Cedar River Dam Ice Breaks Free In January Thaw
An open winter 1918 described a Cedar River freeze breaking up at Cedar Falls. Ice six inches thick surged over the dam at Fourth Street, drawing crowds to watch the spectacle as slush boards failed and logs and cakes of ice rolled downstream. Officials note power remains adequate without stash boards, but ongoing ice conditions are uncertain for the rest of winter.
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Cedar River
Fourth Street
Huld Wien
Janary
W. J. Paddiford
W. & . Fr. U. Ni Company
Emen
Five Patients Remain in Hospital for the Present
Influenza and pneumonia patients at Presbyterian hospital will be removed at present. 12 cases today, half the first floor capacity. An injunction required the hospital to open wards to these patients. If numbers drop to five or six, the floor would be cleared. remaining decisions depend on epidemic decrease.
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Presbyterian Hospital
O. W. Mullan
Ken‘ai
Hich
City Board of Health
City Jail Stands Open as Weekend Sees No Crimes
Saturday night and Sunday pass without arrests as the city jail doors stay unbarred. Police Chief A Sporle records a spotless weekend, noting two minor auto accidents, a stray goat and horse, a wrist injury, and an attempted unauthorized check cashing. An automobile ad closes the page.
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Vida
A. Sporle
Influenza cases low as judge rules on hospital access
On the day Judge Mun n denied the board of health power to force influenza patients into general hospitals only two new flu cases were reported to the city clerk. Officials await further developments hoping an emergency hospital won’t be needed. carpet fever, mumps, and whooping cough were also noted at home. Germany to supervise mines with imperial commissioners appointed to oversee production and profits, reporting from Berlin via Associated Press.
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Germany
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berlin
Clarksville
Prank Hoard
Tremont Auto
Ed Nealong
Urat
Jexening
Neal & Spier Auto and Feed
Mr. Wen
Greater Arte
Bysett
Ray
Consi, Spier, Das
National Assembly
Clarksville Business Change and Havana Strike Update
Labor delegates representing nearly all unions in Clarksville backed the United Havana & Western Railway workers wage demands after a recent three day strike. Berlin seeks assembly action as local governance and business moves unfold while Tremont Auto Hovery changes hands in Clarksville.
First American Lass Dances With Prince in Coblenz
Miss Millicent Martin of Chicago an American telephone operator in Coblenz was the first Yankee girl to dance with the Prince of Wales at an Officers club dance. A Roanoke College graduate and assistant to the chief of the army of occupation exchange she praised the prince as a democratic and likable everyday chap.
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ISS Pickny Prn
Millicent Martin
Chicago
Coblenz
Prince of Wales
Officers’ Club
Miss Martin
Roanoke College
Virginia
Exchange
American Army of Occupation
PLAN FOR LEAGUE GETS CLEARER AS IDEAS ARE ARGUED
The article argues that belligerent nations will face global economic turmoil and that the League of Nations must be equipped to coordinate cooperation on common problems. It stresses war repairs rest on the league and calls for international labor standards to prevent destabilizing wage competition during postwar industrial restart.
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United States
Europe
League of Nations
League
Licensed Commodities Subject To Price Margins
A letter from J F Deems received by county food administrator W F Parrott explains that margins on sales by wholesalers to retailers and retailers to consumers remain only for commodities still subject to license. Many activities are exempt. Remaining licensed items include grains, oils, fats, dairy, eggs, sugar, fresh or processed meats, and malt.
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J. F. Deems
W. F. Parrott
Soldier Returns Home to Welcome Baby Girl
Within two hours after Dwight Friedley arrived home from a Maryland camp Saturday night his wife gave birth to a daughter. Mother and child are reported to be getting along well. Friedley was called to service last July, his wife Helen Wood of Independence had taught school in this county.
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Dwight Friedley
Maryland
Friedley
Helen Wood
Independence
Small Boy Narrowly Escapes Injuries
Quick action by a driver yesterday morning saved Edward J. Corton Jr. from serious harm as he darted into Fourth Street while walking to Sunday school. The car skidded and overturned, a rear wheel toppled the lad, but only a minor head scrape and soiled stockings resulted.
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Edward J. Corton, Jr
Western Avenue
Fourth Street
Canvass Reports Slow From City Relief Drive
Yesterday's house to house canvass for relief of starving Christians in the Far East yielded slow results and delays in reporting. Dr J R Macartney, chairman, asks late contributions be left at Commercial National Bank with clerk receipt by C A Morris, treasurer. Weather hindered canvassers who must revisit blocks to complete the count.
