World embraces Kellogg Briand pact as peace path
Secretary Kellogg told a World Alliance audience on Armistice Day that 58 nations have joined or pledged to join the Kellogg Briand antiwar treaty. Paris marked the armistice anniversary with ceremonies as veterans, war mothers, and widows observed the day. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth attended Brussels rites while the Prince of Wales laid a wreath in Nairobi. London broadcast Armistice songs from Albert Hall as Poland celebrated the Republic’s anniversary with Marshal Pilsudski reviewing troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Kellogg
World Alliance For International Friendship
Paris
Department of State
Champs Elysees
American Legion
Compiegne Forest
Brussels
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Leopold
Astrid
United States
London
King George
Queen Mary
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
Moscicki
Prospective Juror Bare8 Influences Oil Case
Senate panel seeks U S attorney action to present facts to jurors as juror Bare8 is alleged to attempt influence oil interests. Stewart previously cleared of senate contempt for refusal to testify. Nye and Walsh expected as principal witnesses. Jury selection anticipated to run through today into tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
U. S
Stewart
Senate Committee
Nye
Walsh
Northeastern Iowa Holiness Association Meeting Arranged
The Northeastern Iowa Tri County Holiness association plans an all day gathering at Salvation Army hall on Wednesday with sessions at 10 30 a m 2 30 and 7 30 p m and a noon picnic lunch Rev Anna Spann of University Park Ia Quaker minister is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holiness Association
Iowa - Tri- County
Salvation Army
Brain Tests Exercise in New York Evening Post
The New York Evening Post describes an intelligence test segment used at major universities. Readers are asked to mark which statements are correct about states and cities, with options ranging from midwest to western locations and a hint that some or none may be right.
Automobile Hits Wagonload Corn, Motorist Injured
S F Kruse of 702 Mullan Avenue west sustained a six stitch cut on an up when his car crashed into a wagon loaded with corn at Norman Diggins farm two miles west of Cedar Falls. Diggins drove the wagon and was turning into a driveway. Kruse did not see the wagon. He also had a sprained leg and a bruised jaw. Diggins was unhurt. Both vehicle and wagon were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Kruse
Mullan Avenue
Norman Diggins
Cedar Falls
Diggins
Kruse
A Des Moines Area Soldier Dies After Bicycle Crash
Edward A Karns 42 of 715 Grant Avenue Sun day morning died at Presbyterian hospital from a skull fracture after his bicycle collided with a car at Washington and First streets. He worked for Iowa Dairy Separator Co and was a member of Grace Methodist Church and I O F. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Petersen Bros with burial in Elmwood. He was born October 12 1886 in Des Moines and survived by his widow three brothers and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Wolfe
Fourth Street
Edward A. Karns
Grant Avenue
Karns
Presbyterian Hospital
Washington
First Streets
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Petersen Bros. Ghisek
Roy Leslie Smith
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Black Hawk Lodge
Te Church
Des Moines
Hattie M. Palmer
Omaha
Neb
Waterloo
Clarence L. Karns
Vernon D. Karns
Denver
Cole
Francis Karns
Mildred Trotter
Newton
Opal Clements
Harl Clements
Route 6
Donald Pratt
Indiana Street
Thirteenth
Commercial
St.Francis Hospital
Pratt
Storm Perils 400 as Ships Rush to Aid Sinking Liner
A Royal Navy style chase unfolds as the liner Vestris sinks off Cape Henry with the Voltaire off course, 100 miles away. Nathan P. Adams of Odebolt Iowa is aboard, identified with the Adams ranch and Chicago Board of Trade links. Dr A Grauman also travels east for a fishing trip in the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lamport & Holt
Voltaire
Nathan P. Adams
Odebolt
Adams
Sioux City
Vestris
Cape Henry
W. P. Adams
Dr. A. Grauman
East
Caribbean Sea
Chicago Board of Trade
North Dakota
Big Adams
Water Fowl of Waterloo Bring Back Premiums
