Fireworks Display Hinted For Waterloo This Summer
A Pain's Fireworks representative visits Waterloo eyeing a large August or September show. The plan includes a two hour exhibit with historic Mexico scenes from 1847 and a Fort Chapultepec siege, plus Mt Popocatepetl eruption. Expected venues include baseball park with potential week long run and tie ins to state fairs in Des Moines Lincoln and Springfield. Local organizations have shown interest and crowds are anticipated to boost Waterloo as a northern Iowa magnet.
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Waterloo
Pain
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Springfield
Ill
Mexico
Chapultepec
Winfield Scott
Mt. Popocatepetl
Towa
Many Taking Teachers Exam Across Iowa This Week
Examinations are conducted statewide in Iowa with 47 Black Hawk county applicants under County Superintendent Margar et Myers at East High. The Cedar Falls Teachers College hosts 25 Black Hawk county candidates, listing numerous names from Waterloo and surrounding towns as tests proceed through today tomorrow and Friday.
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Black Hawk County
Margaret Myers
East High
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Mary Annette Renger
Dubuque
Mary Cortona Gloden
Belle E. Smith
Berlin
Laura Elsie Blough
Boynton
Belle Bamford
Waterloo
Sadie Frances McKeen
Wilma Newsome
Dunkerton
Edna G. Betts
Leo
O'Connell
Raymond
Anna R. McCreary
Ora Lee Frederick
New Hartford
Clara Georgeon Wessel
Pomeroy
Revolution in Portugal Said to Be Serious
Report from Madrid dated July 23 notes travelers arriving declare Portugal's revolution to be of significant importance and that even supporters of the republican government view the situation as serious.
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Portugal
Madrid
Fire Sweeps Freeman Overall Factory Kills Dozens
A stairwell blaze at the Freeman Overall Company on Wall Street rapidly consumed the four story brick building. About 126 workers were present as flames trapped them on upper floors causing multiple injuries or deaths. Fire drills had trained staff but delayed evacuation, and the scene recalled the Triangle fire with harrowing falls from windows and a single rear fire escape. The disaster stemmed from crowded floors with flammable cotton scraps and fabric strewn about.
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Freeman Overall
Wall Street
Freeman Overall Company
Reed B. Freeman
Umes
William Bennett
Bennett
Triangle
New York
Des Moines Manager Isbell to Visit Waterloo Sunday
Des Moines baseball boss Manager Isbell will travel to Waterloo Sunday to watch games between Waterloo and Monmouth. He has heard favorable reports on local players and will meet with Manager Andrews. Isbell, a former White Sox star, also seeks to acquire Monmouth pitcher Bentley and may see him in action.
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Isbell
Des Moines
Waterloo
Monmouth
Andrews
White Sox
Bentley
Red Ink Water Sterilizer Prompts Odd Drug Store Ad
Fragmentary OCR item notes Strayer's water sterilizer and filter available at Toder's drug store with odd sales language. The readable fragment suggests a promotional or sensational claim about the device and its effects.
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Strayer
Toder
Pearson in Talk on Hog Cholera
President R A Pearson defends Iowa hog cholera serum policy against papers claiming state restrictions. He clarifies there are no serum shipment bans into Iowa, serum may come from outside Ames, and that a licensed tested supply ensures safety. He notes rising demand and ongoing plans to increase production while maintaining quality.
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Amer
R. A. Pearson
Scott County
Ames
G. R. Bliss
Kansas
Iowa
Bliss
Wright County
Somerset Mines Closed Down After Bank Failure
The bank failure at Kuhn Bros. in McKeesport Pa impacted mining in Somerset and nearby counties. Several mines owned by banker-capitalists and others financed by them paused operations temporarily, though Rev A P Blough expects no lasting hardship and Western Pennsylvania hopes the Kuhn troubles will be resolved.
