Local Pastor Alleges Resignation After Bishop Appoints Spry
The Rev. A William Spry, pastor of First Methodist church, was notified by Bishop Frank Bristol of his appointment as superintendent of the Waterloo district. A condition requires Spry to resign by June 1, and a church meeting tonight will decide his response. If accepted, he will fill out the late Th Evans term and then serve as district superintendent for six years after the conference.
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William FL Spry
First Methodist Church
Frank Bristol
Waterloo
Methodist Episcopal Church
Spry
Lors
Th. Evans
Russians retreat as Austro German drive nears Przemysl
London reports western Galicia sees continued Russian withdrawals under pressure from Austro German assault. German forces push toward the Wisloka river and are within fifty miles of Przemysl fortress as the campaign intensifies.
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London
England
Galicia
Wisloka River
Arel
Przemysl
Information refused census cards trigger misdemeanor enforcement
H C Williams, a census enumerator, reports three cards reading Information refused. Count y Auditor Rainbow says legal action will be taken under census law for refusing to answer. Fictitious names on cards suspected. Penalties include fines up to 100 or thirty days in jail. Wally Jackson, unbleached American, arrested for intrusion at My Water cleaned establishment. Several suits missing from the store as the warrants opened. Jackson’s attire resembles one seen at the shop yesterday.
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H. C. Williams
Cherry Street
Rainbow
Bullrterator
Williams
Wally Jackson
Susa
Secral
Jackson
Watet
Face Eruptions Signify Deep Impurities in Tissues
An ad-style piece argues facial eruptions reveal blood impurities and liver weakness. It claims cleansing helps remove toxins, touts a proprietary product from Swift Specific Co and urges readers to buy a bottle from a local chemist or write for a mail order remedy.
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Getty
Dleal Agriser
Swift
Say Gulflight Wag Torpedoed Without Warning
Fragmentary report from Washington describes Chief Officer Smith of the American steamer Gulflight saying it was torpedoed but not sunk. A cable statement in the last week noted the ship flew a large American flag and was torpedoed without warning.
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Washington, D. C
Offcer Snith
Srentier
Gulflight
State Department
Beth Swith
Consular Avente Bluefield
Naval Fete Boosts Enlistment Interest in New York
New York marked a naval fete with a reception for Admiral Fletcher and officers at Frances tavern. Six thousand enlisted men received tickets to baseball games and hundreds were invited to Brooklyn events. The fleet’s presence drew crowds to Hudson River views and sparked a surge in enlistment applications, with 71 men trying at one station yesterday and only nine accepted.
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New York
Atlmiral Fletcher
Foy the Sons of the Revolution
Brooklyn
New York Yacht Club
Hudsor
Y M G A NOTES CHANGES AND MEET REMINDERS
The Rev John Robertson Macartney will speak at 7 16 this evening to employed boys, then gym and pool time, followed by a Y M C A and Y W C A joint social plan to be announced tomorrow. If good weather the group will picnic by the river, otherwise luncheon at the Y M C A gymnasium. Entries for the graded school track and relay meet at Fifth and Left streets close Thursday at 4 p m with all city grades competing. Prizes include a banner, a Dishlag rod, tennis racket, and jersey from local firms. First three places award five three and one points, relays eight six and four.
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John Robertson Macartney
Fifth and
Left Street
Waterloo Motorboat Club Opens Season With Carnival
Waterloo Motorboat Club plans a June 4 opening with a postoffice band of twenty playing Friday evening. Plans for illumination and river carnival were finalized. The street dance committee includes J C Jago, Walter Trask, and George. The band will be on a barge anchored mid river. Several new members were admitted last night as the club entered the season.
