Father seeks custody amid threats to kidnap child
A Waterloo couple's custody dispute centers on a three year old boy. The father Charles Thomas of Minneapolis allegedly threatened to kidnap the boy if a court does not grant him custody. Police and officials planned legal steps to bar the father from the child. The mother, residing in Colorado, seeks to bring the boy to her. Previous guardians include Mrs Anderson and the Germania hotel operators Mr and Mrs Carpenter. The district court has ruled the child may not be taken from the mother without further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thames
Minneapolis
J. 3
Klingaman
Waterloo
Colorado City
Anderson
Regref
Kay
Thomas Indiaton
Thomas
West Side
Mary
Foster
Loura Foster
Cedar Falls
Government Irrigation Work Inaugurated In New Mexico
A three day celebration at Carlsbad marks the start of state irrigation projects in New Mexico. The event, approved by the legislature, underscores hopes that abandoned arid lands will gain fertility through irrigation, boosting regional wealth. Prominent figures from across the territory will attend.
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Department of the Loferior
Reclamation Sergice
Washington
Carlsbad
Grouth
Pees
Scientife
Mesilla
Rio Grande
Lengburg
Engle
New Mexico
Texas
Old Mexico
Rio Hondo
Roawell
N. M
Mail Lost In Burning Car On Illinois Central Train
A mail car on the Illinois Central left Sioux City at 5 10 Tuesday afternoon caught fire two miles east of Cherokee and was nearly destroyed. The mail included about 300 pounds of letters, 2009 pounds of paper mail and 28 registered packages. Mail Clerk Charles W Gleaves was slightly burned. The car was uncoupled and moved to Cherokee where the fire department extinguished the flames. Most of the damage was to mail headed to Chicago and other eastern points. <...> G I Kingsley begins an eight room house on Mullay avenue between Cedar and Commercial street, costing around 2500.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Illinois Central
Cherokee
Charles W. Gleaves
Chicago
L. H. Woodruff
Knoxville
California
G. 1
Kingsley
Mullay Avenue
Cedar
Commercial Street
Margaret Robinson
Elisle Kinton
Mise Stewart
F. M
Austria
Bennington
John Burk
George Robins
A. Orther
Walter Beaver
Dave
Guts
Schmitt
St. Paul
J. L. Staebell
Waterloo
Dewar
T Raymond
Wapsie
Ang. Mirdorp
Arch Hayes
Schujer Bros
Joe Schwartz
Gopher bounty approved in Black Hawk County plan
Black Hawk County supervisors voted to set a July start for a new rural bounty law. Ten cents per pocket gopher, with 20 percent to the finder of pelts and two cents to the auditor handling payments. Pelts must be presented within 30 days at the courthouse office. The levy falls on rural areas, not towns, and enforcement may require a special tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisore
Blackhawk County
Rainbow Hadibben
Two Misfit Unions Divorce After Nearly Twenty Years
A prominent couple ends two troubled marriages as the husband departs, leaving the family and public life behind. The split follows years of strain and disputed property matters, with both sides seeking privacy and orderly settlement.
Claim the oldest church in Iowa west of Mississippi?
Nora Springs resident Mary Foster asserts her town harbors the state’s oldest church built in this region, with Edson Gaylord’s diary noting the 1843 first log cutting and swift completion. The piece also notes a divorce case, Mary Castles seeking a divorce from William Castles in Lanark, Illinois, after twenty years of marriage.
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Charles City
Nora Springs
Mary Foster
Iowa
Mississippi River
Edson Gaylord
Gaylord
Lot Purchasers Grow Anxious Over Railroad Plans
In Waterloo area reports reflect growing belief that the Iowa and Northwestern railway may not be built this year or at all. Purchasers who funded the 40 acre lot addition to raise capital say they have paid about $15,000 without deeds or legal claims, and await a final settlement as progress stalls. Local residents recount broken promises, delays in construction, and uncertain returns, with public notices of divorce actions and community updates interwoven through the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa and Northwestern Railway
Home Park
Local notices from Shell Rock and Waterloo weddings and visits
Shell Rock reports Earl Van Vlack visiting Omaha relatives with several others from area towns and lists numerous visitors and engagements including weddings and homecomings. In Waterloo Lola Schwab and Ray Lewis wed at the bride’s mother’s home with a large reception and future home planned. Miss Jennie Van Vlack joins Mr Victor Bedell in marriage. family and friends attend and send congratulations.
