Merritt replies to Lewis over quoted court testimony
Congressman Schuyler Merritt of Connecticut forwards a letter to John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers defending his October 29 speech. Merritt explains he based his quotes on Coronado Coal Co. v UMWA records and sought to rely only on verified evidence from court records.
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Associated Press
Stamford
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Merritt
Judge Anderson
Indiana
Congressman Merritt
Washington
Anderson
Coronado Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Census Takers Make Progress in Waterloo
The first day of the census canvass in Waterloo saw 22 enumerators recording a creditable number of families for tabulation. Some districts reached up to 100 families. averages fall between those figures. Supervisors burn and arrange daily data for shipment to Washington, with rural areas reporting by mail each evening. Enumerators are sworn to secrecy and must obtain data from a head of household or a competent person, returning if information is unfinished.
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United ‘States
Waterloo
Anson FY. Hukill
Washington
Cedar Falls
Anson T. Bunkill
U S Will Land Millions Abroad To Exporters
The War Finance Corporation pledged four loans totaling 17 million dollars to manufacturing exporters marking the first major U S government step to aid Europe's reconstruction. Paris notes a possible January 6 ratification of the German peace treaty after creditor explanations are provided. A list of marriage licenses includes several Cedar Rapids and Chicago entries.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Europe
War Finance Corporation
Temperature Reading From Buchanan Optical Co Entry
A fragment notes daily temperature data from Buchanan Optical Co with values for midnight and afternoon readings, comparing to yesterday and listing two prior days with negative figures for temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Optical Co
Waterloo Newswire Bits of Local Life and Travel
A long list of Waterloo residents and visitors appears, with many name checks. Bldg J A Hartman of Anamosa visits relatives in Waterloo, C B Murtagh of Algona arrives to see brother J C Murtagh, and Maurice Van Metre returns to the Daily Iowan after holidays. Various others travel, heal, or plan trips to Chicago, Los Angeles, or Minnesota cities. The January district court term opens, local police and social welfare aid men, and a theater fundraiser features Tullar in Kacha Choo. Waterloo hosts state master builders convention next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice van Metre
Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
F. A. Saulers
Red Oak
H. B. Boies
J. EB. Williams
Styles
William G. McMillan
U. S. Marine Corps
George A. McMillan
Akron
Goodyear Rubber Company
Tom Scott
Presbyterian Hospital
Social Welfare League
Mankato
Minn
T. ©. Leepem
Waterloo
King Ice
Joe Raymond
Ralph Strunk
J. G. Bauman
B. L. Arthur
A. Leath & Co
Chicago
Mastodon Bone Unearthment Thought To Be Miracle
A mastodon shoulder blade, three feet long and weighing about five tons, was found near Avalon Avenue in Westfield. Harold and Willian Everingham unearthed the fossil while digging for a telephone pole. The bone, exposed in sand and gravel, suggests the animal stood nine feet high with limited companion fragments found elsewhere. Researchers plan to have it cleaned and offered to the Iowa State Teachers College.
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North America
Texas
Nebraska
Black Hawk County
Willian Everingham and Son
Harold
Iowa Telephone Company
Westfield Addition
Avalon Avenue
Ballou Street
United States
G. E. Bickley
the Courier and Reporter
Hickley
J. C. Hartman
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Withdrawal of U S France Forces Sets Jan Five Date
Paris dispatch reports Brig. Gen. William D. Connor will lead 300 officers and men home from France with the large withdrawal of American troops. Connor and party sail from Antwerp January seventeenth aboard the transport North Pacific, leaving fewer than 100 officers and men behind.
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Paris
William D. Connor
Wnel
France
Connor
Antwerp
Pacific
Mortuary Abigail Hamilton Dies at Home of Daughter
Abigail Hamilton born Randell in Franklin Indiana December 25 1836 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs L H Marietta 2829 Fourth Street East Funeral services in Kileman Gindt chapel at 2 p m tomorrow Rev J R Macartney and Rev EB J Lockwood burial in Vinton Monday She was widow of Sylvester Langston who died in the Civil War five children four survive twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigal Hamilton
Abigail Hamilton
L. H. Marietta
Fourth Street
Franklin
Ind
Randell
Sylvester Langston
Emma Florenca Langston
Robert Hamilton
Kileman & Gindt Chapel
J. R. Macartney
EB. J. Lockwood
Vinton
Prison Matron Reports December Activity
Mrs Myrtle Barr, police matron, releases December figures showing four arrests, 65 calls in office and 12 outside calls. A La Porte City runaway was returned to parents and three family disturbances were settled. Coal shortage reduced amusements and gatherings.
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Myrtle Barr
Pollca
la Porte City
Great Lakes Ship Losses Hit 74 Lives and 19 Vessels
A sensational tally shows 19 ships lost on the Great Lakes this season, including 16 steamers and 3 barges, with 74 lives gone. Major losses include the steamer D. R. Hanna sunk in Lake Huron with 384000 bushels of wheat, insured for 430000 dollars, and the City of Muskegon tragedy at Muskegon pier. The season’s overall value loss totals about 1,336,500 dollars, with vessels ranging from 600 to 4200 tons.
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Cleveland. O
Great Lakes
John Owen
Myron
Lake Superior
City of
Port Colborne
D. R. Hanna
Lake Huron
Hanna
Wedding March Feasts at Greater Waterloo Dinner
Nearly 500 reservations for the Greater Waterloo association get-together dinner in K. of P. hall Monday evening, with E. F. MacDonough as secretary and J. Adam Bede delivering a speech. Majors of seven groups for business and professional men were named to lead each division.
