Briggs Ordered to Pay Alimony in Divorce Case
Ida A Briggs obtained a divorce from James E Briggs, formerly of Waterloo, with alimony set at 50 dollars per month until 2750 dollars is paid and 100 dollars immediate payment. The decree also assigns 250 dollars to reimburse state costs for bringing him to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida A. Briggs
James E. Briggs
Waterloo
Briggs
California
Sherif Shores
Chicago
Parific Coast
No Hope For Cheaper Anthracite Coal Says Official
Reading Pennsylvania July 28 The secretary of the Pennsylvania Coal Merchants association Welling ton M Bartolet releases the annual report predicting no reduction in hard coal prices. He cites rising mining costs and service standards, notes tax acts and bills raise consumer prices, and argues supply and demand set prices with political interference unlikely to help. He mentions an ad valorem anthracite tax of 2 percent passed by the state legislature and passed on by operators and retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Wellington M. Bartolet
Pennsylvania Coal Merchants’ Association
Pennsylvania
Enle Joe Cannon Faces Tough Primary Fight
Chicago reports Enfle Joe Cannon in the Danville district Republican nomination battle. Antagonists predict another defeat and possible retirement to private life as the Sept. 9 primaries approach. Dr. B B Cooley's candidacy reshapes Cannon prospects, undermining the long sought term in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joe
Congress
Danville
B. B. Cooley
Washington
Enele Joe
Churches Unite to Fight Army Worm Plague
In Tiponfield on July 28 farmers and families joined Brookdale district for a pest war against the army worm. Church services were dropped as people worked all day to protect corn fields and gardens with poison and pasted fly papers and newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiponfield
Brookdale
Liming the Soil For Alfalfa by A A Deryger
Alfalfa cannot be profitably produced on sour soil without lime. Lime and inoculation boost soil nitrogen through bacteria on legume roots, making alfalfa productive and soil enriching. Black Hawk county fields show lime improves outcomes. applying lime early aids fall sowing and long term fertility.
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A. A. Deryger
Ageiowburin
Black Hawk County
Sutie Sollk
Wight
Bartlett & McWarlane
Waterloo
Bees invade big candy factory in Muskogee
Thousands of bees enter a wholesale house candy plant on the fifth floor to gather material for honey. All thirty workers and others except the foreman were stung as bees attacked a table of candy crystals and syrup, eating holes through the sugar crust and consuming hundreds of pounds of candy in under three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Hew Banker Considered for Federal Reserve Board
Washington July 28 Batton Hepburn chairman of Chase National Bank New York was considered today for a place on the Federal Reserve Board should Paul M Warburg decline to appear before the senate banking committee. Senator Hitchcock was to return from New York after conferring with Warburg and the White House expected a final word to determine the nominee. President Wilson has not chosen a replacement for Thos II Jones of Chicago whose name was withdrawn but is expected to act this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
A. Batton Hepburn
Chase National Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Board
Paul M. Warburg
Senate Banking Committee
Hitchcock
New York
Warburg
White House
Wilson
Thos. II. Jones
Chicago
Dubuque County seeks to cut supervisors to three
In Dubuque on July 2, activists push a petition to place a question before voters. The drive aims to reduce the Dubuque county board from seven to three members, with over 2,000 signatures already collected and targets exceeding 4,000. The petition must meet 5 percent of the last general election vote to compel the board to submit the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dlecejan
Signers Rally Outside City for Petition Support
Citizens in rural areas aided the petition drive with surprising backing. People across sections volunteered to circulate the petition and signatures accumulated quickly, compensating for fewer urban signatures.
Becky Edelson ends hunger strike after eating twice
New York reports Becky Edelson, an I W W anarchist activist, stopped her hunger strike when a workhouse doctor fed her two soft boiled eggs. She reportedly had fasted three to four days, prompting reactions from anarchist headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Becky Edelson
Becky
Teath
The Waterloo Gun Club Trap Shoot August 4 and 5
Secretary Low Wit reports high demand for programs as Waterloo Gun Club hosts a two day tournament at Byrnes park Tuesday and Wednesday August 4 and 5. Each day features twelve 15 bird and one 40 bird event with four equal prizes and a jack rabbit system. Amateurs are enticed by inducements and the event is a registered tournament with two traps and strong entertainment for visiting sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low Wit
Waterloo
Byrnes Park
Miss Corring Fulkerson to speak at joint club meeting
Miss Corring Fulkerson of Kansas City Missouri will give several readings tonight at a joint meeting of various clubs. A graduate of the Emerson School of Oratory in Boston Massachusetts she also holds the ALBo degree from Missouri State University.
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Corring Fulkerson
Kansans City
Fulkerson
Emerson School of Oratory
Boston
Maas
Missouri State University
Greenwich man escapes jail after burglary claim
Oxley, a nineteen year old resident of Oxley Michigan, held on suspicion of burglary, walked out of the Greenwich jail last Saturday night. Officials say he passed the prosecuting attorney and sheriff at the entrance as two other prisoners were being placed in cells. Investigation shows a shear pipe fixture was pried and a piece of pipe removed. He is not charged with breaking into a fruit store.
