Greater Waterloo area forms unified civic body
The Greater Waterloo Association of 1600 members unites the city’s civic clubs. It creates divisions for housing, public utilities, education, safety, and traffic, aims for a union station, promotes a Waterloo trade mark and slogan, and plans a four page booklet and a city film to boost Waterloo as an industrial and home center.
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Greater Waterloo Association
United Civic Organization
Waterloo
United States
Haseen
Health, Safety and Sanitation
Association
Re Association
Waterloo groups form traffic and industry drives
A Waterloo K of P hall gathering featured a traffic expert to assist the subdivision of traffic rates and service. The subdivision promotes Waterloo as a market and acts as city traffic manager. The National Check Writers Company is a new local industry, with several manufacturers eyed for potential expansion. The Greater Waterloo Association also organized the Waterloo Community Music League to unite musical groups and boost community performances.
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Waterloo
Iowa
National League of Postmasters
Péter
Ner
K. of P. Hall
Trafic
National Check Writers’ Company
Wabstar City
Music League
Greater Waterloo Association
Waterloo Community Music League
Ex Kaiser's Stable Equipment for Sale
THE HAGUE the horses carriages and belongings of former German Emperor William offered for sale in Handelsblatt remain at Berlin. The seller likely William himself guarantees prompt delivery in Holland. Prices quoted free on rail and boat from Berlin. Two court carriages 86,000 marks plus 5,000 marks, hunting wagon 50,000 marks, two sets of silver plated harness 30,000 marks each, Pope's gift of plated gold harness 600,000 marks, two saddles 25,000 marks.
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Hague
William
Handelsblach
Berlin
Sedler
Holland
Patriotic Italians to Work and No Play Says Nitti
Rome plans stress on labor over leisure with heavy taxation on arts and entertainments. No Sunday car travel below 36 horsepower and restrictions on excursions to Frascati and Tivoli. Hotels hosting balls face state levies. Meanwhile in Danville, Claude Hancock pleads guilty to bigamy, with three years in prison for the 10 wives case as others await pardons.
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Rome
Nitti
Frasrati
Tivoli
Danville
Claude Hancock
Cheser
9. C
Hancock
Malissa Brooks
Upper Silesian Judges Strike in Plebeiscite Clash
In Oppeln Upper Silesia judges and court officials protest commission interference with the German judiciary. Five judges sit en banc declaring the amnesty decree unconstitutional and deportations follow. The dispute tests Versailles powers as Italian commissioners try to mediate while German press weigh in.
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Oppeln
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesian
Germany
Heidenheim
Mei
Maxing
Hertel
Kangarees Roam Hillside near Honolulu in 1916
A male and female kangaroo escaped a private menagerie in Honolulu and were seen in the Oehu foothills with three young, with no capture effort yet. The oddly reported story sits beside a separate note on Chinese women seeking education to curb foot binding, marking changing marriage norms and new women’s empowerment.
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Honolulu
Oehu
New York Sun
China
Aen
Woman Stripped of Clothes in Bathhouse Theft
Mrs Helen Crawford entered a San Diego hotel bathhouse in a one piece bathing suit and apron during evening rush. Thief stole all her clothes while she bathed. proprietor serves as witness and investigates the incident.
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San Diego
Cal
Helen Crawford
Bolsheviks in Mexico Still Awaits Trial
Gabriele Sanchez Celi an Ecuadoran is jailed in Mexico City on charges of carrying Bolshevik literature and faces ongoing judicial proceedings. He denies allegations of American and Allied espionage claims he never made and asserts his denials as protests of guilt. The war department later said no such map was missing.
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Mexico City
Gabriele Sanchez Celi
Mexico
Sanchez Celi
Mexican War Department
War Department
What's in a name nosmo Hicks story in court
Cedarhurst L I Nosmo K Hicks faced vagrancy charges as he explained his odd name. He recounted how his father saw two doors labeled Nesmo and King, then No Smoking, but the family never changed his name.
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Cedarhurst
L. I
Nosmo K. Hicks
Nosmo
Hicks
Nesmo
King
Nesmo King Hicks
Bull charges car near Picton herd encounter
George Thibault, owner of Outlet summer hotel, was driving to Ward’s when a herd of cattle blocked his path. A young roan bull charged the car, damaging the axle, fender and headlight but causing only minor injuries to the driver, who praised the bull’s pluck despite poor judgment.
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Picton
Canada
George Thibault
Outlet
Heiress Margaret Legrande’s Palace and Fortune Fuel Elopement Claim
The story centers on Dominic Legrande, 19, who allegedly wed 17 year old heiress Margaret Legrande to gain her wealth. Her family seeks to set aside the marriage, noting her fortune estimated between 40 000 and 100 000 dollars and her status as an heiress.
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Dominic
Charleston Street Vendors and Their Humorous Cries
Charleston’s streets fill with hucksters plying wares from vegetables to candy. The piece catalogs cries, songs, and local characters like Joe Cole, Little John, and a monkey meat seller, painting a vivid portrait of daily life in the old port city.
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Charleston
Uro Sex
Jooma Island
Ma'am
de Naw Bridge
Negrans
Cantini Wharf
Tradd Street
Rosy
Bir
Joe Cole
Lower King Street
Joe
John
Little John
President's Daughter Borrows Fare on Fifth Avenue Bus
A fragment reports Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, needing to borrow bus fare from a conductor during a New York visit. The note implies an older, unlikely tale from a presidential family member without additional context.
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Margaret Wilson
Fifth Avenue
New York
Eloping couple in Kalamazoo faces legal hurdle
Clauda Lohnas and Oliva Hartley Lohnas from Grand Rapids plea with parents as husband cousin Clauda stays jailed awaiting arraignment in Kalamazoo on misdemeanor charges for marrying his first cousin and perjury to obtain the license. Memorial Day elopement amid parental opposition and Western State Normal School commencement context.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Lova
Oliva Mey Hartley- Lohnas
Grand Rapids
Clauda Lohnas
Lohnas
Michigan
Western State Normal School
New York
New York State
First Cousina In, Egal
Hudson's Bay Co Prospects Greatest in History
Hudson's Bay Co, the world's oldest fur trader, now operates 155 fur posts across Canada, the most in its 269 years. Sir Robert Kindersley says the future of fur looks bright as competition rises, with major expansion planned in the Mackenzie and Coppermine regions. A new Behring Strait voyage ship will haul furs to Vancouver, while the company sells remaining western lands to farmers.
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Hudson’s Bay CO
Winnipeg
Can
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Robert Kindersley
Mackengle River
Coppermine River
British Columbia
Behring Strait
Point Barrow
Arctic
Vancouver
Beach Patrol Struggles With Eyewatch Duty
Brooklyn beach patrol officers report embarrassment after being told to keep an eye on bathers who appear to wear too little. They complain that the assignment diverts them from their actual watch responsibilities and duties.
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Brythers
Brooklyn
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