Cost Of Living Soars As War Prices Hit Essentials
The Courier and Reporter outlines a nationwide surge in prices for food and clothing, with 10 to 160 percent increases over recent years. It cites war-driven wool, leather, sugar, flour, potatoes, and meats, plus higher metals and coal costs, blaming European conflict, labor shortages, weather, and tariffs while noting only peace can bring relief.
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Waterloo
United States
Courier
Waderloo
Europe
Mars
Funeral announcements for H B Strohbehn and Mrs Sloan
Funeral services are planned for H B Strohbehn at 12 30 p m from 1709 Franklin Street with burial in Buckingham Cemetery Tract Rev Henry Mueller officiating Mrs W C Sloan will be laid to rest at 1 36 p m Wednesday at 726 Parker Street Rev G S Shoemaker officiating burial in Fairview Friends may view remain at Hileman Gindt chapel this evening
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H. B. Strohbehn
Franklin Street
Henry Mueller
Buckingham Cemetery
Tract
W. G. Sloan
W. C. Sloan
Parker Street
Shoemaker
St. Paul's M. B. Church
Fairview
Hileman & Gindt’s
King Ferdinand Takes Command Of His Army
King Ferdinand of Roumania will personally assume supreme command of the Russian and Roumanian forces. Reinforcements from Russia are expected, and a French mission led by General Berthelot arrives in Bucharest. Roumanian troops in Transylvania have recaptured ground and the war office reports over 15,000 prisoners taken to date.
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Bucharest
London
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Berthelot
Transylvania
War Office
Judge Theophilus Mit by Acto badly hurt in crash
Davenport reports Judge William Theophilus, a supreme court candidate, severely injured in a street collision. He suffered a fractured right hip and other injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by James von Maur at Third and Wall streets. He was rushed to Mercy hospital.
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Davenport
William Theophilus
Supreme Court
Mercy Hospital
Third
Wall Streets
Theophilus
James von Maur
Co. J. von Maur
Cosson Denies Decision On Civil War Election Law
Des Moines Ont 17 Attorney General George Cosson denied reports that he had completed an opinion on the 1863 Civil War election law permitting soldiers to vote. He said such assertions were unauthorized and that the justice department’s opinion would take several days to prepare for presentation.
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Des Moines
George Cosson
United States
ToWa National Guard
State Department of Justice
MAYOR THOMPSON ON STAND IN HEALY TRIAL
Chicago reports Wilhelm Hate Thomason mayor of Chicago and Republican leader testified before Chief Justice Orfon in municipal court regarding warrants sought by State's Attorney Mecklay Hoyte against Police Chief Hewey and secretary William Luthardt. He denied involvement in duties with the chief. Announcements note St Mary's court and Foresters meetings.
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Mayor Thompson
Healy
Chicago
Wilhem Hate Thomason
Chieace
Illinais
Justita Or Fon
Mecklay Hoyte
France to Have Freer Government After War Forecast
Paris reports Premier pronounces postwar France will concentrate government power and move toward public welfare. He quotes Capus on a fresh political outlook, less bound by doctrine, with universal suffrage ready to accept centralized authority and a broader national mission.
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Paris
Hand
Alfred Capus
French Academy
Tessona
Tain
Attempted murder case bound over in Charles City
Charles City on October 17 John Connors Frank McMurray and Joe Evans were bound over to the grand jury charged with assault to commit murder after a shooting at the Wart-Parre company office. Evans, fired at the watchman and reentered the plant while Connors and McMurray joined the fray as deputies and the sheriff arrived.
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Charles City
John Connors
Frank McMurray
Joe
Evans
Connors
McMurray
High Court Upholds Federal 16 Hour Law
In Des Moines on October 17 Judge Martin J Wade fined the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad 1900 dollars for violating the 16 hour law barring employees from working more than 16 consecutive hours. The government sought 9500 dollars after 19 counts. the court deemed the request excessive, but found the railroad guilty and the law valid.
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Des Moines
Federal District Court
Martin J Wade
Minneapollis & St. Louis Railroad
Iowa Blackmail Case Dropped In Federal Probe
It was learned today that the federal investigation of the so called Iowa blackmail case has been dropped. An Iowa man unnamed in reports was said to have been victimized by two girls of 10,000 dollars. Harold W. Jerka, attorney for the girls, said the investigation showed the girls had a just claim on a wealthy druggist from Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Farmer fatally injured as team runs away near Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge on October 17. W Fergi son, a 64 year old farmer, was seriously injured on his Webster county farm when his team bolted and ran away dragging him several hundred feet. He was well known in Webster county.
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Fort Dodge
For Sale And Rent Want Ads In Small Town Paper
Various local want ads list sale items including a 24 acre farm, a player piano, and a fine eight room house with barn. Rentals offer furnished rooms and a modern room for housekeeping. Also requests for boarders, feed bags, and help at farms and households in Waterloo Iowa with contact numbers.
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Waterlon
Tlox
Wellington Street
Lyile Flour and Feed Co
Weer Park
Athall
Andress W
East Park Avenue
Sycamore
Waterloo
City in Brief: Local Notes and Notices
City in Brief summarizes numerous short items from Waterloo area society: births and marriages, travels, business visits, legal actions, and hospital news. It notes 7 pound newborns, trips to Des Moines Chicago Cedar Rapids and Kansas, a broken collarbone at school, a recovering patient, and forthcoming court cases plus a dentist ad and a courier want ad. Names include Rice, Pierce, Murray, Lamb, Morgan, Smith, Wilhelm, Gleason, Berry, Trumbauer, Hanna, Moore, Boone, Kistner, Matters, Pettit, Cobb, Sigworth, Shanewise, Kilnefelter, and Wright. It references Waterloo addresses and local institutions and ongoing legal matters involving A. Clifford Smith and wife and J. A. Nickerson vs Walker Lumber Co.
