Patrons urge compromise in car controversy
City street car clash edges toward out of court settlement as workingmen and patrons urge Mayor Jaun and the council to negotiate with the street car company. Critics fault early hours and crossings while Cass warns finances block improvements but hopes new cars may come this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bjaun
Streatecar Company
Cass
Wml
O. S. “Lamb
Street Railroad
Waterloo
O. S. Lamb
C. B. Pickett
Publishers Cenfer on Printpaper Crisis
Chicago January 26 publishers and paper manufacturers met informally to discuss print paper supply and rising prices. Lafayette Young Jr of the Des Moines Capital said publishers wished to hear manufacturers explain high paper costs and invited FTC members to join the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
HEWSP
Federal Trade Commission
Lafayette Young, Jr
Des Mouines Capital
The
Trade Commission
Young
City in Brief notices and travel plans update
Waterloo area brief notes list residents and visitors: Louis Wokoun in Waterloo on business. C. W. Chapman in Sioux City. Mrs. William A. Welty to spend winter in Phoenix. EB. L. Johnson in Chicago for federal reserve meeting. Mrs. Sam Rabiner and son back from Winona holidays. Dr. C. N. Shane to Chicago for Chicago Dental Association meeting. Mrs. C. L. Holden visiting Waterloo relatives at Ellis hotel. Mrs. H. C. Lane recovering from a hip fracture. Mrs. A. A. Bowman to Spokane for brother’s illness. Bred Fenton to Charles City to aid merchant group. Waterloo Technical Society opens meeting to public with L. Cass on Electric Traction at Commercial club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wokoun
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
C. W. Chapman
Sioux City
William A. Welty
Phoenix
Ariz
EB. L. Johnson
Chicago
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Sam Rabiner
Winona
Minn
C.N. Shane
Chicago Dental Association
C. L. Holden
Charles City
Ellis Hotel
H. C. Lane
Sixth Street West
A. A. Bowman
Spokane
Wash
Waterloo Technical Society
Cass
Waterloo pageant drives Drama League aims in city growth
The Drama League plans a Waterloo pageant showing the town's growth from a village to a city as a key aim. Pageantry across New England, especially Vermont, spurs community spirit and civic consciousness, reviving towns. Large city pageants in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and St Louis inspire similar efforts.
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Waterloo
Drama League
New England
Vermont
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Wilson Felicitates Suffs on Victory
President Wilson sent a letter to Carrie Chapman Catt congratulating the National American Woman Suffrage Association on North Dakota passing a bill granting women the right to vote for presidential electors and for municipal officers. North Dakota's governor signed the bill. The letter endorses extending suffrage and notes support for state action alongside federal amendment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
North Dakota
Steerage Passenger Sings Past U S Inspectors
Boston January 26 Dominico Pacifio a 30 year old steerage passenger on the steamer Cretic from Italy sang to immigration officials to gain entry. When challenged he offered to sing an opera aria from La Tosca and was passed by the board of special inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dominico Pacifico
Cretic
Italy
Pacificio
Sam
Board of Special Inquiry
Steamer Prince John in distress near Wrangle Island
Radio operators reported the freight and passenger steamer Prince John ashore on Wrangle Island off the Alaska coast. Messages said the vessel was leaking badly and requested immediate aid. An advertisement for winter boots from Wang Miller Shoe Co. followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Head
Wash
Prince John
Wrangle Island
Alaska
Tragic Calkins Case Reveals Family Strife and Suicidal Anguish
Prolonged distress and love letters indicate a wife Frances Calkins with adopted son died at home from gas exposure while husband George Calkins faced threats to his life. Testimony outlined a pattern of nervous breakdown, past violence with a bowie knife, and urgent funeral plans. Witnesses described the scene as ambulatory gas flames burned.
