Smooth con man wanders Waterloo hotels for cash
A dope fiend believed to fund drug use by borrowing small sums at Waterloo hotels has resurfaced, registering under various names. He previously swindled four hotels last year, took drugs from stores, and slipped away after brief stays. police search continues as he vanished after Friday afternoon visit.
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Waterloo
del Java Frend
Germania
Logan
Sherving
Tim
Eireus
Hummel
Tooms
Fred Amdore
United, States Army
Moore
Town and Township Notes on Local Happenings
A local column reports on robber demand for boots, growing need for diving outfits if floods rise, and farmers harvesting hay between showers. Hoffman recovers at Colfax, sidewalks torn up but replacement cement walks planned, and residents note travel to the state capital. Local staff changes and faculty resignations are listed along with visits to nearby towns and colleges.
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Hoffman
Colfax
Fred Billman
State Capitol
Dad
Lutehens
Britt
H. W. Spultz
Minnesota
Ches
Cowle
Alice
Eaith Portes
Waterloo
T. A. Trimble
Rebbeech
Shear
Cedar Falls
Gazette
Family Divided as McBain Divorce Judgment Given
Mrs. Anna McBain was granted a decree of divorce from William McBain after a sensational district court trial in June. The judge wrestled with custody of three children and alimony. Mrs. McBain gains custody of the daughter, the eldest son remains with the father, the youngest temporarily with the grandfather Bartholomew. Alimony set at 53 dollars, with 42 dollars yearly for five years for child support. Trial spanned June 10,14,15,17 with extensive witnesses and three attorneys involved.
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Anna McBain
Wiliam McBain
Cedar Falls
Dartington tragedy and early Maynard marriage notice
Carrie Cobbleman killed herself with two bullets at age 24, daughter of a prosperous butcher, amid a report of local tensions. In Waterloo, Norman Smith married Carrie Nichols at Mother Frax Cleco’s home, with Rev. George Kennedy officiating, the couple planning to reside in Waterloo. A Waterloo paving update notes asphalt work on Mulberry and East Fourth Street, curb completion on Commercial Street, and property owners urged to connect water sewers and gas before paving.
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Dartington
Jay We—Ayete
Homme Thia
Carrie Cobbleman
Lisonula
Oelwein
Norman Smith
Waterloo
Carrie Nichols
Maynard
Fraxcleco
George Kennedy
Smith
G. W
Eaat Fourth Street
Franklin
Mulberry Street
Qak Avenue
Joan Avenue
Commercial Street
Twelfth
Mullan Avenue
W. 4
Bryant & Song Company
jStreets
Remains of Guy H. Dewey to be reburied in Waterloo
The war department confirms Guy H. Dewey, telegraph operator and son of R. M. Dewey, who died in the Philippines, will be disinterred and brought from Manila to Waterloo for burial around August. Canadian transport logs indicate arrival mid August after July 14 departure from Manila.
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R. M. Dewey
War Department
Guy H. Dewey
Philippines
Waterloo
Frank Melntyre
United States Army
Bureau
McIntyre
Guy Dewey
Manila
Thomas
San Frantigo
Dewey
Express
United States
G A! R. Ciretes
Philippinag
Fourteen Day Chautauqua Endowment Plans Discussed
A movement to reform Chautauqua arrangements aims to shorten the program to fourteen days and attract better talent and more funds. Guy Carleton Lee praised Waterloo as a potential second Winona Chautauqua and urged improved transportation and stronger endowment from fifty to one hundred donors at 10 to 50 dollars annually for five years. The board debated hiring a full time superintendent to develop the assembly and advance the work.
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Uny
Evia
Guy Carleton Lee
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Board of Directors
W.J. French
J.D. Banton
F. F. McElhinney
J. 8. Tuthin
C. F. Rowler
O. J. Fullerton
WJ. Graham
Lee
Waterloo
Winona Chautauqua
Slow June teacher exam results delay re exams July wait
Slow return of June teacher examination results frustrates applicants and county officials in Waterloo IA. Edicts from the state department press mailing of results by July 20. July exams set next week at East Waterloo High School as districts brace for fall term, wage hikes attracting more applicants. Three hundred Rock Island shopmen strike at Davenport and Silvis amid unsettled labor tensions.