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McKeesport
Kuhn Bros
A. P. Blough
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Kuhns
Market summaries from Chicago and New York stocks
Chicago market note shows butter and poultry steady while cheese and potatoes rise. receipts listed. New York stocks close with mixed quotes across major rails and industrials including Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rock Island Atchison Southern Pacific United States Steel and Illinois Central among others.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Northwesterm
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacife
Baltimore and ‘Ohin
Seaae Ee
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
STS
United States Steel
Amalgamated Cower
Boas Aes Boy Northern Pacifc
Erle
Royt Sa
Mlinois Central
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
Tostete Res
New York Central
Anaconda
Waterloo City in Brief Says Numerous Local Movements
City notes list Mrs C A Smith visiting St Louis, M C Brown off to Cody Wyoming, P E Canfield to Yellowstone, Mrs W F McCarty home from Oskaloosa, D C Miller from Pittsburgh starts as Waterloo dalesman. Firemen fight small blaze at 208 Adams. G B Hutcheson vacation near West Branch Cedar County. Linn County Sheriff William Loftus visiting Waterloo. Ralph Miller recovering from malarial fever. E T Goven of Chicago visiting. Miss Carroll Washburn arrives from Burlington to visit Miss Avon Jameson at 247 Maple. Rev William P Thompson of Hudson visiting relatives. Frank Cass of Des Moines visiting. Mr and Mrs W F Heitter depart for Chicago for a week. Miss Rena Geren recovering at home after operation. Mrs Charles Cress leaves for Cheyenne. Mrs E H Holmes and daughter Gertrude visiting Muscatine. M B A No 57 to meet at Labor Temple. C J Rudolph cruising Great Lakes reports cool weather. George L Dixon returns from two-month auto trip via 148 cities. Physician’s certificate filed for Cullen Bryant Roe, Drake University 1912 grad. Frank McKinney bootlegging case bond forfeited. Plans approved for W Stevenson Fayette residence, two stories, around 36000. Dr T G Taylor and Franz travel to Minneapolis, then Canada. Taylors visit. Clarence Walker, 18, breaks arm at Clear Lake while vacationing with friends.
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Clarence Walker
W. R. Law
Third Avenue West
Clear Lake
Twenty Hurt Says Late Wreck Story
Fort Dodge Iowa July 23 Twenty passengers were injured when a Minneapolis and St Louis local passenger and freight train derailed just outside Fort Dodge early today Four cars were demolished and freight worth several thousand dollars destroyed
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Fort Dodge
Minneapolis
Attacks on Sunday baseball play sparked arrests in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 23 Steps have been taken to arrest persons who attended the Central association ball game last Sunday on the ground that it was an unlawful assemblage.
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Cedar Rapids
Central Association
Balkans Agree on Negotiations in Bucharest
Sofia July 23 Servia and Greece agree peace talks with Bulgaria will be in Bucharest an armistice is being arranged at Nish and likely to be concluded within days Greece demands simultaneous armistice and peace talks Roumania declines Turkey participation in conference powers consent Llout retired General Miles appeals to American Red Cross for Macedonia refugees
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Bucharest
Nish
Roumania
Turkey
Llout
Nelson A. Miles
U.S A
American Red Cross
Macedonia
Year Book of Woman's Club outlines civic public health programs
The 1913 and 1914 year books reveal plans for the Woman's Club sections on literature fine arts and civic work. The literary program covers modern drama writers and lectures including a Passion Play illustrated talk by Rev Effie McCollum Jones. Civic topics focus on public health, hygiene legislation and city streets perils while the fine arts section surveys nineteenth and twentieth century French art music and drama. Meetings begin September 20 with a September 13 reception at Mrs H M Reed's home where reports from state federation delegates will be presented.
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Woman’s Club
Elvic
T. Alford
W. R. Law
H. B. Boies
C. W. Mullan
Edith Wyant
Georgene Clover
Maxwell Case
J. D. Easton
Fine Arte Comlmitters
England
Effie McCollum Jones
Gerhart Edmond Rostand
Ierael Zangwill
Henry van Dyke
W. B. Yeats
John Galsworthy
Civic Department
Itel
Fine Arta
France
H. M. Reed
Girl in Parisian gown rescued from police clash
Rochester, July 22. Alicia Burnett walked Main Street in a sheer diaphanous gown as inspectors pause a moral efficiency plan. Police zealots tried to intervene, crowd roared, four men hoisted her into a car and rushed her to safety.
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Rochester
N. Y
Alicia Burnett
Main Street
Miss Burnett
Bowman Honored Again as Iowa State Fair Judge
M L Bowman is appointed judge of grains for the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines from August 20 to 28. This marks the fifth consecutive year he has received the appointment, cited as recognition of superior ability. F E Sheldon, an official with the fair and state agriculture board, notes the premium list is compiled and ready for distribution, available through A R Cory at the Department of Agriculture in Des Moines.
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M. L. Bowman
Des Moines
Prof
Bowman
F. E. Sheldon
State Board of Agriculture
A. R. Cory
Department of Agriculture
Merwin Takes New Post At Rogersville Trade School
G. C. Merwin, formerly a pressman at Kimball Publishing Co., has accepted a new position with the Pressman's Technical Trade School in Rogersville Tennessee. He became acquainted there while representing the local pressman's association and studying a new line of press work.
