Gladstone hotel boost as Stevens pledges 175000
H A Stevens of H L Stevens Co and C C Gross visited to promote the Gladstone hotel project. Stevens subscribed for 400 Hagerman and Downing Place lots and 15000 of preferred stock, signaling strong backing. If 167 lots sell, the eight story hotel with 200 rooms could break ground April 10 and finish December 10 next year.
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H. AL. Stevens
Minneapolis
Chicago
H. L. Stevens & Co
C. C. Gross
Gladstone
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Stevens
Hagerman and Downing Places
Stevens & Co
Mondamin
Sioux City
Des Moines
Middle West
G. C. Janney
Northwestern Land & Investment Company
Gladstone Hotel
Hagerman and Downing
Mr. Janney
Suit for 32000 on contract in Waterloo case
In district court Judge Ransier presided over Sturgis & Burns Manufacturing Co of Chicago versus Waterloo Concrete Roofing Co et al. The action seeks about 2500 for breach of contract over failure to deliver steel palettes for cement shingle machines. Jury pursuit halted as venue space filled. Reed & Tuthill and Buckley Gray & Moore represent plaintiffs. Edwards & Longley Mullan & Pickett Rudolph for defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransier
Sturgis & Burns Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Waterloo Concrete Roofing Co
McDougall
Reed & Tuthill
Waterloo
Buckley, Gray & Moore
Edwards & Longley
Mullan & Pickett
C. J. Rudolph
Death of 18 year old Verne Barber on Lafayette road
Verne Barber aged eighteen, son of Mrs. George Makinster, died at 5:40 this morning at his Lafayette road home near Elk Run after a three week illness from Bright's disease. Survived by mother and two brothers Charles and George. Body to be taken to Buckingham Friday for burial in the family lot.
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Verne Barber
George Makinster
Lafsyette Road
Elk Run
Bright
Waterloo
Charles
George
Buckingham
Thera
Temperature record observes January day figures
Weather data notes a temperature range with 12 night and 6:30 am readings. It recalls last year on this date when the minimum was 13 degrees above zero and the maximum reached 29 degrees, marking a comparison of daily extremes for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Horseshoe emblem figures in Cedar Rapids arrest case
Cedar Rapids Iowa February 24 a horseshoe once a symbol of luck becomes key evidence in the arrest of Jim Southworth on a charge of stealing twenty five beef hides at Belle Plaine four weeks earlier. The horse team's owner was shot by a Belle Plaine blacksmith named Pitt who stamped his name on a horseshoe later seized by police. Southworth denies the theft and fights requisition to bring him to University city.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Southworth
Rock Island
Belle Plaine
Southworth
Pitt
Unis City
Shapely talk and fashion at a weighty lesson
Miss Beck and fellow students debate body image while a stern director urges perfect poses. A fragile fashion lesson turns into a witty critique of self esteem and appearance amid admissions of deformities. The scene shifts to a druggist quipping about skin products and the dwindling supply of chamois.
Prayer custom at court by Mohammedan lawyers
The noon hour halts the court as Mohammedan lawyers and onlookers bow, lay prayer-mats on the veranda, and perform the Hoon prayers. Mozaffer Khan and a guardian policeman observe with reverent devotion, then prostrate before Allah the Compassionate, in a scene noted by Charles John Stone.
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Mozaffer Khan
Allah
Charles Johnston
Atlantic
Artist's Clever Work on John Inglesant
The article notes Short House's John Inglesant as a rare novel about a country the author never visited. The second volume details Italian manners and scenery, with Umbrian night and a forest pavilion scene vividly evoking Italy and Florence during the plague, all crafted in Shorthouse's quiet Edgbaston home.
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Shorthouse
John Inglesant
Umbria
Italy
Florence
Joseph Henry Shorthouse
Edgbaston
London Chronicle
Capital's Beauty Spot Lily Farm in Washington
A Treasury Department clerk turned Lily farmer grows water lilies on Potomac land. She built an artificial five acre pond system, quit her government job, and now attracts many visitors at dawn to view the blooms.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Potomac
Chinaman term history and early usages in trade
The Oxford dictionary timeline shows Chinaman as a native of China attested from 1854, while the sense meaning dealer in china predates 1854 with references to 1772 1801 and 1819 London directories. Earlier notes include 1763 entry John Crowther China man as a bankrupt gazette. China woman also appears in Ben Johnson London Chronicle.
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China
Emerson
John Crowther
Ben Johnson
London Chronicle
Splendid scenery along Hinchinbrook channel on Queensland coast
The article praises Hinchinbrook channel as the coast’s grand scenery with blooming orchids, straw-colored palms, ruddy berries, eucalyptus bloom, silky oak scent, and vivid bean tree colors seen from the steamer. Haycock Island nears, with a peak appearing to shift as water reflects the mountains. Creeks hid by mangroves wind through hills for miles.
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Hinchinbrook Channel
Queensland
Haycock Island
Fugitive Slave Law and its Backlash in 1850
The 1850 fugitive slave bill imposed a 1000 dollar fine and six months imprisonment on anyone harboring or aiding runaway slaves. It sparked radical abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, and it tied to the Dred Scott case, provoking widespread northern alarm after the Supreme Court ruling supported the bill.
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Congress
Supreme Court
The Progres of Mak in Energy Concentration
Sir William RAMSEY notes progress in energy concentration across natural and scientific advances. He cites carnivorous animals forming tools instinctively, early humans using sticks and spears, Priestley’s heating of oxide of mercury, and Davy’s concentration of electrical energy at a wire tip to isolate potassium and sodium.
