Death Comes as Woman at 66 on Jefferson Street
Mary Elizabeth Kress, 66, of Jefferson Street, died suddenly at 8 45 a m today, likely due to heart disease. She and husband J Peter Kress operated in Waterloo and Dubuque areas, mother to 12 children, with funeral plans to be set. The article notes her long battle with heart disease and details family history and relocation across several towns.
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Elizabeth Kress
Jefferson Street
J. Peter Kress
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Mary Elizabeth Meyers
Potosi
Wis
Dubuque
Dupuque
Mr. Kress
Fox Township
Black Hawk
Gilbertville
Kress
Water
Divorce Petitions Highlight Short Romance of Green Marriage
Meta L Green files for divorce from Percy V Green in district court saying they wed Aug 7 1920 and separated Oct 21 after he told her he was through with her and planned to return to a former wife. She seeks temporary alimony 3209 permanent 5000, 200 attorney fees and a restraining order. She now rooms at 414 Vine Street. Clyde M Saunders sues for divorce from Saunders alleging desertion and cruel treatment after they wed Sept 12 1917 in Moline Illinois.
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Meta L. Green
Percy Vs. Green
Green
Vine Street
Coming Saunders
Clyde M. Saunders
Moline
County Health Unit Formed At East Clubrooms
A county health unit was organized at a meeting last night in the east clubrooms with G. Pike Waterloo as president Mrs H illiman Cedar Falls and HB R Hollis Hudson as vice presidents and Mr Parks Dunkerton as secretary and treasurer The tubercu losis committee of the local Red Cross chapter called the meeting hoping the countywide organization will be more effective.
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G. Pike
Waterloo
H .Illiman
Cedar Fails
HB. R. Hollis
Hudson
Parks
Dunkerton
Red Cross
Traer Schools Offer Hot Lunches for Country Students
Traer Iowa October 27. The eleventh grade home economics class runs hot lunch service for country pupils. One hot dish is prepared daily, served at cost to students who bring dinners, with 40 to 60 pupils served daily last year. Dr. B. R. Byrnes, former local veterinarian, buys back practice and will return to Traer Nov. 15 with his family, after selling his Traer business months earlier.
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Trae
Traer
Meturns
Treen
BR. G. Byrnes
C. L. Moles
Central City
Myles
Byrnes
Dure
Farmer-Labor Party Ad Calls for Repudiating Cummins-Esch in Congress
Waterloo Iowa farmer Jacob Jacobs, a Farmer-Labor Party candidate, campaigns against the Cummins-Esch rail bill, pledging repeal, public ownership of railroads, abolition of conscription, civil liberties restoration, and fair wartime pay for soldiers. He argues for national economy, removes war profiteers, and demands a referendum for war decisions while highlighting his farm background.
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Congress
U. S. Treasury
Farmer-Labor Party
United States
Navy
Jacobs
Waterloo
Iowa
Campaign memories of Tama Jin Wilson described
The fragment recalls Tama Jin Wilson, former secretary of agriculture, as a capable speaker and campaign forecaster for McKinley Roosevelt and Taft. It notes his long involvement in national and state campaigns, his political shrewdness, and his ability to stump across many states.
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Ant
Traer
Jim
Tama Jin Wilson
Wilson
McKinny
Rooservelt
Taft
Jama Jim
Cam
Spaigh speech at Republican rally in Trier before election
The report notes Spaigh delivering a speech at a Republican rally in his home town Trier on the eve of the election. It mentions Moors credited with introducing cotton manufacturing into London around 1680 and references Henry of Prussia in Holland, with events from Wieringen on October 27 and movements between cities.
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Spaigh
Trier
Elec
Prince Wenery
Holland
Pres. Wieringen
Holand
Get
Prings Henry
Prussia
Kmperor Wittam
Virjilings
Boorn
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T. J. Edmonds
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Des Moines
Senegal
Niger
Africa
WPS
Svoward
Pape
Third Congressional District
State of
Essex
America
San Francisco
New York
Hudson-Jones Waterloo Company
Franklin Street
Chase
London
Vet NG Pee
Marmola Co
Garfield
Detroit
Mich
E. 5Th ST
Mr. Ford
Spars Auto CO
Ford
Saxon
I. C. Round House
Risus
Hind’s
Wright’s
Jergen
Hughes
Sitet
Crane
S & Whiting
Cros
Bishop’s
Toree Gays
Lolars
FLOOR
Jep Vee
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