Scots Celebrate Burns at Waterloo Gathering
The Scottish club in Waterloo held a Burns celebration with Professor Wallare delivering an address on Burns. J. Barr and A. Ross spoke, Scottish songs were sung, and attendees enjoyed Scotch fare and dancing. The event aimed to form a Scots colony in Waterloo and surrounding Cedar Falls to promote citizenship and support.
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Telah
Craliows
Pean
Vita Ethiaal
McCartney
Tagethe
Holeds Borne
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Wold
Wallare
Burns
J. §. Barr
A. Ross
Bowen
Cedar
Falls
Thomson
Maitland
Gardiner
Martin
Thomas
Blackhall
Annie Laurie
la Rue
Impure butter causes fatalities in South Bend scare
South Bend residents faced a health crisis after consuming tainted butter. An official board of health analysis revealed contamination in the butter leading to at least one death and about twenty people in serious condition awaiting further medical updates.
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South Bend
Ind
Board of Health
Mi o na indigestion remedy advert promises quick relief
An intertwining ad touts Mi o na tablets as a cure for indigestion and nervous symptoms. It claims stomach weakness, improved digestion, restored nerve energy, and quick relief, urging immediate purchase of fifty cent boxes from Wangler Bros Co or local drugstores.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Ariona
Bacterial Dysentery Ties Deaths to Butter Contamination
A west side grocery sold butter at 44 cents a pound linked to a dysentery outbreak. A one year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs John Morse, died within hours after exposure. Five families are seriously ill with the illness reported among other household members.
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West Side
John Morse
Terame Il
Sheriff Knows Nothing Of Case In Williams Visit
Webster City paper reports Black Hawk county sheriff visited Saturday with a contractor living in Williams. The contractor was in Williams after his wife’s husband died, drawing her anger and leading to information filed against him. The sheriff allegedly took him home and criminal proceedings may follow.
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Webster City
Black Hawk County
Williams
Grace M. E. Young People’s Club Meet
The Grace M E church hosts an annual supper for about one hundred at 7 pm. All welcome, especially strangers, with supper at cost directed by Ray Holdiman. A half hour current events discussion led by Professor Miller follows. Volunteers may report on key recent historical events. Rev. A J Northrup gives a short lecture on barbarian movements as part three in a civ ilization history series. A social hour with surprises closes. Entertainment committee: Professor John Christenson Howard Sharp Mrs Frederick Ross.
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Grace M. BR
Young People’s Club
Ray Holdiman
Professor Miller
A. J. Northrup
John Christenson
Howard Sharp
Frederick Ross
German Police Court Hears Lanman In Native Tongue
In a morning session Judge Meyers presided for the benefit of prisoner Clemens Lanman who spoke only German. Lanman was charged with intoxication and, unable to understand English, received a German language verdict. He reportedly drank half and half and met a half-brother yesterday, both becoming half-drunk. The judge recorded the entry and hummed a tune.
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Clemens Lanman
John H. Meyers
Sesson
Tanman
Lauan
Home Insurance company feeds local pride and growth
Following its annual stockholders meeting Iowa Insurance company reveals rapid growth. Local ownership keeps profits in Water loo area with officers and directors including F A Ferguson as president and C W Mullan as vice president. The six year old firm reports fivefold rise in gross income and total insurance in force, plus nearly doubled cross assets.
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Iowa Insurance Company
Waterloo
F. A. Ferguson
C. W. Mullan
E. A. Resor
J. W. Krapfel
F. W. Powers
Busy farmer advertises for wife in Hillsdale paper
Hillsdale Mich Jan 27 Alfred H Van Dusen a young farmer on a busy farm advertised for a middle aged housekeeper but said he wants a wife. He has hardly left the farm in a year. He explains courting did not appeal and ads were easier. Nu Bone Best Corset ad also appears at 205 1-2 Fast 4th.
