State of Certainties slogan boosts Cummins bid in Iowa
Senator C H Thomas arrives in Des Moines praising Iowa as the State of Certainties and urging a united Republican push for 1916. He predicts a national GOP sweep, Cummins as top presidential contender from the West, and buoyant tariff and farm policy sentiments. Thomas also signals a vigorous campaign for state treasurer with statewide support.
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Des Moines
Yowa
Gertainties
C. H. Thomas
Kent
California
Iowa
Spirit
Towa
Massachusetts
Mexico
Cummins
Yarein
Thomas
Horse crosses rail bridge then swims to island and shores
A Erie Indiana horse owned by E L Chamberlain disregarded a No Trespassing sign and crossed the Mississippi river drawbridge at Clinton. It swam about half a mile to Little Teek Island and then to the opposite shore, prompting Ed Carew to halt two trains. Diversion counted as a local anomaly amid the 4,200 feet river span.
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Clinton
EL. CG. Chamberlain
Erie
Northwestern Railway
Mississippi River
Little Teek Island
Ed Carew
Block
Chamberlain
Glidden Man Dies From Glanders Disease
Glidden, Nov. 16. The death of John Schaefer here was due to glanders. He contracted the disease through contact with an old barn where horses had died of glanders years earlier. The disease germ is hard to eradicate and survived in the barn for years, the victims suffering for weeks before death.
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Glidden
John Schaefer
Schaefer
Mr. Schaefer
French repulse Bulgarian attack near Cerna river
French forces in Saloniki report heavy fighting with reinforced Bulgarian troops in southern Serbia. They were compelled to retire at two points near Grandisce, twelve miles north of the Greek border. Bulgarian assault along the Cerna river was repulsed with heavy attacker losses.
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Saloniki
Greece
Paris
Serbia
Grandisce
Cerna
Colonel Thatcher to Visit Waterloo for Good Roads Rally
Colonel Charles W. Thatcher founder of the Washington Highway association arrives in Waterloo on December 6 driving the wood roads gospel wagon. He has mapped and promoted a 2 000 mile transcontinental highway and has traveled 30 000 miles with his team. Thatcher aims to sway Waterloo business leaders and school officials toward public support for good roads and upcoming state legislation.
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Charles W. Thatcher
Waterloo
Washington Highway Association
To Lim
Thatcher
Wood Roads
Chicago
Good Roads
Spe
United States
Charles van Vieck
Commercial Club
Iowa
Washington Highway
Vermilion
8. D
Kom Shog Company to Retire From Business
The W C Kohl Son shoe store at 115 Fourth Street East will close and stock offered at a closing sale. The firm plans to retire from retail trade. space to be occupied by others after March 1. W C Koht opened the store in August 1898 and incorporated in 1911 with Herman Kohl as partner. Both plan to stay in Waterloo. Licenses to wed: Harry B Taber and Mary T Lester. W H Nelson and Harriet Leary.
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W. C
Herman Kohl
Frm
Waterloo
East Fourth Street
Cascarets Promise Gentle Liver and Bowel Cleansing
Advert promising Cascarets as the nicest gentlest liver and bowel cleanser. Claims relief from biliousness and constipation, improves mood and energy, brightens skin and eyes, and avoids the harsh effects of salts or calomel. Says suitable for children and warns against stomach sour and headaches.
Charity play proposal stalls at Waterloo meeting
A Social Welfare league session this morning failed to decide on Mrs. H R Reynolds of Des Moines plan to stage The House That Jack Built a charity operetta in Waterloo. Committees were formed to study costs and potential proceeds with a decision expected at Wednesday's follow up meeting. The project would need a cast over 100 local volunteers and has seen success in other cities. The report also notes a pumpage decline at waterworks and a capture of Tetovo by Bulgarians amid small forces.
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Social Welfare League
H. R. Reynolds
No Moines
Waterloo
Woodmen of the World Hold Evening Meeting
Regular Woodmen of the World meeting at Labor temple hall slated for this evening with initiation planned and attendance encouraged. Waterloo Art Club also meets at 7 45 pm in the Corn Belt Farmer rooms on Jefferson street.
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Woodmen of the World
Labor Temple Hall
Waterloo Art Club
Jefferson Street
Woman's Club to honor Drs Clark before move to Long Beach
The Waterloo Woman's club will host a reception for Drs. G Wardy Clark and Margaret Vaupel Clark on Friday evening at 416 South Street. The event is a cordial gathering for friends of the doctors, with Mrs. E L Johnson as general chair and Mrs Harriet Lake arranging.
