Street Car Line Delays City Paving in Waterloo
Bryant Paving完成 contracts in Waterloo except Ninth street west and Fletcher avenue due to street railway company not supplying brick to pave between rails. City council discussed with Cass, the electric line general manager, who said they are doing best. Brick and labor price increases since March complicate finishing the job this year.
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Bryants
Waterloo
Ninth Street
Fletcher Avenue
Cass
Bryant Paving Company
C. D. Cass
Fletcher
Ninth
Henrys Band at Cattle Congress in Waterloo
Watel secretary of the Dairy Cattle Congress announced a contract for T Fred Vienry and his Des Moines band to perform in Waterloo. The 60 piece orchestra will give concerts with the horse show on Saturday October 6 and 7 including a special program Sunday afternoon. Henry and his band known in Des Moines helped inaugurate the gubernatorial administration of Cummins Carroll and Clarke.
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Watel
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
T. Fred Vienry
Des Moines
Estel
Henry
A. B. Cummins
B. F. Carroll
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Promise Safety for Hospital Ship
Madrid dispatch to Havas reports Marquis de Lema saying King Alfonso won belligerent powers agreement for free movement of French and English hospital ships in the Mediterranean and Atlantic to the English Channel. He seeks similar access for Italian hospital ships and will remove French prisoners from exposed front positions as reprisals fade.
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Paris
Havas
Madrid
Marquis de Lema
Alfonso
Mediterranean
Atlantic
English
Men Who Cover Feet Trek to Waterloo
More than 100 shoe dealers from 14 counties in northeastern Towa attend the district conference in Waterloo. The Towa Retail Shoe Dealers association organizes the meeting at the Russell-Lamson building. Field Secretary Sivan of the national association is to speak at 2:30 p.m. on the shoe situation, followed by an industry discussion. A banquet at 7:30 p.m. at Hotel Russell-Lamson is hosted by Goodyear Rubber Co for visiting dealers.
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Towa
Trotel Russell-Lamson
Towa Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Sivan
National Association
Hee
Thorely
Russell-Lamson
Goodyear Rubber Company
British Officer in U.S. Seeks More British Recruits
Brig. Gen. W. A. White, head of the British recruiting mission in the United States, arrived in Boston to push recruitment for the British army. He noted over 6,500 recruits secured so far but said more must enlist, citing Americans’ war wages and urging British birth residents to join Britain or consider American service to fulfill their duty.
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Boston
Mass
W. A. White
United States
New York
White
Forty Thieves Burlesque in Waterloo Tonight
Jean Bedini presents Forty Thieves a new burlesque at Waterloo Theatre tonight praised as humorous with no objectionable content. Two acts include vaudeville specialties and musical features with elaborate scenery costumes and a large vivacious chorus.
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Jean Bedini
the Waterloo
Waterloo Theatre
District Board Rushes Its Work in Northern Iowa
The district exemption board, led by EF. D. Miller, surveys 56 divisions to certify at least 45 percent of registrants for the next call by Sept. 19. Delays at local boards slow progress. lists agricultural claims granted to numerous individuals across Cerro Gordo, Benton, Chickasaw, Monona, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Woodbury, Fayette, Winneshiek counties and beyond.
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Iowa
EF. D. Miller
War Department
Cerro Gordo County
Frederic J. Schow
Harry F. Bisgrove
Benton County
Edward John Deklotz
Charles Floyd
Bassett
Chickasaw County
Frank Murray
Otto Emil Ebert
William Fred Degner
James Louis
May Shoot Dogs After Stock Destruction
August Horn of Lester township reported 13 pigs killed by dogs. He shot the roaming dog believed to belong to a neighbor after the loss. The county board granted Horn $3 per head for the stock, and advised pursuing the neighbor for $10 paid to cover the slain swine. The board affirmed a landholder's right to kill a dog found on his premises.
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Horn
Lester Township
Wild Runaway Injures Horses and Damages Car and Street
Two horses badly lacerated, a couple of holes knocked in a street car and several frightened pedestrians marked a runaway this morning at 8 15. The team belonging to Bernard Mosher stood at the Producers Milk company plant on Highth street east when frightened. They ran up Eighth onto Lafayette, across the Great Western tracks, narrowly missing Miss Elsie Bybank in her auto, then to Fourth.
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Bernard Mosher
Producers’ Milk Company
Highth Street
Lafayette
Great Western
Elsie Bybank
Towa Boys Anxious to Get to France
The 168th Iowa regiment has been accorded a great reception along the route to Mineola New York where they entrain for France. Corporal George Edevand Rausch reports crowds in Chicago wished them well. Rausch says they are eager to cross the water and get down to business.
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168Th
Iowa
Mineola
S. 1
France
George Edevand Rausch
Chicago
Rausch
Animal Car Collision At Crossing Fatal To Team
A team straddled traffic at a street car crossing and was halted by Sirs Nancy McGuire who barely avoided being struck. One horse suffered a severed artery and heavy blood loss mixing with milk at the crossing, while the other horse had a badly injured hoof and a lacerated head after its nose appeared through the car window.
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Nancy McGuire
British Lost 26,626 Men in Past Week
London reports casualty figures from the week ending today. Officers killed and died of wounds numbered 184, others died in the line 4,183. Officers wounded or missing totaled 581, with other ranks 21,678.
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London
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
A long testimonial ad touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a botanic remedy for female ills. It claims forty years of relief, word of mouth spread nationwide, and urges women to ask neighbors about the medicine’s benefits.
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United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
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