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State Department
Dea Moines
Eliott
Hillett
East Waterloo
Rock Inland
Davenport
Iowa
Jay
Rock Island
Silvis
Telephone Men at Meeting in Hudson Co op Union
A convention of farmers mutual telephone companies met in Hudson to unify stance against the single monopoly system. Delegates from exchanges within forty miles attended. resolutions urge arbitration for disputes and endorse Hudson Mutual Telephone Co’s approach toward the Voorhies Co operative Telephone Co after its recent changes and non attendance.
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Hudson
Farmers Mutual Telephone Companies
Malles
Hudvah
Condtiona
Affgira
Jand
Iime
Wastand
Voorhies Co-operative Telephone Co
Voortiles Company
Hudson Mutual Tele
Hudson Company
Train Wreck Kills Twenty and Injures Many
A outburst of wreckage after a collision between an excursion train and freight car leaves twenty to twenty two dead and many injured. Eleven cars on the Pere Marquette excursion were affected as rescue teams tend to the wounded and identify victims. The incident occurred near Waterloo with 800 passengers aboard and officials expect the death toll to rise or fall as bodies are recovered. Names of the dead include Patterson, Macaloni, and Martin among others.
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Detroit
Trump
Plymouth
Highland Place Improvement Efforts Progress in Village
Saloon, Mich July 20 report details a large crowd traveling on a Pere Marquette excursion train colliding with a westbound freight near Ionia. Dozens killed, hundreds injured. rescue teams and doctors hurry to the scene as arrangements are made for wounded. Separate note on Highland place improvements near Independence Avenue, with plow, paving, water, sewer, trees, and plans for palatial homes.
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Hoots Central
Independence Avenue
Board ‘of Trade
Litchfield
Highland
Death toll tolls church bells in Tripoli for two locals
Special dispatch from Tripoli reports twice this week church bells tolled for deaths in the community. Henry Carstengen of Dumont died at his home and was conveyed for burial after a funeral at his mother's home. diabetes cut his life at 31. Henry Seegert, early settler near Maxfield, died at 76 after a long life, survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and many grandchildren.
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Tripoli
Henry Carstengen
Dumont
Quita
Caroline Nerge
Hfe
Thia
Henry Seegert
Jane
Maxfield
Judge Declines Injunction on Nebraska Express Rates
Federal Judge Munger refused to issue an injunction blocking the state railway commission from enforcing a 25 percent cut in express rates in Nebraska. The law, approved by the legislature, lowered rates from schedules effective January 1, 1907, despite demands from express companies.
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Omaha
Munger
State Railway Commission
Nebraska
Barrington Faces Execution in Missouri for Murder Case
English subject George Frederick Barton known as Barrington stands on the edge of the gallows after being convicted of killing James P. McCann in St Louis. Gov Folk’s clemency appeal is under consideration as Barrington’s long criminal career spanning England and America draws to a possible end.
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St. Louis
Lord Barrington
James P. McCann
Bia
Folk
Clay ‘Ton
Tutte
Barrington
England
George Frederick Barton
Brighton
America
New York City
Broadway
Ina Ale
Yeaithy
Brooklyn
Cal
Hh Miller
Ptey
Siti
Atlantic
United States
Margeret Rafferty
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Louisiana Purchase
Mile Wilhelmina Gracy Cochrane
Kanaaé
Cochrane
Lord” Barrington
Tim Ward
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Caurri
Mulberry
Nichor
Guy Carlton Lee
Gcarce
Modeon
Tual Companion
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Wilson
Thelevator
Here
Tonia
Will Dot
John Patterson
Charles Macaloni
Hebert
Martin Kildufr
Herman Naff
J. Cornell
John Rogers
Willid Gramb
John .Tafel
August Richter
Nel Gallagher Pantarias
A.J Reber
Amas Tee
EB. B. Bixley
Knowles
den Rogers
Frederick Latham
Frank Smith
Charles Hess
Charles McCauley
BR. L. K. Merrill
Albert Trautwine
Harry Reynolds
Homer Smith
Pred Fitzgerald
William Steiger
Kansas City
Fred Vaughan
South End
Ind
Malo Bwditz
James Pool
Fred Pribhs
Fred Donnehy
Pred Donnehy
John Walten
Pere Marquette Railway
Ionia
Gaiem
Highland Place
A. J. Reber
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RIVE
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Niles
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