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Waterloo Woman's Club
Harriet Lake
Will
Hearing On Dake-1to-Gulf Waterway Permit
Arguments opened in Chicago on the Illinois bid for a federal permit to build an eight foot waterway linking the Chicago drainage canal to the Illinois River head of navigation. The project would create direct water communication between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. An enabling act to authorize $5,000,000 in bonds for the plan was approved by the last General Assembly.
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Chicago
State of Illinois
Chicago Drainage Canal
Illinois River
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
W. ¥. Judson
Corps of Engineers
General Assembly
Labor men seek clemency for Joseph Hillstrom
Resolutions unanimously adopted at the American Federation of Labor convention in San Francisco request clemency for Joseph Hillstrom, I W W member sentenced to be shot in Salt Lake City. The measures allege he did not receive a fair trial and follow appeals by Thomas Mooney and delegate Canron Mile.
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San Francisco
Cali
Joseph Hillstrom
Salt Lake City
Utah
American Federation of Labor
Hillstrom
Ways and Means Committee
Samuel Gompers
Thomas Mooney
Canronmile
Democrats Name House Committees Meeting Nov 29
Washington D C Nov 16 Democrats of the ways and means committee plan to meet November 29 to organize the new house of representatives. The group will finalize recommendations including chairs for principal committees before congressional actions on December 4. Representative Kitchin of North Carolina is set to chair the ways and means committee.
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Washington
D. C
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Kitchin
North Carolina
Waterloo resident obtains marriage license in Freeport
Freeport Illinois November 16 Special reports a marriage license issued to William Maclaren of Waterloo Ta and Margaretha Ambrewster of Forreston Illinois. City and county directories do not list the groom’s name consistently.
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Waterloo
Freeport, Ill
William Mevlaren
Margaretha Ambrewster
Forreston
William Maclaren
Manly Merchants Banquet Scheduled at Irving Hotel
Secretary F W A Fenton of the Retail Merchants association reports 100 reservations for the annual retailers banquet at the Irving hotel tomorrow evening with accommodations for 1415 merchants who wish to attend should see Mr Fenton immediately. The banquet will begin promptly at 6:80.
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West High Bible Study Club
Grinnell
Walter J. Mead
F W. A. Fenton
Retail Merchants’ Association
Ble
Irving Hotel
Mr. Fenton
Blamed Austro Hungarian Embassy in City Strike
Louis Loeb a Hungarian born official, serving 39 city immigration officers, charged the Austro Hungarian embassy in Washington with instigating the strike of machinists at the Kandtz factory. He alleged a striker adviser offered to sell out for 6000 dollars and presented a distograph record as proof. Majority of Kandtz strikers are Austro Hungarian.
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Cleveland
Louis Loeb
Hungaria
Washington
Theodore Iandtz
Birikes
Loeb
Newton D. Baker
Ife
Lund
Beel
Boeh
Specal
White company of Cleveland to be absorbed by J P Morgan
Control of the White company, a major Cleveland auto and motor truck maker, is reported nearly in Morgan & Co of New York hands. The new corporation, valued around 100000000, would absorb White as European war sales rise. Final arrangements could be completed within a week.
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Cleveland, G
J.P. Morgan & Company
New York
New Department Manager Arrives at Paul Davis Company
Miss Mable Larjent of Detroit and Davenport is the new manager of the drug sundries and toilet department for the Paul Davis Dry Goods Company and has arrived in Waterloo as readers of the Evening Courier and Reporter learn.
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Mable Larjent
Detroit
Davenport
Department of Drug Sundries
Tolet
Paul Davis Dry Gools Company
Waterloo
Dutch bulbs prove American grown amends for imports
The state college of agriculture via C. Bishop seeks statistics for a U S Department of Agriculture report on canning clubs and home canning. Dutch bulb importation amounts near one million dollars yearly to promote commercial Dutch bulb growing and bring American grown bulbs. Experiments at a bulb garden near Bellingham show American bulbs bloom earlier and healthier, with longer stems and better color than imported stock. Largest bulbs areas are Virginia Rhode Island Washington and California with a sixty five acre Narcissus planting near Portsmouth VA shipping large quantities during bloom.
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Netherlands
Department of Agriculture
Bellingam
Wash
Europe
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Virginia
Rhode Island
Washington
California
Portsmouth
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Fowler
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