Forty Years Ago Defining Fire Sear Tragedy in Maquoketa
A large blaze destroyed the meat market occupied by Chas Ross and the adjoining frame properties, risking the post office and L. Lovelee grocery. The Zal Livermore house burned, with losses listed for Crane post office, Harrison & Son furniture, Warren, Ross, Wray & Webster, and Lovelee stock. A December 25 report notes a Preston marriage of George Tinker and Tibbie Germand.
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the Baptist Sociable
Lovelee
Harrison & Son
Zal Livermore Place
Harrison, & Son
H. EB. Warren
Chas. Ross
Wray & Webster
L. & Lovelee
M. E. Parsonage
Preston
Glasmer
George Tinker
Tibbie
Maquoketa
Baldwin
Nathan Balch
New Exchange Bank Opened by Manville and Bailey
Delmar celebrates a new exchange bank conducted by Manville and Bailey formerly of Gedar Rapids. Also Harrison and Son award brick two story block to Jaco Becker. A fatal shooting occurs at Los Watson as Gustave Rutenbeck known as Little Gus dies after pistol misfire in Hanson’s saloon. Ten prisoners recaptured from Amundsen pen. one killed, one to lose a leg, others status uncertain. Obediah Sawtell dies in Richland township at age TA years.
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Messrs. Harrison & Son
Jaco Becker
Los Watson
Gustave Rutenbeck
Gus
John ‘Mewers
Hanson
Rutenbeck
Amunosa
Richland ‘Township
Obediah Sawtell
Pitfalls of a Big City at New Orpheum theatre
Gladys Brockwell stars in Pitfalls of a Big City a William Fox production shown at the New Orpheum Sunday. The story centers on a woman drawn into crime and temptation and a man who vows to reform with her. The film aims to present a stark view of urban slums and underworld life.
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Gladys Brockwell
New Orpheum Theatre
Wiliam Fox
View From High Points At Mountain Stations
At mountain stations where air is thinner more stars are visible than at lower levels. Recent observations at Mt Witzen by Var der Wilt show that with vision limits the sky light can drown faint stars. The faintest stars visible on the mountain are about one and a half magnitudes brighter than from sea level.
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Mt Witzen
Var der Wilt
Ses Tevel
Dawn of Dawn A Painter and the Sea Girl
Jerome Barris, a celebrated artist, recalls a past love and a girl named Dawn who drifted into his life as a waif found on a stormy shore. Dawn becomes his pupil and mentor, supporting him while he achieves fame. Years later Barris returns to the sea house to find Dawn, now an adult, who aided his rise and longs for a life balanced between art and quiet devotion.
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Western Newspaper Union
Jerome Barris
Yo Bartis
Hipanes
Garris
Barris
Dawn
Tor
Dawn's Valid Charge Find Died We Sent At Once, For the Girl and Fadher
Sind
Shel
Une Bank
Tabor
Burris
Apain
Nhald Barris
Treth
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Max Rosenberg
Maquoketa, Iowa
Chicago
Ron
J. 8
Tracy
North Main Street
Titan
Eginning
Harvester Company
Aengon
Rene Piatform
Lees
International Harvester Company OF America
Tes
USA
Metro
Satan Junior
Paramount
Mack
Sennett Comedy
Pauline Frederick
LA Tosca
Paula Blackton
Charles Ray
Geraldine Farrar In
The
Hell
A Goldwyn
D. W. Griffith
Lillian Gish and
Henry Walthall
Thomas
Andrew
Delmar
Messrs
Manville & Bailey
Gedar Rapids
Jack Lawton
Diamond
Uality
Tire Shop
East Pleasant Street
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