Health officials meet to address influenza outbreak
Washington conference gathers about 60 physicians and health officers to coordinate methods to control the flu outbreak. Surgeon General Hugh S. Cummings opens with a review noting the epidemic's spread and warning of a possible more severe strain with higher mortality.
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Public Warner
Washington, D. C
Gener
Hugh S. Cummings
Inken
Tis
Cumming
Chicago
United States
Generge Cumming
Surgeon General
W. H. Frost
Board of Strategy
EB. O G. Jarden
University of Chicago
A. M. Stimson
Division’ of Scientific Research
The
Public Health Service
Qatherak
Frost
Jordan
Stinson
Health ‘Service
Dr Rohlf Heads Waverly Scouts
Dr W A Rohlf named general chairman of the Waverly Boy Scout organization at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Arthur F Jury area executive spoke on aims of the area and duties of committees as department heads were announced including vice chairman Lea Gorman and treasurer Norman Grassfield. Jury attended an organizing meeting at Independence today.
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W. A. Rohlf
Boy Scout Organization of
F. HR. Sparks
Myron Henedict
Reading
Edward Meyers
Clyi
Humphrey Leslie
Puby Ucky
Clifford Bacon
Arthur Chandler
Jury
Independence Today
Waterloo urged to sprinkle cinders on sidewalks
Harvey Will, city street commissioner, asked residents to help the street department by sprinkling cinders on sidewalks in front of homes to reduce falls from ice. He noted the city is too large for the department to do all sidewalks but hopes residents will help.
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Will
Harvey Will
City Street
Cilers of
Waterloo
Woman killed as train strikes auto at crossing
Mrs Cheres Shearan 40 of Sioux City died when the auto she and husbandDonald Shearan rode was hit by a train at a rural crossing near Storm Lake Iowa. Her husband was injured and at a hospital. he was reported in fair condition. Also J E Mathews 48 of Easton Avenue, injured when crushed by a truck at Park Road was released after evaluation.
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Storm Lake
Cheres Shearan
Sioux Cit
Serie
Imals Centralenger
Shearan
Tta
Leaves Hospital
J. E. Mathews
Easton Avenue
Park Road
Fish Sign Service
Wee
Allen Memiorial
Des Moines Plane Delayed by Storm Returns to Waterloo
The Ryan monoplane of the Waterloo Des Moines Air Express was held by a snowstorm at Des Moines when landing attempts at Chapman Field failed. Pilot John Cable then returned to Waterloo and departed again with two passengers. Total precipitation reached .7 inches, about three inches of snow, with temperatures from 14 above to eight above.
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Waterloo-Des Moines Air Express
Des Moines
Mid-West Airways
John Cable
Chapman Field
Cable
Waterloo
South American Quail Dominates “President” Menu
The banquet menu at Hotel President for Waterlo’s new hotel opening features South American quail in multiple preparations, plus dishes like Parisienne Potatoes, braised quail, sweet potato, and assorted hors d oeuvres and desserts. The spread includes olives, celery, pecans, turtle, veal, and various named courses, with notes on wines and cigars.
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Menu
Wnaterlao
Florida
Death May Halt Trial for Murder
Death from pneumonia may cancel charges of second degree murder against Ed Loose in the death of his wife Hazel. Confined at Fort Madison penitentiary, Loose is held awaiting arraignment and may not survive to plead not guilty as his attorney planned.
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Burlington
Ed Loose
Hazel
Forté Madison
Loose
Los Angeles Moors to Mast of Patoka
The Los Angeles giant navy airship completed a voyage from Lakehurst New Jersey after a 12 hour delay caused by winds and fogs over western Florida and moored to the tender Patoka in St Joseph at 12 45 p m today.
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Los Angeles
Patoka
Port St. Joe
Fla
Lakehurst
N. J
Florida
St.Joseph's
Ladwig Buys Alford Residence Property at Walnut and Town
A contract of sale records A. F. Ladwig purchasing the Alford residence at Walnut and Town streets for 15 000 dollars. The quarter block covers lots 7 and 8 in block 72 Cooleys addition. Nina R. and Lore Alford, residents of West Palm Beach Florida, had leased the property for years.
