Plains states fuel chiefs meet to redraw districts
Kansas City Mo January meeting of fuel administrators from Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas discussed redrawing districts to prevent coal being hauled across states for supply points. The plan aims for each district to supply itself though Illinois to St Louis might remain exempt if all states form one district.
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Kansas City
Plains States
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
H. A. Garfield
Illinois
St. Louis
Advocates Teaching Trades in School
Rev. J B Johnson preached at First Congregational church urging formal schooling and trades training to lift living conditions. He blamed poverty on ignorance and argued for compulsion for youths to stay in school until 19 to learn skilled trades and domestic economics.
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J. EB. Johnson
First Congregational Church
H. H. Parr
Waterloo
Johnson
Waterloo Boy in Air Training Dies in South
Ralph C. Lauver, formerly of Waterloo, died at Fort Sam Houston military base hospital in Texas while in aviation training with the Signal Corps. A 25 year old lineman for the Iowa Telephone company, he had lived in Waterloo and joined the Eagles club there in 1916. He enlisted in Lyons Ohio on the 31st of last month and trained at Kelly Field, San Antonio.
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Ralph C. Lauver
Waterloo
Military Base
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
C. J. Bergeson
Waterloo Aerie of Eagles
Lauver
Eagles
Lanver
Aviation
Signal Corps
Lyons, O
Real Comfort in Pravel on Southland Train
Mrs. S. B. Reed writes from Citronélie Alabama about a southbound ride on a rugged “jerk water” railroad. The conductor, porter, and news boy are elderly. the aged newsagent struggles to shout wares. The train halts for meals with a promise to wait until diners finish.
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Pravel
Southland
S. B. Reed
Citronélie
Ala
Mr. Reed
South
Porter
Novel coin banks issued by Waterloo Savings Bank
The Waterloo Savings Bank distributes small coin receptacles to patrons in the form of cannon shells. They will serve as savings banks and accommodate any coin from a 25-cent piece down.
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Waterloo Savings Bank
Great Western Train Service Returns to Normal Schedules
Great Western service from Waterloo is back to normal with published schedules kept. Des Moines and Kansas City departures from Waterloo are at 3:10 a. m., 8:12 a. m., and 7:48 p. m. No. 55 to Des Moines leaves at 5:03 p. m. St Paul and Minneapolis trains depart midnight 12:58 and 11:17 a. m. Chicago sleeper leaves at 11:57 p. m. Tickets and berths available at C. G. W. station Sixth and Sycamore, phone 8.
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Great Western
Waterloo
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
East Side
Sixth
Sycamore
Mannd
Not Dragging Presidents Names in Des Moines Raid
A Waterloo raid by Detective Tom Morris and officers nabbed U S Grant and Wendell Phillips among twenty inmates of a disorderly house. three whites also arrested. Police Judge J C Beam convened trials at 7 30 tonight as forty two cases were docketed.
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J. D. Caldwell
U. S. Grant
Sal
Marthy Washington
Des Moines
U. S
Georges Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Wendell Phillips
Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Session Honors Gates and Feely in Unusual Court
In open court from 11 to 12, Black Hawk County Bar Association memorialized John C. Gates and Guy A. Feely, deceased members. Judges Mullan and Boles presided. court reporter Matthew Westrate recorded tributes. J. MurTagh, B. Swisher, and E. McCoy presented resolutions adopted by standing vote after brief addresses by bar leaders.
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Black Hawk County
BE. H. McCoy
J. D. Liffring
A. J. Edwards
J. T. Sullivan
A. B. Lovejoy
J. ©. Murtagh
J. E. Williams
EB. H. McCoy
J. S. Tuthkill
Bar Association
John C. Gates
Gates
Wei
Waterloo boys now at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Stanley Bregder and Marion Ken neally are Waterson boys who enlisted in the navy's electrical engineering department and have transferred from Great Lakes to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, per word received by relatives.
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Waterloo Boys
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Stanley Bregder
Marion Kenneally
Waterson
Electrical Engineering Department
Navy
Great Lakes
Young Armour in service heads to aviation school
Chicago Jan 21 P D Armour a private who enlisted earlier will depart next week for a government aviation school. A report that he sought exemption arose from a misunderstanding of his questionnaire as he asked for a transfer of classification not exemption.
