Thousands Buy Red Cross Tags for Presbyterian Hospital
Red Cross tag day boosts donations across the city as ladies and girls sell tags from ten cents to a dollar with no change given. Volunteers collect in banks carried on the street, aiming to raise up to two thousand dollars for dishes, utensils, and comforts at Presbyterian Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
Red Cross
Waterloo
Old Solomon
Bales
Charity
Indies
W. W. Miller
H.L. Johnson
J. D. Faston
Red Tag Brotherhood
North End
Fourth Street
Bob Clapp
Bob
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Mitchell in Court Preliminary Hearing Held Before Justice Hildebrand
The preliminary hearing for Mr and Mrs W M Mitchell of Raymond, charged with shooting Matt Phillips, began before Justice Hildebrand with several witnesses subpoenaed. Phillips testified about Halloween night as Mitchell fired multiple shots, all witnesses denying misconduct, bound over to await grand jury with bonds set at 260 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Mitchell
Raymond
Afatt Phillips
Hall Jowe'an
Hallowe'en
Mitchell
Stoad
Rosa
Deddy
Matt Frost
Nick Klein
Kate Frechelt
Phillips
Otter
Tustles Hildebrand
Ithe County
Jas
J. C. Murtagh
Doubled Its Capital to 100000 by Armstrong-Quam Co
The Kelly Taneyhill Co stockholders voted to double capital to 100000 and rename as The Armstrong-Quam Manufacturing Co successors to Kelly Taneyhill Co. They plan to manufacture gasoline engines along with well drilling machinery, with Z B Quam of St Louis directing engine work. Meters and machinery from Quam and Armstrong arrive, overhauls underway, and employment to rise significantly. The amended articles were filed in Black Hawk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Atlttlong
Kelly-Taney- Bm] Co
Armstrong-Quan Manufacturing Co
Kelly-Taneyhill Co
Z. B. Quam
St. Louia
Westinghouse Mfg. Co
C. Js. Armstrong
St. Louis
Matt, Parrott
Meteriq
Quam and Armatrong
J. H. Armstrong
James Armstrong Sr
Tyersville
Armstrong-Quamrie. Co
Recorder of
Blackhawk County
Big Order for Seed Catalogues From Matt Parrott Co
A large order for high grade seed catalogues is being fulfilled by Matt Parrott and Son Co for the A A Berry Seed Co of Clarinda Iowa. The project includes 116008 books with lithographed color plates and illustrations of seed varieties. Five thousand copies will be shipped Monday, with the remainder on a special car shortly after. The six by nine inch pages feature a rural lithograph of field labor and a cradle and rake, with 300 workers on the farm.
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Matt. Parrott & Song Co
A. A. Herry Seed Co
Clarinda
Iowa
Mosday
Mr. Berry
May elect an executive to lead city committees
Boards of trade and hospital committees aim to fund a Fradcisean hospital executive to supervise all committees through the chairmen. The effort seeks faster, better results with limited funds and volunteers donating time. Rural subscriptions report strong farmer support and pledges totaling over $200 from a public sale.
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Boards of Trade and Hospital
Fradcisean
Bae
Ima
Jock McKinney and Manning Bag 168 Rabbits in Hunt
Sioux City on Thanksgiving day Jock McKinney and Charles Manning hunted along a Missouri sand bar in willows for four hours. They bagged 168 cottontail rabbits and a large raccoon, the latter shot near the homeward train. McKinney damaged his gun stock breaking it against a tree after the raccoon was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Jock McKinney
Charles Manning
Missouri
McKinney
Detroit unveils device to answer phones when away
F F Land, formerly with Michigan Telephone, starts American Annunciations Company to manufacture an annunciphone. The device will answer incoming calls, repeating a pre set message twice until the caller is informed of the owner's return or location. President B H Hopkins notes its usefulness to doctors and other professionals with empty offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
F F. Land
Michigan Telephone Company
Land
Hie
Ameritay Annunciphons
Transplanting Trees In East Side Park Work Underway
H W Grour park superintendent leads tree transplantation in the east side park where crowding hamstrings growth. Ground not frozen, unusual for Iowa season. Dr and Mrs Edward T Alford arrived from Chicago to prep their lawn at Franklin Street rental. Patrolman Tom Hartman resumes duty after visit to Ada msa. Special Officer John Gensler covered. Mayor Doty orders police to maintain back stands at railway depots.
