Enemy German-owned businesses and property on auction block
New York March 5 German owned business concerns part or wholly owned by German residents in private sale beginning today. The sale covers dye factories steel and iron plants and holdings in cotton metals and wheat valued at about 700000 dollars. Properties include Countess Szechenyi holdings at 9000000 and Countess Bernsterff holdings at 900000, with larger assets such as the Hamburg American line also seized.
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New York
General Business Department
Countess Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Countess Bernsterff
Jeanne Luckemeyer
People’s Mutual Building & Loan annual meeting held
The thirty ninth annual meeting of the People s Mutual Building & Loan association was held last night in the offices of Edwin Mesick, Secretary. Five directors were elected F B Ballou J A Young F L Marquis Carleton Slas and J C Hartman. Directors then selected J E Sedewick president J C Hartman vice president W C Logan treasurer Edwin Maesick secretary. Auditing committee members named were J N LaBarre A B Covert and K L Bragdon.
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People’s Mutual Building & Loan Association
Oticcs
Edwin Mesick
F. B. Ballou
J. A. Young
F. L. Marquis
Carleton Slas
J. C. Hartman
J. E. Sedewick
W. C. Logan
Edwin Maesick
J. N. LaBarre
A. B. Covert
K. L. Bragdon
Hardin County Installs New Food Administrator
Hardin County naming Jown Falls Ja Maren as county food administrator yesterday. He issued a county wide ration order allowing residents to return surplus flour to dealers with refunds, while city dwellers may retain two sacks. Wheatless and meatless days will be observed countywide. enforcement rests with Blair. A local case saw a prominent citizen hoard sugar and have it returned to dealers. The administrator’s name of the offender is withheld.
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Jown Falls
Maren
Thalf
Tortfardin County
Coun
Blair
Stock And Grain Moving Rapidly To Ease Shortage
Freight service officials of the Illinois Central discussed ways to curb heavy freight claims as prices rise 44 to 50 percent. They cited war-related labor shifts and a car shortage, noting 3,200 cars were brought to the Iowa division in three weeks to move grain and stock eastward, with about 200 grain and 176 stock cars daily via Waterloo.
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Ilinois Central
Muany
Lawa
Towa
Illinois Central
Eastern
Southern
Waterloo
Raids Net Four Arrests for Booze on Trains and in Waterloo
State agents and the sheriff conducted raids on trains and Waterloo locations, capturing four suspects. An Austrian from Waterloo and a Greek from Fort Dodge faced arrest with booze in suitcases, and John Nissen of Benson reported with four gallons of liquor. Tony Nielsen of Cedar Falls was stopped on arrival of train No. 15 with ten quarts. In days of raids, about 20 arrests total were made.
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Mornong
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
John Nissen
Benson
Tony Nielsen
Ceddar Falls
Tillmon Central
Sixty Sammites Volunteer for Trench Fever Study
Sixty enlisted men from New England serve as hosts to lice or have received blood injections from trench fever patients. They are housed in a British base hospital where the American Red Cross conducts an investigation into the disease. The fever is not yet microscope-discovered but causes significant wastage and trials for the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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Paris
United States Sanitary Corps
New England
American Red Cross
Althoit
Royal Army Medical Corps
Cuba
Pershing
Red Cross
Chinese To Go Back To The Land In Wisconsin
Chicago dispatch reports twelve expert Chinese arriving in Ladysmith Wisconsin to establish a back to the land camp led by Tip Lung mayor of Chinatown. They lease over 1500 acres for a Chinese truck gardening experiment as a war and economic measure.
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Chicago
Mar
Ladysmith
Wis
The
Tip Lung
Chinatown
Wisconsin
Hip Lung
Avalanche Buries Soldiers In Alps Heavy Snowfalls
A snowy interval in the Alps left six feet of snow with ongoing falls. An avalanche split an Austrian military train near Botgen, killing twenty six officers and men.
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Alps
Swa Ps
Botgen
Colored woman fined for illegal liquor sale in court
Pearl Willis, a colored woman, pleaded guilty yesterday to illegal liquor sale. She was fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge H. B. Boies. The case stemmed from activity at 142 Mohawk Street and involved residents Mr. and Mrs. Baish.
