Engineman Wage Clash Delays July Vote On Work Rules
Enginemen and firemen in the western railroads await July 1 voting on a walkout over working conditions rather than wages. They seek a 16 hour day reform and simplification of pay scales to ensure fairness, citing long-standing scheduling as protective. Negotiations paused June 1, with about 1004 rail bonds involved. managers claim proposed changes aim for uniform, simpler rules without wage cuts.
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Tailley
Rallrasd
Aiso
It Ie
Tarre
Conference Committee of Managers
Oriobder
Western Railways
Fremen
Implovess Committee
Intel Ter
Mt Auburn Social News and Visits Highlight Week
Mt Auburn notes a busy week with summer school in Cedar Falls for C. Fischer and Emil, visits by Mr. Anna Spicher of Des Moines, and the Senft family from Wisconsin. Spicher relatives in Charles City, health consultation for Wm Schiotfelt in Davenport, and Mrs C V Christopher visiting Brandon. Several locals attended Epworth league events in Shell Rock, a reunion in Shellsburg, and trips to Cedar Rapids, Brandon, and Minnesota by local families.
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Mt. Auburn
Fisher
Eon
Emil
Cedar Falls
Anna Spicher
Des Moiines
Senft
Saws Wis
Frank
Hg Spicher
Charles City
Smd
Wm. Schiotfelt
Davenport
Mina C. Lutes
Cedar Rapids
John Roster
Brandon
Laura Smailey
Vera Long
Cadet Rapids
JJ Kinley
Here
Low Schlotqt
Minnesot
Henry Holk
Westinghouse Employes Desiring No Mediation
Pittsburgh June report says Westinghouse strike leaders reject mediation with Alleghany Central Industrial union secretary Brid ay denouncing mediators while E M Herr of Westinghouse declines to confirm. About four thousand pickets ringed plants awaiting any attempt to pull workers inside.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Westinghouse
Boy, 6, Seeks Battle Roll for Shiloh Service
Charles A. Coulson, age 6, of Bayard Avenue, St Louis, has spent 28 years trying to prove he fought with the Union at Shiloh as a private in the Twenty-first Missouri. He was wounded thrice and held as a prisoner before being released. A congressional push, aided by affidavits, has led to a pending senate action to recognize his Civil War service and place his name on regimental rolls.
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Bt Louis
Charles A. Woussop
Tul
Bayard Avenue
Shiloh
Missouri
Cone Bress
Coulson
Peoria
Lupe
Igoe
Committee On Military Affai
Crulson
Company H
Frederick Lesser
Company I
Culeen
Charles Coulson
Chariie Coulson
Danison
Nashville
Venn
Fairground
St. Lonix
Congress
Secretary of War
Body Believed to be H A Rottger Found in Cedar River
Waterloo Sad Dairy Company workers told police that the drowned man recovered from the Cedar River near Rapide Saturday is likely H A Rottger, an employee. Rottger reportedly left on a fishing trip alone and has not been heard from since.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Veda Rapide
Rottger
Dyowas
Cedar Ami
Simre
Iit
Butte Miners Troubled by Rift in Federation
In Butte and nearby Rute Montana factions discuss a split within the Western Federation of Miners. Reports indicate plans for a new federation led by dissident leaders, as President Hoover faces pressure from factions seeking unity and broader support among miners.
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Rute
Mont
Charles TH. Maver
Wee Pro Federation of Miners
Marie Minera
GersRaon
Othe
Ion
Western Federation
Une
Mojer
Wsie
Western wool growers entitled to big refund
Washington city news reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled railroads charged excessive freight rates harming Western wool growers across multiple states including Utah Nebraska Nevada Idaho Colorado Missouri and Montana. The decision orders refunds with interest to wool growers for freight overcharges in eastern markets.
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Washington
Pat
Utah
Nebraska
Nevada
Idaho
Coloado
New Moextoa
Montana
Intersale Commerce Commission
Waterloo Notes People and Travel in Cedar Falls Area
Waterloo community notices include residents traveling to Chicago for business, visits by relatives, and local civic meetings. Notables: Weller and Grout on Chicago trips, Miss Ruth Bradford visiting Dubuque, several moves and plans to Salem Oregon and Milwaukee, plus local church events and a city council social orchestra.
Claims to control sex at Carnegie research meeting
Dr Oscar Riddle of the Carnegie Institute evolution station told the American Academy of Medicine in Atlantic City that artificial control of sex has passed the experimental stage. He cited experiments with pigeons and doves, frogs and toads, and said human control would depend on mammal studies and could become possible.
