George E Lichty Honored Guest At Waterloo Banquet
More than a hundred friends and business associates honored George E Lichty for his work in Waterloo business and his election to the National Wholesale Grocers association presidency. L S Cass served as toastmaster with speakers including Congressman Pickett and Rev E D Hull. Lichty expressed pride in local growth and friendship, with musical tributes and parodies praising his achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Lichty
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Pythian Temple
Waterloo
Mr. Lichty
I. E. Cass
L. S. Cass
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
W. F. Parrott
Louie Alberta
Plow Company Swindled Out of Farm Implements
Nebraska Moline Plow Co suffered a $6,500 loss after a fraudster using the name John Turner of Red Oak posed as a Turner Brothers representative and shipped three carloads of goods to Madison Nebraska. The scheme netted about $5,000 before the ruse collapsed when notes reached Red Oak banks. Authorities fear the swindler may flee to Cuba or Europe to enjoy the profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Brothers
John Turner
Madison
Neb
Swindler
Red Oak
Cuba
Europe
Churches Should Advertise in Newspapers Says Dr Earl
Des Moines Iowa May 27 Dr John A Earl president of Des Moines college urged the regressive church to subsidize newspapers and magazines to advertise the church The pamphlet era is ending he said Big admonition to tie the church to papers as a powerful medium The column closes with an ad for Chamberlains Liniment for back pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John A. Earl
Des Moines College
Northern Baptist Convention
Earl
Seventeen Year Locusts Due to Appear in Iowa This Season
The Iowa State College bulletin predicts the 17 year periodical cicada will reappear in 1912. Counties listed include Adair Adams Audubon Boone Cass Dallas Davis Decatur Des Moines Greene Hamilton Henry Iowa Jasper Jefferson Johnson Keokuk Louisa Madison Mahaska Marion Marshall Monroe Muscatine Polk Poweshiek Ringgold Scott Story Taylor Union Van Buren Wapello Warren Wayne Wel ater The locusts should appear last week in May and stay about a month. Farmers and nurserymen are warned to protect new trees by pruning or delaying planting until after July first. The eggs hatch, nymphs emerge and enter the ground for another 17 year period.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
State College
Ames
Iowa
South
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Boone
Cass
Dallas
Davis
Decatur
Des Moines
Greene
Hamilton
Henry
Low
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Keokuk
Louisa
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Marshall
Rain Helps Watermelon Crops After Heavy Shower
Rain and wind drenched Waterloo area with a first heavy precipitation bringing .4 to .6 inches. The storm brightened vegetation and should boost strawberry and potato yields while benefiting vegetables and lawns. further showers possible today or tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Slippy
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Raymond
Washburn
Licensed to Wed List From Grady Center Area
A compact notice lists marriages with names and initials including Charles A Jontz Nora FE Lynch Frank X Freehooff Cecilia Mulvoy Henry J Canter Isabella Bernard Ezra L Wurtzer Mazie Parsons with associated locations Grundy Center Waterloo Hampton Cedar Falls La Porte and Cedar Falls for marriages or licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Jontz
Grundy Center
Nora FE. Lynch
Frank X. Freehooff
Waterloo
Cecilia Mulvoy
Henry J. Canter
Isabella M. Bernard
la Porte
Ezra L. Wurtzer
Hampton
Mazie Parsons
Cedar Falis
Roosevelt forces reject Elihu Root as temporary chair
Ormsby McHarg, Roosevelt lieutenant, says Colonel Roosevelt will not allow Elihu Root to be temporary chair if Roosevelt supporters control the Chicago convention. McHarg claims Roosevelt has at least 650 votes on the first ballot and that he will manage the Roosevelt contests before the national committee.
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Chicago
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Ormsby McHarg
Congress Hotel
New York
St. Paul
Col
Mclarg
Root
Melarg
National Committee
Miners Scale Adopted by Local Unions
Ottunrya May 2h. Local unions in district 13 report a majority for ratifying the scale adopted by the miners' sub committee, but the state convention in Day Movies rejected it. Three locals remain unheard and miners' readers say the result cannot be changed.
