Tragic Dobbins Death On Waterloo Rail Line
L B Case found the mangled body of Tobe Dobbins near the Great Western viaduct as he traveled to work at the Bryant asphalt plant. The 26 year old carpenter from Bloomfield Indiana died likely from being struck or dragged by a southbound train. A letter in his pocket identified him. his father John T. Dobbins of Bloomfield was notified. Police and Coroner investigated the grisly scene and funeral plans.
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Bryant
L. B. Case
Eset
Fifth Street
Mda
Tobe
Randall Street
Bloomfield
Indiana
Gase
Waterloo
Burbank
Offleera Widmatin
Hubbell
Hfe
Rohlf
Bill Molntleer
Great Western
Miet
O'Keefe & Towne
Berial
Tom Mcfionald
Nau
Falla Avenue
Erie
Tfihe
Tobe D. Dobbins
Iowa
John T. Dobbins
Ind
Mr. Debhina
Dobbins
Tobe Dobbins
James
Will
Indinapolis
Bloomfeld
Jennie Plater
Jewel Turge
Vincennes
Mise Nellie Dobbing
Wife & Manager
Broost
EB .Lawiess
E. J. O'Connor
Colbyatreet
Lawless
O'Connor
Cedar Falls
Nashua
DEDICATE CHURCH OCT 11 AT WALNUT STREET
Arrangements are made for the dedication of the Walnut Street Wapitat church on October 11 with ceremonies to be held on the second Sunday next month. The program is being arranged as Mrs Lucy Huntington visits Waterloo after an automobile trip of 272 miles with C H Huntington and son. Passenger train No 6 on the Great Western was delayed again by an accident south of Des Moines and did not reach the city until nearly 11:00 this morn. W H Bachman went to Chicago this morning on business.
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Grahams
Cedar Fall
Graham
Dolly Graham
Waterloo
Enlow
Young Graham
Caldwell
Citizens' Electric Co
Clay Street
Polles Court
C. H. Huntington
Wapitat
Lucy Huntington
Great Western
Des Moines
Community meeting seeks new park grounds lease in Waterloo
The Evangelical association and the Waterloo Chau tauqua and Bible Institute plan a meeting at Gates and Littring to discuss leasing park grounds for meetings. The current lease ends next year after seventeen years, and a new similar term is desired. The note mentions a young man involved with a companion who left him at 10:20 Monday night and a family in Waterloo.
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James’ Dobbin
Jennie Frater
Waterloo
Dobbins
Evangelical Association
Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute
Gates & Littring -On- Thy
Park
Saddle Horse Account Sued For 175 Dollars
A. W. Moerill sues C. H. Mc Williams to recover 175 dollars for an account alleged to cover care and feeding of a bay saddle horse by W. B. Graham in 1905 06. The account is claimed to have been verbally assigned to the plaintiff.
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A. W. Moerill
C. H. McWillams
W. B. Graham
Hid Bay
Plaintife
Advertising suit filed by Drovérea Tournal against Cedar Falls Horse Impart
The Drovérea Tournal Publishing Co of Chicago sues Cedar Falls Horse Impart ing Co to recover 543.23 for advertising from October 1, 1904 to April 30, 1906 with six percent interest. Rosa Woertley was jailed after resisting police and loaded into a wagon. She received 15 days in county jail and faces possible loss of custody of her four children. Woertley, 27, lives on Cedar Street.
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Drovérea Tournal, Publishing Company of
Chicago
Cedar Falls Horse Imparting Company
Omcars
Bitéboor
Rosa Woertley
Houston
Morris
Giyco
Rosé
Shoe Thieves Plead Guilty in Ringling Circus Theft
John Sefler and FP J Deal pleaded guilty to stealing slices from Doty shoe store on Ringling Circus day. Each was sentenced to 16 days in county jail after arrest, cases continued with defendants pinged in the county jail during THO mesourey.
