New Lease of Life for Busse
Gedar Rapids April 20 A crowd from Brerley county watched exection eve as Busse awaited reprieve. Governor Cummins granted a delay to August 1 while case proceeds. Busse dictated a will, spoke of burial plans, and showed no overt fear despite the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gedar Rapids
Brerley County
Auf- Mesa
Louise Busse
Cedar Rapids
Fenitentiary
Cummins
Busse
Des Jioines
Dawson
Aupreme Court
Govenor
Devotion May Cause Death in Grady Venter Fire
Jerry Connell sustained severe burns while entering a burning stable to rescue a horse after a bonfire spread to the barn near Grundy Center. His daughter Nora also burned while assisting. The horse died from flames and smoke. No insurance covered the stable. loss valued about 146. Doctor McDowell and Father Hogen attended the injured. hope remains for Connell’s recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Venter
Jerry Gonnellies
Mr. Connell
Connell
Nora Connell
Auditor Thomas
Grundy Center
Farmer's Insurance Co
Samyay
Miners Reject Arbitration Offer Across Regions
The International executive board of United Mine Workers of America rejected a proposed arbitration by operators in western Pennsylvania Indiana and Ohio. A. Winder offered to submit the wage dispute to arbitration while the senior committee for town operators and miners signed a Beale of the Age baglk. The meeting followed a joint convention that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
International
United Ming Workers of America Today
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
A. Winder
Mide
Seale
Dodly
Party of Bremer men travel to Anamosa for Busse hanging
A Cedar Rapids party from Bremer county headed to Anamosa for Louis Busse’s sunrise hanging but learned a reprieve granted by the governor postponed the execution to August 19. The travelers include W H Coates A H Jarvis O H Mitchell Cummins Irv Parrott Planer Lauer Dick Stevenson Carl Wright Fred Clark Carl Kelley W F Stauffer all of Waverly W A Waugh of Clarksville A W Johnson sheriff Butler county and FLW Camp of Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bremer County
Anamosa
Louis Busse Thiat
W. H. Coates
A. H. Jarvis
0. H. Mitchell
C. Cummins
J. Irv
Parrott
Planer
Chas, Lauer
Dick Stevenson
Carl Wright
Fred J. Clark
Carl Kelley
W. F
Traer Methodists to Build $20,000 Brick Church
Traer will erect a new brick church costing $20,000 with a 50 by 85 foot plan and basement parlor kitchen and dining room. J G Rals ton of Waterloo designed the plans and C F Riner & Co of Marshalltown won the bid after eleven submissions. Construction starts immediately and should finish by October, with a parsonage on the adjoining lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
J. G. Ralston
Waterloo
Ig. F. Riner & Co
Marshalltown
Inter
Westfield Foundry Expands With 17 862 Square Foot Addition
Headford Bros. and Hitching widen their Westfield foundry with a 44 by 110 foot concrete block addition to create a single 17 862 square foot one story plant. The building will rise thirty feet to the gable and gain two rows of upper wall windows. The move consolidates three existing structures and plans to hire more workers from a current 110 skilled staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headford Bros. & Hitching
Westfield
Walla
Waterloo Threshing Machine Company
Assessment figures for Blackhawk township completed
The assessment books are returned to Auditor Rainbow showing actual valuation at 163 344 and taxable valuation at 40 836. The list covers animals including horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and other property with counts and values such as hogs 3923 valued at 17 484 and moneys and credits at 37 840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackhawk Township
Rainbow
New Skating Rink Opens in Prime Corner District
A new roller skating rink opened last night in the Great building on Commercial and Fifth, drawing about 160 attendees. The 4 by 80 foot maple floored room offered orderly, enjoyable entertainment and promises strong patronage for Pink Waterloo's venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial
