Dubuque Perjury Charge Involving 480 Acres Canada Land
In Dubuque on May 3 M W Herrick of Monticello filed information charging Wilcox of Cedar Falls with perjury. Preliminary hearing set for next Thursday. Wilcox bond $1000. Accused lied about owning 480 acres in the Dominion of Canada and about paying M H Lauser $3400, claiming bank deposits and real estate ties that the informant says were false to cheat creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Specifb, Wilcox
Cedar Falls
Duan
Dominion of Canada
M. H. Lauser
Mauser
Cascade
Iowa
Wilcox
Lauser
Cssvade Bank
Hind
Death of West Union Editor C. G. Talmadge in Iowa
C. G. Talmadge, veteran editor of the West Union Gazette and longtime Fayete county resident, died at his West Union home Thursday morning of pneumonia after a brief illness. He served as state oil inspector, postmaster, and a district state legislator, with Civil War veteran status and active Knights of Pythias membership. Funeral is planned for 4:00 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
H.' Talmadge
West Union Gagette
Fayete County
West‘ Union
Talmadge
Order of Knights of Pythias
Payette County
CG. A. Talmadge
Rats Eat Thirty Dollars in Iowa Pocketbook
Li G Conner in Bampton Iowa recounts discovering last fall that rats ate thirty dollars from his pocketbook stored in a corn crib. Only two folded bills’ center portions remained under a silver dollar with the leather eaten away around the clasp. No recovery possible due to pervasive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bampton
Iowa
Conner
Petition filed to force viaduct construction on Lane Street
A Friday noon petition seeks a court order against the Chicago Great Western road to build and maintain a stone abutment viaduct with girders across Lane Street. The unsafe crossing, under trains, prompted council action and a safety order. The firm has neglected parts of the agreement, while the old Union mill near Melan arch bridge is reroofed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago -Great Western Road
Lane Street
Sreer
Counelt
TH. Cunningham
Fort Run
Government opens 30000 acres near Alkings for settlement
Omaha on May 3 reports the government will open thirty thousand acres of land near Alkings Montana for settlement by lottery. Water for irrigation will be available immediately, with the drawing slated for about June 30. This marks the first government land release where irrigation water is guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Huntley
Alkings
Montana
Muddy Spot in Court Suit for Damages Against City
Mrs Minnie Kamm sues the city for $2000 claiming center street runoff left her in cold mud and water after a horse mired on February 17. Her husband J B Kamm seeks $500 for injuries to wife and $200 for the horse. The docket also lists probate, contracts, a divorce, and various civil actions including a calf-loss railway case and insurer claims totaling several thousand dollars. Do you read the Reporter?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kamm
Plaintiff
J. B. Kamm
Center Street
Hicker and Bratcher Land Company
City Seeks Mandamus To Enforce Waterloo Streetcar Franchise
City files petition in Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway case asking for a court order directing the streetcar company to fully comply with ordinance 280. It cites missed service times, unsafe tracks, defective cars, inadequate lighting, and improper wiring and seeks restoration of a twelve minute urban service with fifteen minutes on Fourth Street, plus repairs, modern equipment, and safe operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Swisher
Waterloo, Cedar Pails and Northern Railway Company
East Fourth Street
Mulberry
Sycamore Streets
Dane
Sycamore
Trafic
Mandawus
City of
Trea
National Board of Fire
Ite
Land Price Set At Six Hundred Per Acre For Five Acres
land along the river bank near the packing house is described as sandy and suitable for cement use. D P Faushag secured five acres of property formerly part of the Hogle farm at 600 dollars per acre, totaling 3800 dollars, planning to pump land from the river for development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Faushag
Hogle
Thia ‘Porpore
C G W Would Build and Wye at Hicks Rail Line
Rail road commissioners discuss constructing a wye at Hicks with estimate of 1 869 000 dollars. Northwestern man believes traffic would not justify the expense. Officials review the project and potential benefits for regional transport.
