Waterloo City Council Delays Meeting Amid Political Tensions
Waterloo’s Republican dominated council, all Democrats in practice, plans to adjourn Monday due to the Jacksonian banquet. City engineer Reby warns of Virden Creek issues and Lafayatte street slough work delays. adjournment to Tuesday morning is likely after council members attend the banquet.
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DeGon
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Regent City
Waterloo
Manquet
Tlood
T. B. Rust
FL & N
Fline
Laffayette Street
Stele Corn for Starving Horses
Ed Bianchard and Floyd Jackson, both young men, admitted stealing several bundles of fodder from P G Hoffman on Independence Avenue to feed starving horses. They were arraigned in police court, each fined 14 dollars, but the court suspended the fines after considering the circumstances.
Local Guards Plan Midwinter Exposition at Armory
Waterloo firms plan a two day midwinter exposition at Armory hall from January 22 to 23. Companies B and G Iowa National Guard will host displays by local merchants and manufacturers with acts by Ville and circus performers each afternoon and evening. Myers' orchestra will play throughout. Proceeds go to the armory fund to help pay rent, with state support partly covering costs.
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Iowa National Guards
Armory Hall
Tocal
Waterloo
Myers’ Orchestra
General Armory
Reves Maney
Buey
Ta Siegerenk
Waterion
Wetlein
Sias
National Guard
A.B. Miller
Cardinal Mercier to Visit Rome After Consecration
Rome Jan 7 The Belgian minister to the Vatican reports Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium plans to depart for Rome after presiding at the consecration of the new bishop of Tournai to be held in a day or two. He abandoned a plan to go to Nome last month due to lack of return guarantees to Belgium. Garnegie Goes South New York Jan 7 Andrew Carnegie Pearson en route to Miami to spend winter cruising his houseboat on Florida waterways.
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New York
Andrew Carnepierson
Miami
Fla
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Florida
New York Adopts Rooftop Skating Craze
Ganceling gin ch skates Gotham's latest craze as hotels near $2 million rink projects on Biltmore Waldorf Astor and McAlpin roofs. Skating expands beyond hotels with ice rinks planned to replace dancing floors, drawing diverse crowds nationwide and promising a fashionable pastime for all ages.
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Onit
New York
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McAlpin
New Visiting Nurse Chosen For Social Welfare League
Lena Meede, a Chicago trained nurse, was chosen to join the Visiting Nurses staff of the Social Welfare League. She will assume duties February 1. The board also approved reports from Secretary Becker and Superintendent Reed. Past month receipts were 829.66, cash on hand 1538.27 after expenses 515.26, leaving 472.66. The season's share of receipts from the production The House That Jack Built was 347.44. Moose protection in Maine noted.
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Chicago
Social Welfare League
First National Bank
Suiss Meede
Becker
Ruth Reed
Inea Alanco
Jack
Persia Fate Details Remain Unclear Amid Sinking Reports
Continued from page one the dispatches indicate no warning and no vessel was sent. The Persia’s fate remains unsettled as the consuls note the crew and officers left Alexandria for England seeking instructions. Ambassadors report Vienna ignorance of sinking details and await official summaries.
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Alexandria
England
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Penfield
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Verdi
Washington, DC
Matone
Giuseppe Verdi
New York
Treasury Department
State Department
Malone
Department
Wreck and unrest headline Ohio river and steel town jitter
Reports from the Ohio river wreck site say the body of Mrs. Reegle of Racine and other dead and missing have been tallied at sixteen. In Youngstown, Sheriff Umstead seeks troop support to keep order during plant rioting, though he doubts troops will be needed. City auditors begin examining city hall books and waterworks accounts as part of municipal audits. In Washington, the Democratic women’s league opens its fourth annual convention with delegates from across the country.
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Youngstown Sheet &Tube Company
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Youthetown
C. Umstead
Willar
Columbus
State Auditing Department
Democratic Women
Washington, D. C
Women’s National Democratic League
Greeks Observe Christmas in Waterloo
Greeks in Waterloo celebrate Christmas on their calendar 13 days later than Americans. Churches held services from 5 to 9 am at Bluff Street with Rev Join Pames presiding, and many shops and factories closed in observance. Officials note Greece marks New Year as Naonatos thirteen days after January 1.
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Bluff Street
Pames
Greece
America
Britten Protests Muzzling Naval Officers in Chicago
Washington January 7 Representative Britten Republican Illinois urged the House Naval Committee to block Secretary Daniels from suppressing naval officers speaking before the committee or being reassigned to distant posts. Democrats questioned the claim and Britten said Admiral Fiske had thirty days leave with a gag order. The committee did not act.
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Daniels
Knight
Fitske
Britten
Admiral Fiske
Chinese Rebel Band Attacks Kowloon Customhouse
Canton China January 7 armed men attacked and looted the Chinese customhouse on the Kowloon boundary. Rebels posted proclamations claiming to be revolutionaries and more trouble is feared as government troops may be entrupted. Kowloon lies opposite Hong Kong. boundary cited as Chinese territory. Authorities elsewhere report withdrawal of Christian missionaries from interior stations in Sze-Chuen Province.
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China
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Bhanghal
Jan
Sze-Chuen
Sze- Chuen
Thhet
French General Serret Dies From Wounds in Vosges
General Serret, who led a division of the French army in the Vosges, died today from wounds received in a recent engagement. Amputation was performed but he did not survive the shock.
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Francs
Serret
Vosges
County pays for help compensation changes adopted
The county board fixes salaries for deputies and assistants not covered by state law. Changes include the auditor, treasurer, and clerk staff, with specific payments for deputies, the clerk Miss Alda Ink, and Miss Mitchel Dean. The treasurer and auditor see salary adjustments, and the county treasurer will have one fewer assistant this year.
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Recondo Poterk
Sheri
Nepudy Reensurer
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Alda
Atewards
Copry Farm
Kasehk
G. DD. Harris
French
Ford Party Heads to The Hague for 11 Hours in Germany
The Ford party of 150 peace advocates left Copenhagen for The Hague aboard a special train. They will traverse part of the war zone with German permission and spend eleven hours in Germany before continuing to Hollani. The report notes Boone Lump and Kentucky coal references in a brief ad context.
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the Hague
Germany
Copenhagen
Onde
Hague
Hollani
Hardware stock sold as A H Stone retires in Brandon
A H Stone sold his hardware stock to Ralph Bailey who took possession Jan 1. Stone, in Brandon two years, will continue pump work and furnace business. Bailey, long time resident, has drilled wells. Mr. and Mrs. Preston welcomed a baby boy born Dec 31, their second child. Effie Lockwood hosted New Year’s dinner with Dr. Ward, Mrs. Ward, the Hines family, and Stanley. Farmers Savings Bank moved into its new building recently completed.
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A. H. Stone
Ralph Bailey
Mr. Stone
Bailey
Preston
Thin
Effie Lockwood
E. 4. Ward
James Hines
Stanley
Farmers’ Savings Bank
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