Gas shutoff debate grows after Rath packing blast
Pireman Lynch returns to work while council plans a Monday meeting to discuss a proposed ordinance requiring outside gas shutoffs for buildings to aid firefighting. Fire Chief Dunham long advocated the measure, with several council members leaning support but delaying until a broader paving and railroad crossing plan is also reviewed.
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Rath
A. A. Dunham
Edward Lynch
Couscil
Monay
Ecity
Cornell
City in Brief items from Waterloo Daily Record
Local notes report J B Sweeney visiting Buffalo for ten days and Mrs S H Keith visiting Mrs L Benedict. W C Logan of Water Savings bank in Grinnell on business, Mrs Wilbur A Dobson to St Francis hospital for an operation, and 32 young women taking a teachers exam. James Marsden sells interest in a barber shop. union meat markets to close Saturdays at 10 p.m. Rev H L Haywood speaks on the spiritual life. lecture on Mental Suggestion. Clergy exchanges set for morning services. Horace Van Metre returns from Iowa City. James Leonard to vote for president next month. Ernest Simpson sells his drug store to Secre Drug Co. Mrs H J Baker hosts the Gaiety Five Hundred club. Mrs R S Bartz to entertain Hub. Mary Lungren sues Ralph Lunderen for divorce, citing cruelty. Machinery for Waterloo East High School excavations en route. Sammie Gross, former Iowa State quarterback, en route to Minneapolis. Tom Lewis returns from Philadelphia. sister improving. Pennsylvania leaning Hughes, Indiana sentiment evenly split.
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J_ B. Sweeney
Buffalo
S. H. Keith
Ramona
L. Benedict
Wr. C. Logan
Wateron Savings Bank
Grinnell
Wilbur A. Dobson
Alte
Luista Avenue
St. Franis Hospital
Ulform
Punty
H. L. Haywood
H. E. Parr
W. A
Sterson
Parr
Linton
James Leonard
England
Cuming
Ernest Simpson
Fourth Street West
Secre Drug Company
Simpon
H. J. Baker
Gaiety Five Hundred Club
Irs. R
Dubuque
B. Cleveland
Sammie Gross
Iowa State
Burlington
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Tom Lewis
Himadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hughes Ot
Indiana
Responsibility of Father Wide Responsibility of Father Wide
A Waterloo YMCA membership drive is to be outlined in church talks with a focus on father involvement. A committee of laymen met to plan a campaign to raise the Y.M.C.A. roll to 1,000, stressing that a man must engage with his son and other boys, not just his own. Speakers and churches are listed for tomorrow’s presentations.
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Waterloo
Association
MM. G. A
Y. M. Co, Aa
Street Flusher Driver Found Guilty Today
William Wallace, driver of the street flusher, was found guilty of reckless driving after a collision with an automobile at Park Avenue and Lafayette Street. He was fined seven dollars plus costs. The ruling was handed down by police judges led by J. Q. Beem.
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J. Q. Beem
William Wallace
Agaion
Wallace
Park Avenue
Lafayette Street
Licensed To Wed Names From Waterloo List
A fragmented notice lists marriage licenses for Waterloo residents including George G. Roger and Esther O Wonrker Cedar Falls, with scattered temperature data and unreadable placeholders. The OCR shows misread names such as Deva Schmidt Lawrence Lindhart and Des Moles amid stray dates and figures from 1911 to 1915.
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George G. Roger
Waterloo
Deva Schmidt
Lawrence Lindhart
Des Moles
Esther O. Wonrker
Cedar Falls
Passive Militancy in Silent Rebellion Against Wrong
A poem describes a speaker who claims insurgent feelings against injustice yet delays action and lets things proceed. The voice reflects internal conflict between awareness of wrongs and reluctance to act, framing passive resistance as a cautious stance rather than overt upheaval.
Helmet lodge meeting for Knights of Pythias
Helmet lodge No. 39 Knights of Pythias will hold a regular session Monday at 7 30 p m for work in the rank of knight. Members and visiting brothers are invited to attend.
