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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
12
A thirtyish man on a Vermont roof is pressed to marry a suicidal plan by a hurried bride driving an auto. They race to a parson’s house to wed in a secret arrangement, aided by a clergyman who grants consent and arms.
A dramatic sequence unfolds as an attorney seeks the bride Lucile Havens and a clergyman, but the groom, a professor, blocks the arrest and conceals his true identity. A courtship and arranged marriage saga follows with money, disguises, and a plan to uphold the first union. New Jersey reports 94,000 widows and nearly as many bachelors.
James Fitzgerald of Fairbank visits the city. Mrs Francis B Rosenbaum stays with Miss Salla rank on Jefferson street. Mr Miller and wife of Los Angeles visiting. he once practiced law here. Charles Fergison to lead Grace M church service tonight with the men's choir. Frank Bennett funeral services held in California. Rev Lanham of Cedar Falls officiates. Police Chief Leighton notes Fred Byford, former driver, relocated to Baker Montana for health. William Mason funeral moved to 1:20 pm Saturday at 714 South street to allow son Ambrose Mason to arrive. Charlie Warner of Estherville injured in buggy accident. hospitalized at St Francis. Miss Eleanor Jones hosts Kappa Theta Psi at Cortlandt Street. Cedar Falls and resident members attend. 16 girls plan overnight slumber party.
Dr Joseph Lewis Powers a well known retired Iowa physician died at his daughter Mrs J A Webb 1220 Washington Street at 9 30 this forenoon He was 61 years 10 months 18 days Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 30 p m at the Webb home with Reverends W F Spry J A Johnson and M A Goodell officiating The body will be taken to Reinbeck Saturday for 10 a m service at the Methodist Episcopal church under Rev Robinson with Rev T A Trimble of Mr Atburn a former Reinbeck pastor Also mentions a piano advertisement and unrelated notes about Java spiders and a paper factory
London dispatch reports no decisive breakthrough as German and Allied forces in Belgian marshes renew efforts. British observers see Allied momentum while Germans admit only a negative chance to shatter defenses. Reports note a lull, pending fresh troops, with potential shift to Belgian fortifications and siege fighting along the southern Belgium border.
Shots were fired into a tent colony of 2,000 Black cotton pickers in northern Runnels County. No injuries reported. Warnings were given for the group to leave. Farmers pledged to protect the workers despite tensions.
Three Mexican men were arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Allen Walker and army officers in Laredo Texas on charges of organizing a raid against Nuevo Laredo. Papers on the suspects suggested they recruited about 1000 men for a November 8 operation.
An American perspective notes noble women endure misery while in Europe. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Preservation as a remedy during the change of life, claiming it strengthens the system and quiets feminine distress. It urges women to obtain the medicine for any long standing womanly complaint.
The piece lists sons of former French presidents serving in World War I. Marquis de Ma enrichon, Duke of Maghenta, brigadier at Belfort. Count de Ma richon, colonel. Major Sadi Carmior in Germany. Montmorency at Verdun. Paul Laubet, infantry garrison at Verdun. Andre Fallieres attached to the ministry of war.
Berlin officials announced today that no confirmation existed for reports of German forces entering Angola, the Portuguese colony in West Africa. The Wolff Bureau issued the statement as dispatches from Berlin and London circulated the claim.
Notice offers a revised copy of Pierre’s Common Sense Median Adviser. Requests 20 cents or stamps to cover wrapping and mailing. Advertises cloth binding, 1008 pages with colored plates and topics on physiology anatomy sex marriage hygiene disease and prevention from the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo SW Y.
A garbled OCR passage mentions warships, transport from Portugal to Angola, and a plan or pageant. Names and places are unclear, but references to a French involvement and military activity suggest a wartime or defense context, though details are unreadable.
Fragmented classified items list rental postings and notices. Includes rooms for rent near Jefferson and Bovepth, furnished house rentals, shop spaces, coal stove wanted, lost watch claim, and a bungalow ad in Cedars River park with furnace, electric lights, water, sewer, fireplace and basement. Listings mention phones and addresses.
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