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H.W. Grour
Seuutisions
Towa
Edward T. Alford
Chicago
Jula Alford
Frankiin Street
Tom Hartman
Force
Adamosa
John Gensler
Hicks Geist Wedding In Des Moines Area Sparks Local Festivities
The marriage of Mar Eleie Hicks daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Hicks to Edwin Stanton Geist was celebrated with a thanksgiving ceremony at 8 pm officiated by Rev Frank Cole. Attendants included Miss Martha Taylor and Miss Minta Wise with Ralph Brayton and John Taylor. Out-of-town guests from Denver Chicago Cedar Rapids Des Moines Minneapolis and Hudson joined relatives for a four-course reception. Postnuptial plans include a train trip to Minneapolis then Chicago to visit T P Hicks. District court heard Hannah McGrath guardianship petition. Blackhawk county schools to reopen by Monday for winter term.
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Mar
Belle Eleie
Mra
Wm. Hicks
Washington Street
Edwin Stanton Geist
Frank Cole
Smillax
Martha Taylor
Minta Wise
Ralph Brayton
John Taylor
Miss Keller
Iowa State Normal
Hollie
Denver
Colo
T. P. Hicks
Chicago
de Acres
Cedar Rapids
Milton Park
Des Moines
Join Junge
Minneapolis
Will Hicks
Steve Hicks
Staya Brayton
Hicks
Iowa
Mortis Hoag
Thode Taylor
Hudson, Iawe
Will King
Mount Vernon Township
Blackhawk County
Minneapolia
Baylor a Prisoner Police Link to Foreman Rush Disappearance
Police hold Baylor on suspicion of a link to the disappearance of property belonging to foreman Rush. Investigators say Baylor’s role remains under review as officers pursue leads and gather evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman Rush
Local horse theft suspect nabbed near Brandon
Bert Gaylor alias Chas Burns of Waterloo is in custody after Detective Houston tracked him from Brandon. A horse from Foreman Rush’s Great Western grading gang disappeared weeks ago and reappeared with Gaylor. The steed, dark bay with a three gaited hop kip and jump, must be reported if seen.
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Bert Gaylor
Alian Chas
Burns
Waterloo
Horae
Gaytor
Houston
Brandon
Foreman Rush
Great Western Grading Gang
Ning
Lamphere Admits Details As He Faces Prison
Michigan Gly Ind Nov 28 Ray Lamphere made admissions that sounded almost like a confession in his upcoming sentence of two to twenty-one years for burning a Laporte farmhouse where Mrs Hella Guiness and her children died. He linked his fate to Friday and to the number thirteen, noting his trial began on a Friday and his birthday is Friday. The Gunness case figures in the timeline with the Nor and May events tied to the same period as his trial nears its end.
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Warren Farley
Warren
Michigan Gly
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Laporte
Hella Guiness
Smuatherl
Lamsphere
Lamphere
Andrew Holgelein
Jennie Olson
Gutt- Ness
Ray Lampherd
Thal
Worden
Highwaymen Attempt Robbery. Garvin Shot in Sioux City
Two armed highwaymen attempted a hold up of John Garvin, a former Peavey Nash clerk, near the M C Carlstrom marble works on Fifth street. Garvin grabbed a revolver, stunned one robber with a blow, and the other shot him in the left side injuring his shoulder. The bullet penetrated the lungs and breached the right shoulder, causing internal hemorrhages that were stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
John Garvin
Peavey & Nash
M. C. Carlstrom Marb
Tle
Fifth Street
Garvin
Gorvin
Mont Vernon Thanksgiving Visitors and School Notes
Mount Vernon reports several local visits with families from Shell Rock Cedar Falls and Dunkerton. School openings announced for Gleadale Bremer County Maxfield and local teachers assigned including Alice Boomer. Residents travel to Minneapolis Chicago Seattle and Waterloo for family events and medical care.
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George F Phelps
Shell Rock
Frank Thompson
Harrison Peck
Cadar Falla
Will Bingham
Bramer County
Alonzo Nowell
Roy Thurston
Home Circle Card Club
Gleadgale
Alice Boomer
Lucretia
Newell
Maxfield
Bremer County
Wil Kilpatrick
Mratt
Minneapolia
Ray Smalling
D. K. Smalling
Howard Stine Ani
Dentist sued for 1800 after tooth dropped into lung
Wilam Uren of Newall sues Dr. Benson for negligence claiming a tooth was dropped into his wind lung by the dentist last January and later coughed up. The case, which lasted a week, sought 10000 but settled at 1800 amid a heated trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilam
Uren Ol Newall
Dr. Benson
Uren
Recount Sought in Eighth District Election
Creston Iowa Nov 28 resolution urged a recount of Lie votes in the eighth congressional district and asked Colonel Hep burn to initiate a contest. A committee including M L Temple W Ghibb and H L Byers was empowered to study the advisability of a contest and report to the full committee.
