Valuable Realty Changes Ownership in Westfield District
A 10 acre tract adjoining the George B. Miller & Son manufactory in Westfield changes hands from John L. Johnson to George B. Miller for about 15 090 dollars, roughly 2 500 per acre. The land lies between the Gallway line and the Miller Buildings, level and suited for manufacturing. Miller declined to comment beyond confirming the deal.
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George B. Miller & Son Company
Westfield
John L. Johnson
George B. Miller
Miller
Maryland launches the world’s most powerful battleship
The superdreadnought Maryland was launched at Newport News with Mrs. BE. Brooke Lee as sponsor. Secretary Daniels, Gov. Richie of Maryland, and naval and state officials attended the March 20 ceremony, the first public launch since the United States entered the war.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Maryland
BE. Brooke
Lee
Daniels
Gov. Richie
United States
Allies Break Convention in Minneapolis by Fight
In Minneapolis on March 20 the Tenth district Republican convention split after a turbulent factional battle. One side backed Senator Hiram Johnson and elected Thomas D. Schall and J. M. Mitchum as an uninstructed delegation to the national convention. The other group withdrew and formed a separate temporary organization.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Hiram Johnson
Thomas D. Schall
J. M. Mitchum
Buffelo
Leonard Wood
Aged Murder Culprit May Die Before Trial as Daughter's Slayer
Mrs. Sarah Tabor aged of Paw Paw Michigan faces murder charges in the death of her daughter Maude E. Tabor whose body was found in a trunk in the family basement three years after death. Prosecutor Glenn Warner says she is in a Kalamazoo hospital in serious condition and may not live to stand trial.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Sarah ‘Tabor
Maude E. Tabor
Kalamazoo
William Jennings Bryan vows debt of gratitude to the people
In New York Bryan on his sixtieth birthday says his aim is not office honors but paying back the American people. In Cork Sinn Fein leader Thomas MaacGurin is shot in his home by masked assailants. London Duchess Consuelo Van derbilt seeks restitution of conjugal rights. Galveston longshoremen strike for higher wages. Annapolis committee approves a $9,000,000 war service bond bill and bonuses.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Cork
Thomas MaacGurin
Galveston
Tex
Annapolis
The
House Ways
Waterloo City News Briefs Nibble Details
Waterloo social and civic notes cover visits by Grace Kubeck and Helen to relatives in Waterloo, Chicago figures in town, land sale between M Adam and B A Waiters, local arrests for vagrancy, and police traffic plan with five officers, plus Odd Fellows and launders visitors and upcoming events.
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Grace Kubeck
Helen
Chicago
Waterloo
Fred Twaites
Eleventh Street West
Reinbeck
Herbert Ohrt
Fred Chrisainer
Des Moines
Iowa
Odd Fellows
E. C. Litchfield
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Weslein
Giio Rice
National Launderers' Association
J. K. Bliss
H. ©. Bernbrock
G. R. Spensley
Iowa State Launderers' Association
Messrs
Spensley
Bernbrock
N. W. Sibert
Funeral services set for Rolla Raymond in Cedar Falls
Rolla Raymond, killed in a Wednesday night automobile crash, will have funeral services at the family home in Cedar Falls Tuesday afternoon, conducted by a Christian Science reader. Amy M. Quell's services follow at the Odell home, 708 Park Avenue West, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, with Rev. F. W. Court of the First Methodist Church in charge. Interment at Elmwood.
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Rolla Raymond
Cedar Falls
Christian Science Reader
Amy M. Quell
Amy M. Odell
Park Avenue West
F. W. Court
Tax Collector Reports Reluctant Taxpayer in Montana
James A. Walsh Montana revenue collector learns of a rural deputy’s failed attempt to secure a tax return. A jailed friend replies from Deer Lodge Prison saying he will be incarcerated long and will not pay taxes, despite an offered help.
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Helena
Mont
James A. Walsh
Internal Revenue
Montana
Deer Lodge
John
Juror's Mix Up Costs Philadelphia Tailor Pay
Virgil, a tailor, mixed grand and petit juries in Philadelphia causing one extra juror on the grand panel and one short on the petit panel. He served all day, then was told to go home as the court had to be re sworn. He received no pay for the day’s service.
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Philadelphia
Coleman Virgil
Virgil
Glasgow A Drunk City Saturday Night
An American sailor on a Glasgow visit observes the city’s notorious Saturday night scene. The account notes extensive drunkenness, pub hours, and comparisons to American party centers, then discusses Scotland’s temperance push and local votes on licensing reforms.
Poland at War the Three Fronts of a New Republic
Prince Lubomirski describes Poland’s three looming fronts after the peace treaty. Bolshevik pressure in the east, German opposition in Silesia, and famine plus ruined industry at home threaten the new republic as it rebuilds with scarce resources and a byword for resilience under Gen. Pilsudski’s leadership.
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Poland
Lubomirski
United States
Russia
Thhey
Shegan
Germany
Silesia
England
Europe
Baltic
Adriatic
Austria
Washington
Jersey City Landlord Faces Public Backlash Over Rent Demands
A newspaper interview depicts Jersey City landlords as harsh as tenants face rising rents. Harry Drainow is accused of demanding 3.50 monthly for hanging laundry on a backyard pole owned by the New York Telephone Co. James Z. Gannon will review the complaint and may act against Drainow.
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John Kornahrens
Jeersey Cipy
Piratiens Sonds
Tre
Jersey’ City
Harry Drainow
James Z. Gannon
Revenue and Finance
Drainow
Gannon
New York ‘Telephone Co
Draktow
Harkness estate battle tied to two marriages and heirs
The piece recalls the death of Harkness on June 23 and notes his connections to the Sheepshead Bay track and a large fortune. It describes a contested second marriage to Mrs Gaines and a challenge to the will by the first wife Florence Gaines, claiming inheritance rights. The case is touted as a bitter NY court dispute.
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G. B. Strayer
Miami
Jorida Points
Waterloo
T. C. Jackson
Shenandoah
FL M. Raphagen
Washington Street
W. Kirkpatrick
Cowper Street
Ray Otis Epperson
Hkdwin P. Smith
Galeo R. Muniper
W. S. Atkinson
Western Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
Gladyce Shores
Grace
St. Mary’s
Knoxville
A. J. Ehler
Orange Township
Waterloy
Alvah Page
Mary D. Bill
J. Q. Wilson
M.S. Callahan
Beaman
George Hotopp
Green Mountiin
Will Twaites
Eleventh Street
Joe Gibbs
Wilby Street
York
Harkness
United States
Ladd, Tha
Sheepshead Bay
Oudeline Dard OU E Company
Jhiritens
Conheny
Oman Harkness
Florence
Adam's Language Debate in Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript discusses Albert Bris banes erudition and a critique of his claim that Adam named animals in Hebrew. The piece defends the idea as a light of fancy and notes Dom Paul Kruger's mock rhetoric about Bible translation, concluding with respect for English usage.
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Adam
Boston Transcript
Albert’ Brisbane
Brisbane
Adan
Dom Paul Kruger
Transvaal
Dom Paul
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