Fifth Street
Waterloo
Assault and death at Hampton details emerge in Evans case
Reported by Hobson County Reporter from notes by H C Liggett, the story recounts the Hampton assault on Mr. and Mrs. Smith by E A Evans and the later discovery of Evans dead in the C G W stockyards. Liggett describes a violent attack with a hammer and a failed jugular incision, revealing a possible temporary mental derangement and a complex motive tied to notes held by Oladiah Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Liggett
Hampton
Oladiah Smith
Evans
Mr. Liggett
al Smith
Mr. Evans
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Smith
Darling
E. A. Evans
Evons
Mra. Smith
Eyana
Road ambitions loom for Quasqueton area railway
T H K Kimball of Quasqueton and promoters Howard Laycock with Cleveland capitalists push renewed hopes for a Chicago and Northern line from Dayton toward Quasqueton. Reports tie Waterloo and Independence to potential routes while Dubuque reports a smallpox case at Lemlou Street, quarantined to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independente Bulletin Journal
T. HK. Kimball
Quasqueton
Independence
Kimball
Ure
B. Howard
Chicago
Anamesa
Doyton
Cleveland, C
Thant Town
Messrs. Howard
Laycock
Waterloo
Howard
Winterloo
Dubuque
A. G. Melean
Chicago Great Western
Martha Hischaff
Lemlou Street
Fortnightly club outlines 1906 07 lecture series
The Fortnightly club schedules a year of discussions on sources of modern civilization with a focus on American history. Each Wednesday program features a topic like Martin Luther Protests Ignatian Catholicism Shakespeare French colonialism Rousseau international law Montesquieu and more with named leaders and assistants guiding thirty minute papers and group discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Sedgwick
Martin Luther
Thomas Hooker
Connecticut
John Wesley
E. T. Cowin
B. J. Peek
Weader
H. M. Kendall
Mus
F. C. Platt
Ignatins de Loyola
Francis Navier
Jeanette Dunsmore
Reed
A. T. Hakill
Geo. B. Rewell Towle
H. M. Reed
Nellie Runyon
Rousseau
Bob
Jefferson
Franklin
W. W. Marsh
Bila Willams
Bertha L. Tinkham
Tuthil
Yopte
Turgot
Modern Finance
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
G. C
Kennedy
Ell. Johnson
Gre. B. Rowell
Grotius
Jeremy Bentham
Movement For Universal Peace
F.C. Platt
G. Etta Bankson
Ig. Hardy Clark
W. W. Milter
Lowell Maron
Mary Stannard
Mfiss
Maita Mishler
American School of Music
M. Bentley
Jana
Toplte
Baron de Montesquieu
James Madison
Marshall
Courtright
Mary B. Edgerton
John Locke
Blackstone
E. 5. Hamm
Lare Alford
Montaigne
Léaier
C. EB. Pickett
G. W. Hinkle
Carleton Sias
A.B. Lovejey
Walter Scott
James Fenimore Cooper
Florence Joy
Frances A. Grout
Henry Harrison
S. B. Reel
Horace Mann
W.T. Harris
H. WH. Savage
Charles Tillett
Miss Floy al, Bennett
Wisowa Company to Move Headquarters to Minneapolis
Wisowa Lumber Co leader BE Eastman plans moving both Wisowa and Waterloo Wholesale Lumber Co headquarters from Waterloo to Minneapolis. The Wisowa office on the Lafayette block fourth floor will be vacated by May 1. The move involves Audney Dietrick manager W W Holman president E W Eastman and Jessie Ryan bookkeeper with Eastman relocating household goods from Waterloo today. Nick Tally, formerly at McDermott drug store, takes a job at Joder drug store starting yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisowa Company
BE. W. Eastman
Wisowa Lumber Co
Waterloo Wholesale Lumber Co
Waterloo
Minneapo
Wisowa Co
Lafayette Block
Audney
AL Dietrick
W. W. Holman
E.W. Eastman
Jessie Ryan
Eastmen
Joe
Local notes detail births marriages and community events
The article records a birth, a double marriage announcement, visits between Waterloo and nearby towns, an aged reproduction from a Kingston newspaper, and various local happenings. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. Peter Webber welcoming a daughter, weddings of Miss Nona Poyner and Mr. Charles Prongley, plus residents visiting relatives and church activities.
