Anti Pass Bill Up in Senate and Green Exemption Bill Passed
The memorial session honored the late Colonel D B Henderson in Des Moines amid a forenoon senate debate. The anti pass bill stalled on amendment and the Green bill regulating exemptions from debts passed the house by a large margin. a radical county superintendant reform was set as a special order for March 15.
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Deg Moines
Senate
Gilliland
House
D. B. 1 Henderson
Clarke
Ie Séolution
Chicago and Alton to consolidate under new railway name
Chicago, March. A special meeting of stockholders of the Chicago and Alton railroad and the Chicago and Alton railway companies voted to consolidate the two firms under the name Chicago and Alton Railway company.
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Chicago
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Chicago and Alton Railway Company
Mutiny on Steamer Ends in Foreman’s Death
On the steamer Massachusetts a mutiny over food led to a revolver battle in which James Slocum a foreman was killed. The incident occurred in New York with others injured as laborers clashed during meal disputes aboard the ship.
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New York
Massachusetts
James Slocum
Village Buried by Avalanche in Lafeten Islands
A snow avalanche at Lafeten Islands yesterday buried several huts. Rescue teams extricated 21 dead and 29 injured, according to officials.
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Tronfhjem
Lafeten Ialands
Flehermet
Mutual Life Annual Report Shows 1906 Insurance Volume
The Mutual Life Insurance company reported to the State Insurance Department that in 1906 it issued new insurance totaling 181.663 million dollars, compared with 229.382 million dollars in 1904. A Wisconsin football testimony revealed 92 dollars were spent on charabancs for the team and guests after a game in Minneapolis.
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New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Insurance Department
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin University
Minneapolis
Postal Official Dead in Washington
Washington March 8 John D King chairman of the rural carriers examining board of the civil service commission died here today of nervous paralysis He had been connected with the railway postal service for 45 years He entered the postal service as a clerk at Janesville Wisconsin where the body will be interred.
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Washington
John D. King
Life men indicted by New York grand jury actions
A New York grand jury returned indictments against Frederick A. Burnham first vice president George D. Hldredge becoming vice president and George Burnham Jr of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co. in a March session.
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New York
March
Grand Jury
Frederick A. Burnham
George D. Hldredge
Becong
Geo. Burnham Jr
The
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co
Washington
George E. Green
Binghamton
N. C
Sunday theatre victory defies Sunday closing law
Defense argues theatre work benefits morality and warrants Sunday exemptions. Terra Haute managers of three theatres acquitted for keeping venues open last Sunday. officials claim the law bans amusements with admission, except baseball. Other items include labor talks in New York, Ohio miners wage dispute, and moves in federal appointments and rail line posts.
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Terre Haute
Terra Haute
Bailey Seeks Pardon for Son In Missouri Prison
J M Bailey father of Edgar Bailey, serving life in Missouri for a Kansas City strike killing, visited Jefferson City to lobby Gov Folk. He cites new evidence and affidavits, plans to file a pardon petition. says prayers helped delay executions and hopes for release for his aged father and son.
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J. M. Bailey
Edgar Bailey
Leporte City
Tian
State
Mossouri
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Gov. Folking
Pardoning Board
Exereige
Edgar Batley
Eastman Expands Timber Holdings and New Lumber Co.
B W Eastman, president of Wis awa Lumber and head of Waterloo Wholesale Timber, bought 2500 acres of yellow pine timber land near Beaumont Texas. He organized Eastman Hewett Lumber Co with Beaumont headquarters. He recently acquired 2000 acres of timberland in Louisiana for Waterloo Wholesale Lumber Co. Mrs McCord has recovered from surgery and returned home at 1118 Lafayette Street.
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B. W. Eastman
Wisawa Lumber Company
Waterloo Wholesale Timber Co
Beaumont
Texas
Eastman-Hewett Lumber Co
Eastman
Louisiana
Waterloo Wholesale Lumber Go
Mra. McCord
LaFayette Street
Blackhawk County Drug Association Passes Resolution
The Blackhawk County Drug Association meeting in Cedar Falls last evening drew a large, representative crowd. Resolutions favoring stern action against druggists seeking permits were presented and passed without dissent. text of the resolutions is not known.
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Cedar, Falls
Blackhawk County, Drugelste Association
Editor Linn Weds Mary Dawson in Sumner
In Sumner Bremer County on Wednesday evening March 7 editor G P Linn of the Sumner Gazette married Miss Mary Dawson a prominent local girl. This is Linn’s third marriage as his previous wives have died. They will reside in Sumner and begin housekeeping amid many congratulations.
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Sumner
Join Dawson
G. P.linn
Sumner Gazette
Mary Dawson
Bremer County
Barrs to wed in Waterloo for wedding trip
Mr and Mrs Barr plan a two month wedding journey after a ceremony at the bride’s parents home in Waterloo tonight at nine. Miss Isabelle Eighmey and Mr David Wee are the couple, with Rev G Cuttermole officiating. The bride is noted as Waterloo’s attractive young lady with wide social ties. The groom, Travers, works for Galloways and hails from Sioux City. Out-of-town guests include Mr and Mrs Geo Wood, siblings of the bride, with Mr Wood employed as cashier at the Ralston Bank of Bergton, Iowa.
