Delfs vs Dunshee horse scare case in Cedar Rapids
A 1907 incident on First avenue Cedar Rapids involved William Dunshee driving a White Steamer that frightened a horse, destroying a two wheeled cart. Delfs sued for 1000 dollars and won 375 in a 1908 jury verdict under Judge Rothrock. The case is reviewed as a snapshot of early auto era impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delfs
Dunshee
Cedar Rapids
Old Superior Court
William Nh
F. W. Delfs
First Avenue
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
Russ Wiley
Mr. Dunshee
Rothrock
Gazette
John Ream
Floyd Philbrick
Superior Court
Cedar Rapids servicemen listed in local and national posts
The GI Gazette reports Cedar Rapids men and Linn County residents earning wings and medals at bases from Webb Texas to West Point New York. It notes Lt Donald Cassiday jr a AFROTC graduate and Grinnell College alum, Major John Machovec at Offutt Air Force Base, and other air and naval personnel with assignments, decorations, and indictions. It also mentions local youths bound for Des Moines induction and a baptism incident in Carlsbad New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Afrotc
Air Force
Webb Air Force Base
Texas
Donald M. Cassiday
D. M. Cassiday
C Avenue
Cassiday
Ma- Fishwild Rana Air Base
Ariz
Webb
Franklin High School
Grinnell College
John C. Machovec
Joseph P. Machovec
Fourteenth Street
Second Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
St. Patrick’s
Linn County
Des Moines
Kay Sims Dyal
Twenty Second Avenue
Eldon A. Hasley
Fairfax
Thomas J. Zachar
Twenty-sixth Street
Robert R. Newmire
Eighth Avenue
Donald E. Nollge
F Avenue
Zachar
Newmire
Nollge
Charleston
W. Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
GI Gazette
Bruce Fishwild
Everette B. Kelsey
Eugene A. Kelsey
Twenty -Sixth Street
Randolph
Athens
Greece
Richard M. Joyce
Violet M. Joyce
Merla J. Even
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Corryfield
Pensacola
Fla
Jerry G. Reifenstahl
Lena Wilson
First Street
Marine Corps
Hawaii
Vinton High School
Corps
Susan E. Wheelan
Clarence V. Wheelan
Sixth Avenue SE
Army Medical
Fort Sam Houston
Letterman Army Hospital
Presidio of
San Francisco
Immaculate Conception
Mercy School of Nursing
Iowa City
Warne B. Mead
O. B. Mead
Center Street
Army Infantry School
Fort Benning
Military Academy
West Point
D. L. Steffensson
Floyd Fleming
Gateway Street
Washington, D.C
Navy
Russell L. Merrifield
R. O. Merrifield
Sixth Street
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Ind
Air Police
Roosevelt High School
Clarence Luster
Fort Knox
Clarence Clendenens
Washington Avenue SE
Loella Luster
Harpers Ferry
Luster
Armored School
Muldraugh
Leon J. Suchomel
W. Suchomel
E Street
Ernest G. Small
California
Small
First Fleet
Cpl
Donald E. Craft
Nineteenth Avenue SW
el Toro Marine Air Station
Santa Ana
Calif
Carlsbad
N. M
Bob Stockwell
First Baptist Church
Stockwell
Donald M. Cassiday, JR
Killians
P m
Killian
Linens
United States of America
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