Waterloo shoppers flock downtown for spring fashion display
Waterloo crowds massed the downtown area to view windows and displays celebrating spring fashion. Merchants from Agnes Thompson to A W Burens showcased hats, dresses, shoes, and home goods with bright flowers, lighting, and tasteful backdrops as pedestrians admired the season’s styles and decor.
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Albuim
Quicel
Waterloo Tyne
Agnes Thompson
Jone Wingowgazer
Fourth East
R. C. Lin- Bard
Rose
Barber Supp
Entz
Kashryn Meek
A. W. Buren
Streliers
Ellen Terry Birthday Tribute Shines in City Windows
Ellen Terry turns 76 as Waterloo shops stage spring windows with vivid displays and floral themes. Merchants from Paul Davis to Fox and Woods highlight new season styles, masks of green and gold, and a lively fashion parade drawing crowds and praise from shoppers.
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Oul & Hoyelty
Davis
Paul Davis
Karl Sterling
Frank Bros.’ Store
James Fox
Court Appoints Dome Receivers and Halts Work
Government charges claim a secret unlawful transaction benefiting Mammoth Oil and Sinclair, with bids discouraged and negotiations held without advertising. Fall knew of illegality, evidence shown in private talks and exclusion of bidders including Pioneer Gold, Edward L. Doheny, and Leo A. Stack.
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United States
Mammoth Oil
Sinclair
Texas Company
Pioneer Gite Company
Edward L. Doheny
Leo A. Stack
Bill Sars
Fall
Jofficers
Pall
Sinleilafir
Pioneer Oil Company
Slitter
John (. Shaffer
Teapot Dome Marines Action Revealed In Senate Probe
Roosevelt testified that marines were sent to Teapot Dome to eject trespassers after a 1922 request from Fall and the president. Gen. Lejeune described selecting Shuler to command, with four enlisted men, to clear the reserve. The affair intertwined with claims of fraud and improper lease dealings involving Fall and Sinclair.
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Albert B. Fall
Starry F. Sinclair
United States of America
Mammoth Oil Company
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Oil Committee
Gen. Lejeune
Marine Corps
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Latao
LeJeune
George Shuler
Fall
Teapot
Shuler
New York State
Ger. Lejeune
Secrretary Roosevelt
Daniels
Wyoming
Harding
Tammen
Col
Senator Walsh
George B. Christian, Jr
H. H. Tammen
Denver Post
Tamman
Christian
Mutual 611
Tequest
Naval Reserve
Interior Secretary
Gens Fleman
Mutual Oi
Bali
First Farm Relief Measure Defeated in Senate
Washington March 13 The Norbeck Business bill the first of the special farm relief measures was defeated in the senate by 41 to 32 A proposed 20 000 000 credit augmentation for banks in the northwest offered by Senator Bursum was also voted down The final tally showed 24 Democrats and 18 Republicans against the bill and 12 Democrats two Farmer Labor and 18 Republicans for it
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Washington, D. C
Mare
Senate
Northwest
Bursum
New Mexico
Farmer-Labor
Possible presidential primary bill in Iowa special session
Des Moines March 12 The state capital reports that the house elections committee has framed an amendment in favor of a presidential primary bill and that most committee members support it. Doubt remains whether the proposal will reach the floor as the primary election code bill nears consideration in the house.
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Des Moines
House Elections Committee
House
Burglars Steal 200 Radio Vacuum Tubes
Cedar Rapids Indiana March 12 Burglaries at the Western Radio Corporation offices yielded 200 radio vacuum tubes valued at 5 each and 200 dollars in storage batteries taken on a truck. The stolen goods were found connected to an automobile abandoned miles away. police pursue several leads.
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Cedar Rapids
jBurglars
Western Radio ° ‘Corporation
Cies
Baker Plans League Fight at Democratic National Convention
Cleveland, March 12. Former Secretary of War D. Baker announced he will push his campaign for the league of nations at the Democratic national convention. Speaking to the Women's City Club, he urged a straight out declaration in the platform for the United States to join the league.