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Carnegie Institute
Atlantic City
Oscar Riddle
American Academy of Medicine
Dr. Riddle
Estes Nicholas
Portland
Hoe
John L. Heffron
Syracuse
N.Y
Academy
Waterloos Golfers urged to enter Ottumwa Iowa tourney
Paul Talbot secretary of Prospect Golf Club asked Waterloo golfers planning to attend the Iowa State Golf Association event at Ottumwa from July to contact him immediately. Entries from Black Hawk County go through Talbot. Prizes will be added for winners. About 60 top local golfers expected to attend.
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Golvers
Paul Talbot
Prospect Gol Club
Waterloo
Iowa State Golf Association
Ottumwa
Black Hawk County
Talbot
Nipoleon
Emmett Blowers Dies at 72 in Waterloo Barber Shop Owner
Emmett Blowers a Waterloo resident since 1846 died this afternoon aged 72. He operated a barber shop in Waterloo for many years and resided on Fifth Street East.
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Emmett Blowers
Waterloo
Fifth Street
Title Fight For Lands Continues Amid Railroad Dispute
A centuries' long case concerns mineral land exclusions in railroad land grants. Railroads claim oil is not a mineral and lands are not excepted. government argues lands remain subject to grant. Burke and others press placer claims while Northern Pacific backs broader stakes. The property value cited dwarfs state debts and gold, underscoring high stakes in court.
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Burke
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Virginia
North Carolina
Nebraska
Georgia
Kentucky
Oregon
United States
FIGHTING PLANS TO ENTER PARLEY
Aide to Carranza and Leopoldo Hurtado Espenosa of Congress are expected Wednesday to reach the region. Calderon is believed to succeed Rafael Zubaran as representative of the constitutionalists here. A message from General Carranza to mediators has been sent from Washington to Niagara Falls announcing possible informal negotiations for a provisional government through American commissioners.
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Carranza
Leopoldo Hurtado Espenosa
Congress
Madero
Calderon
Rafael Zubaran
Washington
Niagara Falls
Woman Kills Husband in Albia Quarrel
Albia Iowa June 22 Victor Minella aged 45 a mite worker at Lovi lia was shot and instantly killed during a quarrel with his wife at their home Sunday afternoon. The woman was arrested and lodged in jail. The police say she has confessed.
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Albia
Victor Minella
Lovillia
Edythe Havemeyer to Wed an Earl
New York reports the engagement of Miss Edythe Havemeyer daughter of the late Henry Havemeyer to the Earl of Euston born 1850, heir to the Duke of Grafton. Havemeyer, long based in England, earlier stirred society in 1905 by asserting independence and living in London with a chaperon.
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New York
London
Edythe Havemeyer
Henry Havemeyer
Earl of Euston
Duke of Grafton
England
Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Heavy rains wash out rails in eastern Kansas
Heavy rains in eastern Kansas halt several railroad lines and disrupt service in affected districts. Official data notes June 1914 as the sixth wettest of 28 years, contrasting with a rainless June in 1913. Local ads in the Courier highlight daily help wanted notices.
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Kansas City
Kansas
MOY PIANIST GIVES BOLO RECITAL TONIGHT
Jack Leonard the boy pianist, known to Waterloo as a musician of great ability, will give a solo recital tonight in the music hall of the Early Music house on the eighth floor. Violinist Hurlbert Cheever will assist. Leonard trained in London at the Royal College of Music and later studied under Miss Georgiella Lay at Waterloo Conservatory, with many recitals there.
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Jack Leonard
Waterloo
Early Music House
Hurlbert Cheever
Master Leonard
London
Royal College of Music
Georgiella Lay
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Jack
Supreme Court reverses circuit ruling on vows and tobacco
Washington June 22 The Supreme Court reversed the Eighth Circuit’s finding that Catholic vows of poverty were void as public policy. It also struck down Kentucky’s restriction allowing farmers to pull tobacco as unconstitutional. The court denied Louisiana’s request to block Treasury sugar preferences for imported Cuban sugar under the Underwood tariff.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Eighth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Secretary of the Treasury
Rail Time Tables and City Rail Leaves Daily
Rail schedule excerpt lists trains from Dubuque to Chicago and Minneapolis to Twin Cities. Includes local and express services with arrival and departure times at Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Omaha, Sioux City, Albert Lea, and Cedar Rapids. Noted is daily service from Dubuque and limited runs to Minneapolis, St Paul, and Manly with several northwest bound and south bound legs.
