Bryan to Aid Connolly in Iowa Senate Campaign
Des Moines reports William Jennings Bryan plans to visit Iowa soon to assist Maurice Connolly in the state campaign for the senator ship. Dean Frank Nagel, returning from Baltimore, described the Star Spangled Banner celebration with warships, a human flag parade by 6,000 school children, and remarks from officials and veterans.
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Des Moines
William Jennings Bryan
Iowa
Maurice Connolly
Frank Nagel
Baltimore
Laws
Bryan
Connolly
The
Register and Leader
Julia Marlowe
Kentucky
North Carolina
Congress
Dixson
Imulinois
McIntyre
New York
Tlinois
Dean Nagel
Sweet Home
England
Francis Scott
Hones
Weather Rushes and Streetcar Collision on Independence Avenue
Temperature readings show a mix of highs and lows with yesterday's record. A streetcar incident on Independence Avenue trapped two motorists, Wizard Beal and Prof Funston, near 8:30 AM, causing minor damage but no serious injuries.
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Wiherd Beal
Pr. G. 1
Funston
Independence Avenue
Forty Years Ago notices and town news snippets
Forty years ago on Wednesday September 16 1874 reports from Lime Springs Gilbertville Manchester and nearby areas. details include a funeral train carrying remains to Lime Springs and visits by Rev Charles E Brown and family, tornado damage at Gilbertville, railroad operations near Libuque and Manchester, a Charlie Ross imitation at the depot, a local vocal and instrumental concert under Burnham, and an election of a president for the Protective association with a view from each township.
Twenty Years Ago notices from Wes Moines area September 19 1894
A retrospective column notes Judge Sputhier upholding the mule law as constitutional. Reports on Fourth Street Bridge repairs by replacing defective planks. Mrs Richards and Mrs Couch travel to Grundy Center to organize a PEO chapter. Local students list their future studies at state university and colleges. A circulation names Terry Mosher for justice of the peace in East Waterloo township and William Raah las unveils an automatic railway signal. County levy set at 10 mills.
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Sputhier
Wes Moines
N. M. Beekly
C. QO
Balliett
Wranklin St
Austin Leversee
Cedar Falls
W. B. Clemence
South St
Kent
Oil Randolph
Randolph
Care Courier
College of Commerce
P.Q. Hox
Waterloo
Oak Nish House
Lafayette Street
Rex Bryant
Wantel
Winona
van Hotel Russell-Lamson
State of Iowa
Black Hawk County
Christena Kofske
John Kofske
Courtright & Arbuckle
Attys
Fred
Pettit
Town
Black
Hawk County
Fidella A. Lane
Gertrude EE. Trippius
Alice T. Pease
Charles W. H. Mears
Bessie A. Burke
Byron E. Mears
Emma A. Phillips
H. W. Grout
Fidelia A. Lane
District Court of the
State of
Iowa
Three Men Dead In Tragedy At Harvard Nebraska
Tragedy in Harvard Nebraska leaves Henry Tract murdered in his office Sheriff Charles Santi Sox of Clay Center killed in a skirmish with the murderer A tramp and later Deputy George Phillips wounded Sanderson killed in a field after a posse pursuit
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Harvard
Nel
Henry Tract
Charles Santisox
Clay Center
Here
Trant
George Phillips
Sanderson
Phillips
Welcome for Waterloo guests from Cedar Rapids planned
Cedar Rapids invites Waterloo business leaders to a noon banquet on Sept 22 at the Commercial club. Secretary Wunderlich is to collect names by Thursday for headcounts. A 2:15 luncheon in the auditorium will precede a program with host and visiting officials. Waterloo plans a return visit with city tours the following week.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Cagsi Interurban
Commercial Club
Vistors
Wunderlich
Ecluly
Skeleton Pounded In River Near Keokuk
Sep 10 report from Keokuk states a human skeleton, likely a man, was found on a sandbar by two men near the river across from Tater's mill. The finders, Ph ilestome and Frank Dianothe, recovered clothing and four pennies, with the skeleton buried in sand and exposed by rising waters. The body’s origin remains uncertain, possibly linked to two drowned men near Fort Madison months earlier.
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Keokuk
Geross
Tater's Mill
Frank
Rae
Fort Madison
Belgians present Wilson with text of their grievance
Washington Sept 16 Belgians deliver to President Wilson at the White House the Belgian high commission statement outlining Belgium’s position on neutrality, the invasion, and the moral influence of American support. It details violence against civilians, destroyed towns, and the burning of the Louvain library, urging continued defense of sovereignty and independence.