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Alford
Walnut and
Town Streets
Nina R
Lore Alford
A. F. Ladwig
Cooley
Mrs. Alford
West Palm Beach
Fla
Lad- Wig
Five Hurt in Fort Dodge Auto Collision
Five persons injured in a Fort Dodge crash involving two cars. Aaron Glazer, a local clothier, and Herbert Becker, from Humboldt, were driving when their machines collided on a June 10 week day. One passenger, Rive Dolen Kier of Sioux City, was seriously hurt with a dislocated shoulder. Others suffered minor cuts and bruises. Becker escaped injury.
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Fort Dodge
Junn
Aaron Glazer
Fort Dodge Clothier
Herbert Becker
Humboldt
Rive
Dolen Kier
Sioux City
Ihe
Glazer
Becker
Alto Company Incorporation Papers Filed for Waterloo Auto
The Alto company filed incorporation papers to form the Waterloo Auto company with $15,000 capital to handle automobiles, parts, and radios. A. P. Burkes is president, Jt. E. Sheley vice president, and R. Sharpe secretary treasurer, with a garage at 1 Commercial Street. Steamer Sinking in London: the Shetland reports sinking southeast of Aberdeen with lifeboat aid on its way.
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Waterloo Auto Company
A. P. Burkes
Jt. E. Sheley
Mason City
R. Sharpe
Commercial Street
London
Shetland
Aberdeen
Slayer of Witch Happy With Life Prison Sentence
York, January 10. John Hismyer, called the witch doctor, sits in his cell awaiting life imprisonment for killing Nelson Rehmeyer. John Curry, 4, faces a jury for his role, as Wilbert Hess, 18, stands to trial next. Blymyer was found guilty. he credits a hex as motive while the state cites robbery.
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York
John Hismyer
Aife
Nelson Rehmeyer
John Curry
Rehmeyer
Curry
Wilbert Hess
Blymyer
Lfe
Young Curry
John
John Blymyer
Garry
Brymyer
W. W. van Baman
Former Grand Master of Iowa Masons Dead
Davenport Jan 10 Wills Smith Gardner Clinton past Grand master of Masons in Town and former Clinton postmaster died last night at the Masonic sanitarium Bettendorf after a two year illness. As a trustee of the grand lodge for 30 years and a member of all Masonic orders including the thirty third degree he was a prominent figure in state and national activities.
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Davenport
Wills Smith Gardner
Clinton
Masonic Sanitarium
Bettendorf
Grand Lodge
Iowa
Memorials for Elizabeth Kubly and others in Waterloo
Funeral services for Elizabeth Kubly 79 died Wednesday at her daughter’s home in Waterloo were conducted at First Evangelical Church with Rev. O M Yagey presiding. Born in Switzerland March 26 1849 she came to the United States in 1864 and married Jakob Kubly March 24 1870. Her husband died in 1904 and she had lived with her daughter for 48 years. Also noted is the death of Tama County pioneer David Irvine and the forthcoming funeral arrangements for Elizabeth Peavey and infant Miller with services pending.
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Elizabeth Kubly
Elizaeth Kubly
Robert Francis
Williston Avenue
First Evangelical Church
O. M. Yagey
Jacoh ,Kubly
David Irvine
Second Street West
Ama County
Treland
Ainy
New York City
Tama County
Phoebe McElhenny
Ella Lightfoot
Cedar Rapids
Petersen Bros
Elizabeth Peavey
Elizabeth
Peavey
Third Street West
Ww. E. Peavey
Hollis M. Peavey
Washington Park
Cal
Charles Warsaw
Kingston
Wesley Warsaw
Waterloo
Anna Donaldson
Mount Vernon
WN. Y
Hetty Johnston
W. W. Warsnow
Ricevilla
O'Keefe
Moritary
Street Cars Carry Extra Thousands in Bad Weather
In Cedar Rapids Indiana, street cars drew large crowds during a blizzard. General Manager Elmer A. Allen reported 15 000 riders on Saturday and 11 000 on Sunday with about 20 000 on Monday and around 26 000 on Tuesday. Parking became easier downtown as many businessmen left home. Taxi lines reported record business for the four days.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer A. Allen
Ford and Mellon See Golden Age Ahead in 80 Years
New York leaders Henry Ford and Andrew Mellon predict a future golden age for humanity as machinery reduces work. Ford argues tobacco will vanish and work fade to obsolescence in his book My Philosophy of Industry. Mellon says young Americans have vastly wider opportunities and would choose the next half century in America.
