Bible Increases in Circulation Across Missions
Cedar Falls reports Rev C M Robb of Mt Vernon elected vice moderator as Iowa Synod meets. American Bible Society speaker cites six million plus bibles printed last year and global distribution gains. Temperance and foreign mission reports note large gifts, Europe's destruction, and calls for renewal. presbyteries hold sessions in Fort Dodge and Waterloo.
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Cedar Falls
C. M. Robb
Mt. Vernon
Iowa Presbyterian Synod
H. Kirkbride
Chicago
American Bible Society
China
Peru
Publc
Europe
Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
H. C. Hathel
Des Moines
Coskey
Winterset
Temperance Board
Robt. c. Westenhearg
Minneapolis
Marshalltown
Board of Temperance
Westenburg
Ghos. Scanion
Stanley White
D. D
Board of Forelew Missions
Johnston
Board of Foreign Missions
Kennedy
Africa
Syria
Morgenthau
Turkey
Japan
White
South America
Dr. White
Smart Boy's Dea Applied To Sent Alarm Clock
New York story from October describes a so called sent alarm wrist watch. It uses concentric vials and a tight cord to awaken a sleeper at a set time. The device aims to wake a deaf person, a traveler, or a late father without disturbing others nearby.
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DEA
New York
Bobbie
Isisure
War Increases Workers Wages Across Germany
Berlin officials and labor statisticians debate wage versus living costs as the war lifts pay for war materials workers and the skilled trades while unskilled labor gains vary. Estimates show material workers gaining 50 to 100 percent, with food prices rising 80 to 100 percent, and experts differ on whether overall wages keep pace with living costs.
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Berlin
Alwin Koersten
Central
Max Steffen
0. Becker
Association of German Employment Bureaus
Steffen
Germany to be advised regarding parole breakers
Washington October 21 Germany s attention will be called to officers of the interned commerce raiders at the Norfolk navy yard who have broken parole. No trace of Lieut Koch and Dr Krueger Kroe neck from the Prinz Eitel Friedrich is found after four extra days ashore. The Eclipse with six warrant officers from Kron Prinz Wilhelm is missing perhaps taken by a Swedish steamer outside the capes. yacht possibly sunk.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Norfolk Navy Yard
Koch
Krueger Kroeneck
Prinz Eltet Friedrich
Kron
Prinz Wilhelm
Ttia
Capes
Waterloo Club Cafe Now In Operation
The cafe at the Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo club is back in operation with members arranging the department to provide anything edible from a sandwich and coffee to a regular business luncheon. Secretary Herman C G Miller announced a membership committee meeting next Monday to consider plans for a membership boost campaign.
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Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo Club
Herman CG. Miller
Danderine Promises Thick Glossy Hair in Ten Minutes
A 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine is advertised to stop dandruff and falling hair within minutes. The copy claims hair will appear fuller shinier and healthier with repeated use and instructs readers to moisten a cloth and apply to a strand at a time for dramatic results. It appeals to both dull brittle hair and neglected tresses.
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Knowlton
Paroled Brothers Return to Waterloo After 30 Years
Frank Rainsbarger and his brother Nate, long imprisoned in Anamosa for life, were recently released. Once feared as "bad" men, they traveled to Waterloo where the younger brother visited after more than three decades. Governor Clarke ordered their liberty after an extended review amid opposition from victims’ families and witnesses.
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Rip Var Winkle
Frank Reinsbarger
Waterloo
Rainsbarger
Nate
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Ramsbarger
Hardin County
Clarke
Frank Ramsbarger
Paroled man credits freedom with restored health and liberty
A former inmate, freed on parole, praises the weeks of liberty as he reports better health and full enjoyment of freedom. He thanks Chief Leighton and two guards from the state institution who were in the city for the Odd Fellows' Convention and recalls their role in his life. He is visiting relatives in Ackley as his brother visits near their former home.
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Ieved
Chiet
Police Leighton
State Institution
Odd Fellows’ Convention
Leighton
Ratnsbargars
Anamosa
Libarty
Ratnosbarger
Mr. Ratnsbarger
Ackley
Postpone First Meeting Of Town Criers Adt Club
The first regular meeting of the Town Criers Adt club at the Irving hotel has been postponed until Tuesday evening. The meeting place remains unchanged.
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Town Criers Adt Club
Irving Hotel
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Waterloo Case
An elderly Waterloo resident, Mrs. Fannie A. Pyle of 319 EB Second Street, reports backache and shoulder pain eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She states kidney secretions improved and she was permanently cured, highlighting the product’s effects on aging kidneys and related ailments.
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Dean
Waterloo
Fannie A. Pyle
Second Street
Cornell College Plans Exercises and Homecoming
Cornell college in Mt Vernon schedules its inauguration of a new president on Friday November 19 with a strong speaker lineup including Dr E T Devine Governor Clarke Senator Cummings and university presidents. An educational conference follows and a homecoming football game is planned for Saturday November 20.
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Mt. Vernon
Cornell
Iowa
West
Cornell College
Connecion
E. T. Devina
New York City
Associated Charities
Columbia University
Wil
Clarke
State of Iowa
Cummings VI
George B. Vincant
University of Minnesota
Thomas I. Macbride
the Universsity of Iowa
A. M. Deyos
Des Moines
John A. Marquis
Coo College
Th. W. Cooper
Upper Town Universitty
Abbie
Abbott
Cedar Rapids
Annual Cornel Grinnell Football Game Highlighted
In Sioux City Gal 21 George W Stapleton ex postmaster Spirit Lake and noted Northwestern Iowa political figure pleaded guilty to misappropriation of government funds and was fined 225 dollars by Judge Henry T Teed in federal court. Stapleton arraigned Tuesday for alleged misappropriation dating to March 31 1914 during his postmaster tenure.
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Sioux City
George W. Stapleton
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Henry T. Teed
Stapleton
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