Waterloo day boosters rally for Bremer county fair
More than 120 autoists gathered in Waverly at noon to back the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress during the Live Fair week. E S Essel, manager, had organized the booster corps while weather cleared after a brief clouded spell. Delegations arrived by Cedar Valley line trains as plans moved forward for exhibits from Wisconsin and Canada along with a creamery demonstration by Iowa State College showing butter production.
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Waterloo
Bremer County
E. S. Essel
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Cedar Valley Line
Estes
P. B. Barber
Las Cruces
N. M
Dairs Farms
A. G. Darker
Wisconsin
Cattle Congress
Dominion of Canada
Congress
Iowa State College
Ames
Boy of 11 Kivs Chum Conceals Body in Porch
Chicago police report a sobbing 11 year old boy confessed to killing his 13 year old playmate Alvin Steinel and hiding the body under a porch at 3741 Sheffield Avenue. The youth led detectives to the scene after cooperating about the basement death during a game of tag.
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Chicago
Sheffield Avenue
Alvin Steinel
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Addison Street
Eugene Wagner
Wagner ‘Hoy
Alvin
Tornado Strikes Bureau County Wyanet area
A late yesterday tornado in Bureau county near Wyanet kills William Whipple and injures Clay Smith and John Bradley seriously. They were threshing in a field when the wagon was blown fifteen rods and flipped over a fence. Farm buildings and corn crops suffered extensive damage.
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Princeton
William Whipple
Clay Smith
John Bradley
Bureau County
Wyanet
Skyscraper burglar suspect fails to be identified
Chicago, Sept. 8 Mrs J Ogden Armour announced she could not identify Melville Reeves as one of the men who robbed her of 3075 dollars mostly in jewels last Monday night The suspect known to police as the skyscraper burglar had recent contact with a tire company and his resemblance to a masked bandit led to a temporary detention
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Chicago
Son of Tonge Kilis Self in Council Bluffs Tragedy
Howard Smith aged 26, son of Federal Smith and grandson of Federal Judge Walter I. Smith, shot himself at his father's residence in Council Bluffs yesterday afternoon. Officials say business troubles in his law practice were likely the cause of the suicide.
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Council Bluffs
Howard Smith
Federal Smith
Walter I. Smith
Lansing in Critical Condition After Auto Crash
J E Lansing remains in and out of unconsciousness at St Francis hospital since the Saturday night automobile accident. Mrs Lansing is in the same hospital and progressing satisfactorily. Both are reported to have an excellent chance to recover.
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J. E. Lansing
St. Francis Hospital
Lansing
Dumba Case Moves to Wilson and Lansing
President Wilson summoned Dumba to discuss the Austrian envoy’s letter found by British intelligence. Ambassador Page sent copies to the State Department in London and Washington. Secretaries Lansing and Wilson declined to discuss the visit, while Dumba planned to press Secretary Wilson for labor aid for Austrian workers.
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Lansing
Dumba
Uien
State Department
Page
London
White House
CATAS
Department of Labor
Iis
Lenox
Mass
Dedicate Hampton Hospital Sept 12 in Hampton Iowa
The Lutheran Hospital association in Hampton completed a reinforced concrete hospital in the form of an L measuring 49 by 126 feet. The dedication is planned for Sunday September 12 with tours and inspections inviting the public to compare it favorably with any hospital.
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Hampton
Lutheran Hospital Association
Ccasion
Wetherell & Gage
Des Moines
Hospital
Sollarum
Lightning Strikes Rahe Residence in Waterloo Iowa
An electrical storm struck the residence of C. W. Rahe at 409 Vermont Street, breaking the chimney and stunning Miss Marjorie Rahe. No fire was found after firefighters arrived, though a straw stack fire on a nearby farm was tackled with neighbor help and controlled before noon.
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C. W. Rahe
Vermont Street
Marjorie Rahe
Decorator Injured When Ladder Falls at Bank Building
An accident on Fourth Street West at the Black Hawk National Bank building redecorated for Thorson Optical left decorator George Boyce eight feet up on an improvised scaffold as a ladder slipped. He was shaken and in pain but uninjured. no bones were broken, and he was driven home to 319 Baltimore Street.
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Fourth Street West
George Boyce
Black Hawk National Bank
Thorson Optical Company
Bovee
Baltimore Street
1915 Cotton Ginned Before September Census Report
Washington reports 461,537 bales of 1915 cotton ginned before Sept 1, counting round 25 half bales, the Census Bureau announced. The figure reflects early season ginnings and provides a gauge of crop activity for the year.
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Washington, D. C
Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Advise for Hair Care
An old advice note promotes plain emulsified coconut oil as a mild shampoo option. It warns soaps contain alkali drying the scalp and damaging hair, and claims coconut oil leaves hair clean, glossy, and manageable with minimal product.
A Real Flesh Builder For Thin People
Advertisement promotes Sargel for thin people to gain 5 to 8 pounds by taking one tablet with meals for two weeks. Claims it aids digestion to convert eaten fats and carbs into fat tissue, promising weight gain and easy accessibility through J. K. Joder Co. and other druggists with a money back guarantee.
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Nore
J. K. Joder Co
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