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Young Armour
Chicago
P. D. Armour
Europe
America
Auto theft rings seem a growing city concern
The authorities report a rising pattern of auto theft as a business, with cars stolen from streets and garages, repainted, and sold in the trade. J.D. Caldwell and D.B. Henderson direct extra patrols and search orders in public and private garages to curb the activity after a bold theft near the Waterloo theatre involving a Fledson Sedan.
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J. D. Caldwell
D. B. Henderson
Waterloo Theatre
Automobile Insurance Company
Hartford
Lafayette St
Hall
Ekfelt Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Firestone
Goodrich
Goodyear
Caldwell
P. TR. Henderson
THE
Automobile Insurance CO
Connecticut
Bentley Bros
Commercial Bank
Merchant of Early Days is Dead in East
W H Bachman a Waterloo businessman and pioneer in Black Hawk county died at Sa Maritan hospital Philadelphia yesterday. He had lived in Philadelphia about three years and planned to return to Waterloo in spring. Born in Pennsylvania about 76 years ago he moved to Iowa as a youth, built Bachman and Steely in Waterloo, later ran a music store, survived by daughter Mrs Liffring and three sons. Funeral plans unsettled, interment location uncertain.
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Guy A. Peely
Black Hawk
Fron
Guy A. Feely
Waterloo
W. H. Bachman
Black Hawk County
Sa Maritan Hospital
Philadelphia
Bachman
J. D. Liffring
Mr. Bachman
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Barclay Township
Bachman & Steely
Liffring
Morris B
Lake Park
Milwaukee
Wis
W. G
Eldorn
Traveling Absolutely Comfortless These Ways Says H B Kelly
H B Kelly returned home after two weeks of travel heavy snow, fuelless hotels, and storm delays. He endured blizzards from Waterloo to Mansfield and Salina then Washington as he attended a sheet metal convention and faced scarce rooms. Railway freight spiked with livestock bound for Chicago, over 250 cars on Illinois Central lines alone yesterday.
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H. B. Kelly
Union Station
Mr. Kelly
Waterloo
Mansfield
Salina
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Hlinois Central Western Lines
Tlinois Central Lines
Champion Dairy Cow Dutchess Skylark Ormaby Dead
Waterloo men interested in dairy events report the death of Dutchess Skylark Ormaby near Minneapolis last week. The world’s champion dairy cow produced a record 1,506 pounds of butter in a year, never surpassed by any breed.
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Waterloo
Gairring
Minneapolis
Rev A C Preston to Enter Service at Cantonments
Rev A C Preston was granted three months leave by the Waest Minnster Presbyterian church session at the request of the national service commission. The commission asked release for army cantonment service. the action followed unanimous congregation and united committee recommendations. The congregation supports loaning a pastor to back troops in service. The Westmin ster service flag shows 25 stars.
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A. C. Preston
Waestminnster Presbyterian Church
National Service Commission
The
Presbyterian Church
Preston
Church United Committee
Westminster Church
Dr Robert McGill In Great Revival At Walnut Street Baptist
Dr Robert McGill substituted for Dr W B Riley at Walnut Street Baptist in Des Moines delivering The Modern Prodigal. A vast crowd filled the church with extra chairs. Miss Goings and a double quartet from Grace Methodist contributed. McGill warned of worldliness and urged home and God, praising mother love and denouncing commercialized virtue. Dr Riley resumes leadership with Daniel study and a week of themed evenings ending in My Personal Testimony.
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Robert McGill
Des Moines
Walnut Street Baptist Church
W. B. Riley
Minneapolis
Phil Potts
Grace Methodist Church
Miss Goings
Dr. McGill
Mother Love
Dr. Riley
McGill
Marmola Prescription Tablets Claim Fast Fat Loss
An old advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless, convenient way to lose two to four pounds of fat weekly without dieting or strict exercise. It claims doctors endorse the method and urges readers to buy a large case for 75 cents or write to Marmola Company in Detroit for details.
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Marmola Company
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
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Vale Bluette
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Heifetz
Victor
Victor Talking Machine Co
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