Wet New Jersey aims of Democrat after top office
The 9 governor and state legislature race centers on prohibition with Edward J. Edwards promising liberal enforcement to make New Jersey wet if elected. Newton Sk. Bugee counters that prohibition is a federal matter, backed by prohibition forces, while woman suffrage split along party lines with Republicans preferring legislative submission and Democrats calling for immediate ratification.
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Associated Presse
Prenton
N. J
Navy
New Jersey
Edward J. Edwards
Newton Sk. Bugee
Tax Exemptions for Veterans Must Be Applied This Year
The 1919 tax exemptions for Civil War and Spanish American War veterans and widows must be allowed this year. Attorney General H M Harner affirmed that exemptions of 2800 for Civil War and 1500 for Spanish war veterans apply to taxes due after January 1 1920, requiring county auditors to revise books.
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General Assembly
H. M. Harner
R. L. Chase
Courier
PF. C. Davidson
J. A. Francis
Black Hawk
E. J. Wenner
Beans Wouldn't Boil at High Altitude Tale of Dehydrated Hunters
Hood River Oregon November 4 Commodore O C Dean retired Hood River White Salmon ferryman recalls a party of deer hunters in eastern Oregon nearly starving because beans would not soften at altitude. Water boiled but stayed too cool to cook beans despite constant boiling.
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Hood River
Ore
O. C. Dean
Oregon
George E Lichty Chosen Head of New Waterloo Country Club
Election of officers to head the new Waterloo Country club completed yesterday at Hotel Russell Lamson. George E Lichty chosen president, George B Miller vice president, B B Wyant secretary, and Fred Wray treasurer. A committee including Alfred Longley, George Worthen and C J Rudolph was appointed to draft articles of incorporation and bylaws for submission at the next meeting of the club members.
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Waterloo Country Club
Russell-Lamson
George FE. Lichty
George B. Miller
B. B
Wyant
Fred Wray
Alfred Longley
George Worthen
C.J. Rudolph
Y M C A May Sends Waterloo Man to Asia
Charles G. Herschleb a Y M C A secretary in Tsinanfu China will appear before the Y M C A board tonight to seek approval to send a Waterloo man to Asia. Businessmen showed strong support and about $1000 is available for the mission. The board will consider the budget of 3. Reports from standing committees will be heard and delegates chosen for the international convention November 18 in Detroit.
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Charles G. Herschleb
Y. M
Tsinanfu
Guvacune
China
Indi
Waterloo
Stanchfield
India
Rotary
Asia
Detroit
Funeral service for A J Furbush at Walnut Street Baptist
The funeral for A J Furbush will be at Walnut Street Baptist Church at 10 a m Wednesday with Rev J B Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Walker Iowa. The body was moved from Peter ben Bros mortuary to the sister Mrs C B Morse 428 Dawson Street this afternoon. Bolivia gets sea outlet via land ceded to Chile per official dispatches received in Washington.
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A. J. Furbush
Walnut Street Baptist Church
J. B. Smith
Walker, Ia
Peterben Bros
C. B. Morse
Dawson Street
Bolivia
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Chiles
Boivia
Pacific Ocean
Arica
Waterloo Iowa Described By Rock Island Official
W R Hall, traveling freight agent for Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, lauds Waterloo and Cedar River valley in Rack Island Magazine. He details Waterloo’s beauty, bridges, dam and river life, cites 1845 founding as Prairie Rapids Crossing, notes rapid growth and civic pride, and lists city statistics including area, streets, parks, schools, banks, and utilities.
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W. R. Hall
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Waterloo
Milwaukee
Wis
Hall
Wa|terloo
Patterson
Rock Island
Cedar River Valley
Dar
Iowa
Union Mill Company
Prairie Rapids Crossing
Ford
Charles Mullen
Cedar River
Twinois Central Railway
Rock Island Lines
Chicago Great Western Railway
Svalein
Vompinica
Waterloo's Industrial Emphasis Across Major Metrics
Play in Waterloo an average of 2 500 men with an annual payroll of $3 500 912 and handle a freight tonnage estimated at 220 114 tons outbound and 582 625 tons inbound a total of 02 739 tons 14 hotels with 696 rooms 19 manufacturers employing approximately 6 000 men 21 jobbers and wholesalers the home of 620 traveling men 4 morning and evening newspapers two commercial clubs and many strong manufacturing concerns.
