Van Hoeson Joins Clough Agency Expansion in Indiana
H M Van Hoeson, longtime Waterloo advertiser, becomes vice president and account executive with John L Clough Advertising in Indianapolis. The move places him to oversee full campaigns, linking Waterloo clients with Cloughs reputation and national associations while maintaining Waterloo roots and a temporary Black Hawk building office. He will still live at 305 South Street and run the Waterloo operation locally.
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H. M. van Hoeson
Waterloo
John L. Clough
Indianapolis
van Hoeson
Clough
Indiana
A. N. P. A. Farm Press
Black Hawk
Theaiers
New York
Chicago
Detroit
van Hoesen
South Street
Senate votes down coal tax bill in Iowa
Des Moines reports the Senate defeated the Brookhart bill imposing a two cent per ton coal tax, 29 to 16, intended to fund improvements in schools attended by miners' children. In Washington, Ralph W. Stone was named acting federal supervisor for Illinois, succeeding Frank D. Richardson who resigned.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Stone
Richardson
Washington, D. C
Ralph W. Stone
Ilinois
Central Department
Frank D. Richardson
Cedar Valley Cigar Factory Runs Full Force
In Waterloo the Cedar Valley Cigar company operates at full capacity with up to 20 workers. The plant on Water street produces 5000 cigars daily using a new process devised by president and manager George W. DeWald.
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Waterloo
Cedar Valley Cigar Company
George W. DeWald
Water Street
DeWald
Seek Chest of Gold Buried by Officer Who Fled Indians
PONCA CITY Okla Forty thousand dollars in gold is the prize for a Kansan led dig the first since 1900 when A G Hennessey failed to locate the chest rumored buried near Big Spring Nicholas Spring on John Ford’s farm in Kingman County Kansas about 30 miles north of the Oklahoma line. The chest reportedly held army pay amid Kiowa or Comanche war activity and was buried after an ambush that killed the paymaster and his men. Old plainsmen and scouts keep the tale alive as bands of Indians periodically search the site with help from a former Comanche chief who died years ago.
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Ponca City
Okla
A. G. Hennessey
Okahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Chikaskia
Salt Fork
Arkansas
John Ford
Kingman County
Oklahoma City
A.mcguire
J. W. Ritter
DanyLeahy
Wichita
Kingman
Big Spring
McGuire
Treasure tale and curious clippings from early 1900s news
Dec 1900 search near Kingman for a buried chest failed after A G Hennessey and Kansas pioneers scoured the area. McGuire remains convinced gold lies nearby. Also reports on a Chinese “twelfth moon eighth day” marriage custom, a skeleton-illustrated injury case in Enid, a New Jersey bid openings for building and loan exams, and a note on tamarind wood density.
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China
Peking
North China Herald
Anhui
Liuang Chow
Chia l
Enid
Oklah
John S. Graham
John C. Higgins
Davenport
Garber
Graham
Higgins
Kansas City
New Jersey
State Department of Banking and Insurance
India
Uncle Sam
U. S. War Industries Board
Naziindustries
riFick
U.S
F.o.b. Cars
U.S. War Industries Board
United States Geological Survey
United States
Atlanta
Curiaco Dauras
Denver
Portland
Orrrci
Helena
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Yor
Parkersburg
Salt Lake Dry
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
Vancouver, B. C, Washington
Coats
Canton
Georgette
Belding
Crawford
Crystal Theatre
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