Death of traveling salesman J. Kyle at east side hotel
J. Kyle, 50s, a traveling salesman with Bonney & Co. of St. Louis, died of heart failure at an east Des Moines hotel after complaining of chest pain. He planned to return home on the 4:40 train but remained overnight. His widow and family live at 153 Sixteenth Street, Des Moines. Remains to be sent to Monona, Iowa, for burial. Des Moines arrival of Paulson to handle remains.
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Aj J. Kyle
East Side
Avant
Sixteenth Stradt
Des Haings
Frme
B.S. Bonney & Co
St. Louis
J. Hardisty
Cle &T
BE. F. Kistner
St. Joseph's Academy of
Des Moines
Waterloo
St. Louis Company
Mr. Paulson
Thes City
J. Kyle
Loss rocks Winthrop as prominent merchant dies at forty
Saday for Winthrop details the death of Ralph Muffert a leading Winthrop business man and community figure. He passed Monday after a sudden illness following a store visit. Funeral vows closed businesses and schools as the town mourned. Muffert aged about forty left a wife and three sons with brothers and relatives in Waterloo Cedar Falls and Waterloo present at the funeral. Police later towed a hitching wagon from Webbar grocery after it struck a pole while awaiting owner.
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Winthrop
Bnd A
Ralph
Wnwfe
Madera Woodmen
Ea Gnember
Congregational Sunday School
Henry Muffert
Frank
Fred
George
Waterloo
J T P Chamberlain
Byron Baldwin
Cedar Falls
Old Waterloo Resident Ernest Mummert Dies in Sioux City
Ernest Mummert, a longtime Waterloo resident, died of heart failure in Sioux City at 64 after a year of declining health following a runaway accident. He came to Sioux City in 1894 and previously worked with Beck & Nauman Co and in the upholstery business. He married Milas Bruns of Bremer County, leaving three sons Carl Arthur Paul and a daughter Fred Stith. funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from his residence with Landmark Masonic lodge assisting, burial at Logan Park Cemetery. Meanwhile Tom Barker shipped a load of Janey horses to Boston, but fell ill in Manchester and is confined to bed with a fever.
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Ernest Mummert
Waterloo
Sioux City
Els
Rway
Hve
Beck & Nauman Co
J.T Burkett
East Fourth Street
Black Dry Goods
Ilinois
Ahens
Hick
Milas Bruns
Bremer County
Sioux Falls
Mummert
Nebraska Street
Mammert
Bright
Mr. Mummert
Berlin
Mia Whle
Carl
Arthur
Paul
Fred Stith
Masonic Lodge
Logan Park Cemetery
Vinton Wins Tent Contract for Chautauqua Session
Waterloo firm Fisher Tent and Owning Company lands contract to furnish tents for Chautauqua sessions in Vinton. Tents include one assembly 70 by 130, dining 27 by 42, compartments 14 by 24, twenty wall tents 10 by 13, ten wall tents 12 by 14, and thirty compartments 10 by 14. City approves meter inspector and reinforced railway crossings, plus allocations for memorial day and city hall lighting upgrades.
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Waterloo
Chautauqua Vinton
Chautauqua Manage
Fisher Tent
Ana’ Owning Company
Boiny
Minton
Des Moines
Chautauqua
Mind Has Given Way May Be Sent to Hospital
Mrs Lil Man Bacher, who attempted suicide Sunday night, shows improved physical condition but is feared to be losing mental composure. She will be moved to the county home when able, or to Independence hospital if needed. An eighteen month old girl may be placed with Nathan Bennett, and the drug used is thought to be arsenic rather than formaldehyde.
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Lil- Man Bacher
Independence
Nathan Bennett
Jas Mr. Bennett
City extends car line to serve dense West Ninth Street area
Four crews of men begin extending the West Ninth Street car line. The present terminus at Fogast Avenue will run up the later thoroughfare to Hammond Avenue, adding four blocks and serving a thickly populated section previously without transit. Work is rapid and cars expected by early June. Officials plan further Moo extensions from Hammond area later in summer.