Mixed suits in district court involve Nesbit and Laporte bank
Two parallel filings present claims and offsets. First National Bank of Laporte seeks $31,000 from G M Nesbit and wife on a February 1907 promissory note due May 1, 1907. Nesbit counters against J H Lunemann, cashier, for $3,179.04 with interest. The Nesbit action name drops W P Mayes E J Waddell and details dealings with Laporte Dominion Development and Saskatchewan Land companies plus stock sales and loans. Overall, multiple allied claims total an amount sought against Nesbit and related parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Cowin
Webster City Steel Radiator Co
Corn Belt Manufacturing Company
John Meighan
Mary R
Meighan
Darlington
Wis
Wisowa Lumber Company
L. A. Fredin
Eva E. Fredin
Morris
Waterloo
J.G. Fay
E. E. Lunius
Robert Ramsay
Marble Rock
Pers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Western Mutual Insurance Association
W. Bruner
James Gardner
First Nationel Bank of
Laporte
G. M. Nesbit
Nesbit
J. H. Lunémann
Laporte-Dominion Development Company
W. P. Mayes
E. J. Waddell
Mr. Mayes
Plaintif
J. A. Lutemann
More land for park purposes reaches riverfront tract
The Waterloo park commission secured twenty acres on lower waters and Lafayette Street including an ancient lake site near the river for park use at 400 an acre or 98000 in four years at 6 percent. The purchase, partly offset by a nearby 58-acre neighbor deal, will form a riverfront drive and a planned Courtland avenue expansion. The land features timber, ravines, and a former picnic area near the old paper mill dam, with future landscaping and a protective dike planned as funds allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Streets
Park Commission
Messrs
LB Park
Tuthill
B. Reed
Hogle
D. P. Fanshaw
Jengih
Courtland Avenue
Lafayette Street
Dunham Place
Leslie Gibbs Dies at 22 in Waterloo Hotel Nurse Attends
Leslie C. Gibbs night clerk at the Logan house died at 2 35 am at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank G Wagner 115 Quincy street from kidney trouble and lung hemorrhage He was ill eight weeks and recognized Miss Wagner in his final moments The funeral is planned for Saturday Gibbs formerly lived in Cedar Falls and Minneapolis He was engaged to Miss Frances Wagner daughter of Mr and Mrs F G Wagner and she cared for him during illness The elder Gibbs Charles was present at the bedside and the mother could not reach in time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie C. Gibbs
Logan Hotel
Frank G. Wagner
Quincy Street
Frahens Wagner
Charles Gibbs
Leelia Gibbs
Logan
Wanterloo
Cedar Falls
Burr House
Francas. Wagner
F. G. Wagner
Charlea Gibbs
Leslie
Gibbs
I Minneapols
Minneapolis
Frances Wagner
Waterloo Rail Station Wye Plan Influences Localites
Local officials discussed the cost of completing the Waterloo station and a connecting wye. Northwestern opposed the high expense, Great Western offered to share if terms pleased all, and a final decision was deferred after a stenographers’ report. Royalment travel tours followed a meal at the BEMIs hotel as commissioners toured the city by automobile to assess commercial importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terr
Great Western
Northwestern
Hicks
Webster City
Bills Hotel
L. Nichols
Frank Cassiday
C. B. Fiske
Aishton
McCarthy
Golden
Davis
Waterloo
Geo
Sycamore Street
H. Lichty
C. F. Fowler
John Rath
W. W. Marsh
F. E. Cutler
H. B
Bradley
White
Martin
Sycamore
Hudson
Bemis
Also Mentioned on This Page
WB. Wilcox
W. Herrick
Monticellom
Mandamus
Billings, Mont
Kamm
Mrs. Kamm
CITY
Madamus
Cien
Trict Court
Ie Company
Fourth Street
Home Park
West Ninth Street Loop
Independence Avenue
Sats Souci Park
P. Payl
C. G.W
Wye
First National Bank OF LA
Porte
M. Nesbit
DR. .Nesbit
J. H.lune
Commission
Lakeside
Sarah J. Phelps
Thomas
Schrank
Clayton County
South Dakota
G.P. Guenther
John Simmongist
N.S. Ketchum
Marshaltens
J. Palmer
Washington
W. L.ity
Paton
Osage
Railroad Commission
Fous
East Waterloo
Hhis Waterloo Club
West
Toildam
Cedar Rapids
Harry Smucker
Randolph Jatreét
Waiwen Yesor
Cu Uas Ue
G. R. Mussett
Lucy L
Zimmerman
Charlies Zimmerman
Jarl
W. T. Dinneen
Stockton
Ill
Park Commissioners
Lesainiatti
Independence
Linden Places
Jack Beaver
Yenney
West Waterloo
William Beck
Parkersburg
Frank Myers
Waterloo Casket Company
Yonot
Leslie Gibbs
Logan House
Mrc
Gibbs and
Misa Francea Wagner
Ware
Gould
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