January 17 Waterloo notes and legal actions!
Locan reporter recalls a year ago with Bradely Ives suing Illinois Central for 20000 while a Waterloo panel indicted Dan Slayer Dr Cannady Dollie Graham and James Brooks Jr and Mrs Gardiner for a shooting near Waterloo. Also mentions gambling indictments and police activity, church gifts, meetings, and local visits.
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Bradley Ives
Illinois Central
Dan Slayer
F. Cannady
Dollie Graham
James Brooks, Jr
J. M. Gardiner
Tracy
Waterloo
Wilson
Rath
Golden West Magazine to Launch in Waterloo
The Golden West Magazine company completed preliminary work Monday and plans a March first issue. Waterloo figures prominently with W. P. Seash as president, Sam Small as editor, I. Jones as business manager, and offices in Seash Land quarters on East Fourth Street. The publication will resemble McClure's and Pacific Monthly and focus on American civilization in the west while highlighting local industrial interests and Waterloo's workshop strength.
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Golden West Magazine Company
Review of Reviews
McClure's
The
Pacific Monthly
West
Miadle West
Waterino
Moagazine
Waterloo
Sam Small
Small H
John R. Jones
Indiana
W. P. Spash
Operation successful at Hayle Center for W. C. McGarvey
W C McGarvey underwent an operation Saturday evening at his home in Hayle Center and recovered quickly. By Monday noon reports said he was roasting nicely with strong signs of a speedy recovery.
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W. Cg, McGarvey
Hayle Center
Fifty to Graduate at Waterloo Business College
Waterloo Business College sets Thursday evening ceremonies for its graduating class the largest in years. Most graduates already hold positions. Prof. Harvey leads preparations to ensure a memorable event. Rev. Loveland delivers the address, now based in Omaha. Rose Fritz, world’s champion typist, will demonstrate her work and speed.
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Waterloo Business College
A. JF. Harvey
F. L. Loveland
Mrst
Eharoh
Omaha
Mias Rose L. Fritz
Notorious Pickpocket Hawkins Arrested After Escape
Elmer Hawkins alias Pep Hawkins, brother of Dolly and Elsie Graham, was arrested Monday by Patrolman McSweeney on a pickpocketing charge. He allegedly relieved Chas O Neal of a watch months earlier and fled town. Graham, also known as Big Graham, was arrested for drunkenness by Patrolman Robinson. Dahl halted his resistance. He pleaded guilty to resisting arrest as the case moves toward sentencing.
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Elmer Hawkins
Pep" Hawkins
Ian J. F. McSweeney
Hawkins
Chas, O'Neal
O’neal
O'Neal
Pep
S Graham
Graham
Dolly
Elsie Graham
Waterloo Polceman
Chas
Dahl
Robinson
Oficer Dahl
Charley
GEQ LELAND SLIGHTLY BETTER IN ILLNESS AT WATERLOO
George Leland remains gravely ill with lung congestion after a week of illness at the courthouse. His age and large frame add to the precarious condition as hemorrhages occur and delirium recurs at times. His daughter Mrs. Ed Leepter and husband journeyed from Spokane toward Waterloo, while friend James McCullough visits from Greene County Iowa.
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George Leland
Court House
Ed. Leepter
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Spokane
Wash
James McCullough
Leland
Greene County
Iowa
McCullough
Grene County
Accident Injures Mrs Adeline Decker in Gas Oven Blast
Mrs Addie Decker of 64 Franklin street suffered severe facial burns when a gas oven exploded after she detected gas while baking. Her daughter-in-law acted quickly to extinguish flames, preventing worse injuries. She rests with no permanent damage expected. A Cedar Valley auto firm plans to open in Waterloo with Studebaker cars and a show room opposite Ellis hotel on Sycamore street.
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Addie Decker
Franklin Street
Six Foot Wedding Cake Admirably Large for Hamilton Union
Chicago, Jan. 18. A six foot high wedding cake nearly five feet in diameter and weighing about a quarter ton was finished for actual use at the Grand Pacific hotel. It will be sent to Hamilton Ontario for the wedding of Charles P. McColm and Miss Aileen Davis on Jan. 27 with 600 guests. Luigi Marabini led the team decorating the cake built by Frank Cotta. Ingredients included 90 pounds sugar 900 eggs 60 pounds butter 90 pounds currants 60 pounds raisins 60 pounds citron 37 pounds chopped almonds 120 pounds flour 1½ pounds spice 15 quarts Cognac and nine quarts sherry, all soaked in liquor prior to serving.
