Elias Messinger Returns to Waterloo After 45 Years
Elias J. Messinger visits Waterloo recalling early days and neighbors from his 1845 Bremer County start. Now Tacoma hardware firm president, he plans a weeklong stay with kin before returning from the National Hardware gathering in New Jersey.
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Waterloo
Elias
Messinger
West
Tacoma
Wash
Himsel
Hunt & Mottet Wholesale Hardware Company
Martin
Elias J. Messinger
Bremer County
Zachary Taylor
Bilas F
Indiana
Waterloo Union Mill Company
Old Chuuas
George E. Lichty
Will Parrott
Henry W. Grout
Elias Messinger
Floyd
H. M. Bartley
Elias Floyd
Big Woods
Adeline Ladd
Amity
Dre
Walter
Edgar
Graham
Taylor Messinger
W. B. Stoner
Edward Stubbs
J. O., Berggren
National Hardware Men's and Manufacturers’ Association
Jarsey City
N. J
Austrian laborer found dead by gas in Chicago home
Joseph Hermick, 56, Austrian laborer, was found asphyxiated by gas in his room at 412 Ewing avenue, Chicago, yesterday. Police say the death may be accidental. A $1,100 sum was sewn in the sleeve of his under shirt. Hermick lived with his nephew Daniel Van Dolich, who owned the home.
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Chicago
Joseph Hermick
Daniel van Dolich
Ewing Avenue
van Dolich
Strike Closes Two School Buildings in Perry
The coal strike closed two school buildings in Perry on Wednesday and Thursday. The district sent students home until a carload bought for the pumping station allowed a partial reopening. Officials say fuel suffices for about two weeks, then further action will be needed.
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Perry
Coul
Healer Draws Crowd of Chicagoans for Laying on of Hands
In Chicago at St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Broadway and Belmont James Moore livkson the English healer drew as many as 1500 seekers with 300 treated. Clergy and 10 secretaries assisted. cards with numbers and dates recorded. Sessions are planned for Monday and Tuesday from 10 a m to noon with a clergy meeting to discuss his methods.
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Chicago
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Groadway
Belmont
James Moore Livkson
Hickson
Coal Hoarding Curbed as Dealers Limit Purchases
Davenport Iowa November 1 coal dealers restrict domestic buyers to two tons each. Inspectors will check cellars to identify hoarders and enforce the limit.
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Davenport
Edward B Tourterllot Civil Engineer Associate Member
The notice lists Edward B Tourterllot a civil engineer and associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. It notes his roles in municipal drainage architecture surveying and land surveying with office and residence contact details.
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Asso. Mem
Soc
C. B
Edward B. Tourterllot
Qelhiein
Monument Honors W A Burt Autographing a Wrong Hero
Courier editorial sparks a correction on a proposed statue. The piece confirms William Austin Burt of Detroit as the inventor linked to the first shorthand system and the early typewriter, preventing misattribution and a wrong monument. Waterloo ad notices end the item.
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Courier
William Austin Burt
Detroit
Waterloo
Milwaukee gun capture by American Legion marks theatre protest
Members of the American Legion dragged a captured German 77 mm gun through the rain to City Hall square in Milwaukee. The weapon sat pointed at the Pabst theatre with an inscription claiming it was captured by the Yanks in Lake Park, Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Legion
Lake Park
City Hall Square
City Hall
Coup bitterly protested by American Legion members in Milwaukee
Report notes that after a coup in Milwaukee on October 30 1919 members of the American Legion protested the action. Names of those responsible were not released though legionnaires clashed with efforts to shield the event from public view.
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France
Milwaukee
American Legion
Main
Piano Repaired Delays Sidetrack Owner in St Louis
George Gittens waits two years for his electric piano from Charles Pil cher's repair shop in St Louis. He reported the matter to police after discovering the long delay and unresolved status of the instrument.
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ST. Louis
George Gittens
Charles Pilcher
Gittens
Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach trouble and constipation
Chamberlain's Tablets marketed for stomach trouble biliousness and constipation. Aimed at readers with digestive issues, claiming to be a first class medicine and priced at a quarter.
Man Arrested Over Piano Left At Horseshoe Lake
A man named Pilcher was taken into custody after police found a piano left at Horseshoe Lake in good condition. He claimed he did not know the piano was there.
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Horsehoe Lake
Pilcher
Horseshoe Lake
Olive Tablets Promise Breath, Liver Help
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offered as a vegetable laxative substitute for calomel. It claims to gently stimulate bowels and liver, purify the body, cure the blood, and improve breath. Ad copy urges one or two nightly for a week with 10c to 75c pricing.
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Edwards
Franklin Car Sets Yosemite Run Fuel Economy Record
The Yosemite Run from Los Angeles to Camp Curry tests 374.5 miles over Sierra grades under A A A supervision. The Franklin car wins two main prizes and its class prize, demonstrating air cooled light weight and flexibility.
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Los Angeles
Camp Curry
Yosemite
Automobile Club of
Southern California
Sierra Mountains
Franklin
Franklin Car Sets Economy Records Across Official Events
The Franklin Car demonstrates 20 miles per gallon, 12 500 miles per tire set, and 30 percent slower yearly depreciation. It has established economy records in official events over seventeen years with broad consistency.
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Franklin
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U. L. Gordon
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Laundry Co
Seck
Avery Bos
J. R. Allen
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Iowa
Charles Franklin Bennett
Pedriz Atrist
E. M. Jackson, D.D.S
J. C. Murphy
DDS
Shea Dental Radio
BFA
Nat'l Bank
WM. H. Ross
Leavitt and Johnson Building
A. Boatman
D.D.S
J. Gank
F.C. Lee Optometrist
Sycamore Street
R. E. Russell
Lillie A. Arnett
Commercial Bank
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W. A. Burt
Edi
Austin Burt
Des Moines
Webster City
Tyrists
Williz Avatin Burt
de. Shallenberger
Russell-Lamson
G. F. Stephenson
A.A. A
Stanley S. Turner
Foster Curry
Standish Mitchell
Sec. Auto Club
California
Harry 5. Mason
Cramer Motor Car Co
R. H. Cramer
West Fifth Street
Franklin Car
J. T. Peacha
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Peacha
A. W. Tracy
Duluth Herald
Stewart DeMars
Goodyear Tire Company
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