Cabiria the marvel of the camera at Palace theatre
Cabiria, a historic screen epic by Itala Film, arrives at the Palace with 1200 scenes and 5000 performers. It features Moloch sacrifices Etna eruptions colossal destruction and a cliff jump as it plays for three days in Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
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Cabiria
Palace Theatre
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
W. x Myers
Cahirig
Gabriel d'Annunzio
Itala Film Company
America
Harry R. Raver
Palace
Moloch
Mt. Etna
Maciste
Miss Bertha Shutts On Recital Tour
Miss Bertha K Shutts a Grinnell college piano instructor formerly of Waterloo returned from a recital tour with soprano Mule Tonani of the Chicago Opera company They performed at Washburn college Topeka Brownwood Tex and Shreveport La across five states over two thousand miles They are guided by Warry Culbertson of Chicago and more bookings already fill her spare time
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Grinnell
Bertha K. Shutts
Waterloo
Grinnell College
Fine Dart
Mule Tonani
Chicago Opera Company
Mile Jopani
Boston Opera Company
Chicago
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
Brownwood
Texas
Shreveport
Miss Shutts
Warry Culbertson
van Vliet
Robbery in Daylight at 321 Roby Street
Between 11 and 12 todayDaniel Lantz reported a burglar entered his home at 321 Roby Street while his wife was away and snatched a sum of money estimated between 340 and 150. The house was unlocked and drawers disturbed. A gold watch remained untouched. Bloodhounds failed to track the suspect, a colored man later arrested with little money on him.
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Daniel Lantz
Roby Street
Town Talk Highlights Community Visits and Meetings
Neighborhood notes roundup includes Mrs Charles Young hosting Sunset club gathering in Highland, Mrs Willis Bhetman visiting from Cherokee, Mr Mitchell returning to farming interests, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives. Crescent council set for Dec 7 Royal and Select Masters degrees, while tax filing rush ends at 2 p.m with 30 papers filed. Cedar Valley Caledonian society program features a misprint corrected for Madeline Smith piano solo.
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Sunset Club
Charles Young
Highland
Hosteter
Mitchell, S. C
Glenn C. Paddock
Davenport
Alfred Johnsen
Cedar Rapids
Harry
Johnsen
Cortlandt Street
Crescent Council
Cedar Valley, Caledonian Society
Waterloo Sans of St. George
Armory
Cattle raid blamed on Sonora camp near Naco
American cattle owners near Hereford Arizona reported that raiders from Governor Maytorena's camp in Sonora crossed the border Saturday night and drove hundreds of head into Mexico. Investigators found 75 slaughtered cattle in the Yaqui camp. Maytorena denied responsibility and offered to pay for the losses while Mexican officers proposed the cattle may have strayed.
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Naco
Ariz
Hereford
Here
Maytorena
Sonora
Mexico
CLUB SHOW TN JANUARY
At a Waterloo Commercial club meeting the secretary Chas Van Vleck was instructed to contact several directors of amateur productions and hire one to organize a January show to benefit Associated Charities. A preliminary committee of Louhe Fowler Lore Alford and F J Knapp was named.
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Waterloo Commercial Club
Chas van Vleck
Associated Charities
Louhe Fowler
Lore Alford
4. J. Knapp
Birthday Party for Ruth Jago at 720 Second Street West
A group of Ruth Jago's young friends gathered Saturday afternoon at her home to celebrate her sixth birthday. The event featured games and stories with a luncheon served by Mrs John Jago and Miss Margaret Jago. A birthday cake centered the table with six lit tapers.
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Ruth Jago
Second Street West
John Jago
Margaret Jago
Bereavement Thanks to Friends and Neighbors
We thank friends and neighbors for their kindness during our recent bereavement and loss of wife and mother. TM, RAY BOWSER AND FAMILY.
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Ray Bowser
Bamily
German fleet believed active in South Atlantic near River Plate
Reports from Montevideo and Buenos Aires say the German fleet, previously in the Pacific, is now off the mouth of the River Plate in the South Atlantic. British ships’ sailings have been suspended as German provision ships build up supplies. several German steamers reportedly prepare to depart Montevideo.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
South
Santag
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Bauadron
Pacific Ocean
South Atlantic
Atlantic
Punta Pilar
Brazil
Japanese British Fleet Sighting Near U S West Coast
The Aztec freighter sighted three Japanese and one British warship and two Japanese colliers off Magdalena Bay, Lower California, last Monday. The vessels included the light cruiser Newcastle and cruiser Idzumo, with two unfamiliar ships likely the battleship Hizen and cruiser Asama bound for the South American west coast.