Waterfowl breeders from Waterloo and Iowa fared well at the International Water Fowl exposition in Springfield, November 5 to 9. Oscar Grow won multiple prizes with old Toulouse ganders, Toulouse geese, Rouen ducks and drakes, claiming the grand champion gander award. Dr J W Rowntree showed Aylesbury ducks with top finishes. M B Howe swept African and White China geese and earned the Chamberlain trophy for most points in a single waterfowl variety. The event marked America’s first exclusive water fowl show with entries from England and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Springfield
Til
Oscar Grow
Mitchell Avenue
Grow
Rouen
J. W. Rowntree
Aylesbury
America
M. B. Howe
Cedar Falls
Howe
Chamberlain
England
Canada
Dene
All Aboard for All Points East Over Pavement
Announcement at the district highway commission office celebrated the opening of U.S. Highway 20 pavement from Dubuque east to Portland Missouri Boston New York Philadelphia Washington Richmond Charleston and Atlanta. The last unpaved stretch near Dubuque opened last Saturday with a detour still possible over crushed rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Portland
Boston
Mass
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Richmond
Charleston
S. C
Atlanta
District Highway Commission
City of
Mississippi River
Illinois
Iowa
Chicago
Janesville
Algona
Atlantic Seaboard
Co. A. Hanson
Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo
Floyd
Minnesota
Duluth
Evangel Campaign Opens Favorably at Walnut Church
The Walnut Street Baptist church evangelistic campaign opened yesterday with large morning and evening crowds. Eminent evangelist Earl Shreve of Chicago impressed the audience with solos and directing the choir. A junior choir of 50 voices is forming, and daily prayer meetings will be led by W B Howell. Rev Victor Oltrogge and Shreve lead personal work across the city. Dr Steeves spoke on The Street on Which You Live with the text Where art thou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Earl Shreve
Chicago
W. B. Howell
Bible School
Victor GC. Oltrogge
Dr. Steeves
Visitor From Chicago Visits Waterloo Brother
Robert L. Penrose of the Herald Examiner Chicago spent Sunday with his brother M. L. Penrose at 244 Jackson Street Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert L. Penrose
Herald-Examiner
M. L. Penrose
Jackson Street
Waterloo
Mortuary notice for Mrs. C. W. Jenkins
Mrs. O. W. Jenkins 82 of 520 Summit avenue died at 8 a m Sunday in Presbyterian hospital after a short illness. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday in O Keefe and Towne chapel Rev C G L Kenagy to officiate. Burial in Elmwood. Born November 7 1846 in Germany, she married Philip Fisher in 1866 at Brad head Wis. He died 1882 in Osage Ia. In 1895 she married O W Jenkins at Warren Ia. Surviving: husband John Fisher a daughter Mrs Mary Milligan Medford Ore two stepsons Frank Jenkins Waterloo and B H Jenkins Freeport Ia one stepdaughter Mrs D H Gregory Waterloo and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Jenkins
O. W. Jenkins
Summit Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
CG. L. Kenagy
First Baptist Church
Elmwood
Louisa Cohen
Germany
Frank Jenkins
Waterloo
B. H. Jenkins
Freeport
D. H. Gregory
Mrs Emma Emerson 72 Died After Long Illness
Mrs Emma Emerson aged 72 died at 6 20 p m Sunday at her daughter Mrs L E Losee home after a long illness. She was born Sept 14 1850 in New York state and resided with her daughters since her husband’s death in 1921. Surviving are two other daughters Mrs T A Campbell Nashua and Mrs L N Wayne Chicago. The body was taken to William Lundt mortuary Nashua. Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal church at Charles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Emerson
L. E. Losee
Nashua Fa
New York State
Losee
T. A. Campbell
Nashua
L. N. Wayne
Chicago
William Lundt
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles City
Death of Mrs H H Brott in Santa Clara Cal
Mrs Laura Garrabrant of 211 Second Street East reports the death of Mrs H H Brott on October 13 in Santa Clara California. Maiden name Christina Duke, daughter of George and Hannah Duke, pioneers of Black Hawk township and Waterloo, she was the last member of her family. Mrs Brott was twice married, first to William Johnson, and both were employed by Matt Parrott & Sons binders at their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Brott