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Cleveland, O
Newton D. Baker
League of Nations
Women’s City Club
Baker
United States
Weighley H F Dies After Ill Health In Waterloo Area
H F Weighley 8 died at 7 08 PM yesterday at his home 1341 Lincoln of complications He had been ill since May 1923 Born April 23 1856 in Somerset County farmed in Orange township later moving to Bennington 18 years Came to Waterloo Feb 25 1923 Surviving widow Anna Weighley two daughters Mrs W R Knapp Mrs Henry Dos and two sons William Weighley Funeral at 2 PM Saturday from Kistner chapel Rev George B Shoemaker in charge Interment Elmgrood Also funeral services for Mrs Catherine Seiler Friday 9 AM at St John's Catholic chapel burial Calvary Decedent born Sept 20 1845 in Germany died March 12 1924 husband died May 10 1908 Surviving children Mrs Margaret Burke Sioux City IA Miss Elizabeth Seiler St Paul MN Mrs John McKivett Mrs FM Sproul John Marie Seiler Waterloo
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H. F Weighulry
H. F. Weighley
Lincoln
Decedent
Somerset County
Patte
Orange Township
Z Fara
Bennington
Waterloo
Tha
Church of the Brethren
Grange Township
Mt. Hope M
Anna Weighley
W. R. Knapp
Henry Dos
Bennington Township
William Weighiey
Kistner Chapel
George B. Shoemaker
Urtai
Elmgrood
Catherine Seiler
St. John’s Catholic Chapel
Ni I
Lentz
Calvary
Germany
Margaret. Burke
Sioux City
Elizabeth Seiler
St. Paul
Minn
John McKivett
FM. Sproul
John and
Marie Seiler
Complexions Must Be Black or White to Be Real
Chicago fashion notes from March 12 report that spring styles demand changing complexions with each gown. The convention declares only black and white are truly fashionable, with plaids and stripes also approved. Petticoats are dead as tube dresses reveal undergarments.
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Chicago
Fashion Art Teague
Witness Roxie Stinson Testifies in Daugherty Probe
Washington March 12. The senate committee begins hearings on Attorney General Daugherty's administration with Roxie Stinson of Columbus Ohio the divorced wife of the late Jesse W Smith as the first witness She is said to recount an astonishing story about Smiths income sources before and after President Harding’s inauguration and notes that Smith a close political lieutenant of Daugherty bound himself to a death by his own action in their Washington apartment a year ago.
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Aprange
Palais Royal
Fuullleas
U. ‘F. KK. Company
Woods
Coburn’s
U. TK
Diaveter
Booth-Joseph
Joe Lake
Muelscrow
Fox's
Ons
Palace Clothiers
Ed Sarset
Frances
Panor's
Muldoon
Palan-Fieming
Appyrel
Exch
W. E. Smith
Woods Millinery
McCay
Davedsons
A. McCord
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Daugherty
Roxie Stinson
Columbus
Jesse W. Smith
Wheater
Kenyon Offered Cabinet Post by President Coolidge
Washington March 12 President Coolidge has offered Judge William S Kenyon of Iowa a cabinet post a drop in as secretary Denby resigns Kenyon arrived in Washington last night and conferred with the president at the executive mansion The post is said to be the vacant attorney generalship rumor had tied Kenyon to the AG job but the offer appears to be a cabinet post instead
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International News Wire
Washington
DB. C
Coolidge
William S$. Kenyon
Iowe
Ludge Kenyon
Executive Mansion
Tayy
Denby
Althoit
Kenyon
Twenty Six Drowned When Steamer Sinks Off Cape Hatteras
News reaches New York that the steamship Santiago sank 60 miles south of Cape Hatteras. A Cissy radio report via Charleston wireless station said one lifeboat with 11 survivors was picked up. Officials believe 26 crew members are lost.
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Charleston
3.C
Santiago
Cape Hatteras
Charleston -Huavy
Cissy
New York
New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co
All But 42 Bodies Taken from Utah Coal Mine
Castlegate Utah March 12 One hundred thirty one bodies, all but twenty nine identified, have been removed from Utah Fuel Company mine No 2 wrecked by explosions last Saturday. Nearly a score of the remaining bodies have been sighted in the water flooding the lower slip of the mine. A small fire near the main passage delays rescue teams as they penetrate every section but no sound indicates anyone alive.
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Castlegate
Utah
Utah Fuel Company
Blame Maniac for Death of 3 Persons
Linden March 12 Three residents of Linden New York were slain in their home. Mr and Mrs Whalley both 65 were shot, Mrs Morse 50 beat to death with an ax handle. Bodies found in a bedroom covered by an oil soaked blanket. Bed set on fire but flames not spread.
