Court of Honor and Weight and Measures Sealer Updates
A special Court of Honor meeting is planned tonight at the G A R hall to initiate new members. The city will inaugurate F W Gregory as sealer of weights and measures, with city reimbursement arranged for tools worth 50,000 dollars. Tools arrive today. duties include verifying weights and inspecting scales at least annually, with fees collected. A W Co A parlors and dining will close on the Fourth of July.
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Court of Honor
Inight
G. A. R. Hall
Brotherhood of American Yeo‘men
F. W. Gregory
Itr
Gregory
Waterloo
W. Co. A
Mrs. J. C. Ordway's Mother Dies in New York
Mrs. J. C. Ordway leaves Yok Auburn to attend the death of her husband’s mother Mrs. W. L. Rutherford. The 76 year old former Waterloo resident died after an operation at a hospital, following frail health and a series of family losses in four months. Paragraph notes the Ordway family line and recalls prior bereavements. Also includes an unrelated ad urging Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough.
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J. C. Ordway
Auburn
N. Y
W. L. Rutherford
Rutherford
Thousand Island Park
Waterloo
Washington, D. C
John Ordway
J. Og. Ordway
Hart Arrest Reveals Paste Diamond Heist Spoof
Police in California detained William Hart near Eleventh Street East after rings found on him turned out to be paste diamonds worth $2.50 per dozen in Chicago. Hart claimed he bought the rings recently for $2.50 a dozen and was selling them at $6 a dozen. He gave his age as 29 and was granted release to leave town to work on the street.
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Polfes
Wiliam Hart
California
Chicago
Hart
Eleventh Street East
General Motors Stock Jumps on Strong Six Month Gain
Chicago June 30 General Motors common stock rose about five percent on the New York Exchange to 64 as gains are attributed to earnings. For the six months ended March 31, 1911, total earnings reached 2,939,700 with surplus after interest and preferred dividends about 1,977,230. GM, a holding group controlling thirteen motor companies, has 13,750,000 in common stock and 3,600,000 in preferred stock, with no common dividends though a 150 percent stock dividend was issued November 15, 1903.
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Chicago
General Motors Company
Ineai
New York
Orly
Rioting across ports as seamen strike erupts in England
London reports widespread rioting in England and on the continent as seamen strike action escalates. At Hull over twenty injured, including several police with three seriously hurt, as police reinforcements quell disturbances after failed shipowners versus strikers settlement. Vandalism hits Shipping Federation and free labor offices. Amsterdam quays beatings and ship-store windows smashed. Some lines yield, crews return to work, and loading resumes on Empress of Britain and other liners.
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London
England
Hull
Strvkers
Shipping Federation
Free Labor
Wilson Line
Amsterdam
American Jews Soon to Get Arn
Washington June 30 The Senate foreign relations committee pledged action soon on excluding Jewish American citizens from Russia. Chairman Cullom said conferences with the secretary of state were under way after Senator Culberson accused inactivity. He cited three months of consideration of another resolution while noting Portugal’s recognition by the president.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
Cullom
Senate Foreign Relations
Culberson
Senate
United States
Republic of
Portugal
Views of the People on Municipal Billboards
A citizen letter criticizes city governments for failing to reflect public ideals and argues that billboards harm civic pride. The author calls out foreign corporations pressuring parks and front yards with obnoxious ads, urging restraint on advertising in Waterloo.
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Courter
Waterloo
Fifty five marriage licenses issued in June
The June license count fell from last year as Cupid’s effort seems reduced by heat. County clerk reports 55 licenses issued in June, short of 68 in the same month last year, and trailing the ten year trend except for 1930.
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Cupid
Two Golf Leaders Play If Out Today
Grand Rounds Mich June 30 Two favorites Tom McNamara of Boston and Robert Simson of Kenosha Wis meet today in the final thirty six rounds of the Western Golf association Open championship tournament.
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Mich
Tom McNamara
Boston
Robert Simson
Kenosha
Wis
Western Grlf Association
Hot and Dry June 1811 Delivers records
June 1811 proved exceptionally hot and dry with 12 days at or above 90 and only 3.02 inches of rain. Observers noted a peak 97 degrees on June 22, a sequence of three or more hot days, and overall averages of 88.9 maximum and 60.9 minimum. Today at 1 o'clock the temperature reached 96. Rainfall was light and skies mostly clear.
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U. S
Stippy
Four Regiments Ordered North From San Antonio
President Taft after talks with Secretary Stimson and General Woods authorized the withdrawal of four regiments from the maneuver division at San Antonio Texas. The units will depart within thirty days and several regiments may remain in Texas, possibly all summer.
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Washington
Stimson
Woods
Taft
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Book Will Settle Fight Says Cook
Chicago June 30 Dr Frederick A Cook of polar fame stopped at the Congress hotel en route to Waterloo Iowa where he will lecture in the middle west He and explorers plan a book claiming to settle the pole controversy with Rear Admiral Peary The book titled My Attainment of the Pole is to be issued by Polar Publishing He spoke calmly about Peary and showed no anger despite the dispute
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Chicago
Frederick A. Cook
Polar Fame
Congress Hotel
Waterloo
Iowa
Middle Western
North
North Pole
Peary
Polar Publishing Company
Cook
Dr. Cook
Police Court Net Reaches Four Hundred Seven Dollars
A June summary shows police court revenues totaling 407.87 after a full month of hot weather. A large street gang worked all thirty days, allegedly averaging eight or nine per day, yielding city revenue from otherwise idle individuals. No arrests or crimes list is yet available, but officials expect lower totals than June last year.