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Far East
J. R. Macartney
Commercial National, Bank
C. A. Morris
Hungarian Socialists in Cabinet to Work With Other Parties
The Socialists in Hungary plan to join a Berinkey led cabinet with non Socialist parties and would hold interior and public instruction portfolios. A Fehervar telegram notes Count Karolyi has tasked Berinkey with forming a ministry. The Budapest dispatch also states the cabinet includes four Socialists including M Konst as minister of public instruction.
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Associated Press
Berne
Hungary
Hungarian Press Bureau
Berinkey
Budapest
Count Karolyi
M. Berinkey
Amsterdam
Foch Demands Twelve Billion Mark Indemnity
Rotterdam reports the Berliner Zeitung says Marshal Foch seeks thirty milliards of marks as indemnity for damages in Belgium and northern France. He would also demand control of German railways and forts as a guarantee of payment, with a further sum for other damages.
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London
Daily News
Rotterdam
Berliner Zeitung
Germany
Ulm
Mathias Erzbergler
Marshal Foch
Belgium
France
Tomoues Ev Barrage Of Yank Osmulation
London during armistice festivities reports two notable incidents. A crowd of American servicemen formed a cordon on the Strand insisting on kissing any passing woman. Two British soldiers dressed in women’s coats and furs pretended to join, then removed the hats after kissing, provoking roaring laughter and cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Strand
Improvements Made in Franklin Company Plant
Transition of facilities at the Franklin plant in Syracuse from war production to peace time motor car output is underway. An indicator of expansion is the 28 000 square feet added for painting process improvements. The Franklin company is represented in Waterloo by Ralph HH. Cramer.
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Franklin
Syracuse
Franklin Company
Waterloo
Ralph. HH. Cramer
Delcasse Brings England, France Together Against Germany
A historical sketch credits Theophile Delcasse with engineering the diplomatic revolution that unified France, Britain, and Russia while isolating Germany. It traces Franco British entente to 1904, with shifts in Italian and Japanese policy, and notes optimistic social views about American soldiers and French brides.
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Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Jungary
Europe
England
France
Russia
Gernont
Austria-Hungary
Haly
Great Britain
Germany
Theophile Delcasse
Bismarck
Italy
Kaisser
Crispi
Qgrispi
Papal
Vatican
Riviera
Victor Immanuel
Pantheon
North
Africa
Trantino
Trieste
Colevasso
Irance
Fashoda
Upper Nile
Queen Victoria
Lord Salisbury
Britain
Wegland
Paris
Col
America
M. Kennedy
Nietzsche
Sunti
John Bull
Kaif
Delcasse
Lansdowne
Delcanse
Howard VII
Near East
Central East
Far East
Parisian soprano taunts Chicago girls over soldiers
Yvonne Gall of the Chicago Grand Opera company declared that American soldiers, though loyal to memories of French sisters, will be more loyal to France once they return home. She claimed few American men marry abroad, and asserted French people love American soldiers.
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WU Edule
France
Mint
America
Blackhawks
Tom
Miss Gall
Ferdinand Catois
French Military Commission
United States
Charles Stedman ‘McFarland
New York
Uhieago
Kranca
Chicago
Yvonne Gall
Parisienne
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Branok
Milo
Gall
News in Brief from Cities Worldwide
Madame Catherine Breshkovskaia warns that without prompt help any Russian government project will fail. Kiev reportedly in Bolshevist hands per Prague dispatch. Treasury plans a rare major war loan drive from Amerongen. Former German emperor William Hohenzollern improving in Acs. President Wilson to visit American battlefields. Paris silent on arrangements. Coblenz electricity consumption to be halved due to shortages.
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Seattle
Russia
Catherine Breshkovskaia
Orient
Geneva
Kiev
la Dispatch
Prague
Washington
D. C
Treasury Department
Amerongen
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Acs
Births Reported as Scouts Urged by Army Circular
A circular issued by Gen. C. March, chief of the United States Army staff, urged discharged soldiers to become Boy Scout masters. The notice, released in New York, promotes ongoing service to country through Scouting. It follows Secretary Baker’s guidance to strengthen postwar civic duties.