Mrs Byrne Growing Weaker Under Fast
New York January 26 The burger I strike begun Monday night by Mrs Ethel Byrne who is serving a 30 day term following conviction as a birth control propagandist is gradually weakening the woman according to today s bulletin of the prison physician Her blood pressure was within normal limits but wavering the bulletin said while temperature was slightly below normal and pulse had moderately weakened At noon today she had lasted nearly 90 hours The commission said it rested with the prison medical board to decide whether Mrs Byrne would be forcibly fed if she persisted in refusing to eat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Theo
Louise
Frances
Paul
J. C. Sage
J. C. Sage, Who Knew Mrs. Calkins
Smith
Calkins
R. G. Taylor
New York
Ethel Byrne
Daylight Robbers Steal $2,000 in Silks in Mitchell
City and county officials search for burglars who entered Baron Brothers store in Mitchell South Dakota yesterday and stole silks valued at $2,000. The store sits on a principal downtown corner and authorities report no tangle clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell, S. D
Baron Brothers
Aplington News Briefs and Cameo Appearances
Local notes report Mr Richards of Fort Dodge on business, appendicitis surgery at home, and recovery. Julius Merck and Georges E. Meyer ill with inflammatory rheumatism. Arends of Minnesota visiting Dreyer family. Mrs Janseen recovering from illness. Presbyterian church to hold Christian Endeavor installation with new officers Helen Smith Nina Farris Addie Waudby Guy Stockhill Myrtle Barber. William Sheffler of Macy visited then left for Missouri. Howard Vrederieks of New Hartford visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aplington
Mr. Richards
Fort Dodge
A. ElNote
Julius Merck
Georges E. Meyer
HL. Arends
Minnesota
H. MH. Dreyer
C. Janseen
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Helen Smith
Nina Farris
Addie Waudby
Guy Stockhill
Myrtle Barber
Winthrop News Briefs and Local Weddings Jan 26
Jo Sherren returns from three weeks with relatives in Jet Oklahoma. On Jan 24 at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Vetth of Wakefield Neb their daughter Bessie married Fred Dennis of Winthrop. Dennis is the son of Mrs Mary Dennie of Winthrop. Albert Merrill leaves for Texas to oversee land interests. D F Gaylord to Natches Mississippi for work with a drilling company. Felix Brooks died January 23 at his daughter Mrs Selina Stoneman’s home. Mrs Frank Gallery and daughter Clarice plan a trip to Minneapolis to visit relatives. Mrs Harold Brintnall hosted a birthday dinner for her mother Mrs Samuel Potter on her 70th birthday. Samuel Potter Jr and family attended from Buckingham Colorado. The W R C held its annual dinner and officer installation January 24 with Laura Eddy presiding. Installed were President Susan Moore, secretary Bell Stoneman, treasurer Jennie Norman, chaplain Evelyn Schermerhorn, guard Nellie Brubaker, conductress Frances Dunlap, patriotic instructor Kate Hearn, color bearer Kate Hearn, Esther Unbehau, and May Bucher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Sherren
Jet
Okla
Thomas Vetth
Wakefield
Neb
Miss Bessie
Fred Dennis
Jod Dennie
Mary Dennie
B Dennie
Thomas Marshall
Albert Merrill
Texas
D. F. Gaylord
Natches
Miss
Felix Brooks
Selina Stoneman
Brooks
Frank Gallery
Clarice
Minnecapelis
Harold Brintnall
Samuel Potter
Samuel Potter, Jr
Buckingham
Colo
Laura Eddy
Susan Moore
Ice
Leroy Graham
Bell
Stoneman
Jennie Norman
Evelyn Schermerhorn
Imual
Tlan
Nellie Brubaker
Nancy Dunlap
Graces Uhl
Frances Dunlap
Isabell Klonus
Salter Newell Recovering After Hospital Operation
WINSLOW Jan 23 Salter Newell is recovering after an operation at Sartahi Memorial hospital Ceflar Falls. Mrs Wayne Towsley and children are in New Hartford. Vivian Newell returned from Janesville after a week with her grandparents. Mr and Mrs Will Vossterg welcomed their first grandchild a baby boy born Wednesday. An English scientist tied a fly to a tiny wagon to show it could pull 170 times its weight on a smooth surface. The total value of gold mined in the last 25 years equals eight billion dollars, matching the output of the previous four centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Winslow
Salter Newell
Sartahi Memorial Hospital
Ceflar Falls
Wayne Towsley
New Hartford
Vivian Newell
Janesville
Will Vossterg
Fred Vossbers
Juvenile Quartet of Alleged Sneak Thieves in Court
A four member juvenile group from Cedar Palin faces larceny and breaking and entering charges in juvenile court after police traced a two month spree. They allegedly stole pocket hooks, pens, and clothing items from teachers at Normal Hill schools and admitted burglaries in Cedar Kalla. The quartet includes Lossie Riker, Boruleo Orvis, Donna Smith, and George Luderman, arraigned before Judge Mudian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suri
Cedar Palin
Lossie Riker
Aga
Boruleo Orvis
Donna Smith
George Luderman
Teachers' College
Tn Hive
Cedar Kalla
