Waterloo First In Big Contest Boosts Membership
Waterloo Y M C A wins the big membership contest led by George Willisins booster committee. James Hubbard signs up 56 new members, total up to 734 with support from local firms paying fees. Final standings list Waterloo first with 784 members and high percentages, followed by Mt. Pleasant Keokuk Ottumwa Clinton Marshalltown and others as dates and concerts fill the season.
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Waterloo
Lite Field
Willian Galloway
Morris Motor
Repass Unioa
Waterloo-Overland
James Black
Walter A. Bellinger
Roy Gibbs
Clarence Heald
E. Shipley
BE. J. Mugler
H. P
Des Moines
Walter J. Mead
Mt Pleasant
Clttes
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk
Clinton
Marshalltown
Sioux City
First U B Church Launches Bold Evangelistic Campaign
The evangelistic campaign at First U B Church opened last night with L E Allison of Darton Ohio delivering the first message. Allison, a layman with a vivid testimony, spoke with sincere conviction and wit, while singer C E Bower stirred the crowds with a powerful voice. Audiences welcomed the pair, signaling strong momentum for the weeklong series of services at 7 39 each night.
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First Brethren Church
L. E. Allison
Darton
C. E. Bower
Rock Island Drove Roadbed Near Hampton
Oct 11 Hampton reports Rock Island work continues despite recent financial troubles. About 200 men in four gangs lay ties and shape the roadbed within ten miles of Chapin. Skeleton gang leads, followed by bank widening and surface crews, finishing later. All crews work south.
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Hampton
Rock Island
Chapin
Hampton Lecture Course Planned by Ladies' Cemetery Aid
Hampton October 11 Arrangements completed for a six part winter lecture series by the Ladies Cemetery Aid society with three musical numbers two lectures and an impersonator. Tickets priced at 1.50 for adults and 1 for children with reserves at 5 cents.
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Hampton
Ladies’ Cemetery Aid Society
Mother Cow Uses Bloodhound Like Scent Tracker Part Ackley Story
Griggs of five miles west of Ackley recounted a curious incident last Tuesday morning. A cow led her calf herd through Ackley streets to the stock yards, then used her tongue to wash the barn as the animals were separated, a feat difficult to credibly explain.
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Ackley
Griges
Gripes
AckIay
Old Coin Found in Radish Patch by Resident
Harry D. Wescott of 1010 Fifth Street West found an old ten cent piece while pulling radishes in his garden. The coin shows a seated woman and United States shield with a liberty cap on the reverse. A hole through the date makes precise mint year uncertain, but the design suggests an early nineteenth century issue.
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Harry D. Wescott
Fifth Street West
Prospect golfers reach semi finals in club championship
The Prospect Golf Club championship advances with Paul W. Smith beating Alfred Longley 6 up 6 for a 96 hole win to reach the semifinals. Burr Lichty vs Fred McClain set as another semifinal, Lichty 1 up over William Yearsley and McClain 7 up 6 over Burr Brown.
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Prospect Golf Club
Paul W. Smith
Alfred Longley
Burr Lichty
Fred McClain
Lichty
William Yearsley
McClain
Burr Brown
Students honored at Iowa State University elections
Harold Place of Jesup and Fred Becker of Waterloo were elected to the 1818 Hawkeye board of managing editors and as athletic representative of the freshman class respectively. Ruth Rath ran for Junior class delegate but lost as the rival ticket carried most positions.
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Harold Place
Jesup
Fred Becker
Waterloo
Iowa State University
Place
Becker
Ruth Rath
Fourth Ace Draw Sinks Italian in Milwaukee Game
Perrs October 11. George Bennack an Italian worker in Milwaukee on Herndon drawn a fourth ace in an all night poker game. At 2 am his heart failed after reaching four aces. Bennack died and was sent to Cook County Hospital, Chicago, with no relatives in the U.S.
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Perrs
George Bennack
Milwaukee
Herndon
Bennack
Cook County
Chicago
Note of Triumph at W G T U Meet in Seattle
President Anna A. Gordon opened the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union session, reviewing twenty months of prohibition victories and forecasting gains through 1916. She cited global abstinence trends, state laws, and federal actions, plus continued efforts to banish alcohol from politics and industry.
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Wash
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National
Woman's Christian Temperanes
Mins Gordon
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Virginia
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Solvax Kidney Remedy Backed by Waterloo Drugstore
Wangler Bros. Co. tout Solvax as a great kidney remedy with a money back guarantee if it fails. They report strong customer trust since introducing Solvax in Waterloo and promise to honor refunds while stressing the medicine targets the kidney seat of trouble and eases pains and bladder issues.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Waterloo
Solvax
Solyax
Ackley Records Two Deaths Six Births
Ackley Oct 18 two deaths occurred in this city this week Mrs Maria Croot who came from Chester to Ackley two months ago to aid her son John Croot died at the John Crook home The body was taken to Chester for burial and was accompanied by John Croot and another son George who resides at Iowa Falls Deceased was sixty six Miss Taldine Siebien a well known young lady was found dead in bed Thursday morning heart trouble caused death She is survived by her father one sister and two brothers all living in California No race deaths by own action six little strangers arrived in Ackley three days ago four girls predicted an early settlement of the women's suffrage question
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Ackley
Maria Croot
Chester
Yilai
John Croot
John Crook
John Croat
George
Iowa Falls
Taldine Siebien
Wiwalk
Aany
Californiy
Red Cross Nurse Returns From War Service
Miss Aliee Beatle, former superintendent of the State Hospital at Iowa City, sails from Copenhagen for New York and will resume Red Cross work in Cleveland after serving in a European war zone. She and thirteen nurses were recalled from Budapest where they served in a military hospital. The German plan to send nurses to Russia was dropped. Mrs Shoemaker awaits a letter stating a voyage on October 12.
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Slater
Frank Shoemaker
GC. A. Beatle
Creston
Red Cross
Miss Beatle
Iowa City
Cleveland
Europe
Eervice
Budapest
Hungary
Russia
Germad
America
Heathe
Copenhagen
New York
Iowa
aNrniy Nuree
Seventeenth Child Born to Winsted Family at 37
In Winsted Conn on October 11 Mrs William Bishop aged 37 gave birth to her seventeenth child. Sixteen children with brown eyes occupy the family’s Mooraville home after a move from Proadect street tenement. Two children are married with three grandchildren. twins William and Wilbur among the brood.
Papes Diapensin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
Indigestion and sourness vanish with Pape's Diapensin claims. Instant neutralizing of stomach acids, stopping fermentation, absorbing gases, and aiding digestion within minutes. Ad claims large refunds if unsatisfied and urges keeping it handy for day or night stomach upset.
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Pape
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