Klinefelter's Livery Marks Waterloo History Ending
Waterloo's oldest horse livery closes after 39 years of service. J F Klinefelter plans public sale of equipment from Park avenue and Jefferson street, ending a local era begun by J W Klinefelter in 1881. The brick building, housing 120 horses and 200 rigs, will be offered as a whole. founder dies in 1919 and son-in-law runs operation. The sale leaves city with fewer horse drawn services as autos rise.
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Waterloo
J. F. Klinefelter
Park Avenue
Jefferson Street
Klinefelter
J. W. Klinefelter
Harge and Bugsy
Ely
John
James F
J. F. Winefelter
I . Symle
Klinetelters
Halcyon
Jim
Turner Hall
Parsons
Jin Uw Landat
Eliefelter Brothers
Hardy New Englander Reaches 100th Birthday Milestone
Mrs Abligeil Brigham Fiske of Waterbury Connecticut celebrated her 100th birthday on March 2. Born March 2, 1820 in West Boylston Massachusetts she remained active with faculties intact well into her centenarian years. She moved to Waterbury in 1842 with her husband and two children and has lived at 55 High Street for 75 years. She descends from the Brigham family and once worked in Sterling cotton mills during her youth.
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Abligeil Brigham
Fiske
Waterbury
Conn
A. J. Edwards
Edwards
New England
Milla, Ag
Ater Laren
Luwell
Dempsey and Kearns Plead Not Guilty to Draft Evasion
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and manager John Kearns pleaded not guilty before U S district court to charges of conspiracy to evade the draft. Indicted Feb 27 they face April 3 preliminary hearing after posting bonds of 20000 and 5000. The items also note church entities using Pullman chapel cars and support vessels across the Northern Baptist Convention.
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Dempsey
Kearns
Associated Pros
San Francisco
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Jank Kearns
Robert Beanes
United States
Francis Krull
Federal Grand Jury
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pullman Chapel
Northern Baptist Convention
Births Reported in Local Notices
Births announced at Burl and West locations with names Mr diunkertons Burl Mrs Weil D Mager and Wallace Graham noted. March dates include March 14 and March 18. Son named Kenneth is listed among the entries.
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Diunkertons
March Wenue West
Afr
Olrs
Weil D. Mager
Son
Kenneth
Wallace Graham
Joe Maderis
Dick's Diplomacy and a Stranger at the Gate
Mollie meets Richard Winthrop Hetherington and fantasizes about companionship as he and other returning soldiers arrive. Days later she scrubs the kitchen when an overseas officer arrives, bringing a new, hopeful tension to her small town.
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Mollie
Laddie
Richard Winthrop Hetherington
Richard
Mattie
Heirlooms of War Heartwarm Romance on Mollie’s Porch
John Hetherington and his nephew Richard Winthrop Hetherington Jr visit Mollie at her cottage, sharing stories of the war. A late August moonlit porch scene ends with Mollie agreeing to become John’s sweetheart as their bond deepens.
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Hetherington
Mollie
Richard Winthrop Hetherington, Jr
Michigan
White House
John Hetherington
John
New England
West
Dickie
Senator Jesse Block's Suffrage Train Race
West Virginia State Senator Jesse Block chartered a Chicago train at a cost of $5,000 and raced 105 miles to Cincinnati in 4 hours 64 minutes to cast the pivotal vote for ratification before adjournment. A publicity photo was taken at the race start in Chicago.
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Block
Jesse Block
West Virginia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Teast
Ichicazo
Voter Registration Surges Ahead in City Election
Registration tops 1,829 in two days as boards prepare to meet again. Officials foresee total registration exceeding 2,600 due to population growth and moves between precincts. Campaigns push rallies speeches and intimate factory district visits ahead of March 29 vote.
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X. W. Frisbie
Elmer Feely
Chapel
Jefferson and
Twelfth’ Streets
Carpenters’ Hall
Maccabee Hall
K. of C. Hall
Masonic Hall
Mobile Street
T. E. Leeper
Wagles’ Hall
R. C. Thompson
Burr A. Brown
Fourth Street East Property Sells At Record Price
On Fourth Street East between Sycamore and Water the Garrabrant and Richards estates sold two lots at 1550 per front foot totaling 321 000 for a 200 foot lot. A 20 foot frontage across the street from these lots was sold by Adeline P. Miller on December 24 to Stanislaus Paras for 19 dollars.
