Oelwein Girl Vanishes After Home Disappearance
Charlotte Menotti a 14-year-old from Oelwein fled from her home on Monday and traveled through Dubuque to Chicago. She carried about $20 and left a note for her parents as officials urged finding her quickly. The search initially drew police to Vit ed and nearby cities but confusion followed as details emerged.
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Charlotte Menotti
Oelwein
Ginja
Delwein Nave
Virginia
Dubuque
Peter Menottl
Chicago
Painters Refuse Open Shop Demand in City Strike
Master painters persist in rejecting the union bid to settle the strike begun April 1. A union committee led by Frank Leslie proposed 47 1/2 cents an hour with a closed shop, but 11 master painters voted to stand by their 1914 open shop pledge. The dispute centers on wage scales and the closed shop versus sliding scale proposals. The piece also notes a church social event and hosts for a Ladies Aid Society meeting.
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Painters’ Union
Frank Leslie
Indianapolis
Ind
W. A. Earls
Ketwit
Ted
Kewise
Six Generations Gather for Birthday Dinner in Linden
McGregor Iowa May 18 six generations of women from Linden M E church sat together at a birthday dinner. The piece notes a sweet pea day invitation for a Wyalusing Wisconsin event and mentions an all women gathering at the church table.
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McGregor, Ia
Linden M. E.orations
Yeater Church
Wyalusing
Wisconsin
Shieves Steal Rowboats Along River
Complaints flood in about row boats being cut loose from moorings along the river. Victims plan to seek official action to punish offenders. J N Jacobson reported his boat missing and found it later in Cedar Heights. Mr Ferguson at Golden Rule launched a new boat two weeks ago and it has been stolen three times.
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J. N. Jacobson
Cedar Heights
Ferguson
The
Golden Rule
Centenarian Lydia Shrake Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Mrs Lydia Ault Shrake marks her one hundred second birthday with family notes on descendants. She is mother to four, grandmother to thirty two, great grandmother to eighty five, and holds many further generations including great great grandchildren and beyond.
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Jeffery
Lydia Ault Shrake
Waterloo delegates attend Black Hawk County Sunday School convention
Mesdamee F. C. Sage 8 B. Reed and Charles Ferguson traveled to Duan kerton this morning as representatives from the Waterloo association to attend the Black Hawk County Sunday School convention.
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Mesdamee F. C. Sage
B. Reed
Charles Ferguson
Duankerton
Black Hawk County
Cedar Heights Home Sale Opens with 10 Percent Discount
An advertisement touts a Cedar Heights home with trees flowers and good neighbors near a fine school. It promotes a May 15 to May 80 introduction sale with a special 10 percent discount and highlights the memorable home.
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Cedar Heights
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Savage Landor
Teddy
Ther River
RVER
Henry Savage Landor
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Roosevelt
Savage Lander
Henry Savage Lander
Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Kenosha
United States
Jeffers Company
Thomas B. Jeffery
J. Newton Smith Motor Co
Waterloo, Iowa
417
West Fifth Street
Ladies’ Aids Society
Mesdames
Porter
Payne
Park
Frank
Dewitt
Judson Perry
Woods Bros
Davidson Bros
Des Moines
Fischer
ESTEY
Hobart M
Thompson
Decker Bros
Hobart M. Cable
Schahffer
Schaeffer
New Decker Bros
Ana
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