Parasol Girls Highlight Waterloo Parada at Theatre Tonight
Waterloo theater hosts the final Parada show featuring the Parasol Girls with Patti Lindner as soloist among a star lineup. The program includes Vanity Fairs Prom Girls Belles floral arch gypsies and more with songs humor by the Mandys and Newsboys. Proceeds approach 800 dollars with hospital fund donations and strong advance ticket sales ensure a full house.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Theater
Patti Lindner
Mandys
Newsboys
Atorney H. F. Swisher
Labor Trouble at Rock Island Arsenal Public Office Ban
Labor troubles hit Rock Island arsenal affecting 1500 workers as government orders bar civil employees from holding public office. A W Johnson and C C Wilson faced dismissal before candidacy for commissioners in the recent primary, while Aldermen Borst and Cochran were told to resign or be dismissed. Both chose resignation as the only option.
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Rock Tsland
Ill
Rock Island Arsenal
A. W. Johnson
C. C. Wilson
Charles Borst
William Cochran
Arsenal
Hoth
Johnson sinking under grave suspicion
Cleveland reports March 25 amid rumors surrounding the condition of T Johnson. The item notes grave suspicion about his status and references conflicting reports.
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T. Johnson
Cleveland
Postum Advocated as Coffee Alternative by Editor Browne
Editor Browne of the Rockford Morning Star shares a letter praising Postum as relief for coffee caused indigestion and stomach disorders. The piece argues coffee harms the nervous system and urges quitting coffee for 10 days then using Postum boiled 16 minutes to restore health, ending with a plug for the booklet The Read to Wellville.
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The
Rockford Morning Star
Sam
J. Stanley Browne
Wellville
LAY IN STORES FOR BIG COAL STRIKE
Calgary reports plans for a general strike by all union miners in Alberta and east British Columbia set for April 1. The action aims to affect 7,060 workers, with railroads and towns stocking fuel in anticipation. Mines producing 12,000 tons daily will be impacted, including Canadian Pacific railroad facilities and large smelters.
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Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Sweeping Probe Into Anthracite Coal Trade Proposed
A concurrent resolution in Harrisburg seeks a sweeping investigation of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry. The plan aims to protect the public and curb coal production while empowering a committee to probe ties between mining and transportation entities and major banking houses tied to them.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
$60 000 Labor Temple for Spokane Unions
Spokane plans a four story concrete and stone labor temple costing 60000 dollars. The building will include a gymnasium, reading lounges, a plunge pool, eleven halls, a large auditorium, twelve office suites and two storerooms with modern lighting heating and ventilation. Stock sales fund the project. the first 10 share sold for 63 dollars.
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Spokane
Wash
Labor Temple
Trades Unions of
David C. Coates
Public Works
Mansion Fire Devastates Davenport Estate Tonight
An eight story mansion owned by D P Burrows in Davenport Iowa burned during the night with an estimated loss of 10000 dollars. The fire started from a gas explosion in the private waste plant.
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Davenport
D. P. Burrows
Wast i
Fire results in flood of Bills for factory safety
New York officials seek causes of Saturday's factory fire that killed 142, with many more funerals. Albany reports lawmakers ready to push fire protection bills including separate exits for every thirty workers, locked exit prohibitions, automatic extinguishers on five story plus buildings, and filing of building plans with the labor commissioner.
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New York
Albany
M. Y
Wainwright
Employers’ Liability Commission
Assemblyman
Phillips
Brooks
McGrath
State Commissioner of Labor
Pepper Clark Sent to St Paul in Chicago Release
Chicago National League club President Charles W Murphy releases five players including Anmer Meier to New Orleans with repurchase option Cooney to Spokane Beaumont Pepper Clark and Pitcher Cooke are purchased by St Paul Don Clepp dies after being struck by a car in Grinnell Indiana with both legs lost in the incident at Central yards and later dying in hospital
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Chicago
Charles W. Murphy
Anmermeier
New Orleans
Cooney
Spokane
St. Paul
Beaumont
Pepper" Clark
Cooke
Grinnell
Don Clepp
Hosspital
Death in river land ends Kistner search mystery
George D. Kistner is found dead near a river bank after a long disappearance. Coroner Waterbury and Justice Dempster inspect the scene. death appears due to exhaustion amid cold and wind. He lived at 520 Reber avenue with his wife, left for a barber visit, and his body is brought to E. F. Kis tner’s undertaking parlors. Surviving are five children and several relatives. funeral set for 1 pm at the Reber avenue home with Rev. Graves. Interment in Orange township.
