Fatal Motorcycle Race Tragedy at Marshall County Fair
Fred E Voorhees aged 2 a Waterloo native living in Cedar Falls was fatally injured in a motorcycle race accident at the Marshalltown Marshall County Fair Grounds. He crashed into a fence while on the second lap of a five mile race, suffered a fractured collarbone and severe injuries, died at 7 30 pm after being rushed to hospital. He was a former professional racer and star athlete at East High School, married about two years, and recently residing in Cedar Falls. Funeral arrangements are noted with services at home and First Presbyterian Church.
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Fred E. Voorhees
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Iste
Marshalltown
Marshall County Fair
Waterla Hoy
Fred Voorhees
Electric Park
Arettis
Pranklein Lafayette
I. J. Meyers
Day Street
O'Keefe & Towne
Visiting Pastor Pleases Hearers at First Congregations
The Rev Willis Goldsmith of Manhattan Kansas preached at both services yesterday at First Congregations church. The committee may consider him for the pastorate to succeed Dr Walter H Raitt, who leaves for a college presidency in Wichita Kan. The pulpit committee will meet tonight to decide on plans and potential supply for the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Goldsmith
Wichita
Kan
Goldsmith
Pioneer Mothers Recipes For Home Treatment Of Disease
Recipes of our pioneer mothers for home treatment of disease rely on roots herbs and field plants. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound grew from such home remedies and became widely used as a remedy for female health, spreading from one household to many across the nation.
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Lydia KE
Pinkham
Lydia EF
German Gazette denies peace overtures while Rheims bombardment noted
The North German Gazette denies any consideration of peace terms preserving German territory, stating no peace moves will be sought until the war ends. It notes German bombardment of Rheims, explains the French fire originated from that area, and mentions orders to save the cathedral.
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Rheims
Funeral for Mrs Mario Adix with four relatives dead
Mrs Mario Adix widow of Tres Jon Adix and former pastor J Rauh of Waverly led the service. Her husband died years ago in the pastorate, two children passed away around his death, and her family line is noted as she returns to teaching duties. The Rev J Rauh delivered the sermon. A series of educational lectures begins Wednesday with President W T Seerley of Iowa State Teachers College speaking at the manual training auditorium on the Spirit of the Successful School. Public invited.
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Atregi
F. Bartlett
Wiack Hawk Street
Iite Nates
Jiabilee
Mario Adix
Widge
Tres
Jon Adix
Hagband
Tiether
Gine
Adix
Ap Andrew
Jackson County
Dan
Wiliin Adix
Linge
Ton Adix
J. Raugeh
Waverly
W.T. Seerley
Tawa State Teachers’ College
Lear Dr. Seertey
Board of Education
Waterloo East
State ‘Teachers’ College
Language Learner and the Quick Witted Porter
A Swiss hotel porter speaks many languages but admits he never thinks. The tale ends with the persistence of a questioner and the porter’s humorous reply about his own mind and speech.
New Official to War on Bedbugs in Three Month Term
The Board of Supervisors appoints Attorney PLB Ritz as assistant county attorney for three months to handle a surge of legal work. He will focus on hotel violations cited by Deputy State Inspector J. B. Heefner, including bedbugs and fire safety issues. Ritz, the acting chief in urgent matters, served in the same role last year while Roxie and Metoy attend district court.
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Board of Supervisors
Plb. Ritz
Sale
J. B. Heefner
Toexie
Heefner
Trias
Vreemner
Ritz
Jupiter Courts
Roxie
Vanderbilt Hotel Key Chain Tale of War Time Return
Joan Kierache the Vanderbilt hotel chef and his wife tried to return from France after war disruptions. A German silver room key tag and a playful hotel key check helped identify him. William Butler of Brooklyn aided the return by recognizing the key check and the British and American consuls issued travel passage back to New York. The grateful Kierache later repaid Butler by buying him a train ticket.
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Joan Kierache
Vanderbilt
Marshall
France
New York Times
Kierache
Paris
New York
Aic
Roche Sieritures
Ate
Mavre
Blayre
Southampton County
William Butler
Brooklyn
Butter
Findlay Die From Frontline Action With British Artillery
London dispatch describes General Nell Douglas Findlay of the Royal Artillery dying at dawn during a British advance toward Soissons. Shell fire targeted his gun line as he urged grimly for action and sacrificed himself to save his men, his voice rallying the crew before he was struck.
