Thaw Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in First Degree Murder
New York April 13 A jury after forty seven hours deliberation failed to agree on a verdict in the murder case of Harry K Thaw. Justice Flix Serald discharged the jurors and Thaw was remanded to await a second trial. District Attorney Jerome said venue changes unlikely while Thaws lawyers plan an early move.
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York
Hopeleusy Guides
Harry K. Thaw
Flix Serald
Thaw
Jergime
Jerome
Verdict in Thaw trial as jurors split on guilt
Court notes show at 4 25 p m the jury declared a disagreement in the Thaw case and was dismissed. Family members waited in tense silence as Foreman Smith reported no verdict agreed upon and Thaw was later remanded to custody. A separate report from Monroe, Michigan, states 18 year old James Hickey was found on a railroad track near Quebec, suspected insane.
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Thaw
Elaver
Yarmouth
George Carnegie
Edward
Josiah Thaw
Rodin
Foreman Smith
Clerk Penny
Thawag
Justice Fitzgerald
Distrie
Jérome
Monroe
Mich
James Hickey
Quebec
Detroit, Mooroe and
Toledo
One Series Paid Out Report of Waterloo B L Association
A brief notice reports the one series paid out to holders of shares in the Waterloo B L Association. It states the distribution action taken by the association, naming the payout timeframe and confirming eligibility of shareholders. Funds are allotted to registered holders as of the record date.
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Waterloo Building and Loan Association
Ag Fol
Lutherans Seek New Location for Church and Street Plan
In Waterloo, Lutherans seek to relocate their planned new church from East Fourth Avenue to a site on Walnut Street adjoining the Park Avenue Baptist property. A street extension and property purchases prompt a council petition and negotiations. The Lutheran and Baptist properties will be studied for space, with a decision pending at a near-future meeting. Financial reports show quarterly dues and loans, with the Water-loo Building and Loan association detailing assets, liabilities, and earnings.
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Esat
East Fourth
Lime
Walnut Streets
Walnut Street
East Fourth Trest
Yury
Munger
Park Avenue
George W. Dawson
J. We Arbuckle
George Fowler
Faitheran
West
Waterloo
D'Walg Inc
Death Notice of Frank W Cooling in Iowa Falls
Frank W. Cooling, long-time resident of Iowa Falls, has died. The dispatch from Iowa Falls reports his death and notes his son Lester L. Cooling, a freight conductor on the Illinois Central Dubuque division, was called to Iowa Falls by the loss. The notice provides a brief obituary outlining his life and family.
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Lester L. Cooling
Dubuque
Clinois Central
Lowa Falls
Frank W. Cooling
Iowa Falls
Local firm leases site after securing option on Henry Myers building
& Co. decided to locate at the leased premises after offering a large price accepted by owners. The firm had earlier secured an option on the Henry Myers building but faced opposition from Mr. Myers who learned the business plan. The funeral of Mrs. John Kerr of Manchester will be Sunday at her home with burial at the old farm cemetery, 14 miles from Manchester.
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John Kerr
Manchester
Turtal
Old Farm
Kerr
Rabl. W. Joho Slog
Union Station Sures Rock Island and Great Western Deal
Officials from Rock Island and Great Western report agreement on improving West Waterloo depot facilities. A Great Western freight depot will be built on the west side while passenger services shift to the existing frame structure, with West Waterloo shipments redirected to the new facility.
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Union
West Waterloo
Waterloo
Chamber of Sommeros
Rock 19Land
Great Western Roads
GO. O. Lamson
M. B. Loox Rap
L. & Gags
St. Paul
Rock Island
Chicago
Rock
Case
H. Melcher
Chamber of Commerce
Great Western
Cass
Great ‘Western
West Sida
East Waterloo
Frost on Window Proves A Jury Deadlocked All Night
In a Star Chamber trial Mary Heatherton versus P H Landy over selling liquor to an intoxicated man, frost on a saloon window became key. Eleven jurors split, with three leaning guilty after several ballots. by morning, they reported deadlock and were discharged. A possible second trial faced questions about the window repair and prior legislative action.