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Corliss Shirley
Shirley
Kistner
CG. A. Waterbury
J. B. Dempster
Jefferson Street
Reber Avenue
Eagle Township
Mr. Kistner
Germany
George O. Kistner
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Shaulls
Ellery E
Albert W
W. J. Peverill
W. A. Peverill
Waterloo
Frank E. Kistner
Third Street West
Louisa Poland
Washington, Pa
Carrie Gardner
Omaha, Neb
Minnie Louncenbaugh
Sioux City, Ta
The
United Brethren Church
R. B. Graves
Orange Township Cementers
J. E. Dempster
N Y Democrats in Hard Plight in U S Senate Nomination
Albany March 28 Democrats failed to nominate a candidate for U S senator in last night's caucus. Twenty-five candidates were named with William F Sheehan leading at 28 votes. Republicans and insurgents are negotiating in the background as caucus adjourns awaiting a new session.
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Albany
N. Y
William F. Sheehan Teading
Depew Withdrawal Sparks Republican Uncertainty
Senator Brackett announced receipt of a telegram from ex Senator Chauncey M. Depew releasing Republicans from their caucus pledge to vote for him as the minority candidate. He said they will vote for Depew today and may conference later to decide on future action.
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Gents
Depew
Brackett
Chauncey M. Depew
Senator Brackett
Albanian Soldier Fires on German Instructor in Constantinople
A German Army instructor, Colonel Von Schlichting, was shot dead on the parade grounds in Constantinople by an Albanian soldier angry over a reprimand for slowness. The assassin was immediately placed in chains after the killing.
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Constantinople
Col. von Schlichting
Deaf children reassured as smallpox contagion wanes
H W Robert, superintendent of the school for the deaf at Council Bluffs, says the smallpox epidemic among pupils is very light and not alarming. Children are confined to the hospital for contagion precautions, with several convalescent and dismissed, while parents are notified of symptoms and care remains excellent. In Ottumwa, Iowa, the Iowa State Dental Society districts meet with 25 dentists and wives attending.
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H. W. Robert
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Burlington
Iowa State Dental Society
America and Africa One Proves Ancient Continent Unity
Boston March 28 scientist Robert Payne Bigelow of MIT presents a theory of former global unity linking North American opossums, Australian kangaroos, and wombats by shared pouch-based lineage. He suggests a giant pre ice continent connected Austra lia New Zealand South America and Africa with a temperate climate.
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Boston
Mass
Africa
Robert Payne Bigelow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bigelow
Antarctic
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Sterilize Unfit Glasses Vote Presses Reform Movements
A 664 to 13 vote favors sterilizing unfit glasses and preventing growth of criminals and drunks. In the senatorial ballot Kenyon is listed with Porter Dem, Ghabsaee, Deemer, and Judge Wade Dem on a tight race. In the house today a liquor vote rule would require 65 percent of legal voters at the general election for consent, not at special or school elections. The house also passed a reform bill letting direct sentencing to reform school for most crimes except murder. Grout proposes a state water land survey to resolve title disputes. Washington county would move from the Sixth to Twentieth judicial district. P. S. White, Shelby county ex-attorney and Ninth district candidate for Congress, discussed special election timing with the governor. vote likely in May.
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Board of Control
Reform School
Grout
Black Hawk
Executive Council
Washington County
Twentieth Judicial District
White
Shelby County
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W. M. Stewart
G. Hildebrand
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Edward H. Wyant
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Eren
Tom L. Johnson
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Solons
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Waterloo, Iowa
Molen
Geo. D. Kistner
Y. M. CC. A. Strong
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Ghabsaee
Deemer
Wade
H. W. Taggart
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