Chorus Girl in Hasty Departure
Waterloo reported a dramatic exit as chorus girl Miss Tone Love from the Three Twins company fled with a man in a car after the Majestic matinee. The pair, linked to circus past and stage lore, vanished toward Davenport with plans unclear. Love, about 21, has a prior marriage and divorce, while Ben Starr, a hotel-to-destination performer, is described as a local but not a millionaire’s son.
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Waterloo
Miss Tone Love
Three Twins
Majestic
Ben Starr
Chicago
Lochinvar
Brevart Hotel
Miss Love
Dayenport
Galesburg
Start
Ringling Circus
Starr
Johnny
Davenport
The
Stewort
Thei saTney
Omphila Rama
Gine
R. M. Steele
Espe
Vaini
Galesburs
Lawrence
Kan
St of Age Institute
Tras Whiffen
Mumaren
Miss Lave
Peculiar After Effects of Grip This Year
An old advertisement notes grip injuries causing back pain and urinary troubles, urging Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It promises sample bottles for ten cents and regular sizes at five dollars and ninety cents, offered by Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Alnie
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Open Bid For Cement Supplies By County Board
The county board opened bids for supplying cement for bridges culverts and other purposes in 1944. Nineteen bidders were listed with net bid prices including per sack costs. Notable bidders include Moore & Moore Lumber Waterloo $1.84 and Spahn & Rose Cedar Rapids $1.44 with various premiums over market price.
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Moore & Moore Lumber Company
Waterloo
Weart & Frisbier Lumber Company
Cedar Falls
Chapman Gumber Company
Fairbank
Spahn & Rose Lumber Company
Jrsup
Hudson Lumber Company
T. A. Renz Lumber Company
Dunkerton
Keye Lumber Company
Vor- Rees
Farmers Co-Operative Lumber Company
la Porte
Armstrong Lumber Company
Market Notes From The New York Stock Exchange
New York, March 20. Prices on the stock exchange show activity across a wide range of industrials and rail stocks. Key names include Pennsylvania, Chicago Great Western, Southern Pacific, United States Steel, Amalgamated Copper, Baltimore and Ohio, and New York Central with varied trading levels and notable volume.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Cinscadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Chicago Great Waestertic
Atetamerinad Strlerss
Tinian
Baltimore
Southern Pacific
Southern Tathw
Brooklyyn Rapid
United Srates Stel
United States Steel, Amalgamated Conger
Brin
Aheeld Hoss Central
Yunee St. We Peti
Missouri Pracitie
Your Central
Ameren Siar
North We
Lern
Washington Survey O K D By Forest Service
Washington surveys receive approval from the Forest Service while an editor notes George Washington early surveying for Lord Fairfax around 1751. The piece traces the line from Kedgman river head spring to Potomac head spring, using bonfires, a compass, and blazes in trees to mark the path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Washington
Engineering News
Lord Fairfax
Augusta
Frederick
Virginia
Kedgman River
Rappahannock
Potomac River
Forest Service
Draig
Washington Froud
Cornell Glee Club Spends Hours In Waterloo
Sixteen men from the Cornell college glee club paused in Waterloo on a touring Iowa Illinois itinerary en route from Traer where they sang last night to Independence for a concert tonight. John Evans son of Rev and Mrs T M Evans visited his parents. Prof Earnest Zechiel director Newton B Davis and I E Watte shared luncheon at the Evans home as the group continues a series of twelve concerts during spring vacation.
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Cornell College Glee Club
Waterloo
Traer
Independence
John Evans
T. M. Evans
Earnest Zechiel
Glee Club
Newton B. Davis
I. E. Watte
Evans
Iowa
Illinois
First Services at St. Mark's Episcopal Church
The new St. Mark's Episcopal church on Fourth Street West will hold its first Sunday service at 3 PM conducted by Bishop J. N. Morrison of Davenport. The building is completed and a rector is not yet chosen. Mrs. R. L. Parker is organist with a vested choir to provide music.
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Fourth Street West
J. N. Morrison
Davenport
R. L. Parker
Local builders bid on county home project
At 2 PM the county board opened bids for a new county home estimated at 30 000 to 41 000 dollars. Most bidders were local, except Cedar Falls man Peterson and Western Construction of Iowa City. Waterloo firms listed included Maine and Company, Lauritzen and Wasson, Black Hawk Construction, C. Ti. Werner, J. J. Peterson, F. W. Chapman, and A. K. Smith. A large crowd of builders gathered at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Peterson
Cedar Falls
Western Construction Company
Iowa City
Waterloo
H. A. Maine
Eastern manufacturer weighs Waterloo cement mixer plant
An eastern maker arrived in Waterloo with a load of cement mixer machinery and met with local officials about locating a factory here. He then went to Mason City to seek inducements for starting there, leaving the equipment in Waterloo as talks continue. Fresh eggs at Palmer's 18e per dozen. Phone 42.
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Waterloo
Mason City
Palmer's
Royal divorce approved for Prince William and Marie
Stockholm March 20 The council of state has approved the consistory court decision granting divorce to Prince William of Sweden and Princess Marie formerly Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia. They cited incompatibility of temperaments and sought a speedy ruling. Negotiations between St Petersburg and Stockholm began last November. The couple married in 1908.
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Stockholm
Council of State
William
Sweden
Marie
Marie Pavlovna
Russia
St. Petersburg
Building Boom Sparks Iowa’s 1914 Outlook Across State
Stanley Moore reports widespread building activity in Iowa with strong signs of banner improvement in 1914. A postal note from Pierre South Dakota mentions a snow storm in that region, while Waterloo residents cope with chilly weather. Mrs. Ella Wright offers a week long discount sale on hand-painted china at Henderson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Moore
Iowa
Ira Deal
Pierre
Waterloo
Ella Wright
Henderson Drug Co
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Coats
Perrin
Saul
Cornell Glee Club
ST. Mark's
Prince William
John Cordes Company
Sycamore Street
Scott HR. Prowell
Top Floor
Black's
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