Urnage Sellers Annual Meeting Highlights Broad Aim
Salesmen of the Green Foundry and Furnace works gathered with officers at the Chamberlain hotel in Des Moines for the annual conference. They discussed aiding dealers in Green Colonial furnaces, promoting cooperation with the Helpem Sell em department, and planning more newspaper advertising to boost national recognition for 1916. Attendees included Frank O Green and S A Percival along with executives from Chicago Cedar Rapids Fort Dodge Des Moines and Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes Moines
Green Foundry and Furnace Works
Chamberlain Hotel
Mach
Shirley A. Percival
Ernest J. Mitchell
Mallory, Mitchell & Faust
Chicago
Green Company
Ile
United States
Frank O. Green
A. Percival
B. I. Mitchell
Charles E. Beeman
Cedar, Rapids
Harry A. Toms
Fort Dodge
J. L. Middleton
Des Moines
N. W. Robinson
Kansas City
Lee OQ. Bearn
Siouxvark
W. D. Graft
Peoria
A. R. Clark
Ashland, Neb
Guy Morris
Topeka, Kan
J. C. Schoonover
Drunken father kills wife as boy sees murder scene
Chicago report says 8-year-old Jimmy Walsh found mother Bridget Walsh slain on the kitchen floor after his father Patrick Walsh, a plumber aged 69, slashed his wife with a razor then lay unconscious beside her. He was taken to People's Hospital. police recovered a bloody razor and an empty whisky flask.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jimmy Walsh
Normal Avenue
Jimmy
Crane
West Thirty-fifth Street
Walsh
Bridget Walsh
Patrick Walsh
Tie
People's Hospital
Corm
Mulkern Sets City Bowling Record At Jackman Manahl Lanes
Frank Mulkern of the Frank Bros. team toppled 289 pins last night at Jackman Manahl alleys, surpassing the two year old 277 mark. Mulkern, a Waterloo newspaper reporter and Rail Road basketball center, joins a local record history with this standout score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mulkern
Frank Bros
Harry Reed
Herbert Mucha
Samuel Jessen
Mulkern
Waterloo
Feague
Leap Year Joker Sparks Marital Mayhem in New York
New York, Jan 12. Clinton B. Smith, 32, a Brooklyn judge’s son and lawyer, sought publicity with a leap year joke card sent to thirty girl friends promising bachelor status and antique furniture. Twenty accepted, one refused, and Smith now dodges endless calls about the faux nuptials and genuine furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clnton B. Smith
Clinton Smith
Brooklyn
Smith
Lateton B. Smith
Mr. Smith
Commercial club plans annual meeting speakers limited to five minutes
The Commercial club board set rules banning long after dinner talks at the January 21 banquet in the Elis hotel banquet room. Five minute limit applies to all speakers, with drastic penalties for infractions. The event includes a 4 30 PM banquet, a toast program, and the annual business session with five directors to be elected. President Howrey named nominations committee and outlined upcoming officer elections and board terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Elis
Ben J. Howrey
W. F. Parrott
N. L. Benedict
W. W. Miller
C. A. Morris
J. W. Arbuckle
F. J. Bighmey
Misleading visit claim about Oliver W Stewart speech
An officer of the Waterloo Business Men's Temperance association says the visit to the city by Oliver W Stewart, who spoke at Grace Methodist church last Sunday, was misrepresented. The group believed the lecture would aid Iowa and their local association, but the official alleges it was a money collection and regrets being misled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Waterloos Chevalier Angelini to Lead San Carlo Opera in City
Chevalier Giuseppe Angelini, Italy's famed maestro, directs a 30 musician San Carlo Grand Opera Company program in Waterloo on January 19. Known for conducting without a score, Angelini has led over fifty operas from memory and was knighted by the King. His career spans Old World and Latin American opera hubs.
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The
Waterloo
Chevalier Giuseppe Angelini
Italy
San Carlo
Maesto
Angelini
South America
Buenos Aires
Rio Janeiro
Mexico City
Nineteen American Miners Slain. One Escapes in Chihuahua
Nineteen mining men lined up before a firing squad were shot fifty miles west of Chihuahua City. Thomas M Holmes escaped to report the fate of sixteen others. The victims, employees of Cusihuilachig Mining Co, were traveling with promised military protection. An official list names managers, stockholders, and workers from El Paso, San Francisco, Bisbee, and Chihuahua City. Washington officials note Carranza government control and await official reports as U.S. investigation proceeds.
