New Parcel Post Rates Adopted Across Zones
New parcel post tariffs effective today cut costs for long deliveries. A 13 pound package to Indianapolis in zone four drops from 88 cents to 55 cents. Postmaster M H Kelly displays the Burleson schedule showing weight limits raised to 50 pounds for first two zones and 20 pounds for zones three to eight, with zone based rates from seven to nine cents per pound. The program aimed to boost commerce and public education on parcel post benefits.
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Parcel Post
Indianapolis
M. H. Kelly
Burleson
Holcombe Opens Stock Drive For Waterloo Exposition
George Holcombe, district fair promoter, arrives in Waterloo from Galesburg Ill to launch a stock sale for the Twin City exposition. Fifteen thousand shares at ten dollars each will be offered to residents and farmers as he canvasses the city county and nearby areas this afternoon. A meeting next Thursday will form a permanent fair organization with an eleven member board of directors to elect officers and set a firm date.
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George Holcombe
Waterloo
Cedar, Falls
Blackhanks
Holcombe
Waterloo Club
Cedar Falls
Peoria Contractor Missing Mind Goes Blank in Rock Island
Chas A Johnson, a Peoria contractor once in Rock Island with brothers Albert and Fred of Cambridge, was found last night unable to recognize them. He says his name is Jack Johnson and has been wandering the country following work as a bridge carpenter with his mind blank.
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Peoria
Chas
A. Johnson
Rock Island
Albert
Fred
Cambridge
Ife
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Suffrage Army Ready For Rest In Albany March
Nyack New York January 2 A band of suffragists led by General Rosalie Jones left New York New Year’s day to march to Albany. They set out from Nyack at 10 AM passing Haverhill and Stony Point aiming to sleep at Tompkins Cove 18 miles north. After the first day along the Hudson they reached Nyack last night seeking rest. In Albany they will meet other suffrage workers and present a petition asking that women be allowed to watch the polls when the proposed suffrage amendment to the state constitution is voted on in 1928.
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Nyack
N. Y
Rosalie Jones
New York
Albany
Haverhill
Stony Point
Tompkins
Cove
Hudson River
Jones
Black Plague Law Takes Effect January First
The new Iowa statute enacted last session becomes effective January 1. It requires all city physicians to report diseases arising from the social evil to the health officer. Reports would be by number only to shield individuals, aiming to curb the spread of the deadly scourge.
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Iowa
Son accuses father of eloping with wife in Wisconsin
La Crosse January 2. Bert Rockwell of Nelson Wisconsin says his father Albert Rockwell eloped with his young wife leaving two homes broken. Albert Rockwell was arrested after being traced from Spirit Lake Idaho and pleaded not guilty to a statutory charge. The son seeks vengeance for the family break up.
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la Crosse
Wis
Albert Rockwell
Nelson
Bert Rockwell
Rockwell
Spirit Lake
Idaho
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Alder Rockwells
PHOTO CAUSE OF MUCH WORRYING AND OTHER NOTABLE ITEMS
A jumble of humorous and alarming blurbs: Ira Thompson known as Tommy threatens to weaponize his name after a mail error delivering a photo and holiday greeting to his home. In Missouri, bear of beer consumption in 1918 is tallied at 39 pints per person, with 79.5 million gallons consumed and over $5.5 million in inspection fees since the law began. Concord doctors confront a mysterious illness called acirasia causing eleven December deaths and 140 children treated. An advertisement teases relief from stomach troubles by Chamberlain’s Tablets, via Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Ira Thompson
Tommy”Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Tommy
Thomas Thompson
Missouri
Jefferson City
Speed Mosby
Mosby
Concord
N. H
John Hk. Barker
Battle Creek
Mich
General Markets and Weather Forecast Card
Chicago market notes show wheat rising on strong cables while corn oats and hogs move with unsettled weather and steady gains. Livestock demand remains firm, cattle and sheep prices lift. prices for butter eggs and cheese hold with mixed receipts and varied futures. Weather calls for cloudy, colder conditions in east and south with brisk northwest winds and Saturday fall.
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Chicago
Jan
Argentina
Here
Wansas City
Kansas City
South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Grain Market Report Chicago And Midwest Prices
Chicago wheat quotes for No 2 red and other grades appear with bids around 90s and 93 percent levels. Corn values show mixed July and May figures near 69 to 71. Kansas City and Minneapolis listings include July and May wheat and corn prices in the mid 80s to 90s, with regional variations and delivery months noted.
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Ciicage
N. S
Duluth
St. Louis
Hansas City
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Labor Disputes Not Cause of Idleness in 1913
Albany reports that lack of work, not labor disputes, caused higher idleness among New York state unions in 1913. Labor Commissioner Lynch released figures showing 101,000 idle workers out of 627,000. idle rate 16.1 percent, second only to 1886 and 1908 among prior years.
