Waterloo Per Capita Fire Loss Leads State Rank in 1914
The National Underwriters report shows Waterloo had the highest per capita fire loss in Iowa for 1914, ranking ninth nationally. Losses stemmed from the Russell-Lamson building and Paul Davis dry goods stock fires, with Waterloo’s totals boosted by the big dry goods store destruction. Burlington posted the smallest per capita loss, and Sioux City ranked near Waterloo among top losses in the state.
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Waterloo
United States
National
Burlington
Sioux City
Uowa
Cedar Rapids
Ee Ieee
Davenport
Ottumwa
Des Moinags
Wattke Drug Arrest and Majestic Vaudeville Preview
Dubuque reports Deputy U S Marshal John Philpot returns from Waterloo for Dr B E Wattke pretrial hearing after his Sumner arrest on selling dope. Case set for June 3 as prosecutors seek evidence. Hargroves linked to supply, claiming Wattke as supplier. Also preview of Majestic bill headlined by Isabella Miller with The Other Boarder and Six Hussar Girls plus Stewart and Mercer and Dan Jey Merrill acts, Musical Walter, and travelogue features.
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Dubuque
United States
John Philpot
Waterloo
Sumner
Wuttke
Jowans
Joan Hargroves
Majestic
Isabella Miller
Hussar
Stewart
Mercer
Dan Jey
Merrill
Walter
Agsual
Newell Family and Local Visits Across Waterloo and Janesville
In Winslow on May 8 D Newell traveled to Waterloo. Mrs H Leverich visited Waverly on Wednesday due to her daughter Mrs Ross Gayt ey’s illness. Mrs RL Newell and children spent Wednesday in Janesville. Mr and Mrs Harry Saul and family Mr and Mrs H O Barton and daughter and Miss Genevieve Cortright of Waterloo visited Mrs M Cortright on Sunday. D and Walter Newell were visitors in Waverly Friday.
Waterlooo Indiana seeks city directory to fix mail mixup
Postmaster Eugene Kelly of Waterloo Indiana requests a city directory to redirect mail misdirected to Waterloo Iowa. Secretary Charles Van Vieck of the Commercial club will arrange to supply the directory, aiming to speed business letter transmission and save costs.
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Waterloo
Indiana
Iowa
Kelly
Mugene
Ind
Eugene Kelly
Indiana Waterloo
Chas. van Vieck
Commercial Club
Obituary of Mrs George Wells in Bristow town
Mrs. George Wells died suddenly at her son Frank Wells’s home on Friday morning after feeling well the night before. Death appears due to apoplexy with a prior stroke years earlier leaving her helpless. She would have been 83 in August. her husband precedes her in death. She spent time with daughter Mrs. G Walker in Worthington Minnesota and sons Oscar in Oklahoma and Frank in Bristow.
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Bristow
George Wells
Frank
G. Walker
Worthington, Minn
Oscar
Oklahoma
Waterloo Engineers Rename Society to Waterloo Technical Society
Last evening the Waterloo Society of Engineers amended its constitution and by-laws, renaming to the Waterloo Technical Society. Membership eligibility now includes construction foremen, superintendents and architects. Officers named: President T. E. Rust, Vice President Nathan Barber, Secretary-Treasurer Charles Eby. Members on the membership committee include John Berry, C A Roby, and George A Mills. Next meeting is set for September.
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Waterloo Society of Engineers
Waterloo Technical Society
T. E. Rust
Nathan Barber
Charles Eby
John Berry
Waterloo Waterworks
C A. Roby
George A. Mills
Departure of Vatican Envoys Blows to Park
Rome via Paris May 2 5 The Osservatore Romano reports on the departure from Rome of belligerent country envoys accredited to the holy see. It says Italy bears responsibility to the holy see but the move reflects wartime conditions and limits the pope’s ability to engage directly with belligerents.
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Paris
Holy See
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Italy
Memorial Services for Herbert Stone in Chicago
Memorial services were held at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago for Herbert Stuart Stone who died on the Lusitania. Dr. John Timothy Stone led the service on what would have been his forty fourth birthday, with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Melville E. Stone and Mrs. Wm. G. McCormick among the mourners. The Lusitania tragedy continues to bring bereavement to Chicagoans.
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Chicago
Herbert Stuart Stone
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Stone
Mr. Stone
MeLville E. Stone
Wm. G. McCormick
Baltimore
Forty Years Ago in The Reporter May 26 1875
The Reporter debuts in a new format with a ten page edition and early county history notes. Major P H Conger becomes a grandfather as Mose Ricker is hailed among city fathers. A temperance rally at Lincoln hall features donations from local supporters. Cedar Valley Institute closing exercises list many participants. J P O Keefe’s son dies of spinal meningitis at Fairfax. Citizens plan spring home improvements as Grundy County Atlas predicts strong migration.
