Lost Relatives on Somme Front and a War TBiograph
H A Naldreth of Langport Eng travels in Waterloo today after arrival in the United States. He recounts the loss of five relatives in the war including one awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal who died on the Somme while leaving for a week with his wife. The tale notes a delayed leave, a shell from a Busy Bertha, and medal and pension to the widow Mrs Ernest Johnson. Naldreth was excused from military duty as an exporter and tours the country studying seed growing in preparation for his company.
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H.A. Naldreth
Langport
Eng
Waterloo
United States
Somme
Mr. Naldreth
Bertha
Ernest Johnson
France
Naldreth
Polite Deaf-mute Beggar Arrested for Vagary
A 24 year old man posing as deaf and mute to beg at a railway station was arrested by Captain H T Wagner. He confessed he was not deaf or dumb and wore long trousers, then faced vagary charges after signaling for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sutton
Sam
H. T. Wagner
Police Department
Villa gains 1000 recruits as arsenal capture shocks Chihuahua
El Paso dispatch reports Villa fleeing into Santa Clara canyon after six auto loads of ammunition seized at the Chihuahua City arsenal and more than 1,000 Carranza recruits joining his pandl. Carranza officers desert, northern Mexico seen as Villa’s mercy, Juarez garrison reinforced amid fear of attack.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Villa
Santa Clara Canyon
Caranza
Mexico
Juarez
Rifle Factory to Reopen at Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island, Sept. 19. The government will reopen the Rock Island arsenal rifle plant on Sept. 25 and employ around 800 workers in its first department. Congress recently provided funds to resume production, with plans for a new munitions facility costing 31.29 million dollars.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Arsenal
Car Stolen and Recovered In Minneapolis Fire
The automobile belonging to M R Shepherd stolen recently was found in Minneapolis riddled with bullets and later caught fire near the Commercial bank building on Fourth street east. A passerby extinguished the flames with a hand extinguisher before firefighters arrived. The vehicle suffered about 50 dollars in damage.
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M. R. Shepherd
Minneapolis
Commercial Bank
Fourth Street
Central Station
Hermann Kohl
Kohl Shoe Company
City in Brief Ask Buchanan about Toric Lenses
A compact city brief lists local items including a note on Toric lenses. The page mentions residents traveling to Moline Chicago and Denver, a smallpox quarantine, a car theft and abandonment, civic meetings, and a derailed interurban car incident with delayed passengers. It also cites local officials, a bank convention, and community announcements.
Daughters of Isabella Social Tonight and Eastern Star Meeting
The Daughters of Isabella announce a social gathering this evening at K of C hall with Isabellas invited. Waterloo chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will meet Wednesday at Masonic hall with Mrs Maude Keyser as guest and initiation planned. Woodmen of the World camp 412 and Woodman circle Grove 179 hold a regular session Wednesday at 8 pm in BR of Chair with initiation and refreshments. members of both orders invited.
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Daughters of Isabella
K. of C. Hall
Isabellas
Waterloo
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Maude Keyser
Cedar Rapids
Grand Matron
Woodmen of the World
Camp
Woodman Circle
Grove 179
S P.m
Carmichael Rites Held for Waterloo Pioneer
Peter Carmichael, born in Tarbert Scotland and long a Waterloo resident, died at home of Nathan Bennett in Elk Run. Funeral from Petersen Brothers Chapel with Rev. Frank W Court officiating, nearly 100 in attendance, burial at Fairview cemetery. He was 73, a former Waterloo volunteer fireman for 14 years, lived in Colorado and Des Moines, married Mary Bird in 1875, survived by two sons and two daughters, plus a niece and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Carmichael
Petersen Brothers’ Mortuary
Frank W. Court
First Methodist Church
Triands
Fairview
Carmichael
Nathan Bennett
Elk Run
Waterloo
Colorado
Des Moines
Clarence L. Carmichael
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Carmichael
Myrtle
Canada
Wod
Tarbert
Scotland
America
Iowa
Mary Bird
F. Conery
Randolph Street
C. H. Grooker
Deer Creek
Minn
Charles H. Carmichael
G. A. Dockstader
L. €. Hansen
Inquiry Planned After Sinking of Stella Del Mare
Washington reports that affidavits from two American sailors aboard the Italian bark Stella Del Mare, sunk off the Spanish coast, fail to provide decisive details for a diplomatic inquiry. Officials expect German response for information on the British steamer Helvinia sinking with 28 Americans aboard. uncertainty remains whether torpedo or mine caused the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Noa
Teutonic Penary
Suite Department
Barcelona
Hughes to Visit Iowa Mid October Campaign Plan Change
Des Moines Sept 19 Charles Hughes Republican presidential candidate will likely not reach Iowa until mid October. Initial Oct 1 visit was postponed about 15 days by a state central committee telegram. State Chairman Rawson attends a Chicago conference where Hughes own plans will be mapped. Also an advertisement seeks 25 girls for sewing at a skirt factory corner Barclay and Glenwood streets.