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Ottunrya
Mine Workers’ Subcommittee
Roosevelt Opposition to Root Threatens Coliseum Convention
Chicago May 27 Roosevelt forces may force early Coliseum convention actions and Chicago shows. Ormsby McHarg for Roosevelt says Root cannot act as temporary chairman June 18. Harry New counters that the Republican national committee will resist opposition and asserts Root was chosen impartially and should preside until the committee selects officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican
McHarg
National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Root
Colonel New
Ames College Wins Debating Contest at Drake
Des Moines May 5 J G Emerson of Ames college won the first annual Missouri Valley oratorical contest at Drake University last night His topic America and the Peace Problem in the Orient Drake's J David Arnold placed second with Genius of Modern Progress South Dakota's Ht Mundt finished third with Human Rights Over Property Rights.
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Des Moines
J. G. Emerson
Ames College
Drake University
America
Orient
J. David Arnold
Drake
Ht. C. Mundt
University of South Dakota
Real estate auction firm to open open market sales
Wm Helland announces a new real estate auction business promoting open market sales. Five Mackinaw county farms and adjacent properties near Hudson Waterloo and Enterprise Place will be sold June 12 13 and 15 with on site viewing and later terms details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Helland
Hudson
Halland
Enterprise Place
Cedar River
Jackman Bros
McChane
Northwestern 1912 graduates taboo sanitary kiss for tradition
Chicago May 25 The senior class of 1912 at Northwestern University votes to ban the sanitary kiss as too progressive, urging the unimpeded smack grandma used. Statistician P B Lugg reports the class unanimity in favor of traditional greeting, noting the “direct delivery system” remark from one member. Mr and Mrs J T Riordan travel to Cedar Rapids for a ten day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern University
P. B. Lugg
Fish Hall
Quarrel Over Chickens Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Forestity on May 27 Oscar Bowers shot and killed Car Brookey six miles east of town after a long feud over chickens claimed to have roamed onto Brookey property. Bowers plead self defense when arraigned, the second such incident since county organization, causing local excitement.
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Oscar Bowers
Car Brookey
S.C. Brookey
Here
Bowers
Bowerkes
Brookeys
Nowers
Brockey
Daepute
Births in Waterloo and Cedar Falls Reach County Totals
The report notes 400 births in Waterloo and Cedar Falls with about 60 additional births countywide last year. In Waterloo the male to female ratio is about 72 to 4, with most births occurring in October and February the rarest month.
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Waterloo
Qelober
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Roots in Folk Remedy
The article reflects on grandmothers and home remedies using herbs and roots for female health. It traces Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to 40 years of practice and claims its modern form preserves the same roots with careful preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
A Harmless Way to Darken the Hair
A vintage ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy from Wyeth Chemical Company New York. It claims Sage and Sulphur restore color and vitality, reduce dandruff and itchy scalp, and offers a fifty cent bottle with money back guarantee if not as represented. H W Taggart 437 Commercial Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth Chemical Company
New York
Wyeth
H. W. Taggart
Commercial Street
Meritol Hair Tonic Promises Scalp Health
A Renderson Drug Co and Red Croag Drug Co authorized to guarantee Meritol Hair Tonic. The tonic claims to prevent baldness dandruff and scalp diseases by regular use to keep the scalp free of dandruff germs, the claimed cause of most dandruff cases and later hair issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renderson Drug Co
Red Croag Drug Co
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Plow Company
Nebraska
Chamberlain
Riley
Teddy
Roosevelts
J. T. Riordan
Cedar Rapids
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Bath
Servicr
State Loan Co
THA
Kohls Shoe Co
Daniel
West Third Avenue Florists
Waterlow
Iowa Securities Company
Commercial Bank
Courier
Brady
Tull
Onry W. Elson
Ohio, University
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