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Helmet Lodge
Knights of Ythias
Becker’s Widow Seeks to Prove Innocence
New York widow Mrs Charles A Becker former police lieutenant condemned for the Herman Ropeath murder lives in a Bronx flat. She remains a city schoolteacher while pursuing new facts she believes will exonerate her late husband and overturn his execution.
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Becker
New York
Charles A. Becker
Herman Ropeath
Bronx
City of
Lieut. Becker
Wie Crimne
Straw Vote at Waterloo Business College Election
Judge PC Platt lectured on the importance of voting at Waterloo Business College. A miniature straw poll followed with 90 students voting across four stations. Hughes led Wilson 65 to 37 and Harding defeated Meredith 49 to 42. Women participated as they were told voting rights may expand.
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Waterloo Business College
PC. Platt
Elasses
Hughes Teading Wilson
Harding
Meredith
Almon F. Gates
Cedar Valley Fair shows profit despite higher expenses
The Cedar Valley Fair association reports a profit of 1689.28 from the 1916 fair at Cedar Palls, noting receipts surpassed 1915 by over 2,000 and nearly doubled 1914. Expenses rose as high class attractions were added and more premium money distributed, with total admissions at 16,316.30 and official attendance 24,006.
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Cedar Valley Fair Association
Cedar Palls
Liberal League endorses Hughes for president Harding for governor
The German Liberal League, a group of about 200 members, endorsed Hughes for president and Harding for governor at a meeting held last night.
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Hughes
Harding
German Liberal League
Box Garage Sales Barred By Rule
Safety drive cited to prohibit selling from freight cars in yards. Interstate Commerce Commission rule barring sales in railroad yards has been enforced for over a year. Railroads warn shoppers to avoid injuries as yards are unsafe, especially for elderly and frail pedestrians. Local civic groups reported complaints about items sold from cars in Waterloo and urged relief from the practice.
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Incliie
Great Western
Webbt
Weatemenuettt
Winterton
Leity
Waterloo
William Christian Held to Grand Jury
William G Chrisatinn was bound over to the grand jury yesterday after noon by Justice F. F. Waatly following a preliminary hearing. His bond stood at 3900 dollars. Christian faced six cattle alleged to have been taken from James Curdis and Bud Clark. He pleaded not guilty, claiming legal entitlement to 31 head shipped to Chicago from Raymond last Sunday. He testified that six came from his own herd and he had bought the rest. State witnesses identified five of the six cattle that Christian took from Curdis’s pasture, the sixth calf also claimed by Cardie. Identification occurred after the shipment reached Chicago.
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William G Chrisatinn
F. F. Waatly
Christian
James Curdis
Bud Clark
Chicago
Raymond
Tie
Curdis
Cardie
Universal Peace author visits Waterloo and Cedar Falls
S H Wood of Salt Lake City, who spent youth in Cedar Falls, traveled to Waterloo to visit friends then Cedar Falls. He now works in land business and has written a volume titled Universal Peace that has drawn high comment. The first edition of 2009 sold out quickly without advertising, with copies going to countries in Europe.
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S. H. Wood
Salt Lake City
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Wood
Wir
Europe
Cardinal Farley Dedicates New Cathedral in New York
Cardinal Farley dedicates the new St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic church corner stone ceremony in New York October 28. More than 600 Knights of Columbus from seven states, church dignitaries and laymen attended as the cornerstone of the tallest New York church spire was laid, replacing the 1867 stone from the old church.
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New York
St. Vincent Perror's
Cardinal Farley
Knights of Columbus
Universal Peace Proposal Highlighted by Mr Wood
In a discussion on world war dynamics, Mr Wood advocated universal peace as a framework to unite neutral powers for a future peace plan. The book he promotes centers on a universal peace compact praised by scholars, tracing back to his early life in Black Hawk County and marriage near Cedar Falls. Cleveland Aube, famed as the father of the Weather Bureau, died in Washington at age likely tied to his long service.
