Widow Emma Thrower Watts Dies in Waterloo After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Emma Thrower Watts, born in England on April 66 1848, died at the family home on New Jefferson street Waterloo from a cerebral hemorrhage shortly before 7 am. Survived by husband Thomas M Watts, son William who died in childhood, daughter Agatha, and other relatives. She lived in Waterloo since 1867, was active in church and the Woman's Relief corps, and leaves many siblings and extended family. Funeral arrangements to Center Point then Provus for burial.
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Thomas Ws. Watts
Waterloo
Dishort
New Jefferson
Crane
Witla Aiu
Mrs. Watts
Emma Thrower
England
America
Oswego
Thomas M. Watts
Atlanta
Mra
Agatha
Urs
Sturm
Anon
Coriel
Iirkr Methodist Church
Woman's Rete? Corps
Helpin
William Frederiel Botutan
Ardmys Street
Center Point
Ueepase
Fife
Nares Clyde
Jes Walker
Iir
Mrs Nicholas Frost Dies in Gilbertville at 78
Mrs Nicholas V Frost a longtime Black Hawk County resident died at 7 40 this morning at her home in Gilbertville aged 78 years 1% days She was born in Germany Aug 1 7 and married in Kenosha Wis June 24 1844 settling in Cedar Township later moving to Gilbertville Survived by ten children and two brothers Funeral at St Marys Catholic Gilbertville Monday at 10 with interment in Gilbertville cemetery Father Nemmers officiating
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Nicholas Vyrost
Gibertville
Frost
Black Hawks
Geremany
Anna Kemp
Washburn
Peter J. Frost
la Porte City
Katherine Brustkern
Waterloo
Hose de Jaerer
Margaret Holbach
Mary Frost
William PP. Frost
A Porte City
Nicholaa CC. Frost
Lair Porte
Lenn Gales
da Porte
Eligabeth Frost
Aso
St. Mary's Catholft
Father Nemmers
Meiate
Minstrel Show Planned by Catholic Order of Foresters
C O F to present a minstrel show at Sealion hall next Wednesday evening under St Joseph’s court. Program includes songs, dances, readings and skits with members D Coughlan, J Purtell, Miss Adella Danige, Rev Father Malloy, and others performing selections such as Tennessee I Hear You Calling Me and I’m Going Back to Louisiana.
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St. Joseph's Court
Catholic Order of Foresters
Sealion Hall
Tennessee
Charles McNalty
Jig
Wtornpipe
D. Coughlan
J. Purtell
J. Fitzgerald
Sone
Smart
B. HW. Real
Clara Glass
Milas Priese
Father Malloy
J. Slattery
Rock Island Case Reveals White Slave Ring Sentences
Dispatches from Detroit report Joseph Maloff a former Rock Island saloonkeeper and his wife Catherine found guilty on white slave charges. Maloff gets ten years in Leavenworth, Catherine one year in Detroit. Clyde Morton and Erma Newton also convicted with five and two year terms respectively. Walter Neibert of Muscatine receives two years. Three others, Freddie Elgin Winnie Elgin and War Ten Judd Landram, were sentenced to two years after confessing.
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Rock Island
Detroit
Joseph Maloff
Catherine
Maloff
Leavenworth
Kan
House of Correction
Peoria
Netrnit
Clyde Morton
Erma Newton
Walter Neibert
Muscatine
Swith
Freddie
Winnie Elgin
Judd Landram
Johnson Willard Referee on Grovy Fight
Thivenn April 3 Jack Weich will referee the Johnson and Joss March title fight Monday. He arrived in Wavang and opened talks with Promoters on ring styles. Weather was ideal for training. Johnson and Wittkat were early to start.
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Jack Weich
Jack Johnson
Joss March
Wavang
Rool
Bom
Johnson
Witt Kat
Iret
Fragmentary World War I Dispatch Mentions Alliances
Fragmentary OCR reads like a World War I dispatch with references to Joffre Taft and allied commands. It mentions moving to Helmian headquarters and warns of a coming wave of action. Names and places are garbled, but the tone implies strategic mobilization and leadership declarations.
