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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1914
Page
12
Kimmel and Company purchase the entire stock from Water’s Style Shop owner John Wilhelm. Goods include gloves hosiery neckwear corsets undergarments and accessories. They paid cash and bought at under 10 cents on the dollar and plan a sale at their East Fourth street store.
West Texas and southwest Oklahoma show potash deposits that could break Germanys supply hold on this key fertilizer. drilling by the Rock Island Lines near Adrian Glen Rio Texas revealed extensive salt beds and high alkali content at 800 feet in the Glen Rio well. Spur Texas yielded over 5.4 percent potassium in rock samples, suggesting large leached potash beds east of the wells. Experts including Carl Scholz believe the best prospects lie southwest Oklahoma near Mangum and Clinton.
Developments today confirm no interference with Waterloo registration boards. Registration books were in the supreme court as an exhibit in the saloon case and have been returned to the clerk of the course. They will be turned over to proper officials in due season, with Attorney General Cosson promising records will be here in time for use.
Clarence Frenzel of 313 Mullan Aver N W attempted to crank an automobile this afternoon at about 1 o clock. Initial examination could not determine if any wrist or arm bones were displaced.
Roosendaal, Holland. Oct. 20. Belgian refugees flood into the Netherlands after Antwerp fell. About 400,000 have crossed border, many riding in freight cars and on tops of trains. Esschen’s population swelled, bake shops overflowed, and the Dutch supplied food and blankets as they ferried the sick, insane, and displaced to safer stations.
Quotes on how modern war starts without formal declarations, contrasted with medieval practice. Then a light column notes Senator Dolley’s Topeka luncheon, shipping potash from Antwerp, a Maine wedding report omit, Fresno raisin output, British rail mileage, the ostrich egg as largest, Japan’s umbrella exports, and Bolivian longitude via wireless time signals.
A. French of Keokuk, a banker, visits Keokuk’s bankers. A daughter was born to Rev. and Mrs. E.G. Beyer of McCalisbury at Presbyterian Hospital. Rev. Mr. Hinkle learns by telegram his mother Elizaeth Hinkle in Mvanston is dying, hurrying to her side. Mrs. E. Schuck seeks treatment at Presbyterian Hospital for a perforated stomach ulcer. Iris Blackwell visits her grandfather Robert Skillin as he marks his eighty fifth birthday. Mrs. Nelson Brown shares the birthday date at the Lome. Mrs. John Keane of Boston visits sister Mrs. A. T. Golutveaux at 108 Mulberry. A.M. Wallers of Gal. Sharp barber shop is bitten by a bulldog near Fifth and Bluff, suffering a laceration and shock.
Chicago Oct 20 Illinois Republican women held indignation meeting. They want to register and vote but many refuse to disclose their ages. Mrs William Severin president of the Illinois Women's Republican league and other leaders will visit County Judge Owens with four petitions.
At a board meeting yesterday the league was incorporated with Mrs. William Severin as president and founder. Other officers include Mrs. John F. Devine Mrs. Kickham Scanlan Mrs. Adam Wolf Mrs. Thomas Byrne and Mrs. Henry Atpatel. They argued age should not affect eligibility, noting many women conceal age for business reasons and will seek legislative change if needed.
Announcement notes the Court of Honor lodge meeting for installation on Wednesday evening in 4A U. W. hall. Also mentions Mice Joyce, the Queen of the Movies, starring in The Girl and the Stowaway at the Crystal Theatre today with an advertisement. Includes a license to wed list with several Cedar Falls and Readlyn names and addresses.
Washington reports Germany consents to admit food supplies for destitute Belgians. The British and American ambassadors in London and Washington were notified by the state department after persistent inquiries. German Brussels officials, aware of local needs, favored bringing food from abroad.
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