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Postoffica
Waterloo Motorboat Club
Enterhaitstreet Can
J.C. Jago
Walter Trask
George
Pioneer Woman Remembered as Longtime Black Hawk Resident
Mrs. Netey Jane Gould, a centenarian birthplace Pavilion Norway March 23 1859, died Monday afternoon in Waterloo. She celebrated her ninety sixth birthday on March 13. Funeral services will be held at Calgary Evangelical Church tomorrow at 1 30 pm after a 1 pm prayer service at her son's home 419 Ankeny Street. Interment will follow at Poyner Cemetery near Raymond where her husband is buried. She and her husband ran a hotel in Raymond for 45 years. She is survived by son H D Gould and G E Gould and sister Adeline Dickey of San Diego aged 93.
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Netey Jane Gould
H. D. Gould
Ankeny Street
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
J. A. Huehlen
Calgary Evangelical Darch
Gould
Poyner
Raymond
Mrs. Gould
Pavillion
Baymond
G. E H. Gould
Adeline Dickey
San Diego
Cal
Women Help Edmund De Wagenaere Fund With Ice Cream Social
Members of the Ladies' Aid society of East Waterloo township contributed to the De Wagenaere fund for Edmund De Wagenaere’s business education. The money, totaling eight dollars, came from an ice cream sociable held last Friday evening at the Ed Stubbs home on Logan avenue road.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
East Waterloo
Edmund de Wagenaere
Ed. Stubbs
Logan Avenue
Cabinet Is Silent on Its Deliberations
Washington May 14 1 The cabinet met for nearly three hours in a session the longest in months. None of the members would confirm or deny discussions of the Lusitania incident and all refused to comment. The tone was grave and restrained across the cabinet room.
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Washington, D. C
German Report Of Sea Battle Called Falge
London says Berlin released a statement claiming a night sea clash near Norway involved British and German ships with illuminated rockets. It claims sinking of the Superb and Warrior and damage to Lyon class ships, while the British admiralty dismisses the tale as fabrication and notes German anxiety to influence neutrals.
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London
Preayureau
Berlin
Muarconlong
Norway
Kergen
Norwegian
Dardanelles
Superb
Warrior
Lyon
Nand
Englsh
Tyne
Firth of Forth
Admiralty
Sas
Cotton Mills in the South Block Child Labor Laws
Dr. A J McKelway, southern secretary of the national child labor committee, told the industrial relations commission that cotton mills in the south opposed reform legislation. He claimed certain mills operated as show mills with schools and churches while others controlled housing and towns. He cited wages under two dollars weekly and noted Negro children were not widely employed.
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Washington, D. C
A. J. McKelway
National Child Labor Committee
Industrial Relations Commission
South
Ant
McKelway
Weather data fragment from Buchanan Optical Co report
Fragmentary temperature log for May 11 from Buchanan Optical Co. includes scattered readings such as 53 at 10 a.m. and other illegible entries. The OCR text is incomplete with nonsensical strings and inconsistent formatting, preserving only a few legible numeric values.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Sheriff Foils Jail Break Plot by 19 Prisoners
Sheriff Henderson uncovered a planned escape at the jail as prisoners prepared to saw bars. He found a saw made from a file, a cage knife, a dagger, and pocketknives. One inmate, Hnat, was accused of jewelry store theft. The conspirators planned to saw a little each day to avoid notice. The discovery halted the scheme before any escape. The dagger and weapons posed the greatest threat to officers.
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Henderson
Hnat
Joseph & Sons
Fredom
Dispatch From Berlin Mystery Message Reported
A Washington dispatch cites Ambassador Gerard in Berlin sending a message to the president whose contents remain unrevealed. Captain Turner of the Lusitania testimony has been reported to the state department for use in the coroner’s jury case study. A cantata rehearsal for The Holy City is set for tomorrow at 7:30 in the east high auditorium with A Fullerton directing remaining rehearsals and final chorus.
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Gerard
Washington
D. C
Berlin
Turner
Lusitania
Holy City
East High Auditorium
A. Fullerton
Cedar Falls
Referendum on U. S. ownership of steamships
Washington May 11 The chamber of commerce of the United States submits to its members a referendum on government ownership and operation of ships as part of building a permanent merchant marine. The vote closes by June 22, following February actions and a split committee vote on a government ship purchase bill.
