New Coach for West High Team Subhead
Harry McClain of Princeton Indiana named coach and physical culture head for West High football. He will oversee grades and report to practice with veterans and recruits at West High athletic field Locust and Wirth. Schedule includes Leander Clark Toledo and Marshalltown with Dubuque and East High to close the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McClain
Princeton
Ind
West High School
Charee
McClain
Michigan
Tast
High Athletic
Leander Clark
Toledo
Magon City
Marshalltown
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge
Dubnane
East High
Ten Ons For Street Fight In City Fronts
Five participants in a Saturday night street brawl were arraigned. Three were fined or faced ten days of city service. Ed Sullivan Fred Koch and Tony Gier pled guilty and were sentenced. William Grifnow pled not guilty and a hearing was set. Grifnow will be heard tomorrow. The melee occurred on Sycamore street. Other victims faced Judge Myers on disorderly conduct charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sullivan
Fred Koch
Tony Gier
William Grifnow
H. Grifnow
Quintette
Sycamore Street
Myers
Another Meeting for Waterloo
The Rural Mail Carriers Association of Iowa chose Waterloo for the 1913 convention after a Des Moines meeting. Delegates M. E. Whitney and M. E. Graham represented the local carriers and returned Saturday night. New officers elected: President W. H. James, Pottawattamie. Vice President J. H. Walley, Wapello. Secretary W. S. Hoon, Story. Treasurer J. P. Larsen, Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Larsen
Hancock County
Waterloo
Brooklyn Triumphs Over Philadelphia In Eleven Innings
In a morning National League clash Brooklyn edged Philadelphia 4 to 2 after eleven innings. Batteries were Alexander and Killifer for Brooklyn and Yingling and Milter for Philadelphia. Also noted were American Association results with St Paul beating Minneapolis 6 to 4 and Indianapolis taking Columbus 8 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Alexander
Killifer
Yingling
Milter
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Batteries
Danse
Marshall
Patterson
Young
Owens
Indianapolis
Columbus
Hatteries
Hixon
McCarty
Cook
Smith
Grand Circuit Races Postponed at Charter Oak Park
Hartford Conn Sept 2 Grand Circuit races at Charter Oak park were postponed due to unsatisfactory track conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Charter Oak Park
Cornell Head Schurman Appointed Greece Minister
Ithaca reports Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman named minister to Greece without resigning as Cornell president. The Sabbatical year means a year of holiday, and by the time Taft’s term ends, Schurman could return to resume duties at Cornell if not reappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schurman
Greece
Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Taft
Town Gossip Trails Through Iowa City Visitors and Local Arrivals
Long list of social notes from Iowa City and Waterloo including Miss Anna Meyer visiting Miss Frances Cordes, Iver B. Lund’s upcoming marriage to Miss Virginia Van Metre, the Becks’ Milwaukee visit, nurses’ Chicago and Winona assignments, a Balibheim funeral in progress, and local moves. Also reports a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Cushman, a runaway team in Eagle township, civil service exams for policemen and firemen, and visits by Joseph H. Kuhns and J. R. Haynes of Chicago. Virginia Van Metre wedding planned midweek. Van Metre family ties to Chicago firm Joyce-Watkins noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver B. Lund
Kingsley
Virginia van Metre
Waterloo
Matt Beck
Milwaukee
Frank Beck
Ll. Geismar
Sherod
Fremont Street
Lime Street
H. B. Burr
Loretta Casey
John Casey
Chicago
St. Joseph's Hospital
City Hall
Civil Service Commissioners
Joseph H. Kuhns
J. R. Haynes
J. H. Kuhns
Haynes
Burlington Road
Kuhne
Republic Rubber Company
J. R. Ward
WW. G. Wise
Anna Funston
George Wilkie
Worthington
D. C
Ricker van Metre
Genevieve
Ricker
Evanston
van J. Metre
van Metre
Joyce-Watkins Company
No Rehearsals Delayed Two Weeks At Festival Site
Heat forces suspension of rehearsals for two weeks at the festival. When resumed, sessions will be held at Grace M. E. Church corner of Fourth and Mulberry streets. Motor boat races in Huntington New York for the Harmaworth cup were canceled mid afternoon due to wind and rain on the second day of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Guinn
Eagle Township
Fifth Street
Mulberry