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Hillsdale
Mich
Alfred H. van Dusen
Tillsdale County
van Dusen
Oaly
Mayor Willing to Make Answer at Council Meeting
A council session heard H. Thompson refer to questions raised by temperance advocates and addressed alleged criticisms of the mayor's official record. He stated he would respond but warned against attacks on his character and pledged to lower any statement that misrepresented his word.
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H. ©. Thompson
Y. A
Ikers
Congestion Persists in Ward Schools Amid Crowding
East High reports 40 percent of students in the severn semester with 120 eighth graders, totaling 62 percent, the largest in history. Washington and Fiske ward schools are at capacity despite new teachers and rooms. Superintendent C W Kline did not specify relief measures. A triangular declamatory contest between East and West High and Cedar Falls is set for next Friday evening, with Waterloo venues. Waverly High will visit to play East High, likely in the afternoon due to the declamatory event.
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East High
Severn
C. W. Kline
Washington and Fiske Ward
Kine
Kline
Naming Fruits And Vegetables Correctly For Farmers
The Bureau of Plant Industry of the National Department of Agriculture offers free identification of unknown fruit and vegetable varieties. It aims to standardize commercial varieties, provide detailed descriptions, and collect water color illustrations. Growers may mail specimens in suitable boxes provided by the bureau.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
National Department of Agriculture
United States
American Pomological Society
Department of Agriculture
Waterloo Dispatch Reports Wheattae Heroin Controversy
Waterloo report dated January 24 describes public concern over Wheattae heroin use, noting arousal of residents and widespread media interest. Cedar Rapids Republican reprints this dispatch from Waterloo amid similar nationwide coverage.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Drugs Replace Liquor as Local Fears Rise in Waterloo
Local officers push to uncover evidence against violators of state and federal drug laws amid public concern over morphine cocaine and other habit forming drugs. The Waterloo case is seen as a cautionary example of vice shifting from liquor to more pernicious addictions sparking a broader debate on enforcement and human nature.
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Waterloo
Square
Revival Meetings At Baptist Church In Dunkerton
In Dunkerton on January 26 revival services continue at the Baptist church led by Rev. Jesse H. Jones of Allerton Iowa. Attendance has been strong this week as the revival runs into the next. Other notes include visitors Wm Russell and family returning to Republican City Nebraska Dan O Maley visiting old friends Earl Magee traveling to Dawson and Mountain Grove Missouri and preparations for an accelerated electric light installation with wiring and pole work underway. Mrs Presba and Mrs Sprague of New Hartford visit, while W Lanigan transports to Waterloo to view the Paul Davis store fire. Ice harvests begin this week with good thick ice reported.
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Dunkerton
The
Baptist Church
Jesse H. Jones
Allerton
Wm. Russell
Hannah Green
Republican City
Neb
Dan O'Maley
Mr. O'Maley
Illinois
Earl Magee
Dawson
Mountain Grove
Presba
Sprague
New Hartford
W. Lanigan
Waterloo
Paul Davis
Pastor Warned as Home Burns in Fire Incident
In Dearborn Michigan on January 27 Reverend J A Cottom pastor of the Methodist church faced threats after an anonymous warning not to preach a Sunday sermon. That evening the church bell rope was cut and his home burned, with authorities labeling the blaze arson linked to religious tensions and guarding efforts failing.
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Dearborn
Mich
J. A. Cottom
Advertising Club Meeting Tonight Promotes Psychology Talk
The Educational Committee of the Town Criers club meets this evening in Waterloo club rooms. All members are urged to attend as president H. B. Kiester speaks on Psychology of Advertising. The speaker notes the series is proving helpful to attendees.
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Dayton Advertising Club
Dayton
Kimmel
Herman Lel
C. Ho MeBurneykowitz
Robert W. Sullivan
H. I. Kies
Town Criers
Fourth Street
Waterloo
Town Criers Club
Waterloo Club
H. B. Kiester
Abandoned Male Babies Adopted Under City Law
Two male infants born in 1912 and 1913 were abandoned by unknown parents and placed with a family through legal adoption papers signed by the mayor. Initial adoption to a husband and wife later altered as the wife left. new adoption papers were filed for record this morning with Scranton hard coal advertising Blim's.
