Christmas Eve at the Big Store
Tessie, a tired teenage clerk, endures a chaotic Christmas rush in a New York department store. Mazie, a worldly co‑worker, flirts with a rich crowd as Tessie faces exhausting hours, a cruel floorwalker, and unwanted advances. She returns home to a bare room and resolves to endure, hoping next Christmas will be different.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie
Ihee
New York
Tesaie
Tess
Mazie
Mark
Employes
West High to Name Carl Chapman Team Captain 1912
Carl Chapman star quarterback for West High has been chosen captain for the coming season. He is regarded as one of the region’s best passers and should lead next year’s squad as several veterans graduate. East High also plans a captain selection after losing five players including Dean and Huntley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Chapman
West High
Chapman
Nnot
Waterloo
Hersch
Max
Milo Miller
Bickey
Warner
Rose and Black
C. Mallory
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
East High
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dean
Davis
Huntley
Koepke
Harwich
Orange and Black
Potash and Phosphates in Crop Fertility
The article notes wood ashes are less used since potash salts arrived and urges farmers to examine both potash and phosphates. Experiments show sulfate of potash yields better results on tobacco, while strawberry growers favor muriate. Potash benefits crops variably by soil condition, with excellent effects on fruits, clover, peas and beans and often improves sandy soils.
Taxes Should Interest You in Growth of Saloons
Waterloo Business Men's Temperance Assn advertises that taxes have grown less as the number of saloons has increased, presenting figures as factual proof in a display notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Waterloo Business Men's Temperance Ass
Waterloo Business Men’s Temperance
Robe Couple Farewell Donated by Jesup Groups
The Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters in Jesup host a joint farewell for Mr and Mrs Charles F Robe who move four miles south of town to Waterloo. They will live in a rented house until their new residence is ready in the west section of Waterloo. He serves as secretary of the Farmers Land Co. The Robes are eastern Black Hawk county pioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters
Jesup
Charles F. Robe
Waterloo
Farmers’ Land Co
Robe
Black Hawk County
Divining Rods Debunked as Water Detecting Tools
The U S Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 256 reviews the divining rod, showing no device reliably detects underground water without operator bias. It notes that rod movements arise from unconscious muscle action, especially where the operator expects water, and that accuracy is limited to regions with definite porous sheets or clay deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
Social notes from Shell Rock and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs Jas Barr visited the Olney family in Charles City over Sunday. Emma Meads visits her Chicago niece Mrs Becker. Rev Dawson hosted relatives from Sumner over Sunday. Mrs F O Newcomb visited Cedar Falls with daughter Martha a teacher at the Iowa State Teachers college. Mrs Jas Boyd of Clarksville was in town Wednesday. Ray Betts shipped a horse trained last season to Mason City Tuesday. Mr and Mrs A F Yareho went to Ft Dodge for Mulrooney Manufacturing’s new build opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Rock
Jas. Barr
Olney
Charles City
Emma Meads
Becker
Chicago
Rev. Dawson
G. P. Linn
Sumner
F. O. Newcomb
Cedar Falls
Martha
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Jas, Boyd
Clarksville
Ray Betts
Mason City
A. F. Yareho
Ft. Dodge
Mulrooney Manufacturing Company
Murder Witnessed and Body Partly Burned in Woods
Frank Bentley aged 27, a Waterloo area cheesemaker, was slain in Wyoming County New York while hunting with a companion. Bentley’s charred remains were found in a shallow grave near Java Lake after a disputed claim of accidental death. The companion was arrested and faces trial in January.
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Frank Bentley
Wyoming Co. SN
Shalow Grove
Waterloo
Wyoming County
New York
Buffalo
Bentley
Rome
Rehorse
Java Lake
Leland Avenue
Trig
Nent- Iry
Bulgarian Aviators Prove Value of Flying Machines
Bulgarian aviators demonstrated the military value of aircraft to armies with a flight over Turkish defenses. the crew were unhurt and the machine suffered little damage on return.
Thanksgiving social highlights and local visits noted
A report lists a royal dinner at the hotel a city auto tour and a sevening banquet with about three hundred guests. Visits include Mr and Mrs Frank Newcomb to Water loo to see Mrs J R Thompson and family. Local church services and funeral for Rev N H Daily are mentioned along with hospital operation and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Newcomb
Mr. Newcomb
Mrs
JR. Thompson
Familly
Waterloo
Jno. Bickner
Rev. Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christuss
Arthur B. Reeve
Survey Press Bureau
Elecied
Mrs. Robe
Rosa Liebig
M. E. Church
West Side
Grace
East Side
Dimning Rodio
Balkans
N. H. Daily
Chas. Gibson
McIntosh
Omaha
Henry Nordman
Hamilton House
Shell Prat
P. H. Fisk
The
Congregational Church
George Chamberlin
Clarkavilla
Holbrook
Daily
Geo. Young
Waverly
Damon Amick
Ethel
Greenfield
East Side Opera House
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