Waterloo fuel board denies report on early closings
Waterloo dealers in heat products report good coal supply despite a cold wave. J E Sedgwick, chairman, says no cause for alarm and denies plans for an early closing law for pool halls and bowling alleys. Cold wave arrived with 14 below zero, government observer says relief may be in sight as streets remain deserted.
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Altho
Waterloo
J. E. Sedgwiek
Fuel Board
Sedgwick
Waterloo Fuel Board
Ralph B. Sippy
Iowa Men In France Cheer First American Locomotive Bell
A letter from North McGregor Iowa details how Iowa soldiers of Company D Thirteenth railway engineers reacted to the first American locomotive in France arriving Nov 24. The bell and whistle drew cheers from all ranks from colonel to private as the engine, the only bell-equipped French rail engine, powered by grateful soldiers. The bringer was praised as a hero, the gods deemed generous for him.
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North McGregor
Iowa
France
Company D. Thirteenth Railway Engineers
Fleur de Lis
Come and Get Me Fort Madison Convicts Refuse Release
Fort Madison Iowa January 11 One hundred or more prisoners in the Iowa state penitentiary receive draft questionnaires with no exemption claims. They fill them out carefully hoping for release into Uncle Sam's army. One inmate reportedly writes Come and get me after losing patience.
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Fort Madison
Uncle Sato
Iowa State Penitentiary
Rev John R Sutherland Dies Former Pastor in Lansdowne
Philadelphia January 11 The Rev John Ross Sutherland associate secretary of the Presbyterian board of ministerial relief and sustentation and former newspaper editor died today at his Lansdowne home after months of illness He was 72 born in Ontario and served in Jacksonville Iowa Burlington Ontario and Tagersoll He is survived by a widow and three daughters.
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Philadelphia
John Ross Sutherland
Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation
Lansdowne
Sutherland
William J. Bryans
Jacksonville
Ontario
Tagersoll
Presley Anhurch
Burlington
Burlington Gazette
Hungarian Premier Farley Seeks Peace With Russia
Amsterdam Jan 13 Premier Wekerle of Hungary met in Berlin with the German treasury and financiers to discuss peace with Russia and fiscal terms. He noted Ukrainians showed conciliatory spirit and sought economic ties with the central empires. Dunlap Ya Jan 11 James Schaup 20 was killed in a runaway when thrown from a wagon and crushed under a traction engine wheel.
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Amsterdam
Wekerle
Hungary
Berlin
Bruss Credit
Russia
Dunlap
James Schaup
Jacob Schaup
Ladies Shoes on sale in patent leather lace or button styles
One large lot of ladies' shoes in button or lace, military and low heels, mostly small sizes, priced at $2.98.
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Russia
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