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Star Chamber
Mary Heatherton
P. H. Landy
Ransler
Luke Heatherton
P H. Landy
Millis and Waceroo carpenter dies then hospital transfer fail
Reported case describes a carpenter dying from blood poisoning after a failed foot amputation attempt. Mrs Ellis stepped on a Ball shout last week prompting medical help but relief was not achieved. Plans to move to hospital stalled by no bed space, an operation occurred at the Ellis home, and another operation is planned after a hospital vacancy became available.
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BE. Millis
Waceroo
Ellis
Sheye
Star restaurant returns in new 626 Sycamore site
Fred W. Standish reopened the Star restaurant Saturday at 626 Sycamore Street across from the razed former quarters. The doubled space features eight private swivel booths with electric call bells that convert to a long dining hall, a lunch counter, and a short order area. Fixtures, including booths and counters, were built by local firms Novally Wood Works and Nauman Company, the latter supplying the back counter.
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Fred W. Standish
Star
Sycamore Street
Will Watkins
Standish
Novally Wood Works
Waterloo
Nauman Company
Woolworth Lease Turns Waterloo Theater Prospect
In Waterloo the report confirms Woolworth & Co of New York has secured a lease to the Carpenters and Sons store room, effective December 1 1907. Hills & Ellis of Charles City own the property, rental figures make it unsuitable for a clothing store. Carpenters plan to remain in business while Wentworth city stock plans proceed. A theater venture named Waterloo is expected to open in August under new management after Busby Bros purchase billboard rights and upgrade boards.
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Woolworth & Co
New York
Carpenter’ &Sons
Sioux City
Middle West
Carpenter & Sons
Marshalltown Times-Republican
A. J. Bus
Odeon
Hills & Ellis
Charles City
Waterloo
Wentworth
Iowa conference session opens with large turnout and endowment push
Laporte City on April 1 marks the second day of the 47th annual Iowa conference of Evangelical associations. Bishop Horn presided as Rev. Bailey of the Presbyterian church was introduced. Reports from the Statistic Financial and Women's Missionary societies were encouraging. J H Lamb spoke of publishing in Cleveland Ohio and Rev George Johnson urged Northwestern College fundraising. Two new buildings are under construction and the endowment goal is five hundred thousand dollars, with two hundred fifty thousand raised in the past two years. John E Shank, former socialist governor candidate, visits Waterloo on a several day stay, recalling summers there.
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Laporte City
Iowa
Evangelical, Association
Horn
D. D
Bailey
Presbyterian
Woman‘ Missionary Society
J.H. Lamb
Cleveland
Ohio
George
Johnson
Northwestern, College
Naperville
Yang Sn
J. H. Lamb
Sister Furnishes Bond for Brother in Court
Cedar Falls April 18 Mrs Bila P Hubard of Los Angeles California has given bonds for the appearance of her brother M Dr Phillee at the September term of court She came from her California home to fetch him from a Dubuque sanitarium where he has been cared for months to spend the summer in the west Mr Philleo a long time Blackhawk countys leading businessman is held for misstating his rating at banks to obtain credit Word comes that Mr and Mrs Prack Jenkins are the parents of a nine pound baby boy born in Los Angeles Jenkins formerly Waterloo resident now foreman of the ruling department in a Los Angeles book bindery
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Cedar Falls
Bila P. Hubard
Los Angeles
California
Lfe
Prack Jenkins
Cal
Jenkins
Waterloo
Bennet, Bahl
Suly
Alsace
Germany
Daving
United States
Strassburg
Paris
Havre
America
Francis Andre
Washburn
Rutter
Dewar
Old Building Torn Dawn in Waterloo History
Ancient frame structure once on Fourth Street near L McDermott’s drugstore, dating to May 1869. It was run as a saloon by William Wagner, then owned by Adam Rosgen with a harness shop, later acquired by A Lane who moved the building to Byromore Street and it stood there until the Star restaurant vacated it a few days ago.