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FORD
Mellon
New York
Henry Ford
Andrew Mellon
Cosmanchtan
America
Marriage of Girl to Blind Preacher Sparks Court Action
Herring T Jan 10. Joseph Milton Benton a 54 year old King Pentecostal preacher is jailed on perjury charges for falsifying his 11 year old bride Selinda Glendenin s age. Prosecutors say more charges await after probe of the troubled marriage. Neighbors say she will soon become a mother. The child s parents also face perjury charges as they allegedly listed her age as 16. Authorities are reviewing reports Benton may have a wife in Leachville Arkansas.
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Minnie Smith
Qinofs Children's Home and Aid Society
Duguoin
Selinda
Benton
Leachville
Ark
Interstate Finance appoints new branch manager in Madison
Interstate Finance Corporation transfers Kelly from Waterloo to Madison to run the new Wisconsin branch formed after Badger State Finance was acquired. He is succeeded by J Mace, longtime auto finance executive from Schierbrock-Waterloo. Badger State did over $1,000,000 in Wisconsin business last year. The home office remains in Dubuque.
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Kelly
Waterloo
Interstate Finance Corporation
Madison
Wis
Badger State Finance Corporation
Javer
J. ©. Mace
Schierbrock- Waterloo Company
Whippet
Willys-Knight
Mace
Badger State Corporation
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Bankers' Trial Proceeds in Court at Creston Virginia
In Creston Virginia January 10 the federal court trial of Thomas Read and his sons Elbert and Henry Read bankers continued with more government testimony. They face charges of misapplication of funds from the now defunct First National Bank of Shenandoosh and making false reports to the comptroller of currency.
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Creston
U.R
Thomas Read
Elbert
Henry Read
First National Bank of
Shenandosh
Falkse
Comptroller of Currency
Judge J C Beem 18 Regaining Strength
Judge J C Beem of the municipal court has been confined to his home on First Street for several weeks. He said today he is rapidly regaining his strength and hopes to return to his duties soon.
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J. C. Beem
Municipal Court
First Street
Woal
Ambush Attempt Targets Wood Construction Chief in Wyandotte
In Wyandotte last night gunmen attacked Ralph A. Wood head of Wood Construction as newsmen and police staged an ambush at his office. Wood and an officer fired, killing one attacker. Wood’s estranged wife Gimace Wood was jailed after authorities questioned her about the plot and insurance motives. Two accomplices, Taylor Pierce and William Thompson, were later arrested as the other gunmen fled the scene.
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Detroit
Mich
Wyandotte
Ralph A. Wood
Wood Construction Company
Wood
Gimace
City
Taylor Pierce
William Thompson
Ambrose
Gregerty
Cecil Holt
Roy Smith
Riverview
Holt
State Pollice
Construction Company
Haggerty
Thompson
Pierce
Pleree
Happerty
Mrs. Wood
Gets 75 Years for Attempted Attack
Paul Munch 40, home in Chicago, sentenced to 735 years in Fort Madison penitentiary for attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Frederika Fisher 70 near Dumfries Iowa. He pleaded guilty before Judge O D Wheeler in district court. Fisher was beaten with pliers and dragged toward the woods before family intervened.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Paul Munch
Chicago
Fort Madison
Frederika Fisher
O. D. Wheeler
BRAIN TESTS tech NW Guessing game from university studies
In this Evening Post item No 322, readers are invited to complete an association test scoring qualities against animals. The exercise assigns numbers to traits such as timidity and bravery and links them to fawn mule ox lon cat mouse bee lamb fox dog for a quick mental rating.
Congress Today in Senate and House Debates
Senate discusses treaty deadlock and Hearst Mexican documents while Indian affairs and attorney general matters are reviewed. Judiciary ponders prohibition probe. House tackles reapportionment, civil service, tariff hearings, and federal agency oversight. Committees address Florida flood control and Confederate veteran reunion planning. Special prison inquiry screens federal prison situation.
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UNE
Senate
Hearst
Indian Affairs Committee
Hubert
Sargent
Judiciary Committee
HOUSE
Civil Service Committee
Welch
Ways and Means
Merchant Marine Committee
Federal Radio Commission
Foreign Affairs Committee
Voltaire House in Geneva May Be Razed
Geneva reports efforts to save Voltaire’s former home The Delight in the heart of old Geneva. The property now contains apartments and owners plan a modern building while friends seek to preserve it as a historic monument.
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Hops
Geneva
Voltaire
Louis KV
Prussia
Ferney
13 Year Old's Week of Crime Career Ended
Nevada Iowa January 10 William Moore 33 Slater arrested ending a juvenile crime spree. He reportedly stole three cars and broke into a filling station taking gas and candy. one car was wrecked. He allegedly confessed. In other notes Ruth Hendry aged 15 underwent emergency appendicitis operation at Allen Memorial hospital. Alexander Frank 314 Kingsley Avenue showed improvement from intestinal illness at the same hospital.
