Five Firsts Won by Yank Athletes in I A Contests
American athletes secured five firsts two seconds a third and a fifth in the initial nine track heats of the interallied games at Pershing Stadium France on Tuesday June 24. Highlights included Lindsay and Paddock winning heats in 11 seconds and Mason of New Zealand taking the opening 500 meters heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pershing Stadium
France
America
New Zealand
Teschner
Lawrence
Mass
Lindsay
New, Zealand
Sol Butler
Hutchinson
Kan
Howard
Canada
Paddock
Pasadena
Calif
Caste
Mason
Shields
Philadelphia
McGrath
Pain
Belgium
Hallam
Australia
Cole
Weegan
Daly
Park
Coeltes
Coeles
Polk
Supreme Court clears maker price control in retail sales
The U S Supreme Court holds that a manufacturer may set prices at which retailers sell products and that such price fixing is legal not a restraint on trade. Waterloo merchants react, urging legislative action to establish profit margins for all levels. The ruling says manufacturers may refuse to sell if retailers cut prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Waterloo
Paul Davis
Waterloo Retail Merchants’, Association
Open Air Concerts Saturday Nights in Business District
The Illin ois Central band will give weekly open air concerts every Saturday night for nine weeks starting July at the Commercial Fourth street intersection. W. P. Robinson signs the contract as band manager. Cal Huntsinger directs a 26 instrument program. The band also performs Wednesday night at Fourth and Argyle streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinoiss Central Band
Fourth Streets
W. P. Robinson
Waterloo Retail Merchants’ Association
Cal Huntsinger
Fourth
Argyle Streets
John G. Miller
Russell-Lamaon
Illinois Central Band
Waterloo Dollar Day Returns With Big Savings
Waterloo's fifth annual Dollar Day will be observed Thursday June 26 with merchants cutting prices in half on Mary cases and other items. Local retailers, part of the Waterloo Retail Merchants association, expect a major shopping day drawing buyers from surrounding towns and offering value that stretches every dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
United States
Union machinists plan meetings in Waterloo
A. G. Abbey of the International Association of Machinists tours Waterloo to assess machinists conditions. Mass meetings are planned for next month with Abbey possibly speaking Sunday afternoon. Abbey was sent at local request for labor aid from eastern headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Abbey
International Association of Machinists
Washington, D.C
Waterloo
Abbey
R. DB. Atherton
Teamsters
Key Eight Theatre Sale Adds To Local Chains
The Columbia moving picture theatre was purchased yesterday, expanding owner E. Hostetter's holdings with the Crystal and Plaza theatres. Hostetter remains manager under the new owner after the sale. French Socialists Barred from UK Labour Conference trip. Deputy Longue and M. Fressard halted at Folkestone by authorities en route to Southport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Jean Longue
Laader
M. Fressard
French Socialist Party
Labor Party
Southport
Eng
Folkestone
Ent
$25 000 Divorce Fraud Claim In Indiana Farmer Seeks Set Aside
John Postal of Bluffton Indiana FILES to set aside a Lake county divorce judgment claiming fraud and neglect by his former wife Nora Postal. He alleges lack of jurisdiction and missing notice as the basis for overturning the 1910 divorce and $25 000 alimony. Postal says he did not recall initiating action and was absent during proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hammond
Ind
the Tribune
John
Postal
Bluffton
Nora Postal
Lake County
West
Sociability Run Planned by Waterloo Autoists
Waterloo automobilists plan a July 8 to 9 sociability run along the Pershing Highway from Mason City to Keokuk. C A Clark says the event will include road condition notes and park-site scouting with state highway and park boards guests. The route covers Winnipeg to New Orleans with visits to major cities and a Keokuk dam stop for daylight sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Automobilists
Mason City
Keokuk
C. A. Clark
Black Hawk County Automobile Traves Association
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
State Highway and Park Boards
Pershing Way
Winnipeg
Canada
New Orleans
Keokuk Dam
Births reported in local notices
Toe Mr. and Mrs. Roy McCown announce a son James Jerome born June 14 at 315 Orelay South. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Conway announce a daughter Virginia Alice born June 29 at 302 Hartman. Virginia Alice and the Conway baby are noted in the same notices. Mr and Mrs James Bowen have returned from a trip to St Paul Minnesota with Mrs Jeouis Robbnson and daughter joining along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McCown
Orelay South
James
Jerome
George A. Conway
Hartman
Virginia Alice
James Bowen
Jefferson Street
St. Paul
Mino
John Kimbro
Manly
Jeouis Robbnson
Suffrage Action Soon Prompts Extra Session Plea
