Thanksgiving game practice and price set at Cedar Falls
Final arrangements for the Thanksgiving battle between Fast Waterino high school and West Waterloo at Cedar Falls. Admission priced to attract attendance with twenty five cents for early tickets and thirty five cents on game day. A large police presence and reserved auto section planned to keep order.
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Waterino High
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
West Waterloo
East Side
Eituher School
Waterloo
Forsake Schools for Stenographers in Fort Podge
Fort Podge Ta Nov 19 Superintendent Carey urgent about teacher shortages in Webster county and statewide. Rural teachers face underpayment and poor living conditions, driving many to stenography or other fields. He cites lack of housing and low salaries as key barriers to attracting and retaining rural educators.
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Fort Podge
Carey
Webster County
Maury Hensons
Thase
Onn
Roosevelt Returns to Capitol for National Geographic Talk
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Washington to address the National Geographic Society his first return to the capital since leaving the White House in March 1995. The 5090 attendees including cabinet officials and justices gave a warm reception as he refrained from political remarks and teased that every dog has his day with the cats taking the night.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevelt
National Ecapital
White House
National Geographic Society
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Convention
National Press Club
Nicholas Longworth
Geographic Society
Press Club
Annual Kirmesse Opens Monday at St Marys
Arrangements are complete for the Fourth Annual Kirmesse to open next Monday under St Marys congregation. New attractions include the Electrical Indicator Dial and the Ole Kuntry Jay plus decorative booths with valuable articles. Myers-La Rue orchestra will play all week. Hot suppers every evening from 5 to 8, with a Thanksgiving Turkey dinner Thursday from 2 to 6.
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St. Mary’s
Myers—La Rue
de Grosz
Man Hangs Self in Grove Near Rochester
Frederick Richards aged 56 residing west of Rochester, died by suicide by hanging from a tree in a grove west of the village. The incident occurred on November 19 near Springdale, Ta. His death is reported in the Evening Press. The Waterloo Evening Courier is promoted in the accompanying text with subscription offers and clubbing rates.
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Springdale
Evening Press
Frederick Richards
Rochester
Waterloo
Evening Courier
Waterloo Evening Courier
Courier Office
Cracksmens loot $9125 in small Minnesota town
Lekeville Minn Nov 19 cracksmen blew safe in paste which held stamps and cash. They escaped with $1000 in stamps and $125 in cash. Local authorities seek clues. Police report no injuries. The incident shocks residents of the town near Nov 19. A security breach at the local post or store caused this theft. Investigations continue with state and county agencies involved.
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Lekeville
Minn
Indictments in Illinois Central car repair graft case
Chicago jurors brought true bills against three former Illinois Central officials in a graft probe into car repairs. Assistant U S Attorney Thomas Marshall began work on indictments as witnesses testified from stacks of municipal court testimony. Others may join the list. penalties include one to five years or fines. Previous testimony linked J B Baker as a stockholder in a company tied to inflated repairs.
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Chicago
Inois Central
Suite
Thomas Marshall
Frank B. Harriman
John M. Taylor
Charlies L. Lwing
J. B. Baker
Osterwan Company
Bluejackets in Disgraceful Riots Prompt Deportations
Cherbourg reports two hundred disorderly sailors from the American fleet were expelled after stoning a cafe. A sailor from the Louisiana drowned at harbor, while in Brest a fire endangered nearby nitrate and alcohol. A clash between white and colored sailors led to stab wounds. a Kansas sailor is charged with stabbing, and authorities plan stronger police patrols to curb further disturbances.
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Cherbourg
FE. Weidlich
Louisiana
Brest
Vreeland
Kansas
Towisfana
Gnenegra
Walsh Will Not Get a Pardon
Washington Louis Jonn RR. Walsh will not be liberated from Leavenworth where he serves a five year term for wrecking the Chicago National Bank and allied institutions. The pardon appeal will be denied and commuting his sentence is highly unlikely. The fate of Charles W. Morse’s similar plea may depend on this decision.
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Washington, Louis
Jonn
Walsh
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Chicago National Bank
Charles W. Morse
New York
Atlanta
Unionize Hobos Appeal At Labor Convention
At St Louis on November 19 the American Federation of Labor convention hears a plea to organize the casual laborers or hobos. Andrew Furuseth of San Francisco and Victor Olander of Chicago urge forming hobos unions in each state to aid 3,000,000 itinerant workers who are poorly paid and treated as outcasts. The Garment Workers union seeks aid for Chicago strikers, with funds to be sent to affiliated unions. The session also debates the electrical workers dispute and the McNulty versus Reed factions with arbitration and charter issues discussed.