Laura Garrabrant
Second Street East
H. H. Brott
Santa Clara
Cal
Brott
Christina Duke
George
Hannah Duke
Black Hawk Township
Waterloo
Brett
William Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Matt Parrott & Sons
Rotary Praised for Service Through Community Channels
Charles E. Watkins of Chicago, past district governor, spoke to Waterloo Rotary members at a noon luncheon in Hotel Russell Lamson. He praised Rotary for serving through existing community organizations and outlined three key contributing factors: membership attendance, honesty and classification, and willingness to serve via existing groups. He warned against members who never pay or never attend, noting such behavior harms any organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Charles E. Watkins
Chicago
Rotary International
Coming Community Chest
Waterloo Club
Russell-Lamson
Lfe
Waterloo
City
Death of John J L Chase in California at 83
John J L Chase died November 7 in Alhambra California at age 83. He built a two story brick block at Commercial street and Park avenue in Waterloo and ran a produce business with large cold storage. He later moved to California and formed Joseph L Chase & Son produce brokerage in Los Angeles. Surviving are his widow a son and a daughter Mrs Frank McMillan. Born February 18 1845 at Chase's Point Missouri, he descended from an old English family and came to Waterloo in 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John JL. Chase
Alhambra
Cal
Charles E. Cobb
Lewis A. Cobb
J. E. Sedgwick
Waterloo
Chase
Courier
Commercial Street
Park Avenue
George B. Rowell
Mr. Chase
Kate Foote
Daniel B. Foote
Black Hawk County
California
Joseph. L. Chase & Son
Alfred
Board of Education of
Maine
Frank McMillan
North Whittier Heights
Chase’s Point
Sterling Still Near Death at Waverly Hospital
Waverly Indiana November 12 Harry Sterling who suffered mortal spinal and head injuries when his truck was wrecked by a train near Waverly Junction last week spent a very uncomfortable night at Mercy hospital. Sterling was conscious briefly but his condition remained unchanged and near death since the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Waverly
Harry Sterling
Waverly Junction
Mercy Hospital
Sterling
Janesville Boy Suffers Much as Accident Result
Waverly Iowa November 12 Donald Shepard an 11 year old Janesville boy fell into an excavating machine Friday afternoon. He suffered severe wounds and fractures of both legs and one arm and is in considerable pain at Mercy hospital. Precautions are being taken against infection in a wound where soil was ground after rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Waverly
Donald Shepard
Janesville
Mercy Hospital
Check Reduces Man's Vote But He Wins In Township Race
Dallas Husman Republican candidate for township trustee in Big Creek township lost 450 votes to Gay when the county board of supervisors checked the books. His total dropped from 508 to 58 yet he was elected as few votes opposed. The township board had erroneously added 4590 La Porte City votes from ineligible residents to Husman's total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Husman
Big Creek
Gay
County Board of Supervisors
Township Election Board
Husman
la Porte City
Fire Alarm Reports and Local Faults
Sunday at 1 40 p m a Waterloo Construction Machinery plant alarm caused by a false signal. Sunday at 10 10 p m an apartment at 72012 Lafayette with Mrs Julia Garrett occupied, fault a short circuit in a light wire at ceiling, loss five dollars. Promotion for insuring with Hermann Miller Phone 2404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Constriction Machinery Company
Lafayette
Julia Garrett
New Radio Plan Reallocates Stations Across Nation
Waterloo listeners heard the first broadcasts under a new reallocation plan affecting about 620 U S stations. Iowa centers like WHO Des Moines and WOC Davenport face shared clear channels while many stations gained power. reception is expected to improve this winter with 40 single-use channels and no interference, though some fear loss of network programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Radio Lsteners
Iowa
Des Moines
WOC
Davenport
Clear Channel
Waterloo
620
United States
Radio Commission
City in Brief highlights local visits and events