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San Francisco
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
Aztec
Iquique
Chile
Newcastle
Glasgow
Idzumo
Pacific
Hizen
Asama
Honolulu
Geier
Agama
Austro-Hungarian Losses Reported Very Heavy
Petrograd in London reported from Hungary that Austro-Hungarian casualties reached 400000 men and 19000 officers. West High students met to discuss the Thanksgiving game defeat, praised for sportsmanlike conduct and resilience.
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Petrograd
London
Hungary
West High
Altho
Evangelist Jennings Draws Large Audiences in Pittsburgh
Evangelist Jennings of Pittsburgh preached two strong sermons at First Brethren Church before immense audiences. The morning topic was The Blood and the Cross, the evening topic was The General Judgment. Two conversions were reported in the latter service. A full chorus choir led by Rev. William Beachler contributed music, with several talented singers assisting.
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Evangelist Jennings
Pittsburgh
First Brethren Church
Wiliam Beachler
Enrollment Increase in East Side Schools Waterloo
A six weeks report ending November 25 shows 1,460 boys and 1,494 girls enrolled in Waterloo East schools for a total of 2,984, a slight rise from prior data. Overall attendance averaged 96.42 percent, led by high school at 98.4 percent and Lafayette building 96.85 percent among grade schools. Individual rooms with top attendance included Cage Hawthorne, Wilson Alcott, Kerr Lafayette, Smith Hawthorne, Williams Hawthorne, Brownlee Piste, and Whitney McKinley, all above 98 percent.
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Waterloo
East
Lafayette
Miss Cage
Hawthorne
Wilson
Alcott
Kerr
Smith
Hawtthorne
Williame
Brownlee
Piste
Miss Whitney
McKinley
Lost Letter Binds Long-Separated Parents Through a Child
A girl finds an unopened twelve-year-old letter hidden in a desk captioned by a single initial. She is kidnapped and cared for by a kind matron, learns that her father is alive, and reunites her parents after discovering the letter proves mistaken jealousy. The parents confront their past and agree to reconcile, with the daughter finally knowing loving parents.
State Farm Proposed to Harvest Deer in Avoca Area
Central and eastern sportsmen push a plan funded by hunting license fees to buy a 1,000 acre game farm in Pot Hinathwaie County. Avoca farmers want the state to capture wild deer and confine them on a state preserve. Western town crops suffer as deer overrun farms. a farmer's shooting case was denied clemency by the state supreme court. Legislation to move deer running at large may face opposition and reach the next general assembly. herds reportedly number 150 to 200.
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Dek Moines
Pothinathwaie
Avoca
Supreme Court of the State
Murchase
Suite Fish and Game Fund
Dame Fashion Fled From Paris Amid War Moratorium
Paris correspondence reports a Paris Rue de la Paix transformed by wartime moratoriums with fashion halted. Credit vanishes as shoppers pay cash, uniforms replace evoked glamour, and luxury shops shutter behind iron grills while hotels grow quiet. Some designers pivot to uniforms and hospitals occupy former grands.
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Paris
Associated Press
Rue de la Paix
America
Poiret
Worth's
Napoleon
Place Vendome
Plaza Theatre Front Wall Coping Falls in Minor Accident
At about 11 30 this morning the terracotta coping on the Plaza theatre front wall fell. A worker, Frank Moffet, was struck but not seriously hurt. The incident may delay work though opening day aims to proceed.
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New Plaza Theatre
Frank Moffet
Altho
Oklahoma Jim Crow Law Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
Washington November 20 The U S Supreme Court ruled Oklahoma Jim Crow law invalid noting it allowed furnishing of sleeping parlor and choir seats only to white persons. The decision did not grant a broad injunction but found the statute too general in restricting rights of negroes.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Hughes
Oklahoma
Importa Merting at Tuesday Night Meeting
George H. Cankburn, secretary of the YY, urges all delegates to the boys conference in Gedar ally Dec. 4 to 6 to meet tomorrow evening at 7:80 in Intonse sociation rooms. A $1 registration fee may be paid then. Plans for the trip and final arrangements are to be discussed.
