Teagher Denies Murder Plans At Trial
Grace Lusk testified she never intended to shoot Mrs Mary Newman Roberts and denied pursuing Dr Roberts. She described meeting with him on June 20 1917 and said he promised to tell Mrs Roberts for her freedom. The witness recounted threats and pursuit, and said Dr Roberts paid her fare from Milwaukee to Chicago. The jury will decide on two counts of slaying Mrs Roberts.
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Wanasha
Wis
Grace Lusk
Mary Newman Roberts
Robert
Miss Lusk
Mrs. Roberts
Mary Newman
Roberta
Misa Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Milwaukee
Chicago
L FH Officers Elected and Trophies Awarded at Literary Society
Paul Reddick heads L F H as students earned trophies in a spring public speaking contest. Miss Kemble presented silver emblems to Wm. Mecum, Paul Reddick, Lucile Baker, and Juanita Jones. The program honored three members serving at Camp Cady with a patriotic dedication letter read aloud.
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L. FP. H. Literary Society
Paul Tedilick
Robert Barr
Nerman Smith
Mias
Lois St. John
Wm. Mecum
Paul Neddick
Iueitle Baker
Juanita Jones
Camp Cady
Wilton Hosts County Quota Farewell Banquet
Muscatine county to honor its eighty-woven quota of men leaving for Camp Dodge with a banquet at the Masonic hall in Wilton and a public demonstration. The plan includes speeches by county representatives, souvenir presentations by the Muscatine Association of Commerce military committee, and a joint effort by the Wilton band and home guard to welcome the recruits. A final program will be announced later as preparations continue.
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Muscatine
Camp Dodge
Wilton
Muscating Association of Commerce
Masonic Hall
Association of Commerce
Wilton Home Guard
Muscating
Permalife Batteries Life Guarantee Claim
Freers Iro & Battery Works at Ady offers Permalife batteries with a lifetime guarantee. The brief notice touts durability and service, signaling a bold promise to customers seeking long term energy reliability.
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Permalife
Freers ‘I'lra & Battery Works
Ady
War Horst Luncheon Program With Recital and Music
The program notes Warl Horst read by his sister Lucile as G. Allbee gave the presenting speech when the flag was formally presented to the society. Other items include Fisany Spirit of 18 Dottie Leonard Battle Hymn of the Republic performed by the society Reading with Wdith Barnard Wit-Ron’s War incanave Paul Roddick and orchestra music.
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Warl Horst
Lucile
G. Allbee
Fisany
Dottie Leonard
Wdith Barnard
Wit- Ron
Paul Roddick
0000 Books Collected In Iowa For Army Camps
In Iowa a spring drive yielded about 75,000 volumes for soldiers. Iowa’s library commission says total donations reach 100,000 books, with 26,000 placed at Camp Dodge and 15,000 at camps outside the state. Fort Des Moines will receive more once a librarian is chosen. Current magazines favored. unsuitable titles and some magazines were rejected. American Library Association has built library buildings at many camps, funded by Carnegie. Camp Dodge hosts a building. eight to twenty branch libraries serve camps nationwide, plus hospital reading rooms. A fund of 1.7 million dollars supports the effort, supplying technical books on automobiles and aviation for soldiers.
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New Moines
Iowa
Addicre
Milas Julia A. Robinson
Alata Lbrary Commission
Camp Dodge
Fort Des Moines
Big J
Port Dex Moines
Aibrarian 3
Inettal
Lbrarians
War Service Committee
American Vibrary Association
American Library Association
Iarges
Carnegie Fund
Cunp Dodge
Mulford Church Society Program Tonight in Village Gathering
The Christian Endeavor Society of Mulford Congregational Church will host a program this evening at the church along with the monthly business meeting. An excellent lineup includes music, toasts, and a panel on The Future of Society led by Rev Newton Moors, with refreshments arranged by a committee including Miss Appel and Messrs Bloom and Whitman.
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Mulford
Grace] Schmaltz
Ida Horwig
Ralph Bloom
Vero Whitman
George Bonninger
Newton Moors Willipeak
Clarence Bloom
Falna Detthet
Edna Detthoff
Lilian Detthe
Esther Streiter
Misses Pearl
Mable Appel
Messia
Harold Hanson
Glen Downing
Joseph Etuman
Voorsolo
Jotin Kuiper
Quartel—Merrs
Francis Bauerbach
George Springborn
Joseph 1Ltman
Trinity Guild sale at parish hall next Wednesday
A variety of articles and foods will be sold at the parish hall by Trinity Guild members next Wednesday. Items include aprons especially utility, handmade work by Mrs Hutchings, two quilts, new war breads, and more.
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Printty Guild
Pariah Hall
Trinity Guild
Guild sale to fund doughnut fundraiser and meeting rescheduled
The ladies guild announces a doughnut sale starting at 10 o clock to boost funds. To accommodate the event the guild will skip a scheduled work session next week and hold a meeting Thursday afternoon June 6. Yesterday's meeting focused on sale preparations with many attendees and significant progress.
Hoopes Home Hosts Elks Ladies Supper
The Ladies of the Elks plan a June 6 supper at Mrs. Fred Hoopes home on East Front street. Preliminary plans were set at yesterday's Elks meeting, with Cinch games and a dainty lunch served by hostesses Mrs. Tony Cherry Mrs. G A Carpenter and Mrs. Fred Hoopes. Further details on time and location to follow.
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Tony Cherry
G. A. Carpenter
Fred Hoopes
Ladies Aid Meetings At Germin M H B Church
Attendance topped eighty at a Germin M HB church Ladies Aid work meeting with over eighty buttons carded for hospital supplies. The group will not meet May 20 and will reconvene June 6 at the church parlors for a monthly business session.
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Ladies’ Aid
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Thersteas
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Boston Shoe Shop
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Helen Garrison
Par Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
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Rewlah la Fever
Ruth Norton
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Ray Stun
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Attenilin
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Thone
Charlie Chaplin
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Gilldren
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