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Nevada
William Moore
Slater
Moore
Des Moines
Ruth Hendry
W. A. Hendry
Western Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Alex Frank
Alexander Frank
Kingsley Avenue
Bank Debits and Recorded Instruments in Waterloo Area
Weekly bank debits in Waterloo for the period ending January 9 show totals of 1 188 199.00 on Thursday 1 228 550.00 Friday 1 056 929.00 Saturday 1 083 725.00 Monday and 803 082.00 for Wuestley with 612 665.00 midweek. Debits for the week total 6 173 034.00 versus 6 136 900.00 a year ago and 5 090 919.00 in 1927. Instruments recorded include deeds and mortgages with week ending January 8 1929 at 34 136 222.60 and prior week 30 473 273.98. Mortgage instruments total 34 306 222.60 for week ending January 8 1929 and 37 107 609.37 for week ending January 11 1928. Chattel mortgages for January 5 1928 total 39 704.80 with prior week 41 440.49 and week ending January 11 1928 at 41 410.49. Year to date instrument counts reach 909 with a rise noted from last year.
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Black Hawk
ST Csc Yeeseeseee
Salvation Army chief Bramwell Booth asked to retire
London dated report says the Salvation Army high council urged Gen Bramwell Booth to retire as commander in chief while keeping his title. The move follows his illness and a reform push by Evangeline Booth and others. Booth had led since 1912 after William Booth’s death.
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London
High Council of the
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
Hoath
Bas
General Booth
William Booth
Army
Tatfax
Yorkshire
Henne
Europe
United States
Canada
India
Australia
New Zealand
Booth
High Council
Evangeline Booth
France’s Briand Fellog Peace Signing Costs France About $10000
Paris reports that signing the Briand Felllog peace pact incurred roughly $10,000 in extra expenses for housing transportation and entertainment of visiting delegates and diplomats for the 1928 budget. Lodging and transport cost over $3000. $2800 covered documents and signing work. the remainder paid for luncheon reception and dinner.
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Paris
France
Gam
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Farris
Interborough Faces 7 Cent Fare Case and NYC Subway Hurdles
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company, serving New York City's vast subway system, seeks a seven cent fare while contending with losses on the elevated lines and competition from a municipal subway. The 1928 gross earnings are estimated at 67.5 million dollars with a net around 3.02 million, up from 1927.
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New York
Interborough Rapid ‘Transit Company
New York City
United States Supreme Court
A m Municipal Subway
Interborough
Manhattan Railway Company
Elevated
Subway
Lnes
Nose Hemorrhage Threatens Farmer’s Life
In Henderson Iowa a farmer, R. W. Harris, is in danger of bleeding to death after a nosebleed began during corn husking five days ago. He has used every known remedy without success as the hemorrhage continues.
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Henderson
R. W. Harris
Haris
Altho Harris
IRE president detained for league meeting in hotel
Fred Doelmer national manager of Izaak Walton League of America Chicago will miss the directors meeting of the league in the Hotel President Jan 17 due to a Denver engagement Iowa chapter president A C Willford said Doelmer’s Denver trip keeps him from attending. Wirt Hoxie ill with meningitis at Allen Memorial hospital shows modest improvement after three restful nights but remains seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Doelmer
Izaak Walton League of America
Chicago
Ows
Jeague In
A. C. Willford
Iowa
Doellmer
Denver
Cole
Wirt Hoxie
Prospect Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Fragmentary Weather Sequence Reads Odd Timing
Incomplete OCR shows a sequence of times and days mentioning Wednesday and Thursday with early morning and afternoon slots. No clear event or location given, making it difficult to determine the intended weather forecast or schedule.
Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company Statement 1928
The Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company of Waterloo Black Hawk County Iowa closes 1928 with total resources of 1 097 129 21. Loans and discounts 623 252 48 accounts receivable 6 877 50 waterloo offices 489 878 94 other real estate owned 54 due from banks 84 368 76 call loans 295 000 00. Capital stock 100 007 00 surplus fund 90 000 00 undivided profits 14 745 48. Debenture bonds outstanding 306 712 42. Total resources and capital equal 1 097 129 21.
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Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Iowa
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Tees Tost
Stock Exchange
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