Waterloo arrests trend as mayor bans harem skirt
Waterloo residents flocked to the Ellis hotel area to witness the arrest of Lawrence Lezah for wearing a dress not becoming the sex. Police pursued the offender after the mayor ordered action, and Lezah was fined $100 in Judge Caldwell's court. Manager Marceles posted the bond for release. The case drew a curious, divided crowd and sparked debate on propriety and fashion.
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Waterloo
New York
Lawrence Lezah
Orpheum Theatre
WaArper
Ellis Hotel
Jevah
Caldwell
Rector
Yerzah
Dinneen
Wagner
Dameel
Lezeah
Adimirera
Turing
Stlles
Lezah
J. W. Marcelles
Kermit Roosevelt Rebuffed by Harvard Stage Manager
The Big Stick notes Kermit Roosevelt son of the colonel faced a setback at Harvard while pursuing acting. He hoped for a leading singing and talking role in the Has ty Pudding club theatricals but was labeled a bum actor by stage manager Eugene R. Sanger and relegated to the chorus after his name appeared on the program. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon.
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Boston
Mass
Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit
Harvard
Chibdle
Kermit Wags
Hila Imogene Pratt
Eugene R. Sanger
Cut Men Teachers Pay Equalizes Wages in New York Schools
New York March 31 Men teachers in elementary schools of New York City appointed hereafter will receive the same pay as women. Salaries for men in those positions will be cut about one third for future appointees. The board of education action is seen by women teachers as a step toward full equalization of salaries across all public school departments.
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New York
New York City
Board of Education
Muldoon Loses Pair of Horses in Night Theft
Real estate man Muldoon found his barn door closed with two valuable work horses missing after 2 a.m. A neighbor heard sounds, Sheriff Shores notified towns within thirty miles, and a later report identified two horses found running at large as his property.
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Wheno
J. T. MuLdoon
Oak Avenue
Magazines to 60 Ko Fast Freight to Change Transport
Post offices will carry bulky magazines by fast freight after July 1, with carload shipments from large publishing centers to reduce costs. Plans from Postmaster General Hitchcock aim to ease second class rate debates and weighings in the quadrennial system set for three states and major cities. Distributing terminals will handle through matter, with earlier mailing and finer separation at publishers. Yeomen event in Albia sees many new members and a banquet for 600. Lew Simmons, 72, noted as oldest member.
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San Antonio
Tex
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnnesota
Iona
Missouri
Boston
Springfield
Mass
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Ines
Tearney in a terrible rage at league meeting
Chicago March 1 Special Tearney enraged during a league meeting over a circuit plan. A three member committee was proposed to arrange a schedule and segments from north south and B B Johnson of Chicago. The vote tied Tearney cast the deciding vote in favor and called out delegates while Tecessiones angrily denounced northern delegates.
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Ewald
Quincy
Kinsella
B. B. Johnson
Chicago
Tearney
National Commission
James T. Hayes
Frank Boyle
Dick Kinsella
Wilson Behring
Behring
League
Rowland. Holland
Bloomington
Waterloo
Advertised Letters at Water loo March 29 1911
List of names under advertising letters in Water loo on March 29 1911. Includes Mrs. J. B. Allen Mrs. Roy Amburn Miss Margaret Balsar Mrs. Elizabeth Burns Mrs. J. S. Bauker plus many other private individuals and several foreign names such as Francesca Marrittano di Giuseppe and Mrs. Ellen Hansen. Third class and other categories noted.
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Waterloo
J. B. Allen
Roy Amburn
Selden N. Baird
Margaret Balsar
Elizabeth Burns
J. S. Bauker
R. A. Baumeister
A. F. Bellis
R. Birch
M. B. Blents
A. V. Bright
Julia Busse
Edw. Casserly
J. H. Calkins
Emma
S. Coleman
Vina E. Conklin
Sarrah Devemort
Loyd Foral
Phill Folkins
Marle Gardner
Hal Gilmore
Margaret Grier
Edith Gronner
Bono O. Graves
H. Hacklebarth
Harbaugh
Frank Haines
Ben Horner
la Port House Moving Co
Walter Lawton
Earl Laymann
Jack Lord
Dan Lorne
Prof
A. §. Lynch
Charles Mauser
Marks
W. P. Miner
New Idea Spreader Co
H. Nutt
Jas
H. Riggs
Rush Riddler
J. J. Roberts
Lester R. Redenit
Robert Saylor
F. B Saunders
Alfred Schubert
I. K Scribner
Charles Smith
Benjamin Smith
Joe Smith
Arthur Smith
James Wann
Dow Wells
Jay Q. Wolfe
E. D. Bower
Francesca Marrittano di Giuseppe
Ellen Hansen
John Korfroumann
Bozo Krujornt
Michall Miegean
Tcho Maderer
Louis Marron
Grace E. Smith
Pauline Lindner
W. R. Law
P.M
Where It Went From A Boatom Herald
A brief anecdote from the Boatom Herald depicts a man named James spending a donated dollar on his way to the bank, but rain drove him indoors at an inn before he could save. The exchange frames a moral about responsibility and timing.
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James
New Gun Aimed at Monopolies
Attorney General Wickersham plans a new anti monopoly measure to be presented to Congress as current statutes lag behind evolving combinations of capital. He warns drastic reform may come within months as interstate trusts adapt through reorganizations. The New York money trust and Clearing House methods are cited as examples of insufficient existing law. The Cox perjury case in Cincinnati is halted by Judge Gorman.
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Washington, D. C
Wickersham
Congress
Wickeraham
Department of Justice
Army
Weneral
Money Trust
New York
Clearing House
New York Clearing House Association
James M. Beck
New Orleans Association
National Bank Closed in Thayer Kansas
The First National bank of Thayer Kansas with a capital of 25000 was closed today and a national bank examiner was placed in charge of its affairs in Washington on March 31.
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NEW Gars
Capacity House
The
Girls Friendly Society
Woods Bros
Koeneke and Wolff
Lafayette Street
Cedar Falls
Big Stick
Muldoon
Vicin
Bulkier Periodicals
Yeomen
Albia
Itumwa
Fairfield
Melrose
Lew Simmons
People’s Furniture CO
Union Mercantile Co
Warneka & Wissel
Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
Hostetter
Boyle
Danville
N. B
Hon. Gov. Carroll
Des Moiines
the Galloway-Gibson Inn. Co
Iowa
Black Hawk Bank
Sherwin-Williams
Johnson’s
Wangler Bros. Co
Standard
EVANS
F.O. Evans Piano Company
Fourth St
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