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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
5
A heavy snow spell blankets Nebraska Missouri western Iowa and eastern Kansas while the weather remains mild in spots. Crop damage is anticipated but judged not likely to be severe. Reports from Springfield and Washington note various political and military updates amid the weather news.
Threatening weather with rain or snow tonight and possible south of town. Daytime temperatures show little change. Sunrise 5 08, sunset 6 33, moon sets 12 15 a m tomorrow.
New York April 18 Dr Smith Bly Jellettma alienist who testified for the defense in Harry K Thaw murder trial spent two hours with Thaw in his cell at the Tombs last night A R Peabody Thaws counsel was present but would say nothing Thaw had slept until 9 00 am and only saw his counsel Warren Flynn suggested hospital ward Thaw nurse presence due to Tombe physician Dr McGuire suffering tonsillitis
The executive committee of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce plans to push a new independent street railway franchise. A preliminary proposal by Rapid Transit was rejected. officials expect to draft a Waterloo capital backed system starting in Westfeld, running through Commercial Street to the paper mill and toward Ghautauqua Park, with bonds sold locally first.
San Francisco marks one year since the quake and fire that left nearly a quarter million homeless and about five hundred million in losses. The city’s economy and population recover as church services and many trades resume, though some observances are held as the metropolis rebuilds after the catastrophe.
Ellen Beach Yaw the famous singer and Vere Goldthwaite a Boston lawyer married secretly several days ago in this city. The couple met years ago in Arizona during a washout that halted Southern Pacific traffic. Goldthwaite is the son of Dr. S. V. Goldthwaite, and their romance began on the ranch near the waxout period before the wedding.
Buyers Wood Epperson and Jos Unks plan to tear down the Mammoth structure on West Fourth to reuse its materials in building three houses. A sale for the Douglass Park property is expected to close this afternoon after agreed terms. The three Fourth street lots include a former arena that hosted social gatherings and was once valued as a promising investment. The barn area is not part of the deal and the building has sat idle since last fall. The remaining contents were sold to satisfy creditors, with any leftover material to be disposed of similarly.
In St Paul on April 18 police say John Guaderaon confessed to a robbery, admitting he took 926000 in currency. He indicated $24000 was hidden and another amount located elsewhere, with officers recovering the larger sum and pursuing the remaining thousand.
A Republican chairman of Whiteside County, Dr. Bakey, was knocked down and beaten by Rev. William Fundston, pastor of the Prophetstown Methodist church, after a disputed political sermon. The incident followed Bakey’s alleged refusal to retract a name called by the preacher.
The battleship Kansas was placed in commission at League Island navy yards today, Philadelphia, with appropriate ceremonies marking the event.
Springfield April 18 The house today passed the Young anti cigarette bill making it unlawful to sell cigarettes or cigarette papers in Illinois The bill now goes to the senate for action.
A Colby and Misa Colby visit Wa verly. Rev. Shimer of Des Moines and Mrs Knapp in Waterloo. Mike Gasser secures a building permit for a three story brick structure on East Fifth near Sycamore. A boy seen stealing iron from an Illinois Central car. quarantine signs rapidly depleting city stock as 70 homes remain under order. 25 cases reported last week. Wortley sentenced suspended for good behavior. husband George Wortley jailed 16 days. Heath and Kerr receive 15 and 10 days. Brundidge arraigned for disorderly conduct. Nellie Blanchard testifies. fined $10.
Four men linked to Chicago Great Western payroll frauds were sentenced in Waterloo and Reinbeck. J B Hollenkors received three years at hard labor. W V Sibert and Claude Johnson drew sixty days in jail with costs. Sentences followed pleas of repentance and witnesses describing coercion and long-running schemes.
Mrs. Har rlett Closz ended a 45 day fast begun in March by eating orange juice for breakfast. She described reduced pain and swelling from rheumatism and hoped to fully cure herself by continuing the fast breaking process. Myra Weller of Mitchell visits to teach safe breaking of the fast.
Hazelton police pursue two men seen in the village before the State bank safe was cracked. One description fits a 40s man with red beard and tall build who traveled with a shorter companion seen in Oelwein. They rented a rig after the break in and were last spotted near Hazelton, four miles south of Oelwein. The robbed bank held about 3800 dollars, with notable gold and currency losses.
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