Small Hotel In This Man's Room Raiders Unearth Verdant Provender
Police Chief J D Caldwell raided the room of Glen Bell uncovering a cache of hotel provisions and groceries including linen, silverware, sugar, cereals, and a coffee service. Bell, charged with grand larceny, had supposedly stored items from a hotel where he was employed. Also reported a fur theft from Carroll Currey and a borrowed-auto theft involving Alfred Maag's vehicle.
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Glen Bell
Bell
J.D. Caldwell
Grip
Carroll Currey
First National Bank
Monongah
W. Va
Waterloo
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Earlville
Fourth 2Nd Bluff Streets
Alfred Maag
Dike
Roy Parrott
Parrott
War Takes Heavy Toll of Harvard Men
Cambridge Massachusetts September 24 The war’s impact on education shows Harvard opening its 282nd year with barely over 100 seniors from a class of about 600 in attendance as most serve the country Enlistments have reduced juniors and sophomores while the entering class remains near normal and total registration is expected to drop from about 5000 to under 3500 across all departments.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Singers Urged to Attend Rehearsal in Waterloo
Church choirs in Waterloo and all able singers are urged to join a rehearsal at the Y M C A rooms tomorrow night. Prof C A Fullerton of Iowa State Teachers College will conduct for the Dairy Cattle Congress patriotic celebration. Not more than two sessions will be held to prepare patriotic airs, aiming for a chorus of 800 voices.
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Waterloo
C. A. Fullerton
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Spraying Demonstration At Meadow Dale Farm
The last of a spraying demonstration series will be held at M. L. Bowman’s Meadow Dale orchard on the Black Hawk road Wednesday at 2 p.m. The event shows results of four summer sprays and is conducted under the auspices of the agricultural extension department at the state college in Ames. It is free and open to everyone, farmers and fruit growers invited.
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M. L. Bowman
Meadow Dale Farm
Black Hawk Road
Agricultural Extension Department
The
State College
Ames
Drama League Plans 1317 Parade Floats and Help
The Drama League proposes 26 historical float designs for the 1317 homecoming parade at the Cattle Congress. It will supply talent and coordination to merchants manufacturers and others wishing to participate and invites inquiries to Mrs J E O Keefe president.
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Drama League
J. E. O'Keefe
Waterloo Boys in Aviation Corps at Rantoul Til
Milo and Harry Kock sons of Mr and Mrs John A Kock 130 Chestnut street return home from Rantoul Illinois where they study at an aviation school granted a five day furlough and expect to depart for Rantoul tomorrow enlisted May 28 first sent to San Antonio Texas Milo 21 and Harry 18 expect orders to France soon
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Milo
Harry Kock
John A. Kock
Chestnut Street
Rantoul
Aviation School
Aviation Service
San Antonio
Tex
Harry
France
Fire destroys lumber yard and damages church in Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa September 24 fire of unknown origin broke out in a South Center street lumber yard at 7 45 p m destroying stock and buildings and badly damaging the nearby Presbyterian church. A printing plant and a building owned by Rev C D Willett adjoining the yard on the north were damaged while the business section including the Marshalltown Times Republican plant was threatened. Total loss estimated at 35000 partly insured.
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Marshalltown
South Center Street
Presbyterian Church
C. D. Willett
Marshalltown Times- Republican
Urge Compromise on Excess Profits Taxes
Washington Sept 24 Conferees on the war tax bill resumed work on excess profits rates and exemptions. The outcome reportedly hinges on Senate members accepting a compromise proposal that would grant important concessions to both sides.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
German mine explosion kills fifty nine in Lubenz mines
Amsterdam reports from Budapest say a Lubenz coal mine explosion killed 59 and injured 55 or 56 workers. The German dispatches note the disaster occurred in the Lubenz mines with numerous casualties and injuries.
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Amsterdam
Budapests
Lubenz
Mayor Rebukes Grocer Over Bulk Potatoes Sale
Mayor W. R. Law denounced a grocer who bought potatoes in bulk on the public market on Saturday, saying the act deprived the public of potatoes at a dollar a bushel. The potatoes later sold for about 35 cents a bushel.
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W. R. Law
Local Grocer's Actions Draw Customer Loss, Markets Adjust
Report states a grocer's act caused several customers to stop shopping there, drawing praise from the mayor for the understanding of its broader effects. Today the market price for potatoes stood at $1.10 with a limited offering observed.
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Peck
Fifteen Army Workmen Injured In Fog Collision
Fifteen workmen employed at Camp Custer were injured when two interurban cars collided in fog one mile from the camp, with several reported seriously hurt. D. M. Kelleber, chairman of the district exemption board, is in Fort Dodge as special counsel in Washington, D. C., overseeing exports and board operations. He will soon move to Washington as the board reports 8b plus percent of quota certified in 42 northern Iowa divisions, with only 12 to 14 divisions needing extra certific tions to meet the next 40 percent call.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Camp Custer
Washington, D. C
Washington
Iowa
Babe plague in Chmic Chicago health alert
Chicago on September 24 reports a spreading infantile paralysis scare with 27 deaths this past week and up to 260 total cases. Health authorities fear a serious epidemic unless new cases decline and control measures work.
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Chicago
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