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Washington
B. C
Wilson
White House
Garten de Wiart
Belgium
University of Louvain
de Wintt
Belsium
Wireless Station at Tuckerton Closes Amid Generator Trouble
Wirela station at Tuckerton near Des Moines struggled with a generator breakdown and was shut down today. Officials declined to detail the exact fault. The Des Moines crowd of 200 showed up for the ground-breaking plow ceremony on Capitol Hill Carey site led by Mrs BR Depew and Mrs HL Cartsor, charter members.
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Wirela
Tuckerton
Xni
United States
Germany
Des Moines
Capitol Hill
Carey of Christ
Br, Depew
What Shell Do With $180000 Spoiled By Inheritance
Chicago readers hear of Dollie Christensen inheriting about 150000 to 160000 from Col W F Figg of Red Oak Iowa. Her police husband Alfred Christensen plans to stay on the Chicago police force and seek a furlough to visit Red Oak while funding education for their two sons. Separate notice in Red Oak questions the authenticity of the bequest and suggests Figg’s estate was far smaller, with nine to ten thousand dollars at most divided among relatives.
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Chicago
Dollie Christensen
Oaeles Knipley
Tike Ac
Kimpley
Purchase
Alfred
Christensen
Gleason
Col
Figg
Thed
Red Oak
Lmda
W. F. Figg
Colonel Fige
Colonel Figg
Sixteenth
Illinois Infantry
Susan Figg
A. C. Christensen
Convocation to Hear Rev Willis Goldsmith in Waterloo
Announced for Thursday evening September 17 a special convocation of Tab ernacle chapter 32 R A M Work in the past and M EB degrees with Rev Willis Goldsmith, a student pistol employed by the Congregational conference at Manhattan Kansas, to speak at First Congregational in Waterloo. A Waterloo committee traveled to Kansas to hear him and after their return he was invited to preside at the regular services next Sunday.
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Tabernacle
Willis Goldsmith
Congregational Conference
Kansas
Manhattan
Kan
First Congregational
AL MacEacheron
Ana Georege Williams
Waterloo Congregational Society
Divine
Sunflower
Mr. Goldsmith
Missouri Railroads Seek Three-Cent Passenger Rate
Defiant in city Missooure Mo September, railroad trunks filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission an application to raise passenger rates to three cents per mile on main lines and for branch lines. The move targets main lines and branch routes, reflecting a push to improve revenue.
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Definisan City
Missone Public Servicer
Trunk Line Railroads
City in Brief: Riverside area notes and misc arrivals
Distant visitors and local moves fill a Waterloo briefing. Records show A H Frank and Mrs Frank heading to Chicago, J B Brebner returning from Estherville, Cedar Rapids business visitors, and Miss Jiglen Gates departing for Chicago. Justice Kuhns is very ill at Tremont Street home as Illinois Central trains run on time amid receding floodwater. Local listings include students en route to Grinnell, a new constable appointment in Waterloo township, and YMCA board discussions on Cedar Rapids interurban trips.
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M.C. Vaughan
Cedric
Tex
A. H. Frank
Chicago
Thomas Nixon
Cedar Rapida
J. B. Brebner
Estherville
A. H. Frankett
Jiglen T. Gates
Iareel
Justice J. H. Kuhns
Tremont, Street
Ilinois Central
Illinois
Petry Wanna
Mt. Vernol
Cornell College
Billy Sunday Stirring Denver Crowds at Large Tabernacle
Denver papers say evangelist Billy Sunday held large meetings in a giant tabernacle drawing about 3,000 in Sabbath services with 2,000 denied entry after doors closed. Henry J. Allen, editor of the Wichita Beacon and Kansas US Senate candidate, was among visitors and reportedly converted two years ago. Tonight he is expected to call for converts as the evangelist plans additional appeals. In Denver the temperature fell and Wyoming saw three to eight inches of snow.
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Denver
Henry J. Allen
Wichita Beacon
United States
Kansas
Wyoming
Fight Develops in Miners Meet in Trinidad Colo
Miners convened in Trinidad Colorado on September 16 to debate a plan for a three year truce with a referendum to decide, with J F McDonald proposing the record in favor of the truce while James Lord of the AFL urged swift action as a historic chance for workers.
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Trinidad
Colo
Dyer
Wilson
Colorado Coal
J. F. McDonald
Lafayette
James Lord
Mining Department
American Federation of Labor
German Casualties Reported in Bismarck Archipelago
London dispatch cites Rear Admiral Sir George Patey noting German losses at Herbertshoe in the Bismarck archipelago of 20 to 30 killed and 17 officers and NCOs captured amid dense bush and trenches. Berlin telegrams reportedly show German public stupefaction as armies retreat toward anticipated outcomes.
