Peace Treaty Moves To Colombia Pact Next Week
The Associated Press reports that Republican leaders plan to set aside the Colombia peace treaty to consider the US Colombia accord. The Senate committee will discuss ratification as Secretary Lansing presses for action. Damages to Colombia were set at 25 million dollars, with the regret clause dropped to restore the original sum.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
State Department
Polk
Panama
Lensing
Senator Lodge
Mr. Lansing
Man Seeks Police Chief Help in Securing Property
A Minneapolis man writes to Police Chief George Weilein requesting police aid to seize furniture, chickens, a camera, and money he says belong to him. He claims his wife sold items and left him to reconcile with a new husband, hoping the police will act quickly.
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George Weilein
Minneapolis
Minn
York State
Exhibit of Booze Missing Lansing Found Not Guilty
Jury in municipal court found Carl Lansing not guilty of illegal transportation and assisting improperly labeled goods after the state failed to produce the liquor exhibit seized December 24. Bailiff failed to locate the whiskey. sheriff’s records showed the evidence destroyed by court order.
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Carl Lansing
B. J. Wenner
J. M. Sweitzer
Henderson
Y M C A Commends George Pike Overseas Service
A Waterloo Y M C A letter from Carls T. Stone of the national committee praises George E. Pike for months of service in salvage and business departments. John T. Houser, Waterloo Y M C A general secretary, received the note detailing Pike’s commendable work. City tennis tournament entries urged with Skien handling. entries due by Thursday. prize hopes include a cup for the winner.
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George E. Pike
John T. Houser
Waterloo
Carls TI. Stone
National
New York
Pike
Oif
Skien
M.C. A
Waterloo Auto & Supply Ad Sparks Car Bargain Today
In Waterloo a sale ad notes an Overland car on display at 125 Fly 15 with a daily price fee of 5 dollars. The vehicle is ATH today and expected to be 870 tomorrow, inviting buyers to seize a bargain.
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Waterloo Auto & Supply Company
Feduartiaamant
War medals awarded to women war workers in first division
Aliss Cora Van Norden of New York City and Miss Gertrude Ely of Bryn Mawr were decorated with the croix de guerre by General Andrieu near Montabaur for their welfare and YMCA activities with the First division and Eighteenth Infantry. The ceremony also honored Colonels Harrer and Hunt and Sergeant Ellis with the Legion of Honor. General McGlachlin aided the women after a cultural moment of the kiss tradition.
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Associated Press
Aliss Cora van Norden
New York
Salvation Army
Gertrude Ely
Bryn Mawr
Penn
Anurieu
Montabaur
Andrieu
Legion of Honor
William J. Uarrel
Sixteenth Infantry
A. Hunt
Eighteenth Infantry
Sergt
Michael B. Ellis
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Miss Ely
Miss van Norden
B. F. McGlachlin
McGlachlin
Remarkable Goodyear Truck Arrives After Transcontinental Tour
A five ton Goodyear motor truck from the Boston branch to Los Angeles has reached Waterloo, Iowa, after a 25 day run covering 7 763 miles. The vehicle, previously on the Akron to Boston route, traveled mostly on unimproved roads. Moving pictures of the journey will be shown at Electric Park this evening, with free admission tickets from Waterloo Auto & Supply.
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Goodyear Motor Transport
Goodyear
Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
Waterloo Auto & Supply Company
Comtmercial
Waterloo Station
Goodyear Company
Des Moines
Akron, O
Electric Park
Rotarians Offer Cash Prizes for Garden Exhibits
Waterloo Rotary Club donates 200 in cash prizes for vegetable department exhibits at the Dairy Cattle Congress show to promote gardening in vacant lots. The Vacant Lot Farming club, led by A T Hakill as president and George Hall as secretary, supports the exhibit in the annex of the cattle pavilion, a noted feature of the event. The club formed in 1917 to aid cost of living, with productive results in the past year.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo Rotary Club
Last Night's News in Brief
Gilmer Texas reports Chilton Jennings a negro hanged by a mob after arrest for assaulting a woman. London notes Bela Kun seeks safe conduct to Argentina. Estonian troops halt Bolshevik offensive near Pskov. Former German emperor possibly not tried in London per Earl Curzon. Egypt reports 800 dead and 1,600 wounded in disturbances per Gen. Allenby. Washington reports Bolshevist hunger unrest and disease. London says British admiralty canceled orders for 526 ships saving £42,000,000 per T. J. MacNamara.
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Gilmer
Tex
Chilton Jennings
London
Bela Kun
Budapest
Copenhagen
Pskov
Earl Curzon
Kedleston
Egypt
Allenby
Washington, D. C
British Admiralty
T. J. MacNamara
Atkinson returns from tour with Rainbow band
W. I. Atkinson returns from a four weeks tour with the Rainbow division band which he has booked for the last month. The band is booked solid for the next weeks and has drawn favorable notices. The Atkinsons depart for Clear Lake for a few days vacation. A meeting at Lincoln Park at 8:30 p.m. today and tomorrow will feature a male quartet led by fra Beal with several speakers.