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Willam Rameey
Priestley
Davy
Coops in Fields for Babies in Russian Wheat Countryside
In Russia hundreds of small wood and canvas coops dot the wheat fields to shelter babies of workers. Mothers bring meals at morning and afternoon but leave the infants alone the rest of the day. The children seem content, watching passers-by through the coop slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Manufactured milk from soya bean described as condensed milk substitute
Cows are scarce in Japan but milk demand remains high. Japanese ingenuity yields a soya bean derived artificial milk that the public cannot distinguish from regular condensed milk. Beans are soaked, boiled, then treated with sugar and phosphate of potash to reach molasses thickness, then diluted to resemble fresh milk.
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Japan
Bar Twenty Six Miles Long Licenses Rail Line Liquor Sales
Auditor Swofford ruled the Oregon Washington Railroad must obtain a license for a 26 mile bar length along the company line through Lewis County. The license covers liquor sales on any part of the railroad right of way, not per train. Centralis letter to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Lewis County
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Swofford
Centralis
The
St. Paul Pioneer Press
AFRICAN PYSMIES DESCRIBED AS SAVAGE DWARFS OF CONGO
The African pygmies are real, four foot high humans noted for savage disposition. Travelers report they live by hunting, dwell in earth holes or trees, and are near the lowest human stage. They are dangerous to encounter in dark tropical forests.
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Congo
Five Hunters of Claegic Renown in Classic Tale
Five renowned hunters of Fefown are named Acastos Meleager Actaeon Adonis and Orion. They figure in legendary hunts including the Calydonian boar chase and the tale of Orion’s transformation. The passage notes their prominence and a seasonal reference from November through winter.
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Acastos
Meleager
Actaeon
iDana
Adonis
Venus
Orion
Birds in Arctic Region
Birds go to arctic regions to rear their young due to abundant food. Breed-eating birds find cranberries crowberries and other ground fruits frozen all winter. Insect-eating birds simply open mouths to fill with mosquitoes. Conditions in Siberia and Alaska are identical with a four month open season for birds.
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Arctic
Siberia
Alaska
Stomach finds reveal odd cargo from a shark
A 17 foot man eating shark caught off Delaware Bay by a US lightship crew yielded a bizarre interior inventory in its stomach. The list includes an umbrella, a barrel stave, various iron junk, and oil cloth sufficient to cover a kitchen floor, suggesting a curious hoard of bric a brac.
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Delaware Bay
United States
Waterloo Business Men Honor Y W C A Guests at Banquet
Waterloo business leaders were honored guests at a Y W C A banquet. Speakers urged funding for a new Y W C A building to serve young women, with committee plans and a large chicken pie dinner advancing the cause.
Waterloo YWCA Booster Event Sparks New Building Drive
The booster spirit unites girls board and business men in Waterloo to back a YWCA project. Dr Powers, James Black, GR Rhode, and Paul Davis spoke on support and goals. Musical numbers by Paul Davis and Prof Scott B Prowell plus a Believe Me portrait delighted attendees. Finance committee leadership included Mrs H B Kelly dining room chairs Mesdames Brinkman Howrey Rhode Wyant and decorators Elghmey Webb.
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Waterloo
11. B. Kelly
Mabel Felkner
Rosetta Olsen
Oliver Trumbauer
Trumbauer
Paul Davis
Kelly
The
Emerald Isle
Lawson
Mary Day
Association
Olver Trumbauer
C. M. Woods
A. B. Lovejoy
Hartlett Harvey
Waterloo Association
F. J. Eighmey
E. I. Johnson
W. Y. Parrott
F. J. Elghmay
Walter Rolitna
Waterloo Way
W. H. Lang
F. W. Powers
James Black
Y.W.C
GR. Rhode
Scott B. Prowell
Ralph Mason Hix
H. B. Kelly
Mesdames
Overworked Cedar Falls Teacher Takes Sick Leave
A popular young school teacher near Marshalltown suffered a nervous breakdown and left her duties. Relatives brought her home to Cedar Falls on Monday night after a year of overwork. She will rest for a few months to recuperate before resuming duties. M. K. Rudey becomes manager of the People's store on Fourth Street West and invites customers to visit.
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Marshalltown
Cedar Falls
M. K. Rudey
Chicago
People’s
Fourth Street West
PILES CURED No Knife Used by United Doctors
The United Doctors, offices in Marsh Mlaco Building, claim a non surgical cure for all rectal troubles including protruding and bleeding piles fistula and fissure. They invite sufferers to call for explanation of their treatment and its effect on the general system.
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United Doctors
Marsh Place
Marsh-Mlaco
DUNKERTON DIRECTORS SUBSCRIBE AND SWORN 1912
Correct Attest lists Mrs C H Dunkerton John Keane and G 8 Kleckner as directors who subscribed and were sworn to before notary public D W Boyle on February 27 1912.
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C. H. Dunkerton
John Keane
Kleckner
Dw. Boyle
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MAK
Y.W.C.A
Finance Committee
Euchomastic
Building For Young Women
Automobile Service
West Side
Locust St
Wellington St
West Ninth St
Home Park
Hammond Ave
East Side
Logan Ave
Broadway Station
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Independence Ave
James Gardiner Co
First National Building
First National Bank
Dunkerton
Iowa
U. S
Total
National Bank
Black Hawk County
F. P. Davis
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