Airplanes to Expand Miller-Scales Aero Fleet at Byrnes Park
Lieut Milo Miller of Miller-Scales Aero returns from Little Rock with two Curtis planes, bringing fleet to three airships. Planes arrive in a few days, trial flights likely Friday or Saturday after assembly at Byrnes Park. Miller and photographer C O Pierce test aerial camera, plan city and farm photography and advertising flights. Lieut Fred Taylor begins 4 Q day engagement with Redpath-Vawter system using Miller-Scales plane.
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Milo Miller
Miller- Scales Aero Company
Little Rock
Ark
Curtis
Byrnes Park
Lieut. Miller
Waterloo
C. O. Pierce
Waterton
Fred Taylor
Waterloo Elks Return From State Roundup Parade Honor
Waterloo lodge No. 290 B P Q Elks returned from the state convention in Dubuque where the Waterloo Bills led the parade headed by the Cedar Falls band. J C Murtagh was elected first vice president of the state organization. The next Elk event is Flag Day June 14 at the club home Mulberry street and Park avenue.
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Waterloo Lodge
B. P.Q. Elks
Dubuque
Bosen
Cedar Falls Band
Elks
J. C. Murtagh
Iowa
Waterloo
Mulberry Street
Park Avenue
Germany Defends Right to Withdraw Forces From Baltic Posts
Germany informs the Allied Armistice Commission at Spa that under Article XI it may withdraw troops from the Baltic regions formerly belonging to Russia. Evacuation of Lithuania and Latvia is expected to finish in six to eight weeks and General van der Goltz is told not to interfere in Latvia’s internal affairs. The note says troop concentrations cited by Marshal Foch involve units already removed from Baltic provinces.
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Berlin
Marshal Foch
Lithuania
Letvia
Germmany
Allied Armistice Commission
Spa
Germany
Russia
Leivia
van der Goltz
Latvia
Baltic
Leader 3 Specting and Grading Gardens
Inspection and grading of home gardens under Mrs. Chester Cadwallader proceeds through Lincoln and John Fiske districts then Alcott and Washington territory, moving east to west. Fifty plots graded yesterday with gardens praised as excellent. Cadwallader distributes gardening school membership buttons and visits Mulllan and Logan avenues, with Grant garden on Saturday. Pet Stock Breed ers' association to plan lawn and fall shows at city hall Friday at 5 p.m. All interested may attend regardless of membership.
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Chester Cadwallader
Lincoln
John Fiske
Alcott
Washington Territory
Shane
Pet Stock Breeders’ Association
City Hall
At & P.m
Busby Returns From 14 Months Overseas Postal Service
Fred K. Busby, foreman of the carriers at the Waterloo post office, came back from 14 months in the expeditionary postal forces. He served in Paris during air raids, then at Bordeaux, and finally at Le Havre near the front where he arrived two hours before the armistice. Busby has 15 years in the mail service and seven years in Waterloo, with a brief vacation before resuming his post.
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Fred K. Busby
Paris
Hordeaux
Barleduc
Gbordeaux
Bacleduc
Busby
Waterloo
Walter J.E. Manahl Wounded. Infected Blood Poisoning
Walter J. E. Manahl is hospitalized at Presbyterian hospital suffering from blood poisoning due to a wound received Memorial Day. Local medical staff report the condition as serious but under careful treatment.
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Woend
Walter JE. Manahl
Presbyterian Hospital
The
Coconut Oil Shampoo Promises Gentle Hair Care
An advertisement touts purified coconut oil shampoo as a superior, greaseless option that avoids alkali found in many commercial products. A small amount produces rich lather to cleanse hair and scalp, leaving hair soft, bright, and easy to manage.
Manaia bowing team member injured in army vet
An injury above the right knee worsened after swelling developed. he was hospitalized on Tuesday. Mr. Manahi, one of five Manaia bowing brothers, served in the U S Army.
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Mr. Manahi
U.S
False fire alarm on Washington Street last evening
The fire department responded to a call on Washington Street shortly before 8 pm but the alarm proved false. An insurance ad from Bronson Insurance Agency and a Courier line offering 25-word ads for 25 cents daily are noted.
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Washington Street
Orange Township Farm Sells for 51000 at 425 an Acre
Carleton Neb resident UT miller bought the Elias Bickley 120 acre farm in Orange township paying 425 an acre. The purchase, totaling 51000, is reported as one of the highest land prices this year in the area.
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Miller
Carleton
Neb
Gal Miller
Elias Bickley
Orange Township
Last Night's News in Brief
Paris reports President Wilson told Irish American representatives he will work unofficially to bring the Irish question to the peace commissioners. Washington sees a tentative 300000 army budget base. Pershing plans to move 37500 troops home in June, breaking movement records. Chicago notes a Lithuanian National Convention seeks US army recruitment to back independence if Washington approves. New York recalls Graf Waldersee vessel rammed miles east of Sandy Hook.
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Paris
Wilson
America
Washington
D. C
House
Pershing
Germany
Chicago
United States
New York
Hiner Graf Waldersee
Sandy Hook
Tawney Dies in Excelsior Springs After 18 Years in Congress
Tawney former congressman of the First Minnesota district and ex chairman of the house appropriations committee died at 4 oclock this morning in Excelsior Springs. He was 64 and had been in ill health for months. He served 18 years in Congress from 1892 to 1911 and later joined the international joint commission.
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Associated Press
Winona
Ming
Ames A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Mxeslgior
Tawney
Peace Turks Reach Toulon After Lyons Station Stop
The Turkish peace delegation, arriving in Toulon, Lyons station, found no official reception at the station. The group stayed in its car and was driven to Vaucresson in the suburbs.
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Paris
Toulon
Lyons
Wvaucresson
Flying Circus Set to Visit Waverly on Friday
Waverly prepares for a flying circus at the fair grounds on Friday with aerial demonstrations and a fuel oil convoy arriving soon. The edition notes school activities and local marriages including Carl Runyard and Elsie Buelow wed last Sunday at the bride’s home.
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Jautos
Carl Runyard
Elsie Buelow
F. H. Buelow
Rev. J
Cole
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Yarrington Eligi Umente
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Greatest Clothing Store
Thes
Dotson-Kerwin Boys’ Store
Hat Store
Panamas
Toyo Panamas
Leghorns
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Ballibuntles
Boys’ Athletic Union
Nainsockt
Otson-Erwin
Muldoon Shoe Co
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Styleplus
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