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Aulte
Ninth Strait
Fogast Avenue
Hammond Avenue
Hatumond
Sumer
Piano Is Held as Evidence in Divorce Case
A husband claims his wife departed, leaving him with three children. He seeks a divorce and asserts the piano remains in his possession. The case centers on separation and property dispute, with testimony expected from family members.
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Hones
Town and Township News and Local Notices
News from town items include an accident injuring a boy whose right eye was damaged by powder. updates on local visits, parties, and upcoming events. Sports report Hawkeye team vs Dewar with multiple player mentions. various farm and household news. marriage, divorce actions, and court notices involving Nellie Jenks and Jerome Jenks. community fundraising and church activities.
Bennington Couple United in Cedar Falls Marriage
A Bennington couple united in marriage at Cedar Falls on January 1. The bride Herr Bertha Osgood and groom Hart Osgood are parents to three children aged 14, 12, and 10. The article notes political shifts in the county and mentions a district court default judgment of $539.80 in Findley vs. Henning, plus court costs and interest.
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Bertha Osgood
Cedar Falls
Mias
Phitlins of
Cedar ikBs
Falls
Hart
Dewey
Allegada
Findley Gete
Findley Vs. H. 1
Henning
Campaign Misstatements Challenge Cummins Machine
A week of political rhetoric in Iowa centers on Senator Allison and attacks by Cummins supporters. Governor Cummins proclaims a strong state treasury while auditors dispute May balances. Senator Cheshire’s southern tour spreads criticisms, and a sequence of court trial assignments is listed for May and June alongside local notices of births, marriages, and community life in Cedar Falls area.
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Bury&aul
Des Moles
Allison
Cummins Prachine
Cumming Machine
Toyetus
Cummins
Sioux City
Avnditor
Carvall
Cheshire
Des Moines
Eldon
Peope
Alison
Torbert
Cumming
Yirdsall
Iowa
Uhis
Camarins Presa Bureau
Gladstone
Amer
Maude Fleming Bonded After Fatal Shot in Family Quarrel
Maude Fleming of Winthrop is bound over to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge for shooting Fremont Fleming during a family quarrel. The coroner ruled the death came from a 22 caliber rifle fired by Maude. She posted 6,000 bonds and remained at home awaiting trial, claiming defense of her mother. The victim’s body will be buried Wednesday.
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Roadman
Idaho
Mart. Japperson
New Hartford
Thomas Risinger
W. Shultz
Shultz
Ibn
Wille
Chirch
Bissell
Waterloo
Winthrop
Mle jMaude Pleniing
Cor
Fremont Fleming
Swan
Buchanan County Am
Coling
Henry Wibeham
George Heath
Ste
Misa Fleming
Ofelais
Independence
Justice of the Peace
Shea
Flem- Inka
Tme
Mont, Pleming
Hartoch-Frank Wedding in Chicago to Olga Hartoch
The marriage of Sam Perines of this city to Olga Hartoch of Ohio was solemnized by Rabbi D A Levy at noon Sunday in Chicago. Attendants wore Princess blue and white gowns, with Ralph Jacobs as best man and a reception held after the ceremony. The couple planned a Waterloo home after June 10 and were greeted with warm wishes from Mr Frank’s friends and business associates.
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Chicago
Templasrad
Samperines
Thig City
Olga Hartoch
Ohiease
D. A. Levy
Ralph Jacobs
Wetron of
Siaters
Mise Rene Frank
Ed. Soizeman
Princess Fashion
Julius Frank
Ralph Jacobse
Cormpanies
Waterloo
Frank
Vnst
Sam Frank
Weather Improves as Local Social Notes Reflect Spring
May 11 reports a decided weather improvement. In Waterloo Claude Bearbower, a refrigerator factory worker, spent Sunday at home. Community guests included Lymah Hiseell, B. B. Brown hens, Bertha Gasch's visitors from Walker, and Pearl Morrison visiting Brandon. Local farming notes mention ready corn and oats, repapered Christien choir, and visits from Inde pendence and Winfield families.