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G. C. Merwin
Kimball Publishing Co
Pressman's Technical Trade School
Rogersville
Tenn
Pressman‘s Association
Former Colorado official dies by gas inhalation in crisis
Denver July 23 Wm L Clayton former Colorado official and commissioner during Governor Shafroth's administration committed death by his own action at his home this morning by inhaling gas Financial troubles are cited as the reason He was heavily involved in lumber transactions in northern Colorado
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Denver
Wm. L. Clayton
Colorado
Shafroth
Heo
Turney Boy To Be Sent Away
Harold Turney, a son of Policeman Turney, was taken from the police station to his home by his father last evening. County attorney Edward H. McCoy said he would prepare papers to have the boy taken into custody by the sheriff to await sending to the Soldiers' Orphans' home at Davenport or to another suitable institution. The father had earlier told Judge Platt that the boy was incorrigible.
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Harold Turney
Turney
Edward H. McCoy
Davenport
Platt
Germans Sarcastic But Satisfied On Nicaragua Treaty
Berlin reports mixed reactions to the proposed U S Nicaragua treaty. The German press mocks President Wilson and dollar diplomacy, while government circles express satisfaction that a protectorate would reduce international tensions and bolster business conditions and financial stability.
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Berlin
United States
Nicaragua
Wilson
Wheat crop totals rise world wide in latest estimates
The International Institute of Agriculture Rome cables the US Agriculture Department with country estimates for wheat production. Bulgaria 64,301,000 bushels. Spain 110,100,000. England and Wales 65,080,000. Italy 198,417,000. combined total for Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Spain Italy Luxembourg Switzerland United States India Japan Great Britain European Russia and Hungary excluding Cra tia and Slavonia is 1,962,600,000 bushels or 100.2 percent of last year.
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Washington
Inter‘national Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
United States Department of Agriculture
Bulgaria
Spain
England and Wales
Belgium
Denmark
Luxemburg
Switzerland
United States
India
Japan
Great Britain
European
Russia
Hungary
Cratia
Slavonia
Rumor Triggers Day-Long Run on Chicago Bank
A rumor sparked a near all-day bank run on Kenwood Trust and Savings at Forty-seventh Street and Grand Boulevard, closing briefly in the afternoon. The bank is backed by prominent stockyard figures including L. A. Carton, J. L. Kesner, Louis F. Swift, and L. B. and J. B. Tilden.
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Chicago
Kenwood Trust and Savings Bank
Forty-seventh Street
Grand Boulevard
L. A. Carton
J. L. Ke
Canvassers From Rich Homes Not true say Waterloo buyers
Twelve young women in Waterloo, from the Association College of Women in Chicago, travel the country selling a self made article to fund education. They come from poor families and receive an equal share of profits after expenses, not gifts.
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Waterloo
Association College of Women
Chicago
Employed Fell Through Roof at Cedar River Gas Plant
W. E. Boyer, employed by Black Hawk construction, fell through a tin roof while workers were making changes to a gas plant along the Cedar River. He suffered serious injuries, with a hip and arm badly bruised and possible internal injuries. He was taken to St. Francis hospital about 10 o'clock this morning.
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W. E. Boyer
Saxlet Street
Black Hawk Construction Company
Cedar River
Boyler
Boyer
St. Francis Hospital
Wilcox Family Reunion Planned in Hartford
Announcement of the Wilcox family reunion set for Hartford Connecticut on August 27 28 and 29. Several thousand relatives from across the United States are expected to attend. Arrangements on the committee include Mia Sabin Hopkins Wilcox Elva Grace Wilcor of Des Moines and Myrtle Wilcox Trippey of Webb Iowa. Some Wilcox residents live in Waterloo area. An arranged program is planned with participant funded expenses while Hartford provides dinners.
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Wilcox
Hartford
Conn
Mia
Sabin Hopkins Wilcox
Elva Grace ,Wilcor
Des Moines
Myrtle Wilcox Trippey
Webb
Waterloo
Infant Mortality Efforts and Tears in Society View
In England and other nations progress reduces infant deaths through the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. The aim is to coordinate sanitary agencies to cut preventable baby deaths. Tears are described as not linked to sorrow and are dismissed as a lesser emotion more common in children than in men.
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England
American Association For the
Little Good Work and One Thing at a Time Quote
A compact quotation emphasizes patience and steady effort. It cites J. G. Holland warning there is no royal road to success and urges taking tasks step by step for lasting results.
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J. G. Holland
Anthony Brady Dies in London Hotel After Angina
Anthony W. Brady, manager of a New York City firm, died in a London hotel last night from angina pectoris. His body will be shipped to America aboard the Olympic the following day.
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London
Angina Peeforts
Anthony WN. Brady
New York City
America
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West Branch
Cedar County
William Loftus
Linn County
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E. T. Goven
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Burlington
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Maple Street
William P. Thompson
Frank Cass
W. F. Heitter
Rena Geren
Presbyterian Hospital
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Harry W. Schultz
Washington Street
Cheyenne
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Gertrude
Locust Street
Muscatine
Labor Temple
C. J. Rudolph
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Drake University
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Carl C. Bickley
Pike County
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London Milla
Fair House
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Watoroo
Anthony Brady
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