City in Brief notes weekend visits by S. Lamb of Kansas City to his brother at 416 Edwards street and Mrs. H O Lee from Storm Lake staying with Mrs. A P Smith at 309 Willistons avenue. It cites health updates, school news, college students back home, travel plans, and a railway engine shipment from Pittsburgh to Waterloo with staff escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo. S. Lamb
Kansas City
W. G. Lamb
Edwards Street
H. O. Lee
Storm Lake
A. P. Smith
Willistons Avenue
Smith
Mrs. Lee
Ruth Rodamar
Ira Rodamar
Leland Avenue
W. A
B Graham
Fourth’ Street West
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Jean Bickley
St. Katherine's School
Davenport
Dorothy Oldfield
Miss Bickley
Fourth Street West
Bickley
W. H. Bickley
Ex-Service Men to Celebrate Armistice Anniversary
Waterloo ex service men meet at Memorial hall for the tenth Armistice day anniversary. Stag dinner at 6 30 pm with speaker George E B Pike attorney and Tate Harrison to preside over a surprise program. Courthouse offices closed except board of supervisors. Municipal court adjourned after brief session. Banks and shops open as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Memorial
George Eb, Pike
Tate -Harrison
Board of Supervisors
Ohioan and Auto Seized on Liquor Transport Charges
Frank Williams, from Ohio, driving a Whippet with Ohio plates, arrested Saturday night by Constable Mason on Fourth Street East Waterloo for illegal transportation and possession of liquor. Car seized for forfeiture. Lawrence Kearns arrested on highway near Electric Park for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Held for trial. B F Foster and Oliver Truer arrested near Allen Memorial Hospital for drunkenness. They possessed six bottles of bay rum, four full, two partly empty. G C Skillings fined 100 dollars plus costs or 30 days in jail for driving while intoxicated after crash with S K Clause of Shell Rock Iowa. John Williams fined 50 dollars or 15 days for intoxication as a repeater. Two plain drunks fined 80 dollars each. Earl Kistner released on bond after arrest for illegal transportation pending hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Ohio
H. P. Mason
Fourth Street
Waterloo
Mason
Lawrence Kearns
Electric Park
B. F. Foster
Oliver Truer
Allen Memorial Hospital
G. C. Skillings
Sixth Street
J. C. Beem
Shell Rock
John Williams
Earl Kistner
South Street
Western Lines Special Plan 1928 Improvement Projects
Officials of Illinois Central Railroad Western lines met at W. Scott Williams office to outline next year improvements. Delegations from Waterloo Fort Dodge and Freeport attended. Recommendations to be sent to Chicago. Minnesota division officials met Norman Bell master mechanic. L E B McCabe presided in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlinois- Central Railroad Western
W. Scott Willams
Western
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Freeport
Chicago
Minnesota
Norman Bell
L. EB. McCabe
Dubuque
Henry Hehnke Dies After Illness In Devonport
Henry Hehnke a well known lodge figure and former Democratic candidate for state representative died at his aunt’s home in Devonport on November 12 after an illness of indigestion that began the prior Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hehnke
Devonport
Lodge
Temperatures Show Weekend Range
Readable snippets indicate Saturday max around 56 with a low near 36, Sunday peak near 63 and Sunday night dipping to about 33. Monday shows highs around 36 to 45, with scattered garbled entries.
Iowa Child Won't Eat and Finds Relief with California Fig Syrup
A council Bluffs mother recalls her two year old son James who grew fretful, constipated, and emaciated before improvement after using California Fig Syrup. The ad-like piece touts the product as a long endorsed laxative made from ripe figs and senna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
B. Rains
North 12Th St
Council Bluffs
California
Peril of Mount Etna Lava Ends Tabba Carrabba
Glarre reports Carrabba village near Etna doomed as lava pours from the volcano. Nunziata evacuated as Carrabba manufacturing plants and homes dismantled. A storm in southeastern Sicily adds misery for refugees, with rain and fog hampering crews while lava flows widen. The eruption could last another week with renewed bursts after lulls.