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Waterloo
Big Knights of Pythias Ceremonial at K P Hall Parade
Forty candidates of the Knights of Pythias will be initiated at K P Hall at 6 p m Wednesday. A supper for members and candidates precedes a 7 p m downtown parade led by the Illinois Central concert band. Tigers elephants and lions in the parade will be chained for spectator safety with more than 200 participants anticipated from nearby towns.
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Knights of Pythias Order
K. of Phall
K. Phat
DO. K. K
Traer
Grundy Center
la Porte City
Sale of Stock in Lawn City Country Club Starts Today
Cedar Falls announces preliminary steps to create Lawn City Country Club with stock sale launching at a noon luncheon. An option on the Tostiebe Jamerson farm west of the city covers 115 acres for farming and 95 acres for the club. Two hundred shares at 100 dollars each and 25 dollar annual memberships are planned.
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Cedar Falls
Commercial Club
Tostiebe-Jamerson
Two Vanderbilt Sons Inherit From Lusitania Death
New York reports Alfred G. Vanderbilt's two sons from a second marriage gained $721,817 each from a supplemental appraiser's report. Part of a trust to their mother Margaret BE Vanderbilt reverted to the residuary estate after her 1918 marriage. Under the late Alfred Vanderbilt's will, the brothers Alfred and George would share $10,000,000 on their mother's death, with the total estate valued at $21,281,000.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
John J. Lyons
Margaret BE
Vanderbilt
Raymond T. Baker
The
Mint
Alfred
George
Closed Shop Strike in Miami Affects 3600 Men Monday
Miami reports a general strike vote in favor of the closed shop by over 90 percent of union members. A walkout is set for next Monday, impacting more than 3,600 workers and delaying about 2.9 million dollars in building activity. Porto Rico embargoes food shipments to conserve scarce supplies amid longshoremen’s strike in New York.
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Miami
Associated Proms
Fla
Porto Rico
Associated Press
San Juan
Yager
New York Docks
Work to Keynote to Problems of World
Strasbourg reports Premier Clemenceau’s keynote in the government party’s election speech. He says world problems center on work and urges renewed effort to meet global needs. The address also serves as his farewell message before retirement from politics after wartime service.
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Associated Press
Strasbourg
Fremier
Clemenceau
Itis
Frances
Senate Dismisses Lodge Shantung Amendment Proposal
The Senate voted 41 to 20 to strike from the peace treaty the provisions giving German rights in Shantung to Japan. The vote followed a nearly identical Republican lineup to previous refusals and preceded debate on whether to strike Article 10 of the League covenant as Senate Leader Lodge aims to clear amendments.
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iBy
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Lodge
Shantung
Japan
Senate
Gorab
Idaho
League of Nations
Sim's Sinn Fein Rap in Book Not Up to Navy
Secretary Daniels stated no steps will be taken against Rear Admiral Sims for remarks in his Europe War experiences book. He said the Navy did not censor the volume and bears no responsibility for its content despite calls from Daniel Conneil of the Irish bureau for action over Sinn Fein remarks.
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Sim
Sinn Fein
Daniels
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sims
Europe
Daniel Conneil
Irish National Bureau
Ireland
Little Girl Kidnapped Recovered From Claiming Parents
In Canton Ohio on November 4 Elizabeth Albee seven, adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs T F Albee, was abducted while walking to school by a man and woman in a car. Police cordoned the city, and within an hour the couple and girl were found at a railroad station. The pair gave names of Mr and Mrs Ernest W Siebert of Cleveland and claimed to be the child's parents.
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Canton
T Elizabeth Albee
T. F. Albee
Ernest W. Siebert
Cleveland
Waterloo in Brief City News and Local Notes
Local items from Waterloo include visits, arrivals, and orders. Notes mention Mrs J H Leger and family trips, Rosary society meeting at St Josephs Church Carrigg door, and quarantine orders for smallpox on Kupil Avenue and Lane Street. Conductor Fred Washburn visits Waterloo, several residents return from other towns, and the final paving completion on Washington Street is reported. A collision at Fourth and Lafayette caused minor damage.