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John Kaght
Waterloo
Fast Fourth Street
Sg. L. McDermott
Wm. Wagner
Adam Rosgen
A. T. Lane
Byo|imore Street
Star
Fire causes alarm at Browne's Shoe Store rooms
An oil heater exploded in rooms over Brownlee's Shoe Store on East Fourth Street last evening. Fire crews responded promptly after the alarm from box thirty-one. The heater was carried downstairs wrapped in a bed cover and extinguished with minor damage. Fay Hall and Mrs Hall tried to fight the flames before help arrived. A shower of embers burned holes in the carpet but no major damage occurred.
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Brownlee Shoe
East Fourth Street
Fay Hall
Department
Obituary and death notices for Bennet Bahl and infant Leonard Hemer
Bennet Bahl, an old Washburn resident, died Friday at 5:80 PM after paralysis and age related complications. He was 79 and had long prepared his own obituary detailing his Alsace origins and US migration. Funeral at Gilbertville Catholic church Monday at 10:00 AM with burial in Gilbertville cemetery. Leonard F. Hemer, two, died at his parents’ home at midnight after two weeks with complications. Funeral at St Mary’s Catholic church Monday with burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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Heanstt Behl
Washburn
Ball
Askieg
Bahl
Gilbertville
Father Nemmers
Leonard F. Hemer
F.T. Hemer
Irving Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Death at C J Fleming Home Strikes Local Family
Death occurred Friday evening at 110 from pneumonia at the 209 Bates Street home of Mr and Mrs J Fleming. The infant James LeRoy Fleming, fifteen days old, died as mourners prepare for a Sunday funeral and burial in Fairview cemetery. Mr Fleming works as a brake man on the Minors Central and the family has many friends mourn their loss.
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James
LeRoy Fleming
J. Fleming
Bates Street
Fairview Cemetery
Fleming
Waterloo area notes and staff changes in early summer
Picked up in passing items report Walker leaving to manage the summer hotel at Okoboji with Mrs Walker remaining in Waterloo. The Waterloo Cement Machinery Co shipped power mixers to New York Reading Ohio Boise and has more orders than it can fill. Sergeant Moore went to Black Hill to recruit for the army. Sgt Clark now in charge of the station from Des Moines. Guardian dispute over Mrs Jennig Brown's property ends with Mary Snyder likely appointed. The Ladies Band of the Iowa State Normal drew about 500 at a concert in the First Baptist Church. Lou Green leaves Greene for Waterloo to join a modern barber shop. he is praised as a first class workman.
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Walker
Okoboji
Waterloo
Waterloo Cement Machinery Company
New York
Reading
Ohio
Boise
Idaho
Fred Moore
Bhell Rock
Army
Clark
Des Moines
al Snyder
Cedar Falla
Jennig Brown
Mary Snyder
Brown
Lou Green
W. H. Green
Lou
Greene
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Lester Cooling
Illinois Central
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Walnut Street Baptists
Lutheran Church
Bruwn
Ceete
UNOIN
Tion
May Maar
Gase
Héathérton Vé. Landy
Rylar
J. Kerstetter
Josaph Grecher
Ilnola Central Allway
Piaintlt
Coats
K. F. Ellis
Angeamk
Bled Privening
Fred Standisk
JR Wilbert Shallenderger
Logan Hotel
Sndh
Rennie
Derick
Fortner
Waverly
Woolworth
SIG Firm
Carpenter
Carpentere
Dty TroLciiwa
Whdee US
Perniep
Busby
Bill Board
Wit Provablly
Adigust
Lowa
Conference of Evangelical Association
Laporte Cuy
John E. Shank
Wilbert Shallermerger
Mouweed Bivda
Keerences Bre
State On
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Pasesd
C. J. Fleming
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