Des Moines College Gridiron Ends in Disappointment
Des Moines college football season concludes with all losses and canceled Highland Park game. Team fielded largely green players under Coach John Burchan. four away games yielded heavy scores against Mount Vernon Central Simpson Oskaloosa and others. With no home game scrimmage and dwindling interest, the program may die, shifting focus to basketball and track.
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Des Moines
Des Moines College
Highland Park
John Burchan
Mount Vernon
Carnell
Polla—Central
Indianola
Simpson
Oskaloosa
Peon
Minds of Penn Denies Yost Eligibility Claim
Chester Minds of the University of Pennsylvania football team ridicules Fielding Yost's claim that Minds is ineligible after five years of college play. He insists 1910 was his sophomore year, 1911 his junior year on varsity, with prior time at Dickinson seminary and possible confusion with his brother Jack Minds who played for Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Chester Minds
University of Pennsylvania
Fielding Yost
University of Michigan
Minds
Dickinson Seminary
Jack Minds
Pennsylvania
Fogel Defies President Lynch Over NL Charges
Horace Fogel, Philadelphia club president, denies in a letter to NL President Lynch that he made the controversial remarks about the 1912 pennant race being crooked. Lynch says the reply will be tested at the league hearing November 26 in New York, where Fogel will face charges.
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New York
National League
Horace Fogel
Philadelphia
Fogel
Thomas J. Lynch
National League Baseball
Cording
Lynch
Cuub
Mr. Lynch
Lea
Tyre
Ed Anderedi
Auto Driver Strikes Log After Tree Felling
E. L. Johnson drove his automobile astride a log in Jefferson between Fourth Street and Avenue West last evening and needed help to dislodge the car. The highway lay under fifteen feet of tree limbs cut from a massive felled tree unlit by a red light. A lantern marked the hole in the sidewalk where the base was grabbed, but the limbs in the thoroughfare remained indistinguishable in the dark.
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E. L. Johnson
Jefferson Eh
Fourth Street
Pavenue
Waterlon Gun Club Practice and Officer Election
The Waterlon Gun Club will hold four practice shoots on Thursday afternoon at the grounds. The annual meeting for electing officers will be held at the same time, and full attendance is requested.
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Waterlon Gun Club
Officera
Manager Boyle signs players for Muscatine club
Manager Frank Boyle of the Muscatine Central association club has begun assembling his squad for next season. He has signed two semi professional players and terms with Herbet Hill, a pitcher and outfielder, for a trial in the President Justice circuit next year. Hasbrouck, a Grundy Center star and former basketball standout, also signed, as Fort Tone players and initial sacker. The club eyes organizing a city league. undefeated Dick Bros bowling team of Des Moines will meet Waterloo bowlers at Jackmans alleys on Wednesday.
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Frank Boyle
Muscatine Central Association
Hie
Ayers
Eerbert Hill
Borle
Justice
Circuit
Hill
Waterton
Frank Borle
Hasbrouck
Grundy Center
Boyle
Tasbrouck
Fort Tonge
Dick Bros
Des Moines
Waterloo
Jackmans
Wilson selects counties in Iowa for tarot management work
Secretary Wilson has selected Montgomery, Muscatine, Clinton and Scott counties for taro management work to begin on November. Agencies from the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture will oversee the program.
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Washington
Wilson
Montgomery Ciay
Muscatine
Clinton
Scntt
Counties
Bureau of Plant’industry
United States Department For Agriculture
Opening of New Bowling Alleys Attracts City Teams
The Capital city debuts its new alleys with a formal opening and a test match between Den Moiner and Waterloo bowlers. Organizers seek a strong city league of teams from factories, businesses, lodges and clubs, promising future matches with Dubuque Marshalltown and others.
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Fea
den Moiner
Waterloo
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Charles Jackman
Auto and C in Collision on Prospect Street
A Mitchell car driven by R. W. Puckett was damaged in a collision with Prospect street car 306 operated by Motorman J. D. Harris at 5 yesterday afternoon. Puckett, driving south on Commercial, crossed Park avenue as the street car turned from Commercial onto Park. The auto sustained radiator, lamp, and shield damage. the driver was uninjured.
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Mitchell
R. W. Puckett
Prospect Street
J. JD. Harris
Puckett
Commercial Street
Park Avenue
Keokuk Woman’s Body Found Murdered and Robbed
Miss Ellen Gulliver a wealthy 72 year old woman living on a farm near Keokuk Ia was murdered and robbed Sunday night and her house burned neighbors found her body in the cellar with the head severed and the room separated by the fire no clue to the killers as investigators search the scene the event stunned local residents and raised questions about concealed assets at the estate
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Keokuk
Ellen Gulliver
Here
The Georgia Magnet Demonstrates Peculiar Powers in Waterloo
Annie Abbott known as The Georgia Magnet staged a private demonstration at the Majestic Theatre before business and professional guests. Physicians observed a dramatic temperature drop from 100.6 to 95.4 while pulse rose from 110 to 140 as she allegedly lifts and resists with living flesh, baffling the guests including committee members and local figures.
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Annie Abott
Georgia
Arthur Frudenfeld
Majestic Theatre
Farmers Auction Sale Bills Highlighted by Courier Ads
The W. H. Hartman company publishers of Waterloo Evening Courier advertise sale bills for farmers auctions. These sale notices are a specialty and are regularly used to advantage in the Courier's advertising columns.
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Courier
W. H. Hartman
Waterloo Evening Courier
Park Avenue West
Get Rid of Piles at Home Remedy Ad
An old style advertisement urges readers to avoid surgery for piles and try Pyramid Pile Remedy. It promises rapid relief from pain and congested veins, offers a free trial package via coupon, and states a regular 50 cent price at drugstores.
Pyramid Drug Company Free Trial Coupon Request
A reader seeks a free trial by mail for Pyramid File Remedy from Pyramid Drug Company Marshall Michigan. The request asks to send a trial treatment in a plate wrapper to prove its noted results to the given city street state address.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Boy Diggins Arrested Over Worthless Checks in Cedar Rapids
Bernard Diggins, a youth from Winthrop to Cedar Rapids, was arrested for passing worthless checks while living at a local hotel. His guardian halted further bank payments, and Diggins was found at a basement poker game where he had cashed a bad check. A tailor running the gambling room was fined 25 dollars, plus costs. another participant paid 10 dollars and costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Bernard Diggins
Winthrop
Diggins
Christensen
Grand Hotel
A. Mergaux
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Hagerstown
Foley
H. W.W. Taggart
Annie Abbott
Women and Children
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J. Wenner
A. Leighton
EB. R. Bantz
W. W. Albee
T. G. Taylor
J. R. Thompson
R. Shaw
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E. C. DeVoe
R. H. Miller
A. §. Oldham
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W.R. Owen
Osage
E. H. Andrews
J. B. Ridenour
G. M. Nesbit
A. G. Kramer
W. R. Law
T. M. Buchanan
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Chicago
America
A. J. Busby
Mgr
Tel
Frank FE. Long Stock Company
Busby
Margaret Anglin
Green Stockings
BANK
Klinefelter & Sons
Wilbert Shallenberger
Hotel Ellis
Byvank Transfer CO
F.H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Evening Courier
Boy Candy & Specialty
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
Crystal Patent
Pioneer
Union Mill Company
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