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Dodge
Omaha
Omana
Sioux City
Ft. Dodge
Twin Cities
Twin City
Albert Lea
Albert Lea Artiven
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Manly
Shell Rock
South Bound
Interurban timetable notices from Waterloo to Cedar Falls
Timetable snippets list multiple departure and arrival times for the Waterloo Cedar Falls interurban service. Entries show stations at Union depot East side and Des Moines corridors with times such as 3:15 am 8:00 am 5:10 pm 7:45 pm and late night runs. Also includes Cedar Falls to Waterloo departures: 8:15 am 12:85 pm 6:50 pm 7:25 am and 1:20 pm with various intermediate stop notes at East Fourth and Lafayette streets.
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East Side
Des M. & KC
Union Depot
Des M. & K
Bindage
Des Moines
North Bound
Union Dep
C. & Twin Cc
Oetweb
Chicago
L East Side
W. Oo. K. & N. Interurban
Waterloo
Cedar Falla
Corner East Fourth
Lafayette Atreeta
Cedar Falls
West Side City Park
E. M. Storm & Co
Waceroo
Galloway
West Side
Mulberry
Cara Ally
Liberati Band Opens Waterloo Chautauqua in Fine Style
Crowds fill Waterloo Chautauqua grounds for opening day with Liberati s band of New York City and four soldiers. Evening concert at 8 o clock features the same performers. Attendance high, grounds and seats well prepared. Manager Ritz expects 1914 Chautauqua to be highly successful with tomorrow s program including Bible hour, lectures, reader Marietta La Dell, and a feature on England.
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Liberati
New York City
Waterloo
Chautauqua
Ritz
Edwin 5
Stucker
Marietta
Dell
Frank P. Sadler
C. L
For Sale and Wanted Ads Packaged in Courier Style
Classified notices list items for sale including a Shetland pony buggy harness sewing machine and furniture. Also wanted entries seek a horse for delivery wagon an capable general houseworker a young man for travel with paid transportation and educated adults for home or travel work with weekly pay and expenses.
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F. D
W. Std
Odren
Commercial St
9Th St
Vine St
Tremont Hotel
Cameron
Waterloo
H. R. Schulte
Del
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Shioh
H. A. Rottger
Butte, Mont
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Panama Canal
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Gatun Locks
Panama
Fot Weller
H.W. Grout
B. Myera
Mother
Henry W. Hammond
Noy Bradford
Hazel Geyer
Smith, Liehty & Willman Co
Ruth Wradford
Dubuque
Christopher
Armstrong
Emmet County
Mortimer B. Cleveland
Webster City
Henry of
Marlington
City
J. C. Beam
A. F. Schamalle
Columbia Street
Salem
Ore
F. H. Stephens
United States Army
Tie
Tremont, Hotel
A. J. Northrup
Toray
Clear Lake
Grace M. EK. Church
Htev
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J. T. LaForce
Rallef
Great Vern
Will Brown
Yellowstone Park
Pearl McLarnam
Tressa Trainor
Uilea
N. Y
Will Tench
Fifth Street West
C. G. Sawyer
Marion
Ind
A. M
Waterloo Lodge
Masonie Temple
Sons of Veterans
G. A. R. Hall
R. C. Keagy
Manchester
Rural Life Missionary Movement
M. FE
Ceder Falls
St. Paul's M. E
St. Paul's M.E. Church
U. S&s. Daughters’ Club
Cedar River Park
Andrews
Keokuk
Civic Society
Odar River Park
Richard Burke
Oskaloosa
Messrs. C. E. Dawson
C. M. Avrand
Rockford
W. J. Hacks
Logan Avenue
John Nugent
Leland Avenue
KB. Plummer
Waterloo Business College
Indiana
M. L. Bowman
Corning
Grace Drennar
Matthews
Guy A. Ragon
Grundy Center
Flavinia Ridgway
Mr. Ragon
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Uncle Sam
Columbia
South America
Ecuvador
Venezuela
Washbounton
U. S. Senate
Don P. Ezequiel Rojas
Wilson
Brynx
Eusebia A. Morales
Senor
Raphael M. Arizaga
The
Courier
Moy
Supreme Court Nelings
Illinois Central BR. KR
Tilda
Chicago (Express
North Bours
Burlington
St. Louiz
Cc. G. W. RR
Central Meat Market
E. 4Th Street
M. B. Neff
Phong
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