Opera Star Miss Nielsen Arrives in Waterloo For Concert
Miss Alice Nielsen and her all star grand opera company reached Waterloo yesterday aboard the Chicago Great Western and settled in at the Irving apartments. A Courier reporter found her charming and humorous with a petite frame and warm smile. The troupe plans a varied program tonight including English and Italian gongs, solos, duets and trios ending with Rossini's Barber of Seville.
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Alice Nielsen
Waterloo
Chicago Great Western
The
Irving
Symphony
Arenis
Jeska Swartz
Miss Nielsen
Incident Involving Pet Chow Dog At Party
An account describes Miss Nielsen at a social gathering with a chow presented as a pet. The dog wandered onto the ice causing alarm as onlookers watched, and Miss Nielsen cried in distress.
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Radeshin
Miss Nielsen
Witnesses detail Ryan and allies in 1904 campaign finance
Thomas Fortune Ryan testified before the senate campaign contributions committee about shouldering debts of the Democratic National Committee in 1904 and contributing up to 450000. He described aiding the party to preserve its unity while opposing Parker. George W. Perkins and others faced questions about contributions and related political actions in New York and Philadelphia.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan
Senate Campaign Contributions Committee
Geo. W. Perkins
Peter Hoban
James A. Campbell
Chas. E. Braworth
Harry S. Talvert
John H. Nugent
H. B. Nesbitt
Robert Hight
Flinn-Penrose
Pennsylvania
Ryan
Judge Parker
Parker
Sleet Parker
Van
Harmon
Widerwand
Perkins
Wall Street
Bliss
Clapp
Mr. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
McCall
Armstrong
New York Life Contribution
Wm. J. Bryan
Mr. McCall
New York Life
Giovannitti Quoted Urging Strikes to Act Like Wild Animals
In Salem on October 21 Arturo Giovannitti a defendant with Ettor and Caras y in the Anna Lopizzo murder case was quoted urging strikers to act like wild animals at night. Officer Hyron testified Giovannitti recalled a prior day remark to stay peaceful by day and riot at night. The defense disclosed that Lawrence authorities issued gun permits to private citizens and those records have been burned.
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Salem
Macgs
Arturo Giovannitti
Joseph J. Ettor
Joseph Carasy
Anna Lopizzo
Michael Gd. Byron
Giovannitti
The
Commonwealth
Hyron
Marconi in peril of stone blindness
Spenaia Ualy Qet 21 Guliema Marconi the wireless telegraph inventor whose right eye was removed last Thursday has developed alarming symptoms. He passed a sleepless night, his temperature is high and he suffers great pain. Prof Bayard the Turin specialist who assisted at the operation was summoned in haste and is attending Marconi. Notwithstanding a reassuring Daletin issued last week it is feared the complications threaten the other eye.
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Spenaia
Ualy
Qet
Greek immigrant dies after radiator accident at factory
Greek born Harry Liberis age about 21 living in Boston died at Presbyterian hospital after being crushed by a falling radiator at Water loo Gasoline Engine works Saturday. His wife and brother in Boston, parents in Greece, body to be sent home. Injury was internal from back crushing.
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Harry Liberis
Waterloo
Presbyterian Hospital
Kistner
Boston
Liberis
Greece
Kurt
Another Side To The Case In Street Car Conversation
An elderly man argues that women’s shopping adds costs through delivery while a younger man defends his wife who does her own work and shopping. The exchange touches on gender roles, household duties, and cost of living in a street car debate.
Had Lost His Credentials
Charles A Cotterill, famed for a grand beard, travels for a New York drug firm but is mistaken for a stranger after a shave. He endures repeated rejections as customers insist the real Cotterill is the bearded man they once knew. He finally asks for leave to grow back his beard and return.
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Charles A. Cotterill
Coterill
New York City
Cotterill
Popular Magazine
Town Talk updates from Oskaloosa and surrounding area
Os kalooga residents visit ill aunt Lydia Boyd in town. Oskaloosa area notes include a $5000 damage claim by Annie Overton against the city for a Fourth street walk injury in 1911, pending in Justice Kuhns' court. Ollie Moon and W H Garrett face charges for illegally selling liquor at Electric park with bond set at $100 each. Political headquarters open for Republicans with Elmer Feely in charge, joining Progressives and Democrats in city offices.