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George FH. Cankburn
The
Gedarally
Inonia
Funeral for Miss Grace Jose Held at Walnut Street Baptist
The funeral for Grace Jose was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock from Walnut Street Baptist Church. Interment followed at Pair View Cemetery.
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Miss Hole
Grace Jose
Walnut Street Baptist Church
View Cemetery
Additional Want Ads and River Front Report Fragment
A garbled page shows assorted want ads including rental offers on 12 Nowell St at $13 monthly and rooms near Sycamore, plus a mix of sale items and a Waterloo river front report with receipts and expenses. Entries mention furniture, stoves, and a lump coal sale, with dates circa 1914 and various contact numbers. The fragment mixes housing, goods for sale, and municipal accounting details with several named addresses.
Brother Dies in Los Angeles. Funeral Set in Quincy
H. S. Bernbrock learned Saturday that his brother Robert Bernbrock died in Los Angeles where he had gone for his health. The funeral is planned for next Friday at the family home in Quincy, Illinois, with both Mr and Mrs Bernbrock intending to attend.
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Bernbrock
Robert
Los Angeles
Quincy
Ill
World Beater in Story Telling Is Question-Proof
A group of commercial travelers in the Rus lobby recall the tallest tales by a Procter-Gamble salesman. He stretched from Alaska to South Africa claiming ants warn of enemies, land crabs climb coconuts, suspenders catch fish, and bedbugs vanish in battles, with dramatic dates and places across the globe.
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Russells Lamson
Procter-Gamble Soup Company
Australia
Ile Gald
Tia
South Sea Islands
Alaska
South Africa
Panama
South America
New Zealand
Pacific
Egypt
Europe
Soap Caleaman
River Front Improvement Commission of Waterloo Ledger
The Waterloo River Front Improvement Commission reports disbursements totaling 9 661.47 with a year balance of 5 630.68 and 15 291.82. notes a claim against Waterloo Dredging Co for 1 508.84 due January 1 1914 for sand and materials from the river. and a pending amount from the dredging firm for post January 1 1914 materials. L Kingsley, Chairman. Carleton Stas, Secretary.
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Waterloo Dredging Company
River Front Improvement Commission
Waterloo
Iowa
L. Kingsley
Carleton Stas
Leavitt & Johnson Bank Corn Contest Notice
Contestants must claim their 30 ear exhibit corn by December 5 1914 at the Leavitt and Johnson National Bank. Unclaimed corn will become the property of the bank and subject to disposal. Call for it before Saturday evening to recover value if any.
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Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Leavitt and Johnson National Bank
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Cabirn
Hotoplay
Ministry
Willis Bhetman
Fern
Ernest Roesbuck
Third Street
Wit Navman
Ff. C
Stolt
Chautauqua Park
Anne Shanewise
J. B. Shanewise
Zola Hosteter
Fairfield
Anna
Jessie Becker
Frank Cole
Henry Melans
Anna Parrott
New England
N. D
Stribling
Colfax
Recorder’s Office
W. A. Orton
Ames
John Schultz
Parkersburg
Francis Cotter
Washington Street
Jackson Street
J. J. Granfield
D. D. Sheldon
South Street
Waterloo Suffrage Society
Jennie Ricker
Franklin Street
U.S. Cok
East Side
Marjorie
Matome
Grandman
Dame
West Side
T Evangelist
Billy
Sunday
Des Moines
United States
Canada
Mississippi Valley
District Court
Thomas Barker
Rock Island
Frank Knapp
Lield
Importa Merting
Nowell St
Rallraul
Sycamore Street
Jefferson
East 9Th
Indiana
Nichola Co
Kerawith
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
N. M. Stark & Co
Mullan
Avenue
Waterloo Tredging Co
Courtright & Arbuckle
Henderson Drug Co
G. Hardy Clark
E. Becker
Sadie Davis
Carleton Sias
Black Hawk Construction Co
EB. J. Chapman
Wm. Hetts
Black Hawk
Etruction
Black Awk Construction Co
Batnee
W. H. Hartman Co
P. &. Billings
Ating
Case Co
Stewart-Simmons Press
Edwards & Longiey
Parcel Post
Benner Company
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