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Charles Z. Beckman
Associated Press
Smith
New York
Harley Ray Bariig
Gen
C. March
Lavd
Hawthorne
United States Army
Baker
Harry C. Marks
Glenn Scouts of America
Rarmond
France
Cedar Falls Wins United Danish Lutheran Conference Meet
Cedar Falls officials announced the city will host the annual United Danish Lutheran church conference from June 1915 with about 600 delegates expected. The notice appeared in a telegram dated January 20 from Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
United Danish Lutheran Church of America
Canada
Births Announced for Harlow Lehman Tanner and Weber Families
To Mr and Mrs Arthur Harlow Lehman 633 Kentzelman court Jan p26 a daughter To Mr and Mrs James J Tanner 92 Adama Jan 12 a son To Mr and Mrs William J Weber Gilbertville Jan 2 a son This is the eleventh child born in this family and 1¢ are living The father is 47 years old and the mother 42
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Arthur Harlow Lehman
Kentzelman Court
James J. Tanner
Adama
William J. Weber
Gilbertville
Lold
Nine teenth division to be demobilized at Camp Dodge
Immediate demobilization of the Ninthteenth division has been ordered at Camp Dodge Iowa effective today. About 9,000 of the 12,000 men will be discharged with permanent army units remaining. The division largely consists of 8000 Iowa and over 1000 Missouri elect ive service men. The Nineteenth supply train moves to Detroit to be stationed at Fort Wayne.
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Byte Associated Press
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Missouri
Detroit
Mich
Fort Wayne
Merner Bouts With Prolonged Hiccoughs in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls special reports William H. Merner suffered a 72 hour bout of hiccoughs starting Friday noon. Attempts to relieve him have been unsuccessful. Also reported, trade between United States Serbia and Romania is to be opened soon in Washington.
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Cedar Falls
Jan
William H. Merner
Washington, D. C
United States
Serbia
Romania
Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Philadelphia Woman
A Philadelphia widow testifies after seven years of back pain and weakness she improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges women with displacement irregularities inflammation or headaches to try the remedy and consult Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mrs. Mancaret Ness
E. Hazza
Diamond Found At Dragersfontein Mine Shines Bright
A 288 1-4 carat soft blue white diamond was discovered at the Dragersfontein mine in Orange Free State. The gem is described as one of the continent's historic stones and may join the diamond field's notable discoveries.
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Associated Press
London
Dragersfontein
Orange Tiger Colony
Dubuque Boy, 12, Dies in Coastline Accident
Dubuque Iowa January 20 Alton Staufenbell aged 12 died from injuries after a coasting accident Saturday on a steep hill when the sled struck a stone wall. A second boy, a Hitle youth, suffered a broken shoulder.
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Dubuque
Alton Staufenbell
Jie
Ateep
Hooze Smuggler Killed at Indiana–London Paris Flight Record
Yarda agents at the Indiana state line killed Nick Stelovich, a Gary speakeasy keeper, during a gray-speed runaway with 30 gallons of whisky in a car. In London to Paris, Lieut. O. Edmonds flew a British two-seater to Versailles in 1 hour 40 minutes. The return trip took two hours amid bad weather.
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Hammond
Ind
Yadural
Indiana
Aquor
Nick Stelovich
Gary
London
Paris
Lucadon
Montreal
Lieut. O. &. Sdmonds
Versailles
Thea Peneh Congress
Danderine Promises Dandruff Vanish After Use
Advertisement claims dandruff disappears after one or two applications of Dandering rubbed into the scalp with fingertips. Recommends a small bottle of Danderine from drug stores for a few cents to save hair. After several applications, no dandruff or falling hair remains and the scalp stops itching.
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Promises Quick Child Relief
An old advertisement urges mothers to treat constipated children with California Syrup of Figs. It claims a coated tongue signals stomach issues and promotes a gentle bowel cleanse as first aid, promising quick results and easy access through druggists, stressing the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
Tomoorrow
California Fig Syrup Company
Bannered Promise of Mother's Friend for Expectant Mothers
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a prenatal aid that calms nerves and reduces nausea, claiming it preserves a bright disposition and eases physical strain for both mother and unborn child. It invites readers to request a motherhood book from the Bradfield Regulator Company and to ask their druggist for the remedy.
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Bradfield Regulator Company
Lamar Duilding
Atlante
Georgia
Zemo Promises Clear Healthy Skin at Low Cost
The E. W. Rose Co. promotes Zemo as a clean antiseptic liquid that removes pimples blackheads blotches eczema and ring worm. Available at drug stores with a large bottle priced at $1.00 and a standard amount for smaller uses. It is described as non greasy easily applied and dependable.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
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Sive Mp
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YALE
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
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Hello
Soldier
Small Boy
Canvads
Foe
Foch
Tomoues
Delcasbe
Fred J. Clark
First Congregational Church
Trunt
Yvonny Gall
al Discount
Wang & Miller Shop Co
Auto Exchange
Camp Dongle
Gaby
Cal
Miller
West Fourth Bt
Towa
Dr.Edwards
Ohio
F.M. Edwards
Hall-Ekfelt Co
Park Ave. and
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