Local visits and sales noted in community brief
Mrs. Dwight and daughter visited James Douglass last Wednesday while Mrs. Boyer of Dewar met J.W. Hobson on church business. Mr and Bro Bert Deitrick were callers in Raymond last Tuesday. Charles Bingham was a business caller on GC Smith last Thursday. C Smith sold a disc to Nic Roberts and four pulverizers to Pierce Starrott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. C. Smith
Dire
Peter Webber
Olin Young
Douglass
O. G Young
Mahe
Nellie
Waterloo
J. W. Hobson’s
Nona Poyner
Charles Prongley
Charles Raub
Lewis King
Charles Rabb
George Washington
Ulster County Gazette
Kingston
Ganada
Rochester
Raub
Hester Farnsworth
Sheffort
Province of
Quebec
Farnsworth
Father
Ray Holley
John Cotton
George Nixon
Linden Place
Henry Poyner
H. H. Dwight
Sioux City
Lindary
Wisconsin
Meg
Catharine Wash- Inn
Glen Parker's
Catharine Washburn and
Hey
Dwight
James Douglass
Boyer of
Dewar
J.W. Hobson
Bert Deitrick
Raymond
Charles Bingham
GC. Smith
C. Smith
Nic Roberts
Pierce Starrott
Millions For The Stricken In San Francisco Disaster
The world and nations rally to aid San Francisco after the western California quake. Government funds 1,000,000 and Chicago pledges 350,000 in a single day as relief efforts rapidly expand. Other gifts include Portland 150,000 and numerous individuals and cities contributing to the relief surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Francisco
California
Roosevelt
Washington
America
Congress of the
United States
Will Sydeavor
City of
Portland
Oregon
Clarence H. Mackay
John D. Rockefeller
Sacramento
Tacoma
Seattle
Aielag Oben
Carnegie Hero Fund
Aden
Drexel & Co
Brown Bros. & Co
Philadelphia
Robert Lehaudy
French Phil
New York Stock Exchange
Indianapolis
Goldfield
Nevada
Permanent Relief Assn
M. Guggenheim’s Sons
N.Y
Detroit Board of Commerce
Alley chase ends with two jailed after street confrontation
Phil McKevitt of Chicago and Joy Robinson, a colored man, fled an alley on Sycamore street when Officer Gilley approached. They were captured after a brief foot race in the dark. Mel Levitt pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was fined 36.85, with 2 paid. Four others faced fines for various offenses. A vagrant was fined 48.35 after a shoe removal revealed a concealed bill. J. E. Roberts sold his plumbing business to George A. Sheerer of Cedar Falls. Sheerer to take possession next month and Roberts to remain as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil McKevitt
Chicago
Joy Robinson
Sycamore Street
Gilley
Mel Levitt
Albers
Thompson
J. E. Roberts
George A. Sheerer
Cedar, Falls
Sheerer
Roberta
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Prieve
Fie
Ind
Grundy County
Bremer
Butler
Traer's New Church
Methodists
F. Riner & Co
Marshalltown, the
Headford Bros. & Hitchins
Evans Life
Gatled
Hhey
Parsine
H. Kimball
Nick Tally
McDermott
S. Ness
Market Street
Mission Street
van Ness Avenue
Golden Gate Avenue
Octavia Street
Chinatown
Nob Hill
Bohemian Club
Post Street
Grant Avenue
Chronicle
Market
Kearney
Fairmont Hotel
Powell and Mason
Sacrament Streets
Grace Church
Stockton Streets
Hopkins Art
Mason
Linda Vista
Turk and Jones
Ope Mechanics Pavilion
West Aide Larkin
Bet
Sutter Street
Olympic Club
Shreve
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Hospital
Mourteanth
Mission Streets
ST. Nicholas
Hayes
Larkin
Ninth
Stanford
Vanness Avenue
Golden Gale Avenue
Paciht
Sansome
Los Bonos
Brawley
Honolulu
Manila
Los Angeles
Martinez
Martinez Bank
San Jose
Hall of Records
Hall of Justice
Santa Rosa
St Rose
Grand Hotels
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