J E Bragdon retires after decade as Social Welfare League chief
J E Bragdon steps down as president of the Social Welfare League after ten years, remaining on the board. Since 1909 the board grew from 4 to 19. expenses rose from 500 to 9000. Founded 1907, the league expanded a thrift store and nursing staff, with access to clothing and furniture for the needy and strong community donations.
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J. E. Bragdon
Social Welfare League
Bragdon
Marbers
Waterloo
League
G. Hardy Clark
Wroney
Teague
Franklin and
Sixth Streets
J. F W. Klingaman
Prominent Candidate for Presidency in Woman's National Federation
A record notes a prominent presidential candidate in the Woman's National Federation. It recalls Mr Bragdon's regime and his effort to coordinate Waterloo charities through a confidential exchange that maintains complete files and prevents duplication of organizational work.
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Woman's National Federation
League
Coal mine mules receive shower baths in Tennessee
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Co provides shower baths for mine mules emerging grimy from subsurface work. Mules halt under spray arches while stable attendants turn on medicated water to kill parasites. The practice is common at many mines and the animals now seek the showers willingly.
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Tennessee Coal & Iron Co
Street Car Workers in Des Moines Win 57 Cents Hourly Wage
Des Moines conductors and motormen were awarded 57 cents per hour by an arbitration board. The wage dispute spanned months, with a strike in August and a voter rejection of a 5 cent fare in a separate election. The union had sought 66 cents while the company offered 50 cents.
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Des Moines
Street Railway Company
Des Moines Police Continue Efforts to Ticket Reds
Des Moines police said plans and progress to detain or remove radicals from the city were being kept under orders. Officials indicated investigations into threats against Mayor Thomas Fairweather would continue as authorities sought to drive radical elements from Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Int P
Ord
Thomas Fairweather
Judge Salinger Loses Libel Suit Against Paper
Des Moines dispatch reports Gardner Cowles publisher of the Des Moines Register and Tribune won a libel suit brought by Iowa Supreme Court Judge B I Salinger. The district court under Judge Lawrence DeGraff returned a verdict for Cowles after Salinger sought $10,000 over a 1916 editorial.
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Des Moines
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Bel
B. I. Salinger
Iowa Supreme Court
Lawrence DeGraff
Salinger
Register
Charles City High Basketball Schedule For 17 Games
Charles City High announces a 17 game basketball schedule with nonleague and conference trips. The list includes New Hampton, Clear Lake, Waverly, Shell Rock, Osage, Marble City, and New Hampton among others with dates in January February and March. Team practice will begin after football lines are completed under YM YWCA guidance.
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Charles City High
Charles City
The
Heh Sehont
New Hampton
Charles Ity
Tee
Cleay Lake
Clete Lake
Ayn
Waverly
Charles City Juin
Stell Rove
Sheil Rock
Dun Ureik
Charles
Waverleel
Gear Lake
Harket
Maron City
Charles Cis
Mareh
New Jinplon
New Yamopten
Berith
YM. G. A
Usood
Plysten
Army store transfer announced moving from Chicago to Milwaukee
Notice states the army household goods shop opened in Chicago a few weeks ago has closed and will relocate to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Future mail orders should be sent to the Milwaukee plate opening around December 1. Advertising is always NEWS.
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ARMY
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Bolshevik Rule in Kiev Described by English Residents
English residents in Kiev describe brutal Bolshevik rule with mass executions. They recount bodies found, estimates of thousands killed, and harrowing interrogations and death sentences carried out openly. Victims include elderly women and priests, with prisoners stripped and shot near slaughter houses.
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Kiev
Associated Press
Che Healy Ams
Machine Process Changes His Aci
Henry C. Boylston, once sworn never to shave again after vowing to retain his three-foot whiskers, reportedly lost them without consent in a strange incident at his lunther camp where he runs an automatic planet operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Ward
Henry C. Boylston
Boylston
Milk Toast Diet Claims Relief and Money Back Guarantee
A reader describes years of digestive distress from milk toast diet and claims a simple remedy named Mayes Wonderfull Remedy provided lasting relief. The ad promises full appetite return after one dose with a money back guarantee and lists distributors Wangler Gros Hansen & Thaussen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wangler Gros
Hansen & Thaussen
Man Picks Up Barbershop Visit After Knife Tap
A passage notes a man who adjusted knives hidden inside his vest then removed them from between the blades. He later went to a barber for grooming, implying a domestic or minor incident around concealed weapons.
Physician and Burgeon Orive Contact Details
Office phone 324 and residence 2243 listed for Dr Burgeon Orive with hours 11 am to 12 pm 2 to 4 pm and 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Address and schedule indicate a medical practice in a historical newspaper excerpt.
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Black
Leavitt & Johnson
DR. Luce & Kress
Nat'l Bank
Res
WM. H. Ross
Leavitt and Johnson Building
A. Boatman
D.D.S
J. Bank
R. E. Russell
Lillie A. Arnett
Commercial Banke
Fullerton Place
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JE. Dragdon
Thomas Ar Em
Thomas G. Winter
Minneapolis
Minn
National Federation of Womens Clubs
Hilus Cascarass P
Mr. Hill
Woods Millinery
Majestic Theatre
Fourth Street
J. R. Allen
D. E. McBroom
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank Bldg
Iowa
Stolz Alm
Charles Franklin Bennett
E. M. Jackson, D.D.S
J. ©. Murphy
D.D
Natl Bank
C. Lee
Sycamore Street
B. W.schuneman
Peas. UK
Fourth St
Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
B. W.schuneman Co
East Fourth St. Street
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