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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
6
Anra Katharine Green adapts a murder case with Mrs Fairbrother's death, a window note, a whip signal, and a stiletto weapon tied to secret communications. The coroner and Durand clues point to a troubled alibi and a lingering outside call as investigators seek motive.
A narrator recounts the Durand Fairbrother murder case and a tense New Mexico pursuit. Detailing conflicted public sentiment, police prudence, and lingering questions about the great diamond, it follows Durand’s innocence defense, the Santa Fe dispatch, and the trek toward Placido with a journalistic witness’s wary observations.
Abbie J Isom, 19, died after a sudden illness at the Waterloo home of Dr. Frances M Lem and Bill Isom on Independence Avenue. She had lived in Guide Rock and Dunkerton before settling in Waterloo, hoped to graduate from Waterloo High School, and had faced illness three years earlier. Funeral Monday at 2:00 p.m. conducted by Rev. Garwich. viewing Sunday 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., Monday 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.. burial in Fairview.
Proprietor Hieber reaches cash settlement of 316000 with insurer after his haberdashery stock was damaged two weeks earlier. Insurance company to take stock valued at 16009 and dispose of it, while Hieber plans new stock and reopening at the same location once packing and transfer are completed.
Mr and Mrs Benedict will depart Monday morning for Denver and other Colorado points. They expect to be away about two weeks.
J H Joder buys the half interest of Dr J G Bickley in the West Fourth and Jefferson streets property housing Joder’s drug store and Berkley’s tin shop for 10000 dollars. The two parcels total 26 by 86 and 20 by 26 feet, with a brick block built in 1891 and a frame building next to it. The sale highlights rapid growth in Waterloo real estate values. George Ranken, 28, ill from advanced tuberculosis, was transported from Farley to Marcus, Iowa, after suffering severe pain on an Illinois Central train, eliciting sympathy from fellow passengers.
Fred Winslow escaped serious injury by leaping from a failing fire escape at the Commercial block after the ladder gave way while he used it to reach the roof. He suffered deep burns to the left heel and ankle, was treated, then sent home. J W Smith collided with a delivery wagon on Hast Park avenue, sustaining a severe chin laceration and a damaged bicycle. The incidents prompted an investigation into fire escape safety and noted personnel changes at United States Express.
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