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Isabelle Eighmey
David Wee
Jey Harr
Waterloo
W. I Wightey
High Street
G. Cuttermole
Grace Methodist Church
Big City
Pha’ Grannvelect
Sioux City
Humane Horseshoe
Galloways
Manufac
Travers
Odd Fellows Temple
Citizens’ Bank
Davey
Nel
Noted Lecturer Mrs Collins Dies in Cleveland
Mrs M J Collins a noted lecturer on scientific subjects died at her Cleveland home Monday at 2 pm after a prolonged illness. She was 57 and leaves four children two married, a sister Mrs John Thompson Waterloo and another sister Mrs Joly Pauley Clarksville. Her husband died a year ago. A coincidence marked her passing as it occurred the hour her sister was burying her husband.
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M. J. Collins
Cleveland
Slater
John Thompson
R. C. Thompson
Waterloo
Collins
Slaughter
Joly Pauley
Clarksville
Work of Associated Charities in Waterloo February report
The Associated Charities in Waterloo reports February activity under Superintendent H A L Tripp. Gases investigated four homes visited sixty six hours spent in visits three permanent work for people two small leaves taken from the mayor last evening charged with taking brass for Fowler's cheese factory machinery on the west side. The boys denied guilt.
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Associated Charities
Waterloo
H. AL Tripp
Cayers
Ait Fowler's Cheese Factory
Dolliver Endorses Perkins Stuns Des Moines Political Crowd
Senator Dolliver endorsed George D. Perkins for governor, described as a body blow to Governor Cummins. Perkins supporters claim the move secures his nomination, while Cummins backers expect the impact to unfold as more influence details emerge. Jackson, Perkins manager, calls the endorsement a quietus to corporate-connection charges.
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Des Moines
Cumming
Dalliver
Perkia
Benacor Jackson
Perkins
Dollver
Reverend Lutz Accepts Waterloo Pastorate in April Move
Rev. A. Huys Lutz, longtime pastor of the German Lutheran church in Greene Iowa, has accepted a call to a pastorate in Waterloo. He will lead both his own congregation and a broad circle of friends with strong English and German reading, plus original music compositions. The Lutz family plans to move April first.
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Greene
Iowa
A. Huys Lutz
Waterloo
Htev
Lutz
Persing Freesman Marries Mina Fox in Pratt Trial Aftermath
Rockwell City reports the Pratt murder trial ending as William Persing, cleared as Mrs Pratt's alleged accomplice, marries Mina Fox with Sheriff Riseley and Deputy Dawson witnessing. The Salvation Army closes revivals with forty conversions and upcoming enlistments. February saw 16 death certificates filed in Keokuk.
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Rockwell City
Pratt P
Marlon Hutchinson
Persing
Mra
Pratt
Mina Fox
Thomas Tennant
Whi
Migg Fox
Sherrif Riseley
Sherif Dawson
Wm.Peraing
Miss Fox
Mrs. Pratt
Wr. Persing
Cedar Falls News Briefs and Society Items
Cedar Falls Scene reports visitors and family news including Mrs Ellen Harper moving to West Union to live with relatives, Miss Anna Thompson visiting Cedar Falls, and Mr and Mrs Henry Ballou visiting. The Merchants Live Stock Co paid 0 and later 1.80 per hundred for hogs, Cedar Falls as a live market. Local weddings and engagements noted, plus a Copenhagen style marriage in progress and a skating benefit by the W R C. The high school play earns praise, and Miss Bundy prepares for June class play. Cedar Falls social life, church and school notes, and a prankish romance obstruction at Waterloo ends unresolved as of 2:30 PM.
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Cedar Falls
Ellen Harper
West Union
Lowman
James Justice
Iowa Street
Anna Hello Thompson
Daugh
Henry Ballou
Merchkents
J. IF. Carson
W. J. Bond
Monmouth
W. T. Carson
NM B
Shellsburg
J. F. Carson
Bin
Afry
C. MH. Clark
Migs Clara Abigail Clark
Wilgu
Cheater Bachsman
Lamar
Colorado
Familly
France
Ha Atreet
Bundy
Miss Bundy
Diay
Water Looted Fraternity Hall Plan Aimed at City Unity
Waterloo city faces a movement to unite twenty five fraternal societies into a single large interest holding corporation. A public meeting is planned for Friday March 16 at the A O U W hall to discuss building a mammoth fraternity hall to house all orders and promote mutual protection and civic benefit. delegates from each lodge are invited to participate.
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Indge Warker
Mare
A. O. U. Wlan
Elimen Bhig Cologanl
J Bate
Tirath- Tenly
Gamma
Diati
Sotaa
Whoring Corporation
Melchor Court
Trive
Ben Hur
Ray
A. O. W. Hall
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Army of the Philippines
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Mutual Life Annual
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Federation To Help Miners
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Hart End
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Rochester
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Will Langlas
Evangelical Association
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Supt Tripp
Dolliver
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Lutheran Church of Waterloo
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Gusume
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Cadar Falls
George B. Ingleman
Indianolz
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Fort Dodge
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Braddock
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White Launadry Seag Co
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Sioux Falla
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International Kindergarten Union
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Henry Claniz
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