Iowa suffragists press for an extra legislative session in July to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. State auditor Mrs. W. W. Marsh cites favorable sentiment among Iowa lawmakers and plans a Fort Dodge convention. Leadership shifts occur in the Iowa Equal Suffrage association while Waterloo prepares a statewide jubilee program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Marsh
Des Moines
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
W. J. Harding
Fort Dodge
Effie McCollum Jones
James Devitt
Oskaloosa
Anne B. Lawther
Dubuqueé
Lawther
State Central Committee
Iowa
Emmett Tinley
Iowa Democratic Club
T. Meredith
Waterloo
Women of
W. M. Stewart
War Brides and Troop Convoy Reach New York
The transport Santa Teresa docked in New York City with 1,915 troops and 29 war brides. The 149th provisional battalion led the unit, joined by detachments from military police, supply trains, field remounts, base hospital, sanitary squadrons, ambulances, air service mechanics, and other detachments. A second ship, the Eten, arrived in Newport News with 2,000 troops from New England units including the 56th pioneer infantry and 148th field artillery, base veterinary hospital No. 1, and casual companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Teresa
St. Nazaire
149Th Provisional Battalion
210Th
Miltary
Quartermaster Corps
308Th
Newport News
New
Fertilizers to Raise Prices as Makers Drop Poor Grades
New London Conn July 25 W D Huntington president of the National Association of Manufacturers of Fertilizers announced at the association convention that within six months the industry will produce only high analysis grades eliminating fractional grades. He said standardization of the best would cut factory and selling costs, with savings passed to farmers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
W. D. Huntington
National Association of Manufacturers of Fertilizers
Huntington
Address of E. C. Dagon Sought by Relatives
A notice requests E. C. Dagon to contact his grandfather in Austin Minnesota after a letter reached Tremont Hotel in Waterloo about his whereabouts. The inquiry notes Dagon may be in Waterloo or nearby and aims to relay that his grandfather is ill and wants to see him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. C. Dagon
Tremont Hotel
Waterloo
Austin, Minn
Dagon
The
Tremont
F. McCullough
Diphtheria Quarantine Case Noted in City Brief
Several short items update city life. A diphtheria case at 903 Logan avenue prompts quarantine. Others report travel plans, a speeding charge with a $5 bond, river water drop, real estate notes, social visits, a practice shoot at Waterloo Guo club, and a birth announcement from Ann Arbor. Two divorces filed. John B Platt trust payout and a dancing instructor advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Avenue
B. A. Schaefer
Lake Titonka
Minn
A. A. Dunford
Cedar River
Howard Pack
Idaho
Fred
Pettit
Chicago
Dennis Felper 16 fails to enlist in Navy
Dennis Felper aged 16 attempted to enlist in the Navy but lacked proper guardianship. A recruiting officer advised him to obtain parental permission from his Minnesota guardians before another attempt. Felper had moved from Osage to Waterloo recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Felper
Navy
Dennis
J. E. Wood
E. D. Curtis
Minnesota
Osage
Waterloo
Pierce on Witness Stand in Expo Probe
J M Pierce publisher of the Iowa Homestead testified he wrote little lately and investigations into the commission's activities were largely by his associates. He discussed a $46 bill owed to Clinton Advertiser charged to commission funds and warned he would call graft if the bill was authorized. He said he did not know the commission had filed a fifth report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. M. Pierce
Iowa Homestead
Commission
Membership Drive for New Waterloo Club Is Under Way
A Greater Waterloo club campaign began this morning with a 11:15 meeting of workers in the Commercial club rooms. Directors from the Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants’ association and Commercial club expressed enthusiasm for the new organization. Teams of workers will meet daily at luncheon as they solicit members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Waterloo Commercial Organization
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants’ Association and
Lamson
Hotel Ruswell
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
Rouaerine
F. Hussmann
H. B. Cropper
Frank J. Jackson
T. J. Harrison
H. M. Conrow
Robert J. Price
I. Hileman
P. FP. Klein
A. W. Durch
Austin Burt
J. M. Hume
L. J. Powers
Verne Peck
D. Moore
A. Draper
Chase Wickersham
W. H. Stewart
C. R. Bassarear
D. Bragdon
Briden
H. §. Hansen
Iowa Bankers elect J H McCord president at Spencer
