Office 13 Opened By Supt Chara For Hotel Project
Dan iel G O'Hara superintendent of building operations announced that concrete foundation work on the Russell-Larson hotel will begin next Monday in Waterloo. About 200 men will be employed. local subcontracts favored. Plans aim for occupancy Jan 1 with exterior work to follow. engineers to finalize details in coming day. Knights of Columbus initiation success with nearly forty candidates and a banquet to cap the day. Delegates to Mason City for state convention announced.
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Fifth Street
Commercial
Milwaukee
O'Hara
Dunphy, Fridstein
Waterloo
O’hara
Pp. F. Kiein
P. J. Rechtfertig
E. H. McCoy
M. H. Kelly
Mason City
State Organization of Knights of Columbus
Building NEN Plan Gonclive Building NEN Plan Gonclive
Waterlooans receive invitations to the national convention of building owners and managers in Cincinnati June 10 to 14. Charles E. Horton of Seattle presides over the outreach, with John H. Hail of Cincinnati and C A Paterson as officers. A prominent invitation urges progressive managers to attend, noting welcome for nonmembers and past attendees. Mr. and Mrs. C O Lamson of Waterloo expect to go.
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Cincinnati
Charles E. Horton
Seattle
Wash
John H. Hail
C. A. Paterson
J. T. Sloan
National Association
C. O. Lamson
Peace delegates arrive to plan 140th treaty celebration
Washington on May 12 saw British Canadian and Australian delegates arrive to arrange a 140 years since the treaty of Ghent peace celebration with Great Britain and the United States. They faced a tiring travel and preparations as Secretary Bryan in New York and President Wilson awaited their arrival.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Ghent
New York
Bryan
Wilson
Mr Dantel No Better As Telegram Reports Status
Mrs O B Kinnefelter received a telegram from Mrs Daniel who went to San Diego with a daughter Mrs Wattle Roe buck. It states they are now nicely located and that Harry Daniel remains in a delicate condition with little change. The wire mentions Victor Hugs great Masterpiece and color photography Crystal today advertisements.
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O. B. Kinnefelter
Daniel
San Diego
Cal
Wattle Roebuck
Harry Daniel
Victor
Woman's Club Annual Meet Elected Officers and Programs
The Woman's club literary department elected L. E. Fowler as chairwoman and George Fowler as secretary for the coming term. Reports on Magda and modern drama were discussed, with delegates chosen for the biannual Cedar Rapids meeting. Other departments reported on Swat the Fly and National Civic association ties. Miss Josephine Johnson hosted a ninth birthday party. Miss Gwenndla Green plans a summer visit to Sisseton. Try a Courier want ad. They will save time and money.
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Woman's Club
Public Library East
A. Longley
R. E. Crowther
L. E. Fowler
George Fowler
J. Rudolph
H. M. Reed
Magda
Sudermann
Piry
Stanley Moore
W. W. Marsh
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Folk
J. H. Woods
F. L. Marquis
Lucy §. Noble
Matt. Parrott
H. B. Kelly
Fred Austin
W. Mullan
Civic Department
National Civic Association
Congregational Church
National Association
Margaret V. Clark
E. A. Boggs
Womian's Club
Alexandra Defies Age With A Strict Diet And Exercise
The article describes Queen Alexandra’s youthful look attributed to a diet of chicken turkey and game with cabbage spinach beans and fruit plus nuts. She avoids red meat desserts and beverages other than hot milk, and favors toast with little butter. Regular light exercise accompanies her regimen.
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Queen Alexandra
England
Sho
Alexandra
Learning Among the Scots
A traveler recalls Gaelic poetry from a Scottish farmer earning about 20 a year and a youth who journeys by horseback to Aberdeen for university. Another Beotemon overhears a line of Tennyson, answering that Homer in Greek is his preferred reading, not translations.
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Scotland
Aberdeen
Tennyson
Homer
The Bending of Big Guns Amid War Engineering
Engineers note drooping muzzles on long guns under their own weight. Wire wound 12 inch by 50 feet guns droop about 4.5 minutes of arc, solid built up guns about 2.5. Temperature variations distort bending, affecting projectile wobble beyond 500 yards.
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Army
Navy
Resentment of Trousers for Women Across History
The piece argues that radical changes trigger injury to society, noting women wearing trousers has repeatedly provoked collective fear and ridicule. It suggests instinctive racial memory, not individual bias, drives the backlash against such fashion in various eras.
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Humanity
When Codfish Use Ballast in Gloucester Fisherman Tale
A Gloucester fisherman criticizes the fish clause in the Canadian Reciprocity bill. He claims codfish use sand ballast to sink deeper, noting that scarce cod are found with sand in their stomachs as they swim to deeper waters. He calls out balloonists and seronauts as clever with ballast.