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Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Merchant Marine Committee
Congress
Ita
Sharp Advances in Wheat Prices
Chicago May 11 wheat prices recovered swiftly after the Lusitania sinking. July wheat rose 6.5 cents to close at 1.32 1/2, versus 1.26 at night.
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Chicago
Cardinal OConnell Praises Wilson Address at Knights Meet
Cardinal OConnor praises President Wilson's Philadelphia speech in Boston. He urges reading the address to the Knights of Columbus convention and to every American organization, calling it a universal, lofty expression of sentiment.
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Boston
Cardinal O’connell
the Knights of Columbus
Wilson
Philadelphia
America
The Baby's Welfare A Mother's Dread
A mother's fear for her baby's life is eased by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription a tonic for women's ills. The ad touts its organics roots and lack of alcohol promising healthier pregnancy and infant development. It notes tips on maternity pain and invites orders via a Common Sense Medical Adviser offer.
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Il Health
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
United States
Invalids' Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Justice and unity in human sentiment through love of truth
The passage asserts that true sentiment for America strengthens love for justice and truth in every heart. It calls for the removal of sectional jealousy and discord, framing national unity as grounded in universal human ideals rather than factional rivalry.
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América
Show Boat Sunk in Mississippi Near Montrose
Fort Madison May 11 The tow boat Dixie with the floating theatre America and a river show troupe struck a submerged stump in sixteen feet of water in the Mississippi near Montrose at 4 a m The crew and actors escaped to the show boat before the steamer went down
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Fort Madison
Dixie
Floating Theatre
America
Mississippi
Montrose
Sixteen Bodies Brought to Queenstown After Lusitania Disaster
Sixteen bodies were brought into Queenstown this afternoon by a tug chartered by the Cunard line. None of the bodies has yet been identified. The report also notes residents Peter Paulos and Louis George were given thirty-day sentences.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Peter Paulos
Louis George
Wanted Salesmen and Solicitors for Farm Direct Sales
Wanted two groups seeking direct farm sales. One group seeks salesmen with auto or rig. call Wednesday or Thursday evening at 312 Irving. Another group seeks four solicitors for rapid selling household article. apply Martin hotel Willoughby. Real estate listing for a 240 acre farm in Wabasha County Minnesota with eight room house, barns, grainary, pasture, trout stream, timber, near Mazeppa, stock and farm home for sale at 80 dollars per acre. write to Fred C. Yotter, Mazeppa, Minnesota.
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Irving
Martin Hotel
Willoughby
Wabasha Co
Minn
Harny
Mazeppa
Fred C. Yotter
Mazeppa, Minn
Federal court bootlegging case ends with jail sentence
Two defendants convicted on bootlegging charges will serve their terms in Watertoo County Jail. The federal court decision orders incarceration in the local facility, marking a decisive outcome in the bootlegging prosecution.
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Watertoo
Getsit A Sure Shot For All Corns
An old advertisement touts GetSiT as a painless quick cure for corn calluses warts and bunions. It promises immediate relief with two drops and claims the product dissolves corns fast, urging readers to buy at druggists or direct from Be Lawrence & Co Chicago for 25 cents per bottle.
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BE. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Megriminine Headache Remedy Ad Seeks Quick Relief
An early 20th century ad promotes Dr Whitehall Megriminine as a plain common-sense remedy for headaches and neuralgia. It promises relief within twenty minutes and stresses natural aid to the nervous system and circulation. Sold in 30c boxes at drug stores with multiple distributors listed.
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Dr. Whitehall Megriming Co
South Bend
Indiana
B. W. Schuneman & Co
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
J. & Joder
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International News
George McManus
Brink TO
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Betsy Gould
Wagenaere
Wagenaere Fund
East Waterloo Township
Cabinet
Irvin Cone
Irvin
Cobb
Plato
Tool For Freedom
U.5
Connell
Fely & Co
Lata
Fowler
American Mfg. Co
Jefferson St
Smart Shop
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