Cedar Valley Train Ditch Leaves Five Cars Derailed
A Cedar Valley line wreck near La Porte City derailed five cars as Motorman G F Byars failed to stop at a yard switch while a Waterloo bound freight rolled through. Three cars burned, two cows and a calf unharmed. four boxcars and caboose remained on track. wrecking crew moved derailed cars into ditch. Byars and crew uninjured. Trafic not delayed. Byars had worked since 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietormean G. F. Byars
la Porte City
Waterloo
John Brink
J B. Jones
Byers
Cedar Valley
Trafic
Byer
May Organize Freight Bureau in Waterloo
J. K. Mahon of Ottumwa spoke to about 100 local shippers outlining plans to form a Waterloo freight rate bureau. The group would hire a paid secretary to coordinate efforts against rail freight discrimination, attend hearings, and support railway commissioners. Several firms pledged financial backing for the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
J. K. Mahon
Mahon
Ottumwa
Interior
Iowa Traffic Association
Altha
Special Train for Chicago Excursion Planned
Town Criers' Act club schedules a special train to Chicago for June 18 with 65 to 75 prospective riders. Early departure aims to reach the 300 mile Speedway race before the airmen convention opens June 20. Five Pullman cars a diner and baggage car are spoken for, with more equipment possible if demand grows. Illinois Central trains will add extra cars on June 22 for Batnaml Bailey shows with two trains held for afternoon performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Criers
Act Club
Chicago
National Convention of Airmen
Speedway
Ilinois Central
Batnunl & Bailey
Fort Dodge
Audubon school work sparks student interest and boxes
Much interest shown by school children in audution work with 1100 members in the society. Emertson building leads with 234 members and Hawthorne with 226, while Hawthorne supplied the most bird boxes. All but two schools have joined and plan to begin at the opening of the penitential period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emertson
Hawthorne
Elt
Canadian casualty totals rise in militia records
Ottawa reports a growing Canadian casualty list with 1,218 killed, 5,220 wounded, and 1,565 missing. Figures are drawn from militia department records as of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Militia Department
Waterloo Star at Stage Meet in Chicago
West High captain-elect George Rausch enters the fourteenth annual interscholastic track meet at the University of Chicago. He will run the 100 and 220 yard dashes under coach Lloyd C. Ray, aiming for top five finishes and possible honors. Rausch trained diligently since school closed and vows to do his best.
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George Rausch
West High
Chicago
University of Chicago
Alonzo A. Stage
Rausch
Mr. Stage
Midway Track
Lloyd C. Ray
Northwestern
Area, Ill
Waterloo
Middlewest
McElhinney Tax Assessment Reduced to 44200
In a 1911 tax dispute, McElhinney challenged an $81000 assessment alleging mausoleum stock was not at par. Judge Dunham ruled the original assessment be reduced to $44200 after hearing claims that substantial stocks held were valueless. The case, against County Treasurer Bentley and others, was decided in Vermilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben McCoy
H. F. McElhinney
Mr. McElhinney
Bentley
Dunham
Vermilion
3. D
McElhingey
Ben Hur Big Banquet Tuesday At Loyal Fraternal Event
Melchoir court of Ben Hur held a reception and banquet in A. O. Tr. W. hall. H. McCarty acted as toastmaster while E. F P. Feely and J. C. Murtagh spoke on new members and the fraternity. W. H. Owen of Crawfordsville delivered the principal address. A class of 4h candidates was initiated and ballroom festivities followed until 1 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Tr
Melchoir Court
Tribe of
W. H. Owen
Crawfordsville
Ind
Gas chandelier crash injures boy at high school
In Iowa City a 13 year old, Lester Louis, son of Mr and Mrs C W Louis of East Burtington Street, was injured when a large gas and electric chandelier fell during a literacy program in the high school auditorium. Firemen and staff evacuated the crowd. the boy received scalp wounds and shock but recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jews City
Hester Louis
C. W. Louis
Ast Burtington Street
Meadele
Lester Louis
Girl of Twenty Drowned While Wading Near Bellevue
Miss Mabel Miller aged 20 daughter of Joh Miller of Galena drowned Sunday afternoon five miles north of Bellevue near Burrichter camp while wading with a life preserver on. She removed the preserver after reaching shore and sank on entering the river again, body recovered an hour later. Dr. Lampe of Bellevue with a party nearby attempted resuscitation but life was extinct. Father Mr Miller overwhelmed with grief and taken to Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Mabel Miller
Joh Miller
Galena
Burrichter
Miller
Prefers Death to Drug Treatment
Davenport reports Dr. J. E. Rankin of Watertown Illinois chose suicide over hospital confinement for porn habit treatment. He and his wife were ordered to Loat asylum for treatment. they returned home, and he ingested poison, dying within an hour. Mrs Rankin will receive treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
J. E. Rankin
Watertown
Ill
Poet Walter Carson Seeks Pearl Worth Up To Fifteen Hundred
