Runaway horse injures boy cycling in city chase
Theron Ralston a 16 year old messenger for Stewart Simmons Co was struck by a runaway horse near Bridge and Commercial streets. The animal owned by Independent Meat Co wrecked his bicycle and trampled him before being halted after a wild run through the east business district. He was conscious soon after and taken to a physician in the Leavitt Johnson Bank building.
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Theron Ralston
Mia
Alma Ralston
Washington Street
Bridge
Commercial Streets
Bridge Street
Glen Carruthers
Fourth Street
West High Leaves for Marshalltown
West High departs at 8 15 this morning without its strongest lineup as Thomas and McGuire fail exams and Bob Scarceder is too injured to risk fullback. Captain Hobe Dawson moves to back, Moose Matthews fills end, with Vaughan Kauffman Nauman Innes Holder Buechele Schultz Smith Bardeen Matthews in the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Sharer
West High
Marshalltown
Thomas
McGuire
Bob Scarceder
Hobe” Dawson
Moose” Matthews
Gordon Vaughan
Kauffman
Nauman
Innes
Holder
Buechele
Schultz
Smith
Bardeen
Matthews
Bob Miller
Boob
Miler
Manning
Herbert Vaughan
Fred Frehga
George Rausch
Charles Teeter
Murphy
Three Days For Violating Rules
J M Shea of 107 Bates Street received three days in jail after a police court hearing found him guilty of breaking quarantine during a scarlet fever alert. He was arraigned on a state charge later and was taken from a downtown Gallon district. City officials planned fumigation as neighbors reported he refused to stay on his property.
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J. M. Shea
Bates Street
Shea
Galcon
Sigworth
Clty
Funeral rites for Mrs George Sawyer at St Josephs
Funeral services for the late Mrs George Sawyer will be held Monday at 10 o'clock from St Josephs Catholic Church. The Very Rev Fr E Slattery will conduct the ceremony. Interment will take place in Calvary Cemetery.
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George Sawyer
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Fr. E. Slattery
Peside
Calvary Cemetery
How an Engineer Keeps Well on the Road
An excerpt explains that railroad engineers face exposure to colds and coughs, sharing a testimonial from G Dunaphart of Monette Missouri who has driven a Frisco engine 25 years. He uses Foley's Honey and Tar and keeps it in his home recommending it for bad coughs and colds. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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Colé
G. Dunaphart
Monette
Foley
Retires On Pension After an Excellent Record of Service
William Nathan Barr, longtime Illinois Central passenger conductor, retires after thirty-nine years with a flawless safety record. His last run was May 5, and he now enjoys a pension and home life on Eleventh Street East. Barr earned praise from General Manager Fulley and division superintendents for outstanding service, a fastest regular Fort Dodge-Dubuque run in 1 hour 58 minutes, and zero on-train deaths or property losses. He was born in 1854 near Westchester PA and began railroading earlier with Fort Wayne and Wisconsin Central before joining Illinois Central in 1876.
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William Nathan Barr
Tor
Haois Central
Barr
Eleventh Street East
Fulley
Atwell
Dubuque
Sullivan
Minnesota
Mr. Barr
Westchester
Fort Wayne
New Brighton
Pittsburgh
Wisconsin Central Tron
Portage City
Stevens Point
Sinois Central
Eyersloce
Fort Dodge-Dubuque
Henry Knowlton
Waterloo
Illneis
Illinois Central
Althode
Start Basketball Season On Nov 10
The 1915 16 basketball season will open at MM G A gymnasium on Tuesday evening Nov 16 with boxing and wrestling classes moved to another evening after a managers meeting. Physical Director Jacob Bintz plans to dedicate the gym two nights weekly to basketball and many teams are expected to enter the Commercial league this year.
Armenians Flee Turkish Atrocities Refugees Aboard French Ship
A historical newspaper caption describes Armenians fleeing Turkish atrocities. It notes refugees being taken aboard a French warship to Port Said, with several thousand refugees gathered there. Some flee into Greece.