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Albany
New York State
Lynch
Idlewild club dinner at home of Mr and Mrs Brown
Idlewild club members and husbands will be entertained at a seven o'clock dinner party Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs M J Brown on Locust street. Also New Year's party details include Myers' orchestra, tango and waltzes, red and white decor, and upcoming events. Pan Hellienic luncheon set for Galloway club Saturday at 12 30. interested sorority members urged to call Miss Jeanne Lewis.
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Idlewild Club
Mrs. M. J. Brown
Locust Street
M. J. Brown
PAN Hellenic Association
Pan-Hellienic Association
Galloway Club
Jeanne Lewis
Father Searches for Daughter Edith Wills
John H Wills a farmer from near Council Hill Illinois travels to the city in a quest to find his sixteen year old daughter Edith who vanished after leaving home Monday. She reportedly rode a train to Waterloo after breakfast in a Park Avenue Water Street restaurant Tuesday morning and has since disappeared without explanation.
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John, H. Wills
Council Hill
Edith
Galena
Waterloo
Mr. Wills
Park Avenue
Water Street
Former state regent of DAR dies in Davenport
Davenport June 2 Mrs Maria Purdy Peck formerly state regent of Iowa of the Daughters of the American Revolution and prominent in the national organization died at her home today after a period of illness.
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Davenport
Maria , Purdy Peck
Iowa
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Organization
Greek premier to depart on foreign tour
London Jan 2 The Greek premier Hleutherios Venizelos will start an extensive foreign tour on Monday. The trip aims to address the Levant situation created by Turkey’s purchase of the Brazilian dreadnought Rio de Janeiro, which shifts naval advantage toward the Ottoman empire. He will visit Rome Paris and London.
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London
Hleutherios Venizelos
Levant
Turkey
Rio de Janeiro
Ottoman Empire
Greece
M. Venizelos
Rome
Paris
First Brethren Elect Officers In All Day Meeting
An all day meeting at the First Brethren church elected officers for church and Sunday school. Trustees Grant Miller and W D Schrock. Secretary B F Puterbaugh. Recording secretary Charles Klingaman. Financial secretary Mrs Clyde Smith. Corresponding secretary Miss Mary Lichty. Treasurer C W Landis. Pulpit and music committees named, plus floral and usher assignments. Sunday school officers include Superintendent Miss Mary Horner and treasurer Charles Klingaman.
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First Brethren Church
Grant Miller
W. D. Schrock
B. F. Puterbaugh
Charles Klingaman
Clyde Smith
Mary Lichty
C. W. Landis
Mary Horner
C. E. Klingaman
Lester Miller
Pauline Lichty
A. J. Reber
C. M. Berkley
C. D. Flickinger
Mr. Brubaker
Allen Lichty
C. A. Smith
A. E. Smith
C. M. Beal
Automobile Turned Turtle Hurts Girl in New Hartford
Miss Anna Klodt suffered a broken right arm when an automobile owned by Alva Rockey overturned near New Hartford Iowa on a Thursday morning. Four other occupants Mrs Rockey, Mr Rockey, Mrs Jens Klodt and daughters Anna and Pauline escaped with minor bruises. They were en route to Fredsville when the crash occurred and all were pinned beneath the car before being freed.
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New Hartford
Anna Klodt
Alva Rockey
Description of Chief Keokuk in 1841 portrait
John B. Newhall described Keokuk as a large framed, commanding leader of the Sac and Fox, with a striking chest and piercing eyes that could strike fear. Born east of the Mississippi near Rock River, he lived west of the river about ten years and on the Iowa shores for three years before settling at the Des Moines. A famed warrior and brave negotiator, he helped settle his nation when its land was taken by towns.
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Keokuk
Black Hawk
John B. Newhall
Iowa
State Historical Society of
Mississippi
Rock River
Iown
Des Moines
Frank Hyatt Dies in Pomona After Heart Rupture
Mrs A L Kellogg of 407 Jefferson Street received word from Pomona California that Frank Hyatt died at his home there on New Year’s Eve from a heart rupture. He was formerly Nellie Litchfield of Waterloo and later married the deceased.
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A. L. Kellogg
Jefferson Street
Pomona
Cal
Frank Hyatt
Hyatt
Nellie Litchfield
Waterloo
Pomona Leading Attorney Remembered Amid Grief
The leading attorney in Pomona, Mr. Hyatt, had a long acquaintance in the city. Emmons Johnson, president of Waterloo Savings Bank, was a personal friend. Telegrams indicate no funeral arrangements have been perfected as the wife remains grief-stricken.
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Pomona
Hyatt
Emmons John‘son
Waterloo Savings Bank
Card of Thanks for Mrs Jerry Snyder
We thank friends and relatives for beautiful floral offerings and expressions of sympathy during the illness and death of our mother Mrs Jerry Snyder. We extend thanks to the Brotherhood of American Yeoman. Mr and Mrs Charles Kahler.
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Jerry Snyder
Brotherhood of American Yeoman
Charles Kahler
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