Passengers land after steamer hits narrows crash
In Victoria British Columbia on June 30 the steamer Spokane struck Seymour Narrows and was beached at Finmper day. Passengers were landed but two were reported missing. The Grand Trunk Pacific steamer Clint George remained alongside.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Spokane
Seymour Narrows
Heer
Grand Trunk Pacific
Clint George
Keokuk Woman Dies After Striking Incident
Allie Jones, a white woman, died from injuries after being struck by John Roeland, a Black man, a week earlier in Keokuk. Roeland attempted to harm himself and was injured. a charge of serious case was filed today.
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Keokuk
Allie Jones
John Roeland
Roland
Fire bug active in Cedar Rapids last night
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 30 city authorities seek a fire bug with a mania for blazes. Two more incendiary fires last night in different city areas, part of a week with over six fires. Damage limited to barns and shacks in the business district.
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Cedar Rapids
Mayors alleged order to kill shocks Valparaiso graft trial
Amid affidavits from jailed figures in Chicago two sensational claims accuse Mayor Knotts of ordering Sheriff Grant’s death and assaults on Aldermen Bowser and Zymanski’s son. Frazier adds slugging of reporter Alfred Jones and Knotts’s directive to attack Officer Boasich. Court admitted the statements despite defense opposition, marking a dramatic contribution to the graft case as city government stalls and police command remains scattered.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Knotts
Mike Dog Face
Charley Yocanovic
Bill” Frazier
Crown Point
Valparaiso
Specilal
Hanley
Rensselaer
Grant
Lake County
Dog Face
Charley
Knotts
Ald
Bowser
Ald 8Zymanski
Boliene
Frazier
Alfred Jones
Boasich
Martin
Clash Between Carlists and Republicans in Barcelona
In Barcelona on June 30 the garrison remained in barracks after a violent clash last evening between Carlists and Republicans. The disturbance began when a hand organ grinder played the Marseillaise in front of the Carlos club. Shots were fired and one republican was critically injured.
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Barcelona
Spain
Marseillaise
Carlos Club
Banker Sentenced to 412 Months for False Banking Report
New York June 30 J B Reich man former president of the Carnegie Trust company was convicted of making a false report to the state banking department and sentenced to four and one half months in the penitentiary by Justice Davis in the criminal branch of the supreme court.
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New York
J. B. Reichman
Carnegie Trust Company
State Banking Department
Davis
Supreme Court
Shipping Strike Continues Across Ports In England
London reports show the Shipping Strike remains unresolved as settlements in some areas trigger new disputes elsewhere. At Hull the unrest was so severe that 500 London police were sent to restore order after a disruptive night.
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London
Hull
Horrible discovery near Lockney involving McCrary family
Searchers today found the body of Mrs Maude McCrary of Los Angeles Cal hanging from a windmill in the rear of a house she had been occupying here and the body of her three children with their throats cut in weeds near the dwelling.
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Lockney
Tex
Maude McCrary
Los Angeles
Cal
Real estate transfers in Waterloo area and nearby towns
Several property transfers recorded by Black Hawk Co Abstract Co. involve Waterloo parcels in 2-89-14 and adjacent additions. Transactions include Knapp to Dugane, Philpot to Dugane, Shilliam to Payne, Bellbaugh to Stannard, Highland Improvement Co. to Cleveland, Fowler trustee to Shane, Alford to Crumrine, Allen to Heath, with prices from $1 to $800 and a $450 parcel in Highland.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Sarah E. Knapp
W. A. Dugane
John W. Philpot
Samuel Shilliam
J. C. Payne
Shilliam
Waterloo
Annie Bellbaugh
R. C. Stnna
H. B. Allen
Harriet A. Heath
Ricker & Brataber Land Co
Four finalists in Des Moines Town golf championship
Des Moines town golf championship narrowed to four contestants as semi finals began. Defending champion William Sheehan faced Phillip Worth while Howard Adams met Ralph Rider. Out-of-town entrant W D Middleton of Davenport was eliminated by Rider in the third round. The finals and consolation matches were scheduled in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
William Sheehan
Phillip Worth
Howard Adams
Ralph Rider
W. D. Middleton
Davenport
Rider
Des Moines Directors
Indictments, travels and local traffic talk cross the Atlantic
London reports Judge E H Gary head of United States Steel declines to discuss federal indictment involving steel wire pools. Paris notes Frank J Gould indicted under Sherman anti trust law in New York, Gould offering no comments. Southern California Automobile Club seeks city traffic and speed ordinance copy. Local updates mention Mrs J E Briggs and Homer Smith leaving for six week New York trip with Norwich and Syracuse plans and T W Place's return from a Dakota farm visiting Sioux City, Waterloo friends.
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London
E. H. Gary
Net
United States Steel Corporation
American Steel and Wire
Laws
Gould
Paris
Frank J. Gould
Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works
United States Grand Jury
New York
Dinneen
Automobile Club of Southern California
Los Angeles
Club
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Gary, Inc
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Joder’s
White House
Brunswick de Grape
Ricky Claret
Ricky
Jlers
Joder’s High Standard Pharmacy
Gary
J. E. Briggs
Homer Smith
Norwich
H. L. Smith
Syracuse
Issy
T. W. Place
Dakota
J. W. Place
Sioux City
Helen Place
Sindlinger’s
Bluff Street
Sindlinger Ice Cream CO
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East Fourth Street
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