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Claude Bearbower
Waterloo
Lymah Hiseell
Nelle Hyde
B. B. Brown
Misa Bertha-Gasch
Walker
Pearl Morrison
Brandon
Lew Richart
Vinton
Brandon Wriday
Leon Davis
Allen
Childs
Urbana
Lw, Woods and Family
A. T. McDonald
Indepodenca
Wiley Kear
Wint Wert
Ohio
Mr. Kear
Los Angeles
Calif
Sam
Rhode Island
W. EB. Jayne
McCarty
G. W. Thompson
Jake Griffth
Townton
Clayton Pierce
Mt. Audum
Cedar Rapids
GC. C. Thompson
Crandon
J. M. Romly
Mra
Golden Wedding Celebration Reunites Wolf Family
Mr and Mrs M H Wolf marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Sergeant Bluff Iowa with a large family reunion. Relatives gathered from Milwaukee Faulkton Kansas City Denver Sioux City and other places to celebrate together. The event drew seven adult Wolf children and their families from across the region. Mrs Fred Wolf of Denver Colo plans a temporary stay with relatives there. The bride and groom early settlers of Sergeant Bluff were among the area’s first residents.
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Bra Co
J. Bennett
Clarence Wolf
Fred Wolf
Denver
Iowa
Sergeant Blut
M. H. Wolf
Bennett
Wolf
Fred
Sergeant Bluff
Mra. Wolf
Tay
Ing
Thaae
Albert A. Wolf
Milwaukee
Wis
W. Mt. Hall
Faulkton
Waymond
Kansas City
Kan
C. J. Bennett
Tari
Clarence
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Tom Barker
Boston
Mr. Harker
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Rath
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Newton
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Public Grounds Committee
W. W. Updegraf
Rock Island
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Doty
Public Building Committee
Thompson
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Cedar River
C.F
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Canfield ‘Lumber CO
Dunkerton
Ams
Republican Party
Misa Lizzie Koester
Dubuque
Prank
Duhuge
Will Shimp
Will Sass
John Risse
Ty Barclay Catholic Church
Sharec
Uiny
Mr. Drake
W. Wilby
Will Sasa
Mike Staebell
Waterco
Mrs. Boster
Hawkeye
Dewar
Awkaye
Hook
Weber
Chilatena
Matt Ortner
Barclay
Holdiman
Hetple
Rig
Or W
Rowe
Guy Elliott
Murphy
Elliott
Mesarg
W. N. Caffao
Dumont
Anna Anderson
Cara Ig
Sherman Porter
Reinbeck
Kirs. Peto
Ganfield Lumber ‘Co
Uit
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Recivity, Storage Co
Colby
Parker Transfer ‘Company
Ehjeing Jenks
Nellie Jenks
Jerome Jenks
East-Tenth Street
Bénten
Bennington
Jacob G. Sehmidt
Timeg-Tribune
Jone
St. Patrick's Church
Cedar Jalls
Tueeday
Glikey
Clay & Murray
Leavitt
Harbin
Lawn City Boatotwn
Carls Ford
Blum
Joie
Holmes
Weugh
Downing
Felker
Gaar
Beott & Co
Fay
Schmidt
Times-Tribune
Mateman Ye. Hear
Jower
Power
Waterloo Castel. Co. Ve. Eickelberg
Smith
Jows
Leracl Va
Malnhow
Terneys
Mingworth
Woodward
Hughes
George LaTler
Bavernfeind
Edwin Allen
Emma Mixdorf
Frazier
Louis Astor
Henry Bartlett
Germany
John Kurtt
Ad. Reinhardt
Gy Mulle
John Saas
Fred. Hein
George Fink
Carl Averhol
Mixdort
Wrod
Noting
Frank Hein
August Fink
Kehe Shafter
H. Nredow
Sumner
L. Loback
St. Michael's
Hea
Bartz
A. Malle
M. Graening
L. Labeck
Carl Averhon
Misa Amanda Byvank
Aick Het
Ulsing Tegtmeier Sr
G. F. Isalle
Roy
Naude Flemine
Hanslaucater
Grime
Ara
Hartoch-Frank
Plummer
Leo
Billings
Center Street
Uttiu
Anxtonely
Fort Dorse Mesaenger
Misa Edith Baumgardner
Duncombe Hotel
Jane White
Fonda
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