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London
Correspondett Ae
Ainill
France
Nell Douglas Findlay
Royal Artillery
Soissons
Piodlay
Prise
Findlay
Ovaln
Church Operated on Business Plan By Rev Will Spry
Reverend Will FT Spry, pastor of Pirot Methodist Episcopal Church, closed a last evening farewell service of the conference year. He applied business principles to church affairs, clearing a $100 debt quickly and leaving the church financially sound with no outstanding obligations.
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Will FT. Spry
Pirot Methodist &Piscopal Church
Spry
Road Repair Demands Prompt Grading of East Bank Road
Residents report a nearly unusable road along the east bank of the river from Cedar River Park to the Sans Sauel bridges. Deep holes dot the surface. officials say gravel or crushed rock would fix the problem, but no work has occurred all summer.
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Cedar River Park
Sans Sauel
Waterloo Couples Tie The Knot In Small Town Notices
LICENSEP TO WED. Jotn Rasimachus, Waterloo. Sallie Drulis, Waterloo. Percy Newman, Waterloo. Caroline J. Hawks, Waterloo.
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WED
Jotn Rasimachus
Waterloo
Sallie Drulis
WaterlooiPercy Newman
Caroline J. Hawks
War Witness Describes Europe Tour Amid Monarchs and Mobilizing Armies
Mrs. Gertrude Abdill, returning from Vienna with Mrs. Clara Waller of New York, recounts the mobilization of troops across four nations. She and Mrs. Waller traveled via Austria Hungary France and Switzerland, meeting a leading German general and observing the impact of war on civilians, rail travel, and Paris as flags abound.
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Gertrude Bypnell Abdill
Vienna
J. W. Krapfel
Park Avenue East
Clara Waller
New York City
National Biscuit Company
Russia
Abdill
Austria-Hungary
France
England
Austria
Hungary
Waller
Leone
Paris
Abdill l
Met P
Imperial Guard
New Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Reported
Dispatches recall travel from Paris to Boulogne to Folkestone and London aboard the St Louis with the narrator alone on board. Mrs Abdill in Vienna translated a German art book, studied Leschetisky piano methods, and returns home before the war ends with trunks and papers across the ocean. Francis Joseph is described as old but in better health than usual, and a lost 4,000 Austrian soldiers passage is noted.
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Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
France
England
Mrs. Abdill
Vienna
Paris
Boulogne
Insbrook
Lucerne
Button
Leonard
Cowin
Waterloo
Geneva
Boulognne
Germany
Folkestone
London
St. Loui
Treaelation
Viennia
Mre
Abdill
Imperial Gallery
Unie
Myre Abdil
Niete
California
Austria
Francis
Joseph
Servia
Return from Wisconsin trip by Prank R Siberling family
Prank R Siberling and his daughter Jean returned Saturday afternoon from a three months stay in Wisconsin. They visited the elder daughter in Milwaukee and took many side trips through the lake region by auto. Heavy roads due to recent rains in eastern Iowa marked the return. Miss Jean Siberling will depart for Dubuque this week to resume studies at Mount St. Joseph's College.
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Prank R. Siberling
Jean
Wisconsin
Mr. Siberling
Milwaukee
Lake
Auto
Iowa
Jean Siberling
Dubuque
Mount St. Joseph's College
The Easiest Way to End Dandruff
A brief home remedy claims dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid argon rubbed into the scalp at night will remove dandruff by morning. Repeated applications reportedly destroy all signs of dandruff and stop itching, leaving hair fluffy and glossy. The ad promotes liquid argon as inexpensive and readily available at drug stores.
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County Fair Grounds
Queen City
Coles
Family Key
orYa German Gazette
Forte Asses
FEM
Finglay
Emperor Wiliam
Bertics
America
Start
Aran
Frank F. Fletcher
North Atlantic
Fletcher
United States
Vera Cruz
Charles O. Badger
General Board of the Navy
Washington
Dewey
Badger
Falan- Hollman
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