Thanksgiving in Waterloo busy day with many closures
Waterloo observes Thanksgiving with most banks, stores, offices, factories, and saloons closed. Billiard halls and cigar stands stay open or operate briefly. post office delivery resumes. libraries open 10 am to 9 pm. churches conduct Union services led by Rev la Bo Hix and Dr Walter Rollins. The Courier issues today as shoppers crowd groceries and meat markets see high business.
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Waterloo
Ue City
Mse
Etores
Waterlow
la Bo Hix
First Baptist Church
Walter H. Rollins
Tota Hal ‘Clack
Steel Trust Seeks Shareholder List
New York November 2 The United States Steel Corporation has requested a list of its shareholders from brokerage and banking houses. The move aims to demonstrate wide ownership of steel shares beyond concentrated holdings by steel interests. Brokers are assured confidentiality for any information provided.
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New York
Passengers End Freien Fer the Roast of Waniy
Fragmentary OCR notes show a chaotic line about a roast event centered on Waniy and Paine. References to timing suggest a nine o’clock moment but the garbled text offers no clear place date or participants beyond the two names. The readable fragments imply a social gathering or roast setting without verifiable specifics.
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Freien
Letter to Police About Waterloo Boy Detained in Marshalltown
Lieber the city humane officer in Marshalltown wrote to the police reporting a 15 year old boy named Jean Pangden believed from Waterloo. The boy was picked up by Marshalltown police and is being held for investigation. A bank deposit slip was found in his stocking. Police in Waterloo know nothing of the boy and a letter was sent to Marshalltown authorities requesting confirmation.
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Lieber
Marsalltown
Waterloo
Jean Pangden
Waterlow
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner For Prisoners In City Jail
Police Chief Wm. Dinneen plans a Thanksgiving turkey dinner for all city jail inmates at 4 o clock on Thanksgiving Day. Wm. Dinneen will lead the kitchen, with FHer man T Wagner as waiter and Sergeant Naward Garrison and Wm. Hollcroft pouring tea. Decorations will feature blue uniforms and brass buttons.
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Imnneen
Eller Veday
Leo
Dinneen
Wm. Dinneen
Fherman T. Wagner
Naward Garrison
Poultry Prices Dip Ahead of Thanksgiving Feasts
Prices for dressed and live turkeys fell sharply as Thanksgiving neared. Chicago reports show live birds down to 15 cents per pound and dressed turkeys halved from earlier levels, with plentiful supplies and strong receipts explaining the drop.
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Gorso
Hickens
Chicago
Waterloo
City in Brief Thanksgiving travel and local notices
Several Waterloo residents plan Thanksgiving visits with relatives including Mrs Johnson Hair Parlors at 324 West Fourth and families at 104 Locust Street. Many travelers leave for Davenport Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Minnesota. A few disease cases reported diphtheria and scarlet fever amid holiday activity. a murder hearing looms for F T McCaskill as Henry Phillips case advances.
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J. van Metre
Tipton
HL. C. van Metre
Aly
W. G. Wise
Civ
F. W. Myers
Clarion
W. Cline
Waterloo High Sehant East
Henry Phillips
Raymond
Waterloo
T. McCaskill
3. E. Dempster
Fourth Street
Germs Found On Cup Rims In Public Places
In Des Moines on November 29 a microscopic check of 22 cups from schools fountains and other public spots found disease germs on all rims. Bacteriologist Dr Henry Albert collected and tested the cups locating pus bacteria on seven cups diphtheria germs on two and pneumonia germs on three drinking vessels.
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Nes Moines
Henry Albert
Basketball At Y M C A Tomorrow Brings Crowds
One of the year’s top gates is expected at the Y M C A tomorrow evening as the Toral organization first team meets the Dubuque association team. Visiting lineup includes Carl Kiesel and Emil Diasi as forwards, Lana at center, Wiedeman at right guard, Kieseler Peterson and Birch as guards. Referee is Earlham College graduate F B Birch of Cedar Falls.
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Y. M. Cla
Toral
Dubuque Association
Carl Kiesel
Emil Diasi
Lana
F. Wiedeman
Kieseler J. Peterson
Doll Dressing Hints Make the Clothes for Dolls
A vintage guide urges reversing fashion norms for doll outfits, suggesting silk for poorer children’s dolls and organdie for wealthier ones. It recommends scrap fabric, ribbons, trimmed hats, and even faux fur muffs and a rabbit pocketbook, with care to ensure dolls have fully detachable garments.
