Varied Matters at First General Meeting of the Woman's Club
The first regular general meeting of the Woman's club was held at the public library with all departments represented. President Mrs. Marsh and new secretary Mrs. Taylor led discussions, reports praised garden work and nursing aid, and plans were made for lectures and fundraising. Four new members joined as the federation themes, suffrage, and endowment fund were highlighted.
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Woman's Club
Public Library West
W. W. Marsh
T. G. Taylor
C. Cadwallader
Mary P. Edgerton
Florence Ward
Rome
Ceneral Federation of Women's Clubs
San Francisco
H.W. Reherd
Waterloo Club
Bashor Scheduled to Speak in Corning Kansas
S H Bashor, active in the progressive party platform campaign, received a telegram from Henry T Cohens Kansas national committeeman asking him to address a large meeting in Corning Kansas tomorrow. Bashor will depart at 5 pm and alter travel plans to join the event before returning home Monday for a scheduled Progressive address in Independence.
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S. H. Bashor
Progressive Party
Henry T. Cohens
Kansas
New Party
Corning
Basher
William Allen White
Independence
Majestic Presents Another Great Bill at Theatre
A crowded Ma jestic house last night enjoyed a crackerjack show with the Six Weber Family acrobats delivering clever, thrilling acts and drawing numerous bows. Jas R McCann and company offered a novel, gentlemanly thief sketch, while Wilda Mason and George Murray headlined a high class act. Jack Taylor entertained with vivid stories as the audience stayed engaged.
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Majestic Theatre
Weber
Jas. R. McCann
McCann
Raffles
Wilda Mason
Miss Mason
George Murray
Jack Taylor
Lawson Campaign Promises to Break Trusts Over Food Costs
Boston report quotes Thomas W. Lawson touting a senate bid on the high cost of living. He asserts trusts and combinations inflate prices and claims internal rifts undermine their unity, citing a colorful anecdote about Korter and a supposed lover’s quarrel as a metaphor.
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Thomas W. Lawson
United States Senate
Boston
Korter
Clerka
Maria Lanigan
Waterloo Postal Clerk Is Married
Scott H. Stauffacher a Waterloo postal clerk and Miss Lula Koenig were married last night at LeMars Iowa. The couple will return to Waterloo about Sept. 19. A health conference in New Orleans with Alabama Georgia Florida Mississippi and Texas officials discussed preventing bubonic plague entry into Gulf ports and quarantine plans. Health officers proposed rat surveys ship regulations and inspection procedures with an eight block area as the suspicion zone if infection is found.
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Scott H. Stauffacher
Waterloo
Lula Koenig
LeMars
Stauffacher
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Missippi
Texas
Newrleans
Gulf
Algo
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Southern Health Conference
Mobile
Farmers greet Rep Pickett with expected large majority
At the Butler county fair Hon. C. E. Pickett received broad farmer support and Democratic farmers praised his agricultural work. Past results show strong Republican margins in Butler county, with 1910 leading the field by about 1,300 votes. this fair suggests an even larger indorsement this fall. © Sept 18, Allison Special.
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Pickett
Butler County
Sumner
Jonah Day For Prisoners in Police Court
Eight prisoners faced Judge Myers for drinking offenses this morning. Most paid fines of six dollars or served two days hard labor. one man fined ten dollars for furnishing liquor to a minor. The report notes a misused old room and outlines plans to modernize council, police matron, and judge quarters for better handling of prisoners.
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Myers
Phi Beta Tau Fraternity Opens Season With Meeting
The Phi Beta Tau fraternity held its first meeting of the season at Albert Greely’s home 518 Western Avenue. The group conducted a business session outlined plans for the coming year and, after a social hour, enjoyed a two course luncheon served by the host’s mother. Flat colors were displayed during lunch. The next meeting will be in two weeks at Stanley Bragdon’s home on Third Street West.
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Phi Beta Tau Fraternity
Albert
Greely
Western Avenue
Stanley Bragdon
Third Street West
Estranged wife saves general by pawning jewels
New York reports Gen Daniel Sickles’ wife sold her jewels to pay the 88466 debt owed to the Lincoln Trust company. The planned auction of the general’s Civil War commissions and keepsakes signed by Abraham Lincoln was canceled. The couple, long estranged since a Madrid marriage in 1871, remains separated with rising tensions.
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Lee
Sickles
Fifth Avenue
Ralph Wolf
Gen. Sickles
New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Lincoln Trust Company
Abraham Lincoln
Rushing Work On City Hall Progress Report
City hall improvements are being rushed with completion hoped to improve welfare for Waterloo residents. The new council chamber on the third floor will be larger and better suited to serve the public needs.
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Waterloo
Council Chamber
TACTICS OF IOWA JUDGE TO BE TRIED
A rainbound Duluth report notes Iowa judge Lawrence De Graff’s tactics used to resolve a Des Moines strike are set to be tested. Mayor McCuen plans a city council meeting to authorize suit, with the city attorney ready for prompt action. No violence was reported last night.
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Duluth
Minn
McCuen
Lawrence de Graff
Des Moines
Gov Johnson Addresses at Huron State Fair
Rochester Minnesota September 13 Gov Johnson spoke once at the Huron 5 D state fair schedule showed an afternoon address after an evening talk and departure following a prior address.
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Gov. Johnson
Aaron
Rochester
Minn
Huron
Stock market closes with mixed gains and losses in New York
New York stock exchange records mixed close as Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific show gains while Reading and Atchison slip. Heavyweights United States Steel and Amalgamated Copper move modestly, with Missouri Pacific and American Sugar among other notable changes.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Pepe
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Northwestern
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Great Northern
Erle
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
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Burch Bros. Company
Our Children’s Department
Iowa
Muslin Underwear Department
Burch
Miss Morrissey
Minneapolis
West
Dorset
Taylor
Marconi Bros
Bashor
Kan
Majestic
Washington Star
New Orleans
Rep
Jonah
PHI Beta Tau
City Hall
Marke
J. C. Mortonson
Black Hawk National Bank
West Eleventh Stree
Aol
Stolt Bros
Commercial
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