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London
Times
Sydney
Miniral
George Patey
Herbertshoche J
Bismarck Archipelago
Bordeaux
Central News
Berlin
Par
Identification progress after Missouri wreck near Lebanon
St Louis Mo Sept 16 All but three of the 27 dead in the Texas Limited wreck on the St Louis and San Francisco line have been identified. The accident occurred when two passenger cars plunged into a ravine as flood waters rose near Lebanon Missouri yesterday leaving only a few unidentified victims.
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St. Lows
St. Louis & San Francisco
Lebanon
West High School forms two youth football squads this term
Athletic work at West High School proceeds with two midget squads organized for practice. Coach Fred McClain intends to teach all students from seniors to freshmen the basics of football, using the squads to provide elementary instruction. Assistant coach Fred Frehse supported the effort, amid a note about last year’s tobacco production in South Africa.
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West High School
Fred McClain
Fred Frehse
A Sure Way to End Dandruff Externally
A promotional ad describes dissolving dandruff with four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night to the scalp. By morning most or all dandruff may vanish with repeated applications. It claims itching stops and hair becomes fluffy, lustrous, and soft, warning that the product destroys hair if used.
Mack Meet Tonight Puts Spotlight on Debtor List
City Medical society will assemble in the clubrooms this evening to discuss overdue debts and prepare a list of so called dead beats. Drs Brinkman and Shannon will report on medical relief work in Europe and contrast esteem for the profession with practices at home.
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Europe
Wanted Ads and Public Notices From Waterloo Area
A mix ofWant ads for housing jobs and goods, and public notices. Items include rental offers, jobwanted postings, executor notices, probate hearings, and a 1914 sewer reconstruction bid invitation with detailed specifications, bond and payment terms and bid submission rules.
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Sebraskan
Des Moles
Buchanan Op Cal Company
Musxioum
In the Courier
T.W. Place
Janes D. Place
East Wriday
Charles E. Brown
Lime Springs
Weir
W.C. Brown
Able City
Tha Catholic
Gilbertvilla
Libuque
Jack Westfall
James Wood
Manchester
B.C. R. & NA Vrailway
Arkeln G
Slade
CL Depot
Eoow. Burnham
Mr. Burnham
Well Whiteaker
Mabel Lamphere
Mareie Manson
Cora Ellis
Clay Sibert
Fred Rdobertson
K. W. Stirmham
Aliss Mileage
Tied
FF Protective Association
Waller
Tara
Messrs. Burtee and
Stilson
Equity Board
Fourth Street Bridge
State University
John O'Keefe
V. W. Rieler
Fred O P. Uwugemann
Wi Hrans
Wills
Terry Mosher
Justice of the Peare
East Waterloaf Township
William Raah Las
County Neavy
Harvard, Neb
Keokur
Gage Aioe
G. R. Spensley
Argyle
Mary Howard
Mance
Leona Spensley
SHELL
Microliceman
Missoures Railroat
Bushanna
Larkaville
Woods
J. H. Streveler
Clavion
M. Auerbach
J. W. Groves
Coward of
Cresco
A. H. Coward
George Curtis
Clark
Spirit Lake
F. A. Clark
Fremont Street
P. A. Watson
Tremont Street
Cedar Fails
Forest Jay
Ella Johnson
St. Paul
Lily Petrie
Fifth Street West
Esther Hurwich
Minneapolis
Minnesota State University
Ww. W. Woolley
Fort Dodge
Eldora
G. R. Lally
Great Northern Railroad
A. P. Sharp
Waterloo Township
Court of Honor
A. O. U. W. Hall
P. m. Sharp
Albert Lytle
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
William Lytle
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
George Cockburn
Middle West
Richard Bruyn
Union Station
Justice F. F. Knappa
John Malchoff
Malchoff
Ellis Hotel
Joseph King
W. A. Hallowell
Pasadena
Roy Olmstead
East
Canada
Boonville
N. Y
Fr. C. Stark
Locomotive Engineers
Naperville
Henry Lyons
Board of Trade
Waterloo Livestock Commission Company Wig
J. B. Sedgwick
William Crownover
Hudson, Ta
Sedgwick
Charles Barnes
Cleveland
J. C. Barnes
Fowler Street
Omaha
Mr. Barnes
Grinnell
Lewis Cobb
Earl
Jlda Ogline
Roger Birdsall
Nelson Sty
Marjory Rahe
Harriet Markachron
Wernice Briggs
Julia Peak
Alien Williams
Miss Leper
Billy
South Africa
Morrie Cave
Edwards, Longley, Ransier & Smith
Eighteenth Street
Mill Race
City of
Black Hawk Etrost
Black Hawk Street
West Sewer Fund
Towa
City of Waterloo
Joe Whitehead
Nuts
Paris
Navre
Channel
Joe
Jungman
Phillips & White
the Potts Bros. & CO
Weber & Wilson
the Majestic
Potter
Majestic Management
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