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P. H. Conger
Mose Ricker
Twenty Years Ago May 29 1895 Local Notices In Brief
A column from May 29 1895 notes Mrs Fernbard owned property, Augusta Kahl owes Alexander Farp five thousand for breach of promise to wed, and he is seventy three while she is sixty four. Isabel Bratnober returns from New York music study and will sail to Europe with Elien Beach Yaw. A land strip on Fourth Street west sold for nine hundred to Dayton. G W Hanna relays that James Melrose, an old Black Hawk County settler, died in Atlanta. The largest Water Jog income tax was paid by J H Leavitt and Robert Munson. County Attorney G W Dawson warns clothing proprietors to keep plates.
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Fernbard
Augusta Kahl
Alexander Farp
Goth
Fox Township
S Isabel Bratnober
New York
M Europe
Elien Beach
G. W. Hanna
James Melrose
Atlanta
Black Uawle County
U S Plans Biggest Undersea Fleet Expansion
Washington May 29. Secretary Daniels announced a policy to build a vast United States submarine service. Captain Albert Weston Grant will soon be rear admiral and head the submarine service. The move follows lessons from the European war and recent weak performance of American submarines in exercises and in service.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ince
Albert Weston Grant
United States Submarine Service
Daniels
Americaty
British Ship Ethiope Sunk in Irish Sea by German U-24
Liverpool May 29 The Elder Demater line steamer Ethiope torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-24. The chief officer and eighteen seamen rescued. The remaining crew believed in boats. Ethiope was sailing from Hull to Liverpool en route to Hast African ports.
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Liverpool
Demater Line
Hull
Turkish Armies Concentrated at the Dardanelles
The Turkish defense on Gallipoli totals about 80 600 troops as the Turkish forces hold the Dardanelles while sending reinforcements from Syria. Ammunition shortages threaten combat readiness. Sofia reports Bulgaria remains neutral, with opposition leaders predicting Balkan alignment if Romania enters the war.
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Galliiol Peninsula
Athens
Reuter Télegram Company
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Syria
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ia H
Roumania
Black Hawk Roads Need Guide Posts Campaign
The Town Cinera club launches a drive to erect guide posts on Black Hawk county main roads mapping distances for motorists. President Kiester says the board of supervisors could authorize signs, club would place and maintain them at no cost, and extend signs to nearby main roads within 20 to 40 miles. Roughly 190 signs would cost about 100 dollars, with some existing posts already inaccurate.
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Cinera’ Club
Black Hawk County
Larry EL Kiester
Board of Supervisors
Kiester
Police Crack Down On Baseball Pool Gamblers
Chicago May 28 Chief of Police Healy ordered the arrest of all persons running baseball pools after the conviction of William Rapp who was fined the maximum for operating a pool.
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Chicago
Healy
William Rapp
Hatty Ferris and Dr Grant Bruner Married at Home
Wednesday evening Miss Hatty Ferris wed Dr Grant Bruner at the bride's home. Seventy five guests attended as the groom, a dentistry graduate, is associated with Dr Alban Barris. The report notes hot winds and dry weather affecting crops on the preceding days.
Big Class Day at East High Presents Clock to School
East High’s graduating class marked its first token of appreciation with a clock donated to the junior senior assembly room presented by Reed Nelson, class president. The May display featured burlesques of past years, including pranks, humor, and scenes from freshman to senior years acted in the Manual training department.
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East High
Reed Nelson
TALIANS MISLED SAYS PRINCE VON Buelow
Amsterdam May 29 Prince von Buelow German ambassador in Italy told a Berlin Tageblatt representative that Italians were misled about their entry into the war He condemned the government and people yet urged moderation and a potential rapprochement in the future amid wartime tensions
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Amsterdam
London
Prince von Buelow
Italy
Berlin Tageblatt
Rome
Berlin
Merry Chase for Colored Woman
Federal authorities seek Grant Loving on drug act charges. Sheriff Henderson Deputy O Blences and local police conducted a citywide search of all homes where Black residents live. Mrs Loving was arrested after boarding an interurban car at Elk Hunt and attempting to escape in rain and mud.
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O’blences
Leighton
Wagner
Grant Loving
Waterloo
McCausland
Missing Loving Couple Tied to Opium Raid
Sheriff Henderson captured an opium lay-out in recent days. Loving and his wife are accused of possessing forbidden drugs in their possession. The report notes efforts extended to most places, but Loving could not be located.
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Loving
Henderson
French liner Champagne breaks in two near St Nazaire
A Lloyds report states the Champagne of the French transatlantic line ran ashore near St Nazaire and has broken in two. The 900 passengers aboard were moved to safety.
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London
Lloyds
Champagne
St. Nazaire
Extra Session Favored to Revise Rules in October
Senator Kern, Democratic floor leader and White House caller, urged Congress to meet in an October extra session to revise Senate rules and begin an early push on the legislative program. The piece notes home talent play directed by Truman De Roame on June 4 at Majestic Theatre and a Plymouth Congregational church benefit.
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Kern
White House
Congress
Senate
Truman de Roame
Majestic Theatre
Plymouth Congregational Church
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