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The Gulick impostor tale and legal notices unfold
A tangled local chronicle recounts Charles F. Gultek posing as Julian Ralph and feasting in West Union while courting a Cedar Rapids widow, followed by a train escape and a far flung chase. The narrative shifts to a Fayette County land suit, detailing mortgages and a petition by Addison Dewey for property in Townships 2, 92, and 11, with a court deadline and warning of default. Burglary reports stray from the Strawberry Point fair as thieves ransack several homes. The column closes with a routing notice for Louisville rail excursions and a Judge Murdoch coinage of Uneowie of Gurnovilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles. F. Gultek
Toges
Clermont
Larrudbee
Heehumad
Mirper & Brothers
New York
Julian Ralph
West Union
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
California
San Francisco
Mobolulu
Gulick
Dennis Schoff
Wallace Benne
Brooks
North West
Movy
Rougenue
Fayette County
Whritace Benne
North East
Arthur FP. Crawford
Wallace Beane
Guy P. M
A. Dewey
Brooks & Campell
St. P.M
Weat Union
Iowa
Ainswouts & Ainsworth