Byrnes Calls for Park Board Investigation
James Byrnes, a park board member, demands examination of Waterloo park accounts after state examiners report. He says taxpayers were misled about funds from 1909 to 1910 and urges city council oversight to restore public confidence. Miss Donita Tutt and Mrs. Alice Tutties are noted in a separate travel snippet.
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Waterloo
Park Board
James Byrnes
Donita Tutth
First National Bank
Yellowstone National Park
Denver
Osait Lake
Alice Tutties
Roosevelt Does Not Insist On His Own Nomination
A report describes Colonel Roosevelt's surprise arrival at Orchestra Hall where delegates nominated him for president. He accepted the nomination and urged a unified progressive movement embracing all Americans beyond party lines. He emphasized freedom for delegates to choose the best candidate if not him and praised the people’s convention.
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Colonal Roosevelt
Orchestra Hall
Orday
Seiarar Dixon
Stubbs
Kansas
Roosevelt
Johnson
Xen
Lin
Steam roller at the Republican convention crushes Teddy’s foes
The piece paints the 1912 convention scene as a steam roller, led by Senator Root, flattening rival delegates and bolstering Taft’s nomination. Spectators howl with ch ch and sing Nearer My God to Thee as the process unfolds, leaving Roosevelt supporters bruised yet defiant.
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Hichard Coe Bland
Moomnan
Val
Senator Root
Teddy
New York
Root
National Committee
Chatravan
Taft
Old People’s Day Observed at First Brethren Church
Yesterday the First Brethren Church observed Old People’s Day with a morning service led by Rev. W. H. Beachler who preached a special sermon highlighting longevity and community care. John J. Weller was noted as the oldest attendee in attendance.
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First Brethren Church
W. H. Beachler
Alson
Jonathan Shirey
John As‘quith
Sylvester Hilderrand
William Hilderand
Joseph Saylor
David Harrison
Samuel Hoover
J. M. Clichty
J.ph. Klingaman
G. Klingaman
Lnes
Federal Army
Secret Service
Oldest Parishioner Honored At Waterloo Service
The Longregation held a special sermon for seniors with a music filled service featuring hymns by the younger elderly choir. John J. Weller, 84, the church’s oldest attendee, has been a member since 1862 and, with his wife, marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They have six children, sixteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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John J. Weller
Weller
First Brethren Church
Waterloo
Mr. Weller
Waterloo Fire Departments Quick Run Destroys Farm Building
Waterloo fire department responded to a blaze at the Galloway Van Pelt dairy farm on the old Cedar Falls road. The heavy fire truck with six men reached the wellhouse in seven minutes but could not save the building, which burned to the ground, with an estimated loss of about $200. The origin is believed to be greasy rags near the gasoline engine powering the pump. The return trip covered six and a half miles.
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Waterloo Fre Department
Galloway-Van Pelt
Cedar Falls Road
Fire apparatus speeds to Cedar Falls on emergency run
Captain Lou Armstrong steered the fire department’s machine on a rapid run, with an estimated fourteen minutes to Cedar Falls under favorable conditions. A washout on Fourth Street blocked the outward trip and sand limited footing on a turn, but the crew praised the performance and Cedar Falls residents gained confidence in quick aid from the city. Courier wanted.
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Lou Armstrong
Cedar Falls
Washington Street
Fourth Street
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C. RR. Rehde
Adamgister
Irene
Chicags
Rohde
T. C. Flarman
Sayoudiawn Avenue
Columbus, O
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Supreme Connect
United Commercial Travelers
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van Pelt
Ment
Pauline Cushman
Confederacy
Shelbyville
South
Rosa O'Neal Greenhow
Allan Pinkerton
Belle Boyd
Jackson
Plannic
Front Royal
Ancy Hart
E ‘Brady
Elson
Grant
Lee
Sherman
McClellan
Brady
Corinth Battlements
Gettysburg
Petersburg Trences
Sumter
Appomattox
Acoria
Antietam
Bull Run
Pyon
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