Utica
Water Street
Old Grace M. EB
Fourth and Mulberry Streets
Huntington
N. Y
Harmaworth
International Commission
Race Committee
Taft campaign text book omits Roosevelt and Wilson gets critique
The Chicago headquarters received a 400 page Republican campaign text book that excludes Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party. It centers on Woodrow Wilson with praise for Taft and protectionist policy, condemns free trade, and highlights labor, Afro American citizenship, and campaign finance publicity measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Progressive Party
Woodrow Wilson
Charles D. Hilles
Democratic Party
White House
Republican Party
United States
Economy and Efficiency Commission
Civil Service
Merchant Marine
Jackman Attends Bowling Congress Board Meeting
Charles Jackman, board member of the International Bowling Congress, attends a St. Paul session where the next tournament site is decided. After years in St. Paul several cities bid to host February event. Waterloo has regularly participated and Jackman joined the board at the last annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jackman
International Bowling Congress, i
St. Paul
Waterloo
Jackman
Married at Minister's Home in Waterloo
Rev J A Haehlan of Calvary Evangelical united in marriage at his home 1621 Fourth street east to Christian H Ted and Nellie M Keiderling both of Waterloo. The couple plans to housekeeping at the Charles and Parker home after a wedding supper with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Haehlan
Calvary Evangelical Church
Fourth Street East
Christian H. Ted
Mias
Nellie M. Keiderling
Waterloo
Grace Kelderling
Roy Eyestone
Nicholas Kelderling
Waterton
Lfe
Black Hawk County
Witchfield
Charles
Parker Atresia
Tigers Defeat White Sox 12-4 In Morning Game
Chicago report notes American morning baseball with Detroit Tigers defeating Chicago White Sox by 12 to 4. Batteries listed as Menz Peters Scott and Kuhn for Detroit. Mayer Dubue and Stanage for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
White Sox
Chicago
Metruit
Menz
Peters
Scott
Kuhn
Mayer
Dubue
Stanage
Washington
Philadelphia
Hatterier
Hughes
Musser
Engel
Jenry
Plank
Bender
Exon
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kahler
Mitchell
O‘neill
Adams
Napier
Alexander
Platinum Deposits and Distribution in Gravel Beds
Platinum occurs with gold in gravel beds formed by eroded regions and carried by water. It is rare, silver gray, and usually found with dark rocks. Western Colombia and eastern Russia supply the main gravels, with other deposits too dispersed to be economic. Associated rare metals include tridium osmium palladium. Moody's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Russia
Moody’s Magazine
Thread Sleuth Follows Thief to Quiet Resolution
A Milwaukee Free Press tale describes a department store manager who used a string trick to stop a petty shoplifter. He followed the woman after securing a lone spool, calmly demanding the thread back and clearing his shop of further incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Free Press
Bearded Ladies Predicted As Future Trend By Danish Professor
Danish professor M Brandt claims bearded ladies may become common in two centuries as masculine habits grow in women. He notes current bearded traits are rare precursors, while a Paris journal argues men’s shaving could spur women to grow beards out of perversity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Brandt
Hea
Paris
Unclear fragment hints at a romance scene
The text presents a disjointed scene where a girl draws closer to a man as Abe asks him to remove something, with unrelated words scattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galvaniemi
Jumes
Abe
Todge
Shoes and Beef Prices Tied by Leather Costs
Barton notes that rising corn and beef prices push leather costs higher, lifting shoe prices. He argues meat and leather move together, with wholesale leather rising 10 to 35 percent as cattle cost surges. He cites global price contrasts and asserts U S shoes remain cheaper than foreign buys despite higher domestic costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Thorn
Farmore
Europe
France
Holland
Lancashire
England
Spain
United States
Paris
South America
Mexico
Disappearance of Youth A Mystery
Julius Jacobson aged 18 has been missing since Saturday night after leaving his parents to pay a bill in a rural store. He is described as light complexioned and reserved, with a reward offered by his father for information leading to his location.