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Mah Jongg
Avery
Milady
Oan
Linden, N
Thomas Whalley
Mabel Morse
Batavia
Whalley
Morse
Coffee House Bomb Injures 30 Persons
A dynamite bomb exploded at the entrance of a Greek coffee house in Detroit injuring 30 people and wrecking the building. Glass cuts were common injuries as bystanders in nearby Greek district buildings faced danger. Police blame food f sts for the blast.
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Detroit
Mich
Fondists
Sinclair to Fight Annulment Suits in Wyoming
International News Service reports Harry F Sinclair, oil magnate, pledges to contest the government annulment suits filed in federal court over Mammoth Oil leases tied to Teapot Dome near Casper Wyoming. He arrives with top counsel including Martin W Littleton and Col J W Zevely, and vows a full defense while asserting the lease validity and openness of court hearings.
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Wye
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Orval
Casper
Sinclair
Martin W Littleton
New York
Col
J. W. Zevely
Pst
Egal Tatent
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
President Coolidge
Interior
Albert B. Fair
Loase
International News Service
Lam
United States Senate
Bobby
Teapot Dome
Sinclair Teapot Leasing Company
Teapotfield
T. Blake Kennedy
United States District Court
Attorneya
John W. Lacey
Martin W. Littleton
Paul D. Cravath
G. T. Stanford
ER. H. Chandler
Oklahoma
Ralph W. Garrett
Tulsa
Okla
Jersey City Man to Head Dry Forces in Midwest District
Addison C. Townsend of Jersey City is named divisional chief of the Minneapolis prohibition area covering Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska. N L Duncan moves from Minneapolis to Jacksonville to head the Florida and Porto Rita division. Hazeltine transfers to division 17 covering Alaska Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana with headquarters at Seattle.
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Washington
D. C
Addison C. Townsend
Jersey City
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
N. L. Duncan
Iauinneapolis
Jacksonville
Florida
Porta Rita
F. A. Hazeline
Hazeltine
Alaska
Ore
Idaho
Montana
Seattle
New District Head Named for Home Society
Miss Pearl Louise Clark was appointed district superintendent of Town Children's Home society in Waterloo replacing retiree Stella Ball Sheplee Headquarters moved from Lafayette building to Greater Waterloo association Clark a college graduate with nearly 15 years in social work home in Indiana has spent two and a half years in Town directing the northeastern district of 26 counties The society supervises and places dependent and orphan children State headquarters are in Des Moines with a preserving home and temporary boarding home there.
House Orders Quiz on Bribery Charge
The House adopted a Garrett resolution to form a special committee to probe bribery charges against two representatives. The vote reversed yesterday’s plan to leave the matter to the Justice Department and keep names undisclosed. Longworth’s move to refer the measure to rules failed 97 to 158.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago
House
Garrett
Department of Justices
Longworth
Rules Committee
Plumbing Bid Sets $29,286 for Y. W. Building Contract
Bruner & Salz, 612 Mulberry, won the plumbing and heating contract for the new WG A building at Ark Avenue and Lazaretts with a bid of $29,286, the lowest among six bids. The award splits to $16,384 for plumbing and $12,902 for heating. Other bids ranged from $24,586 to $33,672, with exterior work complete and interior equipment pending.
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WG. A
Ark Avenue
Lazaretts
Bruner & Salz
Mulberry
M. B. Cleveland
Hers Bida Wera Ag
Marek & Levin
Zook & Bantz
Rynearson & Koch
Quest & Smith
Anderson Plumbing Company
Mason City Amateur Hears London Station on Homemade Radio
Mason City Iowa March 12 a local couple Mr and Mrs C W Thias report their self built amateur radio set picked up a London England station voice saying do you understand confirmation they believe they heard a genuine distant station not a hoax confirming a common amateur goal to receive far signals from London England through their home setup
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Mason City
London
England
C. W. Thias
Woman and Babies Rescued from Mississippi River
Mrs. O. O. Nally of Ottumwa and her two young daughters Mary three and Patricia two leapt into the Mississippi at Clinton. Spectators pulled them from the water after strenuous efforts. All three were taken to Mercy Hospital and are expected to recover. Police say the act was caused by insanity.
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Clinton
Mary
Patricia
O. O_ Nally
Ottumwa
Mississippi River
Mercy,hospital
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