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Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Express
Hamilton
Ontario
Charles P. McColm
Muscatone
Iown
Aileen Davis
William
Frank Cotta
Grand Pacific
Coal Mines Resume Operations After River Lift
Due to the recent rise in the rivers, which enabled shipment of fifteen million bushels of coal to southern parts, many river coal mines near Pittsburg resumed today, providing work for about five thousand miners after last October's suspension caused by shipping shortages.
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Pittsburg
Long Island Girl Pin Proof
Florence Smith a Patchedogue girl swallowed about a paperful of pins over three weeks and endures severe pain. Dr. W Charles Willis says the body may form protective walls around the sharp pins, potentially saving her life. The girl admits she swallowed them to avoid studying and school.
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New York
Jas
Florence Smith
Patchogue
W. Charles Willis
Out of prison after 31 years in Indiana
Terre Haute reports William Flowers, paroled after thirty-one years in Indiana prisons, returning to his home city from New York. The case involves the 1877 murder of Dr James B Armstrong, in which Flowers was convicted on circumstantial evidence amid public belief in his innocence and a $12,000 reward claim.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Willian Fowers
New Yorr
Hanly
Indiana
Jhas
Gada City
James B. Armstrong
Flowers
Hak Willand Flowers
Dersclives
Roosevelt declines tariff commission invitation for Indianapolis meet
President Roosevelt today declined an invitation to attend the national tariff commission meeting slated for February 16 in Indianapolis. He said he did not want to interfere in a question that should be decided by his successor, noting he had severed times concessive vision.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
National Tariff Commission
Indianapolis
Lincoln faces possible loss of Western league franchise
Siks Half Tuesday night Myers Orchestra and Siks Half Tuesday night Snapper speculate on Lincoln dropping from the Western league. Guy W. Green, the owner, set a price for the franchise while Albert St Kenney known as Snapper may buy or transfer to St Joseph Missouri if terms are accepted. Ducky Holmes sold his moldings as his club could not play Sunday ball and Green remains eager to sell amid opponents' Sunday ball resistance. Lincoln could lose its ball club if sale fails to materialize.
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Linceli
Neb
Tan
Tincoln
Guy W. Green
Albert St. Kenney
Snapper
Cefar Rapids
Lincoln
Green
Kennedy
Fn Park
St. Joseph
Ducky” Holmes
Greene
Boston Auto Storage Plant Fire Destroys 348 Cars
A fire at the Park Square area large storage and repair plant in Boston destroyed 348 automobiles valued at about 750000 to 760000. The blaze spread to the Park Street railroad shed and damaged a bicycle track and pavilion. Loss to the building put over 300000. Major tenants included Park Square Automotive, Boston Motor, and Concord Motor Car firms. Evidence of partial insurance exists among owners. A second note: Rev. W A H Riley will conduct revival services at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Waterloo on March 15.
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Boston
Park Square
Park Snare
Park Square Automobile Company
Boston Motor Company
Boston Automobile Exchange
Concord Motor Car Company
Marmon Company
W. A H. Riley
Great First Baptist Church of
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Northwest
Forest Service reports strong timber sales and staffing
The Forest Service shows yearly timber sale receipts across years and outlines staffing levels for 1908, noting a heavy workload and insufficient patrols. It details experimental sowings, seedling production, planting activity across multiple states, and ongoing forest product research and cooperative studies with several states and reservations.
Stunted Oaks and Miniature Indoor Trees from Japan
The Montreal Standard describes how miniature oaks maples and beeches are grown in ching bowls. Real trees are cultivated from seeds or selected cuttings in Japan, trained over years with pruning and repotting to fit small spaces, becoming miniature versions of their larger kin.
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Gorist
Japan
Carlyle
Montreal Standard
Nigerian Baby Bathing Practice Revealed by London Standard
The Nigerian native baby is washed outdoors before sunrise at age three months or more, then subjected to a water “curo” treatment as the mother pours water down its throat. The process, marked by protests ignored, is claimed to strengthen the child and is described in the London Standard.
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West
Kelten
Origin of the word winter tied to moisture from New York Herald
The New York Herald traces winter's root to moisture and wetness, noting the word appears across Aryan tongues from wad to unda and teems with links to water in Sanskrit Latin German and Teutonic roots. It argues the climate meaning sprang from moist earth during solar approach rather than cold.
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Warnocks
New York Herald
Curious Florida herb feeds on ants and insects
A Punta Gorda Florida Herald note describes a small annual red herb growing on poor sandy flats in late winter to early spring. The plant traps ants and other insects with a barrel shaped leaf tip that folds to engulf prey, then returns to its original form leaving insect skeletons behind.
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Florida
Punta Gorda
Fla
The Normal Human Temperature Recently Determined
The article asserts that human body temperature remains nearly constant across latitudes and seasons. It notes under tongue readings around 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit, with minimal daily variation, aligning with sea level boiling water at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Tropics
New York American
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