Tax Payers Pack Cedar Falls Office and School Postings
City tax collectors office on Main Street draws shoppers from Cedar Falls and nearby townships paying the first half of 1917 taxes by cash and check as crowds grow. Applications for Cedar Falls schools superintendent begin with J T Byers. salary likely to curb hiring of a new head. Also notes funeral, church Easter service plans, and local travel for residents.
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Cedar Palls
March
Edward Madigan
Main Street
Cedar Falls
Washington
Union Townships
Niine
Lima
J. T. Byers
Maria F. Smith
A. F. Smith
West Fifth Street
J. W. Holand
Baldwin Commandery Knight Templars
Chedsr Falls
Wil
First Methodist Church
J. W
Policeman Charged With an Assault
John IL Collins of the police department was arrested on an assault and battery charge after a warrant from Justice W A Cook. Mrs Clara Carroll filed the information, alleging Collins entered her home by breaking a door and threatened violence to collect payment for furniture. Collins bonded $50 pending hearing.
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John IL. Collins
Police Department
Jlice
W. A. Cook
Clara Carroll
North Barclay Street
Collins
Justice Cook
Carroll
Billie
German War Prep Document Warns of Large Scale Poison Gas Barrages
A wartime Allied front dispatch describes a German plan stressing massive ammunition dumps for several days, heavy mortar reserves, barbed wire defenses, gas shells, and extensive frontline communications. It notes anticipated gas use, fortified mortar emplacements, and rear machine gun groups to counter air attacks, with officers assigned to maintain liaison between front lines and staff.
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Corre
Associated
Verdun
Women Plan Liberty Bond Drive Across Butler County
Mrs. W. W. Marsh state chair man and Mrs. F. L. Marquis county chairwoman of the third liberty loan women’s committee spoke at a Butler county conference with Mrs. W. T. Evans at Hotel Russell-Lamson. Mrs. Marsh urged women to buy bonds to support the April goal and to prepare community sentiment before the canvass begins.
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W. W. Marsh
F. L. Marquis
Womens
Butler County
W. T. Evans
Russell-Lamson
George Spengler
Buchanan County
Marsh
Woman Socialist Worker Arrested in Missouri
Springfield Mo March 22 Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes Socialist party worker of New York was arrested here after persistently addressing a socialist meeting despite police ban She failed to appear in municipal court when her case was called this morning.
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Springfield
Rose Pastor Stokes
Socialist Party Worker of
New York
Bishop Transferred Sparks Change in Rome
Rome reports Right Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly, bishop, transferred amid a scheduling note that an address was set for Willow Springs, Missouri, with a transfer announcement appearing March 22.
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Rome
Charles J. O'Reilly
The
Pope appoints bishop for Lincoln Diocese from Baker City
The Diocese of Baker City Oregon reports Pope Benedict has named a bishop for the Lincoln Nebraska diocese. An advertisement from Wang and Miller Shoe Co. promotes spring footwear.
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Baker City
Ore
Pope Benedict
Diocese of
Lincoln, Neb
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
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Cidar Falls
Lawn City Office
Endent
Roguast
Foo
Black Hawk County
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Missouri
U.S
Willow Springs
Ae A
Waterloo Hardware Co
Lafayette Streets
Black and
Oxford
Topcoats
Waterloo
Oelwein, Waverly
Boone
Intelligent Clothes Service
Ings
Jersey
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