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Creston
Iowa
Eighth Congressional District
Hepburn
Eighth District Congressions Committee
Greston
M. L. Temple
W. Ghibb
H. L. Byers
Killed in Stairway Fall at Sioux City Office
Frederick Hamilton Bond, a well known attorney from Fonda Iowa, died after a stairway fall at his Sioux City office last Thursday afternoon. He suffered a brain injury and died at Samaritan hospital around 11:30 last night after receiving care and a Monday morning operation. He remained unconscious most of the time but briefly regained consciousness and spoke with his father Dr J L Bond of Danville Iowa before again losing consciousness leading to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Oy
Frederick Hamiton Bond
Fonda
Iowa
Tha Bass
Samaritan Hospital
Lewie
Theulay
J. L. Bond
Dantaan
Fire Destructive In Country Destroys Barn Four Horses Lost
Fire discovered at 3 30 Friday morning destroyed Ephriam Pegg farm barn four and a half miles northeast of Marshalltown with contents including four horses a cow hay and harnesses. Loss about 2000 with 500 insured. Animals uninsured. Barn 40 by 68 feet, grounds. Vehicle caved. Fire department could not save it.
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Marshalltown
Ephriam Pegg Farm
Burlington
Smattress Department
Chittenden & Eastman
Take Hide Off Hires Raisers Goes to Packers
A cryptic notice reports Take Hide Off hires raisers and goes to Packers amid tariff and product disputes. The fragment mentions Shae Factory Baya Tariffonite and Ila Unnecessary, with hints of consumer rights concerns and potential justice issues.
Tariff hearing on cattle hides sparks critique of stock raiders
At Whellington on November 28 the houseWays and Means Committee opened a hearing on the tariff schedule for sundries. Witnesses said the hide tariff fails to shield stock raisers and that Chicago packers control hides, with public tribute paid by all. A Lyon shoe maker condemned the dye tariff as unnecessary and harmful to consumers.
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Whellington
Kidea
Chicago
Payos
Lyon
Masa
Trade Dollar Sells High At 1884 Date Auction
The 1884 trade dollar brought 280 at the Chicago Numismatic Society sale on November 28. Only five 1884 dollars exist and buyers touted the coin’s goldlike value. J Brenner of Dakar, who bid 280, claimed a rare bargain, while Ben G Green paid 22.50 for a copper cent from 1700 and 71 and 37.60 for two 1856 lying eagle pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Numiamatic Society
Chicago
J. Brenner
Dakarb
Corpses Found and Suicides Reported in Rural Wyoming and Iowa
Aged farmer Augiat Hansen, 36, was found dead in a ditch near Olin Wyoming after an apparent six weeks’ exposure. Coroner’s inquest found no foul play. J. B. Byweather, 60, farmer near Lynnyville, Iowa, died by suicide by jumping into a well on his farm. R. G., 61, section hand for GC B &, died after being struck by trains near Durham, Des Moines, leaving a wife and two children.
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Wyoming
Augiat Hansen
Olin
Oskwlooan
J. B. Byweater
Lynnyilie
Newton
Des Moines
GC. B
Durham
Two men buried in burning vat at Dubuque plant
Anton Gloden and Toho Schwarts, workers at the Du buque Brewing and Malting plant, were seriously burned when a large vat they were working inside caught fire. They were attempting varnishing on the interior cage using a small painter’s lamp. A small manhole left them with limited escape, and a physician was summoned for severe injuries. Ben Hesser returned from Creston after attending a moving picture show. Miss Mabel Hicks of Fort Dodge visited her uncle, Bir Albright, on Cottage Street, before returning home.
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Dubuque
Anton Gloden
White
Toho Schwarts
Jackson Street
Duvuque Brewing and Malting Company
Dreas
Mabel Hicks
Fort Dodge
Bir, Albright
Cottage Straet
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Patterson
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Quam Mfg
A. A. Berry
Clarinda, Iowa
DER
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Eliza McManus
Hannah McGrath
Cedar Falls
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Warren Chambers
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Mayme Keang
Dunkerton
J. E. Murphy
Catherine Léehey
Leehay
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J. A. Bleraenmitt
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J. A. Mealey
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Knights of Columbus
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Joe Hverett
V. P. Patgether
Waterton
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Weat Union
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G. W. Roberts
W. B. Doolittle
Russell
Glvee Newell
Congressional Committee
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Blaze
Rickersham
Alaska
Sugar
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W. R. Jameson
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Hanson
Blate News
Ben Hesser
Moving Picture Entertainment
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