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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
6
Iris Gilson sues Harry W. Gib son Gilson in Waterloo over cruel treatment and desertion after a marriage July 16, 1919. He was 19, she 17, lived together two months before he left sick and destitute. She seeks divorce, maiden name Iris Stockwell, and alimony.
The Ben Hur spectacle drew a full Waterloo audience for opening night filling the Waterloo theatre. Descriptions praise the chariot race grave of Daphne and Jerusalem scene, scenic effects and a strong chorus with an accomplished orchestra. Other notes mention ongoing performances tonight and tomorrow with surrounding towns represented. A separate blurb cites Foley's Honey and Tar Compound praised by a Michigan mother for a child's cough. The Daughters of the King church group prepared for Bishop Morrin’s visit and Easter Sunday with a church cleaning and a noon picnic.
The Union Sunday school rally for all Sunday schools will be held at Walnut Street Baptist church on April 11. Delegates will be elected to nominate officers. program includes afternoon sessions with Rev. W. B. Sandford, music, lectures by E. Mac J. Randall and S. B. Nichols, and multiple departmental discussions led by church leaders. Benediction by Hon. S. H. Basher departed for Des Moines on business.
Police search for an unknown man who broke into St. Luke's Church during the night and rifled the church offering box, taking a considerable sum. This marks the third such burglary in three months in Dubuque Iowa.
Special Representative Grout held talks with Attorney General Cosson on a redistricting bill granting Black Hawk and Wapello counties two representatives each. The sifting committee warned against reporting the measure. Grout plans to press for a floor roll call to record votes against constitutional duties.
Robert D. Hensler of Bloomfield New Jersey shows a Plymouth Rock hen laying a bright red eggshell. He suggests a red glass globe in the nest may have tinted the egg and plans to test various colors. A separate notice from Kansas City recalls a federal case where 13 year old Edward Sinclair faced a fine after pleading guilty to counterfeiting. The Belmont Park meet news notes Aero Club of America approval for May 18 to 21 and a U S aviator selection race for England with a 250 mile Washington to New York route along the coast.
New York April 7 reports an aeroplane flight from Washington to New York via Atlantic City planned as the opening feature of the aviation season in the east. The program outlines the route and anticipated timing for the event.
Perry Iowa April 7 two small children of Mr and Mrs Harry Paul living near Nallas Center will be buried today in the same grave. A special casket has been built for the little bodies. The children ages 3 and 3 years had suffered scarlet fever for some time and died close together.
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