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Eral Joffre
Dun Honeral
Taft Mamidersinehiel
Helmian
Lusitania sails with large passenger list and Belgian aid figure
New York April 3 Cunard Line steamer Lusitania sails for Liverpool with an unusually large passenger count. Among the travelers are Jean Croker and his bride and Lalla Vandervelde wife of the Belgian minister of state who has raised nearly 300000 for Belgian relief. Sailors expect two fast British ships to escort near the Irish coast while precautions against suspects and submarines are mentioned.
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New York
Cunard
Lusitania
Liverpool
ATG
Iehan Croker
Ming
Lalla Vandervelde
Belgium
Apt. Turner
British Oyers
Liverspool
State University Gets Keokuk Buffalo Heads
Keokuk April 3 heads of two buffalos that escaped from the park and were killed here this week may be shipped to the state university at Town City. Requests for the heads were granted by Commissioner Z T F Schmidt. If taken there they will be mounted by students in the taxidermy department and used as decorations in university buildings. The mounting will aid laboratory study and trophies valued by the university.
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Keokuk
State University
Town City
Z. T. F. Schmidt
Department of
Waterloo Clerks to Count Incoming Parcels in March
Officials at the Waterloo post office will count and weigh incoming parcels for the first fifteen days of March following a Washington order. Postmaster M. H. Kelly must record footage on outgoing parcels and note their destination zones. He notes business is better than last year with quarter ending March 31, 1916 receipts at $3,946.48.
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Waterloo
Washington
M.H. Kelly
Jubilee Anbiles and family illness report
A short item notes a girl arriving at Chas Wellmanns home while Mrs. W E Buechele returns to the bedside of her and the mother. The Geo Sanera family is sick with the grip and Mrs. A Lange, ill for weeks, has just recovered enough to help again.
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Chas. Wellmann
W. FE. Buechele
Geo. Sanera
A. Lange
Local Fraternal Announcements and Social Plans
Cedar hive members meet Tuesday at 2 30 in the new C O F hall for regular review. An April Fool sociable is planned for the evening. Cedar Rapids trip on May 10 requires a Monday evening gathering at Mrs Laura Garrabrant 211 Second St E. Eastern Star attend a Sunday march to Waterloo theatre. Raishte Templar Easter services at 2 36. Pythian Sisters host Cedar Falls temple Monday evening leaving at 7 by interurban.
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Cedar Hive
L. GO
Bony
Waterloo Theatre
Music Brings Recovery From War Brain Trauma At Maida Vale
London reports music aiding veterans with war induced mental impairment at Maida Vale hospital. A Wiltshire regiment soldier, Rundsuran A. G. Reynolds, buried thirteen hours in a trench by a German shell, emerged from a weeks long blankness after piano therapy. He then read musical notation and printing, aided by music played to him.
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London
Maida Vale
Rundsuran
A. G. Reynolds
Wiltshire Regi
Ypres
Moore damages car to avoid collision at city corner
In Keokuk on an April afternoon J Moore drove into a curb on Sixth and Blondeau to avoid a collision with another auto. The interurban car in front of Grand theatre bore responsibility as Moore, eastbound on Blondeau, could not see the other vehicle northbound on Sixth until close. No injuries were reported.
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Keokuk
Avord
Moore
Sixth and
Blondeau Streets
Fron
Grand Theatre
Blondeat Street
Sixth Street
Blondeau
Take Cascarets For Health And Happiness Today
Omile, be happy. Take Cascarets to liven your liver and clean your bowels. Stop headaches and bilious spells. Wake up feeling fine with the gentlest inside cleansing. Cascarets also claimed as best cathartic for children.
Larned’s History of the World Promoted Here
A newspaper note extols Larned's History of the World as a liberal education aid. It promotes a special, nominal-cost distribution with a certificate printed in the column, urging families to act quickly to secure the volume as a lasting treasure.
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Josephus Nelson
Larned
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Nome Park
Curine
West Aide
Waterioo
Cedar Falls
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Aparn
M. J. Pommer & CO
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Smith
Bob Apfel
Oppositi
Waterlog Theater
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Serre
Waterloo Evening Courier
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Black Hawk County
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Wang & Miller Shoe Co
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Lang Goring
Lung Germine Co
Rae Dik
Jackson
Mich
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National Bank
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KisselKar
West Side City Park
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West Side City
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