Ips Your Move Nent and The Gam In Low n Shire Session
The report notes a morning session with over 30 players entering and more than 30 words spoken. A plan to relieve monotony included a tanquet tonight.
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Dodge
Mount Vernon Oct Through Janey Baker and others attend funeral
Mount Vernon residents and relatives from South Dakota and Kosmuth County gathered for George Takte's funeral. The day included visits with the Pook and Moran families, and multiple local preparations for fall events. Church services and society meetings were noted, with plans for the East Janesville Ladies Aid and cemetery association luncheon. Joe Moran sold his farm to a Texan buyer, with possession set for January 1, 1917.
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Mount Vernon
Janey Baker
Jake Halker
South Dakota
Honey Miller
Robert Butter
Kosmuth County
George Takte
Dan Hart
Parkersburg
Marter L. Wilton
Joe Moran
Wilson
Moran
Magee
Dunkereton
East Janesville
Reed
Dunkerton
Ald Aon Wiety
Anna Smith
Iadfar
Halen Rockwell
Hilteide Cemetery Association
Clarence Decker
Harty
Texas
Possesion
George Burks
Talland
Miss Moris
Littleton Visit Ties Family Across States
Lorenso Kingatury of Minnesota visits his mother Mrs. Thomas McVenn and family in Littleton. The trip includes a Sunday gathering with Grace McKeenzie and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wher’s family. Charles Kingsbury of Redarton Minnesota travels west to meet relatives as Mrs. Kingsbury goes to Minneapolis to join her husband in Dakota.
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Littleton Littleton
Lorenso Kingatury
Minnesom
Thomas McVenn
Moe
Wat
Edi
Cloap
Walter Howard Wettin
Hove Bethdet
Tor Dilbeborg
N.Y
Oatarer
Mia
Grace MeKeenzie
Richard Wher
Trier
Charley Kingsbury
Rdaerton
Minn
Kingsbury
Charles Oztie
Minnes
Meeet
Ross Gallap
Sloan's Liniment Proves Quick For Rheumatism
Philadelphia man Charles Mullen suffered rheumatic pains after cold rainy weather and long exposure. He used Sloan's Liniment, applied four bottles, and soon felt improvement returning to work. He endorses keeping Sloan's on hand for aches bruises sprains and neuralgia.
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Charles Mullen
Philadelphia
Ftrigady
Sloan
Mullen
Local notices and real estate transfers listed in brief
The item notes home care updates and social event plans including a Ladies Aid meeting, visits from relatives, and a stroke recovery. It also lists multiple real estate transfers in La Porte and nearby areas with buyer, seller, lot or block details and nominal sums.
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Ferdinand
Theophilus Mit
ACTO
Sosson Dentes
St. Mary's Court
St. Mary's Auditorium
Woodmen of the World
Labor Temple
France
High Court
Jis
Armer
Buchanan
A. W. Rice
Hol. Webster
Jionisville
EK. M. Pierce
Irving Street
George J. Murray
West
Courtlandt B. Lamb
Beal
Uutler County
A. H. Caward
Caward
William Morgan
A. Clifford Smith
H. W. Wilhelm
Beaver Valley State Bank
Harry Gleason
M. T. Gleason
Washington Street
John A. Berry
Cedar Rapids
J. O. Trumbauer
J. K. Hanna
J. H. Moore
Clarion
Charles Lewis Boone
Cedar Falls
Anna M. Kistner
International Convention of the Churches of Christ
L. G. Matters
J. Newton Smith
Charles M. Young
Earl Pettit
Dane Street
H. A. Cobb
Park Avenue
California
Kansas
Omaha
Walter Carroll
Martin Dykema
Holland, Mich
Wilma Oxner
New Hartford
Holland
J. G. Wright
Leland Avenue
Don Gary
N. Go. Munger
Arroyo Srande
Hoys
B. Reed
A. BR. Lovejoy
J. A. Nickerson
Walker Lumber Company
S. F. Heverly
West Fourth St
Evening Courier
Mt, Vernon Township
Hallowe'en
Warwick
Black
P. Arant Shoe Shop
Marsh-Place
Areumatiom
Sloanis
Pashion Department
Wateri
Mit Bolero
An & Serv
Adare City and State
Teace Wereaee
Wees
Holdam
Wanita
Canada
Mmes
John Sarter
George Milton
Gveloy Horn
Serigua
Ton
Ladies Aid Society
Mra. i
Glick Mawk County Absteact Co
Atina Scheseder
Anna Lamboff
Hammond & Hopkins
C. Herrick
F. Bagenstos
Virden
la Porte
M. A. Bryan
Savings Bank of Salem
F. B. Ballou
F. R. Smart
Dinck
Westheld
W. K. Ellis
P. McNalty
North Waterloo Place
George D. Bunn
I i
Dunn
Lane & Fowler's
M. McAnarney
Elizabeth Melton
Hiverview
Lewis Miller
A. V. Lovelaugh
Riverview Addition
Ww. R. Law
A. A Schner
Fast Park Place
East Fourth Street
WOLF
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy, IL
A. Burger & Son Co
R. Barclay & Soi
R. T. Glessner & Co
Hansen & Hansen Henderson Drug Co
Lytie Flour & Feedlandgraf & Co
A.t.joder,huds J. R. A. Lonergan Drug Co
Reinbeck
B. W. Schuneman Co
Black Hawk County
Cal J. Miller
C. L. McDermott Red Cross Drug Store
Simpson Drug Store
A.C, Wilford Wansler Bros
Webherking Implement Seed Co.Co
On, Ia
George Marsh
Independence Ave
St. Francis Hospital
J. L. Murphy
Ira Rodamar
WM. Holland
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