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Fourth Street
Sycamore and
Water
Garrabrant
SEW CO-OPERATIVE STORE BEGINS BUSINESS MONDAY
The Waterloo Co-operative association opens a new grocery store at 108 Fifth Street East on Monday at 9:30 AM. The Rochdale plan shares profits with labor and farm stock owners, with dividends at intervals. The remodeled quarters will house a general grocery business with new fixtures and full equipment.
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Waterloo Co-operative Association
Fifth Street East
Quariiers
Junior High Triumph Over La Porte Freshmen
The ninth grade team defeated La Porte City freshmen basketball 26 to 13 at the junior high gym. Lineup acknowledgments include Jameson Mehl Balticenter Brooks and guards Hovt Simpson Watts Fosse Kline lerigo with several substitutes and scorers listed. A Waterloo United Telephone Employees banquet followed the meeting with entertainment and a large Independente delegation in attendance.
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la Porte City
Jameson
Mehl
Balticenter
Brooks Institute
Porte City
Hovt
Simpson
Watts
Fosse
Kline
Lerigo
Mehta Carter
Labcock
Thompson
Hort
Gable
Carter
Waterloo
The
United Telephone Emplore’s Association
Telephone Exchange
Independente
Farewell party honors Bertha Krueger as she departs to Denver
In Cedar Falls a group of 13 Citizens Gas & Electric Young Women employees hosted a farewell for Bertha Krueger who will return to Denver to make her home. The event followed dinner at a local hotel and a party at the Majestic. A school board motion approved a 39,000 voice plan with a special election to decide a band issue. In London Frank Long, recently discharged and calling himself a handyman, offered to raffle his services for six months with 100 firms paying 5 per ticket, but no firms rushed to respond.
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Farewauli
Citizens Gas & Electric Een
Bertha Krueger
Majestic
Miss Krueger
Toemake
Denver
Colo
Cedar Falls
March
Board of Education
London
Frank Long
Conviction In 1918 Senate Plot Case Stuns Court
The 1918 trial against Senator Newberry ends with a guilty verdict for conspiracy to commit perjury. Jury foreman Martin Block declares the case closed as Judge Sessions commends the jury. Defense counsel Murfin and Littleton voice shock and vow to press on, while Ford calls the result near justice. The conviction does not strip Newberry of his seat pending Senate action. a Senate elections committee studies next steps as Newberry contemplates appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Martin Block
Charlevoix Grocer
Murfin
M. L. Littleton
New York
Frank C. Dailey
W. H. Bichorn
Dailey
Grand
Senator Newberry
Senate
Washington, D. C
Newberry
Grand Rapids
Henry Ford
Watson
Indiana
Ford
United States Supreme Court
Spartacans Battle At Essen And War Talks Continue
The report claims 300 die in the Essen battle as German news agencies and the government seek delays in disarmament. The Ebert government faces Socialist demands for greater ministry representation as talks stall. Emerson recovers from injuries after the Falls Avenue crash and is discharged to his Cedar Falls home.
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Essen
Foreign Office
Ebert
Engine Hostler Hurt In Dubuque Yard Incident
At the Illinois Central yards in Dubuque Iowa a 21 year old engine hostler named Kemp was crushed between a locomotive tender and the engine as it was moved to the cinder pit. He was taken by city ambulance to a hospital with injuries described as serious but not life threatening.
Sleeping sickness mystery puzzles five doctors in Waterloo
Thomas Keegan, 819 Jefferson Street, Iowa Dairy Separator Co. employee, was sent to St Francis hospital with a mysterious illness after returning home Thursday. Five physicians debated diagnosis as possible sleeping sickness or brain base clot while Keegan showed delirium and stupor.
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Thomas Keegan
Jefferson Street
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
St. Francis Hospital
Keegan
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Hardy New
Uncle Sam
Rabie’ Bas 2D Rae
Dave Money
Department of Justices
Strauss
Department of Justice
Liberty
Dick’s
Adelaide R. Wen
W. VA
Fourth Street East
SEW CO
Junior High
LA Porte
Emerson
William Emerson
Falls Avenue
Rolla Raymon
Presbyterian Hospital
Gedar Falls
L.C. Dubuque
Alls Avenue
Africa
Hamilton
Camera Shop
Bridge Street
Co-oper
Ative Association
East Fifth Street
Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Wal Davis Rnesco
Stark Castile
Abc
Yard Abc
Lawkies
Hale Price
Wang
Miller’s
Wang & Miller’s
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