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Gloucester
Washington
Dick In a Crowd as a Political Tale
A humorous reminiscence portrays a mild rep from a Western state meeting constituents in Washington. A farmer with political aims follows him, asks if Washington offers what he sought, and the reply notes the rep faced trouble and could not help, highlighting the era’s political satire.
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Congress
Washington
Tom
Dick Dank
Dick Blank
New Hospital for the Tubercular Opens for Poor
Black Hawk county plans a tuberculosis hospital to house poor patients who cannot afford care. The sanatorium will be modeled after modern facilities, with open wards to provide pure air treatment, and bids will be requested after site plans are finalized near the detention hospital in Oakdale.
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John McQuilkin
Oakdale
Town City
Black Hawk County
Two Lodge Meetings Planned For Tonight In City
Two lodge meetings will be held in the city this evening. Helmet lodge No. 89 Knights of Pythias at the Pythian temple will confer esquire on nine candidates. West Waterloo lodge I O O F will initiate two candidates. Members are urged to attend.
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Helmet
Knights of Pythias
Pythian
West Waterloo
Town Talk and Local Notes From Waterloo Area
W H Herren returns from Superior Wisconsin trip while J N Barr and wife visit Waterloo for Masonic work. O B Harris leaves for Chariton for mother in law Mrs Taylor’s illness. Minnie and Nell Murphy of Fairbank visit T J and John Fitzgeralds then return home. R J Belt travels to Fulton Illinois for Mystic Workers board meeting. Coroner Kistner serves writ of replevin in sheriff absence. Clinton P Shockley gains plans from E E Shane for a residence. Linden M E cradle roll to meet at Archer Ave church 2:30 to 6:00 with program. Universalist church Sunday roses given. Mothers Day sermons by Rev Effie McCullom Jones. Dr Margaret Vaupel Clark to write on Pure Babies for Des Moines News. KE M Cuddeback hurt. limb infection, improving. Former Gov Horace Boles back for summer in Grundy County. Buxton captures three wolf cubs on Dr Stevens farm near Supervisor Virden. Second amendment to Ruminesik estate petition against A A Dunham. Oil sale negligence alleged. $10,000 damages sought from 1912 fire that burned Mary Ruminesik. Courier want ads promoted.
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Buxton
Dr. Stevens
Virden
Mike Ruminesik
Mary Ruminesik
A. A. Dunham
Chicago Board of Trade Markets Open Higher on Wheat and Corn
Wheat prices rose as the US visible supply report was awaited and crop prospects appeared bullish. July futures moved up to around 90, while corn and oats followed higher on demand and May activity. Hog prices weakened slightly as first sales stayed near prior levels.
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Chicago
United States
Repte Oe
Chicago Produce Prices and Stock Market Snapshot
Chicago markets report May 12 showing butter and creamery prices steady, eggs firm, live poultry lower, potatoes unchanged. hog, cattle, and grain quotes listed with receipts at Union Stock Yards. Stocks in New York, Chicago, St Louis, Minneapolis close with mixed results across rails, smelters, and utilities.
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Omaha
Neb
Texas
Eges
Chicago
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oRek
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Stock Exchange
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Atchison
American Smelter
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Baltimore and ‘Ohio
Southern Pacific
Souther Railway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
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Amalgamated Copper
THE
Northern Pacific
Wes
Great
No Dissent in Machinists Rank Over Illinois Central Strike
Local machinists union members deny any dissension over strike methods against Illinois Central. They claim victory signals originated at the I C lines head office in St Louis, with no recent meetings or investigations in St Louis. Weather, church events, and ads follow in the issue.
Weber's Weather Forecast Warns Of Mild Week Across Nation
The Weather Bureau bulletin predicts no unseasonably hot spell for the nation this week. Temperatures rise Monday in the eastern half and Tuesday from the lake region to the Ohio Valley toward normal levels. The plateau and extreme northwest may cool by Monday night with frost in the far north, and cooler conditions persist into midweek across the plains and upper Mississippi regions.
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Weekly
Weather Bureau
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Plateau
Plains States
Upper
Mississippi
Weather outlook across regions with scattered showers
The forecast notes cooler conditions in valleys and upper lake areas with normal southern temperatures. It predicts early week showers in the northwest and central west, then clearing by midweek. Central valleys and lake regions expect fair weather second half of the week, while the south and east expect local thunder showers early, then fair later, with the west gulf mainly fair.
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Atlantic
East Gulf States
West Gulf States
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