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Des Moines
Charles ©. Hughes
Iowa
State Central Committee
Rawson
Chicago
Hughes
Royalist Greek Paper Plans Pro War Campaign
Athens dispatch reports Forward, a royalist paper, will publish tomorrow an opening pro war article urging Greece to enter the war. The piece demands an immediate explanation and the release of Greek soldiers captured by Bulgarians at Kavala, signaling a clear wartime stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Forward
Kavala
Mexican mine decree sparks protest from American firms
Washington wires report that American corporations with idle properties in Mexico appealed to the state department to protest a new mining decree under consideration by Gen. Carranza. They fear it could confiscate their property. The department has no official word and is inquiry at Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mexico
State Department
Carranza
Mexico City
Whitman and Seabury vie for Moose vote in NY primary
New York September 19 The Whitman and Samuel Seabury contests dominated the state primary as both pursued the Progressive nomination for governor. With about 20 000 of 46 000 enrolled Progressives expected to vote, each candidate proclaimed victory ahead of results.
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New York
Whitman
Samuel Seabury
Desperadoes Fined 850 for Theft of Jam
In Greenwich Belle Haven youths Roland Wilshire and John Chamberlain were charged with stealing 15 pints of milk and two pints of cream from Round Hill farm dairy. Judge J R Read ordered 60 days in jail and a $50 fine for each, after police exposed the caper as a jam and dairy theft.
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Greenwich
Conn
Belle Haven
Rock Ridge
Etick
J. R. Read
Roland Wilshire
John Chamberlain
Chicago
Round Hill Farm
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Cheney and Co
A historical ad claims catarrh is incurable by local means and must be treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure purportedly works through the blood and mucous surfaces, with Bell's and Hall's combined ingredients praised as a physician endorsed remedy. Testimonials are offered and Toledo based Cheney firm lists druggists as outlets.
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Hall
Bell
F. Z. Cheney
Frops
Toledo
Movie Actresses and Their Hair Secrets Revealed
A column asks if actresses’ lovely hair is their main beauty and claims leading ladies rely on their looks. It describes a self made shampoo using canthrax dissolved in hot water to wash hair, claiming it cleans scalp, removes dandruff and dirt, speeds growth, and gives fluffy lustrous hair.
Death rate falls to new low in 1915 U.S. data
Washington Sept 19 preliminary vital statistics from the census bureau show the 1915 death rate at 18.0 per thousand based on reports from 26 states and 41 cities with about 67 million population. The 1914 rate was 13.6 and the long term trend shows a steady decrease since 1901 to 1905 average of 16.2.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
German bankers seek wage rise to meet higher living costs
Berlin reports that major German banks' employers met to urge a salary increase across Berlin banks. The move aims to help workers cope with rising living costs, including bread price adjustments and cheaper oats and barley due to new crops.
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Berlin
HyIng
Association of German Bank
Potatoes Prices Hold Steady as Municipalities Fund Winter Help
An agency note cites pooled barley from 40 to 80 pfennigs per unit, while newspapers state no potato price cuts this winter. Municipalities have allocated substantial funds to support consumers during the season.