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Chittuahua City
Cusihuilechig Mining Company
Cusihuilachic Mining Company
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Chihuahua
Holmes
C. R. Watson
el Paso
W. J. Wallace
BE Paso
T. M. Evans
Chihuahua City
M. B. Roashro
C. A. Pringle
San Francisco
M. Anderson
R. P. Mhatton
Alexander H. Hall
Douglass
Ariz
A. Couch
GH. L. Robinson
W. Newman
Ww. Cody
Charles Wadi
Eigh
Bisbee
H.C. Hasse
Miami
J. Adams
H. Simons
W. D. Pearce
Los Angeles
J. W. Woom
Thomas M. Holmes
American Smelting and Refining Company
Juarez
Carranza
Uokempti
Ately
Villa
Washington, D. C
State Department
Murray Grossett
San Antonio
Liansing
United States
Stone
Foreign Reunions Committee
Tan
Lansing
H. L. Hollis
Ghilahuahua
Paso
C. It, Weeson
Mr. Hoths
C Eagoanis
Lodge Notes Masonic Installations Across Local Lodges
Masonic congregations hold convocation at 2 o'clock Thursday for officer installation. Crescent Council No. 16, Royal and Select Masters. Public Yeomen installation Friday with William Koen present. New officers to be installed for Brandon Fairbank Independence La Porte City Cedar Falls and Waterloo homesteads at 9:30, followed by joint member adoption and dancing. M. B. A. No. 1116 meets. thimble game and social to follow. Sons of Veterans auxiliary joint installation featured with N. C. Brown and Mrs May Walker, oyster supper and social close session.
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Tavernacis
WL A. M
Thera
Crescent Council
Royal
Belert
Tabernacle
Diadalkudoan
I. N. Fowler
Nevada
C. A. Dower
Washington, In
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Im K
Tu Lal
Wiliam Koen
Gram Foreman
Dex Moines
Brandon
Tfairbank
Independence
la Porte City
Cedar Falls
Watertoo
Eelock
Yeanen
Aril
Sipper
Sons of Veterans
Thea Mempriat Hall
N. C. Brown
Order
May Walker
Mary
J. J. Lang
S. C
70 Killed as Lille Ammunition Depot Blows Up
An ammunition depot in the southern Lille area in northern France blew up. An official army statement reports seventy killed and forty injured, with substantial property damage. Inhabitants suspect an English attack.
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Berlin
London
Lille
France
Army
Dream Boy Real, Says Husband in Divorce
New York Tan 12. Attorney Lane, for Justice Sheffield, plans to subpoena Mrs. Sheffield's manuscripts to link the raven haired dream boy to real life. During cross examination Sheffield was asked if conversations with Charles Sanwels were immoral. Mrs. Sheffield protested, shouting and brandishing her handbag as the court ordered silence.
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New York
Tan
Tena Carey Sheffield
Lane
Sheffield
Charles Sanwels
Mrs. Sheffield
TAS Engine Company Re Elects Officers
Water loo Case Line Engine Company notes show strong business with high tide and record reports. Officers for another year: President George J Miller, Vice President L W Witty, Secretary and Treasurer Rev J F B Johnson. Directors include G B Miller J W Witty J E Johnson J J Calewell and Mrs Margaret Witty. Capital stock was raised from 500000 to 1000000 last November.
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Waterloo
Line
Fingine Company
George J3. Miller
L. W. Witty
J. FB. Johnson
G. B. Miller
J. W. Witty
J. E. Johnson
J. J. Calewell
Margaret Witty
Where did I get it What is the Question
A report notes Polien Judge sentenced J G Cavanaugh to two days in jail after pleading guilty to drunkenness. Officials speculate he bought the intoxicant before crossing the town border while claiming to be a railroad worker based in Chicago.
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Palies
Polien
Mesers
J. G. Cavanaugh
Gavanaugh
Chicago
Propriety Sidelined in Turbulent Alleged Affair
A fragmentary item suggests a social scandal involving a married man and a woman named Miss Bell. Details are garbled but imply a cautionary tale of propriety, personal relationships, and public rumor within Auraria. No clear dates or verifiable names beyond those few appear in the readable text.
Milteberger Romance and Chicago Marriage in 1913
A fragmented account notes Mr Milteberger and Miss Hell clashing over conduct on a wire, with remarks on drinking and social tensions. It records their marriage on June 12 1913 in Chicago and a brief note of living together for about a year and a half until June 1924. An advertisement mentions a dance tonight at K P ballroom with Myers orchestra.
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Mitteberger
Chicago
New
Myers’ Orchestra
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