No changes in Central Association outlook in 0.4 circuit
January report from Monmouth and Cedar Rapids describe the Central Association's cautious stance as presidents postpone the league meeting to midweek. Cities will likely deposit the $600 annual expenses and $400 guarantees, with Keewanee considered financially secure despite light recent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Central Association of Baseball Clubs
Justice
Kewanee
Vance
Monmouth
Burlington 10 Select Leader for Local Baseball Revival
Former Keokuk leader may join Burlington as manager with Hayden financing the team. Negotiations followed Manusch’s release, aiming to keep Burlington prominent in minor league baseball. Local officials expect a strong promotional partnership to draw crowds and restore the city’s map status in the circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manusch
Keokuk
Hayden
Burlington
George Manusch
Evangelist Sunday Sets Converts Record in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pa Jan 12 At a Saturday service Evangelist Sunday drew 815 converts who signed cards and 95 more came forward in the afternoon, totaling 910 for the day. The third week of the series opens tomorrow and the call for converts was earlier than in previous services. A record number of converts and free will offerings are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Harriet Eye
I. 8
T. C
Dick Bye
E. L. Brown
Montana
Bertha Marr
Walter Heyer
Familly
J. F. Clark
Burlington
Louisa Chipman
Joe Dempsey
Corwith
Tappa Tappa Regga
Alice Lawrence
Waverly
Lavina Rust
Frank Sager
Tripoli
John Sager
Eastern Star
Fraternity Hall
H. H. Lawrence
Frank
Proposed use would kill minors, Muskies coach says
Muscatine Ia Jan 12 Frank Boyle manager of the Muskies argues a players union proposal requiring ten days salary on release would financially destroy minor leagues. He cites Central Association figures showing 35 of 48 players released, at three dollars a day, could cost clubs about 1050 dollars, making tryouts and flexible rosters unaffordable for small clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Frank Boyle
The
Muskies
Central Association
Teachers: Cedar Falls Surprises Iowa In Closer Than Expected Game
Cedar Falls Iowa January reports that the Teachers College basketball team pushed Iowa to a one point margin in a hard fought contest. Coach Berkstresser plans daily workouts and expects improvement with reserve material. If progress continues the team could beat Town on return visit February 11. Upcoming games include Parsons at Cedar Falls January 22 and St Josephs at Dubuque January 24. Drake Des Moines and Leander Clark seek two games each with dates likely set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Berkstresser
Drake
Des Moines
Leander Clark
Parsons
St. Joseph's
Dubuque
Upper Iowa
Fayette
Charles City
St. Town
Waterloo Girl Dodges Eugenics Law in Milwaukee Wedding
A Waterloo girl fled Wisconsin to marry in Chicago avoiding the new eugenic marriage law medical exam. Olga Descharis wed Edward Sweeny of Milwaukee, while many Wisconsin couples left the state to wed elsewhere to bypass the law’s requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Doaire
Chicago
Olga Descharis
Monial Hark
Edward 2
Sweeny
Milwaukee
Windy City
Chronic Constipation Cure Offered in Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a cure for chronic constipation. It quotes F. Fish of Grook yn, Michigan, praising the remedy and notes Nu-Bone-test Corser Maile contact details and a dealer network for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. Fish
Maynard society notes from January to the Fern Rebekah report
Maynard residents make visits across Minnesota and Iowa towns including Crooketon Keokuk Hotchkiss and New Hampton. S A Sylvester departs for Waterloo Keokuk then Hotchkiss with family. Visits by Mrs A M McQuarvey Mrs M P Rowley and others. students return to Ames. Rebekah Assembly delegate Mrs Steed reports to Fern lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. PP. Rowley
New Hampton
L. D. Rowley
Frank Robinson
West Liberty
Gladys Pember
Frances Talcott
Frank Talcott
Clyde Nordyke
Donald Meyer
Ames
Reed
Richie
Oel
Spelling Contest at Clarksville in Butler County
New Hartford sent Professor Houstman Miss Sherwood and thirteen pupils to the Butler county spelling contest at Clarksville. The eighth grade pupil Alta Jones won one of five spots for the Big Four contest at Nashua January 30, with Bremer Butler Floyd and Chickasaw counties also represented. The oral and written tests determined the finalists amid rising competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hartford
Professor Houstman
Sherwood
Butler County
Clarksville
Alta Jones
Nashua
Jam
Bremer
Butler
Floyd
Chickasaw
Paris Cardinal bans tango as sin and penance
Paris January 12 Cardinal Leon Amnette archbishop of Paris issues admonitions in churches forbidding the tango dance calling it indecent and urging penance. He urges confessors to note the matter when administering the sacrament and condemns foreign dress styles as contrary to decency. Andre de Fouquieres warns the ban may shock Parisian social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leon Adolphe Amnette
Andre de Fouquieres
United States
Cardinal Amnette
Physicians And Writers To Meet At Waterloo Medical Club
On Wednesday evening January 21, newspaper publishers and news staff members will join Waterloo Medical society at its semi monthly meeting in the clubrooms. Short talks are planned by physicians and newspaper men on mutual interests followed by luncheon and social session. The society hopes to host physicians of national prominence including Dr. Donald MacCrae of Council Bluffs Dr Prentice of Iowa City and Dr Allison of St Louis among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Medical Society
Medical Society
Donald MacCrae
Council Bluffs
Prentice
Iowa City
Allison
St. Louis
Eleven Cars of Gold Bullion Cross Toward Chicago
Approximately fifty five million dollars in gold bullion traveled in eleven Illinois Central baggage cars from Omaha to Chicago and New York labeled silk. Five government men oversaw the shipment with division officials aboard. The train reached seventy miles per hour with doors open at times and inspections at each stop along the route through Fort Dodge and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Chicago
New York
Orient
George Thompson
Omaha
Fort Dodge
Ten Years and Six Months for Killing Hopkins
The colored defendant Robert Tracy, aged about 20, received ten years and six months in the Fort Madison penitentiary for shooting and killing Terey Hopkins, also colored, last September. Judge Platt cited clemency due to youth and character and warned against concealed weapons by colored people, while noting the need to curb such practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tracy
Platt
Fort Madison
Terey Hopkins
Hopkins
Waverly visitors and local events fill Saturday scenes
Irvin Cool leaves for Ames to resume engineering college duties after a three week stay with his parents in Waverly. Numerous locals travel for business, school, and social engagements from Waterloo to Denver. dances, theater, and farewell parties mark a busy week while births and departures add to community news.