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J. H. Leger
Couiengrelal
Wevinkt
Airs
W. Golger
Carl White
Kunofetter
Fred
Oyd
James Dully
Burnetsburg
The
Rosary Society of
St. Joseph's Cburch
Tommorrow
Carrigg
Argyle
Elreel
Joseph Peters
Willerset
Upton
Kepford
Des Moines
Martin Replogle
Waterloo
Prederickeburg
Orange
Blui Street
Hecound
Sinellpox
Kupil
Lane Street
Vielinis
MelKrasey
Plora Slartong
Predd, Washburn
Tthe GH. 2. & RP. Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Witterloo
Hauner & Snitz Plauiblag
Ih. J. Rouse
Oak Avenue
Fourth J
Lifayette
P.m
Washington
Fourth
Fifth
BR. L. Storm
R. Clare Heald
Lincoln
Wt & Piym
Folk
Association
Edward F. MacDonough
Cabinet Men Go Home to Ballot No Session Today
Washington Nov 4 Several cabinet members left for home towns to vote, so the cabinet did not meet today. They plan later in the week to discuss the coal strike and an industrial unrest commission. President Wilson remained at the White House and could not vote in Princeton. The House was recessed with members returning to states holding elections while the Senate continued discussion of the peace treaty.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Wilton Candle
Pola
Tme
Princeton
N.J
Tymuldy
House of Representatives
Senate
Prison bars keep gunman Ostrowski from cells
Chicago dispatch reports that Matthew Ostrowski, accused gunman and highway robber, was denied admission to Joliet and Pontiac prisons and to Chicago city facilities. Only Cook County Jail remained open to him amid habeas corpus challenges. He faces a sentence ranging from one year upward.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cook County
Matthew Ostrowsk
Nom Oatrowaki
Pontiac
Joliet
Chicago — City
First Fair Price List for Chicago Retailer Fixed
Chicago officials publish the first fair price list set by 15 grocery retailers. The schedule caps gross margins at three fourths of a cent per pound on flour in 9 and 1 cent packages, 6 cents per pound on lard, 7 cents per pound on butter, and 7 cents per dozen on eggs. If approved by Major Sprague, the prices take effect immediately and other lists will follow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Fair Price Committee
Major Sprague
Chicago ‘Fair Price’ Food Commission
Isis
Cummins Warns of Financial Clash If Rail Bill Fails
Senator Cummins of Iowa urged the Senate to finish the treaty debate this week and take up the railroad bill. He warned of a financial catastrophe if the railroads were not brought under act by January 1 and said President Wilson had not changed his plan.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Wilson
Sugar gift to voters by New York party leader
A three pound package of sugar was given today to each voter in the seventeenth election precinct of the Second assembly district on the Lower East Side by Jimmy M. Kelly, Democratic district leader. The gift was given without regard to political preference.
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Associated Press
New York
Second Assembly
Lower East Side
Jimmy ™ Kelly
Money for Mothers Endorsed by Working Women
Washington article reports the international congress of working women endorsing legislation extending financial assistance to mothers and six week childbirth protections. Other items note Mrs Roosevelt's postage privileges, rabbinic concerns on Jewish nationhood, and Red Cross roll call underway.
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Washington, D. C
International Congress of Working Women
Prohibition Enforcers Learn Bar Tactics in U S School
New York report describes a government run training program for prohibition agents in a New York school. The piece notes mock saloon settings with mahogany bars and "third rail" whiskies alongside beer and light wines. It outlines lessons on approaching bartenders and discussing enforcement strategies.
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New York
United States
Castan House
School For Prohibition
Ford Stock a Dirty Deuce Beside Ours
Chicago reports on the Pan Motor Company trial where officials are accused of mail fraud. A Des Moines city statistician testified that a Pan salesman used manipulative tactics to push five shares of stock at high price, invoking Ford stock as a poor bet.