Guna
George D. Harris
Government to Aid Americans in Syria
Washington January 26. Funds may be needed to transport refugees from Beirut to a Mediterranean port and then to the United States. About 1,000 Americans in Turkey seek passage aboard the Des Moines and Caesar, but initial ships can carry only 300. Aid will be arranged via the state department or a special appropriation, with priority to those on Ambassador Elkus's list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Beirut
Syria
United States
Turkey
Des Moines
Caasar
Mediterranean
State Department
Congress
Joint Distribution Committee
American Jewish Relief Committee
Central Reief Committee
People's Reief Committee
Abram I. 'Eikus
Constantinople
Joint Distribution Commantes
Caesars
Ambassador Elkus
Jaffa
Germany Plans to Raise Larger Crop
Berlin reports Baron von Massenbach named director of a new war feeding board department to promote agricultural production. The move signals potential policy shifts as crop shortages grow due to Allied embargoes. German nitrates from air are exhausted by munitions demand, and fertilizer shortages threaten yields again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lokal Anverger
Baron von Massenbach
The
War Feeding Board
Mexicans Plan Smuggling Coup
El Paso January 26 A Carranza official says smugglers plan to exploit the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico to smuggle cattle hides and other goods without export duties. Maj Gen Pershing has no knowledge of these operations and no duty is charged on property of the expeditionary forces. A passenger train will move refugees from Casas Grandes to Juarez before troops begin northward movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Téx
Mexico
Carranza
Pershing
Casas Grandes
Juarez
el Valle
Colonia Jublan
Field Hex
Training Camp Dates Announced for 1917 Camps
The Military Training Camps Association today released eastern central southern and western department schedules for civilian training camps expected to exceed 60 000 attendees nationwide for 1917. Plattsburgh camps run June 2 to Sept 14 with four sessions Port Larry and Portland Maine host sanfor division youths June 30 to Aug 28 and Aug 2 to Aug 30 respectively. Central department senior camps at Tort Snelling Fort Des Moines Fort Riley and others, junior camps at Fort Harrison and Harrison nd Fort Des Moines Port D A Russell. Details for southern and western camps available from San Antonio and San Francisco headquarters. Advertising note about winter footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ussociation
United States
Hnd
Gummoar
Toll Vha War Department
Canto
Plattsburgh
Hirst
Sanfor
Port Larry
Portland
Central Department
Hera
Fort Henjainti Harrison
Fort Des Moines
Port D. A. Russell
San Antonio
San Francisco
War Department
Daniels Hastens Work on a Munitions Plant
Secretary Daniels prepares to meet Drittak refusals by readying a government plant to produce projectiles for the American navy. Ordnance experts develop plans and machinery bids will be sought, with work expected to start in the spring. The Navy faced limited hope for satisfactory bids from American manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Daniels
Drittak
Hadfielda, Ltd
Ordnantes
Navy Department
Salvage and Milwaukee plant eyed for armor plate facility
The board will likely locate the $11,000,000 armor plate plant on the same site as the salvage equipment firm in Milwaukee. A temporary elevated railroad to reach the terminal will be built, and bids are invited by the navy department for constructing the rusting and track for colrage operators. Contracts are also sought for a railroad from Bowen town across the peninsula to the ocean beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufacturers
Projectoty
Sureka
Val
Milwaukea
Pubig
Navy jMepartment
Colrage
Iwids
Bowen
Peninsular
Ocean Beach
Wanted Mixed Ads With Local Notes From Page
Wanted-Mest middle aged woman for in house work and compensation for home injuries. Reference required. Phone 345% Red. Wanted stenographer position in Pediment. For sale or trade choice well located half action in Canada. Will take watering residence property. Howart and Bowman. Wanted by young man attending college for work in exchange for board or Saturday work. Phone 1916 Bimek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.D. Pederson
Canada
Howart and Bowman
Phous
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Cenfer
Buchanan
Bred Fenton
Rettail Merchants’ Association
Merchants’ Association
Hope
U. 5 S
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Cecil Bickley
Irving House
S. A. Sweet
Mrs. Byrne
Wiliam Sheffler
Macy
T Here
Missouri
Howard Vrederieks
Germany
South America
Wrap & Miller Shor Co
Salvagh Ali Equipment
Milwaukee
Bunralew
West Ste
Lagat
Logan
Bleckes
Joe Raymond
Fifth Street
Paul Davis Dry Goods
Math Avenue
My Lady's
State Street
LE Denier Orl
Misses’ & Children’s
Randall Shoe
East Fourth Street
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