Very Different, Cara Never Mlerced at Alleant
A fragmented dialogue snippet shows Cara resisting erasure and Alleant insisting on a change. The passage includes a clash of voices with quotes about being bored and a tense exchange. The text is broken and difficult to parse but centers on identity and perception.
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Letigh Burr
Additional Want Ads from the Local Exchange
Fragmented want ad text lists several rental and sale notes. Mentions include a seven room house near Wome Park, coal stove for sale, and a delivery job at Mertherson Drug Co. Also references contact at Roeher Avenue and Miller Street with unclear street spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouw
Yurni Oouw House
Plana, Phong
Advertising in medicine and ethics of quackery
The piece argues for advertising in professional practice, defending medical ads as a public good. It cites Naprapathy in Waterloo, touts free consultation, patient testimonials, and references to a 22 West Fourth Street office with phone 27 and evening hours, urging readers to watch the paper for further endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Fourth Street
Cow Testing Association reports strong August cow totals
The Iowa Cow Testing Associations report for August shows 6,300 cows tested, with 87 of them producing 40 pounds of fat or more and 106 reaching 60 pounds. Jessie Workes Bessie Homestead tops the high cows list, purchases and silos noted, with multiple herds moving to purebred bulls and several cows butchered for lack of profit.
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Iowa
Jessie Workes
Bessie
Detroit
Sumner
Brooklyn
Springville
T. Crouch
Dugeon
P. Cowgill
West Branch
H. W. Hydey
Raland—Walter Fira
Klemine
Wiliams
Sig
Charles City
We. Wright
Wredaville
C. T. Dukes
Asee
Upner Town
F. J. Kloster
Independence
Frank Brrrickman
Tensen
Christiansen
New Hartford
J. L. Brondt
Jarup
P. C. McCurdy
Upner Inwa
W. YW
Field
Tripoli— Wentrate
Hans Lundtyr
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Traveley
Sally
Arsenal
Dairy Cattle Congress
Upper Town
Harrie W. Gicim
Mer
Arlington
Towa
Buchanan
W. End Bridge
Loma Griffin
Moline
George W. Kuch
Rockford
Marjorie Graham
Sarah A. Meyer
Otto W. Meyer
J. L. Bowman
Iowa Life Insurance Company
E. A. Reson
Nellie Easton
Elkton
Col
Denver
Colorado Springs
Jesse N. Lewis
Reinbeck
Ray MM. Lewis
Refht
Fe, CG
Harmon
Farmers’ State Bank
Shell Rock
E. E. Lichty
Carleton, Neb
2. A. Lichty
Peter Rink
Cresco
Leona
Abbie Lucas
Franklin Street
Bib
Mrra
Joe Ryan
Z. AL. Rose
B. Geiger
Walter R. French
Russell DeGon
Dubuque
Mr. DeGon
H. B. Boies
District Court
Jugge G. W. Dunham
Grundy Center
Woodmen
Erders
K. C. Hall
Sycamore Street
Frank Kasal
Chelsea
Saxon
Tir. & Fpf
Heverly
Ty West Fourth St
Fedchlep
Can
Ada
Barclay and
Glenwood Streets
Drarest
The
Bradfield Resumnter Co
Lamar
Atlanta
Seabury
Moose
FWO
Tuidermgath
U.S
Griffon
Bruce Galloway
Naprapath
Quures
Naprupath
Iowa State Bank
Luwe of
County of Black, Hawk
Auditor of State
Thig Bank
National Bank
Homgeom Ee
Liartlyeles
Banka
State of
Black Awk County
An. I
I. W. Blough
Cashler
J. W. Bloug
E. F. Feely
Black Hawk County
Geo. N. Carrettson
Louis Frank
J. K. Joder
LaSalle Station
Rock Island Station
R. H. Johnston
Iowa Tank & Silo CO
Logan
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