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Greenwich
Con
Iy SA
Olin Oxley
Oxley
Mich
Ereoan
Ralph, Uragh
George BP Jones
Adle
Stock Prices Close In New York Exchange
Prices at the close in New York show mixed results with several railroads and industrials listed. Notable names include Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Chicago Great Western American Smelting Atchison Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Brooklyn Rapid Transit and various steel and copper issues amid a broad market snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Chicago Great Western
American Smelter
Atchisoas
Isal Qeey
Union Pacfic
Baltimore
Ohio
Southern Pacific
Southern Kaidy
Brooklyon Rapid United Stee
Rapsit
Steel
Commoo, Steel, Pt Ed Coppers
St. Paul
Pacific
Fork Centrale
Maconda
Rset Merivan Suge
Ee Minesterm
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
New York Girl to Wed an Army Man
Miss Agnes Janet Pruyn of Albany N Y set to marry Captain Ralph H Goldthwaite of the U S Army medical corps early in autumn. The bride to be and her mother spent two winters in Washington where the romance began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agnes Janet Pruyn
McIlwan Pruyn
Albany
N. Y
Ralph H. Goldthwaite
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
Pruyn
Washington
A Jealous Scheme Unfolds At Mrs Arnold’s House
Ned Winthrop falls under Miss Rathbone's spell amid a plot to separate him from Dorothy while Arnold plans, with Mrs Arnold, to keep him close for advantage. The week unfolds with dinners, flirtations, and a looming city departure as secrets stir.
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Dorothy Bowie
Ned Winthrop
Dotvihy
Wikenui
Ned
Bone
Ned Winghruse
Arnold
Hinself
Urea
Mahedin
Miss Rathbone
Mel
Ming Rathbone
Mr Winthrop
Mr. Winthrop
Wilkita
Ned Winthray
Rathbone
Bee
Lis
Arsold
Winthrop
Whitheap
Tyr
Mies Rethbone
Arpola
Pioneer farmer dies at hospital after long illness
Nell McDougal, a Scottish descent pioneer farmer of Mt. Veron, died at St. Francis Hospital after a serious illness. Survived by his widow and two daughters Mrs. C. Stanford and Mrs. M Bradford, a son Daniel, and twelve children in total. The funeral will be arranged by Hileman Gindt Undertaking. burial details to be announced. He had resided in the county and farmed near Ayr for many years, leaving a large family and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell McNougad
Mt. Verton
Diaensi
Test Crombie
Nec
Hileman & Gindt
McDougal
Ayr
Neil McCouppil
Oldeast
Danial
Bene Whiteton Township
Willow
Twa
C. Th Stanford
Mlaneh Bradford
S18
Edwarts Atpeet
Tau
Aga
Fe Tie
Erie
Guy
Sonny Finke
Town Talk and Community Notes from Madison to Waterloo
A scattered round of local items covers Madison figures and social notes, including a birth in the Kasendloon family, holiday visitors to Grant Avenue, and a trip to Marshalltown. Waller Wustmin faces serious injuries at a farm near WK Run, with his mother Lystan at his bedside. Congressman Charles E. Pickett weighs a Republican speaking engagement in Iowa. The death of Atimira Mabie near Roswell is reported, with Mabie kin in Waterloo and Inflepenitence noted as long-time connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorkut Elureb
Jen Vreau
Olive Snaplyrey
Waller Wustmin
Mleness
Lystan
Jefferson Street
Third Avenue
Qate
Charles E. Pickett
Republican Party
Iowa
Pickett
Atimira Mabie
J. Te Mabie
Roswell
N. M
Wade
Waterloo
Ire
Mabie
Chicago mayor takes hand in vice crusade
Chicago on July 28 reports Mayor Morri son joined the police effort to curb vice. he revoked licenses of a local offender as part of the crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vhicago
Chicago
Morrison
Leo of
The
Splendid Remedy For Eczema
An advertisement extols S S S as a safe non mineral remedy for chronic eczema. It claims the blood decanery is cleansed and new skin forms, with no drugs. The Swift Specific Co advertises bottles and medical advice via mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S&s
Swift
Atlunig
Best Teesy Saloon Sought On Route Alte
A report notes a recommendation from the Chief of Police regarding a saloon in Route Alte. The official indicated the establishment would be cited for closing an ordinance violation and for outstanding issues tied to citing authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Cheaaod
Wanted Ads Include Late Classified Notices From 1944
A jagged list of old classified lines shows Wanted Laborers, rentals, and items for sale. Entries mention a Gulf Coast area, various street names, and prices like 3000 dollars for a property. A dissolution notice names Walters Simpson and Earnest Simpson with dates in 1944.
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Phono
Beth St
Walters
Simpson
Miutual Conaen
Earnest Simpson
AML
Waterloo
Court C
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