Murderer Dies of His Own Wounds Near Belle Plaine
Samuel Vo Wand who killed James Thompson and seriously wounded Matt Manahan near Belle Plaine two weeks ago while attempting to kidnap Manahan’s daughter died at the hospital in Wellington today. He had shot himself three times when pursued by a posse of farmers. The wounds erased blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Kan
Samuel Vo Wand
James Thompson
Matt Manahan
Belle Plaine
Manahan
Tax Shakeup Targets Earners Over Five Thousand
Chicago Tribune outlines new federal plan to tax income above $5,000 with a 1 percent surcharge on net income over six thousand, applying tariff law provisions to firms partnerships and individuals. The piece notes historical comparisons and international context while warning of a bleak outlook for high earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Senate
United States
Porterhouse Bdeefsteak
Archbold hints where cash went in political contributions
Southampton reports John C Archbold arrived on the Majestic and hinted that funds from the Standard Oil Company went to the Republican National Committee with a $26000 note to Senator Penrose for his state drive. He suggested others also received contributions and quipped about letters from Cornelius Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
John C
Archbold
Majestic
Republican National Committee
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Republican Committee
William Fline
Senator Penrose
Cornelius N. Bliss
Hearst
Maine
Lyndhurst
New Forest
England
United States
Last Rites Held for Mrs. Lea Sampson
The funeral for Mrs. Lea Sampson was held Sunday at her home 731 Third Avenue West. Reverend Emory J D Hull and Reverend W B Sanford led services with solos by Paul Davis and Viola Knuittle. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery with pallbearers from the neighborhood. Out of town relatives attended including C J Wilson of Washington Iowa and F W White of Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Sampson
Third Avenue West
Emory JD. Hull
Grace M. E. Church
W. B. Sandford
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Paul Davis
Viola Knuittle
Medicine Man Beats Doctor
Chickasha Oklahoma September 2 mortality among western Oklahoma’s uncivilized Indians rose 20 percent with white medicine men, says Dr. D M Johnson who has practiced 25 years. He argues death rates would fall if native medicine men were allowed to use their herbs and superstitions as in early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma
D. M. Johnson
Johnson
Minister Hamilton King Died in Bangkok
Hamilton King, United States minister to Siam, died in Bangkok yesterday from uremia and heart failure. He was from Olivet, Michigan, and his death was reported by the State Department on September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hamilton King
Olivet, Mich
United States
Siam
Bangkok
State Department
Travers Opens Amateur Golf. Travers Beats First Opponent
Jerome Travers veteran golfer from Upper Mont Clair shows form in the opening round here as he defeats his morning opponent 75 to win the first match. Thirty-two of eighty three starters qualify for match play with medal rounds on the thirty sixth hole under improved weather after yesterday's heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeaterday
Assistant Pastor Named at First M. E. Church
Mina Altes Gould of Belviders Oklahoma has been named assistant pastor at the First M. E. Church under Rev. W. F. Spry. Gould trained in Chicago and conducted evangelistic work with Anna L. Cartwright of Youngstown Ohio, singing contralto and joining the church quartet. She is guest at the Paul Davis home on South Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Altes Gould
Belviders
M. E
W. F. Spry
Miss Gould
Chicago
Chicago Training School
City, Home and Foreign Missions
Anna L. Cartwright
Youngstown
Ohio
Grace M. E
Paul Davis
South Streat
McCormick to Advise on Progressive State Convention
Medill McCormick of Chicago, vice chairman of the national progressive committee, will be asked to decide if the progressive state convention Wednesday should nominate a state ticket. He arrives tomorrow to confer with state leaders and will meet Col. Roosevelt on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Medill McCormick
Chicago
McCormick
Col. Roosevalt
Racer Ted Orr Killed in Woodland Crash Before Wife
In Woodland California on September 2, professional car racer Ted Orr was killed instantly when his car skidded, tore through a fence, and tore him nearly in two. His mechanic John Berry was probably fatally injured in the crash witnessed by Orr’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland
Cal
Ted Orr
John Berry
Orr
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Warry McLain
Wergessares
Anna Meyer
Iowa City
Frances Cordes
Second Street
Anne Shanewise
Lenore
Winona
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Roy Cushman
Mélrose Apartments
A. J. Cushman
Wilson
Bryan
Repubican
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Courier
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Medicine Man
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Stam
Jerome Travers
Foroolotant
M. McCormick
Logan Ave
J. M. Longfellow
Cart Hue
Inquire
W. Std
Solicitore
F. M. Toll
Dist
Town
Tipp Land Co
la Porte City
Clark
Howard County Advertiser
Fayette, Mo
Knowlton Mfg. Co
Canton
East Side
M. N
H. E. Wilkinson
Reinheck
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Scott Prowell
Wilma Basher
Viola Knittle
Jaice
Scott B. Prowell
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