A Last Minute Gift Bag and Motorist Luncheon Outfit
A simple cretonne bag can be made by folding and overcasting edges, gathering center to a tape with bows, forming a portable gift. Also suggested is a tourist luncheon outfit for motorists including enamelware plates forks spoons and collapsible cups in a featherweight case for day trips.
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Terial
Roosevelt Bargain Alleged By Barker Before 1904 Election
Wharton Barker a retired Philadelphia banker told the Senate interstate commerce committee that a New York financier said money interests would back Theodore Roosevelt for president if he made a bargain on railroads. He claimed Aldrich currency plan originated with Kuhn, Loeb & Co and a $1,000,000 fund was formed to ensure its adoption. Barker described a 1904 Broadway meeting about Roosevelt’s election and a forthcoming railroad bill to cut rebates and create pooling, boosting freight charges by hundreds of millions.
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Washington, D. C
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Aldrich
Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Mr. Barker
Broadway
Roosevelt
Parker
Barker
Unions Deplore Officer's Killing In Muscatine
Labor leaders in Muscatine deny a striker killed Officer Theodore Gerischer and claim the death was caused by an irresponsible person under liquor. State officials have been notified. unions condemn the act and call for restraint.
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Tes Moines
Muscatine
Theodore Gerischer
Smithsonian report on English Setters costs government
The Ave English Setters e-b-d-e-1 will cost the United States government 5000 dollars. The Smithsonian Institution annual report, a bound illustrated volume, is ready for press though a few copies circulated. all were revoked and a reprint ordered after a clerk misdescribed Justice John M. Harlan as Chief Justice John M. Harlan.
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Washington
United States
Smithsonian Institute
John M. Harelan
Supreme Court of the United States
John M. Harlan
Bests at Hotel Routed by Fire
Wiota Iowa November 29 guests escaped a hotel blaze that leveled the Wiota hotel. John McCabe a waiter was seriously cut by falling glass. Owner John Bowers estimates 5000 loss with 3000 insured. Building built 34 years ago by Frank H Whitney of Atlantic. Neighbor Z A Cleveland in poor condition with paralyzed right arm and throat.
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Wiota
John McCabe
John Bowers
Frank H. Whitney
Atlantic
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Steel Trust
EOANS
Waterman’s
Taggart
Reliable Drug Store
Commercial Street
Buchanan Splical Company
OW. Armigost
Locust Street
Neva Satterlee
Independence
O. P. Snader
Conger Street
Sar Hale
Robert
Mrs. EB
Colby
Davenport
George W. Paige
Pine Island, Minn
J. F. Paige
Second Street West
JL. C. de Novelles
Waterloo Business College
Cresco
Hazel Melercher
Manley
G. M. Garrettson
Town State Bank
Cedar Rapids
Diets
Eli Dietz
Dietz
Florida
John Andrews
Minneano
Theoaiore
Andrews
J. FE
HH. Ashbaugh
Mulderstreet
Minneap
Fau Claire
Wis
Thomas Hill
Gladss
Tadenendenre
City
Thankssione
A. Wagner
Vinton Strent
Waterloo Gun
Prosfect Park
G. W. Eller
Uelwein
Joe Eller
Sixth Street
A. 4. Tarr
Katherine
Mineral Wells
Texas
Mr. Eiter
Mrs. Tarr
L. A. Warren
Decorah
Warren
Treasury Department
Becorah
FE. H. VanPelt
Wffingham
Iarry Harmon
Woodlawn Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Paul
Harmon
Sherfey
C. R. Rohde
Rohde
Brotherhood of Grace M. E. Church
Charles H. Plummer
Lore Alford
Cedar Falls
Plummer
Vincent ©. Browning
Armour & Company
National Surety Company
F. J. Trussell
Omaha
Browning
Nebraska
W. H. Beachler
First Brethren Church
J. J. Sillin
D. D
Dolly
Maud
Mildred
Dole Muff
Ladies’ Shining
Bill
Black & Garrabrant, Inc
Z. A. Cleveland
Leland
Courier
Libert's Jewery Store
E. Fourth St
Gorham's
H. E. Hastings
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