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Wood
Wilson
United States
Mr. Wood
Black Hawt County
Flo
Cedar Falls
Ellen Jones
Cleveland
Washington, D. C
Hughes Nearly Hit By His Special Train
Hughes nearly collided with a special train carrying Charles H. Hughes the Republican presidential candidate as he returned to a railroad station after a Culpa speech. An automobile drove onto the track but backed away in time to prevent an accident.
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Hughes
Ouwego
Charles H. Hughes
Luglina
Tha Auto
Absent Voters Busy As Ballots Cast Today
In Atl this p m today 22 voters had cast ballots with County Auditor Rainbow under the absent voter's flaw. Many already routed are traveling men. A series of railroad men are expected to cast their ballots later.
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Atl P.m
Eastern trip retu rned couple visits several towns
Mr. and Mrs. Jamis A. Coot of 1011 Randolph street returned last night from a three week trip to Canada can, Watkins, New York, Philadelphia, Rising Sun and Zion Maryland, with stops in Bridgeville Delaware and Princess Anne and Salisbury Maryland where Mr. Cook spent childhood and later years.
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Jamis A. Coot
Randolph Street
Canandaiga, Watkins
New York
Ily
Brooklyn
N. Y
Philadelphia
Rising Spa
Zion
Railway Timetables for Illinois and Iowa Lines
Railway time table excerpt lists departures and arrivals among Dubuque Chicago Fort Dodge Sioux City Minneapolis Albert Lea Twin Cities and Waterloo with many local and limited services. It shows multiple daily and holiday schedules, including west and east bound trains and connections at Union Depot.
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Toayes
Union Depot
East Side
Tf & Twin i
C. & Twin City
Elwein
Des ML & Ee
Union Depo
Dilek C Viet Bide
Kansas City
Des Moines
Sant
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James Marsden
Russell-Lamson
Elila
All Union Meat Arkets
G. W. Williams
First Presbyterian
Slarcy Fishter
First Evangelical
J. ©. Jordan
Grace M. Bgc
W. Kine
Plymouth
Hubert Miller
Stoden M. Fu
BE. A. Meard
St. Paul’s
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Calgary Evangeleke
J. L. Sones
First Baptist
Glenn Whittle
First Congregational
Austin Burt
Westminster Presbyterian
G. B. Pike
United Presbyterian
W. H. Langlas
First Brethren
A. A.zimmerman
Graves Memorial
W. P. Jenson
Church of the Brethren
L. Tata
Christ Episcopal
Og, C. Fox
St. Mark's Episcopal
Rev
Jr. Il. Haywood
Universalist
Buchanan Optical Ca
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Cedar Valley Fair
J. W. Arbuckie
A. B. Lovejoy
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S P.m
J. A. Townsley
Opera House
Burton B. Sweet
Waterly
W. G. Haskell
Cedar Rapids
Sweet
H. M. Hayner
Marengo
Hallowe'en
Fonda Jameson
Dorothy Qurrie
Vesta Paul
Paul
Andrew Rath
Mildred Gruhn
Margaretta Gorlston
Bessie Burns
Wheelan
G. W. Condon
Waterlon
Adlintal
Vnughes
Liberal League
William Christian
Athotn
Fitzgerald
Red Bank
Washington
Barclay Bt
Trruine KD
Peck
Poe Hent
Gantie
Edwards
Fide
Warntel
Man Webber
Poynter
Glasa Parch
Cedar River Park
Real Batata
Bale
Kundradjers Jowa
Asdin Gell
Joan
Dmg
Weat Fourth Street
Moore Drug Co
Palm Garden
Ernest Sdimpson
Illinois
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Rpress
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Dubugee Wosth
Twinurlew Limited
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Maye
Albert Leam
Ewin Citley
Albert Des “Dally
Susday
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BBB
Worth
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North
St. Paul Tinneapolis
St Paul Albert Lea
Twin Cites
Seerees
Manly
Shell
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Waterloo Waverly
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