Waterloo voters to decide on new high school plan
Waterloo residents will vote Tuesday December 14 on a proposed $260000 high school bond and the replacement of the Hawthorne building destroyed by fire. The special election was set by the board of education with 194 signatures on the petition and will be held in the manual training building with a 9am to 7pm polling window.
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Waterloo East
Board of Education
Charles W. Kline
Plate
Iowa
Hawthorne Schoo
Hawthorne
Hawthorns
Sioux City forms citizens army unit today
Sioux City reports the provisional citizens army proposed by Secretary of War L M Garrison and endorsed by President Wilson organized in the city. The unit was formed today by 78 employees of a department store.
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Sioux City
Provisional Citizens
L. M. Garrison
Wilson
Good Fellows Club for 1915 Should Get Busy
The Good Fellows of Waterloo and vicinity have given generously to provide yuletide cheer for city children. The Courier and Messenger solicit contributions to a charitable fund directed by dedicated volunteers to maximize the impact. Since its start by the Waterloo Reporter the effort has grown with larger subscriptions, aiding many homes this season.
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Good Fellows
Waterloo
Yleinity
Waterloo Reporter
Good Fellows Club
Good Fellows Club Seeks Dinners Warm Clothing and Aid
The article urges support for the Good Fellows club to feed Northeast families at Natal Day and provide warm clothing. Investigators report needy households are being traced and aided, with initial $25 already received from a city Good Fellow. The appeal asks readers to subscribe now, noting money attracts more donations before year end.
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Good Fellows
Good Fellows Club
Chinese Admiral Tsang Ju Cheng Assassinated in Shanghai
Shanghai reports Adm ire Tsang Ju Cheng governor of the Shanghai District was assassinated while en route to the Japanese consulate for a coronation reception. Two attackers fired revolvers after a bomb failed to injure him and his secretary. He died at a hospital. Police inspectors recovered 200 rounds of ammunition.
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Shanghai
Tsang Ju.Cheng
Taal Suun
Chinese Naval Commission
United States
Lord Kesteven Killed in Balkans at Age Twenty Four
London report confirms Lord Kesteven, aged 24, has died in the Balkans while attached to a cavalry regiment. He is the sixth peer to fall in the present war. The brief notice notes the lineage and loss amid ongoing hostilities.
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London
Lord Kesteven
Balkans
Girl Shoots Betrayer in Courtroom Over Baby
Miss Alma Morgan, defending her child, entered the Coregliana Texas courtroom with her baby and fired at Allen Godley as he turned away. The shot struck him at the base of the neck and then the judge’s stand, leaving Godley paralyzed and not expected to survive. Morgan was taken to jail after the incident.
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Coregliana
Tex
Alma’ Morgan
Allen Godley
Abe
Godley
Miss. Morgan
Godley Yasterday
Gotley
Durand Cattle Slaughtered by Governor Order
Mrs Durand’s prized Guernsey herd valued at 40000 was slaughtered at Crab Tree Farm by armed men under Sheriff Griffin’s protection. An injunction blocked the action but was ignored. Durand reports being held at gunpoint and shot at while the barn was fired upon. governor’s directive to uphold state veterinary authority cited.
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Chicago
Scott Durand
Crabtree Farm
Elvin J. Griffin
Lake County
Griffo
Mrs. Duran
Durand
Supreme Court
Edwards
Anglo-French Meet Reverses in Serbia Veles recaptured by forces
A Sofia to Budapest dispatch reports French and British troops defeated in southern Serbia with enormous losses. Trench forces recaptured Veles from Bulgarians as Serbian northern plight worsens while southern fronts show gains for the Allies. Greece loan discussed to cement Entente ties amid political friction.
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Berlin
Sayville
Serbia
Sofia
Budapest
London
Veles
Sdvices
Athens
Gueygeli
Star
Nish
Aleksinaé
Morava
Krugevac
Aleksinac
Aines Leskovac
Krivolak
Saloniki
Greece
Entente Powera
Venizelos
Skouloudis
Asquith Seeks War Loan of Four Hundred Million Pounds
Premier Asquith plans a Commons vote for a 400 million pound credit to fund wartime needs. This vote would lift total war appropriations for the current year to about 1.37 billion pounds, with the 1914-15 allocations pushing the grand total to around 1.068 billion pounds.
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Lemion
Asquith
House of Commons
Fire destroys Bethlehem Steel No. 4 shop in South Bethlehem
A major blaze gutted the No. 4 machine shop at Bethlehem Steel in South Bethlehem, damaging millions in guns and machinery. About 2,660 workers on four floors were affected with many escaping by rope. no deaths reported though the factory and upgrades, valued at about three million dollars, faced total loss. Fire started allegedly from an exploding electric lamp in a boring mill and spread through the four-story shop housing 1,000 machines. Local and neighboring fire departments battled the blaze.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lansing Signals Cautious Wait on Ancona Report
Washington reports Secretary Lansing indicated the United States will wait a reasonable time for an official report on the sinking of the Ancona. If no word arrives, the department will inquire via the Rome embassy. Officials seek whether the vessel was torpedoed without warning and if Americans were among victims.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
United States
Rome
Ancona
Austria
Germany
Jusitania
Mediterranean
Italy
Dumba
Organ
Lusitania
Steamer Sinks Near Tunis Killing Many Women and Children
A large steamer carrying 642 aboard is hit near Tunis. Reports say 270 were landed at Bizerta and 45 at Malta. Details of the attack are scarce while unofficial tallies note many emigrants and Italian passengers perished or were wounded.
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Tunis
Bizerta
Malta
London
Lloyds
Ancona
Rizerta
Stefani
Rome
Ancona sinking report discredits McCormick claim
Chicago confirms Harold McCormick of International Harvesters was not aboard the steamship Ancona. Rome reports few details and notes high first class passenger counts. Malta and Bizerta figures create uncertainty about voyage position amid submarine activity in the Mediterranean.
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H. F. McCormick
Chicago
Rome
Bizerta
London
London London
Ancona
Cansor
New York
Deny
Sinking of the Ancona Stirs Italian Censorship Reports
New York reports lack of reliable advices on the Italian liner Ancona sinking. Rome indicates 482 passengers aboard, with 270 saved and later notices of boats landing at Cape Bon. Hartfield Solar Co local agents await full passenger list as officials note possible submarine activity near Sardinia and Bizerta.
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Ancona
Titta -Ruffo
Chicago
Malta
Maltas
Capa Bon
Bizerta
Cape Hon
Sardinia
Mernditerranean
Italy
Europa
le Veloce Line
New York
Naples
Caserti
Lloyd ‘Italion Line
Genoa
White Star Line
Boston
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Hartfield, Solar Company
Rome
Prince Crssane Zuniga
William Hartfield
Cape Bon
Tunis
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
Bizerts
French Repulse German Attacks at Givenchy
Paria reports a German attack near the forest of Givenchy was easily repulsed by French troops per a French war office release. Simultaneously French batteries in Champagne near Tahure answered with energy to a German artillery assault.
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Paria
Forest of
Givenchy
Champagne
Y Tahure
Delivery Notice From Motor Carrier Error
A damaged or incomplete newspaper notice indicates a delivery error and requests readers to call 332 to arrange a replacement copy. The note mentions a 6 o clock deadline and a 6:50 clock time for sending a copy.
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Jip
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Allen
Lover
DOE
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Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa of
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Vienna
Giant Gang
L Tovar
Broadleat
Sens
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
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