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W. I. Atkinson
Rainbow Division
TS Park
Lincoln Park
Fra Beal
Gaveral Speakera
City weighs surplus Army food sale plan
Citizens and business leaders in Waterloo urge the city to pursue the federal offer to sell surplus army foodstuffs at low prices to aid civilians amid high costs. Debates focus on distribution control, freight and handling charges, and ensuring widespread access to bacon and other essentials without waste.
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Waterloo
Uru
Towa Association for Conservation Meets at M'Gregor
The summer convention of the Iowa Association for Protection and preservation of wildlife lands and natural beauty opens at McGregor Iowa. A three day session features lectures by Dr. George F. Kay Dr. L H Pammel Prof Bohumil Shimek Dr T C Stephens and Prof Charles R Keyes on geology botany ornithology and tribal history. Field trips are planned with no lecture fees and cottages and tent sites available on McGregor Heights.
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Iowa
Conservation Association For
McGregor. la
George F. Kay
Switzerland
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Bohumil Shimek
State University
T. C. Stephens
Charles R. Keyes
McGregor Heights
Voliva Sees Five Hour Day as True Path to Heaven
Waukegan July 25 Overseer Voliva of Zion LI says a six hour day destroys the world. He adds a short day tempts workers with vice and theft, praising the value of a good days work. The first brewery on the Society Islands is reported built with U S materials and gear.
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Waukegan
Overseer
Vollliva
Zion LY
City in Brief: Local News and Notes From Waterloo
Readable items include residents visiting Davenport and Clear Lake, travel from Milwaukee and Chicago on business, and arrivals back home from overseas with the 131st engineers. Local operations note hospital improvements, library renovations, and a bloodhound request near Abbott. Also covered are traffic violations, area vacations, a public-spirited bloodhound call, and a police case involving a Chicago man.
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Douglas Bragdon
Milwaukee
Chicago
George H. Huggins
131St Engineers
BF. A. McRae
Presbyterian Hospital
George (. Saunders
Willard Spurr
Ile Wis
Co. F. List
Powers Likely to Recognize Omak Regime Amid Fire Alarm
Tokio dispatch reports Premier Hara and Foreign Minister Uchida signaling belief that major powers will recognize the Omak government after conditions were agreed. A separate U.S. rescue tale notes Mrs Crawford lighting a blaze in her home as a curtain fire caused by a match was quickly contained with minor injuries and minimal damage.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Takashi Hara
Yasuya
Uchida
Omak
Hara
Kolchak
Russia
H. A. Crawford
Ataman Sentenof
Admiral Kotebak
Commercial ships briefings through July deliveries rise total
Deliveries of 25 ships to the shipping board in the week ending July 18 bring the wartime total to 1,111 ships and 4,090,892 gross tons. Of the grand total 805 ships were steel, with the remainder wooden or composite.
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Washington
United States
Bross
Stenl
German Methods Liked by Brazil in Trade Salons
Rio de Janeiro dispatch notes Brazilians favor German business tactics, especially customer-focused service and accurate European sourcing, contrasting with erratic North American sales. The piece highlights local merchants urging buyers to adapt to market rules, ensuring orders meet Brazilian needs and are correctly fulfilled. It also references violent incidents affecting white and Black communities in the era, with local officials and hate-driven acts noted.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Associated
Corman
Brazilias Rive Co
Pruliosa
Europe
North America
Details of Negro Lynching Reported by Atlanta Clergy
The Associated Press reports sworn statements from a colored pastor detailing the May 24 lynching in Milan, Georgia. Berry Washington, 72, a Black man, killed John Dandy, a white man who had defended two young Black women. The dispatches from Atlanta last night outline the events and motives as presented by the clergyman.
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Goreyman
Dandy
Witte
Hat Hewni Nk
Baud Mevellera
Ayd
Astravisalon
Ahlead
Washington
Associated Press
New York
Milan
Berry Washington
John Dandy
Atlanta
Centenarian Is Congratulated by Many on Birthday
Mrs. J. G. Mack’s home buzzed with visitors as her father Rey E P Kimball turned 100. He received fruit baskets and a large 100 candle cake during a day of well wishers from across town including nephews James and Paul Kimball from Waukesha Wisconsin. The centenarian attended the annual Wirt Congregational church picnic with Rev. Kimball.
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J. G. Mack
Callars
Rey
E. P, Kimball
Wirst Congregational Church
Mr. Kimball
James and
T’aul Kimball
Waukesha
Wis
Germans Advocate Free Trade to Curb Monopolies
Basel dispatch from Weimar reports the German national assembly discussed an Interpellation on economic policy. Several speakers pressed for free trade to curb growing monopolies and improve German exchange.
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Basel
Tavgas
Weimar
Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cream For Skin Rejuvenation
Vintage advertisement promotes Howard's Buttermilk Cream as a modernized skin beauty remedy. It claims wrinkles, pores, roughness, and sallowness improve with a nightly massage using the product, distributed through Hansen Hansen, C. J. Miller, Henderson Drug Co, and other druggists.
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Howard's
Howard
Hansen & Hansen
C. J. Miller
Henderson Drug Co
Bombing Plane Flight Around Country Rim Continues
A four man crew aboard a bombing plane completes an 8,000 mile trip around the country’s rim. The craft lands at 8:25 this morning en route to Augusta, Maine. The mission, described as part of a continuing flight, aims to reach its destination shortly after sunset.
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Martin
Augusta
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