Town Talk items span social events and local notices
A digest of Waterloo area happenings includes hospitalities at the Russell Lamson hotel, DAR guest banquets, business luncheons, and club meetings. People mentioned include Dr J Barringer, Mrs Bell, Miss Minnie Hoberreth, Lot tie Krantz, Charles Van Vieck and Captain Jesse Early. A Dope case against Dr E E Wittke was continued, and a new baby born to Mr and Mrs Charles Van Vieck. The Waterloo Commercial and Chamber of Commerce traffic committees held a luncheon at the Irving to discuss welfare. Carleton Sias and George Williams head to Des Moines for a Farm Mortgage meeting. The home track meet at West High ends pending weather, with a banquet to honor letter winners. A Glande Edwards sight issue is noted as improving. Eighteen Water, too printing company reps were banqueted, showing early printing development via stereopticon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Hoberreth
Lottie Krantz
Duduque
Charles van Vieck
Logan Avenus
Waterloo Commercial Club
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Irving
Department of Welfare
Glande Edwards
Altho
Russell-Lamson Hotel
R. C. Fay
George D. Faree
J. L. Shiffing
Chicago Paper Company
F. Heverty
West Fourth St. Phene
Change Dates for Motorcycle Endurance Race
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports the Memorial Day motorcycle endurance test has been postponed due to wet weather. The Waterloo Motorcycle Club plans a new date next month likely one week before the annual races at Dodsett Ran. Top riders and motorcycle manufacturers are expected to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter
Waterloo Motorcycle Club
Tea
Teamiss
Dodsett Ran
Itiselt
Waterloo
Want Ads Payoff Highlighted By Evening Courier
The evening paper depends on careful attention to classified want ads, noting their strong role in the Courier and Reporter’s revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier and
Reporter
Judge McLain Dies Sudden in Town City
Town City May 26 Jailee Emin McLain chief justice of the Town slipretievciiurt dies suddenly in bed Apologues reveal cause heart failure after years as dean of the University of Town College of Law He was 84 and resident since 1854 surviving wife Mrs McLain and a noted figure in the middle west legal scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
Emin Mclain
Dastice
Middle West
Eoumlay Fron Ati
Fort Dodge Banker John C. Chenes Dies in Chicago
John C. Chenes, longtime cashier of the Fort Dodge National Bank and pioneer figure in Fort Dodge, Iowa, dies in Hinsdale Sanitarwa Chicago after two years of illness following a general breakdown. He was 5 dollars in pension?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dooee
John C. Chenes
Fort Dodge Nationa Bank
Pioneer Jawan
Hinsdale Sanitarwa
Chicago
Wiper
Farmer Buys Insurance Against Hail on Wheat Crop
Coldwater Kansas May 20 Jacob Jr plans to insure his 1414 acres of wheat after last year’s 20000 bushels on 1615 acres. He fears drought and hail, buys an $80.85 policy with a face amount of 14.0? to protect potential profits, preferring risk on the safe side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater
Kan
Jacob Jr
Here
Reiss
Vic
Hall
Agres
Rafe
Knights of Columbus Elect State Officers
Cedar Rapids May 2. The following officers were elected just before adjournment today as the Knights of Columbus state deputy J J Meyers Carrot Ta state secretary John J OLeary Cherokee state treasurer N Thet Barling advocate EB J Kelly Des Moines warden Dr G A Ryder Dewitt international delegate Joe McCormick Cedar Rapids The international convention next year is at Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus
J. J. Meyers
Carrot
John J. O'Leary
Barling
EB. J. Kelly
Des Moines
G. A. Ryder
Dewitt
Joe McCormick
Seattle
Kentucky Plans Import of Quail and Pheasants
The Kentucky game and fish commission approved fall importation of 5000 quail from Mexico and 8900 ring neck pheasants from England. A shipment of 2500 pheasants has already been distributed to volunteers who keep birds in coops. The plan includes five sick coops per county and propagating birds to acclimate them at lower cost than preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
State Game and Fish Commission
Mexico
England
Ward
Game and Fish Commission
Hatchery consignment to stock streams with pike perch
Eight million pike perch from government hatcheries arrive for distribution in streams where the species previously lived, with applications on file in the commission office for the processing of dred applications.