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John Sefler
FP. J. Deal
Ringling Circus
Waterloo man wed Town Falls bride in secret ceremony
Chas J Cobb of Waterloo married Mary M Moesaner of Town Falls in Waterloo last Sunday. Rev Douglas of Town Falls Episcopal church officiated. The couple plans a Lake Okoboji honeymoon while friends in both cities celebrate the surprise wedding.
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Chas. J. Cobb
Waterloo
Mary M. Moesaner
Town Falls
Mr. Douglas
Episcopal Church
Gobb
Waterloo Candy Aotary
Marle Conte
Slater
Lake Okoboji
Velma
Marshalltown
Frank Crouse
Rock Rapids
Butler
Harry
Willis Hemerling
Robert
Ray Crouse
Will Larsen
Rochester
Minn
Chas. Roadman
Yellow
Stone Park
Gaile Roadman
Leeper Farm Offered for Purchase Near Waterloo
The Leeper farm of 200 acres near Waterloo is offered at 710 per acre with a brick house, barn, and full water piping. A board of supervisors proposal will be considered to buy the property for a county poor farm, citing its size, improvements, and location on the interurban line to Denver.
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Board of Supervisors
Jacob Leeper
Waterloo
Denver
Leeper
What!t
Wey
Vemeneg
Ataté
Foreigners Insult Women in City Complaints Rise
Three complaints filed at the police station in two weeks allege women were insulted near the Great Western viaduct by Italian workers from the Illinois Central yards who had arrived to replace retrenched staff. Police seek the accused and vow prosecution. authorities warn nonlocal workers to stop the conduct or be expelled from the city.
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Great Western Viaduct
Wiinals
Harelay Street
Charg
Auto Repair Firm Sued Over Damaged Car
Albert L. Payer files in district court claims damages against Waterloo Auto Supply and naming W J Sutcliffe C J Briden and B D Moore as co defendants. Plaintiff alleges the firm improperly handled a July repair causing bending of the crankshaft piston and other damage, seeks 200 dollars plus repair costs, and retains Aluan and Pickett as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. Payer
Distriet Court
Waterloo Auto Supply
W. J. Sutcliffe
C.J. Brieden
BD. J. Moore
Oteers
Plasstit
Tn Jstiee
Aluan & Pickett
Assault at saloon leads to stabbing and arrest near Fort Gedge
In Fort Gedge Iowa on September 4 Saunders attacked bartender Andrey Lundeen after a dispute over payment at M B Cunningham's saloon. Lundeen, stabbed and slashed, was hospitalized in critical condition. Saunders fled but was captured by the police. He faces a hearing this afternoon. A Cedar Falls real estate note mentions J G Ralston designing a $6000 residence for F W Poiliger.
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Fort Gedge
Iowa
Andrey Lundeen
M. B. Cunningham
Whillam Saunders
Kaife
Jon
Lundeen
Bannders
Pa- Meeniter
Timple Central
Jall
Wright brothers to test heavier-than-air craft at Fort Myer
A detailed feature extols Wilbur and Orville Wright as the foremost aviation pioneers. It describes their planned government test at Fort Myer, notes European praise, and contrasts public misperceptions with the brothers’ open shop practice, patience, and fixed purpose in advancing aerial navigation.
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Wright Brothers
Fort Myer
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
France
Orville
Port Myer
United States
Wrigh Brothers
Mien
Jed
Dayton
Ohio
Edison
Laurela
Open hunting season continues with limited fowl to start
The hunting season opens with wild duck and goose closed until later in September. prairie chicken is in season but scarce due to near extinction. Quail season starts November 1 for 45 days, while local shooters plan trips to Denver and the Dakotas as weather cools.
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Nimvons
Denver
Dakotas
Lowa
Des Moines Weather and Crop Report Summary
Des Moines reports a week with a cool start and a warm finish raising average temperatures slightly above normal. Local showers hit southern, eastern, and north central districts, delaying threshing and injuring some stored grain, but shock threshing nears completion with small losses. Positive notes include beneficial rainfall for pastures, late potatoes, tall corn, and a likely mature corn crop by month end.