J H McCord of Spencer was elected president of the Iowa Bankers association after a long contest among Iowa cities. Des Moines was chosen as the 1920 meeting place, with W F Moore Guthrie Center as vice president M VY Henderson Hawkeye as treasurer and Frank Warner Des Moines as secretary. Governor Frank C Lowden arrived late to speak. Relatives of Miss Etta Johnson Fergus Falls Minn safe after a cyclone in Fergus Falls. Also reports farmers in Oklahoma need 20000 harvest hands to prevent wheat loss. Washington notes purchase and storage contracts total 2913107 000 000 at June 1. Bakers in Burlington Ia strike crippling area bakeries. Dr Epilacio Pessoa Brazilian president elect departed New York for Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa
J. H. McCord
Spencer
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Des Moines
Sioux City
W. F. Moore
Guthrie Center
M. VY. Henderson
Hawkeye
Frank Warner
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Etta Johnson
Fergus Falls
Minn
Ellis Hotel
Miss Johnson
Minneapoli
Minnesota
Oklahoma City
W. A. Murphy
Commerce
Oklahoma
Sg ES Bakers
Pessoa
N.Y
Burlington
Twen
Washington
D. C
Jry
Epilacio Pessoa
Brazil
New York
Cial
Willard Abandons Two Judges for Three Official System
Jess Willard announces plans to have three officials decide the July 4 heavyweight title bout with Dempsey. Promoter J Tex Rickard and board officials discuss the trio including a Toledo referee Ollie Pecord and two judges from New York and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Willard-Dempsey
J. Tex Rickard
Willard
Rickard
A. J. Drexel
Die
Army, Navy
Board of Boxing Control
Adam Empire
W.A. Gavin
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Empie
Gavin
Ollie Pecord
Bill Brown
New York
Jack Welch
San Francisco
Kearns
Patrick Shinners Declared Sane and Freed
Judge J. E. Williams sustained a writ of habeas corpus in Tama county freeing Patrick Shinners after finding no insanity based on testimony from about 40 witnesses and three medical examiners. Shinners had been declared insane by Tama county commissioners before appeal and commitment proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Williams
District Court
Patrick Shinners
Tama County
N. S. Peterman
Mr. Shinners
V. F. Thornton
J. G. McAlvin
W. A. Rohit
Waverly
J. H. McGready
Independence
J. H. Lucky
Vinton
Shinners
Petterman
Skinners
Black Hawk County Board Proceedings June 20 1919
The Board of Supervisors of Black Hawk County Iowa met with Magee presiding. Salaries for deputy officials set at 1750 or 4375 per year from July 1. Bids opened for Whitney Road project. Moore-Young Construction Co awarded. Committee appointed to purchase ground for Ming ond Waterloo Cedar Far road. Various claims approved. payroll warrants issued. Meeting adjourned to July 9, 1919.
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Waterloo
Towa
Tm Board of Supervisors
Black Hawk County
Magee
Anderson
Tiffany
Bailey
Shirley
McQuilkin
Strayer
J. W.W. Thompson
Geo. C. Welker
F. W. Esher
Nina Sproul
Owith
Iowa
Pauner
Old Bridge
H. E. Cleveland
Eleanor Cleveland
Woodward
Whitney Road
Moore-Young Construction Co
Mages
McQuids
Shrley
Ming
Cedar Far Road
Carri Strayer
Walter Aro Frren Lus
Clair
Verna B. Hanes
V. Philp
Julus Fabian
Geo. Cavenaugh
Cedar Falls
Oird
Bees Oe Bey Co
C. Weisbard
the Pfeiffer Co
EL Hewitt
Harris Welding Co
Easey i
W. J. Heinz
F.C. Kennison
Wiw
Burt Malthaus
Leona Burhite
Nellie E. Corliss
Matthe Westrate
G. Pennington
M. Washburn
H. Q. Penain
P.M. Washbur
Wm. Burger
B. Welsten
W. Z. Heinz
H. Westead
O. P. Davis
G. Bellinger
Burger
J. Heinz
AL Allenbaug
Wim. A. Brown
County Road
Es Wim
C. H. Welstead
John Busey
C. A. Wellstead
Tal ‘Allenbaugh
John Cotton
John Feey
A. I. Starkey
Corey
W Heinzg
W. A Allenbauen
G. W. Bellinger
G. P. Davis
H. J. Starkey
W. A. Allenbaugh
Win
W. J. Crutcher
Leonard Grow
A. Brown
C. P. Davis
Epan
Earl Messingham
Starkey
Committee On
John MacQuilkin
Joe Shirley
J. L. Bailey
W. D. Strayer
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Butler
Courier
Indiana
E. C. Dagon
Burhanua
William Beatty
Fourth Street East
Lattee
Ira
Creighton
Neb
Waterloo Realtors
Sue
Waterloo Guo Club
Byroce Park
M. B. Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
M. Ford
William Steward
Matt Parrott & Song Company
Co. D
108Th Engineers
Edward Swisher
Ann Arbor
Mich
Swisher
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
J. B. Shanéwisa
Uenore
Fisbe
Frank L. Byram
Julia S. Byram
Bath
Pearl B. Dyer
Howard B. Dyer
Corydon
John B. Platt
Frederick A. Platt
Platt
Franklin C. Platt
John C. Platt
Young Platt
Portland
Ore
Altman
Sergi. L. H. Smig
Kenneth Hanna
Gailen Hi. Dexter
Oelwein
Air Service
S. M. Pierce
Stan
New Waterloo Club
Postofce
York
Neal C. Ormand
May A. Gately
Richard E. McMahon
Lee Christine C. Nemmers
Clifford N. Ballou
Parkersburg
Ethel M. Pennington
Parkers- Dupe
Washington, D. C
War Department
Jess Willard
Scharfenbergs
Lafayette
Market Waterloo, Fo
Ustard
Ibs
Bologna
Weiers
Tbs
Compou
Laez
Proceedings OF County Board
D. Russel
J. H. Morris
Nettle Goheen
D. Ansell
P. M. Washburn
J. A. Francis
J. Magee
Board of Supervisors
Palm Beach
Jake
Athletic Union
Balbriggan Union
Chambray
Durham
Bill
Charles City
Sycamore Street
East Fifth Street
Charles Clty
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