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the Commission
Missouri Elberta peach crop to be a dumper
Springfield, Mo May 21 The Elberta Beach district of Southern Missouri will yield the largest peach crop in years says Paul Evans director of the Missouri fruit experiment station Trees are heavy with fruit and thinning will be needed due to strain Peaches from Southern Missouri are shipped nationwide, mainly to eastern markets where demand grows each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Eljberta Beach
Missouri
Paul Evans
Te Missouri Fruit Experipment Station
Ozark Fruit District
Margets
Pan Americans Plan International Court and Transport Facilitations
Washington May 25 Secretary McAdoo opened Pan American financial talks noting the committee on uniformity of laws would study an international commercial court to settle trade disputes. He also said the transport facilities committee would include full delegations from Argentina Chile Brazil Uruguay and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Committee On Uniformity of
International Commercial Court
Tle
South America
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Uruguay
Peru
Rooster Protects Chicks From Storm at Farm
On the Edith Colton farm near Waterloo a rooster sheltered a brood of chicks during a severe overnight storm. Mrs Colton checked the coop and found the old rooster crouched with his wings spread, sheltering the frightened chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Colton
Waterloo
Child Deeded as Property Under Old Colorado Law
Denver May 26 says a foster daughter case ends after an old Colorado statute deeded a child away in 1885. Ais. Busy Ames Guarn of 1227 Acorn street avoids the difference in inheritance tax between being a foster-daughter and legal adoption, ending a yearlong dispute with the state inheritance tax department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Ames Guarn
Aconia Street
Anne E. Melaughlin
Colorado
State Interitance Tax Department
Geurn
Manufacturer refuses daily order for shrapnel supply
Battle Creek, May 25. C. I. Kolb, president of a local manufacturing firm, refuses a European government order for shells. He says a 33,000 dollar daily amount would keep him awake, noting he could not have his plant produce weapons that kill boys in Europe. He adds the U S could make shrapnel if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Kolb
Las Refuse
Kelb
United States
Colorado Inheritance Tale Reveals 19th Century Deed Practice
The Denver case traces Ruby Guarn’s inheritance from Mrs. Anne McLaughlin through a 1886 deed by Horatio Ames. The document, notarized by H. P. Bennet, shows a shift from niece to daughter status and recalls early Colorado adoption via deeds. McLaughlin, a pioneer of 1866, died in 1924 aged 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne E. McLaughlin
Colorado
Denver
Horatio N. Ames
McLaughin
Leslie Hubbard
Tax Department
Gaurn
McLaughlin
State Treasury
H. P. Bennet
Gaarn
Ruby Ames
Anne McLaughlin
H. B. Bennet
Guarn
Hoglund Seeks Divorce Over Petticoats Refusal
John F Hoglund of 3126 Sheffeld avenue sues for divorce from Emily Hoglund at Judge Sabath court after charging her with smoking and not wearing Petticoats. Emily of 16 South Wood street says she quit smoking and argues that Petticoats make walking difficult in modern styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John F. Hoglund
Sheffeld Avenue
Emily
Sabath
Hogland
South Wood Street
Preferred snakes to wife cited in New Jersey divorce suit
In Jersey City chancery chambers Mrs. Eya Cropsey of Rutherford testified that Dr. Charles Cropsey said he would rather live with snakes than with her. She charged him with taking gifts from other women and with horsewhipping, as the divorce suit proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eya Cropsey
Rutherford
Charles Cropsey
Backus
Jersey City
General Markets Roundup From New York and Chicago
New York butter firm with higher receipts. eggs steady with some gains. poultry easier. Chicago hog prices up as arrivals shrink. cattle scarce and unattractive. sheep and lambs favored in closed yard section while mature stock neglected.
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New York
Chicago
Temperance Workers to Visit Cedar Falls May 27
The Clarions prohibition speakers and singers will lectured and sing at 7 20 p m Thursday May 27 in the Cedar Falls M E social service building Prof Lough former Indiana prohibition head leads the group and the event is free to the public a strong campaigners known across states for lively meetings expected to draw a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarions
Iowa
Cedar Falls
M. E. Social Service
Lough
The
Indiana
Kaiser Sends Regrets to Italian Ambassador
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm yesterday wired a personal farewell to Signor Bollati the Italian ambassador. He expressed regret that the friendly relations between Italy and Germany must be severed and asked Bollati inform King Victor Emmanuel of the general feeling of indignation in Germany over Italy's step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Signor Bollati
Reget
Italy
Germany
Dollati
Victor Emmanuel
Late War Bulletins and Becker Murder Case Headlines
Berlin reports General Mackensen renewed offensive against Russia north of Precurystl and captured 21 000 prisoners in official German war office bulletin. Albany reports former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker convicted for instigating Herman Rosenthal murder upheld by court of appeals. Becker faces death sentence unless clemency is granted.
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Berlin
Via
London
Mackensen
Precuystl
Berin
German War Office
Becker
Sams Higie
Albany
N. Y
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Court of Appeals
Whitman
Rushing Rivers and Rising Waters Threaten County Areas
Heavy rainfall caused Black Hawk creek to rise and Cedar River to fall, flooding the north section of the county. The article notes rising rivers, urgent weather impacts, and mentions health advisories about lingering coughs and colds, endorsing Faley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rive
Black Hawk Creek
Faley
Great Saratovic to perform at Princess Theatre Waterloo
The Great Saratovic will appear at the Princess Theatre in Waterloo on May 25 and 26 at 8:30 pm for one act each night as part of the city’s sensational free attraction. He will have a West Motor Sales seven passenger Buick toured over him at 7:15 pm tonight, with the Br ong Team seeking to fill 48 seats. After the act, motion pictures run until 10:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savatovic
West Motor
Waterloo
Saratovic
Princess Theatre
Sajatovic
West Motor Sales Company
Birong
Mr. West
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Buchanan's
Carleton Sias
George Williams
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Iowa Farm Mortgage Association
E. E. Wittke
Sumner
J. E. Dempster
Mary Johnston
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary Melrose
West High
Jesse Early
Shannon
Kent
East Side
Care
Lesman
I Brock
Titterfield
R. R
John Kaltenbach
Indy
Ught
Tan
Esre Courier
Judge McLain
Atowa City
Cher
Tate
Sentucky
Barnes
Tre Ews
William MM. Ivins
Wiliam Barnes Jrwillian Barnes
Roosevelt
Willian M. Ivins
Barnes d Ata
Elbert
Pan-Americans Plan International
COTRE
Rooster
Kaiser
United States Supreme Court
Princess
Biles
P. P. P. Basket Grocery Co
Sycamore Streets
Sycamore Street
Crescent Macronells
Jaxon
del Monte
PPP Basket Grocery
Hosteter Bune
East 5
Sycamore Sts
OWA
East Fourth Street
Yagor
J. Roemer
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