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Des Moines
George M. Chappel
Democrats to Vote in Nebraska Governor Primary
Oimahe Neb Sept 1 The primary election opened with fine weather. Campaign manager for Mayor James C Dallman Democratic candidate for governor predicts 37000 Democratic votes will be cast with the mayor receiving more than half. Berg and Shallenberger expected to split the remainder.
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Oimahe
Neb
Nebraska
Tota
James C. Dallman
Geerre W. Berg
Shallenberger
East 10 Help Mack Sees Democratic Unity Rise
New York Sept 1 National Chairman Mack and Democratic National Committee officials held a conference to review political conditions along the Atlantic seaboard. Mack reported receiving state reports and predicted strong eastern aid to boost the electoral vote as the campaign advances.
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New York
Engst
Mack
Democratic National
Atlantic Seaboard
East
Democratic state convention opens in Tula
The Democratic state convention opens in Tula with Governor Haskell delivering the keynote on school land sales and the dispensary system, signaling expected debate. Also reported are navy expansion ideas, forest fire control near Atlanta Alpena and surrounding counties, and local notices including arrests, losses, marriages, and license trends.
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Tula
Okla
Haskell
Alpena
Midh
Atlanta
Presque Isle
Cheboygan
Man Killed Under Freight Train at Waverly Iowa
Incident at Illinois Central depot in Waverly ends in death of B J O Connor of Waterloo. Companions Ernie Lawless identifies body. inquest rules death due to own carelessness while attempting to board moving train. Widow, several children survive. body to Waterloo for burial.
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D, O'Connor
Waterloo
Waverly
B. J. O'Connor
Ilinois Central Station
Bry
EB. A. Sehlefelhorn
Diankelbers
Tripoli
T. G. Hulman
Chas
H. Hirsch
Carl Retth
Assan
Lnols Central
Wagarly
Penensod
Roosevelt Son Joins Hunt In Northwest Africa
The president's son Kermit Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay for a separate hunt in the northwest. He will join John Greenway, former Rough Rider and head of United States Steel Corporation mines, to hunt big game across the earth's regions.
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Oyster Bay
Kermit Roosevelt
Wadle
Africa
Northwest
John Greenway
United States Steel Corporation
Tieaaiba
Storm Stops Many Trains In Western Canada
A cloudburst late Saturday night halts fifteen passenger trains plus all freight and a rock train on the Canadian Pacific between Winnipeg and Fort William. Ten thousand travelers wait at stations as no eastbound service reaches Winnipeg since Saturday. Governor General Earl Grey and his party ride one of the delayed trains.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fittesni
Fort Willam
Way
Radway
Canada
Win- Mpeg
Harl Grey
Fireman O'Hara Injured After Fall Under Moving Train
O'Hara 26, a Rock Island railroad fireman between Burlington and Cedar Rapids, fell while trying to reach a basket on a moving train near Osstac. He suffered broken leg and arm, fractured collar bone, and other injuries with possible fatal outcome. he lives in Burlington and has a family.
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Oesian
O'Hara
Rock Island
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Burtington
Osstac
Mob Pans Frustrated at Kentucky Jail Visit
A mob of about 200 people, some masked, gathered at the Louisa county jail to demand John Sprouse, accused of arson and harming two Cooper children at Cherokes. Authorities had already moved the prisoner to Cattlechure after receiving notice. The group was allowed to search the jail to verify the jailer’s account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
John Sprouse
Charles Cooper
Cherokes
Snob
Czolgozs Brother Of McKinleys Assassin Sentenced
Sharon Pa September 1 John Czolgozs brother was today sentenced to the workhouse for three months. Police claim Czolgoza is insane and his case will be investigated. Mrs Bigelow and Jon Floyd are in the city visiting relatives and friends.
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McKinley
Sharon
John Colgoza
Czolgoza
Mrs. Bigelow
Jon Floyd
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Cedar Falls Horse Amporting Co
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Goe
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A. L. Peverill
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Saunders
Cunningham
J. G. Ralston
F. W. Poiliger
Wright Bros
Ft. Meyer
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Washington
Congress
C. A. Ralston
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E. Luman
Carnival
Owl Cafe
Tom Morris
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