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Annie Overton
Fourth Street
Ollie Moon
Waterloo
W. H. Garrett
Des Moines
Electric Park
Justice Kuhns
Moon
Garrett
Syndicate
Elmer Feely
Progressives
J. H. Hildebrand
Democrats
J. C. Murtagh
Bazaar Promises to Be Interesting at St Joseph Parish
The St Joseph parish ladies host a weeklong bazaar at the farmory with dancing each evening and New England suppers starting tomorrow at five. Useful articles including a brass bed and a piano are for sale or giveaway, plus a coal ton to be given each evening beginning Tuesday. A large crowd is expected daily.
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St. Joseph Parish
Farmory
New England
Dietz Wins Independence Motorcycle Race Over Ira Albert
Elmer Dietz won a five mile motorcycle race at Independence on Saturday afternoon in three heats. Dietz led the first heat in six minutes and fifteen seconds and the third heat in six minutes twenty seconds while Ira Albert took the second heat in eight minutes and two seconds. Dietz retired midway through the second heat when his oil pump burst, both riders using Indian machines as Albert rode a substitute after his Harley-Davidson was damaged by fire.
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Elmer Dietz
Ira Albert
Independence
Dietz
Albert
Power Indian
Greeks Respond to War Call as Fund Reaches 1400
In Waterloo, hundreds of Greeks volunteered after a Sunday afternoon meeting at So hall to return home and aid in the Turkish war. A fund of 1400 was raised to cover expenses, with Greeks globally contributing. Many residents are ready to depart, while others from nonwar areas may stay. The city fund may rise to 24000.
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Atamas
So Hall
Waterloo
Brit
Iowa Baptist state convention opens in Council Bluffs
Several hundred ministers and laymen gather in Council Bluffs Ia for the Iowa state convention of the Baptist church. The event runs five days with sessions at three city churches and the Young Men's Christian association building. Noted speakers will address all Baptist departments and the state Woman's Foreign society also plans sessions midweek.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
The
Baptist Church
Young Men's Christian Association
United States
Baptist Young People’s Union
State Convention
Baptist Woman's Foreign Society
Unusual Deaths Reported in Burlington Iowa
Burlington Iowa October 21 two unusual deaths were reported in the last twenty four hours L C Grommell street car motorman was accidentally asphyxiated it is believed he boiled water on a gas stove fell asleep and the vapors flooded the room killing him and his dog Mrs Catherine Krekel 72 was found dead in a chair by her daughter the body possibly two days old she had lived alone and may have died two days prior
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Burlington
L. C. Grommell
Grommell
Catherine Krekel
Miss Catherine Carlton Isolated At Diphtheria Quarantine
In Jesup on October 21 Special report says Catherine Carlton a Waterloo nurse contracted diphtheria while caring for Mrs. Hohl who is gravely ill. A male nurse from Waterloo attends to Jacob Hohl who has been paralyzed for weeks. The home is under quarantine.
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Jesup. In
Catherine Carlton
Waterloo
Jacob Hohl
Hohl
Diphtheria Death Prompts Newsboy Statue Plan
Miss Minnie Fay aged twenty dies of diphtheria at 1222 Leavitt street. city quarantined this morning as her death is noted as sudden. A public meeting in Gary next Monday will discuss raising funds to erect a statue to Billy Rugh the newsboy who died saving a girl during a withered limb operation. Mayor Knotts issues proclamations for funeral and the Monday meeting.
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Minnie Fay
Leavitt Street
Miss Fay
Gary
Ind
Billy Rugh
Thomas E. Knotts
Rough
Miss Smith
Rugh
Wanted Hopkins Sanitary Cleaning Company Offers Services
Local cleaning firm Hopkins Sanitary Cleaning Company advertises carpet cleaning window washing screen removal and storm preparation services. The short notice message lists basic job tasks and indicates available scheduling.
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Hopkins Sanitary Cleaning Company
For Sale Suburban Lots in Houston Suburb
Houston grows rapidly with 110000 population and 17 million spent on buildings and 2.8 million on ship channel. Sale opens for Saisu ma town site near the city center with 50x100 foot lots, 200 lots at 25 each. Terms include 1 cash and 1 monthly. write for particulars or send 1 to get location choices.
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Houston
Texas
Saisuma
City
W.lah
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