Dubuque reports Walter Carson known as The Poet found a near perfect pearl near Cat Fish creek on Monday morning. Experts estimate the value between 900 and 1500 dollars. Carson is a famed local pearl fisher with a celebrated Mississippi collection and a sailor past. He is also an artist whose works adorn his home and whose songs reach New York publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubinque
Walter Carson
Cat Fish Creek
Carson
Mississippi
New York
Davenport Undertakers Demand $30 Per Burial
Davenport undertakers warn the board of supervisors they will refuse to bury county cases at $10 per burial. They claim costs rose from $9 to $8 per case at the current price and threaten unburied deceased in the potter's field unless paid. They propose $20 per burial with a coffin and decent burial, a request previously rejected by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Board of Supervisors
Potter's Field
Line Board of Supervisors
Iowa Masons Number 52 000, Grand Master Reports
Cedar Rapids June 9 Iowa has 52000 members of the Masonic fraternity Grand Master Charles W Walton of Dubuque announced at the opening of the Iowa Grand Lodge session Over 1000 Masons attended Grand Master Louis Block Davenport urged support for President Wilson praising Lincoln era leadership and urging adherence to his calls for truth and right warning against ingratitude from Americans during wartime trials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Charles W. Walton
Dubnane
Louis Block
Davenport
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Twenty Years for Rape Sentenced in District Court
James Davidson of Greene was sentenced by Judge C H Kelley to twenty years in the penitentiary at Fort Madison after pleading guilty to rape. The victim was fourteen years old. Sheriff Martin escorted Davidson to Fort Madison shortly after sentencing.
IRS Conrad Paul Dies of Paralysis in Kennington Township
Mrs Christina Paul widow of Conrad Paul died of paralysis at 1 30 this morning at 4156 Eds Warda Street under granddaughter Emma Kegemann care. Funeral services set for Saturday with a home prayer service at 10 then transport to Fritz church in Bennington township for 1 oclock rites. Burial in Fritz cemetery. Christina Sack Paul born November 22 1842 in Hersendarmstadt Germany came to America at 14, married July 11 1861 in Carroll County and later moved to Black Hawk and Vernon townships. Nine children born. three died Amelia Louisa Anna. Surviving Hoying children listed. husband died August 5 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Paul
Conrad Paul
Eds Warda Street
Brea
Emma Kegemann
I Mueller
Bennington Township
Fritz
Carroll Country
Crtstina Sack
Conrad Sack
Hersendarmstadt
Germany
America
Carrol County
Paul
Black Hawk County
Addie Dambman
Illinois
Emma Hageman
Sophia Wartman
Waterloo
Too Cold and Wet for Growing Crops Weekly Weather Bulletin
Des Moines reports a wet week hindering field work and slow corn growth. Upland corn planting finished in many areas while some early fields cultivated. much bottom land remains for planting or catch crops. Grass improved, small grains in good to rank condition, Hessian fly damaging southern winter wheat. Potatoes and garden crops thriving. June 1 reports show corn 87, oats 97, spring wheat 95, winter wheat 96, barley 95, rye 96, flax 95, potatoes 96, tame hay and pastures 97, wild hay 96 percent of average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hssown Weather and Crop Service
Geo. M. Chappal
Des Moines
Yo Ag
Cattle Show Discouraged At Fairs Across Nation
Des Moines reports W B Barney dairy and food commissioner cites Holstein-Friesian Association of America decision at New York meeting to discourage showing fine cattle this year due to foot and mouth disease. Prizes of 500 dollars at Iowa state fair and Waterloo dairy show unlikely. Barney re elected to executive committee amid الشرق weather, fruit damage, and westward prosperity envy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. B. Barney
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
New York
Iowa
Waterloo
Barney
Towa
Resinous Heal All Skin Itches Resinal Ointment Soap Ad
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap promote relief from eczema rash ringworm tetter and scalp eruptions claims to clear pimples blackheads redness roughness and dandruff with no free alkali in the soap and a long history of physician recommendations and cures. Strong sales language urges purchase from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evyary Druggist
Cedar Falls Daily News Briefs Hit by Messy OCR
Community notes report delivery irregularities to Cedar Falls Drug Co. and updates on local social events, educational board activities, visits by residents, openings and plans for Cedar Falls business college, concerts, and playground openings amid a flurry of names, places, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceder Falls
Oity News Mis
UMD
Tel
Evening Courier
T Hibartibers
Ceder Ally Drug Co
Corbor Fourth
Little Girl Run Down by an Auto in Cedar Falls
A six year old girl, Irma Scarborough, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Scarborough, was struck by a car at Ninth and Main in Cedar Falls while visiting with Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Hearst. The child sustained head injuries and was taken to Iowa City for treatment. The driver, H. G. Reiher of 915 Franklin Street, remained distressed and cooperated with responders. Her parents are reportedly away on a trip to San Francisco. A 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Severin Markussen was noted as lost in a later Cedar Falls report.