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Waverly
Irvin Cool
Ames
Engineering College
Wi Cool
J. C. Garner
Waterloo
Canada
Will McRoberts
WN. Saylor
Denver
F. P. Simmons
Western Weighing Inspection Bureau of
Esther Daniels
Vlainfield
Glen Smith
Bremer Avenue
Wii
Barber
Waverly Friends
B. C. Teeny
Newton
Young People’s
W. R. C. Hall
Mary Mirrow
Nashua
Miss Mirrow
Skirt
Grocer York Under Arrest in White Slavery Probe
Des Moines authorities moved George H. York a Colfax grocer, arrested on white slavery charges. He arrived with federal officers after an April to Des Moines trip, denying guilt as a crowd gathered. Bonds set at 2000, with York awaiting grand jury action in May. The case ties to the Mortimer B. Wheelock death probe and an alleged organized gang.
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Des Moines
George H. York
Colfax Grocer
Sixth
Mulberry
York
Federal Building
E. E. Fitzsimmons
Federal Grand Jury
Don Weston
Granger
Colfax
United States
George E. Bidwell
P. H. Stretton
Federal
Secret Service
O. Hi. Jackson
Kansas City
Bidwell
Stretton
Griffith
Rock Island
Walnut Street
City
Mr. York
Mortimer B. Wheelock
Guthrie
James Mee
Griffin
A. E. Jackson
O. E. Jackson
Stratton
Missouri
Wheelock
Thomas J. Guthrie
Guthrig
Maybray
Leroy C. Dunn
Local grocery sale and land deals in West Union
L A Fisher sells his fifteen year West Union grocery stock to Scobey Bros of Fayette with possession January 19. Charles Scobey will manage locally and reside above Hoyt hardware. Jacob Yearuus buys 175 acres near his Illyria Township farm at 145 per acre, exchanging land with Mrs Boyle who receives 68 acres east of West Linton valued at about 125 per acre. Mrs Boyle obtains H A Ostrander residence with posses sion around February 1 as Ostranders return to the farm. Miss Emma Hantock, daughter of H P Hancock, remains seriously ill after a nervous breakdown with brain congestion, now showing slight improvement. Miss Etta Barnhart has returned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
L. A. Fisher
Scobey Bros
Fayette
Fisher
Charles Scobey
Hoyt Hardware
Jacob Yearuus
Illyria
Boyle
West Linton
H. P. Hancock
Etta Barnhart
Local Social News Updates From Ames and Nearby Towns
Miss Amelie Hack returns to Sumner after visiting Barothes Musselman family. Leola Kinsel back to Waterloo after months here. she was quarantined for scarlet fever. George Adame returns to McIntyre after visiting uncles Miller. Adaline Graham and family plan Daytona Beach trip. Rev Dr H Co Chambers invited to serve Presbyterian church. Blanche Swale returns to Fayette for college. Adaline Graham heads to Fayette for U S study after Mt St Joseph's. Leo Dorland returns from Prairie du Chien for treatment. Mrs Dorland and Mrs Boyce accompany. J J McCauley returns to Dubuque after visiting J H Cline. W A Noonan travels to Oelwein on business. Nelson and Miller women seen in Oelwein. A M Knudtson of Clermont visits for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thureaday
Ames
J. A. Bernhart
Amelie Hack
Sumner
Barothes Musselman
Leola Kinsel
Waterloo
George Adame
McIntyre
Henry
C. EB. Miller
Adaline Graham
W. C. Denniston
Fayette
Daytona Beach
Fla
The
Presbyterian Church
H. Co. Chambers
Chicago
Blanche Swale
Arthur Swale
U. S
Mt. St. Joseph’s College
Dubuque
Leo Dorland
Prairie du Chien
R.L. Boyce
J. J. McCauley
J. H. Cline
W. A. Noonan
Oelwein
Mesdames
William Nelson
W. B. Miller
Oelwain
A. M. Knudtson
Clermont
Pimply Face? Try Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Today
A vintage advertisement promises skin improvement after a few nights of taking Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. It claims to cleanse blood, bowels, and liver with a gentle, vegetable formula, preventing common issues like bad breath and dull complexion. Available in 10¢ and 25¢ boxes from The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio.
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Dr. Edwards
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