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Earl van Vlack
Omaha
Rockwell City
Kate Jackson
DeKalb
Liable Morey
Maita
Ill
W. L. van Vlack
Wm. Hunter
Anna Metzgar
Allison
Jacob Metzgar
Jacob ‘Metzgar
Neal
Rowley Farm
Mia
Whitetrack
Baby
Terra Haute
Ind
Geo, Tabor
F. T. Bement
Gladys Pelley
Fern Ross
Mre. Burk
Minneapolis
Henry Ether
Coster
Will Richards
Waterloo
van Viack
Jennie van Viack
Vietor Sr. Bedell
Evelyn van Viack
Chicago Avenue
Jennie
Shell Rock
Bchwae-Lewis
Misa Lola Marie Schwab
Ray M. Lewis
Argyle Street
H. G. Beeman
Walnut Street Baptist Church Offichate
Agnes Badholdt
Peeple
Mire
James E. Blenté
Bhe
East Waterloo High School
Cutler. Hardware Co
Waterloo Hospital Plans arise in Enthusiastic Meeting
An upbeat meeting led by J. B. White on East Fourth Street discussed a new Catholic hospital for Waterloo. The group backed establishing the hospital and accepted a Franciscan Sisterhood proposal, but final judgment awaits a mass meeting at 8:00 pm Tuesday. Talks covered funding of about 25 000 dollars and securing a suitable eight acre site.
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J. B. White
East Fourth Street
Waterloo
St. Lows
Tanner
Hospital Expansion Plan Presented in Waterloo Meeting
Resolution approved to support sanitary improvements and hospital funding. A committee including P. J. Mattie and Dr. E. B. Dunkelberg will organize a later meeting to plan fundraising efforts for a Franciscan Sisters hospital project in Waterloo. Citizens urged to attend.
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W. Atuckle
Franciscan” Sisters
Mies
P. J. Mattie
C. D. Wangler
H. Bailey
E. B. Dunkelberg
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
School Board Met At Center School House Meeting
The school board met at Center School to settle accounts of the old board and elect officers. Treasurer reports show 1084.91 balance for teachers fund and 64.90 in contingent fund. New board elected BE Rice president, John Ortner secretary, J L Staebell treasurer. Fall and spring salaries set at 30, winter 35. Tax levies 2000 teachers fund and 400 contingent. Roofs and floor repairs planned for Nos 3 and 6. Directors listed for districts 1 through 8, with several new members. Outgoing members praised. several speak German. Some cornfields untouched. many plan to celebrate in Raymond.
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Center School
Old and
Sew
Sreenertaen Tas
WES
K. Rice
John Ortner
John L. Stashell
J. ¥. Campbell
aNo
Dunkerton R
E. Weber
Dunkerton
Waterloo
D. B. Gafin
F. Campbell
Jesup R
Silas Sherman
Geo. Walker
Tade O'Kaee
Frank Weber
Waterloo B
Rice
Gaffin
Campbell
Sherman
Walker
O'Keefe
Alexander
Hess
Brown
Houser
Palmer
Chaplin
Raymond
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Mrs
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Baid
Dupe “Talds Ghia
Auditor Rainbow
Pest
Mary Castles
Missisnippi
William Castles
Alieses
Marrage
Lanark
A J, Boyd
Hudson Record
Hudson
Julia A
Nellie M
Blanche B
Edwin
Theodore M
David Wilson
Son
P. Wilson
Ny, Wi
Ashe
Iowa Falls
Avery
Louis Selser
le Mara
Besineas
John L. Stackell
Will Bases Jr
Dousy
George Wellner
Thea Railway
Con
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Dunsmota
Lon Logan Avenue
Bomling Company
Construction Company
Mada
Paton Smith
Ff Smith
Mapeas
M. B. Locke
Barclay
Wee
Sonestext Mann Ee
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Bears
Wangier Bros
Stanp and Gil Company
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