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Rome
Glarre
Lavoro d’ Italia
Cartabba
Mt. Etna
Nunziata
la Tribuma
Catania
Carrabba
Riposto
Sicily
Mount Etna
Ionian Sea
Building Permits Filed for Bailey and Others
J D A Bailey of New Hartford applies for a garage at 206 Moir with entros and furnace. A separate permit lists 306 Fourth East for related building work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. A. Bailey
New Hartford
Moir
Entros
Fourth East
Jury Told Aimee Paid $800000 to Beat Plot
Los Angeles trial evidence shows more than 800000 spent to clear Aimee Semple McPherson of conspiracy charges tied to her 1920 kidnap tale. Angelus Temple figure Ormiston and Kennth Astor are named in the broader Los Angeles district attorney corruption inquiry and the grand jury testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee
Los Angeles
Cal
Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Grand Jury
Ormiston
Carmel-By-The-Sea
Lumry to Attend Big Floral Show at Cedar Rapids
W R Lumry proprietor of the Log Cabin at Cedar Heights will attend the biennial Mid-West Horticultural exposition in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. He will not be an exhibitor. The exposition is sponsored by the state legislature and runs with the Iowa State Horticultural Society Iowa Vegetable Growers Association Iowa Beekeepers Association Iowa Nurserymen's Association and the Midwestern Peony and Iris Society convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Lumry
Cedar Heights
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Iowa Vegetable Growers Association
Iowa Bee Keepers Association
Iowa Nurserymen’s ‘Association
Peony & Iris Society
Donors Told to Notify Exchange After Council Meeting
After a Black's tearoom gathering the Council of Social Agencies asks donors of Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to needy families to notify the council's confidential exchange by telephone 497 to prevent duplicate gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Social Agencies
Quarantines List Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Measles
Quarantine notices list several cases: Stephen Peterson age 11 of 308 Ninthwest with scarlet fever, Irene Gillien age 17 of 1007 Commercial with scarlet fever, Howard Godley age 15 of 526 Adams with scarlet fever, Merle Gerry at 523 West ern with diphtheria, Emma Converse age 11 of Englewood with measles, and Martin Frank age 5 of 652 Conger with chickenpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Peterson
Ninthwest
Irene Gillien
Howard Godley
Adams
Merle Gerry
Western
Emma Converse
Englewood
Martin Frank
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Nairobi
Prince of Wales
WN. Y. Evening Post, Inc
Philadephia
Colorado
Mississippi
Delaware
Hudson
Yellowstone
Pike's Peak
EA Arng
Boy
Girl
K. Koch
Franklin Street
Rexall 1 Centurie
Schuneman's. Wilson's
Dubuque County
Evangel Campaign
Walnut Church
JL. Chase
Waverly Hospital
Hermann, Miller
Buchanan's
Ruth ‘Elliott
Baltimore Street
Merz Hospital
Mason City
Cecil Pierce
Hawthorne School
Glen Noble
Glen, Jr
Oak Lawn Avenue
Almon S. Reed
Masonic Lodge of
Masonic Temple
Mulberry Street
Park Avenue East
Clyde Hinson
Alta Vista Avenue
V. J. Wilson
Champaign, Til
Cincinnati
Mr. Wilson
First National Bank of
Champaign
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
Pittsburgh
Don Briggs
W. E. Hawse
Black Hawk Cigar Store
Cigaret Tax Revenue Department
State Treasurer’s
Fred S. Pettit and Son
Great, Western
Ohioan
Auto
James Rains
Garrabba 16
Etna
C. J. Miller
West Fourth ST
Lumry
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 72
East Side Hall
Edward Karns
Petersen Bros. ‘Chapel
Dinty Moore
Entz Cafe
Nat'l Bank Bldg
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