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Ford
Associated Press
Chicago
Pan Motor
Anok
Des Moines
Pan Motor Company
Landis
Pan
Zapata Surrenders After Federal Cutoff At Mine
Zapata and remaining rebels holding out in Morelos surrender to Mexican federal forces after a 16 day siege at the Huamatla silver mine. General Roero encircled the position cutting off water and provisions leaving Zapata with 90 to 1000 men unable to retreat. General Palafox and Ev erado Gonzales oversaw the capitulation.
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Galveston
Tex
Emiliano Zapata
Spain Rovero
Meade Fierro
Zapata
Huamatla
Morelos
Roeyle
Manuel Palafox
Everado Gonzales
48 Hours for Week's Work in All Lands Is Labor Meet Proposal
An international convention to limit industrial work to 48 hours per week in all nations was proposed to the international labor conference. The draft, prepared from government information, calls for ratification by July 1, 1921.
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Washington, D. C
Pupils Commence Red Cross Drive In Waterloo
Interest in the Red Cross annual membership drive shifted to city schools and firms. Enrollment began with a push for 100 percent participation. Over 2,000 memberships were recorded in two days. Several firms reported full employee enrollment, including Ellin cafe Standard Glass & Paint Waterto Chemical works and several local businesses. Mrs T C Menges led drives in Waterloo west with many 100 percent reports.
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Red Cross
Ellin Cafe
Standard Glass & Paint Company
ElHs
T. C. Menges
Waterloo West
Stewart-Simmons Press
Waterloo Savings Bank
League & Johnson Trust Company
Campbell's Barber Shop
Schuneman Drug Store
N. H
Loomis, Florist
Irving Barber Shop
Wang& Miller
Hale Cate
Waterloo Manufacturing Company
W. H. Burk
Leavitt & Johnson
W. C. Newstim
Iowa Union Miners Are Standing Firm
Des Moines reports no material change in the coal strike as of November 4. Cities with little fuel appeal to the state distribution agency while coal supplies dwindle. No breaks in union ranks and idle mines persist where union labor is employed. Oskaloosa reports a few small wagon mines operating. retailers fear coal shortages. Operators offer no further statements on the situation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Fuel Distribution Agency
State Operators’ Association
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Christian Name Ban By Reds Sparks Child Naming Shift
Stockholm Oct 15 Leaders of Russia s soviet government have banned giving Christian names to children, deeming them remnants of the reactionary system. An order is expected soon forbidding their use, with numbers replacing names. Three Petkoff children may be renamed Petkoff one two and three.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Russia
Petkoff
Mystery Man's Identity Target of Woman in Claim
Miss Dorothy Harris of Saint Paul declares she will prove the mysterious man known as J. C. BR is her father. The man lost speech and memory after a blow 13 years ago and disappeared on a fishing trip. police say she plans tests to establish identity while he is in Dickinson, North Dakota.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
J.C. BR
Dickinson
N. D
Dorothy
Harri
Ist. Paul
Harris
Population 120 Million Expected in Next Census
Leslie's Weekly reports Uncle Sam will mobilize an army of enumerators to count every person starting January 2, 1920. The 14th decennial census aims to record a national population around 120.6 million, with Texas likely surpassing Ohio for fourth place and Illinois threatened to drop from third. Rural improvements like farm telephones and rural delivery will reflect shifts in population, while timing and state rankings will reshape the national map.
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New York
T Leslie
Sam
Redfield
Texas
Ohio
Illinois
Burean
Ohio and
Pennsylvania
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NEW Country Club
Palmer
John L. Lewis
W.R. Hall
Lands Waterloo
K.P. Hall
Lawn City Country Club
Lusitania
Downs Lodge
Gaidies
C. W. Kline
Lchools East
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
C. B. Ransier
Edwards, Wongley, Ransier & Harris
Iowa City
Dr. BR
E. Russell
France
Golda WeSeller
Oakland
California
WeSeller
Shoe
Vishnuddin
Vale
N.Y
Thedore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
M. H. Kelly
Mich
Helsingfors
Gathchina
New New York
Samuel Gompers
Conference of American Rabbis
Dan
International Labor Conference
South Africa
Associated Tress
Yacht Sounds
U. S
Norfolk
Frank B. Draper
Cape Hatteras
Maine
Augusta
House
U.S. In School
Senate Judiciary Committee
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