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Cedar Pals
jFrank Veacock
Vixon
J.J. Spechlen
Renewhus
Marion McMarrant Walker
Miay Plattner
Collngerie
MeCoy
Mra. McCoy
Miss Plattner
Bate Educational Board
Clyde Hoover
Cedar Fair
Star Tea
LeMars
Denver
Cola
Mise Gladys Youngain
Chicago
Annn Young
Mildred McCunlife
Cedar Falls
Fairlank
V.hey
Twenty-fifth Street
Harry M
Charles M. Merrill
Lillian Lambert
Twenty-third
Lowna Strecta
Clarence
Wise
Mrp
College
Presbyterian Church
Marha Mary
Greenwood Cemetery Association
Frank Jackson
West Second Street
Kensington
Methodist Episcopal Church
FI. N. Billiman
Alice Cowie
May Dougherty
Milas Alma Cutler
Nina Baumgardner
Bernice Wilson
Dubuque
Phillip Raimbach
Will Tomor
Valley Junction
Vinih
Pyed
Laura Milller
Kenan Polty
Inter
Parlie
Wilson
Forestry Department
Minnesota State University
Tfy
Atest
Polute
Morton
Merril
Cedar Falls Business College
Wile
Main Street
S.A. Randall
Hall
Rochester
Minn
Tom Wise
Iis
C. A. Wike
Mort
Misa Marie Mularky
Misa Dorla ‘Linefelter
Mise Orphin Wilson
Misa Mularky
Algona
Irmna
Scarborough
Oakdale Sanitarium
Ninth
Main Stream
W. L. Wearst
San Francisco
H. G. Reiher
Franklin Street
W. L. Hearst
Towa City
Joint Picnic At Christian Church Marks First Anniversary
About 100 attendees enjoyed a joint picnic of the Polarship and Loyal Women classes at West Christian Church despite chilly weather. Music by the Knights of Pythias Glee Club accompanied the event while officers were elected: Willey president, Wittlel high president, Reynolds secretary, Wanamaker treasurer. The body of Miss Nallia Bailey, who died Sunday at Platte, S. D., will arrive in Waterloo Thursday evening for funeral services at 10 Friday morning at Hileman & Gindt parlors, with burial in Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Christin Church
Pleniekers
Thureh
Hkaights
Pythias Glee Club
Scott Prowell
V. Willey
A. A. Wittlel
T. J. Reynolds
W. R. Wanamaker
Nallla Bailey
Platte
Waterloo
Hileman & Gindt Undertaking
Fairview
Washing hair with coconut oil as soap substitute
An old advertisement advises using diluted coconut oil instead of soap to wash hair. It claims soap damages the scalp and hair, while coconut oil cleans thoroughly, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, shiny, and manageable. The text notes the oil is inexpensive and widely available from pharmacies.
Cemetery plans funeral as family plot reaches capacity
A notice states a city cemetery funeral service was set for Cedar Halls but the family lot at Cedar Wall a cemetery is full. Real estate transfers list transfers in Black Hawk County with minimal values and parcels, including J L Melchel to G H French for 17,000 and others for one dollar and small sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Halls
Cedar Walla
A. B. Lovejoy
Kari Pauling
Shulliam
Waterloo
Sargol Diet Ad Promises Quick Weight Gain
An advertisement urges thin men and women to ingest Sargol one tablet with each meal for two weeks to gain five to eight pounds. It claims the fat from meals converts to nourishing flesh, stops waste, and guarantees weight increase with a money back offer from Waterloo druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joder Pharmacy
Waterloo
March of Natural Laws and Health Advice
Weigert extols natural laws shaping civilization and health, urging harmony with these forces. He notes progress and suffering arise from ignorance or noncompliance and promises further guidance in his next series No. 8 for good health.
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Ditch
Biles
Aucurbon
McElhinney
Ben Hur
Wasterloo
Iowa News
IRS
Warine
Sincio
Wuneral Servier
Kennington Township
Lawn City
Daxsing Bitevest
Mae
Pip
Iniva Street
Vend
Sendo
Ins
Ustal
Iran
Girt
NPWER
Severin Markussen
Horlick
Paul Davis
Christian Church
Briley Punerat
RIDA
Ham
Weigert
First National Bank
Aly
Macon
Aliy
Stuer
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