H. Landher Sterling Prairie Creek Beverly Northwestern Abbott King

Waterloo to Inspect New Dart Motor Fire Truck

The hose wagon at Central station is dismantled as brass railings and equipment head to the Dart plant for the new motor fire truck under construction. The old wagon will stay in service until the new truck is accepted, with completion likely in six weeks as Dart receives inquiries and several cities plan to send committees to Waterloo to inspect it.

Central Station Dart Waterloo

Bank Clearings for Waterloo Week to Feb 25 1913

Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending Thursday February 25 1913 total 1 874 307 87 with daily figures Friday 191 952 64 Saturday 221 689 20 Monday holiday Tuesday 324 703 75 Wednesday 48 934 46 Thursday 2025 287 627 82 Same week 1914 1 201 669 83 Same week 1913 1 280 765 31 Realty transfers deeds mortgages chattel mortgages and instruments filed to date are listed with weekly totals and year-over-year comparisons.

Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co Waterloo Bank POE Vice. T VOUS

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Prof Gates Alo Oras Birdsall W. N. Birdsall Dubuque Aerie Order of Eagles M. H. Czizek Dubuque Bulletin Deg Habey la Baconieuse Buchanan Loren [Tisk Walter Kyle Pine Street J. B. Brubaker Fifth Street W. L. Myers Waterloo Palace Theatre Company Rollie Williams Peoria Tent & Awning Co Lutte Burns Sixth Street E.G. Pullen Matt Parrott,& Sons Company Shaker Salt Concern Chag. F. Bennett Winnipeg Canada Bessie Swinton Rudd Iowa Farmers’ State Bank Fred J. Miller East High School Iowa City Ottumwa C.D. Becker Jessie Becker James Guilfred Marion Parker Nellie Rose Clarence Wallace Calvary Workers Calvary Evangelical Church Russell Wallace The New Republic Westfield Rose Hill James Black Dry Goods Co Russell-Lamson F. F. McElhinney Tampa Fla Tressa McElhinney Cuba Buchanan Optical Co It. A. Ellis Opusnixti Federal Court of Appeals Kisselkar Kisselar Waterloo Kisselkar CO West Fifth Street
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