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Greater Waterloo Association
K. of Phau
E. F. MacDonough
Co. V. Simmons
H. EK. Kiester
Hunisinger
QO. Bernbrook
F. MacDonough
E. H. Davidson
St. Paul
J. Adam Bede
Wirt P. Hoxie
Everyody
Ways and Means Council
Association
Nathan B. Barber
Fred S. Pettit
Tate Harrison
J. E. Sweeney
Jacob Levingston
J. G. Chavez
G. B. Brebner
Burr Lichty
American Grand Opera in English Seen by Chicago
Critics predicted success for Reginald De Koven's Rip Van Winkle after its Chicago Grand Opera company premiere last night. The American folk opera in English fulfilled Cleofonte Campanini's plan to present stage works understandable to U.S. audiences, with libretto by Percy Mackaye.
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Chicago
Wlan
Reginald de Koven
E “Rip van Winkie
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Cleoente Campanini
Opera Company
Percy Mackaye
City Without Water Hurts Des Moines Homes
Des Moines reports widespread water outage after a ground collapse at the municipal well. Water service is expected to resume by late Sunday or Monday, affecting the city’s higher elevation areas. A separate note from Berne states a world conference of Jewish peoples will convene in Zurich March 7 to 11 with delegates from over 40 countries and more than 70 charitable organizations invited.
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Francis Collins
Locust Street
Chicago
Armour & Co
P. T. Weldon
John Connolly
Neilis
Fifth Street
Waverly
Margaret Lynn
Connolly
John W. Shirey
Coon Rapids
W.H. Shirey
Dearborn Construction Company
Ruth Bradford
Albuquerque
N. M
Des Moines
Berne
Zurich
Railroads urge billions for equipment and lines
Minneapolis a laborious plea outlines a $6 billion rail investment by American lines over three years. Howard Elhout of Great Northern stresses needed car orders, extensions, and modern equipment to restore service and credit, with major funds from private ownership favored and government financing unsettled.
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Minneapolis
Minn
American Railways
Howard el- Hout
Great Northern Railway
T le
Eliiott
Mr. Illiatt
Twin Cities
Pajcife
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Congress
Northwest
Frank Bykelloge
Miles Poindexter
Elliott
Lake Superior
Puget Sound
United States
Altho
Two Sanderson Sisters Forge Path To Education
Agnes and Gertrude Sanderson, in Manhattan Kansas, grew up amid poverty on a farm near Gnit. They earned money by selling melons and performing harvest work, then funded schooling through farm labor and later agricultural college correspondence courses. Despite hardship, they pursued high school and college with early rising study and farm duties, planning to attend WS.ALO next year.
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Manhattan
Kan
Agnes
Gertrude Sanderson
Uru
Orat Place
Gnit
Little
Lver
Gertrude
Sanderson
Agricultural College
High Seigol
Ws.alo
Belated Presidential Candidacy Requests Across State
Letters to appear on ballots arrive late from George Washington Hag Brooklyn Lucy Page Gaston Chicago and Whitfield Lean Tuck Winchester after filing deadline. None receive ballot placement as candidates for the new American party Republican and Democrat respectively.
PREDICT CORN ACREAGE DROP IN CENTRAL INDIANA
Indications in Hamilton and other central Indiana counties show greatly reduced corn crops next year due to low profits labor shortages high wages and rising farm implement costs Many soldiers returning home have not worked on farms seeking city jobs Wheat acreage fall in central Indiana is less than one third of 1918 levels.
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Noblesville
Jed
Hamilton
Indiana
Fire alarms report two blazes in city homes and stores
Fire discovered at nine p.m. in a residence at 16 Winton street caused extensive damage before firefighters stopped it. By midnight thirty, a chimney fire at 617 Commercial street charred wallpaper and triggered another alarm. Damaged areas and causes suggest faulty chimneys and old wiring.
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Winton Street
Commercial Street
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Coronado
Wrst
U.S
Havas
Germany
Matin
Robert J. Eikenberry
Cedar Rapids
Mary Payne
Glen L. Barich
Mary Mildred Adair
Floyd BE. Igon
Lulu D. McGrath
Glenville
Buchanan
West End
Fourth Street Bridge
J.A. Hartman
Anamosy
C. B. Murtagh
Algona
J. C. Murtagh
H. W. Miller
Orange Township
California
Gail Campbell
EB. W. Stroebel Music House
C.M. van Vieck
Meisch & Pint, Grocers
Syca More Street
Harry Caward
A. J. Caward
B. DeNoyelles
Creston
Los Angeles
Cal
Western Lyceum Bureau
Russell-Lamson
Dema Harschbarger
W. I. Atkinson
UNCE
Myers Cafe
FL Campagna
Mary Elizabeth Little
Duluth
Joseph Wray
Wellington Street
Miss Little
Wrays
Benton
Harry
Tular
Episcopal Church Organ Fund
Tullar
Rotary Club
Russell Lamson
Phil C. Hanna
Mexico
Monterey
Rotarians
Waterao
Iowa Master Builders’ Association
John G. Miller
Iowa Master Builders
Arthur Miller
South Dakota
Rere
Black Hawk
U.S. France
Greater Waterloo
Gran Opera
Englich
de Koven-Mackaye
Rip van Winkle
Ian
Great Northern Provident
Lake Buvertor
Puget Bound
Hetes
New York
Robert Perry
Ascot Speedway
Parry
New
Tan
Harry New
Big Sweetheart
Freda Lesser
BE. B. Hoag
Craig
Baalbek
Syria
Gairo
Isadora
Isadora Duncan
de Vellevue
Ministry of Fine Arts
New York Herald
Athena
Alexander
Bronson
Meyers Cafe
Brenlin
Lichty’s
STV
Tam
Slutegard
Fredsville
Dike
Relinbeck
New Startford
Farrow
Jens J. Bollerup Oscan Tostlere
Farmers Savings Bank of Dike
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