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And
W. Baish
Mohawk Street
Daughter
Archer Avenue
Sun. J
Pearl Willis
H. B. Boies
YMCA Drives 1915 Budget Beginnings Next Monday
Final plans for the YMCA financial campaign to raise 8000 dollars for the annual budget were approved at the board meeting held at Hotel Russell Laimson. The campaign will be structured by district with sales teas conducted by volunteers, and J. T. Houser the general secretary reported February activities.
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Russell l Laimson
J. T. Houser
Danger Follows After Grip Attack and Blood Remedy
The article reports danger lingering after grip with fever catarrh and weakness leading to pneumonia bronchitis rheumatism and nervous prostration. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve restorative with a testimonial from Mrs Laura M Vat Levy of Danbury Connecticut. The piece urges strengthening blood and nerves during convalescence and directs readers to the Dr Williams Medicine Co for information.
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Williams
Erip
Laura M. Vat Levy
Thorpe Street
Danbury
Conn
Pr. Williams
Dr. Williams
Pr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Waterloo Insurance Man Recounts Friend's Recovery
An insurance man describes a friend's recovery from gas pains and gallbladder trouble after using Mayr's Woncher Remedy for a year. The ad claims the simple treatment clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis, with a money back guarantee.
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Waterloo
Friend
Mayr
Wangler Bros. Siewers Drug Co
Hansen and Hansen
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
A vintage advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery quickly relieves coughs and colds. It touts easing of sore throats loosening of chest congestion and dispelling of phlegm for both young and old with a call to try it today.
Dr King's New Life Pills Promote Digestive Health
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as preventive for constipation and liver and bowel disorders. Claims no price change and ongoing value for improving health.
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Dr. King
Mechanics Seek Induction Into Aviation Section at Kelly Field
Registrants who are automobile mechanics and carpenters pressed the local exemption board with requests to join voluntary induction for service with the aviation section at Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas by March 8. Carroll Quincy and William Salz urged inclusion in the carpenters division. They were sent to undergo the physical examination. A Madison Wisconsin registrant who asked for transfer to the Waterloo board wished to join the mechanics and was directed to take the physical exam that afternoon.
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Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Carroll Quincy
William Salz
Carpenters
Madison
Wis
Waterloo Board
Marriage License Notice Lists Waterloo Couples
Don Canfield and Blanche Johnson of Waterloo appear as a marriage license pair. Clarence Bock and Mayme Carver are listed with Waterloo and Cedar Rapids connections respectively. The fragment confirms names and locales involved in a marriage license in Iowa.
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Don
Canfield
Waterloo
Blanche
Johnson
Clarence Bock
Mayme Carver
Cedar Rapids
Counterfeiting Busted by Rising Metal Costs
Washington reports that higher metal prices have slowed counterfeiting, as nonprecious metals used for bogus coins approach precious metal value, narrowing profits. Officials credit metal costs and other factors, noting civilian detentions of several counterfeiters.
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Washington, D. C
Pubiic
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Endorsements
Mrs O Cook of Macon Illinois reports quick relief from Chamberlains Cough Remedy for a cough. Mrs James A Knott of Chillicothe Missouri says it cannot be beat for coughs and colds. F L Moore of Oval Pennsylvania notes it cures settled chest colds after several uses.
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Chamberlain
O. Cook
Macon
Ill
James A. Knott
Chillicothe
J. Moore
Oval
No New Food Orders Say Food Administration
Jacob Levingston representative of the food administration for hotels and restaurants in this district said no orders have been issued abolishing meatless day rules. He noted continued enforcement of current regulations until official guidance arrives, amid rumors some states have dropped meatless meals except Tuesday.
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Jacob Levingston
The
Food Administration
Levingston
Leyjingston
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People’s B. & L. Annual Meeting
Hardin County
Tull Nos Central
Attagk
Grant
Sloan
Sloan’s Liniment Etc
Bekman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Scharfenberg
Hamburg
Mhen
Bayer
United States
Acpirin
U.S
Patoff
Manufa
William Compton
Duckwon
Siew
Monijcipal
Our
Service Department
William
Gmpton
Olive Street
St. Louis
Pittwherrs Regtses
Modart Corset Company
Burch Bros
Casaba
Knox Hats
Knox
Scane’s Clothes Shop
East Fourth Street
Wild’s
Oqrinoka
Brenlin
Bissells Carpet Sweepers
Allen G. Lichty
Union Depot
Iowa
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