Trial of Charles Mellen Begins in February in New York
New York on January 26 reported that Charles Mellen former president of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad faces federal indictment over fatalities in wrecks on the line. He will be defended by John D Crim a former assistant United States District attorney now a prominent New York lawyer.
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New York
Charles Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Federal
Grand Jury
Mellen
John D. Crim
United States District Attorney
New York State
Dalaroma mob lynches Black man in Oklahoma
In Muskogee on January 27 Benja min Dickerson, a Black man charged with the serious crime of W. A. Chaffin, a traveling salesman, was forcibly taken from Purcell jail by a mob. They drove to Noble, nine miles away, where he died in a related incident. Dickerson’s body was shot multiple times. The jailer was overpowered as the mob arrived from Oklahoma City. Chaffin was robbed and beaten before the mob seized Dickerson.
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Muskogee
Okla
Benjamin Dickerson
W. A. Chaffin
Oklahoma City
Purcell
Noble
Dickerson
Chaffin
Breakfast for Workless at Eastern Avenue Baptist Church
Joliet Illinois January 27 Workless residents will receive hot breakfasts at the Eastern Avenue Baptist Church starting Wednesday mornings. The dining room opens at 7 each day and every caller gets coffee and sandwiches. J Stanley Brown high school superintendent H W Brown Illinois Steel plant superintendent Ed Bush real estate dealer lead the effort.
New York Graft Inquiry Resumes Hearings In 1909 Case
The special grand jury probing graft in New York reopened hearings led by District Attorney Charles Whitman. Witness James Shaw described money transfers linked to James Corcoran, a Pittsburgh contractor, and sought to clarify whether $141,250 came from James E. Gaffney as a political contribution tied to the Patterson & Co. aqueduct contract worth $825,000.
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Chas. S. Whitman
Shaw
James G. Corcoran
Pittsburgh
Whitman
James E. Gaffney
Patterson & Co
Board of Water Supply of
New York City
Wedding for Miss Lesta Fern Smith and T F Kimmel
Society notes announce the Webster City bride Miss Lesta Fern Smith to wed T F Kimmel of Waterloo at noon tomorrow in the bride’s home. Kimmel, formerly of Webster City, lives in this city and works for Stewart-Simmons press. After Feb 10 they will reside at 538 Riehl Street.
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Webster City
Lesta Fern Smith
T. F. Kimmel
Waterloo
Kimmel
Stewart- Simmons Press
Riehl Street
Pursue Investigation of Federal Officials In Grand Jury Inquiry
Chicago January 27 in pursuing a grand jury inquiry into alleged relations between Sol Lewinsohn a professional bondsman and federal officials Elwood Godman a former assistant United States district attorney was called as a witness today Godman was questioned on the financial transactions if any between Lewinsohn and Ben Davis a former assistant United States district attorney Papers turned over to District Attorney Wilkerson from the bankrupt Lewinsohn estate include checks made out to Davis and signed by Lewinsohn
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Chicago
Betwen Sol Lewinson
Elwood Godman
United States
Godman
Lewinsohn
Ben Davis
Wilkerson
Davis
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Chasen
Erman Lefrovwitz
Grace M. E. Young People's Club
MEET
Iowa
P. M. Ray
O. W. Mullan
District Court
Black Hawk National Bank
C. L. Kingsley
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Wi. Galloway
William Galloway Company
Iowa. Life Insurance Company
F.C. Platt
George S. Mornin
Security Savings Bank
A. N. Edenheimer
A. Wise
Citizens Savings Bank
J. W. Arbuckle
Blim's
Advertising Club
Scranton
Thilal
Lcharles
H. Mellen
Dalaroma
James (. Shaw
Society News
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Florida Indian River Land Co
Syndicate Building
West Fifth Street
A. T. Whittle
Lichty
Our City
the Distiller
Business Men’s Temperance Association
Union Congregational Church
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