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St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Andrew Furuseth
San Francisco
Victor A. Olander
Chicago
Union Sailors
Furuseth
Pacific Coast Seamen's Union
Garment Workers’ Union
Charles PD. Wheeler
Chicago Federation of Labor
Garment, Workers
Resolutions Committee
Electrical Workers
Oratory
Republicans Close Iowa Campaign Receipts and Expenditures Report
The Republican state central committee met in Des Moines to finish campaign business. It shows about half the 1908 contributions were received, none of the committee members, including Chairman A. T. Franke, drew compensation. The auditing committee endorses the report, praising Franke and others, with total receipts of 10,174.87 and total disbursements 9,590.91, leaving cash on hand 1,? at mid November.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Commaite
A. T. Franke
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Carl F. Franke
Republican Party
M. E. Comstock
J. L. Wright
Largest Coffee Transaction Breaks Southern Record
New Orleans November 18. A New York company bought thirty thousand bags from local brokers in what is described as the largest single coffee transaction in the south. The sale, valued at over a half million dollars, involved WW coffee imported from Santos Brazil.
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New Orleans
Wea
South
New York
Santos
Brazil
Smallpon Kills 93 Inder Arapaho Reservation
Nine three Indians on the Arapahoe Indian reservation have died from smallpox within four days. The disease is at its most malignant form. Officers oversee efforts to halt the outbreak. Mrs Hartquist left for Fort Dodge to spend Thanksgiving with relatives.
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Cheyenne, Wic
Arapahoe
A. W. Hartquist
Fort Dodge
Iain
Thankselvine
Sunday’s Fort Dodge Speech in Dry Fight
Rev W A Sunday travels to Fort Dodge Monday afternoon to address a mass meeting Monday night amid a heated local option debate. Supporters of the dry side have enlisted his aid, and he speaks passionately against liquor. He plans to press on despite a short rest week to assist Fort Dodge in the saloon battle.
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W. A
Fort Dodge
Sunday
Plumber Finds Diamond Ring Lost by Miss Shadd
Washington D C Nov 19 A plumber E E Adamson crawled eighteen inch sewer for 200 feet and recovered a diamond ring valued at 1200 dollars lost by Miss Harriet Shadd. The loss had worried her greatly and doctors treating her for appendicitis believe news of the ring may aid her recovery and health.
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Washington, D. C
E. E. Adamson
Harriet Shadd
Shell Rock Community Notes Mixed with Family Moves
Shell Rock reports on visiting relatives, new home moves, illness updates, and a school official appointment. Carrie Mansfield visits Elma, Ai Yardo builds an addition, Frank Yardo moves near Cedar Falls, Bert Conway relocates to John Kratchman house, and Zoe Graham visits Maud Goodwell. Linnie Schloeman elected Benton county superintendent.
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Shell Rock
Carrie Mansfield
Elma
Yardo
I. C. Harrison
Yor
Mason
W. H. Mason
Grand Rapids
Minn
James Amick
Kansas City
Mlc
Covert
Kan
R. S. Stoddard
Oelwein
Charles Bement
Smart Set Club
Carl Mansfield
Grinnell
Frank Yardo
Cedar Falls
Bert Conway
John Kratchman
Walter Hammond
Alansfield
E. Towne
J. B. Kelsey
WW. W. Marshall
W. H. Sherburn
Hannami
Carrie Becker
Livingstonville
N. Y
Bothswick
M. BK. Williams
M. F. Green
Lime Springs
Zoe Graham
Cedar Rapids
Maud Goodwell
Linnie Schloeman
Benton County
Schloeman
Oak Ridge Social News Clippings Highlight Local Visits
Nov 17 Oak Ridge notes show Mrs G Royce tending her sick mother at Fifth and Franklin. Briden returns to a Denver-area farm. Mrs Bess Messerly and Bristow visitors stay with the Lawrences. Neighbors Gerkoldt, Babcocks, Miller, Younker, Loveland, Harmon Carrell, Philpot, Frank George, Eyestone, Bandfield, and Humbert families appear in brief calls and dinners.
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Oak Ridge
West Second Street
Frank George
Waterloo
Eyestone
Bandfield
Montgomery
Dakota
Harry Brown
George Philpot
May
Gayle Humbert
Bisbee
Humbert
Mr. Rownd
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief from Grippe
A 25 cent package of Pape's Cold Compound is claimed to cure cold and grippe fast. The ad touts three years of research costing over fifty thousand dollars and says the remedy acts within the first dose, with no quinine and no harm. It promises quick subsidence of neuralgia headache runny nose feverishness sneezing sore throat and mucous discharge.
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Pape
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Bopy
Grrmicut Makers of
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McNulty
Reed
Lewis
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Cam
Eugene Bely
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State Central Committee
Irpe
M. M. Head
L. B. Whitney
Coffe
Texas Rangers
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Westfield Add
M. J. Pommer
Jefferson Street
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