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Port Said
Greece
Waterloo sports league to include multiple local teams
The league schedules teams across manufacturers, railroads, printers, wholesalers, College of Commerce, YMCA boys division, and Evening Courier and Reporter. It hopes to add a team from every Waterloo high school and from Waterloo Business College. Wednesday evening the first swimming classes will be organized under volunteer assistant Bob Schroeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Cammerce
Evening Courier and Reporter
Waterloo
Waterloo Business College
Sow
Bob Schroeder
Minstrel Plans Form For Waterloo Event
Preliminary plans for the minstrel in Waterloo on November 9 and 10 are set. Cast members will be chosen this week, with rehearsals to start promptly after the director arrives on Wednesday. The minstrel company will provide two men, the rest to be drawn from local amateur performers. Funds will aid the new building project and the Elks charity fund.
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Lcst
Waterloo
Elks
Carranza Seeks U S Envoy and Credits Pacification
General Carranza through his representative Esto Arredondo sent a note to the United States and other recognized republics expressing appreciation and declaring that diplomatic representation will soon be accredited. State department officials noted rumors from Juarez about Villa allies and Zapata troops near Mexico City, while Carranza’s agency reported sightings of Felix Diaz in New York and Zapata forces messaging from Mexico City.
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Washington, D. C
General Carranza
Hla
Esto Arredondo
United States
State Department
Juarez
Villa
Felix Diaz
Zapata
Mexico City
Carranza Agency
New York
Carranza
Ambiguous Amnesty Appeals Reported in Morelos Guerilla Action
Disintegrated bands across Morelos reportedly sought amnesty from General Gonzales amid widespread guerrilla activity. Appeals from local people indicate Zapati troops abandoned all pretenses of organized resistance, signaling chaotic conditions and tenuous control.
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Gonzales
Morelos
Zapati
Berlin Celebrates Empress's Birthday amid War Gifts
Berlin residents decorated streets and displayed flags to honor the empress birthday. National gifts consisted of marmalade collections intended for soldiers at the front.
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Berlin
Wirolase
Sayville
Berin
Entente Repels Turkish Attacks on Gallipoli Front
Paris dispatch from Mythilens reports Entente forces repulsed strong Turkish assaults in Burla and Krithta on Gallipoli. Turks reportedly suffered heavy losses while an artillery action continues. Two destroyers entered the strait and bombarded Tsaca Tepe.
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Paris
Entente
Wadnessay
Burla
Krithta
Gallipoli
Mythilens
Tralin
Tsaca Tepe
Italian Ships Attack Amid Gallipoli Pressure
Italian ships attack amid continued Allied pressure on Greece and Balkan fronts. German troops cross the Drina near Visegrad, driving Serbians. Bulgarians capture Negotin and Rogijev. Russian aid expected as telegrams cite plans for a possible landing on the Bulgarian coast by allied forces.
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Gallipoli
Greece
Serbia
Urey
Greace
Turin
Sayvilia
Dring River
Visegriad
Visnolike
Nicholas
Borbitn
Wall's Catarrh Cure Promoted in an Oxidized Ad
The ad claims Wall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease and offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. It urges readers to send for testimonials and lists CHENEY & CO. Toledo as the makers and a local druggist as a seller.
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Ula
Special chocolate maple nut sale at four stores
Special bargain offers 25¢ chocolate maple nut usually 30¢ now 25¢. Also fine shelled 1 Hazel Nuits Ib. .40¢ and Boston Confectionery at 126 E. 4th and 7 Stores g2e W. 4th. Storage and pricing details listed for local shoppers.
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Boston Confectionery
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Animal
Boy
City
Sawyer
Willan
Nathan Barr
Illinois
Lim
Com-paus
Sasser
Eeks
U.S
Gee
Cee
Missouri
G. W. East Side
Mulberry
Lafayette
F. R. Puckett
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue
Empire
Star Arts
Hoyt
James H. Cullen
Nip
Ak Z SS
Daint
Melnotte
EDW. Farrell & CO
Majestic
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