Waterloo bankruptcy meeting set for creditors
Tether adjudged bankrupt and first meeting of creditors to be held at the United States Court of Bankruptcy in Waterloo Iowa on January 9 1914 at 4 o'clock p m. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business as may properly come before the meeting. Referee in Bankruptcy B S MPRRIAL signs.
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Notics
United States District Court
Towa
Arthur Ives Hostetler
Waterloo
Arthur Ives
Hig
Iowa
B.S. Mprrial
Des Moines Bechtel Fund Push On Capital Ground Purchases
Des Moines reports four days of purchases edge the state executive council toward securing about one fifth of the capital grounds extension. Expenditures total 182822 with land bought across scattered tracts, signaling values for condemnation and future deals. Purchases funded by a 200000 Bechtel fund and warrants, with additional tax receipts expected to raise funds through spring and fall.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Capital Grounds
Bechtel Fund
George M. Bechtel Company of
Davenport
Davenport Company
Reachtel
Arice
Ns Lt
Motion Picture Actors Murder Motives Revealed
Riverside, January. Paul Case and Thomas Green, motion picture actors, pleaded guilty in superior court to the Blythe Palo Verde Valley bank murders. They admitted killing William Bowles, cashier, during the robbery on December 2. They were remanded for sentencing January 14 and had previously played bandit roles in films. They were captured two days later in a lodging house in El Centro, California, fourteen miles from the crime scene, after a separate Riverside express robbery and slaying at El Monte.
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Riverside
Cal
Paul Case
Thomas Green
Palo Verde Valley
Blythe
Wiliam Bowles
Case
Green
Ralph Fariss
el Monte
Horace Montague
EI Centro
Astor heir Bill to be a carpenter sails for England
New York readers learn 6 year old Bill Astor son of Waldorf Astor sails from Hoboken on the George Washington to England. Despite carrying the Astor name he insists he will be a carpenter. He travels with his mother Mrs Astor and the group of 25 society people aboard.
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New York
Astor
Eagland
Bill
Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
England
Holly
Hoboken
George Washington
Lloyd
Rinne
Mrs. Astor
The Astor Family Child Chooses Carpenter Path
Mrs Astor speaks of her son Bill who regrets acting plans and declares he will become a carpenter. She supports a steady future, hoping he does not stay idle and will provide for himself as he grows up.
Thirteen Mistakes of Life by Judge McCor
San Francisco report lists thirteen so called mistakes from Presiding Judge Paul J. McCor mcords on life ethics. He cautions against setting personal standards for all, judging others by own pleasures, demanding perfection, and assuming impossible feats. He urges patience with inexperience, tolerance of others weaknesses, and judging by inner qualities rather than external measures.
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San Francisco
Jan. O
Paul J. McCorpick
Charles City Western railway tax extension voted partly defeat
Charles City Western railway extension vote results show 366 in favor of a 5 mill levy for one year to electrify and extend the line from Charles City to Marble Rock with a northeast connection to Chicago Great Western at Alta Vista. Total ballots 2,185 with 70 spoiled. city vote 2 to 1 for the measure, country vote defeated.
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Charles
Marble Rock
Chicago Great Western
Alta Vieta Orima
Rock Island Railway
Cresco
Charles City Westers
Wise Frog Warms Readers On Impending Storms
W. H. Webb, a court house fireman, markets a frog based weather omen. He uses three frogs kept in a pail in the boiler room to signal storms. When the largest frog sounds, rain or high wind is expected within twenty four hours, according to the almanac.
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W. H. Webb
Mr. Webb
Special Services at Grace M. E. Church
Special services at Grace M. E. Church run all week except Saturday with sermons by Rev. A. J. Northris and the chorus choir. This week features topics like Meaning of Christian, The Open Heart, The Polished Shaft, The Exemption Over Life's Gates, The Power of Surrendered Life. Patti Lindner to sing. choir to perform hymns. Citizens invited to attend.
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Tin
A. Jd. Northris
Hin Oweek
Monty
Mae
Chrisian
Northrap
Patti Lindner
Clergy Highlight People Who Do Not Plan to Attend Other Services
A brief report notes individuals who do not intend to attend additional church services. The item lists names and the context within parish activity, reflecting attendance patterns and community response.
Pastor Discovers Ideas for Bride in Quirky Search
Philadelphia reports Hon Henry Barnes chaplain of the House of Saint Michael and All Angela sought a wife by fixed specs. Miss Sare Elizabeth Robertson, 36, nurse supervisor, is chosen as suitable. Barnes, a widower with three children, seeks a partner with warmth vivacity broad humanity and sharp grasp of life.
