Cedar Falls Briefs and Census Work Report
Cedar Falls news notes enumeration teams counting city population in near freezing weather. An Osage native, Dr Patrick Griffin, dies at 60, leaving a large family. School resumes after fuel shortage break. night classes begin at 7:30 p.m. Numerous locals travel or await medical and court notices. Rosewood Floral store opens March 1. local banks pay semiannual interest. post office marks first anniversary in new home. Chinese commission schedule changes arrival in Cedar Falls.
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W. W. Combs
Tula
Okla
Irene McGreevey
Mercy Hospital
Desfalas
C. Refshauge
Storm Lake
Peter Anderson
Charles Simonsen
Pittsburgh
Anaconda
Mont
J. A. Haehlen
Zion Evangelical Church
Des Moines
George Knoche
Rosewood Floral Company
Frank Lewis
Main Street
Clark Philo
A. J. Philo
Cedar Falls
Courts of Justice Huntley and Murray
Baldwin Commandery
Knights Templar
Martin Morgansen
Second Street West
Wagner Manufacturing Company
Black Hawk
Poor Mother Abandons War Baby on Council Bluffs Doorstep
A baby girl, found at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Newman in Council Bluffs Iowa, was left with a tearful note on foreign legion paper bearing a union jack. The note says the child was born October 18 and that the mother tried to keep her but could not, asking for a good home.
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Council Bluffs
Paul Newman
Foreign Legion
Koch Faces Resignation Over Political Attacks
Mason City Iowa January 3 8 A Koch trustee of the Odd Fellows home is asked by the grand lodge to resign with fatron Striker He blames political enemies for the drive against him affidavits allege three boys were whipped at the home He plans to resign when Grand Master Rogers and home trustees meet Monday He is a city commissioner elected last spring.
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Mason City
Koch
Aerial sled fails to lift inventor over airhole
Canton Indiana January 3 Aerial sled designed by Charles Runyan of Savanna Illinois failed to lift him over an airhole in the Mississippi river Friday. The rider, sled and all plunged into the water. Runyan was rescued but the sled disappeared.
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Canton
Charles Runyan
Savanna
Mississippi
Runyan
Poll tax receipts differ from prewar year figures
Three thousand sixty three men aged 21 to 45 paid $8,857.59 in poll taxes in 1919, up from $7,625 in 1918 as soldiers in service were exempt. Prewar 1817 totals reached $9,833.50. Delinquent last year will be collected with penalties. veterans exemptions are limited to those in service on January 1, and Spanish war veterans aged out of liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Johnson
Shell Rock Highs Prevail In Clarksville Games
Shell Rock defeated Clarksville in Clarksville with the girls losing 10 to 4 and the boys 17 to 15. About sixty spectators from Shell Rock attended the pair of games.
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Shell Rock
Clarksville
Claude Clemenceau Urges Family Growth in Var Tour
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau urging rural audiences in Var to repopulate France, arguing larger families are more common in the north than the south. His remarks emphasize demographic policy as he campaigns in the chamber of deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
Paris
Clemenceau
Department of
Var
Chamber of Deputies
M. Clemenceau
France
Bucking The Tiger Play By Lewis Selznick
Notes on stage chatter mention Lewis Selznick preparing a real play titled Bucking The Tiger. Observers wonder at the unusual name given the project and contrast it with George White’s Scandals of 1919 which has been successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Selznick
Geo. White
Wro. Gillette
Brutus
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Regina
Harry B. Raymond
George O. Flath
Isabel Proctor
The
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Chinese Commission
Chinese Educational Commission of ‘12
Chang
Americh
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Black Hawk Electric Co
Father John
Wand
Tiger
Craig Henney
Chicago
Newanjin Mable
der the
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A. H. Woods
Harry Lauder
Searance
Cecil Lean
Cleo Mayfield
Tarkington
Studebaker
Blackstone
Clarence” Goens
Itere
Mr Tyler
Chi
Raya
Clarence
Mable
Chiron ¢Ugo
David Warfield
Powers Theatre
Margaret Anglin
Bronze
Mr. Warfeld
Midwest
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Bebman
Columbia Wheel
Columbia Theatre
Craig Kennedy
Majes
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Tonite de Warren Kerrigan
Span Pottara
Matt
Jeff
Tom Moore
Ile
Toby
New York
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FOX News
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Holmes Imp HC
E. W. Coburn @ Son
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Chu-Chin-Chow
Haworth
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