Burt reaches two year record of city gas rates in Iowa case
Judge George Scott asked Austin Burt manager of Citizens Gas and Electric Co to file an affidavit showing Waterloo and Cedar Falls gas rates for the last 20 years. Burt says six voluntary reductions since the 1902 franchise and notes an involuntary reduction by Waterloo's council would be first. Rate changes ranged from 5 to 15 cents with a 24 cent increase in 1917 not requiring ordinance.
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George Scott
Austin Burt
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Burt
Ries
Follo
Ford Faces $11 Million Royalties Suit
Ho w ard & Huf, electrical engineers, filed in Dade County circuit court alleging Henry Ford owes $11,000,000 in royalties for magneto use across Ford cars tractors and other Ford Motor Company equipment manufactured in Detroit. The suit names Ford Motor Company as defendant and cites licensed magneto technology applied to multiple products.
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United Press
Miami, Fla
Henry Ford
Dade, County
Howard
Huf
Huff
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Park Commission to Make Improvements Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls park commission outlines extensive improvements in Washington and other city parks with shrubbery plantings planned. Community notices report residents visiting Cedar Falls and events including anniversaries, travel to Chicago, and funerals affecting local families.
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Cedar Falls
City Park Commission
Washington
Jb- Send
Call New Venire in Burch Murder Case
A new venire was summoned by Judge Sidney N. Reeve as jury drawing resumed for the trial of Arthur Burch charged with the murder of J Belton Kennedy. The first venire was exhausted after 17 jurors declared scruples against capital punishment and one held a fixed opinion on the case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sidney N. Reeve
Arthur ©. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Hummel Hotel Leased to Hotel Martin Company
Owners lease the Hummel hotel to Hotel Martin Company of Des Moines. The firm operates four hotels including two in Des Moines, one in Boone, and the one in question.
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Hotel Martin Company
Des Moines
Boone
Jad Salts Advertised Kidney Remedy Claim
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a remedy for backache and kidney sluggishness caused by heavy meat intake. It asserts urine cleansing, bladder relief, and prevention of rheumatic pain, recommending four ounces dissolved in water daily before breakfast. It touts safety and affordability.
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Kidn
Vote of Confidence Looms Over Lloyd George Policy
London report says Premier Lloyd George plans resignation Monday if the house fails to provide a 300 vote of confidence on the Genoa policy. Labor and Irish issues threaten coalition unity as strikes and the Cannes Russia debt terms fuel opposition among Chester Churchill and unionist factions.
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Hy United Press
London
Lloyd George
Genoa
House
Cannes
Russia
Winston Churchill
George Younger
Coalition tensions loom as bolshevik meeting rejected
Coalition whips push for a 400 vote majority in the house while Slova George sits apart from the Irish conference amid unresolved frictions and potential alignments.
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Slova George
Armour Denies Personal Knowledge of Mistletoe Yards
J Ogden Armour testified before Judge B T Hainer in Kansas City stating he has no personal knowledge of Mistletoe Stockyards workings. He said information should come from subordinates and that making the yards public would be impossible. He described the yards as a receiving station and a Chicago company outpost and market stabilizer in the district.
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Kansas City
J. Ogden Armour
B.T. Hainer
Armour & Co
Armour
Hainer
Chicago
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Pure Vegetable Formula
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable laxative substitute for calomel. It claims to improve skin color appetite and energy, start bile, relieve constipation, and provide pink skin and bright eyes with no dangerous after effects. Sold in boxes for 15 or 30 cents.
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Edwards
Despondent man ends life by gas in Waterloo room
J Tr Speake 43 a native of Benton county killed himself yesterday at his sister Mrs Ellen Custum’s home at 505 Park Ave East. found in a gas filled room at 6 pm after leaving letters to his sister and wife. He had been despondent over health and misery ahead. Speake had lived in Waterloo the past two years and been ill for two years.
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J. Tr. Speake
Ellen Custom
Park Avenue East
Speake
Peterssen Bros
McCullum
Benton County
Mr. Speake
Waterloo
Funeral set for Waterloo man with Cedar Rapids relatives
Surviving spouse Mrs Speake of Waterloo along with Miss Stella Speake Cedar Rapids Mrs Killen Cullom Waterloo Mrs Helen George Cedar Rapids and brothers Albert Toledo and Frank Omaha are listed as survivors. The body will be taken to Mr Speake's old home Shellaburg Iowa tomorrow morning for funeral services.
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Speake
Waterloo
Stella Speake
Cedar Rapids
Killen Cullom
Helen George
Ail Aleters
Albert
Toledo
Frank
Omaha
Shellaburg
Johnston to Discuss Black Hawk County Road Program
Black Hawk County road building plan heads the agenda for Waterloo Technical Society meeting at 8 pm Friday in Greater Waterloo association clubrooms. County Engineer W D Johnston will discuss Black Hawk County Construction Program for 1922 and George F Scales will present on Winter Concreting.
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Black Hawk
Waterloo Technical Society
Greater Waterloo Association
W. D. Johnston
Black Hawk County
George’ F. Scales
Careless Shampooing Spoils the Hair
An advertisement urges careful shampooing using Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo. It claims common soaps dry the scalp and brittle hair, while two to three teaspoons in warm water cleanses hair and scalp, leaves a soft, silky feel, and provides plentiful lather. The product is marketed as pure, greaseless, cheap, and widely available.
Des Moines Doctor Kidnapped Robbed Beaten by Thieves
Dr H C Johnson formerly of Davenport was abducted after a medical call on the east side. Three men in a waiting car ordered him to accompany them, pistol threats and a robbery left him $18 and a watch lighter. They dumped him near his sister in law's home at 3811 Ingersoll Avenue, promising recovery.
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Johnson
D. C. Hamilton
Ingersoll ‘Avenue
Associated Press
Des Moines
H. C. Johnson
Davenport
Adega Ous
Gine Samet
Sahara
Sugar Prices in 1819 Scotland Mentioned in Record
Fragmentary OCR notes sugar cost in Scotland around 1819 showing 4s per pound with unclear context. Mentions likely price unit and tariff or tax reference, but specifics remain unreadable.
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Scotland
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National Council of Boy Sconte
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