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Philadelphia
Henry Barnes
House of Saint Michael
Angela
Sare Elizabeth Robertson
Karnes Ia
Clerk's error costs 3.8 million dollar subway bid
A clerk at Thomas J. Barkley Engineering made two transcription errors in estimating the Seventh Avenue subway project, causing a 216,112 dollar bid gap for Buckley. Degnon Construction won with the lowest bid. Buckley would have led by 53,000 if correct. Justice Gavegan refused an injunction against the award.
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New York
Tan
Thomas J. Barkley Engineering Company
Seventh Avenue Subway
Buckley Company
Justice Gavegan
Public Service Commission
Subway
Degnen Construction Company
Huesley Clark
Rockefeller Skeptical On Stocks While Golfing In Cleveland
Rockefeller declined to mix business with leisure saying he measures stocks like eggs. He noted there are good eggs and bad eggs, and he warned fellow golfers that some stocks are better than others, leaving his companion more puzzled than before.
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Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
Cleveland
Mr. Rockefeller
Readhy Turns Seven Flops In Abro Lane Incident
In San Francisco, Lincoln Bearhey set a new aviation record by performing seven loops in a biplane during a flight yesterday. One maneuver was completed directly above a crowd, highlighting the risky stunt in public skies.
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San Francisco
Lincoln Bearhey
Beachey Performs Corkscrew Twists At Flight Show
Aerial feats headline the exhibition as Beachey executes a corkscrew twist with his aeroplane in a perpendicular position. A hy drogeroplane somersault is featured, with Beachey having completed the trick 53 times since introducing it five weeks ago. De H W Sigworth advertises at 300 Runsell Lamson Bldg.
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Beachey
H. W. Sigworth
Amusements Tonight Features James K Hackett in The Grain of Dust
James K Hackett stars as Frederick Norman in The Grain of Dust at the Walerian theatre tonight. The drama follows a New York lawyer who loses his fortune after marrying a stenographer, then seeks to crush his enemy and reclaim success. Also billed is The Ham Tree a musical novelty at Waterloo with McIntyre and Kleath in their famed roles.
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James Ki. Hackett
James K. Hackett
Walerian Theatre
New York
Mr. Hackett
Frederick Norman
Jéno Cort
George W. Hebaré
Jean Schwartz
McIntyre
Kleath
Alexander Hambletonian
Henry Jones
the Waterloo
Police Warn Boys to Stop Chains on Cedar River
Chief E A Leightop announces boys must cease playing with chains hanging from the calle across the Cedar river or skaters will be taken into custody. About half the chains have been tied together during the week as city youths swing on them.
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E. A. Leightop
Throw Away Your Eye-Glasses Prescription Claim
An advertisement promises vision improvement by using Optona tablets dissolved in water as an at home eye wash. It claims readers can discard glasses after days of use and reports a reader who could read without glasses within fifteen days. The piece urges timely eye care to avoid blindness.
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Moler Barber College
Chicago
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Ffinchford
R. Plantz
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Black
Moser College
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Commercial Bank
West Sixth St
A. F
Stolt
West
Jefferson
Falls Ave
Close In
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Forest Ave
Reni
Dane St
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Washington
Franklin
Mason Motor Co
Aterloo
Wented—Gale
Courier
W. H. Hartman
Waterloo Evening Courier
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The
Hawks Nursery Co
Wauwatosa
Wisi
National Specialties Co
la Salle St
St. Louis, Mo
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Mulberry
Ny Ee
Peek
BE. E. Peek
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West 3Rd St
Locust St
Commercial St
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Hoomers
Alli Modern House
Cast Nide Park
Brown Apartments
Com's St
Wellington
Irving
Third Ave
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Leland Ave
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Acme Cafe
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Parsons Music House
First National Bldg
W. W. Wooley
H. W. Hammond
Westfield Pool Hall
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Powers
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Poland
China
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Albert L. Williams
Frederic
Wis
Linden Addition
Lafayette St
Ford Auto
Care Courier
Willi
Cedar Falla
Blue
Isaac Davis
Geo.s. Bishop
Lisbon
N. C
W. J. French
J. J. Kies
E. Waterloo
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Minneapolis, Minn
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Okla
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Iowa Securities Co
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Raypmiond, Ta
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East 4Th St
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East 4Th
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Warden's
Edward Dooley
Setma
Duroc
Jersey
Tettona J
A. Holtenbeck
Sitters' Hospital
Evening Courier
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Hummel
Jefferson St
Heth
Capitol Ground
Bill Astor
Mrg. Astor
Tip
Averica
Parnel Academy of Annapolis
Aster
Grace M. E. Church
Burton EL. Wilson Real Estate and Insurance
Corresponence
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Bride
Cedar Rapids
John A. Marquis
Coe College
Presbyterian Publications
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C. W. Bown
J. A. Bown
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Margery
Los Angeles
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J. A. Clark
Bown Bros
Lopez
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Andrew Smith
Apex
Rafael Lopez
Salt Lake County
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J. P. Scott Reali Estate
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